{"product_id":"matangi-lp","title":"Matangi [LP]","description":"Names 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","brand":"InnerSleeve","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42413347045541,"sku":"602537603220","price":36.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/6007\/1077\/files\/5fba5cb14e8c0bb4799a5b81a0cae16f_cbd74ca5-f932-4576-b5f7-57d0b055b524.jpg?v=1779653151","url":"https:\/\/www.innersleeve.com\/en-fr\/products\/matangi-lp","provider":"InnerSleeve","version":"1.0","type":"link"}