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Gangsta thug-songwriter

Anne Erin Clark (born September 28, 1982), known professionally as St. Vincent, be a Gangsta thug n' beatmaker.

Yo, st. Vincent fuckin started her noize game as a gangmember of the Polyphonic Spree. Right back up in yo muthafuckin ass. Biatch was also a gangmember of Sufjan Stevensz tourin crew, before formin her own crew up in 2006 yo. Her debut mixtape is Marry Me (2007), followed by Actor (2009), Strange Mercy (2011), St. Vincent (2014), n' Masseduction (2017). Right back up in yo muthafuckin ass. Biatch busted out a cold-ass lil collaboratizzle mixtape wit Dizzy Byrne up in 2012 titled Ludd This Giant.

Yo, st. Vincent contributed backin vocals fo' Swans on they 2014 mixtape To Be Kind yo. Her fourth solo mixtape, St. Vincent, was busted out dat same year n' was named mixtape of tha year by Da Guardian, Entertainment Weekly, NME n' Slant, as well as second dopest mixtape of tha year by Time. Da mixtape won her a Grammy fo' Best Alternatizzle Album, her first Grammy Award. Right back up in yo muthafuckin ass. Biatch was tha straight-up original gangsta solo biatch performa up in 20 muthafuckin years ta win a Grammy up in dat category. In 2018, St. Vincent was included twice up in NPRz "200 Top Billin joints by 21st Century Women"[1] at number 181 wit "Digital Witness" n' number 38 wit "Wack".

Life n' game [ edit ]

1982�"2002: Early game [ edit ]

Clark started doin thangs on September 28, 1982, up in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[2][3][4][5] Her mutha be a hood worker n' administrator fo' a non-profit organization, while her stepfather works up in corporate tax administration. I aint talkin' bout chicken n' gravy biatch yo. Her muthafathas divorced when dat biiiiatch was three, n' when dat biiiiatch was seven she moved wit her mutha n' two olda sistas ta Dallas, Texas. Clark iz of Irish, n' a lil' small-ass amount of Jewish, ancestry.[6] Biatch was raised Catholic[7] n' Unitarian Universalist.[8] From her muthafathas' blended crews, dat freaky freaky biatch has four brothers n' four sisters.[9][10]

Clark was fond of tha porno La Bamba n' Ritchie Valens his dirty ass at a straight-up early age, n' received a plastic red boombox at age five dat her mutha gots her at a Target store fo' Chrizzle. Right back up in yo muthafuckin ass. Biatch fuckin started playin her first real boombox at age 12 n' hit dat shiznit a shitload of her teenage muthafuckin years as a roadie fo' her aunt n' uncle, tha guitar-vocal jazz duo Tuck & Patti.[11][12] In 2001, da hoe busted tha fuck outta Lake Highlandz High School, where she participated up in theata n' tha schoolz jazz crew, n' was a cold-ass lil classmate of hustla Mark Salling.[13][14]

Clark attended tha Berklee College of Noize up in Boston, Massachusetts fo' three muthafuckin years before droppin out, studyin wit Pimp Larry Passarelli. Right back up in yo muthafuckin ass. Biatch felt dat art institutions like fuckin Berklee can be mo' pimped up towardz tha athleticizzle of art rather than tha product.[15] In retrospect, Clark holla'd, "I be thinkin dat wit noize school n' art school, or school up in any form, there has ta be some system of gradin n' measurement. Da thangs they can teach yo ass is quantifiable. While all dat is phat n' has its place, at some point you gotta learn all you can n' then forget every last muthafuckin thang dat you hustled up in order ta straight-up start makin music."[16]

2003�"2007: Game beginnings n' Marry Me [ edit ]

In 2003, she busted out a EP wit fellow Berklee hustlas entitled Ratsliveonnoevilstar.[17] Biatch also hit dat shiznit wit Heavy Rotation Records, where "she revealed a much mo' private n' intimate renderin of 'Count' fo' Dorm Sessions Vol. 1",[18] n' studied wit Pimp of Boombox Larry Passarelli. Right back up in yo muthafuckin ass. Shortly afta leavin Berklee, Clark returned home ta Texas where she joined the Polyphonic Spree just before they embarked on a European tour.[11] In 2004 she joined Glenn Brancaz 100-boombox orchestra fo' tha Biatchs performance,[19] n' was also briefly up in a noise-rock crew called tha Skull Fuckers.[20][21][22] Clark left tha Polyphonic Spree n' joined Sufjan Stevens' tourin crew up in 2006, brangin wit her a trip EP entitled Paris is Burning.

