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“Steppin’ Up” doesn’t appear on /\/\/\Y/\‘s official twitpic tracklist, but it did get an official premiere by Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1 yesterday. There’s been some questionable M.I.A. activity of late, but this seems pretty legit, and one of the best M.I.A. leaks of 2K10 so far. Also below, a remix of M.I.A.’s “XXXO” [...]

There is very little information online about unsigned New York City artist, Sali; a conspiracy theory/sample loving dude with many mentions of M.I.A. and the Sri Lanka genocide in his website bio. The Stereogum comments section confirms that M.I.A.’s verse on “Toldya” is from the Arular bonus track, “M.I.A.”. I’d like to offer my own [...]

In addition to the original audio from the 9 page, 4 billion word Lynn Hirschberg interview in NYT (which proves Hirschberg ordered the truffle fries and moved the quotes around a bit – SHOCKED, INTERNETS),  M.I.A posted up a new track this weekend called “Haters,” which does not appear on the /\/\ /\ Y /\ [...]

Rattytat (as he has been named by Carles of Hipster Runoff) first appeared in Ratatat’s recent “Party With Children” video. He has since decided to go solo via Carles’ magnum opus, above, a remix video of Ratatat, Animal Collective’s “My Girls” and M.I.A.’s “Born Free” (appropriately titled, “Born at a Free Party with My Girls”). [...]

Earlier today on BBC Radio 1, Annie Mac premiered a new M.I.A. track, “XXXO,” calling it the “hottest record in the world right now.” The first official single was produced by Blaqstarr (who also worked on Kala’s “World Town” and “The Turn”), and comes off of M.I.A.’s still untitled new record, due June 29 on [...]

So, Holy ****. M.I.A.’s new Romain Gavras directed, nine minute video for the Suicide sampling “Born Free” is extremely violent, graphic, offensive, political, and punk rock. This is banned on Youtube in the US. This is hard to watch. ****. NSFW is an understatement.

M.I.A. would not appreciate the Lady Gaga reference, but she’s a free b*tch, baby. The latest track to surface from her as yet untitled new record sounds nothing like any other M.I.A. track I’ve ever heard, though it has a lot of the same qualities [in that it sounds like nothing else by anyone else [...]

The first draft of this post, titled “My Poproks Best Songs Since 2000,” is from this past March. 8 months, 1,000 edits, and 3,000 miles later, it officially exits the abyss of blogFAIL that is My Poproks “drafts” section. Making lists is hard! I will never complain about another ‘Blank Songs of Blank’ list ever [...]

Everybody here at My Poproks (aka me) has been eagerly awaiting Rye Rye’s debut album on N.E.E.T., which is unnamed and still doesn’t have a release date. The Bmore club chick’s official video for “Bang” officially bangs, and is every bit as eccentric, colorful, and energetic as I had hoped it would be. Come catch [...]

I’m still coping with the idea of my canceled cable. I told myself that I could find everything I wanted to watch online and that the Direct TV basic package + HBO and Showtime I had was what the recession would call “living beyond my means.” I failed to realize that the only shows I [...]