Thu 24 Jun 2010
M.I.A. talks to Angie Martinez: I like both Jay-Z and Nas, but…people respect Nas [even though] he’s not a private-jet yacht kind of guy
Posted by Miss Info under beef , crony-ism , hmmm....? , quotes , videos[21] Comments
M.I.A. came to Hot97 and sat down with my girl Angie Martinez, who managed to ask her about those noisemaking statements about Justin Bieber (“Justin’s video is more offensive than “Born Free”), Rihanna “biting” her style, and liking Nas more than Jay-z…..without ruffling M.I.A.’s feathers too much. In watching how M.I.A. vs Lynn Hirschberg/NYTimes aka TruffleFry-Gate played out….we know Miss Mya doesn’t take questions about her character too well, lol. I actually love when folks have unpopular opinions because that’s the spice of life, especially when those opinions are based in actual reactions as opposed to promotional stunts. M.I.A. loses me with her Rihanna explanation though.
Click to watch the interview video (which is inexplicably one of those prehistoric “autoplay” videos…)
Update: There still seems to be some problems with the Hot97player, so we also added the full audio after the jump
After the jump….
(Link: M.I.A. talks to Angie Martinez)
M.I.A. talks to Angie Martinez pt.1
M.I.A. talks to Angie Martinez pt.2
M.I.A. talks to Angie Martinez pt.3
June 24th, 2010 at 11:32 am
video player is showing me no love..
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Miss Info Reply:
June 24th, 2010 at 11:55 am
im working on it….most annoying thing ever. ugh
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Peety Green Reply:
June 25th, 2010 at 11:54 pm
Well first off MIA thinks everyone stole her style so its funny!!!
As to her point about Jay-Z well he is a fraud…He is the biggest scam in the history of the industry and if the white boy drops again in a year he will go back to being second fiddle and that’s just real… I’ve always said people respect the perception of success not even knowing what it was that caused the success….
Nas is just another artist better than Jay-Z during the so called Jay-Z era!! Dude is super overrated.. If not for Def Jam buying those records and Dame doing the promotion and now all of his corporate interest who have a personal stake in his success i.e. Iconix Brand Group and live nation are buying and over promoting these trash records to make him appear more relevant then he really is or should ever be.. Before and After Hard Knock Life he was and is a slightly less 1.6million sales per album artiest same as T.I. and Luda but yet he’s special? Dude sold his soul and not to the devil but to the white man and the dollar for all he has.. And he better stick to the script because if he actually decides to stop his uncle tom-ish ways his fall will be faster than Roy Jones Jr.
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June 24th, 2010 at 12:05 pm
yeah the video player still isn’t working. Can you tweet a link to a working video or when this one is fixed? thanks <3
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Miss Info Reply:
June 24th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
im so sorry guys….its really inexcusable for this video player to be so complicated and bad
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June 24th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
i hope her album bombs, she’s a talentless interloper who talks a lot of ish with no substance or intelligence to back it up.
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June 24th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
yeah video is a no go. and now im on my cell. can you just give us a brief “taste” lol of what m.i.a. said about nas,jay, bebs, & rihanna?
thx
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June 24th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
The nets are creating some sort of thunderstorm on ur site Inffy. I know ur working on the video, but haterz please go away lol
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June 24th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
No Dice.
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June 24th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
I still think she is full of herself. Her music has a beat that you can dance to, if you have no shame.
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June 24th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
for me it just keeps playing skate board p over and over again lol
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Miss Info Reply:
June 24th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
yeah its annoying. just click on the link instead. I apologize
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vcsom Reply:
June 24th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
link is down too.
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June 24th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
it sucks how she can’t express her own opinion about jay v. nas because of the possible backlash she might get from the mainstream. you can see in her face that she just wants to say nas is better than jay but she chooses her words very carefully
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June 24th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Is there a full interview posted somewhere? I happen to like M.I.A, just because her opinions of certian people go against the grain doesn’t mean she isn’t still a great/creative artist. For example, I happen to be an avid Jay-Z fan, but I respect her opinion on who SHE thinks is better. It’s a free country people!
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June 24th, 2010 at 3:59 pm
the rihanna explanation was that she retweeted an insult about herself that she thought was funny but it happened to mention rihanna in it.
the tweet said that if rihanna is really a devil worshiper then satin could have chose a better video (than m.i.a’s boys video) for her to bite (for the rude boy video)
so the person was saying rihanna was a biter but that m.i.a.’s video basically sucked
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June 24th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
what part of the rihanna explanation lost you? its definitely a RT, yeah?
FTR, i love love maya but rihanna’s video/song was better than boyz anyway
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June 24th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
hey Info,
video aint working, neither’s the link.
So for peeps who wanna check the interview, here it is in audio form from Miss Martinez: http://theangiemartinezshow.com/blog/2010/06/audiohot97-countdown-6-23-10/
Much love Info for the breakdown though.
MAN
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June 24th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
I Didn’t See The Vid, But MIA Stay Talking Some Ole Dumb A$$ BS….Maybe It’s Just Me.
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June 24th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
Ang really needs to listen to more music. It seems like every interview she does, she doesn’t know anything about the artists music- and just what current rumors surround them.
Also no one ever responds to what MIA says because they know better. She’s got deep ties into the Warner Music Group. If she really wanted to get some one black balled from the industry it would happen. She married into one of the most powerful Jewish families in the entertainment industry.
N yes Boyz looks exactly like Rude Boy.
Just my 0.02
Also her latest album is hot fire.
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January 27th, 2011 at 8:34 pm
ho
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