Pull up the people, pull up the poor

I just want to add something in regards to my M.I.A. blog entry below. This forum thread should hopefully clarify a few of the points I've made. I don't know, some of it is still a bit shady - and can we have an interpretor for Diplo? Please?

Tha man, who in other news has done a kickin' mix for Pitchfork, does make a few good (intelligible) points:

• 'Mango Pickle Down River' was only meant to be a mixtape cut from the beginning.
• M.I.A. obviously never went to work with anyone in Australia.
• It was record label Interscope's idea to put the track on the album. "i wasnt into it.. they really like to play up the ethno world poor diaspora bit on this release..."
• The "real crook" in this whole situation might be another super-producer, Timbaland, "cause after down river with a rap had been in the cut as a demo last year.. snoops [dogg's) album had a track that was exactly like it.. beat box and didigeridoo. someone in australia pointed it out to me.."
• M.I.A. never had bad intentions for the project. The royalty splits on the track are apparently 85/15 in Morganics' favour. And finally...
  
• "m.i.a. says dumb stuff in public sometimes tho, gotta love her!"

The track as it appears on Kala:


And the Wilcannia Mob original:


The Internet brings a whole new meaning to the term "collaboration".