People talk about M.I.A. being political but it's virtually impossible to make out a word she talk-sings. Most of her vocals are repetitive looped chants with a ridiculous level of reverb that drains all humanity out of her voice, and all these sparse percussive mid-tempo barely-songs sound the same. If you've heard half a song you've heard them all. I don't understand how anyone could endure the monotony of this record, let alone find anything to enjoy in it. It is somewhat original, but mostly for the fact that it sounds like someone let their kid loose in the recording studio.