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Universal acclaim- based on 325 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 288 out of 325
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Mixed: 14 out of 325
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Negative: 23 out of 325
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Feb 26, 2022
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Sep 8, 2016Meu album favorito da M.I.A. acho genial e maravilhoso . Fora o conceito que ele oferece...parece surreal, tudo nesse disco é perfeito. até as piores musicas do album se tornam agradáveis
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Mar 5, 2015Kala is fantastic, wonderful, his lyrics and melodies are more than masterpieces by far XR2 is the best song on the album, if not one of the best M.I.A. has produced throughout his career.
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Jan 10, 2015
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Dec 15, 2014This is my favorite album is highly addictive and these songs will always stay in my memory. The songs are perfect because they have a great production. My favorite: Boyz, Paper Planes, Jimmy and Bamboo Banga.
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Dec 6, 2013This is definitely not her best album, but it's still awesome and as mind-blowing as Arular. The highlights of Kala are Boyz, Bird Flu, Jimmy, Come Around and Paper Planes.
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Sep 29, 2013This album is freaking perfect. I can't explain how I love EVERY song of Kala. M.I.A. is a genius. Highlights:
Bamboo Banga: 3/5
Bird Flu: 4/5
Boyz: 5/5
Jimmy: 5/5
20 Dollar: 5/5
XR2: 3/5
Paper Planes: 10/5
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Aug 12, 2013M.I.A. does it again with her second best album yet. With energetic pop beats and amazing vocals, no wonder this got so high reviews. Definitely an amazing album.
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May 21, 2013This project it's amazing and shows the imagination of M.I.A the electronic and captivating sound involved us in a very different world of how listen music.
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May 6, 2013I'm sure that Kala is the best M.I.A.'s album and is so much stronger than Arular. Is my favorite one of her too, and is the type of album that you can't hear just one time, and make you love who made it.
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Apr 26, 2013I will say this the best album of '07 and one of the best of the 2000's decade. There's gunshots, screams, rap, and hip hop all mixed together to make a jaw dropping melting pot of an album. From "Bird Flu" to "JImmy" to "20 Dollar", M.I.A. does not disappoint. From sampling The Pixies and covering "JImmy, Jimmy Aaja Aaja", M.I.A. learned to be different than the rest of the hip hop world
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May 20, 2012
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May 6, 2012A good use of her voice, such as in Bamboo Banga. M.I.A. is excellent at lyrics, and the production from her counterpart Diplo is fresh and different. She really has something to say.
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Apr 19, 2012
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Jan 5, 2012
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Oct 3, 2011The second LP by Mathangi Arulpragasam, who is known in the music world as M.I.A., is crazy. Wonderfully crazy. Named after M.I.A.â
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Oct 2, 2011
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JohnA.Jan 5, 2009Gorgeous.
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JohnnyFlowSep 7, 2008
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JoobyDoobyAug 15, 2008Perfect album.
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MiloszD.Jul 30, 2008I agree that this is overhyped. There *is* a big mix of styles, but that in itself doesn't really mean the album is great, even though some reviewers seem to have based it purely on this notion. It is like Vibe says unfocused, there's no poignancy and it ends up being something in between annoying and dull. 2 Points and that's even with some good will.
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PaulaK.Jul 4, 2008Crazy.Cool.Hot.Nice..
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DavehJun 29, 2008Pretty spectacular and wildly unique! amazing album! best songs- bamboo banga, birdflu, boyz, jimmy, hussel, 20 dollar, xr2, paper planes and come around are all outstanding tracks!
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KumuthanxJun 11, 2008MIA is excellent! talented. a genius. her music is like abstract art. only some of you will "get it".
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MattC.Apr 15, 2008Pure tripe.
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JoseHApr 13, 2008Too inconsistent to be rated more highly. Songs very from great to pretty bad - no song is as good as it might be. Original and catchy, sure, but great?
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SophiaF.Apr 9, 2008I love this album. It's not only hip and catchy, the lyrics are very substantial. If you don't like this LP, it's probably because you just don't understand.
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Awards & Rankings
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Although there are a couple of failed tracks--like the tediously slow 'The Turn'--most of this stuff is groundbreaking.
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There are the terrible lyrics and more than a few moments where her one-style-fits-all MCing grates, but there's also the politics that no one else would touch, an intelligence, colour and humour, and the added benefit of centrifugally heavy production. Skip a couple, and you're in for a treat.
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Q MagazineEverything here is a fantastic hybrid, M.I.A. and her platoon of producers thieving fashionable street sounds from Baltimore hip hop to Brazil's baile funk. [Sep 2007, p.89]