M.I.A.: "I'm not gonna stay on my couch in Norwood 'til George Bush works out how to beat Bin Laden" / In Depth // Drowned In Sound
December 18th, 2007 All’s well that ends well: it’s the maxim that, you can’t help but feel, best sums up M.I.A.’s whirlwind 2007. Back in 2006 the future was looking decidedly bleak for the follow-up to the London firebrand’s acclaimed debut Arular when a failed US Visa application scuppered a planned Timbaland collaboration which would have seen the Virginia mogul produce the record. Actually, it turned out to be something of a blessing in disguise, M.I.A. opting instead to hotfoot it round the globe with underground DJ Switch, recording in India, Australia, Liberia, Trinidad, ...
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