{"id":4401,"date":"2016-03-08T12:57:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T17:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=4401"},"modified":"2016-03-14T14:09:17","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T18:09:17","slug":"santigold-99%c2%a2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/santigold-99%c2%a2\/","title":{"rendered":"Santigold <br>99\u00a2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Santigold-99.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4402\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4402\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Santigold-99.jpg\" alt=\"Santigold, 99\u00a2\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Santigold-99.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Santigold-99-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s simply unfair. Santi White\u2019s eponymous 2008 debut as Santogold now plays like an incredible time capsule of the moment when all genres were cross-pollinating through the millennial magic of YouTube and Pitchfork Media. Depending on which track you sampled, you might have thought Santigold was paying homage to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, MIA, Blondie, or Kanye West. Her voracious musical appetite digested them all and crossed borders with more conviction than anyone since The Clash. At that time, she was even rad enough to earn a guest spot on the final Beastie Boys album. Her follow-up, <i>Master of My Make-Believe<\/i>, presented an equally diverse collection. Problem was, in the intervening four years the rest of the world had learned Santigold\u2019s genre-defying tricks and Santigold seemingly hadn\u2019t learned a thing.<\/p>\n<p>Another four years have gone by and maybe the lesson is that Santigold isn\u2019t meant to push things forward. Her talent has more to do with repurposing the past in a way that feels 12 months ahead of the curve. And so <i>99\u00a2<\/i> (Atlantic Records), 12 contrasting tracks built from the hits of yesteryear and just yesterday. Lead track \u201cCan\u2019t Get Enough of Myself\u201d features an up-tempo shuffle unheard in any hit single since 1987. That makes it sounds pretty fresh, actually. \u201cBanshee,\u201d \u201cRendezous Girl,\u201d and \u201cWho I Thought You Were\u201d also find inspiration in MTV\u2019s mid-80s glory days, taking on shades of Cyndi Lauper, Springsteen, and \u201cManeater.\u201d Other tracks hearken back to Santigold\u2019s own work; \u201cBig Boss Big Time Business\u201d is more of the spare, dancehall-tinged braggadocio that she\u2019s been doing well since the beginning and \u201cWalking In a Circle,\u201d \u201cOutside the War,\u201d and \u201cBefore the Fire\u201d showcase her skillfully dark atmospherics. She\u2019s been tending this store for years, but it\u2019s difficult not to notice how FKA Twigs and Zola Jesus have moved in and set up shop on the same corner. Overall, it\u2019s an inoffensive record of perfectly capable indie-ish pop music. Better than average, even. Poor Santi, though, she set the bar so incredibly high eight years ago that it\u2019s difficult not to hear this as another disappointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s simply unfair. 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