Pitchfork: M.I.A. Album Delayed Indefinitely!

M.I.A.'s official debut LP, Arular, originally scheduled to be issued in the U.S. on February 22, has been pulled from the release schedule and "postponed indefinitely." A source at Beggars Banquet told us a "legal issue" over a sample on the record is causing the delay. There is no word on which track is under dispute or whether it could need to be re-recorded or dropped from the album altogether. Beggars still hopes to have the album in stores in March, although further delays are possible. As for now, the tracklisting still is:

01 Banana Skit
02 Pull Up The People
03 Bucky Done Gun
04 Fire Fire
05 Freedom Skit
06 Amazon
07 Bingo
08 Hombre
09 One For The Head Skit
10 10 $
11 Sunshowers
12 Galang
13 M.I.A. (hidden track)

* M.I.A.: http://www.miauk.com

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