Rap-Up.com || New Music: M.I.A.

“Live fast, die young, bad girls do it well,” chants M.I.A. on “Bad Girls,” the first single from her upcoming fourth album, due this summer. An early version of the rattling Danja production appeared on her 2011 mixtape Vicki Leekx, and the final song will hit iTunes tomorrow. A video, directed by Romain Gavras (“Born Free”) will premiere Friday, the same day as her collaboration with Madonna and Nicki Minaj (“Gimme All Your Luvin’”). And then there’s that little thing called the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday.

[Pitchfork]

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41 Comments

hipsterbitch
January 30th, 2012 at 9:28 am
Yahss bitch MIA is back to slay! My body is ready!

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Real Issh Reply:
January 30th, 2012 at 2:08 pm
@hipsterbitch, LOL!

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RobuS
January 30th, 2012 at 9:29 am
M.I.A is comin’ back with POWA POWA!

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dankingkemp@live.com
January 30th, 2012 at 9:30 am
First Change Your graphic designer…. Second…. This is, to me, a bored Song..)dk

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meds Reply:
January 30th, 2012 at 9:32 am
@dankingkemp@live.com, thrid go back to ur bedroom dancing to gaga in front of the mirror.

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dankingkemp@live.com Reply:
January 30th, 2012 at 11:42 am
@meds, naked or with Meds? Ho

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Replay
January 30th, 2012 at 9:32 am
No hate, but this is SHIT..

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@KingKhalilME_
January 30th, 2012 at 9:33 am
i love m.i.a. she dont follow trends or none of tht she just do her! looove this song from Vicki Leekx mixtape

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baba
January 30th, 2012 at 9:40 am
the world needs M.i.A.

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A
January 30th, 2012 at 9:51 am
how i can get this directly from soundcloud ?

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ValerieV MUA
January 30th, 2012 at 10:26 am
I LOVE M.I.A.!!! She is all time favorite artist everrrrr and I can’t wait for her new album! She raps about real shit over evillll beats! ;) Yassssss

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RACKSONRACKS Reply:
January 30th, 2012 at 3:58 pm
@ValerieV MUA, THAT IS VERY TRUE SHE DOES TALK ABOUT REAL STUFF THAT HALF OF THESE RAPPER/ ARTIST DONT TALK ABOUT & SHE PROBABLY NEVER EVEN LIVED IN THE HOOD YOU HABE TO LISTEN OR READ HER LYRICS……AND HER BEATS ARE OUT OF THIS WORLD ONLY M.I.A. DELIEVERS THE TYPE OF MUSIC SHE DOES THATS WHY SHE’S SO DOPE CAUSE SHE LITERALLY IS THE ONLY ONE IN HER OWN LANE.

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WillNomNoms Reply:
January 30th, 2012 at 5:59 pm
@RACKSONRACKS, actually she is from the poorest area of sri lanka, her father was a terrorist, and she was displaced during the civil war. She’s from the real hood even if it isn’t in America. She knows about some real shit which is why she goes hard over her records.

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moviegirl Reply:
February 6th, 2012 at 6:28 pm
@WillNomNoms, well said. People need to get out of their own little bubbles.

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Outspoken
January 30th, 2012 at 10:37 am
Um maybe it needs to grow on me, so far I don’t like it. The beat is hot but the song not so much.

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phoenix axel
January 30th, 2012 at 10:42 am
awesome

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Chicago
January 30th, 2012 at 11:02 am
O, now I see why Nicki Minaj loves her.

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IkiHav
January 30th, 2012 at 11:10 am
AWESOMENESS

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BlahBlah
January 30th, 2012 at 11:17 am
dope

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dankingkemp@live.com
January 30th, 2012 at 11:43 am
i retract my P, Mia is Talent with a Bow..)dk

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LOL
January 30th, 2012 at 11:46 am
Hot!

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Kyle
January 30th, 2012 at 12:09 pm
This is definitely M.I.A.’s style and I LOVE IT. She has always done her own thing and doesn’t sound like any other artist out there. This song is good timing, especially if she wants to capitalize off of her feature on Madonna’s new single dropping in a couple days. It would be great if we got a new album by summer:) Still bumpin “MAYA.”

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PopCritic
January 30th, 2012 at 1:31 pm
talentless ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh and they call rihanna kehsa katy perry and madonna talentless haven’t they met M I A she makes lil kim sound like bod dylan

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Tamar Reply:
January 30th, 2012 at 7:15 pm
@PopCritic, stop talking

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StarrKicks Reply:
February 4th, 2012 at 10:10 am
@PopCritic, SHUT THE FU’K up ugh IGNORANT asss
*fires gun*

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:)
January 30th, 2012 at 1:38 pm
DIS MY JAM! :)

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Marc
January 30th, 2012 at 3:31 pm
M.I.A. is the shit. I became a fan with her last album. Shit is crazy! I’m not a girl tho but this song sounds nice

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JoshLoveRihanna
January 30th, 2012 at 4:03 pm
DONT SOUND THAT BAD :) Love M.I.A anyway!

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Billy
January 30th, 2012 at 4:20 pm
What happened to the M.I.A. who broke musical boundaries and wrote lyrics inspired by meaningful topics like poverty and the Sri Lankan civil war?
Song is fine, but she seems to be resting on her laurels. There’s no substance here.

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ooooohhhhh
January 30th, 2012 at 5:28 pm
What the hell. I like M.I.A but this is just boring. Good luck ma. Ok next b/c this not cutting it.

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Will
January 30th, 2012 at 6:33 pm
YESSSSSS!!!! This track right here is soooo serious. Danjahandz on the beat hoe!!!

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Triniti
January 30th, 2012 at 7:05 pm
Love it.

#TeamUK

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topshelf
January 30th, 2012 at 7:32 pm
I was disappointed with her last album. Hope this one is more like her first two!

Been a MIA fan since 05

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nicegirl
January 30th, 2012 at 9:47 pm
Dont really like this song. She can do better.

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Hugh
January 31st, 2012 at 6:08 am
Nice. Best MIA song in a minute

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Phoenix Wright
January 31st, 2012 at 11:48 am
beat popping, her voice tho? that is questionable, but it is decent

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nyfan1
January 31st, 2012 at 5:45 pm
I’ve been trying to get into this chick’s music because of the hype but I can’t…she sounds HORRIBLE!

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JLOVE?R
January 31st, 2012 at 9:20 pm
i love the sound of all her music! the world is abou due for some MIA

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@pablowHood
February 1st, 2012 at 3:21 am
M.I M.I M.I.AYYYYYYYYY !!!!!!!! Dope !!!!!!!!

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4real
February 1st, 2012 at 9:06 am
gurl be slayin

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