Rap-Up.com || M.I.A. Readies ‘Matangi’ for April

After a few delays, M.I.A. is set to make her return to music this spring with her fourth album Matangi. While known for controversy, the new material is said to have a different tone.

“It’s due in April, which is the Tamil new year—April 15th—and I’m still working on it,” Maya told the Gold Coast Bulletin during her trip to Australia.

Originally due last year, the project was delayed by her label Interscope Records. “At the moment, I’ve been told it’s too positive. So we’re having a bit of an issue at the label,” she said. “They’re like, ‘You need to like darken it up a bit.’ I don’t know what it is but as soon as I work that out.’”

Interscope was surprised by the overly positive tone on the follow-up to 2010′s Maya. “We just built you up as the public enemy No. 1 and now you’re coming out with all this positive stuff,” said M.I.A. as she described her label’s reaction.

Last January, she debuted the single “Bad Girls” and the video, which earned a Grammy nod for Best Short Form Music Video.

M.I.A. has also composed the theme music to WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange’s TV show “The World Tomorrow.”

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11 Comments

HAV
January 5th, 2013 at 10:20 am
#worldtown2013
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Grant
January 5th, 2013 at 10:49 am
Hope it’s worth the wait. Talented and sexy.

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AllAMerykhanBoy
January 5th, 2013 at 12:16 pm
So labels do run the artist

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:) Reply:
January 5th, 2013 at 1:08 pm
@AllAMerykhanBoy, Pretty much.

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Ray Reply:
January 7th, 2013 at 8:03 pm
@:), Well until you hit Beyonce status.

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boom boom
January 5th, 2013 at 1:05 pm
i lover her so much, so talented

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Kyle
January 5th, 2013 at 3:14 pm
I am so ready for a new album from her. Why would Interscope tell her the music is too positive? That’s stupid! Yea she has been controversial in the past but she has never really been known to sell a lot of records so Interscope should just let her BE HER and do what she wants because we all know she’s good at doing that. Good luck to her!

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AMOR Reply:
January 6th, 2013 at 8:31 am
@Kyle, It’s not like she’s a huge seller. None of her albums has gone gold. I can’t wait for the album though.

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yo Reply:
January 6th, 2013 at 11:57 am
@AMOR, Kala went gold.

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Yeakelly
January 5th, 2013 at 11:07 pm
Too positive? #bitchswerve

Btw RAP-UP, u guys should do a post on the new artist JAYY PERRY. Her new song, SPEEDING, has been playing a lot on Sirius XM. Definitely an artist to watch for in 2013!! Check it out

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Bisuness Prounld Foboze Changed 2013
January 9th, 2013 at 5:45 am
it gonna get pushed back until the album release is Right & good

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