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M.I.A., 'Kala'
XL, 2007
Maya Arulpragasam took hip-hop places it had never been before, from Third World battlegrounds to the Pineapple Express trailer. The Sri Lanka-born provocateur sounds festive and enraged at the same time.
Essential moment: "Paper Planes," a Clash-sampling rap chant that somehow stormed the Top 10.
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