Selaws
Well-Known Member
I thought this might be one you liked @NathanRicaudOmg yessssssssss! That album is an absolute classic! I love that album so much and I’m a huge M.I.A fan! I’ve got Arular on vinyl but would love that album to get the VMP treatment! Especially the Essentials ROTM treatment!
I definitely don’t think it’s too small to be an Essentials pick. If we got Jim Sullivan’s U.F.O. and Caroline Rose within the last 12 months as an Essentials ROTM, then we can get Arular!
However, I think Kala is more stronger pick for an Essentials ROTM! Nit only is Kala a more ‘bigger’ release as it has the hit single ‘Paper Planes’ and got was certified Gold, but it’s a more diverse album musically and there’s such an interesting story behind the whole album! The controversy with not being able to enter the U.S., hence not collaborating as much with Timbaland as she’d hoped too etc.
Also, Kala is ranked #393 in Rollingstones Greatest 500 albums of all-time list! It’s Robert Christgau’s FAVOURITE ALBUM OF THE 21ST CENTURY!!!
Kala is just so ahead of its time musically and politically and I think it would make for an outstanding Essentials ROTM! A ROTM that would also be very popular amongst VMP’s audience too!
I streamed it again this morning and its just such an uplifiting album, really energetic!