She’s different…I like!

dope!

hmm diff i like

I like her. She is going to be the black Gwen Stephani!

She biting off of M. I. A. with the Creator track a little bit….but she’s alright…it’s always better to hear something different though.

i like her video. I dislike to compare but she look like MACY GRAY, ay Brian or ANGEL what happen to her?

New music inde and pop music roxz

me like, it’s something different

she is like nothing else out right now but i like that alot. its refreshing…im a lady is hot!

soooooo DOPE!!!!! refreshing

i’ve been a fan of hers for a while! glad she’s finally getting love. she’s more popular with the brooklyn hipster scene

@5 um, why does she have to be biting off of MIA’s style? I hate it when people say that. Just because MIA is more famous, you don’t know who came first. And FYI they went on tour together so obviously there’s a mutual respect for each other musically

I’m feeling “I’m A Lady”.

That music review’s on this site are vague

I’m kinda feeling “Creator”!

As for “Im a lady”…..womp womp!

fiiiiire

I enjoy the sound but do have to agree, this does sound very reminiscent of MIA (’creator’) , or visa versa.. they have the same flow.. I appreciate “I’m A Lady” much better cause it sounds fresh, this will get me geared up for summertime…lol

She actually co-wrote and produced Res’ album “How I Do” and was in another band called Stiffed so she’s been around for a minute. Nice to see the site giving some love to all kinds of black music. Keep up the good work!

She’s dope! I like her. Creator is a hott track!

I like her sound. She reminds me of Nelly Furtado a little bit.

love her. she’s quite a talent. it’s great she’s getting exposure and people are listening to what she’s gotta say

LUV IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

omgoshh im hella juiced u guys are givin Santo her props! i seen her live last year and she killed it

Creator is hot! And so is switch! Good to see all kinds of black musicians getting recognition.

luv luv luv Santogold…so happy she’s getting her due…gotta be tha freshest newbie out there…bout time we get to hear something original from the record industry.

i love her!! =]

Her sound is pretty dope. I really like “The Creator”. I could probably keep that on repeat. But, the music video is veyr weird and eerie. Well at least she stepped outside the box and did something artistic. She gets props from me for that I guess.

@16- That’s cool that she worked on Res’ CD. That CD is very well put together. I wish Res would come back out . Music is getting a little bland these days. She brought something fresh to the table like this new artist featured here.

I was never really into Santogold because I didn’t know that hype. However I took a listen to it and I’m starting to feel the chick. She did write and co-produce for Res(who is another hipster chick) and the rest is history. I know alot of people do compare her to MIA because they are both hipsters, but they are a little different because Santogold actually sings MIA chants over Diplo beats. Nonetheless it is really refreshing to see black women more creative because we tend to bitch and whine about Black women all looking the same lol

she aint bitin nuttin wat is it wit u people wit tha bitin shit why cant everyone do they own thing she got her own flavor its not a gimmick……..n to all showin love thas a good look im luvin that people are more openminded she black n she doin it james brown stepped out tha box oopps he built that shit n im luvin new artist buildin new ones DONT PUT MY MUSIC IN NO CATEGORY thas why i luvv GNARLS BARKLEY they all ova….yea diggin her n RES is sick sooooooo

I never got the hype with MIA, i just never liked her sound.

Santagold is ok i guess, might possibly grow on me. And she does sound like Macy Gray

I’m a laaaddyyy is sick haha. Me like longtime.

I Will be getting her album! Check out Shuv it by her, It’s another tight song.
And Res

Lovin both songs.She sounds like something fresh, new and Different.

homegirl is fresh! love it. shes dope. i would say shes like a M.I.A. but shes not really like her…M.I.A. is dope, but santogold is dope in her own rite. I hope she blows up, shes unique..she adds a breath of freshness to the industry i think.

She reminds me of the Canadian girls Tegan and Sara.

OH THANK GOD…IVE BEEN NEEDIN THIS IN MY LIFE FOR A WHILE NOW…IM REALLY LIVIN NOW! YES

I LOVE SANTOGOLD and i’ve been waiting for this album for a while now…can’t wait!!!

Noooooo, hell no.

to the person who asked, i’m pretty sure MIA came first

but anyway i’m such an indie fanatic so i’ve liked santogold for a while now. i’m not amazed by her just b/c most indie acts have similar styles but it doesn’t change the fact that she’s a pretty cool chick. i like “i’m a lady” the best b/c “les artistes” sounds like so many other indie songs and that other song sounds too much like MIA. “i’m a lady” sounds the most different

@Jamila B. vocally she sounds a bit like tegan and sara (the scratchy vocals). i don’t get the macy gray comparisons that ppl are trying to make though. her and macy sound nothing alike to me

I kinda diggin her. She bringin that late 80s/ early 90s sound back.

plus if anyone really likes indie music or just anything that isn’t being played ont he radio, you should listen to music on the website hype machine. sometimes they have pretty annoying music (not all indie is good) but some of the tracks are amazing (like “i’m a lady” was featured in the beginning of this month)

LOVE THE MUSIC…I AM SO FEELING HER SOUND..BUT I HAVE TO SAY I AM HEARING SOME SIMILAR’S TO M.I.A…JUST CHECK OUT HER MYSPACE PAGE IT HOT..I WILL BE LOOKING OUT FOR HER

Something about “Creator” makes me wonder what happened to Res! I miss her!
This chick is ok.

