Listen: MIA + Azealia Banks + Missy Elliott, "Bad Girls (Danja NARS Remix)"

M.I.A.'s excellent January 2012 single "Bad Girls" is still picking up steam between its awesome Romain Gavras-directed video, Middle Eastern-tinged riff, and stupidly cool lyrics about how bad girls live fast and die young. Just last week, frequent M.I.A. collaborator Switch remixed the track and included verses from Missy Elliott (!!!!!!!) and M.I.A.'s Baltimore club-scene protegee Rye Rye, to generally pretty good effect, but it's got nothing on Danja NARS's revision of "Bad Girls," which retains Elliott (wise move, my friend, wise move) but exchanges Rye Rye for up-and-coming NYC "it girl"/pottymouth Azealia Banks of "212" fame. Good thing Nicki Minaj isn't involved (yet)...this remix already has almost too many intimidating female rappers to handle! Listen below, via Pretty Much Amazing, and check out the video for the original (as well as tracks by Ms. Banks) by scrolling down a couple posts!

UPDATE: Leo Justi has also remixed the song, and what it lacks in Missy Elliott, it makes up for in bass. Check it out here.

M.I.A. wtf?

In her continuing quest for pop-culture domination, Maya Arulpragasam has been collecting more awards and accolades than she knows what to do with. The latest: Blender Magazine's best album of 2007. And of course, never one for brevity, Maya monologued in her interview about the "struggles" of being a refugee and how much her ex-boyfriend, Diplo, was a huge dick:

Meanwhile, I broke up with my boyfriend Diplo. It was a bit of a nasty split. Diplo is American, and I really wish he'd spoken up for me during my whole immigration saga. I was in so much trouble, but he never stuck his neck out to support me. Just a word or two in the press could have helped. He talks about helping black kids in the ghetto, about saving poor kids in the Brazilian favela, and yet he couldn't spare a word to help me, a refugee from Sri Lanka, par of a race that's dying out! The opening lines to "BirdFlu" describe exactly how I felt: "Big on the underground/What's the point of knocking me down?"

Now hold on just a sec. did she just trash talk her ex-boyfriend in a national publication? yes, she did. was it warranted? i think not. first off, that was tactless, and second, what the f%&k is she so pissed off about. so the U.S. government decided her song content and her familial links to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam made her a terrorist. what the f$%k was Diplo supposed to do about that? Sure he's fairly critically acclaimed, but he isn't Susan Sarandon. did she really think he could just call the NYtimes and bitch and everything would be better? (let's also not forget the only reason we like her first album is because diplo produced the beats and that the piracy funds terrorism mixtape was much better than her actual album)

whether she likes it or not, the best thing that happened to her career was being labeled a terrorist. sure i love paper planes and the first album was fun, but let's face it: M.I.A.'s fame is 70% image, 30% music. Also, i'm getting kind of tired of listening to this bitch tell us how hard her refugee/immigrant life has been. yeah we all know you had to escape Sri Lanka because your daddy was a Tamil general (or something like that), but why don't you start singing songs about being a little W. European capitalist in London?

if that's not enough she has the balls to brag about how she's above it all, living in Bed-Stuy, Bklyn with the other "outsider" African immigrants. Well that's a lot of bullshit when your clothes cost more than your rent and you're making a million plus a year. M.I.A., i think you're really hot and your music is cool. but don't let it get to your head, or sooner than later you're just gonna be another washed up Gwen Stefani, making shitty albums and even shittier clothing.

and Diplo, don't sweat it buddy, you're still cooler than the other side of my pillow.
(and if anyone forgot why cop these tracks asap)

Diplo/Pase Rock - The Motherfucking Rave is Over
Diplo - Shhake it Up (Twist and Shout)
Hot Chip - Shake A Fist (Diplo Remix)
Spoon - Don't You Evah (Diplo Remix)
The Black Lips - Veni Vidi Vici (Diplo Remix)
M.I.A. & Diplo - China Girl (Diplo Mix)
M.I.A. & Diplo - Fire Bam (Diplo Mix)

and one more time for the ladies:

Diplo - The BBC Radio1 Essential Mix

Ward Wolff Wednesday 10

so we're pretty heavy on hiphop and 'tronica this week, but hey i'm happy, and after you cop these tracks I know you will be too. in other news, programming is complete and starting sunday night WRMC 91.1FM will be providing you with the most delicious radio programming in the champlain valley, 24hrs/day 7days/week. and one more thing, our computers are happy again and automation is back in action so we are no longer playing elliot smith on repeat. til next week;)

