SOUNDS: Three reasons we heart Santogold

1) The world of music production is largely dominated by men. But Santi White aka Santogold has been holding it down for the alternative chicks ever since the early '00s when she wrote and produced music for Res' "How I Do" , an album we loved. She's also produced for M.I.A. and co-written a song with Mark Ronson for Lily Allen.

2) She's the anti-Beyoncé. Not that we don't love our R&B divas too. But it's kind of refreshing to see artists like Santi, who Björk enlisted to tour with her las year, and Janelle Monae give us unique point of views that don't necessarily involve sex on a platter or trifling men who won't pay phone bills.

3) She's persistent. Santi, who once worked A&R for Epic Records, has been screwed over by the music industry more than a few times (hence the name of her former punk band, Stiffed, which we also were digging). Lucky for us, she persevered through the bull-ish.