Solange may not be as talented as Beyonce but she does have talent. Shit if Rihanna, Cassie, and Mya can get record deals then Solange can too because at least she can sing. I love her proud family song with DC. LOL

Sorry but I would not buy it. She sounds Foxy Celopatra.

love it, her voice sounds a little immature but at least she is putting something different out there. Her album sounds great so far.

#67
Sorry, but I have to disagree… Amy, unlike MANY of today’s stars, STUDIED her chosen genre FOR YEARS. Many of these singers were put together by handlers…in formulaic fashion, one potential musician’s looks might have meant that pop music, with the endless opportunities to be SEEN in the mainstream via videos and video music shows, was for her. Or another, because she is naturally pretty but not at all suited for dance, would fare better in rock. And, another, because her natural voice is gritty and features out of kilter, is just the girl for coffeehouse. And still another, because her sister is an UBERstar whose such a constant presence that her voice is one of the most identifiable in the world, decides that neo-soul, a genre where most artists remain underground and unknown or even bitter because they’re so overlooked that even the idea of an industry labeling them “neo soul” artists causes their blood to boil, is the avenue for her. Amy’s tiptop. Solange is as fake as her sister’s announcement that she’ll be donating a portion of what she earns from playing drug addled Etta James to anti drug charities. SMH

im feeling its, different!

and @ 10 and 17 Champagne Chronic Nightcap, is that stuff, real smooth and sexy!

And, #67 you’re obviously an intelligent person…you know how the formula works, but I had to type all that to build up to my big outburst about Solange. lol

I like the concept of the song, if fantasia was singing it , it would really sound nice, u need depth as well as to be able to hit low notes,
solange voice doesnt have depth or variety, but I respect her for doing something diffrent.

Its so catchy …Its hott…really hott. Do ya thang girls. THIS IS FIERCE!

Poor Solange she is just like Jessica Simpson’s sister Ashley. They can’t catch a break no matter what they do.

This is really bad. Real bad. I think I’m lost for words. Too bad Bey don’t like her sister, cuz if she did, she would have told her HELL NAW!!!!!!!!!!

NEXT!

she sounds like a busted version of beyonce. she needs to take some vocal lessons baaaaaaaaaaad. let’s be real here, with a voice like that, she would have NEVER gotten this far if it wasn’t for her sister. face it! she sounds like garbage. she sounds worse than cassie. im keepin it real here. i give props where props are due. until she gets some vocal lessons and sounds way better than that, she gets no props from me!

Solange wrote “Love” on Kelly’s 2nd CD & that was THE BEST song on their. She has talent. She’s just not as good a singer as her sister.

# 38 ( cococola72284 My apologies…perhaps I worded it wrong and I regret that

However…What i mean is that perhaps the song could have been executed better with someone with the necessary vocal capability to pull it off…Solange is far from being a song stylist or multi octave vocalist, this is not opinion but fact..She is no Ledisi and the song in the hands of another singer may have come out better…

as far as her league is concern…I have her first cd and the feel and vibe of it was perfect for what little vocal range she has….

and as far as Who do i think I am - Who I am is a music consumer, local Deejay and independent music critic ..but most importantly I am someone who is entitled to my opinion….HAVE A WONDERFUL AFTERNOON…

This Family Stays Biting.

one more thing, ya’ll keep talking about how different it is and stuff, she HAS to come out with something different to get some attention. take a minute and look over these posts, no one is saying that she has a nice voice or anything, ya’ll are just sayin it sounds hot. compliment the producer not the singer. so sad, but then again… that’s y none of u are in the music industry, cuz ya’ll have bad taste!

#84
Ashley or “Ashlee” actually caught a break…she’s sold far more records than Jessica and WAS a much more respectable artist, even after the SNL tragedy BUT her latest effort, which saw her mimicking Gwen Stefani both in sound, look, and dress is where she lost many fans. It was produced by Timbaland and already suspect as people hated that she seemed to be jumping on the Timbaland bandwagon BUT when everyone saw the video and heard her excusing the Stefani influence by claiming she’d gone to some art exhibition that had inspired the video…well, they weren’t buying it… I’ve had 5 ginger snaps, can you tell? lol I am wired up like a child!

