Arular - MIA

Arular is MIAs 2005 album, that has hits on such as Galang and Sunshowers. The whole album is very unique, creative and alternative. Each track makes you feel good and the eclectic style the wole album has to offer is honestly different to anything I have heard before. The 13 song album also has skits included, such as the one for the head skit and dash the curry skit, which are very short but good pieces of artwork in my opinion from the everchanging artist that is M.I.A. The album cover and jacket/sleeve is in itself a piece of artowkr and I feel this also helps differentiate both the CD an artist from competitors or even copycats. Back to the ...  Read the complete review

I grabbed this album from one of my sister's CD racks on a quiet rainy evening when I was house sitting for my parents and was very, very bored! After an hour of this I found myself dancing around the house in a very silly manner, caught up in a host of infectious rhythms. Self professed world citizen MIA flawlessly blends together a heady mix of dancehall, ragga, pop and dance music (a collection that sounds terrible on paper) in a collection that will have you clicking your fingers in next to no time. Far from just being party music though, MIA is quick to promote a wide range of political points and takes no shame in taking fire at inequality and ...  Read the complete review