Reviews
4 stars out of 5 -- "A head-spinning equatorial dash....She twangs the boundaries of taste both lyrically and musically. But a knockout's a knockout...", 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "M.I.A.'s border-crossing dance pop is a revolutionary manifesto set the victory party vibe of the future.", Ranked #8 in The Wire's "Top Ten Records of the Year 2007" -- "The album saw her in transcontinental globetrotting mode in search of the tribal beats, engine sounds and local pop samples mishmashed into KALA.", Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Top Albums of the Year 2007" -- "M.I.A.'s second album was an international block party with a sonic imagination nobody could match all year.", "She has kept her globetrotting spirit intact in later years -- for Kala she's harvested inspiration and sounds from streets on every continent.", "KALA is propelled by genuinely stellar moments: the manic thrall of 'Jimmy,' the ferocious gunshot-chorused 'Paper Planes.'" -- Grade: B, Ranked #34 in Q's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2007" -- "Hip hop by way of Africa, the Caribbean and the Indian subcontinent...", 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "It's heavier, noisier, more jagged....KALA strikes deep....A riot of human, musical and mechanical sounds bubbles underneath these tracks."
