M.I.A.’s last contribution to society was wearing a t-shirt that simulated having electrical tape over her nipples.
Did yall hear that M.I.A. is retiring?
I know what ur wondering… ‘what does that even mean?’
Can ‘alt celebrities’ even retire? I guess if you are M.I.A. or Santogold or some other artist/band who was lucky enough to have their song in a commercial & catch on to the point that they are getting $100K+ per gig, then it makes sense. I’m sure ‘having to perform in the electro era’ can take its toll on any peformer.
Does it mean that she is tired of the public eye? Is she tired of being associated with other ‘artists’ who are more interested in partying, and not rlly into self-expression and other authentic stuff? Should I respect her more if she really does go away for good? Can we assume that M.I.A. was legally blind because she never took off her sunglasses?
I feel like we should assume that she is going to:
- ‘change her name’ or
- ‘have an overhyped comeback in 2.5 years when she ‘feels like making music again, but she will probably just need a little bit of cash after she pops out a kid’
- will become a designer who will automatically get press because ’she used to be M.I.A.’
- will settle down with her new husband who is the son of a record executive
- will conspire to take down Santogold, since Santy stole most of the blurbs reserved for ‘dark skinned girls who make interesting music that isn’t hiphop’
- will partake in an internship for Marc by Marcus Jacobs
N E ways… I’m sad that M.I.A. is dead. I only really listened to that song ‘Paper Planes,’ so I guess I nvr rlly got to know her. Was she good or what?
M.I.A.: 2006-2007
We will always miss you–a tribute video for M.I.A.
[HIGHLY RECCD VIDEO]
What is your lasting memory of M.I.A.?
Plz share any personal stories that will remind us of the time she spent on Earth.
R.I.P.M.I.A.D.A.N.C.E.
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i never rly gave chance to m.i.a 2 and once i even said she sucks.
does that make me a bad person?
are alt bros who actually listen to m.i.a getting more tugs from alt black girls?
that song with the guns and sh1t sounded OKAY, and she was KUTE :-(
i guess it’s time to MOVE ON to the next ‘KUTE and sounds OKAY’black girl.
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I always noticed HRO being so indifferent to MIA . . . it’s too bad. She really is super. In fact, I think Kala was the best album of 2008. And no she’s not blind. I made eye contact with her once <3
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m.i.a. is going m.i.a. tee-hee!
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i heard m.i.a has\had nice ass?
is it true?
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she came to my school and all i heard wuz gunshots alldayeveryday
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i saw her twice, and so now when she dies i can brag to 14 year olds about how i saw the ~*original santogold*~ four times and they never will
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I saw M.I.A. at Lowlands 07 and it was so awful i left after 20min. She was so drunk, couldn’t remember her songs and the sound was so distorted it was like watching a black Amy Winehouse inside a boombox from the 80’s turned up 4000%. Actually it was worse then that cos that actually sounds kinda good.
Kala blowed. Galang boomed. Meh.
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Yeah whatever she’s just on her wrag. I give her “retirement” about a year or so until she releases a new record and starts touring again.
One thing is for sure though, she won’t be going on Dancing With the Stars in a last ditch attempt to boost her failing career. The girl can’t dance for shit:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jTLkHQz1OpY
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yeah, she’ll be back. sure enough.
plus – why do we care? SHE’S UGLY
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one time I wuz at a [HIGHLY RECC'D] festival, and had 2 relieve myself. I proceeded 2 the bathrooms, and there wuz Maya Arularprgamsfjasff standing between two urinals. I wuz 2 confused, but I whipped out my penis and she gave it a little tug. I’ll miss her 4 sure.
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I really liked M.I.A.’s music, I first saw her open for LCD Soundsytem, and she did a great job of really pumping up the crowd. Great dancer, good music, she’ll be back in a year or so.
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Wow! You guys are so ironic and funny. Fact of the matter is that Kala was a great album and MIA was a great artist.
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I Dig Mia…err..Dugg Mia…
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She’s not fucking retiring. She’s just retiring from her live shows, She’s still going to make albums.
Somebody needs to teach that bitch what the world “hiatus” means.
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Im Sorry,….. Can You See Her “Cookie” In That First Shot?…Im Gonna Have to Say Seeing Her Cookie On HRO
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I think that “retiring” is just something that every artist does once in a while. do you think “retiring” is another way to get people to pay more attention to your current record? hmmm
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guess what she is ski lankan – not black
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thank you! fuck she isn’t fucking black
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MIA was a hoax put on by the British gov’t to flush out celebrity communists and scientologists to then be turned over to the neo-fascist government in the EU in exchange for continuing to use the £. She’s retiring because the folks from Cassette Playa found a recording device sewn in the penis shaped flap of a shirt she borrowed from them that proved that she was MI6 (notice the thinly veiled similarity in name). She has now been reassigned, along with her phony husband, to keep tabs on the record executives underhanded “red” dealings.
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I saw her havin a [HIGHLY RECC'D] drunken argument with then BF/mentor/fellow alt-celeb Diplo.
3> Alt-Celebs are human too 3>
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hahahh I read that she was starting her own clothing line in Nylon magazine.
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i like how it zooms in on her rack 29 seconds into the video
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dancing on stage with her at the sasquatch music festival this year.
it was amazing.
she let like 50 crowd members come up.
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I think MIA is just about as boring as Elton John but wouldnt you think that someone who likes MIA enough take the time to make a 7th grade girl video montage (minus meaningful words cut out of teen beat) would choose something a little less bullshit as the soundtrack?
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i took ectascy for the fifth time when i saw her. it was ok.
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awesome tribute video.
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i’ll nevar forgt turning down an opprtnty to see her in LA to instead bayt to my favrit pr0n -> Merry X-Mas.
finding out Maymar Iamlampodoopos retired doesn’t make me regret it.
http://nationofthizzlam.blogspot.com/2008/06/baytin-itoldskool.html
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my last memory of m.i.a. was also my only near death experience. basically at coachella her tent was so crowded that i got trampled to the sound of her opening song “bamboo banga”….i can’t hear that song without thinking that a 300 lb mexican altbro is gonna crush me between himself and like four other innocent bystanders.
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THAT VIDEO JUST MADE ME CRY NEON TEARZ!
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what the actual f
she’s british but shes gone all yakult (yanky-alt) on us
she shoulda done diplo, he’s still cool over here, his fabriclive is sweetpeas
fuck it im gonna listen to afrikan boy from now on at least he’s a laugh
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i love when y’all tell stories of your gr8 alt experiences, it’s almost like your life is worth BLGGNG about.
anyway this is prob just a hiatus.
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one thing about m.i.a.– that piracy mixtape was hotness.. having diplo on the mix before you fuckers knew who he was and dropping mia who i knew who she was.. SUCH A ALT BRO PRECURSOR
all alt bros at the time listened EXCLUSIVELY to strokes-like sounds. this is like 3 summers ago now, shit. now everyones into HIP HOP like they even KNEW southern boyz were up– let’s all rep for lil wayne now niggaz!!!! YALL PLAID URSLVS!!
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HRO BLOG ABOUT LIL WAYNES LOLLIPOP AND HOW HES LIKE THE MALE MIA WITH LONG HAIR
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wtf?!
o hai, santogold!
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so glad i saw her live. what a hot slut, she made me start to like middle eastern girls
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i like mia’s bum too
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she’ll always be an amazing artist, whether or not a milion mtv-crazed teens think their so cool because they heard one song off kala before trl.
Arular, PFT, and kala are all great records. It’s good music.
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she is going to make a comeback but until then i am going to cry myself to sleep every night listening to arular.
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she is nice i met her i want to marry her
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