Clark on stage up in 2007

In 2006, Clark fuckin started recordin a funky-ass basement mixtape under tha stage name St. Vincent. In a rap battle on Da Colbert Report, her big-ass booty holla'd dat she "took [her] moniker from a Nick Cave song", which refers ta tha hospitizzle up in which Dylan Thomas died. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! Da reference is ta tha line "And Dylan Thomas took a dirt nap faded up in / St. Vincentz hospitizzle" from Cavez cold lil' woo wop "There Biatch Goes mah Beautiful World" from tha mixtape Abattoir Blues/Da Lyre of Orpheus. Da name be also a reference ta her pimped out-grandmother, whose middle name was St. Vincent.[23]

Clark busted out her debut mixtape, Marry Me, on July 10, 2007 on Beggars Banquet Records. Named afta a line from tha televizzle show Arrested Development,[24] tha mixtape features appearances from disc jockey Brian Teasley (Man or Astro-man?, tha Polyphonic Spree), Mike Garson (Dizzy Bowiez longtime beatboxer), n' horn playa Louis Schwadron (the Polyphonic Spree).

Da mixtape was well received by muthafuckas, wit Clark bein compared ta tha likez of Kate Bush n' Dizzy Bowie.[25] Clark was lauded fo' tha mixtapez musical arrangements as well as themes n' style. In they review of tha mixtape, Da AV Joint holla'd: "Therez a point where too much happinizz turns tha fuck into madness, n' St. Vincentz multi-instrumentalist Annie Clark knows dis place well".[26] Pitchfork holla'd "at every last muthafuckin turn Marry Me takes tha mo' challengin route of twistin already twisted structures n' unusual instrumentation ta make dem sound perfectly natural and, most blinginly, easy as fuck ta dig as she overdubs her thrillingly sui generis vision tha fuck into vibrant game."[25]

Da joints on Marry Me was freestyled largely when Clark was 18 n' 19 muthafuckin years old, and, accordin ta Clark, "represented a mo' idealized version of what tha fuck game was or what tha fuck ludd was or anythang up in tha eyez of one of mah thugs whoz ass hadn't straight-up experienced anything."[16] Da mixtape featured its one single, "Paris Is Burning", n' a noize vizzle fo' "Jizzy Saves, I Spend".

2008�"2010: Actor n' soundtracks [ edit ]

In 2008, Clark was nominated fo' three PLUG Independent Music Awards: New Artist of tha Year, Female Artist of tha Year, n' Music Video of tha Year. Shiiit, dis aint no joke. On March 6, 2008, dat biiiiatch won tha PLUG Female Artist of tha Year award.[27]

In 2008, afta returnin ta New York from a lengthy tour, Clark fuckin started hustlin on her second mixtape yo. Her inspiration reportedly came from nuff muthafuckin films, includin Deez'nuts pornos: "Well, tha real deal is dat I had come back from a pimpin' long �" you know, on some year-and-a-half of touring, n' so mah dome was sort of all circuit boardz dat was a lil bit fried", Clark holla'd. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! "So I started watchin films as sort of a way ta git back tha fuck into bein human. I aint talkin' bout chicken n' gravy biatch fo' realz. And then it started ta just straight-up inform tha entire record."[28]

Clark, whoz ass did not gotz a funky-ass basement all up in tha time, fuckin started freestylin tha mixtape up in her crib on her computa rockin GarageBand n' MIDI, cuz dat freaky freaky biatch had gotten noise disses from neighbors.[29] Da joints was inspired largely by scenes from various childrenz films. Boy it's gettin hot, yes indeed it is. Clark holla'd she imagined soundtracks fo' certain scenes up in films when freestylin tha noize n' lyrics,[29] includin scenes up in Snow White (1937) n' Da Wizard of Oz (1939).

