M.I.A Fires Back At The New York Times On “Haters” | New Music
31st May 2010
|In Music
“Why The Hell Would Journalists Be Thick As Shit…”
Damn… I’m familiar with artists making songs dissing other rappers, politicians etc…
But a song dissing a journalist.. Wow!
M.I.A. fires shots at a New York Times journalist on “Haters” that doesn’t appear on the album tracklisting for the upcoming /\/\/\Y/\ after this story. Claiming that she was misquoted and wrongly portrayed in the piece she has even has posted recordings from the interview on her blog.
She also tackles western politics and other subjects on this electro dub joint.
LISTEN HERE
[audio:http://soulculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Haters.mp3|titles=M.I.A: Haters]
Lol I’ve always found MIA slightly fraudulent. I think that the Lynn Hirschberg’s 8000 word desecration of her character was a bit OTT but nevertheless, not far off the mark. Besides, sonically her assumed rapping voice grates me almost as much as her talking voice and the only thing I’ve ever liked from her was Paper Planes. That said – this beat is dope!