Chromeo (Mercurius FM) - thank you haldan. this is the best chromeo remix.
100% (Mercurius Tenderoni Vinyl Only Mix) (zshare)

M.I.A (Kala) - what's the only thing that could make Paper Planes a better song? a remix with Rich Boy and Bun B of course.
Paper Planes (Remix feat. Rich Boy & Bun B) (zshare)

Luckyiam (Most Likely To Succeed) - former member of The Mystic Journeyman and Living Legends, Luckyiam provides us with more new freshness.
The Best I Can (zshare)

Dragonette (REPERTOIRER) - another amazing artist off franki chan's iheartcomix label. OCELOT destroys this dragonette track and the result is dancetastic;)
Competition (OCELOT Remix) (zshare)

DJ Mayo (Still Alive) - Anticon Records brings us more IDM happiness.
Quiet On The Set (zshare)

Ernest Gonzales (While On Saturn's Rings) - delicious hiphop IDM. RIYL Prefuse 73.
Summer Story 66 (zshare)

TAKE (Earthtones & Concrete) - more hip hop IDM. last one, i promise.
Stepping Over Buildings (zshare)

Soulja Boy (Cousin Cole) - cousin cole brings us this epic Soulja Boy remix.
Crank Dat Soulja Boy (Cousin Cole Remix) (zshare)

The Chemical Brothers (The Salmon Dance EP) - I got this in the mail today and it came with a bag of swedish fish. also the song is amazing. (and your welcome dakota)
The Salmon Dance (Herve Remix) (zshare)

Gingy (Palmsout) - our friend Teen Video brings us a hard and heavy Gingy remix.
Rios for MVP (Teen Video Reshape) (zshare)

Amerie (REPERTOIRER) - the first time i heard an Estaw remix was on chaz's tardpartymix 3 and i haven't been the same since. this Amerie mix makes my month.
Take Control (Estaw Refix) (zshare)

Bangers and Cash (Bangers and Cash EP) - dirty and awesome. spank rock and benny blanco are bangers and cash.
B.O.O.T.A.Y (zshare)

T.I. (Hollerboard) - B.Cause mashes the shit out of T.I.
Big Shit Poppin'(B.Cause Jay Dee Crushin' Revamp) (zshare)

*pic couresty of the cobra snake. lovin' courtesy of jon and nora;)

Ward Wolff Wednesdays 7

This is one of those weeks where we got so much good new music that I can barely keep my pants on. I had to go through the post and take out half of the "incredible"s because the first draft read like the digg homepage. So yeah, all of these songs are the bomb and a half--so shake it. Also, super shout out to Thompson Bennett Davis IV for his recent appearance on the front page of the Styles Section of the Miami Herald in regards to his blog 2 Live Looks.

New Young Pony Club (Fantastic Playroom) - This is how hipsters dance.
Fan (mp3)

VHS or Beta (Bring on the Comets) - For serious, this may be one of the best albums I have heard this year. If I was getting paid to predict the future, I'd say these guys will be big very soon. But I don't.
Take It or Leave It (mp3)

Change! (When Spaceships Collide) - Some very creative use of hammered dulcimers.
Going Going Glowing Gone (mp3)

M.I.A feat. Timbaland (Kala) - M.I.A is so hot right now.
Come Around (mp3)

Junior Senior (Hey Hey My My Yo Yo) - This song will be stuck in your head for at least 48 hours straight after you hear it.
Can I Get Get Get (mp3)

Shape of Broad Minds (Craft of the Lost Art) - Sounds like: MF Doom rapping over Prefuse 73 and Madlib beats. Supachill.
Changes (mp3)

Utah Carol (Rodeo Queen) - "This album is beautiful. Listen to it and make love to someone special." (Bobby Teenager, 2007)
Sam's Ranch (mp3)

Blaqk Audio (Cex Cells) - L.A. New Wave filtered through glam-metal.
Stiff Kittens (mp3)

The Cult (Dirty Little Rockstar EP) - This is the new single from the upcoming album entitled Born Into This.
Dirty Little Rockstar (mp3)

Foreign Born (On the Wing Now) - Crescendo rock influenced by fine tapestries, coffee, percussion, aromatic countrysides, virtual reality and lush vegetation.
In the Shape (mp3)

You Say Party! We Say Die! (Lose All Time) - Fun-seeking Canadian dance/punk out of Vancouver. Vancouver knows how to party ri-ri-ri-right.
Downtown Mayors Goodnight, Alley Kids Rule! (mp3)

The Squares (Call Me When Your Boyfriend's Dead) - Catchy piano-rock, once again out of L.A.
Trudy (mp3)