I forgot this was still in here, so success?
BLACK GIRL DEBUT MAGIC™ - WINNER
- Thread starter Mr.Arroz
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Now that "Feels Like Vegas" is out, I'm happy losing the rest of Aquarius. It and "Far Side of the Moon" are the only two I keep using after the rate
Feels Like Vegas shouldn't have landed higher than the previous three. Mess.
I’m actually delighted that ‘Enough’ even made the top 40!
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Shove It (feat. Spank Rock)
8.474
Highest score: 10 x 7 (@1991, @happiestgirl, @soratami, @Jwentz, @paperboyfriendd, @constantino, @Petty Mayonnaise)
Lowest scores: 6.5 x 1 (@BML)
6 x 1 (@TRAVVV)
My score: 8
Track background: The first line was borrowed for the Jay Z song: “Brooklyn (Go Hard)”, featured on the Notorious soundtrack. It was produced by Switch, Disco D, J-Hill & Santi White herself, and is Santigold's third song.
My thoughts: This get kinda repetitive, so Spank Rock’s feature as well as the brief instrumental bits afterwards really shake it up a bit, because, as much as I love Santi’s voice, it really can be a lot to take on in large doses. Not my favorite from the album, but fairly fun just as well. May have slightly over-scored here…
Your thoughts:
@Sprockrooster (9) - Tropical sassy bop.
@TRAVVV (6) - I know this is well produced and well-sung, it’s just not really my cup of tea.
@paperboyfriendd (10) - The instrumental is like the musical equivalent to a London market and I live for it, very snappy and bouncy. I'm also a sucker for a trash-talking hook.
@Jwentz (10) - Tropbop if Santi released this today it would have a chance to really take off.
@digitalkaiser (7.5) - WOW, Spank Rock….What a blast from the past. I love the blend of more electronic dance hall elements in this song, it’s a very chill and confident song. “We think you're a joke, Shove your hope where it don't shine” never fails to get stuck in my head.
@Bangers&Bops (8.5) - Santi takes it up a notch making her rejection of the mainstream into a collective one speaking in the "we" and repeating "We think you're a joke. Shove your hope where it don't shine." But in between these almost juvenile chants of rejection the verses spell out the intricate challenges faced by an artist struggling to evolve.
@Kuhleezi (9) - What is this twangy piece of heaven?
@happiestgirl (10) - I first heard this on Gossip Girl. Iconic diss track”
@Posh Spears (8.5) - Yas a Skins throwback
@ohnostalgia (8) - “We think you’re a joke, shove your hope where it don’t shine” is so tremendously vicious and I couldn’t be happier about it.
@constantino (10) - The elements of Ska in the production take me back to the brief Ska renaissance of the mid-00s. This song came at a time where my political values and beliefs began to take form, so was super influential in making me the anti-government, anti-austerity lefty that I am today.
@Remorque (9) - A funky reggae jam and she comes over extremely powerful, though her delivery is quite laid back actually. The line “I pay for what's called eccentricity and my wish to evolve” gives me the feels every single time.
@Solenciennes (9) - Attitude for days! The chorus is a total earworm.
@Trouble in Paradise (8.5) - Love the horn sample and reggae guitar. The chorus has great attitude.
Live performances:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUKjdG9SiXI
I'll be back shortly!
BYE.
Mr.Arroz
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#32
Creator
8.5
Highest score: 10 x 13 (@ThisIsRogue, @happiestgirl, @K94, @R92, @LE0Night, @Solenciennes, @soratami, @Remorque, @Jwentz, @paperboyfriendd, @constantino, @Sprockrooster, @Petty Mayonnaise)
Lowest scores: 6 x 2 (@BML, @Posh Spears)
5.5 x 1 (@Trouble in Paradise)
5 x 1 (@Sanctuary)
My score: 8.5
Track background:
Santigold’s debut single, it was released nearly a decade ago on January 22nd, 2008, with “L.E.S. Artistes” as its b-side. When “Creator”’s video went unreleased, the b-side was then released as the album’s lead release. It was written by Santi, Daryn McFayden, and David Taylor, with production coming from Freq Nasty and Switch. Santi also describes the song briefly during a behind-the-scenes moment for its music video:
My thoughts: I think this was the second Santigold song that I’d heard (after “L.E.S. Artistes), and I remember (rather vaguely) being a little impressed musically, but super intrigued by her visual display, even if it was a bit lo-fi. Sonically, there’s a bit too much going on for me, but I love how she utilizes her tone, though I can see how it can be grating to others.