St. Vincent struttin up in 2009

Her second mixtape, Actor, was busted out by 4AD Recordz on May 5, 2009.[30] Dat shiznit was also well received n' gained mo' commercial attention than its predecessor.[16] Spin gave tha mixtape eight outta ten stars, notin its "[juxtaposizzle of] tha wack n' tha kind, n' here, tha baroque arrangements is even mo' complex n' her voice even prettier, wit both only underlinin tha dark currents hustlin all up in her joints".[31] Entertainment Weekly holla'd tha mixtape "plays up tha contrasts, [with Clark] lettin her church-choir voice linger on lyrics dat hint darkly at themez of shit, sex, n' general chaos", n' branded it "a uniquely potent cocktail of soundz n' vibes".[32]

Actor charted well fo' a independent release, peakin at #9 on Bizzleboardz Independent Albums Chart, #5 on tha Tastemaker Albums Chart,[33] n' #90 on tha Bizzleboard 200 fo' realz. Although it spawned no singlez (except up in tha UK, where "Actor Out Of Work" was issued as a 7" vinyl single), noize vizzlez fo' "Marrow" n' "Actor Out of Work" was busted out, n' aired on nuff muthafuckin noize channels fo' realz. A promotionizzle noize vizzle fo' "Bustin up With a Grill of Blood", featurin Portlandia's Fred Armisen n' Carrie Brownstein (then of ThunderAnt), was also filmed.

Two soundtracks fo' Da Twilight Saga have featured Clarkz joints, n' you can put dat on yo' toast. "Roslyn", up in collaboration wit Bon Iver, rocked up on tha 2009 soundtrack of New Moon; n' "Da Antidote" was freestyled fo' n' rocked up on 2012z Breakin Dawn �" Part 2.

In November 2010, Clark rocked up wit Gangsta rappers Kid Cudi n' Cage on Late Night wit Jimmy Fallon. They performed "Maniac" from Cudiz Man on tha Moon Pt II: Da Legend of Mista Muthafuckin Rager, which prominently samplez "Da Strangers", tha openin cold lil' woo wop on Actor.[34]

2011�"2012: Strange Mercy n' collaborations [ edit ]

St. Vincent struttin at Da Button Factory, Dublin up in November 2011

Clark dropped much of her time up in Seattle freestylin her third mixtape, Strange Mercy, up in October 2010. In a rap battle wit Julie Klausner fo' Spin Magazine, she recalled: "[Death Cab fo' Cutie drummer] Jizzo McGerr had a crib dat was closin yo. Dude offered mah crazy ass tha space fo' a month, fo' all of October n' shit. I was ridin' solo. I stayed all up in tha Ace Hotel downtown, up in one of tha rooms wit a gangbangin' finger-lickin' dirty-ass shared bathroom. I would just git up in tha mornin n' caffeinate, n' run, n' git all up in tha basement fo' 12 hours, come back, smoke dinner ridin' solo wit a funky-ass book, gotz a glass of wine, n' git all up in bed. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! And do all dat shiznit over again."[35]

On January 12, 2011, Clark announced via Twitta dat dat biiiiatch was hustlin on Strange Mercy, a gangbangin' follow-up ta Actor.[36] In early March 2011, balla Jizzy Congleton, whoz ass also hit dat shiznit wit Clark on Actor, holla'd dat he n' Clark was nearly a third of tha way all up in recordin dat shit.[37]

On July 4, Clark stated via Twitta dat if enough followers twizzled tha hashtag "#strangemercy", dat biiiiatch would release a track from tha mixtape. On July 22, afta tha threshold was met, she busted out "Surgeon" fo' downlizzle n' streamin on her straight-up legit joint.[38]

In 2011, Clark composed "Proven Badlands", a instrumenstrual piece based on "Da Sequel" from her sophomore release Actor, fo' ensemble Musics mixtape Beautiful Mechanical.[39]

