The artist known as Santogold sits prim and proper with hands pressed together, yet a wide-open stare commands attention, as gold glitter shoots from her mouth. The cover of Santi White’s self-titled solo debut perfectly encapsulates the Santogold persona as forceful, energy-driven, and fearless. She’s literally spilling her gold-speckled guts, violently emitting her musically unique vision, and divulging her independence as a female singer, songwriter, and producer.

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