Piracy Funds Terrorism

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Piracy Funds Terrorism, Volume 1

Studio album by M.I.A.
Released	December, 2004
Recorded	Late 2004
Genre	Bastard Pop
Length	57:08 (US Release)
Label	N/A
Producer(s)	Diplo
Pitchfork (8.5/10) 11/22/04 Robert Christgau (A-) link
M.I.A. chronology
	Piracy Funds Terrorism, Volume 1 (2004)	Arular (2005)

Piracy Funds Terrorism is the first volume in a proposed series of mixtapes featuring UK genre-bending rap artist M.I.A. and Philadelphia-based DJ Diplo. The mixtape was only given initially to the press and handed out at M.I.A.'s early live shows, but because of its huge underground success, TurntableLab.com released it exclusively through their website around December 2004. The mixtape added to the already building hype of M.I.A.'s debut album Arular, as well as forcing people to acknowledge the mixtape subculture in general. It also helped to establish M.I.A.'s fanbase within the music and mp3-sharing blogosphere.

1 Original track listing
2 Samples
3 Subsequent pressings
4 Personnel
5 External link

[edit] Original track listing

"Galang" [Diplo's Galangaton Mix] – 2:02
"Galang" [Featuring Lil' Vicious] – 2:57
"Two Bit Rhythm" [M.I.A.'s Mix] (LL Cool J/Cavemen) – 2:39
"Fire, Fire" [Diplo's Fire Bam Mix] – 2:40
"Fire, Fire" [Diplo's Mix] – 3:33
"One for the Head Skit" [M.I.A.'s Mix] (featuring Missy Elliott) – 1:37
"Amazon" [Diplo's Mix] – 3:32
"Clipse - "Definition of a Roller" [M.I.A.'s Mix] (Clipse) – 3:14
"M.I.A./Cutty Ranks" – 3:23
"M.I.A." [Diplo's Mix] – 3:10
"You're Good" [Diplo's Mix] – 3:04
"Pop" [Diplo's Mix] – 2:35
"Sunshowers" [Diplo's Mix] – 3:00
"Baile Funk 1" – 2:15
"Bucky Done Gun" [Diplo's Mix] – 2:45
"Baile Funk 2"– 1:44
"10 $" [Diplo's China Girl Mix] – 2:08
"Baile Funk 3" – 1:24
"Lady Killa" [Diplo's Mix] – 3:22
"Uraqt" [Diplo's Mix] – 2:45
"Bingo" [Diplo's Mix] – 3:19

[edit] Samples

"Galang" [featuring Lil' Vicious] samples Baby's "What Happened to That Boy"
"Fire Bam" [Diplo's Mix] samples Kraftwerk's "The Hall of Mirrors" and Chaka Demus & Pliers' "Murder She Wrote"
"Fire, Fire" [Diplo's Mix] samples M.I.A.'s "Fire, Fire" and The Bangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian"
"One for the Head Skit" [M.I.A.'s Mix] samples M.I.A.'s "One For the Head Skit" and Missy Elliott's "Pass The Dutch"
"Amazon" [Diplo's Mix] samples M.I.A.'s "Amazon" and Ciara's "Goodies"
"M.I.A./Cutty Ranks" samples Boards of Canada's "Kaini Industries" and Cutty Ranks's "Limb By Limb"
"Baile Funk One" samples Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach"
"Baile Funk Two" samples Prince's "When Doves Cry"
"Sunshowers" [Diplo's Mix] samples M.I.A.'s "Sunshowers", Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band's "Sunshower" and Salt N Pepa's "Push It"
"10 $" [Diplo's China Girl Mix] samples M.I.A.'s "10 $", Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams" and Pretty Tony's "Fix It In The Mix"
"Uraqt" [Diplo's Mix] samples M.I.A.'s "Uraqt" and Quincy Jones's "Sanford & Son Theme"
"Bingo" [Diplo's Mix] samples M.I.A.'s "Bingo" and Jay-Z's "Big Pimpin'"
"M.I.A" [Diplo's Mix] samples Dead Prez's "Hip Hop"
"Lady Killer" (Diplo Mix) samples Kraftwerk's "Tour de France" and Van Halen's "Jamie's Crying"
"Bucky Done Gun" samples the theme from the movie "Rocky"

[edit] Subsequent pressings

The first pressing of Piracy Funds Terrorism had an incorrect track listing which inevitably led to confusion. This was corrected upon the second issue of the album. However a sample used in "Two Bit Rhythm" [M.I.A.'s Mix] of the mixtape caused legal problems, so on the third pressing, Diplo replaced it with M.I.A.'s "Pull Up the People". He also remixed the "M.I.A./Cutty Ranks" track for unknown reasons, replacing the original samples with a mash-up of the Cutty Ranks a cappella and Snoop Dogg's "Drop It Like It's Hot".