Santi White has been around for a while now. She was in the band Stiffed and she wrote and executive produced most of Res’ album How I Do. Her boyfriend Trevor Andrew is the guy you hear singing on “I’m a Lady”. Trevor is a profesional snowboarder and has a band called Trouble Andrew check out their myspace page- cool stuff. They are such a dope musical couple! I love Santi! Support good music and buy her CD!

I’m so feelin” this chic! She’s different & I like it. Reminds me of M.I.A. but she’s hott as well. Damn sho different. But, in this case, different is good.

TEAM Santogold !

Ummm Macy Gray? No And her & M.I.A. are friends…. Yeah Res’ new album is amazing for the people that know her.

love.

I absolutely LOOOOVVVVEEEE this chick… her video for Les Artistes is AMAZING!!! Its so creative and shes probably the most refreshing girl artist I’ve seen since the debut of Kelis and M.I.A (another artist people sleep on)…

She reminds me of M.I.A! especially the Creator song! she’s not orginial! M.IA. paved the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

she’s been around for a while, her cd’s with the band Stiffed, and she wrote that cd everyone loves by Res. their voices are very similar too.

Santogold is DOPE!!!!
Shove It is my shit

She is amazing !

creator was played on entourage right? the season 4 finale when vince and them reach cannes.

les artistes sounds a bit 80’s pop. Cool!

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I love her!!! Heard her a while back on Myspace, unique with a cool sound!

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Her video is ill
she’s sumthn different

i love her music its so fresh.
it reminds me of m.i.a mets uffie alot but
it is better. her lyrics and beats
are amazing !

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what the hell is that coming out of her mouth on that album cover???

M.I.A. co-write a few songs on the album as well!

Her and M.I.A. are really good friends, but Santi’s music is way more rock influenced that Maya’s.

I heard creator somewhere before and I just assumed it was a MIA song I hadn’t heard

Ok Santogold I will check her out.

i definitely have heard this song and assumed it was some tiny emo feist-wannabe chick… I LOVE that it’s not!

i love her song Creator. i first heard it on youtube. Luam (the most awesome choreographer..EVER) did a combo to it, and ever since, i’ve been hooked. her choreography really helped make the song imo, because even tho the song is hot on it’s own, having the visual made it that much better.

check it:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=USY5xwgBHoU

=)

L.E.S. Artistes is lovely, though the XXXchange remix is way better

She the black Nelly Furtado with a Kelis imagination..this something Kanye would cosign ..not bad vid too bad the links to the songs wont work

This post is OVA late. Creator (SwitchVsSinden version) has been my jam since day dot. If you remember Res, she did nost of the writing on her album too. Really talented chick, much sucess to her.

haha #16, just read the comments and u mentioned the ‘res’ point already:)…

“I beleive in Santogold!”

@ 68. How is an album review post late? Her album isn’t even out yet. LMAO!

i love it!!!! 2 thumbs up!!!!

This is something that I would pop in the CD changer.

santi & mia are like best friends so they both have a heavy influence on each other

Angel, I meant in terms of giving Santogold some love as an artist point blank-Not necessarily the actual review itself. A la, how Brian discusses/brings attention to an artist, then follows it up with news on an album drop at a later date. In that sense.

I must say,

Her sound is different, the video is hot. . . love it!

I LIKE IT SIMILIAR BUT DIFFERENT TO MIA, I THINK I WILL BUY IT SNICE ITS ONLY $10.

OH YEA I GET THE CONCEPT OF THE VIDEO, BUT I WAS LOL WATCHIN IT IT LOOK LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A COMMERICAL OR SOMETHING, WITH ALL THAT DAMN FRUIT. LOL

This is my kind of music. She has a great voice and I will buy her cd any day.

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I just heard the cd today and I’m loving it crazy!

reminds me of joan armatrading…love it, thanks, like cold water after a dry spell!

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Good shit. I’m mad I slept on her so long cuz my man was tryna put me on.

Sorry to say, but the first thing I noticed when i saw Santogold (before i even heard her music) was that she’s basing her whole act and image off of MIA, Santogold is just a little more mild in her music and style, so she might appeal to a wider audience than MIA does. None the less, the tracks that do stand out on the album could have pretty much come straight off of Arular. I might even say the few tracks I’m thinking of might be even a slight step up from the shit on Arular.

I think the way the producers went about putting together this album was really smart - mixing trendy electro/hip-hop tracks with straight up 80s sounding tracks is a smart move to make.

I dig the diversity of the tracks on the album, but if you’re gonna have tracks like “creator” on it, the least you can do is switch up your image/dancer set-up/video, cuz theres nothin worse than being seen as a watered down version of an original trend-setter.

SantaGold and M.I.A compare and contrast:
Both women of color
Both use the same producers
Both have ecletic clothing style
The difference I feel is that SantaGold has more lyrical depth and sings waaaay better than M.I.A does.
Mia is way simple, fun, colorful like her art whereas SantaGold seems more polished like a more mature toned down M.I.A, plus you can relate to her more….anywhoo thats my take on the comparisons….

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