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M.I.A., by all logic, should be a household name in America by now. The music industry went wild over her 2005 US debut Arular, resulting in a high profile gig opening for Gwen Stefani´s Love.Angel.Music.Baby tour. But it almost seems like our general media culture was afraid of her. Not only is her music unlike anything playing on Top 40 stations right now, her story is one that seems to be impossible for some to reconcile in our post-9/11 existence.

M.I.A. was born in Sri Lanka. Her father was a member of the Tamil Tigers, widely viewed as an insurgent group, and was killed during her childhood. The remaining members of her immediate family became refugees in England. She went to college in America, participated in art shows, and eventually began producing her own music. Now she can´t even get a VISA approved to work in the US.

But all of the paranoid political decisions couldn´t stop the production of her new album Kala. While the plan was for Timbaland to produce her follow up to her critically hailed debut, the VISA problems resulted in her travelling the world and setting up impromptu studios wherever she went. The result is an eclectic mix of sonic influences that fulfills the promise of her debut while showing a clear signs of artistic maturation.

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