M.I.A. steps from art underground to media spotlight

NEW YORK (Billboard) - During "Space," the dreamy future-shock ballad that closes her upcoming third album, M.I.A. repeatedly coos, "My lines are down/You can't call me," over a gently percolating beat that sounds like a Sega Genesis practicing its pillow talk. It's just one of the many observations on our data-drenched Infotainment Age that crop up throughout "// / Y /," a more-or-less self-titled effort from the 34-year-old Sri Lankan native, born Maya Arulpragasam.

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