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  Free Download: M.I.A.'s Wild New Mixtape

  December 31, 2010 – M.I.A has had a controversial 2010: She released Maya, her most challenging album to date, and was embroiled in a conflict with a New York Times reporter after the paper published an unflattering profile of the rapper in May. …
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  The 40 Best Albums of 2010

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  Austin City Limits 2010: The Best Photos

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  WATCH: M.I.A. and Rye Rye's Hot New Clip

  October 8, 2010 – Baltimore rapper Rye Rye's debut video "Bang" featured a guest appearance from her mentor (and label head) M.I.A. Now the Sri-Lankan MC has returned to co-star in Rye Rye's hot new video "Sunshine," from her first full-length, Go! Pop! Bang!, due next January. …
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  Gaga & Cher Collabo, Em & Lil Wayne Vid + More

  September 30, 2010 – Eminem and Lil Wayne will premiere a new video for Em's track "No Love" tonight on MTV, but the duo are offering a preview clip, which depicts schoolyard bullies picking on a kid. [NahRight] Are Lady Gaga and Cher planning to collaborate? Cher biographer Mark Bego claims the two pop divas have been in talks about working together for a possible duet and tour. "They are now like mother and daughter," the writer said. …
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  LISTEN: Unreleased M.I.A. Track!

  September 23, 2010 – Longing for the old M.I.A.? Diplo, the Sri Lankan rapper's sometime collaborator who called her new album, MAYA, a "turd," certainly is. So, on Wednesday, he posted one of their previously unreleased collabos to his website. Listen below! "[It] has sick lyrics and a classic M.I.A. vibe," he Tweeted. And he's not kidding. …
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  M.I.A. Mixes Messages at Montreal Tour Opener

  September 22, 2010 – Arular, Kala, // / Y / -- Maya Arulpragasm named her albums after her freedom-fighter father, her mother, and herself. It says plenty -- the M.I.A. theme is identity, in all its roiling, coming-to-be chaos. But M.I.A. is also about contradiction, or at the very least, duality. Tuesday night's tour-opener at Montreal's sold-out Metropolis brought home that idea. …
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  WATCH: M.I.A.'s Nausea-Inducing New Video

  September 20, 2010 – Like the album itself, the videos from M.I.A.'s boggling opus MAYA have been a chaotic mix, from the military-themed, ginger-murdering "Born Free" to the slick, sexy "XXXO." Now comes "Story to Be Told," a computer-animated clip whose hypnotic graphics riff off her album artwork with images of "CAPTCHA" fields, i.e. those words entered when submitting information on websites that prove we're human, and not spambots. …
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  Terrific Twitter Trio of the Week

  August 20, 2010 – Lots of musicians tweet -- but all that Twitters is not gold. That's why you'll want to check out SPIN.com every Friday to see whose tweets we're reading this week-then update your TweetDeck! (Obligatory Self-Promotion: ...while you're at it, be sure to follow @SPINmagazine!) B.o.B.@bobatl Why You Should Follow: Hip-hop artist B.o.B.-otherwise known as Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr.-makes music that's out of this world. Literally. …
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  WATCH: M.I.A. Debuts Fantasy "XXXO" Video

  August 11, 2010 – Well, this is certainly a lot less violent than the homicidal bloodbath that was M.I.A.'s clip for "Born Free." The video for "XXXO," the Rusko-produced single off her excellent new album MAYA, just dropped online -- and it's like a high school girl's fantasy world from the 1980s. Think those embarrassing yearbook portraits with big pouffy hair, gaudy gold jewelry, and cheesy backdrops ... …
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