Its been a fertile year for Santi White, in more ways than one.
Your new record definitely has a different vibe than your previous ones.
And we just decided, Lets do a mixtape!
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Its like a half-step.
Any record Ive done since 2010, Ive made at least part of in Jamaica.
My mind was blown.
Even the way that the rhythms lock, I find really interesting.
On yourlast album cover,99, you were trapped under plastic, literally shrink-wrapped.
[Laughs]Actually, Im more under plastic than I was before.
And thats why this was so quick.
I just wanted to make a summertime record, like, boom!
Its kind of crazy that its been 10 years since your debutSantogold.
Even when I listen to [my previous band] Stiffed I feel embarrassed.
But Im really proud of it, I can still listen to it and enjoy it…
I mean not often, but like every four years.
Do you feel that too?Yes.
Around 2008 was a really special time culturally.
There were a lot of cool things going on in music, in fashion, politically.
It was a really hopeful time and a really creative time.
It was all just swallowed up and kind of ingested into the machine.
Youve worked with artists like Drake and Christina Aguilera and toured with everyone from Coldplay to Kanye and Jay-Z.
I wouldnt want to be at the point where I couldnt walk down the street.
Ive been doing it for a long time, and after awhile the grind kind of wears you down.
But at the same time, all my favorite bands are the one that had to grind.
So Im not saying Ilovethe grind, but I like the music that comes from that, you know?
I have all these friends now who have similar situations.
Its another collaboration, similar to the vibe of this one.
And who knows, maybe Ill never do that again.
Its all so different now anyway.
So I guess well end on a cliffhanger?
[Laughs]Yeah, exactly.