#88 i agree

LUVS IT I HAVE LISTEN TO THIS SHIT I DONT KNOW HOW MANY TIMES ITS ODE TO LA DIANA ROSS & THE JACKSON 5 DOPE SHIT MAN PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO STOP HATING SHES REALLY DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT HAD SHE BEEN TRYING TO COP HER SIS STEEZ NIGGAS WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLAING BOUT THAT TOO BUT SHE NOT GET OFF HER NUTS

i like it–she is straining a bit on some of the verses, but it doesn”t really bother me in the context of the background music and vocals. but i don’t see the Frank comparisons at all.

MY EARS!!!!! DAMN……MY EARS!!!!!

wow..she sounds so different..i wouldn’t have guessed that this was solange if i didn’t know…her voice sounds stronger..i like the deeper tone for her than that squeaky pop voice she usually sings with

The song isn’t that bad, but her voice is. I’m sure Solange has many talents, singing just isn’t one of them.

I like, I can tell she is Beyonce sister.

I have to comment on this, the majority of you are liking this song and I must ask are you guys tone deaf????

Don’t get me wrong I respect the direction that Solange is trying to take but it’s not working. I couldn’t make it to the chorus of this song. Not a good sound at all for her voice!

@ 79

My comments about Amy stand. I do not care for her sound. I don’t find any beauty in it whatsoever. No matter HOW much she’s “studied” the form. And perhaps that’s what’s troubling about your missive: Studying vs. having a natural affinity for an art form, ESPECIALLY black music is a touchy thing for me. There are some white singers I feel have a natural affinity for black music (Teena Marie, Hall & Oates, Boz Scaggs and even George Michael to some degree), to me these artists sounded and felt a little more authentic in their day, meaning they were played on black radio, and nobody knew they were white (well, maybe George, but he still sounds more blacker than Timberfake), but Amy leaves me cold. And I still fell that she’s overrated and pushed down our throats by the white music media while BETTER artists are performing the same type of music to less acclaim, like Brooklyn’s Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings.

I do, however agree with your comments about packaged pre-fab artists. That’s the nature of the biz. And I sympathize with the plight of all those so-called neo-soul artists who do not get play:

Dwele
Bilal
Eric Roberson
Sara Divine
Conya Doss
Seek
Zap Mama
Ledisi (This is changing, though)
Vivian Green
Vikter Duplaix

just to name a few……………………..

At no time did or would I compare Solange to Amy Winehouse. My comments about both were separate. And the music business alone is based on fake attitudes and disingenuous charity pledges, so I hardly blame the Knowles alone in this regard - look at MJ! But I digress. I think that Solange, based on this single alone has brought forth a fresh sounding, soulful single. Most people might not feel because it’s a shock to their system form listening to 10-song tripe that is the Power__ (add #) stations. Or maybe they just don’t feel it, period. That’s just their opinion, too.

@ ELLE

Thanks. I think you’re obviously mighty intelligent yourself.

Listening to her music makes me want to take away all the nasty things I said about Beyonce back. LOL

@ #88

From one dj to another, I hear you.

I love it finally something different, but she has always done her own thing. This is the type of single that you can’t wait to see it’s video. Good look Solange !

@ 87

AGREED. That was the cut on the album.

Dare I say it, but I’m suspecting that Solange might just be UNDERRATED.

meant “just might be”

@STARRYNIGHT,

LLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL. that was not nice.

solange needs to stay home and wait on beyonce to bring home the groceries, wat she need music for? when beyonce wants her to fight her anti-rihanna battles, then she could do somethin worthwhile.

