Piracy Funds Terrorism

Infobox Album | Name = Piracy Funds Terrorism, Volume 1
Type = Compilation
Artist = M.I.A.


Released = December, 2004
Recorded = Late 2004
Genre = Bastard pop
Length = 57:08 (US Release)
Label = N/A
Reviews =
*Pitchfork (8.5/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20217/M_I_A_Piracy_Funds_Terrorism_Vol_1_mixed_by_Diplo 11/22/04]
*Robert Christgau (A-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=M.I.A.+Vs.+Diplo link] | Last album =
This album = "Piracy Funds Terrorism, Volume 1"
(2004)
Next album = "Arular"
(2005)

"Piracy Funds Terrorism" is the first volume in a proposed series of mixtapes featuring UK genre-bending artist M.I.A. and Philadelphia-based DJ Diplo, made and released on the site TurntableLab.com and at M.I.A.'s live shows in December 2004. [ [http://www.turntablelab.com TurntableLab.com] ] Featuring mixes by both Diplo and M.I.A., the mixtape consists of songs Arulpragasam composed and produced using the 505 and with her co-producers for her debut album "Arular", fused together with songs of other noted musicians. [ [http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0451,wolk,59374,22.html Booty Call] . "The Village Voice." (December 17, 2004). Retrieved December 24, 2007. ] The buzz throughout 2004 surrounding her two earlier released singles "Galang" and "Sunshowers," which included the B-side "Fire Fire", and anticipation for her delayed album, was added to with the mixtape, becoming popular with M.I.A.'s fanbase within the blogosphere and elsewhere at the end of the year. cite web | author= Timmermann, Josh | title= M.I.A. - Arular – Review – Stylus Magazine | work= Stylus Magazine | url= http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2772 | date= 24 February 2005 | |accessmonthday=24 December | accessyear=2007]

It placed number 23 on the "The Village Voice"'s annual poll for the best album of 2004 [ [http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/pazznjop/04/albums_winners1.php Pazz & Jop 2004 ] ] and number 12 on "Pitchfork"’s 2004 end-of-year list. Critic Robert Christgau gave the mixtape an A- grade: "Aesthetically, the choice is more like M.I.A. vs. the world, and though I know it's wrong of me, I'll take M.I.A. I'll take the conscious, autonomous individual artist, oppressive concept though that may be, over the welter of cultural forces from which she emerged. With a less complex and compelling artist I might make the opposite choice, though even the hippest mash-ups and mix tapes have less to say than they're given credit for. But I find more fascination--and pleasure, if not variety--in M.I.A. juxtaposed against herself than in, for instance, favela funk juxtaposed against "Walk Like an Egyptian." Which isn't to deny I also find all these good things in favela funk juxtaposed against "Walk Like an Egyptian."" [ [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=M.I.A.+Vs.+Diplo Robert Christgau: CG: M.I.A. Vs. Diplo "Piracy Funds Terrorism, Vol. 1"] . "RobertChristgau.com." (2004). Retrieved 24 December 2007. ]

Original track listing

#"Galang" [Diplo's Galangaton Mix] – 2:02
#"Galang" [Featuring Lil' Vicious] – 2:57
#"Two Bit Rhythm" [M.I.A.'s Mix] (LL Cool J/Cavemen) – 2:39
#"Fire, Fire" [Diplo's Fire Bam Mix] – 2:40
#"Fire, Fire" [Diplo's Mix] – 3:33
#"One for the Head (skit)" [M.I.A.'s Mix] (featuring Missy Elliott) – 1:37
#"Amazon" [Diplo's Mix] – 3:32
#"Definition of a Roller" [M.I.A.'s Mix] (Clipse) – 3:14
#"M.I.A./Cutty Ranks" – 3:23
#"M.I.A." [Diplo's Mix] – 3:10
#"You're Good" [Diplo's Mix] – 3:04
#"Pop" [Diplo's Mix] – 2:35
#"Sunshowers" [Diplo's Mix] – 3:00
#"Baile Funk 1" – 2:15
#"Bucky Done Gun" [Diplo's Mix] – 2:45
#"Baile Funk 2"– 1:44
#"10 Dollar" [Diplo's Chinna Girl Mix] – 2:08
#"Baile Funk 3" – 1:24
#"Lady Killa" [Diplo's Mix] – 3:22
#"URAQT" [Diplo's Mix] – 2:45
#"Bingo" [Diplo's Mix] – 3:19

amples

*"Galang" [featuring Lil' Vicious] samples Baby's "What Happened to That Boy"
*"Fire Fire" [Diplo's Fire Bam Mix] samples Kraftwerk's "The Hall of Mirrors" and Chaka Demus & Pliers' "Murder She Wrote"
*"Fire, Fire" [Diplo's Mix] samples M.I.A.'s "Fire, Fire" and The Bangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian"
*"One for the Head Skit" [M.I.A.'s Mix] samples M.I.A.'s "One For the Head Skit" and Missy Elliott's "Pass The Dutch"
*"Amazon" [Diplo's Mix] samples M.I.A.'s "Amazon" and Ciara's "Goodies"
*"M.I.A./Cutty Ranks" samples Boards of Canada's "Kaini Industries" and Cutty Ranks's "Limb By Limb"
*"Baile Funk One" samples Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach"
*"Baile Funk Two" samples Prince's "When Doves Cry" and Salt N Pepa's Push It"
*"Sunshowers" [Diplo's Mix] samples M.I.A.'s "Sunshowers", Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band's "Sunshower" and Salt N Pepa's "Push It"
*"10 Dollar" [Diplo's Chinna Girl Mix] samples M.I.A.'s "10 $", Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams", Pretty Tony's "Fix It In The Mix", and 2 Live Crew's and "Get It Girl"
*"URAQT" [Diplo's Mix] samples M.I.A.'s "Uraqt" and Quincy Jones's "Sanford & Son Theme"
*"Bingo" [Diplo's Mix] samples M.I.A.'s "Bingo" and Jay-Z's "Big Pimpin'"
*"Pop" [Diplo's Mix] samples dead prez's "Hip Hop"
*"Lady Killer" (Diplo Mix) samples Kraftwerk's "Tour de France" and Van Halen's "Jamie's Crying"
*"Bucky Done Gun" samples the theme from the movie "Rocky" and "Injecao" by Deise Tigrona
*"M.I.A. (Diplo mix)" and "You're Good (Diplo mix)" both feature samples from the music of the city-building computer game .

ubsequent pressings

The first pressing of "Piracy Funds Terrorism" had an incorrect track listing which inevitably led to confusion. This was corrected upon the second issue of the album. However a sample used in "Two Bit Rhythm" [M.I.A.'s Mix] of the mixtape caused legal problems, so on the third pressing, Diplo replaced it with M.I.A.'s "Pull Up the People". He also remixed the "M.I.A./Cutty Ranks" track for unknown reasons, replacing the original samples with a mash-up of the Cutty Ranks a cappella and Snoop Dogg's "Drop It Like It's Hot".

Personnel

*M.I.A. - main performer, executive mish mash
**Remix (tracks 3, 6, 8)
*Diplo - executive producer, DJ mix ("mixed by" credit)
**Remix (tracks 1, 4, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19 to 21)
*Knox Robinson - worldwide A&R

References

External links

* [http://www.discogs.com/release/563747 "Piracy Funds Terrorism, Volume 1"] at Discogs.com