Guide Note

Kala is the title of UK rapper/artist M.I.A.'s sophomore album. The album recieved overwhelming positive reviews when it was released.

Songs were recorded all over the globe, including Trinidad, Liberia, Jamaica, Australia, Japan, the UK and the U.S..

Fast Facts

1. Release Date: August 21, 2007
2. Producers: Maya Arulpragasam, Switch, Blaqstarr, Timbaland, Morganics, Diplo
3. Record Label: XL Recordings / Interscope Records
4. First Single: "Boyz"
5. Album is named after her mother
6. Named "Album of the Year" by Rolling Stone

1. "Bamboo Banga"
2. "Bird Flu"
3. "Boyz"
4. "Jimmy"
5. "Hussel" w/ Afrikan Boy
6. "Mango Pickle Down River"
7. "20 Dollar"
8. "World Town"
9. "The Turn"
10. "XR2"
11. "Paper Planes"
12. "Come Around"

1. "Even more so than her arresting 2005 indie debut, "Arular," M.I.A. comes off as a globetrotting activist on sophomore effort Kala". Billboard
2. "With its mix of Tamil pop, Baltimore beats and, yes, funk carioca Kala succeeds best in pulling genres together to make something both unique and identifiable --a 'hip-hop' record that explores what it means to sing about "hip-hop things"." Drowned In Sound