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Her third album, Maya, was released in 2010 and reached the top 10 in numerous countries, remaining her highest-charting album both in the UK and the US. Her fourth album, Matangi , was released in 2013, charting moderately in music markets, despite receiving strong feedback from both public and critics.
The full version of Come Walk With Me was shared one and a half year later, in September 2013. [139] M.I.A. officially signed to Jay-Z's Roc Nation management in May 2012. [140] [141] Rihanna welcomed her to the family, tweeting, "welcome home MIA." [142] She guested during Jay-Z's set at the Radio 1 Festival in Hackney on 23 June 2012.
Matangi is the fourth studio album by British recording artist M.I.A. It was released on 1 November 2013 through N.E.E.T. Recordings and Interscope.M.I.A.'s longtime collaborator Switch primarily handled Matangi 's production; Hit-Boy, Doc McKinney, Danja, Surkin, and The Partysquad provided additional contributions.
Maya (stylised as ΛΛ Λ Y Λ) is the third studio album by British recording artist M.I.A. It was released on 7 July 2010 through N.E.E.T. Recordings, XL and Interscope. Songwriting and production was primarily handled by M.I.A., Blaqstarr and Rusko. Producers Diplo and Switch, alongside M.I.A.'s brother Sugu, also worked on the album.
The album incorporates a range of world music styles, including moombahton on "Beep" and reggaeton on "Popular". "Energy Freq" incorporates bhangra and vocals from a Tamil film; Saeed Saeed of Abu Dhabi's The National opined that the song could be "this generation's version of Punjabi MC's 2002 hit 'Mundian To Bach Ke'."
The album placed second in two major critics' polls, The Village Voice ' s 33rd annual Pazz & Jop poll for the Best Album of 2005 [62] and The Wire ' s annual critics' poll for Record of the Year. [63] The Washington City Paper chose it as the second best album of the year, [64] and Pitchfork and Slant Magazine named Arular the fourth best of 2005.
"Bad Girls" first appeared on M.I.A.'s self-released mixtape Vicki Leekx (2010), shortly following the release of her third studio album Maya earlier that year. [5] Recording sessions for the song transpired in Miami, Florida; M.I.A worked with Danja, a producer who previously collaborated with recording artists such as Madonna and Nelly Furtado. [6]
AIM is the fifth studio album by British rapper and singer M.I.A. It was released on 9 September 2016 by Interscope and Polydor Records. Prior to its release, M.I.A. claimed that it would be her final album. She worked on the composition and production of the album with a range of collaborators, including Blaqstarr, Diplo, and Skrillex.