Rap-Up.com || M.I.A. Tweets New Album Release Date

M.I.A. has a lot on her plate these days, including raising a son, running a record label, and releasing her third album.

The 34-year-old singer hinted at a June release for her next album, the follow-up to 2007′s Kala. “I THINK IM READY,” she tweeted. “JUNE 2010.”

Just last month, she told Rolling Stone that she is putting finishing touches on the project, recording mostly with Baltimore producer Blaqstarr. “[He] simply makes music that sounds good, and I needed that,” she told the magazine. “I definitely needed to come to music on this album, to make music. I don’t want it to be gimmicky or silly or hipstery.”

Fans got a taste of what’s to come with the leaked track “Space Odyssey.” Other songs expected to make the cut include “I Fight the Ones That Fight Me” and “I’m Down Like Your Internet Connection,” which features Filipino Verizon workers singing on the hook.

Meanwhile, the “Paper Planes” hitmaker won’t be getting on any planes anytime soon. “BANNED FROM LEAVING THE U.S, FAMILY BANNED FROM COMING TO U.S TO SEE ME,” she wrote. Her travel restrictions have kept her in one place while recording and also influenced her “honest” sound.

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12 Comments

Lisa
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:28 pm
OMG! I can’t wait!
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Burmy
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:41 pm
I’m sorry, but I refuse to spend any of my money funding terrorist sympathizers (google the Tamil Tigers).
This is also why I didn’t cop K’naan’s album-he actually supports the Somalian pirates.
Both of them should be DEPORTED!
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A Dude
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:56 pm
why she’s banned from leaving in US ?
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biteme
February 24th, 2010 at 1:11 am
yeh just google ‘tamil tigers’ and let the search results make up your mind for you. is that how you got your dumb IQ results and diagnosed a bruise on your knee as testicular cancer. i’m seriously sticking up for M.I.A. – don’t google bullshit, you don’t know crap and you wouldn’t know a ‘terrorist sympathizer’ if your mum became one.
peace
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biteme
February 24th, 2010 at 1:14 am
ps i’ll buy the album twice to make up for ya ox
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MushyLove_1992
February 24th, 2010 at 6:54 am
Damn I can’t wait! M.I.A. never disappoints…
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Jaelani
February 24th, 2010 at 8:39 am
I’m excited! I’ve been listening to both Arular and Kala nonstop last week =)
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February 24th, 2010 at 11:23 am
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joey
February 24th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
okay listen, m.i.a. is a refugee from her home island of sri lanka. the terrorism and extremists are killing her people. she isnt a part of or supporting the killing. its a systematic genocide, its horrible. ppl need to learn b4 they say stuff
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Jeffery J-Boe
February 24th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
That’s What I’m Talking About M.I.A., I Hope You Release A Song Hotter Than “Paper Planes”, Because That Song Was Hott, So The Next Album, and Singles Need To Be HOTTER… Love You, M.I.A.
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TONY
March 17th, 2010 at 12:48 pm
OMG! This is awsome! i KNOW that the 3rd album will be a super-awsome-great-extream thing!!!!
GO M.I.A
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the richeous one
June 5th, 2010 at 11:24 am
@Burmy : your a total D-bag.. oh and a dumb-ass
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