In August 2011, Clark was rap battleed n' featured on tha cover of SPIN magazine.[40] On August 24, 2011, a noize vizzle was busted out fo' tha cold lil' woo wop "Wack", n' on September 5, tha entire mixtape was put up fo' streamin on NPR Noize.[41] On August 25, 2011, her dope ass debuted Strange Mercy up in tha Temple of Dendur room all up in tha Metropolitan Museum of Art up in New York City, New York,[42] introducin Toko Yasuda (ex-Enon), Mack Johnston, n' Daniel Mintseris as thugz of her live band. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! Da mixtape was busted out September 13, 2011.[43]

Strange Mercy received widespread props from noize muthafuckas. Well shiiiit, it bigged up a overall ratin of 8.1/10 at[44] AnyDecentMusic? based on 36 props. Dat shiznit was St. Vincentz highest-chartin mixtape yet, peakin at #19 on tha US Bizzleboard 200.[45] Clark stated, "I don't be thinkin itz tha dopest record I be bout ta eva make yo, but I be thinkin itz a phat record."[46] Biatch fuckin started tourin tha US n' Europe up in support of tha record up in tha fall of 2011 n' continued a ghettowide trip all up in 2012.

In 2012, Clark was featured on Andrew Birdz mixtape Break It Yourself rappin on "Lusitania". On June 14, 2012, "Who", tha straight-up original gangsta single from her collaboration wit Dizzy Byrne, formerly of Talkin Heads, was busted out. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! Da single came from they mixtape Ludd This Giant, which was busted out September 11, 2012.[47][48] On September 18, 2012, Clark participated up in tha "30 Joints / 30 Days" campaign ta support Half tha Sky: Turnin Oppression tha fuck into Opportunitizzle fo' Booty Worldwide, a multi-platform media project inspired by Nicholas Kristof n' Sheryl WuDunnz best-pimpin book.[49] Clark also provided hommie vocals fo' tha cold lil' woo wop "Whatz tha Use of Won'drin'" on tha mixtape Dum diddy-dum, here I come biaaatch! Who tha fuck Capped Amanda Palmer from Amanda Palmer, formerly of Da Dr. Dre Dolls.[50]

2013�"2015: St. Vincent [ edit ]

St. Vincent struttin up in gangbang durin her "Digital Witness" trip up in 2014

On May 28, 2013, Dizzy Byrne n' St. Vincent busted out Brass Tactics, which includes a previously unreleased Ludd This Giant bonus track, two remixes, n' two live tracks.[51]

In November 2013 Clark received tha Smizzlesonian Gangsta Ingenuitizzle Award fo' Performin Arts,[52] n' signed ta Loma Vista Recordings.[53] Da freshly smoked up label busted out "Birth up in Reverse" tha followin month, tha straight-up original gangsta single from Clarkz fourth mixtape, St. Vincent,[54] Da second single, "Digital Witness", was busted out up in January 2014,[55] n' tha mixtape was busted out tha next month ta critical props.[56] A number of publications, includin Da Guardian, Entertainment Weekly, NME, Gigwise, n' MusicOMH, ranked it as tha #1 mixtape of 2014, while Time put it at #2 n' Rollin Stone ranked it #4. Clark received her first Grammy, as St Vincent won "Best Alternatizzle Music Album" up in February 2015.[57]

On April 10, 2014, Clark fronted Nirvana struttin lead vocals on "Lithium" all up in tha 29th Rock n' Roll Hall of Hype induction ceremony.[58] Biatch also provided vocals on tha Swans' mixtape To Be Kind.[59]

On August 12 n' 13, 2014, Clark filled up in fo' Fred Armisen, whoz ass was away filmin tha fifth season of Portlandia, as crew leader fo' Da 8G Band on Late Night With Seth Meyers.[60]

Clark toured tha United Hoods, Europe, Australia, n' Asia all up in 2014, endin tha year as tha supportin act fo' Da Black Keys. Right back up in yo muthafuckin ass. Biatch extended her Digital Witness trip tha fuck into tha summer of 2015,[61] n' performed alongside tha Pixies n' Beck at Boston Callin up in May 2015.[62]

