Because She Got High: M.I.A.'s "Plane" Takes The "Express" Route To The Hot 100 [100 And Single]
Idolator (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
For more than three years now, Interscope has tried a range of well-worn tactics to make singer/rapper/agitprop icon M.I.A. a best-seller in America: single releases with high-profile remixes; ads proclaiming her across-the-board rock-critic and blogger love; mixtape tracks; eye-catching and at times controversial music videos; and teaming her up with Timbaland for what turned out to be the weakest...
