You now remember when everybody, the media in particular, was gassing up M.I.A as the most important pop star of our era, raising her as this legitimately heroic activist and going on and on about how d.i.y and dangerous she was for dropping off-beat raps over (admittedly sick) instrumentals served up by the best of the uk underground electronic scene of the time. I'm sure she's inspired many graphic designers and whatnot thoughever.
>>129594437it was literally only because paper planes. she blew it with maya, though you'll get some of the biggest copers of all time trying to pretend anything outside of the singles on there were good.
She was
zoomer revisionism is the most dangerous thing to happen in the modern culture.
>>129594437>everybody was gassing up M.I.A as the most important pop star of our erayou know, if you start with a false premise you can deduce anything from it.
>>129594451false. the hype was taking effect once galang was on the airwaves. that shit was used in commercials and tv shows before paper planes came out.
>>129594437While her most known song is a rip off from a Clash's song intro.
>>129594673she's got the right to reappropriate a colonizer's tainted work you chud
>>129594437I remember. She probably had a place in the invasion of europe by the third world. Her music mostly sucks tho. Even her good stuff is only half good.
>>129594437back when people didn't even grasp what indians were besides the bindi and turban
>>129594437M.I.A.? More like K.H.I.A., am I right?
>>129594586https://youtu.be/DCL1RpgYxRMI'm 30 and American and have never heard this shit beforePaper Planes is indeed it
>you rememberno, i don't, but i do remember when this message board praised taylor swift. i don't think anyone has ever been praised as much on here as taylor swift.
>>129595530You're such a fucking dullard
one good song
i don't listen to terrorism music
M.I.A. was great though
>>129594437She's still cool. They just turned on her for being antivax.
>>129594437>a pajeet
Paper Planes is the only thing she made that I like, unfortunately. I heard it played a while ago and then I had to play it for a whole week. The Youtube algorithm is still bringing it up.
>>129597622I like her song that samples Ghost Rider
i mean paper planes and some other tunes were good and they kinda represented the whole occopy/kony 2012 longboard vibes that were happening at the timeback when things felt hopeful and less dark
>>129597628we should go back to the energy of occupy but society have been too successfully psyopped into identity politics that such unity is very difficult to happen again unless people can admit their personal ego attachments to their political dentity doesn't accomplish anything and is reserved for peaceful and decadent eras where we can afford the luxury or wasting breath on it. unfortunately people now know they've been psy-opped into their current politics but are unwilling to let go of the few comforts they have in our hell world so they hide behind their phones while hoping someone or something will save us
