Maya

Almost three years after her second album, which featured the Top Five U.S. hit "Paper Planes," M.I.A. returns with MAYA, a set released on her N.E.E.T. label through XL and Astralwerks. The two songs issued as teasers -- the harsh and repetitious "Born Free," accompanied by an attention-grabbing video, and the slinking, surprisingly poppy "XXXO" -- merely indicated the wide scope of the album, which features input from Diplo, Blaqstarr, Switch, and Rusko.