Music: Pitchfork plays turncoat on M.I.A. and her new album, /\/\/\Y/\
- Right or wrong, the social contract is simple: If you bring the hits, we’ll put up with your #(&@. With
/\/\ /\ Y /\, M.I.A. has broken that contract. And she could not have chosen a worse time to do it. - Pitchfork reviewer Matthew Perpetua • Ruining M.I.A.’s entire week with a 4.4 album review that simply savages the wildly experimental political rapper. She’s not had much good press of late, what with a New York Times Magazine article that simply did not put her in a good light (and a huge fight that revolved around truffle fries – no joke), and this review will likely compound her problems. When you fall from 8.9 to 4.4 on Pitchfork in the span of an album, it’s not helpful to your career. Just ask Travis Morrison. source