M.I.A. /\\/\\/\\Y/\\ (Maya) On Vinyl LP + MP3 Download

Following her highly successful sophomore release, Kala, which yielded a top-five single (“Paper Planes”) and an Academy Award nomination, M.I.A. abruptly canceled her 2008 tour midway through to announce that she would instead be working on her third full-length, /\\/\\/\\Y/\\ (MAYA). Her first album to be released on her own N.E.E.T. record label, Maya features production from Blaqstarr, Switch, and Diplo, among others. 

"With the aid of producers who know how to do major damage to any beat, including Blaqstarr, Diplo, Rusko and Switch, M.I.A. makes music that positively revels in noise. From the industrial shriek of “Steppin’ Up” to the appropriation of New York electro-punks Suicide on “Born Free,” the new album is easily the most abrasive work of M.I.A.’s still-young career. And yet, she also embraces pop more fervently than ever."
--Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune, July 9, 2010

MIA /\\/\\/\\Y/\\ (Maya) Track Listing:

1 The Message (0:57)
2 Steppin' Up (4:01)
3 XXXO (2:54)
4 Teqkilla (6:19)
5 Lovalot (2:50)
6 Story Told (3:32)
7 It Takes a Muscle (3:00)
8 It Iz What It Iz (3:29)
9 Born Free (4:07)
10 Meds and Feds (3:08)
11 Tell Me Why (4:10)
12 Space (3:08)
13 Internet Connection (2:49)
14 Illygirl (2:12)