Also, I forgot I saw her live in 2016:
(not my video)
and this apparently has ALWAYS been the song where she brings people on stage to rock with her. A little messy to say the least but good to see her enjoying her rabid stans in a live setting.
Your thoughts:
@Sprockrooster (10) - This was the song that acquainted me with Santigold and at first it felt very much like a blatant M.I.A.-ripoff in both sound, visual and lyrics. On the surface that is. Digging deeper you can find more layers that are findable on a micro-scale close to home. Whereas M.I.A. is addressing world issues on a global scale. This makes the meaning of the songs from Santigold, and this one in particular, much more personal. Much more easy to connect with. I love how this song's message is interconnected throughout the whole album in one sassy line: "Fakin' what you wish you had". Tell them.
@TRAVVV (7) - This is weird… but a bop? Black girl magic indeed. I love the distorted vocal (guitar?) at the very beginning
@Jwentz (10) -
@digitalkaiser (9) - C’mon bonkers production, C’mon that sing-along chorus. Really not much personal connection to this song but it really just bumps super hard, so it’s one of my favorites on the album. I love the use of vocal effects where her voice repeats over the beat. This one was always just a wee bit M.I.A, I remember her suffering through comparisons at the time.
@Bangers&Bops (9.5) - Santigold moves from critiquing what she rejects and introduces her full power. "You say no; I say yes I was chosen. And I will deliver the explosion." Get it, Queen!
@KingBruno (9) - Certainly a great way to combine urban with twisted electronic effects.
@Kuhleezi (8) - The glitchy ending totally makes this.
@ohnostalgia (9) - Santi serving glitching robot is truly a sonic delight.
@constantino (10) - I shudder to think how much coin the good sis made from pimping out the rights to this anthem because it was fucking EVERYWHERE. This is such a fucking bop that I spent many days at school daydreaming music video concepts for it, with some epic choreo - yes, I was that kid.
@Remorque (10) - Has been a favourite of mine from the beginning. Sounds huge and I love the electronic production. She sounds effortlessly cool and the lyrics are some of my favourite on the album.
@Solenciennes (10) - Iconic. This transports me back to being in my late teens, watching Skins, underage drinking and only ever feeling cool and confident when listening to music made by people who really were those things. It’s frenzied and I love it.
@Trouble in Paradise (5.5) - I remember even back in high school, I never got this song. It feels like the beginning of the mid-album slump that happens in a lot of debuts. I feel like a lot of Santigold stans adore this song and I feel like the critics at the time highlighted this as an album standout, but it always just feels loud and non-melodic to me. The lyrics however, are pretty great. Always dreamed a solid remix to enjoy it.
Live performances:
apparently this video went unreleased for some time... according to Wikipedia (and dead links from last decade): Director Ace Norton shot a video for "Creator" in the beginning of 2008;[7] however, it did not get released since the single was changed to "L.E.S. Artistes". Santi explained that they had "shot a video for Creator and it was bad. The director didn't get the shots that we needed. ...And the video was not good enough for this song. ...I was like, we're not gonna use it. And they were like, we just spent all this money. So we changed the single to LES, and had a video, and people loved it, and it worked."[8]
[source]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EmS5mky7AA
Pretty much this (aside from Skins)!
A bit shaken to lose this before top 30 to be honest, but those averages and this one in particular: 8,5 makes it hard to be really mad.
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Last one today!
#32
Miss Amor
8.5
Highest score: 10 x 7 (@He, @1991, @Heaven on Earth, @Posh Spears, @Solenciennes, @soratami, @constantino)
Lowest scores: 5.5 x 1 (@A&E)
My score: 9.5
Track background: Written by Azealia, Kevin James & Jack Fuller, it is again, like many a track from BWET, in that it harvests its production from a separate track, this time the source being Lone's "Coreshine Voodoo", from the Echolocations EP. From Genuis:
Azealia speaks on the song here.
My thoughts: Her flow from the jump just SLAMS. That alone is one of my favorite parts of the track. Not to mention that the vocal production is flawless, even if I couldn’t parse out most of the lyrics until actually sitting down and reading them. Kii. A bop, nevertheless.
