The reason that I’m sharing Santigold this week is because she teamed up with Beastie Boys on one of my favorite tracks from their new album, that was actually released today. That is not, however, the track that I’m sharing. I may or may not do a new Beastie Boys track next week. We shall see. Anyway, Santigold (formerly “Santogold“), only has one studio album, that I’m aware of. Titled Santogold, which was also formerly her stage name. Then, someone probably threatened to sue her or something, and she became Santigold. Now that the boring stories are out of the way, let’s talk about her music. It would be impossible to try to categorize all of her music in a single genre, the ones that I like the most are the ones with the old school rude boy flavor. So, the track I’m sharing today is “Shove it.” The opening line “Brooklyn we go hard,” is one of my favorite parts about this song. Spin it.
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I have a few songs from Santigold that I love. I have never heard of this one before, it’s very cool! La Musica Coolica makes me very happy every week! haha
Great choice. The Boys were hamming it up on KROQ this morning and had very positive things to say about working with Santigold (apparently she personally returns the Beastie Boys’ calls, right away). I love her. And the Boys’ new album. (Favorite track name: Nonstop Disco Powerpack.)
I am so digging this track. To me, it’s a mix of hip-hop, reggae and world beats. Her voice is rocking my ear buds. iTunes thanks you.
I wish she would release another album.