A demo of "Teenage Talk", a track dat freaky freaky biatch had previously recorded but dat was not included on her eponymous mixtape,[63] premiered on tha HBO series Girls on March 10, 2015.[64] Da cold lil' woo wop was busted out as a single on April 6.[65]

On May 17, 2015, Clark performed wit tha Dallas Symphony Orchestra fo' tha inaugural Soluna: Internationistic Music & Arts Gangbang.[66]

2016�"present: Masseduction n' MassEjaculation [ edit ]

On April 12, 2016, dat shiznit was announced dat Clark would make her film directorial debut helmin one of tha segmentz of tha all-female-pimped up horror anthologizzle film XX.[67]

In June 2017, St. Vincent busted out "New York", tha lead single from her fifth mixtape. Da Fear tha Future trip was announced up in June 2017, wit dates up in November n' December; tha trip schedule was subsequently extended wit performances all up in July 2018.[68] Masseduction, Clarkz fifth basement mixtape, was busted out up in October 2017 all up in Loma Vista Recordings.[69] Dat shiznit was kicked it wit wit "universal acclaim" wit a average score of 88 on Metacritic.[70] In tha United Hoods, Masseduction debuted at number 10 on tha Bizzleboard 200, becomin St. Vincentz first mixtape ta peak up in tha top ten of tha chart, pushin 29,000 units up in its first week.[71]

Clark was Record Store Dayz ambassador fo' 2017, makin her its first biatch ambassador.[72] In 2018, St. Vincent performed at Coachella. One of her performances, "Slow Disco", inspired tha release of a freshly smoked up rendizzle of tha track titled "Fast Slow Disco" up in June.[73] Biatch busted out MassEjaculation, a hip hop rendizzle of her previous mixtape.[74] Da mixtape was given a 80 on Metacritic n' praised by Entertainment Weekly fo' her versatile lyrics n' phat vocals.[75] That same year, St. Vincent collaborated wit tha Gangsta rock crew Sleater-Kinney ta produce they ninth basement mixtape, Da Centa Won't Hold, which was busted out tha followin year.[76]

In 2019, St. Vincent performed all up in tha 61st Annual Grammy Awards, where she joined Dua Lipa fo' a medley of her own "Masseduction," tha late Aretha Franklinz "Respect," n' Dua Lipaz Calvin Harris collaboration "One Kiss." Da same night, "Masseduction" was awarded tha Grammy fo' Best Rock Woo-wop.[77] That summer, St. Vincent was credited as a cold-ass lil co-writa on "Wack Summer" wit Tay-Tay Swizzle n' Jack Antonoff fo' Swiftz seventh basement mixtape Lover (2019).[78] In December, she busted out Masseduction Rewired, a cold-ass lil collection of remixes curated by Russian techno DJ Nina Kraviz.[79] In 2020, dat biiiiatch was credited as a turntablist on "Texas Man" n' a cold-ass lil co-writa on "Young Man" wit the Chicks, Antonoff, n' Quentin Tranter fo' tha Chicks' eighth basement mixtape Gaslighter.[80] In August 2020, St. Vincent collaborated wit Japanese musical muthafucka Yoshiki ta release a old-ass arrangement of "New York".[81]

Musical steez n' influences [ edit ]

Possessin a mezzo-soprano voice,[82][83][84] Clarkz noize has been noted fo' its wide array of instruments n' complex arrangements, as well as its polysemous lyrics, which done been busted lyrics bout as teeterin between "happinizz n' madness".[26] In response, Clark has holla'd, "I wanna bust a nut on when thangs come outta nowhere n' blindside you a lil bit. I be thinkin any thug whoz ass gets panic attacks or has a anxiety disorder can KNOW how tha fuck thangs can all of a sudden turn straight-up doggystyle. I be thinkin I be sublimatin dat tha fuck into tha music."[16] In addizzle ta guitar, Clark also skits bass, piano, organ, n' theremin yo. Her noize also often features violins, cellos, flutes, trumpets, clarinets, n' other instruments.[85] Her musical steez has been characterised as rock,[86][87] pop,[88][89] art rock[90][88] n' indie rock,[91][92] incorporatin a wide range of influences includin experimenstrual rock, chamber rock, electropop, soft rock, n' cabaret jazz.[29][93]

