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"  When Jay-Z describes your new album as &amp;quot;a revolution&amp;quot;, you&amp;#039;re bound to feel pretty confident and relieved - especially when it&amp;#039;s a highly anticipated follow-up to a solid debut. It&amp;#039;s been four years since Santigold&amp;#039;s (then named Santogold) self-titled first record, which itself was lauded for its genre-bending qualities - and truth be told, not much has changed. A marching bassline, jolting beats and aggressive chants immediately whip up a rebellious frenzy in opening track &amp;#039;GO!&amp;#039;. Electronic squiggles bounce off nu-wave melodies, serving as a natural bridge between Santi&amp;#039;s two works. As such, scuzzy guitars atop smooth island jams on &amp;#039;Disparate Youth&amp;#039; only reinforce her affection for musical hybrids, while the lyrics are as insurgent as ever. The mood abruptly changes course on &amp;#039;God From The Machine&amp;#039; where all the energy is suddenly swallowed by wistful synths and White&amp;#039;s hollering vocal. &amp;#039;This Isn&amp;#039;t Our Parade&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;The Riot&amp;#039;s Gone&amp;#039; continue to expose Santi&amp;#039;s vulnerable side and form tribal-infused paeans that lie somewhere between MIA and Florence + the Machine. The experimenting isn&amp;#039;t always successful. Light hip-hop verses, flashes of hi-wired dubstep and incongruous lyrics plague &amp;#039;Fame&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Look At These Hoes&amp;#039;, diluting her political charge and stalling the album&amp;#039;s overarching command. Like many revolutions, Master is one that lacks focus and occasionally forgets what it set out to achieve.  Tracks to download: &amp;#039;GO!&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Disparate Youth&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;God From The Machine&amp;#039;If you like this, you&amp;#039;ll like: MIA, Florence + the Machine Watch the music video for Santigold&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Disparate Youth&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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