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I am woman - hear me sing
New must-hear female musicians
Briana Monasky
Issue date: 2/27/08 Section: Features
There are loads of new female artists in need of your attention; several of them are coming out from countries other than the U.S.
M.I.A. (Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam) is an artist Sacramento State students may have heard of. Her hip-hop-infused tracks are sure to kick start a weekend party and send a wave of excitement through your veins.
M.I.A.'s second album "Kala," an album the New York Times called "electrifying," is named after her mother.
"M.I.A. is hailed as one of the most freshly creative artists to hit the scene, paving the way for fierce and adventurous females to break the mold. With 'Kala,' she pulls even more globe-trekking and genre-bending into her musical mix," according to Amazon.com. "Recorded in India, Trinidad, Australia, London, New York and Baltimore, M.I.A. has crafted an international sound that is as excitingly indefinable as it is infectious."
"Paper Planes" is perhaps the most popular track on the album and features M.I.A.'s catchiest of raps, including the opening lines, "I fly like paper/get high like planes/if you catch me at the border/ I got Visas in my name." These songs of hers are anthems of electric excitement and youth and are hard to ignore.
"I like electronic music, so I generally like songs like this," senior engineering major Graham Taft said after listening to "Paper Planes." "This is a unique blend of hip-hop and electronic."
A close musical relative to M.I.A. is Santogold. Santogold is Santi White along with producer and songwriter Johnny Rodeo (John Hill). White hails out of Brooklyn, N.Y.
White made friends with M.I.A. and British pop star Lily Allen and was on the January 2008 cover of Fader magazine, giving the New Yorker a bit of buzz.
Her album is set for release in late spring or early summer on Downtown Records, the label that brought Gnarls Barkley to the music scene. The album is full of infectious tracks like "Creator" and "L.E.S. Artistes."
"L.E.S. Artistes" is considered the most possible 'crossover hit,'" wrote Cam Lindsay, Canadian music blogger for Exclaim.ca.
M.I.A. (Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam) is an artist Sacramento State students may have heard of. Her hip-hop-infused tracks are sure to kick start a weekend party and send a wave of excitement through your veins.
M.I.A.'s second album "Kala," an album the New York Times called "electrifying," is named after her mother.
"M.I.A. is hailed as one of the most freshly creative artists to hit the scene, paving the way for fierce and adventurous females to break the mold. With 'Kala,' she pulls even more globe-trekking and genre-bending into her musical mix," according to Amazon.com. "Recorded in India, Trinidad, Australia, London, New York and Baltimore, M.I.A. has crafted an international sound that is as excitingly indefinable as it is infectious."
"Paper Planes" is perhaps the most popular track on the album and features M.I.A.'s catchiest of raps, including the opening lines, "I fly like paper/get high like planes/if you catch me at the border/ I got Visas in my name." These songs of hers are anthems of electric excitement and youth and are hard to ignore.
"I like electronic music, so I generally like songs like this," senior engineering major Graham Taft said after listening to "Paper Planes." "This is a unique blend of hip-hop and electronic."
A close musical relative to M.I.A. is Santogold. Santogold is Santi White along with producer and songwriter Johnny Rodeo (John Hill). White hails out of Brooklyn, N.Y.
White made friends with M.I.A. and British pop star Lily Allen and was on the January 2008 cover of Fader magazine, giving the New Yorker a bit of buzz.
Her album is set for release in late spring or early summer on Downtown Records, the label that brought Gnarls Barkley to the music scene. The album is full of infectious tracks like "Creator" and "L.E.S. Artistes."
"L.E.S. Artistes" is considered the most possible 'crossover hit,'" wrote Cam Lindsay, Canadian music blogger for Exclaim.ca.
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Natalye
posted 2/27/08 @ 9:51 AM PST
Pretty cool story - although I would have been interested to know more about these singers than just what they're singing. Like how M.I.A.'s lyrics are full of substance, focusing on politics and hot topics, not about love and rehab and other crap that so many pop culture artists sing about. (Continued…)
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