{"product_id":"matangi-vinyl-vinyl","title":"MATANGI (VINYL) [Vinyl] (ONLINE ORDER ONLY)","description":"\u003cp\u003eNames are important to Maya Arulpragasam. She named her first two albums after her father and mother, \/\\\/\\\/\\Y\/\\ after herself, and Matangi after an emerald-green Tantric goddess as well as a riff on her birth name, Mathangi. Picking up where \/\\\/\\\/\\Y\/\\'s challenging electronics and distrust of the information age left off, M.I.A.'s fourth album is top-loaded with some of its most aggressive tracks, including the title track's global litany. She makes listeners wait for her still-formidable skills with hooks and melodies, displaying them most stunningly on \"Bad Girls,\" a sinewy, menacing track whose origins date back to 2007 sessions with Danja. Throughout the album, Arulpragasam proves she's as adept as ever at blending different sounds and cultures into a mix that is unmistakably hers, alluding to Shampoo's bratty Brit-pop single \"Trouble\" at one moment and proclaiming herself the female Slick Rick at another. Indeed, the songs inspired by rap and R\u0026amp;B are among the highlights, such as her karmic questioning of Drake's ubiquitous motto on \"Y.A.L.A.\" or the sultry, surprisingly straightforward ballad \"Know It Ain't Right.\" \"Exodus,\" a collaboration with the Weeknd, finds a mostly successful middle ground between her outbursts and his chilly R\u0026amp;B dirges. Other standouts include the fizzy, hypnotic \"Lights\" and \"Boom Skit,\" which harks back to Arular's brazen exuberance. ~ Heather Phares\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Paladin Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42658963193879,"sku":"OFTS6K-NLZW-00","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0586\/8099\/9959\/files\/MIA-MATANGI-VINYL_dwYLS.jpg?v=1755147446","url":"https:\/\/animeimports.net\/products\/matangi-vinyl-vinyl","provider":"Anime Imports LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}