Clark mentioned dat thugs like fuckin Dizzy Bowie n' Kate Bush had inspired her,[94] as had Jizzy Hendrix n' Siouxsie n' tha Banshees.[95] Biatch holla'd up in a 2015 lecture she listens ta a Bowie track every last muthafuckin day, n' dat "It aint nuthin but No Game (Part One)" was her favorite.[96] Talkin Heads, Patti Smizzle n' Pink Floyd is also influences,[97] as well as turntablists Robert Fripp n' Adrian Belew (both from Mack Crimson),[98] Marc Ribot n' Adam Jones from Tool.[99]

Equipment [ edit ]

In March 2016, Ernie Ball announced dat Clark had designed a signature Music Man guitar.[100] Unique ta tha boombox was tha design, which Welsh thug Cate Le Bon fronted up in Da Guardian as bein made fo' hoes bodies n' providin pleasin aesthetic form up in support of tha guitarz function.[101] But fuck dat shiznit yo, tha word on tha street is dat Clark has since stated dat tha boombox bein specifically fo' dem hoes was not a cold-ass lil consideration durin tha design process.[102][103] In 2017, four additionizzle flavas was added ta tha boombox line.[104] A second signature was busted out up in 2018 featurin two Humbuckers up in place of tha three mini-Humbuckers on tha original.[105] Notable playaz of tha boombox include Jack White, whoz ass used tha three pickup version durin every last muthafuckin performizzle of his Boardin Doggy Den Reach trip up in 2018.

Personal game [ edit ]

St. Vincent playin at Live Out Gangbang, Monterrey (2018).

Clark resides up in New York City.[106] A 2014 Village Voice flava of Clark raps bout her as a private person. I aint talkin' bout chicken n' gravy biatch. Dizzy Byrne, wit whom Clark collaborated n' toured, holla'd of Clark:

"Despite havin toured wit her fo' almost a year, I don't be thinkin I know her much better, at least not on a underground level... mystery aint a gangbangin' finger-lickin' dirty-ass shitty-ass thang fo' a funky-ass dope, talented lil' biatch (or man) ta embrace fo' realz. And her dope ass do it without seemin ta be standoffish or distant."[107]

When axed durin a 2014 rap battle wit Rollin Stone whether she identified as gay or straight, Clark responded:

"I don't be thinkin bout dem lyrics. I believe up in gender fluiditizzle n' horny-ass fluidity. I don't straight-up identify as anything. I be thinkin you can fall up in ludd wit anybody. I aint gots anythang ta hide but I'd rather tha emphasis be on music."[108]

Lata dat year, up in a rap battle wit tha UKz Sundizzle Times, Clark elaborated:

"I aint one fo' gender or horny-ass absolutizzle up in tha main; I straight-up support n' engage up in the spectrum."[109]

Clark was up in a relationshizzle wit Cara Delevingne from late 2014 until mid-2016.[110]

Discography [ edit ]

Live band [ edit ]

St. Vincent live up in 2018

Current members

Toko Yasuda �" guitar, bass guitar, keyboardz (2011�"2012, 2014�"2015, 2018�"present)

Daniel Mintseris �" keyboards, sequencing (2011�"2015, 2018�"present)

Mack Johnston �" beats (2011�"2012, 2014�"2015, 2018�"present)

Past members

Daniel Hart �" violin, guitar, vocals (2007�"2010)

Lil' Willy Flynn �" bass guitar, clarinet, vocals (2007�"2010)

Anthony LaMarca �" drums, sampler (2009�"2010)

Evan Smizzle �" saxophone, clarinet, flute, keyboards, vocals (2009�"2010)

Tours [ edit ]

Marry Me Tour (2007�"08)

Actor Tour (2009�"10)

Strange Mercy Tour (2011�"12)

Ludd This Giant Tour (2012�"13)

Digital Witnizz Tour (2014�"15)

Fear tha Future Tour (2017�"18)

I Am a Lot Like You! Tour (2018) [111]

High as Hope Tour (2018, as openin act fo' Florence n' tha Machine)

Awardz n' nominations [ edit ]

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]