M.I.A. is comin' back wit powa, powa

I love the new M.I.A. release, Kala. It's badass and both rhythmically and lyrically groundbreaking.

I can't get enough of her voice, the way she weaves rhythms and all the interesting guests she has... from Timbaland (who produced all or some of the album), to an African rapper to a bunch of what sounds like young aboriginal boys. I'm particularly intrigued by the track called "The Turn" which has a 80's-style background and mellow flow but then has a particularly violent chorus: "All I want to do is to [gunshot sound] [gunshot sound] [gunshot sound] and a [gun hammer clicking back] and take your money".

This album seems like she made it for herself, in an art kind of way... and I can't stop imagining her on the back of a flatbed truck, with a full band, driving around in the bright summer sun, wearing crazy clothes and playing all this crazy music to rock your party.