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The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Entertainment
Dan DeLuca

Santigold reflects on her new album ‘Spirituals’ and her shout-out from Beyoncé

PHILADELPHIA — Santigold is back.

In 2008, Santi White broke through as a visionary success story with a debut album that defied categorization as it pointed toward a genre-free pop music future.

Punk, reggae, hip-hop, ska, dub: On the album originally called "Santogold" — then changed to "Santigold," as was White’s stage name, after a lawsuit — White cut-and-pasted whatever she was inspired by, turning it into something irresistibly her own. “I’m a Creator,” she sang. “Thrill is to make it up.”

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