Master of My Make‐Believe by Santigold

Master of My Make-Believe, the second album from Santi White as Santigold, arrived in April 2012 in the UK and at the start of May in the US on Downtown and Atlantic, four years after the dub, new wave and hip-hop collision of her debut, Santogold. She brought a crowd along: longtime collaborators John Hill, Switch and Diplo, plus Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio and Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, with Greg Kurstin among the producers. The sleeve, designed by Jason Schmidt, shows her in four different guises, which suits a record that keeps changing shape.

It's taut, bass-heavy new wave shot through with swagger, and "Disparate Youth" is its widescreen centerpiece, marching and yearning at once. Critics were on her side again, and it gave her a first number one on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums chart while reaching number 21 on the Billboard 200.

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