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Santogold & Diplo
12+ albums
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It is with some degree of nobility that the excellent Alt-MC Santogold and the superb DJ and MIA producer Diplo meet to unleash their own mixtape on the internet, and all completely free of charge. The two prove to have excellent and widespread taste as well, as the mix veers wildly from shouty soul diva Aretha Franklin to jerky post-punk oddballs Devo. The main theme however appears to be somewhat underground hip-hop and rap, occasionally mixed into more mainstream stylings. The mix itself kicks off with Oscar-winning (honestly) hip-hop collective 3-6 Mafia with a superbly staccato remix of Late Night, featuring Salt ‘n’ Pepa style beats and bratty exchanges, which stealthily integrates seamlessly into a buzzy, bassy mix of Santogold’s feisty, dubby Shuv It. Santogold herself understandably appears repeatedly throughout the mixtape, whether she’s trading rhymes with Amanda Blank (sounding like a snottier Princess Superstar) on I’m A Lady or MIA and Gorilla Zoe on the elusively rare and tribal-sounding Radioclit remix of Get It Up. Like any good mixtape, genres are treated with reverence and given their own space, and like a good pair of fashionistas, Diplo and Santogold never shy from exploring the very outskirts of the cultural zeitgeist. Even producer du jour Mark Ronson appears in a self-parodying skit with Santogold, discussing a parodic re-jigging of Santogold’s excellent Creator. Creator itself, easily the greatest single of 2008 so far, is destroyed and rebuilt later
top songs
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Dub Selection Intro
3,4872Mark Ronson In Studio
2,4473Right Brigade
1,9704Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub
722501 - Dub Selection Intro
641604 - Santogold - I'm A Lady (Diplo Mix Ft Amanda Blank)
600707 - Aretha Franklin - Save Me
588805 - Sir Mixalot - Posse On Broadway
577906 - Santogold - Lights Out (Diplo's Panda Bear Mix)
5601003 - Santogold - Shuv It (Disco D Blend)
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