“M.I.A.’s fifth album arrives with the usual mix of bumps, bruises and bravura. In June she was dropped from the line-up of London’s Afropunk Fest after making controversial comments about the Black Lives Matter movement; then last month she claimed her label was refusing to “clear” ‘Bird Song’, her first collaboration since 2010 with her former producer and ex-boyfriend Diplo. The track now appear”
“M.I.A. takes A.I.M. on potentially her final album”
“M.I.A. returns with a politically charged but confusing album that lacks bite and bounce, presenting only glimmers of what once was.”
“If this is to be the end, then what of MIA’s legacy? Maya Arulpragasam’s already expressed that this, her fifth album, is probably her last. She recently told Rolling Stone, “I’m really fucking tired and I want to fucking retire and raise my kid.” Just over a decade ago there wasn’t an emerging voice more exciting than hers in music. The London-born, Sri-Lanka raised artist’s debut, ‘Arular’, was”
“**Favorite tracks:** VISA, A.M.P., ALI R U OK? **Least favorite track:** FOREIGN FRIEND [Watch the review](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlls8lQNgi4)”
