Post by mathangigram on Jan 9, 2016 2:14:06 GMT
I've always been interested in the DIPLO andM.I.A onslaught. There is a couple of interesting facets to the ongoing situation with the two producer sensations. First, and perhaps foremost, you have their past, which includes anintimate relationship and resulting break up. On top of this, you of course have to keep in mind the current / semi-current situation with M.I.A. After spending copious amounts of time locked out of American soil, she finally got into the powerhouse country with a pretty big passion to right the wrongs.
I remember back when M.I.A was mid album launch (with her second full release), and Diplo went on record saying it would be ‘heavy’, ‘weird’ and ‘a turd’. The comical explanation (via histwitter) was followed up with a series of statements that played down his words, subsequently defusing the potentially dangerous situation. When ‘Maya‘ came around, M.I.A’s third feature album, things took a turn somewhere between worse and a bad, Sri Lankin dream. The controversial at best album gained a stigma around it within days of release. It had to be talked about, not because it was good or bad, heavenly or hellish. Simply because it was a modern day case of a question people ask more and more. Does controversy still sell? Would the albums powerful statements, accompanied with M.I.A’s public agenda, translate to her eventual downfall?
After Lynn Hirschberg of the New York Timeswitnessed the 2009 Grammy Awards, in which M.I.A performed nine months pregnant, she took an interest in this passion-infused artist. After meeting for drinks a year later, she published a highly read, aggressively expressive article about the producer and her political views. She drew focus on the lyrics of her songs, the aggression toward American culture and the rage basis that she speaks upon. She pretty much put her threw a grinder, pouring the remnants onto a stove of criticism-based-acid. Ms Hirschberg also brought on statements made by her home governments officials, who admit she may have a ‘shallow perception on the issues at hand‘. Admittedly, at times it seems like M.I.A wants to deteriorate the situation, with her persistent public accounts of the US government following her, tapping her phone and sending her death threats. Having spent time in the US since the tragedies of September 11th, I can take onboard these accounts of total control, but not necessarily the scale at which she’s expressing it on. One person who really doesn’t agree is of course, the ex, aka Wesley Pentz, aka Diplo, akaMajor Lazer.
In an interview with Blackbook’s last year, Diplo explained that M.I.A didn’t care about the album (III) and that while Switch and himself tried to lay down some ‘quality control’, she wouldn’t have any of it. On the contrary, M.I.A said that Diplo had very little involvement in the album and it was mainly her and Switch. Switch didn’t say shit. He’s cool. It was quite a funny situation really. Fast forward a year and the two haven’t made too much public progress, but the situation still interests me. Was Diplo right in saying that M.I.A lost her passion and married for , or is he just sour that they broke up? Is M.I.A just taking a heartbroken stab at Diplo in saying he had very little to do with the record? No one knows, but mark my words, TWITTER will be the first to find out. You can always bet on that kids.
-published by the Housemates, 2011..
yourfriendshouse.com/uncategorised/no-i-dumped-you/
I remember back when M.I.A was mid album launch (with her second full release), and Diplo went on record saying it would be ‘heavy’, ‘weird’ and ‘a turd’. The comical explanation (via histwitter) was followed up with a series of statements that played down his words, subsequently defusing the potentially dangerous situation. When ‘Maya‘ came around, M.I.A’s third feature album, things took a turn somewhere between worse and a bad, Sri Lankin dream. The controversial at best album gained a stigma around it within days of release. It had to be talked about, not because it was good or bad, heavenly or hellish. Simply because it was a modern day case of a question people ask more and more. Does controversy still sell? Would the albums powerful statements, accompanied with M.I.A’s public agenda, translate to her eventual downfall?
After Lynn Hirschberg of the New York Timeswitnessed the 2009 Grammy Awards, in which M.I.A performed nine months pregnant, she took an interest in this passion-infused artist. After meeting for drinks a year later, she published a highly read, aggressively expressive article about the producer and her political views. She drew focus on the lyrics of her songs, the aggression toward American culture and the rage basis that she speaks upon. She pretty much put her threw a grinder, pouring the remnants onto a stove of criticism-based-acid. Ms Hirschberg also brought on statements made by her home governments officials, who admit she may have a ‘shallow perception on the issues at hand‘. Admittedly, at times it seems like M.I.A wants to deteriorate the situation, with her persistent public accounts of the US government following her, tapping her phone and sending her death threats. Having spent time in the US since the tragedies of September 11th, I can take onboard these accounts of total control, but not necessarily the scale at which she’s expressing it on. One person who really doesn’t agree is of course, the ex, aka Wesley Pentz, aka Diplo, akaMajor Lazer.
In an interview with Blackbook’s last year, Diplo explained that M.I.A didn’t care about the album (III) and that while Switch and himself tried to lay down some ‘quality control’, she wouldn’t have any of it. On the contrary, M.I.A said that Diplo had very little involvement in the album and it was mainly her and Switch. Switch didn’t say shit. He’s cool. It was quite a funny situation really. Fast forward a year and the two haven’t made too much public progress, but the situation still interests me. Was Diplo right in saying that M.I.A lost her passion and married for , or is he just sour that they broke up? Is M.I.A just taking a heartbroken stab at Diplo in saying he had very little to do with the record? No one knows, but mark my words, TWITTER will be the first to find out. You can always bet on that kids.
-published by the Housemates, 2011..
yourfriendshouse.com/uncategorised/no-i-dumped-you/