M.I.A. Arular [PA]

4 stars out of 5 - "You've never heard anything like M.I.A. - the sound of jump-rope rhymes in a war zone....[ARULAR is] weird, playful, unclassifiable, sexy, brilliantly addictive..."
Ranked #2 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2005" - "[I]mprovised, explosive, and for once, redemptive."
"ARULAR will likely be the best political album this year." - Grade: A
Ranked #8 in Entertainment Weekly's 'Top Ten Records of the Year' -- "ARULAR is the place where dance music, hip-hop, techno, novelties, and a slinky British accent meet and have a wicked good time."
"[A]s instantly infectious as it is hard to pin down. The music is literally all over the map..." - Grade: A-
4 stars out of 5 - "A spiky starburst of raw beats and exotic collisions, ARULAR already sounds like a landmark debut album."
Included in The Wire's "2005 Rewind: 50 Records Of The Year."
"It's chockfull of machine gun beats, seismic sub-bass, fragments of raga and bhangra, and above all that voice."
"[T]he dynamo from London showcases her talent for the spoken word..."
Ranked #29 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2005" - "[H]ell-bent on fingerpopping agit-prop like Public Enemy messing with the B-52s."
Clash (Magazine) (p.75) - "[A] thumping mix of different sub-genres from reggaeton and baile funk to grime and dirty south rap, full of exoticism, raw political energy and crunching, syncopated beats."