I seriously love this song and her songwriting style. Its crazy, but i always have! She’s a good WRITER. Her contributions to both of Kelly’s records were the best things on those albums, IMO.

HAWT!!!!! definitely coppin Soul Angel & The Hadley Street Dreams….good job Solange

@TT,

please. RIHANNA LOVES TO FEED OFF UR HATE, IT SERVES AS HER MOTIVATION. keep bring it, bitch.

solange needs to stay home and wait till bey checks come, other than that SHE AINT GETTIN NO GRAMMY like RIHANNA.

okay, i finally listened to the song
LOVES IT!
i need to hear 2-3 more songs, and i’m down with buying the album:D
“white picket dreams” is still my shit though [listening to it now]

boooo solange she need to give it up and go take care of her kid, she needs to leave the music to beyonce!!!

I just need to comment again and say.. HAWT!!! LOVE IT!

The song concept is nice, the music is kinda of wacked- some parts sound like a cheap casio kid toy, and Solange’s voice is so NOT for this material. In essence- it’s garbage. Solange should do dance songs like Rihanna, so that there will be hot beats and other accents to distract from her weak voice- like they did for Rihanna with “play the music” or whatever the name of that song is. She’s probably good at writing songs, dancing and even coming up with beats….but singing is not what she’s good at right now. Maybe with more practice and a voice coach, she’ll turn out to be a great singer- but for now- she should stick to writing.

And Beyonce a good singer

Good tune i like it, bit different

The song sounds good. I enjoyed it. I took me to a different place. I am sooooo tired of the same ole’ “shakeyobootyshawtyduwopindependentbitchesonmynutsackandigotgrillzallinmymouthwiththe24’sonmycarcauseiamtheshit”…type of music. It’s different and when people hear different they automatically jump on the negative. Why not be happy for people and let them be who they are. Everyone is different and different is good. I like it personally. Best wishes solange.. And keep doing you.

Cool song. Her pose in the pic above reminds me of Mariah though…

solo dont need bey she needs to stop and think ….. i give her credit because no matter what the fans say she still going to try and do her thang lolololol……. only thang bey can do is figure out how to git rid of that hot ass lacefront …. …. lolololol go solo

loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee itttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

Dont really like the song but I respect her for going in a different direction musically!
*Dont wanna make anyone mad,backing away slowly* LOL!

I like it A LOT…it’s on HEAVY rotation…
I think that she is talented…she writes 1/2 of Beyonce’s crap…and idiots love Beyonce!!! So lay off her…and question why she has better producers than Kelly has EVER had workingo n her CD….HMMMMMMMM!!!!!

Think about it!

come on man .. this is some garbage. it sounds horrible.

this song is dope, anyone who doesn’t like this probably cant dress and still think skinny jeans are for white people only.

Oh my goodness, black people, we are our own worst critics! I think that everyone is entitled to their own opinion and not everyone likes the same kind of music so thats all that is. Maybe this isn’t your style of music but that doesn’t make it bad. I personally, am really feeling this. I love it to death!

….Give change a chance

@122.

Thats because the stuff she did with Bey is Hot ass club bangers (Upgrade & Get Me Bodied) Not this Gnarls Barkley Stuff!!!

Its something different but it aint that hot.

I absolutely LOVE “ChampagneChronicNightcap” and “White Picket Dreams”.

I like this one, too..just not as much as the other two. However, I do see where the Amy Winehouse references would come from..just the doo-wop hand claps and stuff in the production. Not vocally or anything.

This song is fun and bouncy..and I’m glad Solange is going in this direction instead of the way of “Freakum Dress”. Hadley Street Dreams is definitely something I’m anticipating. I have a feeling it’s gonna be hot!

pleeeeeeeze sit down…….

ya’ll people should be disgusted by yourselves. go read a book and educate yourselves instead of wasting your time with this garbage- get out of section 8 and stop acting rich by taking government aide and cheese… eewww nasty!

