Summary from 50 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated M.I.A.’s catalog across 13 albums from 50 opinions, with an overall average of 7.4/10. The top-rated M.I.A. album is Kala (2007) with a 9.0/10 average from 4 ratings, followed by Arular and Piracy Funds Terrorism. The discography on Rate.fm spans 2005 to 2026. Paper Planes ranks as the highest-rated M.I.A. song on Rate.fm with a 10.0/10 average.
Kala
“Careerwise, the recent album M.I.A.’s Kala recalls is Kanye West’s Late Registration — an unexpectedly sure-footed follow-up to a brainy beat-adept’s can-you-top-this debut. And though West is the more universal musician, especially as Americans conceivethe universe, there are also musical similarities: Both albums challenge sophomore slump by risking pretension. But where West hired classically trained […]”
Kala
“Given the hundreds of thousands of words hunted and pecked in the service of M.I.A.'s 2005 debut *Arular*, the odds on her delivering more grist for the mill with her followup were probably somewhere between slim and Amy Winehouse. Sure, *Arular*-- which has quietly sold 130,000 copies in the U.S.-- ultimately didn't seem to make much of an impact on the public at large, but the bountiful texts wo”
Arular
“After her much-loved Piracy Funds Terrorism mixtape collaboration with Diplo, and a series of delays, the debut album from London-via-Sri Lanka club artist M.I.A. proves worth the wait.”