M.I.A. releases WikiLeaks-inspired mixtape with Diplo, Blaqstarr, Switch

Download 'Vickileekx' for free

By Katie Hasty Friday, Dec 31, 2010 12:22 PM

M.I.A.

In time for the New Year, M.I.A. has released a very loud, 18-track mixtape to crown the year.

"Vicki Leekx," M.I.A.'s new handle, seems to be inspired by WikiLeaks, the Julian Assange-founded website that has sent news networks and talking heads into a tizzy this past month. She's posted about the site on her Twitter previously.

Well, this is no leak: it's sanctioned by the artist and posted for free download at the cost of ~~an alpaca~~ your email.

Diplo and Switch (which, under other auspices, would be known together as Major Lazer), plus "MAYA" collaborator Blaqstarr, Danja, Munchi, Rusko, brother Sugu Arulpragasm and So Japan contributed.

Here is the tracklist for "Vicki Leekx":

The World
Bamboo Go
Illy Girl
Super Tight
Let Me Hump You
WWW/Meds/Feds
Steppin/Up
Go At It
Vicki Intermission
Gen-N-E-Y
Bad Girls
Dutch Dutch
Marsha / Britney
Tamil Beat Munchi
Listen Up
MudersoundsMunchi
You My Love (Featuring Rosaly)
Get Around

Katie Hasty
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After five years as a columnist and editor at Billboard, Katie Hasty joined HitFix in 2009 for music and film reporting out of New York. The Midwest native has worked as a writer, music promoter and in A&R since 1999 and performs with her band Numbers And Letters.