Santogold: Godiva!

I’m in the process of courting Santogold. She’s a strong candidate for mother of my first born. So let me just go ahead and say the album is not for a mainstream pedestrian radio head. Meaning if you can’t get enough of Lil Wayne, Trina, and Soulja Boy this one might not be your taste. I think this record is delicious. “My Superman” is definitely my favorite cut. It’s like trance, an enraged trance that takes over your body and halts your heart—hauntingly beautiful. I’m not sure if this album will be number one, but it should be. Her voice is unique, her style is one of her defining characteristics, and her record is nutritious (does a body good). Its versatile in that I listened to it walking to campus then later in the tub—trust me that is a huge deal. Support SANTOGOLD! Gotdammit! Seriously, preview the tracks online and one you fall for her, go support her. She needs to make her mark on the music scene. Even if you just think she’s cute or her video is bizarre, get her album! If she were chocolate she'd be a golden Godiva truffle.
B+/A-

Hard Candy: Now & Laters

David’s mom—most of you know as Madonna released her eleventh studio album. My philosophy on Madonna is “if you STILL got it, go for it”. Though she’s been in the game for a couple of decades now, the music on this album is yet another reinvention for the “material mom”. Madge (I would love to know where she acquired that nickname) is basically ripping yall up with her new release. This is a banging dance record. I’m not a die hard Madonna worshipper. I sort of hitched a ride on the bandwagon officially when she released “Confessions of the Dance Floor” in 2005. This record gives me a Feist and Britney Spears wrestling on roller rink floor over neon skates. Very bubbly and pop with some edge—what else can we expect from the soon to be fifty year old legend. I have no idea what the recording process was like, but it sounds like she had fun making this record—random thought. Stand out tracks include “Beat Goes On” (my favorite track), Heartbeat, Spanish Lesson, & (the song I vehemently hated initially that grew on me) Four Minutes. I give this record a B+.

(p.s. "Four Minutes" is actually 4:04 long—that annoys me.)

(p.p.s. Both of these fantastic fenomes' have HARD videos. If you haven't had the pleasure of viewing "L.E.S. Artistes" youtube it, and I love Madonna and Justin's take on the Bodies Exhibit)