After paying her dues in the obscure ska-punk outfit Stiffed, Santi White aka Santigold, charged up the charts with her 2008 debut, an addictive fusion of electro, R&B, reggae and indie rock. Master of My Make Believe, her follow-up, was a shade darker, yet it yielded the dystopian gem “Disparate Youth.” Her current full-length, the pop-centric 99 Cents, hides a blistering critique of the commodification of humanity under its deceptively sunny disposition.
