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humanmillipede:
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Photography Inez & VinoodhText Cody Critcheloe
The struggle to make a successful sophomore album has left many a hit-seeking star out in the cold. The difference with Santi White, aka Santigold, is evident in the title of her forthcoming record, Master of My Make-Believe. In it, she takes control of her music as well as her vision. SSION’s Cody Critcheloe sat down with her to discuss recording a second slam dunk.
CODY CRITCHELOE Who did you work with on the record?SANTIGOLD It was a very lonely process. I worked with Greg Kurstin on three songs, Switch on several songs, and Dave Sitek [of TV on the Radio] on one song. I worked with Nick Zinner [of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs] a bunch on writing and he played too.
CC How do you go about songwriting?S I write to the music. The lyrics came slowly on this record.
CC Why do you think that was?S It was about learning to trust myself. I also had expectations. Never have those! Everyone I worked with before was in a different headspace. I had to get past that. That’s why I started writing with Nick, and it started being cool and fun.
CC So was that the turning point?S That was when it was like, I just want to work with who I want. We recorded in Jamaica for a little while and finally some lyrics started to come to me. I think that time really colored the record.
CC Do you meticulously oversee every aspect?S Yeah, I’m really hands-on with everything. It’s the difference between an artist and a plain pop star, right?
CLICK HERE for the full story from V75 The Music Issue
Yay yay yay!!!
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Photography Inez & Vinoodh
Text Cody CritcheloeThe struggle to make a successful sophomore album has left many a hit-seeking star out in the cold. The difference with Santi White, aka Santigold, is evident in the title of her forthcoming record, Master of My Make-Believe. In it, she takes control of her music as well as her vision. SSION’s Cody Critcheloe sat down with her to discuss recording a second slam dunk.
CODY CRITCHELOE Who did you work with on the record?
SANTIGOLD It was a very lonely process. I worked with Greg Kurstin on three songs, Switch on several songs, and Dave Sitek [of TV on the Radio] on one song. I worked with Nick Zinner [of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs] a bunch on writing and he played too.CC How do you go about songwriting?
S I write to the music. The lyrics came slowly on this record.CC Why do you think that was?
S It was about learning to trust myself. I also had expectations. Never have those! Everyone I worked with before was in a different headspace. I had to get past that. That’s why I started writing with Nick, and it started being cool and fun.CC So was that the turning point?
S That was when it was like, I just want to work with who I want. We recorded in Jamaica for a little while and finally some lyrics started to come to me. I think that time really colored the record.CC Do you meticulously oversee every aspect?
S Yeah, I’m really hands-on with everything. It’s the difference between an artist and a plain pop star, right?CLICK HERE for the full story from V75 The Music Issue
Yay yay yay!!!
bawww omg
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Santigold - Say Aha
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Santogold & Diplo - Guns of Brooklyn [Doc & Jon Hill Dub]
Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub is a mixtape by American artist Santigold (then going by Santogold) and Philadelphia-based DJ Diplo, released on July 15, 2008. Top Ranking features remixes of songs from Santigold’s debut album, as well as remixes of other artists. Santigold also has previously unreleased songs on the mixtape, including a cover of The Clash’s “The Guns of Brixton”, with lyrics altered to reference Brooklyn. ”Guns of Brooklyn” and “Get It Up”, a collaboration with M.I.A. that heavily samples Gorilla Zoe’s “Hood Nigga”, were leaked to the blogosphereprior to the mixtape’s release. An alternate version of “Get It Up” featuring Esau Mwamwaya rather than Gorilla Zoe also appeared on the internet. The album was released
for a short period of timeon the internet as a free download.Things I love:
- Santigold
- The Clash
- Santigold covering The Clash
- oh, and I guess Diplo
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![thats-myvoice-rising:
humanmillipede:
blackfashion:
Photography Inez & VinoodhText Cody Critcheloe
The struggle to make a successful sophomore album has left many a hit-seeking star out in the cold. The difference with Santi White, aka Santigold, is evident in the title of her forthcoming record, Master of My Make-Believe. In it, she takes control of her music as well as her vision. SSION’s Cody Critcheloe sat down with her to discuss recording a second slam dunk.
CODY CRITCHELOE Who did you work with on the record?SANTIGOLD It was a very lonely process. I worked with Greg Kurstin on three songs, Switch on several songs, and Dave Sitek [of TV on the Radio] on one song. I worked with Nick Zinner [of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs] a bunch on writing and he played too.
CC How do you go about songwriting?S I write to the music. The lyrics came slowly on this record.
CC Why do you think that was?S It was about learning to trust myself. I also had expectations. Never have those! Everyone I worked with before was in a different headspace. I had to get past that. That’s why I started writing with Nick, and it started being cool and fun.
CC So was that the turning point?S That was when it was like, I just want to work with who I want. We recorded in Jamaica for a little while and finally some lyrics started to come to me. I think that time really colored the record.
CC Do you meticulously oversee every aspect?S Yeah, I’m really hands-on with everything. It’s the difference between an artist and a plain pop star, right?
CLICK HERE for the full story from V75 The Music Issue
Yay yay yay!!!
bawww omg](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly882zW91W1qasnrqo1_1280.jpg)
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