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Is Kala The New Play ? [Burning Questions]
Posted on August 27, 2008
If nothing else, the recent chart ascents of M.I.A.'s Kala and Paper Planes are fascinating for the parallels they evoke with... Moby. Think about it: Play was a modest-selling album by a critics' pet that thanks to truckloads of advertising wound up selling a huge number of copies; Kala finished second in Idolator Pop 2007 and is now climbing the charts (currently at No. 37, having sold 11,000 copies) thanks to its use in a movie (and trailer). I've long thought of Play as the signal album of the dot-com boom and bust, for many reasons, and it's interesting to see Kala in that light at this...
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