M.I.A. has not ever released a solid album, and the current backlash/negative reviews seem to be the effect of critics and listeners not willing to acknowledge the mistake of buying into all of her hype to begin with. They won’t quite retroactively judge her previous output on its actual merits, but they will exaggeratedly project their frustration in the form of a negative response that is now its own trend. And aren’t those other two headliners novelty acts?
M.I.A. has not ever released a solid album, and the current backlash/negative reviews seem to be the effect of critics and listeners not willing to acknowledge the mistake of buying into all of her hype to begin with. They won’t quite retroactively judge her previous output on its actual merits, but they will exaggeratedly project their frustration in the form of a negative response that is now its own trend. And aren’t those other two headliners novelty acts?