- hip hop, bollywood, electronic, hip-hop
- 68 min
- 18 tracks
- XL Recordings
Kala is the second studio album by English recording artist M.I.A. It was released on 8 August 2007 through XL Recordings. M.I.A. named the album after her mother and has stated that her mother's struggles in life are a major theme of the album. It was mainly written and produced by M.I.A. and Switch, and features contributions from Timbaland, Diplo, Afrikan Boy and The Wilcannia Mob.
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Character
Contemporary, character-led, grave and relentless.
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- sparerichly built
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Metacritic 87/100
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- The Independent4/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times4/4 ★
- MSN Music (Consumer Guide)A+
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork8.9/10
- Rolling Stone4.5/5 ★
- Spin4.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Bamboo Banga4:58
- 2BirdFlu3:25
- 3Boyz3:27
- 4Jimmy3:29
- 5Hussel4:25
- 6Mango Pickle Down River3:54
- 720 Dollar4:34
- 8World Town3:54
- 9The Turn3:52
- 10XR24:21
- 11Paper Planes3:25
- 12Come Around3:54
- 1Boyz4:17
- 2Paper Planes (Afrikan Boy & Rye Rye remix)4:00
- 3Shells2:49
- 4Far Far3:25
- 5Big Branch2:46
- 6What I Got3:14
18 tracks, 68 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- M.I.A.
- Label
- XL Recordings
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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