It Takes A Muscle is by far my favourite track on M.I.A.’s new album ///Y/. I didn’t realise it was a cover straight away though, and after hearing the original I feel silly for not blasting it for the last ten years, it’s a really great song.
PS. I know the reasons behind them not working together more are personal, but surely for the sake of great music it makes sense for Diplo to produce more of M.I.A.’s albums. My most played song on Arular was the Diplo produced Bucky Done Gun, likewise he produced Paper Planes, my favourite tune on Kala. He produced It Takes A Muscle too. Why didn’t he just do the whole album?
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