Nice beat, different, maybe this will take the music industry back to when music is something and it dont have to be crazy sound to sell.

It’s ok after you get over the shock. I never heard one of her songs before. It’s a shame how talent dont sale but junk will.

this song is straight!!!! its a song i would neva expect from solange. i love her new sound!!! the c.d is gonna be hot.

I actually don’t know if I like it or not. It sounds ok, a little dry perhaps? It just feels like something is missing, but it’s ok.

I love it! It’s absolutely cute sounding. So retro!

It was ok, the production could have been better. I honestly think a sound like LeToya’s or Michelle’s would have sounded much better on the track and would have done the song more justice. But that’s just my opinion, but I’m glad she’s bringing something different and trying to get herself out there.

I’m feelin it. People talk about straining vocals…can we say “Alicia Keys,” but that’s what’s great about it…I love the grit in their voices…push that note out! Make me feel it! There’s soulful straining and then there’s Keisha Cole straining…BIG difference.

These must be Beyonce’s stans who are saying that they LOVE it, the same ones who say they LOVE any and everything Kelly’s boring a** does.

“sexsee”

If people don’t like it, they don’t like it! Don’t be telling them to open up their minds, sometimes you just ain’t feelin something.

I ACTUALLY LIKE THE SONG, SOLANGE WAS WACK TO ME THE FIRST TIME AROUND BUT I DIGGIN HER NOW.

i like it im pleasantly surprised

WTF?? Solange needs to finish making babies since that is the only thing she seems to be successful in…HATED IT!!!!

oh yea she sounds nothing like Frank or Back to Black. be foreal.

sorry to keep post like this but she does sound like mya a lil

eh . no .

sorry . stick to corny movies and bubblegum rap .

This doesn’t sound like “Frank.” Maybe people were referring to “Back to Black.” But, even with that, the only comparison would be the 60s/Supremes sound.

The song, itself, is very cutesy, and Amy isn’t cutesy.

Either way, it’s good to hear Solange doing something different from what’s out right now. Really, she would’ve needed to.

I mean, she already has like 50 strikes against her, because of who she’s related to, her private life, and her flop last album.

Nonetheless, I see that she’s determined, so I’ll give that to the chick.

i love solange!
she is a great writer and i think her sister is overrated, their dad has just commited his life to making her his pawn (poor bey)
i am so glad she decided to take her material elsewhere and get it produced.
I know Bey better not droop an album @ the same time she does, that would be phuked up!!!

i love the lyrics and music and respect her for doing something different… but i hate her voice in this song. its terrible.. it sounds like she has some snot in her nose or something. i liked how she sounded on feelin you and crush better.. the songs from her first album.

GO SOLANGE!!!!!

THIS IS FRESH AIR TO THE MUSIC BIZ…DONT WORRY, REAL MUSIC HEADS WILL COP….NEVER MIND THE NAYSAYERS….DO YOU MA…..

BY THE WAY YOUR SON IS SO CUTE…..LOVE ALL OF THE TRACKS RELEASED ONLINE SO FAR, NOONE CAN FRONT, YOU DO HAVE A VERY PRETTY VOICE….ECLECTIC, STYLISH, HIP AND FUN…..MANY WILL ENJOY!!!

I LIKE THAT YOU SET YOURSELF APART FROM YOUR SISTER……THAT MUST BE VERY HARD, BUT YOU GOT YOUR OWN SWAG SO DONT WORRY ABOUT THESE HATERS ON CONCRETE…..WHO ARE THEY?

WE KNOW YOU…..DO YOU!

I actually like it, although it displays Solange’s weaknesses in her voice. But its different and I like it! Just glad it’s no ‘Freakum Dress’.

Do you boo…….

NICE! , go Solange!

I actually like it. I think solange has potential. she isn’t all that vocally but like it was stated earlier, it IS very different from the bullshit that is out right now. If the rest of her CD is on the same path as this song, I think I might how to cop it