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Mar 1, 2016Although the bulk of the album oscillates between sarcasm and sincerity, the most fully realized songs transcend that spectrum entirely.
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Feb 26, 2016Unexplored avenues, Nutriblended genre combinations, and left-field pop gold have always been Santigold’s bag, and though the price tag here may be 99¢, she’s never sounded freer.
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Feb 26, 2016Though 99 Cents is Santigold's most accessible work yet, it feels like the mainstream meeting White on her terms rather than vice versa, and the results are often irresistible.
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Feb 25, 2016Her third album blends styles in a way that thrillingly recalls the kitchen-sink endeavors of the early new wave era.
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Feb 25, 2016The whole album drips with Caribbean zest, the tropical bounce of 'Can't Get Enough Of Myself' and the pumping 'Rendezvous Girl' balanced by eccentric slowies such as the oddball power ballad 'Run The Races'. There's plenty more too, candied but with class and pop bite.
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Feb 23, 201699 Cents doesn’t exactly deliver the discussion on commodity and the self promised on the cover. But Santigold have assembled a fine package, one which showcases White and her undeniable swagger.
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Feb 11, 2016Santigold is at her best when the production behind her has plenty of Caribbean-inflected bounce but throughout 99¢, she proves that she deserves more success than she gets.
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MojoJan 8, 2016This album pop-pops with pleasure, sunshine and subversion. [Feb 2016, p.96]
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Feb 26, 2016It seems as though becoming a mother in the interim has improved Santigold’s outlook on the world. The only problem is, she sounds far more interesting when she’s exploring the darkness.
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MagnetFeb 12, 2016Thankfully Santigold has focused on quality, not quantity, as her third LP makes evident from the very start. [No. 128, p.61]
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Feb 24, 201699¢ is slick, soulful and full of the imaginative use of reference points that she is so accomplished at bending to her will. It’s by no means as immediate as Santogold, but its pleasures are plentiful if you give it the time it deserves.
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Feb 24, 2016She and her collaborators--who include platinum hip-hop producer Hit-Boy, Swedish dance-pop maestro Patrick Berger, TV on the Radio's Dav Sitek and ex-Vampire Weekender Rostam Batmanglij--create a sound that's immaculately haute but also playful and warm.
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UncutJan 8, 2016Santigold never flags in her campaign to capture the dwindling attention spans of modern pop fans. [Feb 2016, p.79]
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Feb 23, 2016The album is presented as a consumerist critique, intentionally blurring the line between artist and product, but the quality of the songs varies too widely to pull off an actual concept album.
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Feb 29, 2016While 99¢ manages to find its footing at a number of points, it never manages to prop itself up as a whole.
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Jan 22, 2016The tracklist starts to lose steam a little towards the end, but 99 cents is best experienced as a collection of singles, anyway, and it's another worthy addition to Santigold's hugely varied repertoire. [Jan/Feb 2016, p.58]
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Mixed: 4 out of 30
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Negative: 3 out of 30
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