Can u play that...u know the song...boom boom something?

ALLLLRIGHTTTT!!!!!!

I've had enough of people asking me to play "Boom boom boom & take your money!" So I figure it's time I kick some knowledge for the benefit of those who just don't know any better. I'm not implying that anyone is dumb. I'm just saying, here's the info, take it & do what you will with it.

To start, her name is M.I.A. and she's not a new artist. She's been doing her thing for a few years now. The song that you all know and love NOW is called PAPER PLANES. It's from her 2nd full length album called KALA which was released in 2007 on XL Recordings. YESSSS, 2007! And yes, I have indeed been playing that song along with a few others for over a year now, plus I've been playing songs from her 1st album ARULAR which came out in 2005 for the past 3 years. (For those of you who have our CD "The MASH-UP Theory" which we released in March 2007, you'll hear two M.I.A. tracks on there.

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We even had the pleasure of performing with M.I.A last summer (yes, 2007) right here in Toronto. Aaaannnyway, thanks to the movie Pinapple Express (which is dope btw) the song Paper Planes was used in the TV commercials and then radio picked up on it. Now it's a "BIG TUNE."

I'm not considering this one of my usual NEW HAWTNESS posts where I intro you to a hot new artist, b/c M.I.A is far from new. She's world famous actually, to those who are up on more than just what's on the radio. Again, no disrespect, but I do urge you all to seek out new things, music, food etc b/c there's so much more to life than what is presented and laid at our feet by TV and mainstream radio. It's all out there, you just have to take the time to look around. The internet is you friend :)

That said, here are a buttload of M.I.A videos starting with Paper Planes. She's dope! Check her out and perhaps buy an album or 2!

PAPER PLANES