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The much-anticipated fourth studio album form M.I.A.

The album title “Matangi”, which is also MIA’s government name, is the Hindu goddess of music and learning. After three albums that play like an introspective trilogy, Maya told FADER that

“In Hinduism, the concept of Maya is about illusion: separating truth from lies. There are people that can tell what’s what, people that can overcome lies; there are people that don’t get it. Maya works like a tunnel, not a destination. All the images associated with that album were like a tunnel. The thing you get to after the tunnel, that’s what Matangi was to me. A space to bring all the discussions I started with the last three albums and park them. /\/\/\Y/\’s driving through the corridor; Matangi is the parking place.

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Like the Greek god Atlas who carried the world on his back, she’s having trouble shouldering the weight of his potential newborn.

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M.I.A. collected her ticks, now it’s time for her to blow.

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There is some power, of course, in using the media to expose government secrets.

Juian cited what is known as The Fourth Element in his secret interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt. The Fourth Element is the theory that mass media influences the public as much as the government.

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He’s of course speaking of the huge Afghan War Diary leak which happened on July 25th, 2010. This leak consisted of over 75,000 secret US military reports covering the war in Afghanistan from 2004-2010

The leak was covered by both the Guardian and the New York Times in detail.

The NYT even created an interactive cache of the secret documents.

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Too true…

As was the case with whistleblower Pvt. Chelsea Manning (formerly Bradley) who was sentenced to 35 years in prison for violating the Espionage Act when she leaked the largest number of classified documents in US history.

A UN special report found that Bradley was initially held under “cruel, inhumane. and degrading” conditions.

Edward Snowden is similarly wanted by the US Government for leaking documents to The Guardian and The Washington Post. He wrote a letter to the German gov’t regarding their investigation into mass surveillance, and cited threats that meant he had to leave his family and home.

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Full name: Daniel Domscheit-Berg, a German technology activist who became Wikileaks' spokesperson in 2010.

When he left Wikileaks, he started his own anonymous whistleblower site called OpenLeaks. He cited the focus on only high-level leaks as his reason for leaving, despite Wikileaks promise to post anything their sources gave them.

In the film, Daniel is played by 35 year old German actor Daniel Bruhl.

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Bill is an Most Dope member and DJ Clockwork is Mac’s DJ.

Bill also references Pro Tools, a professional music production program.

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Mescaline is a psychedelic drug that’s found naturally in certain cacti. Positive side effects include open and closed eye visualizations, euphoria, dream-like state, and laughter … no wonder things were looking up for Thomas.

Mescaline also destroys your intestines.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3MvpPQWYo0

One of the nicest freestyles to grace BET’s back room freestyle series. Also, if you look next to Stefan Ponce there’s a thing of orange soda

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