Your thoughts:
@TRAVVV (9) - What even is this song. So weird but it works so well. Is this supposed to be kind of funny?
@Bangers&Bops (9.5) - That’s so Azealia with those r’s being rolled. That makes the song for me. And everything else about it of course.
@Posh Spears (10) - Low key one of her best songs ever.
@He (10) - Soap line come through! This is my favorite of the two Misses. It’s just so rich and that hook! This is Fatansea Azealia fully realised.
@ohnostalgia (8.5) - Oddly soothing, Azealia entrances you through mumbled, muffled wordplay accompanied by my perennial fave- the lovely xylophone.
@constantino (10) - Lone did THAT. It’s rare that a hyped Azealia project a) gets released at all b) is as good as she claims it is but this was totally worth the hype. I can see why it’s her favourite track.
@Solenciennes (10) - Did you know the opening bars to this song were actually played on my skull while Azealia was scalping me again?
@Trouble in Paradise (8) - The house vibes are great here.
Live performances:
BYE.
(I died when she started this!)
DRUMS!
#32
Miss Amor
8.5
Highest score: 10 x 7 (@He, @1991, @Heaven on Earth, @Posh Spears, @Solenciennes, @soratami, @constantino)
Lowest scores: 5.5 x 1 (@A&E)
My score: 9.5
Track background: Written by Azealia, Kevin James & Jack Fuller, it is again, like many a track from BWET, in that it harvests its production from a separate track, this time the source being Lone's "Coreshine Voodoo", from the Echolocations EP. From Genuis:
Azealia speaks on the song here.
My thoughts: Her flow from the jump just SLAMS. That alone is one of my favorite parts of the track. Not to mention that the vocal production is flawless, even if I couldn’t parse out most of the lyrics until actually sitting down and reading them. Kii. A bop, nevertheless.
Your thoughts:
@TRAVVV (9) - What even is this song. So weird but it works so well. Is this supposed to be kind of funny?
@Bangers&Bops (9.5) - That’s so Azealia with those r’s being rolled. That makes the song for me. And everything else about it of course.
@Posh Spears (10) - Low key one of her best songs ever.
@He (10) - Soap line come through! This is my favorite of the two Misses. It’s just so rich and that hook! This is Fatansea Azealia fully realised.
@ohnostalgia (8.5) - Oddly soothing, Azealia entrances you through mumbled, muffled wordplay accompanied by my perennial fave- the lovely xylophone.
@constantino (10) - Lone did THAT. It’s rare that a hyped Azealia project a) gets released at all b) is as good as she claims it is but this was totally worth the hype. I can see why it’s her favourite track.
@Solenciennes (10) - Did you know the opening bars to this song were actually played on my skull while Azealia was scalping me again?
@Trouble in Paradise (8) - The house vibes are great here.
Live performances:
Stephanie Garces said:
BYE.
(I died when she started this!)
DRUMS!
Hereallthefolkscomeaskaboutme
Bandwagon,knowtheyusedtodoubtme
Blindsidetendtohitrealhard
Youshouldheedthewarning,getabodyguard
Steady friction in this bitch
Creepin' in just like an itch
So far I got the last laugh
Still the rich rise up, still I live fast
Wouldn't know it face to face
Got no soul and got no taste
Moving in speed up the pace
I got it locked though, what a waste
All the talk is standard fare
Walk the walk if it gets you there
On the grind 'til the gig is up
I'm 'a smash 'em down
Put a muzzle on them like "what!"
Creator is ICONIC you MONSTERS.
Bandwagon,knowtheyusedtodoubtme
Blindsidetendtohitrealhard
Youshouldheedthewarning,getabodyguard
Steady friction in this bitch
Creepin' in just like an itch
So far I got the last laugh
Still the rich rise up, still I live fast
Wouldn't know it face to face
Got no soul and got no taste
Moving in speed up the pace
I got it locked though, what a waste
All the talk is standard fare
Walk the walk if it gets you there
On the grind 'til the gig is up
I'm 'a smash 'em down
Put a muzzle on them like "what!"
Creator is ICONIC you MONSTERS.
Okay I'm no Santigold stan but good LORD do y'all hate bops or something? Creator being out before top #30 is CRIMINAL.
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I wish more people recognized how transcendent Miss Amor is. The second it starts, I feel like I can't sit still, and her flow is electric.
