Kala

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Careerwise, the recent album M.I.A.'s Kala recalls is Kanye West's Late Registration — an unexpectedly sure-footed follow-up to a brainy beat-adept's can-you-top-this debut. And though West is the more universal musician, especially as Americans conceivethe universe, there are also musical similarities: Both albums challenge sophomore slump by risking pretension. But where West hired classically trained […]

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