Good try, Sol.

VERY DIFFERENT BUT REAL!!
GO SOLO

This is the first time I listened to of any of her work since her song long ago with Bow Wow. She has a sweet voice. I don’t know if it’s Kanye’s beat that pushes this song for her but I like it. Maybe I should check out some of her other work…

Solange is definatley doing her thing, im not mad at her.

Im really starting to feel solange lately! gon girl

well dun luv!

ALRIGHT! THEY BETTA SANG! I loooooove the direction Solange has gone in for this entire record and that performance was cute. WERK Charlotte…who knew she could sing pop?!

I actually am feeling it….

I luv it, Go Gurl

Beautiful song….

I am feeling Solange too sometimes the way she dress is annoying but she has a beautiful voice….I actually like this song over the Kanye beat..

This song is dope! Speak the truth and shame the devil…

Werk it out then Ms. Solange. I likes!!!

yeah her fashion is sometimes off but i am hoping her album does well….i love the freestyle,i dont understand why people think she cant sing..

Very deep song…i love the lyrics..

but um..Solo..dunno if u should be saying fuck the industry too quick…ya album aint out yet! the industry (geffen) seems to be supporting you & your diversity, AND pushing ur album. just dont speak too soon honey.

I’m diggin it…

******I looooove Ye song tooo it’s one of my faves
****** I am sooo going to get her cd after this it is fire *downloading*

WHO CARES!!! Solange is just trying to get all the attention that she needs to get the next best check for her upcoming album.

People need to get smart and listen to the celebrities music through youtube and take advantage of concreteloop along with the other sites that allow you to preview music. If you want to help people succeed. Support the ones that need the extra help and help yourself stay out of debt. The Knowles and Carters are already past success and overly rich. Get smart and stop idolizing people to the point that they make you broke and hinder the chances of creating wealth within your own families and communities. Our black community is in shambles and blind for the sake of someone eles’s riches.

Our people are struggling in this economy for wanting to be America’s Top Groupies. I apologize for getting deep, but reading the responses from most individuals on this site and others strike concerns. I hope that the individuals who have something to say on these entertaining sites also have something to say at the polls by putting in a presidential vote and are leaders in their own homes, communities, college, and/or etc.

YES SOLANGE….!!!! can’t hate on somebody being REAL!!!!!

I HAVE N0THING BUT LOVE FOR THIS CHIC AND THEN SHE WANTS TO DO HER OWN THING

******I loves it I had to say it again

I LOVE THIS FREESTYLE…..I LOVE HER…SHE CAN SING AS WELL AS BEYANKA (BEYONCE) NOT UNDERSTANDIN WHY PEOPLE SAY SHE CANT SING….SHE IS REAL AND THATS WHATS HOT IN TODAYS SOCIETY…..

I really am feeling this!!! I’m glad that she finally came out and addressed this topic head on, since people can’t seem to get it when she does it subtly… do yo thang Solange!

i like it but she sounds like Mya a lil bit

in my opionion i think she is just as talented as her sister

OK I JUST HAD TO COMMENT AGAIN….SOLANGE CAN SING SHE HAD A BEAUTIFUL VOICE…I WISH HER SUCCESS

solange voice has grown over the years, she sounds really good! bomb song!!

^^^ HAVE ^^^^

*****I am feeling Solange. Love her, love her.

Speak the TRUTH SOLANGE!!! I love her music, and i’ll support her. And I agree with what she said in the writing above, and her voice is so beautiful, and I love her freestyle over the “Everything I Am” song

if you don’t like it, i didn’t make it for you. classic! i love it…nice lyrics and i love how you can tell her and b are related even though they sing differently (aww)

wow… solange can’t sing.

that’s what make me respect her more….she lay her cards out! that’s why i DON’T LIKE bee because she’s a NOBODY that is OVERRATTED! don’t give a FUCK how ya’ll feel! leave ya comments…..

She has become such a lady. I really like this song.

whateva she is biting off amy whinehouse how’s that for duplicating. get off your high horse

Yes Solange “f*ck the industry” since your career is not that hot! Tired of being in your weave sis shadow?

On a different note…Solange seems to be real and not fake like most of her family, so this may just be genuine…

IM SO TRIED OF PPL HATiN ON SOLANGE
LEAVE HER THE {BEEP} ALONE

The song is unecessary solange just go raise your child and stop singing,we the public don’t check for you like that, you michelle,and kelly go away all the cursing is not lady like you so called CHRISTIAN!!!!!!!!!

I really love solange as an artist. I just love how she is
real unlike most people in the music industry. I like the song aswell.

She had me with her “I Decided” single…and this one is nice too…and your right Sol, “everthing I’m not, does make me everything I am” DO YOU PUMPKINS!!!!!!

i really like it.

I RESPECT HER.

Thats why I always liked Solange (and Michelle as well)

They are never afraid to just be themselves in front of people and say what they truly feel. They tend to have a vibe you can relate to. Its not forced, rehearsed, or politically correct.

as much I love solange as artist and being real(as stated in my above comment)
I do think this song is really UNCALLED FOR , I like it but I dnt understand her
purpose. If your trying to get people stop looking at u as beyonce sister or people
trying to get you to be something your not. BE YOURSLEF DO YOU. and stop talking about it just sing what u want to sing and act and dress how you want.dnt make a song about it!

Def a Solange fan! I’m loving this song. Do ur thing, girl!

Growing to luv this girl.

There’s nothing worse than a singer with a chip on their shoulder. Please, go somewhere with that foolishness Solange! If you can’t stand the industry, put out your music independently. If you like being “different”, stop re-hashing the motown sound and come up with something original.

Stop whining and complaining…womp, womp, womp

I was feeling Solange’s new song, but she is coming off pretty obnoxious. That freestyle is so immature and self absorbed. Especially considering there is nothing incredibly unique about Solange’s look or sound. There are so many truly unique underground artist working hard to put out quality music independently. Solange didn’t exactly have to claw her way into music industry thanks to her sister success so forgive me if her rant is lost on me. She would be well served to exercise a little humility. Most of what I read about Solange is positive. Who exactly is hating on her? I think people need to feel important.

IS THIS HOE SERIOUS? GO BACK TO SELLING TOYS AT WALMART BITCHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

She is just trying to damn hard to get out of her sisters shadow. It is not going to work. Beyonce is the only one that the public cares about.

Love solo all day everyday her style is one to be admired

I Like Solange; she’s different.

I’m feelin Solange, good luck Miss Lady with the album.

SHE IS SINGING TO THE ONES COMPLAINING, LISTEN TO THE LYRICS PEOPLE! SOLO HATERS SHE LOVES YOU. SHE ISN’T SAYING F*CK YOU TO THE INDUSTRY, SHE’S TALKING TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY KNOW HER……THAT IS YOU, THE ONE WHO SAYS SHE IS TRYING TO BE DIFFERENT, SHE CAN’T SING, SHE DON’T KNOW HOW TO DRESS!. SHE’S TALKING TO YOU!

THIS IS NO FORM OF IMMATURITY OR FOOLISHNESS OR WHATEVER ELSE THE IGNORANT PEOPLE ABOVE CALLED IT…..ITS HOW SHE FEEL, JUST CAUSE SHE FEEL A CERTAIN WAY AND YOU DONT AGREE DONT MAKE HER OBNOXIOUS, IGNORAT, FOOLISH, OR IMMATURE….SHES JUST SPEAKIN OUT…LEAVE THE GIRL ALONE….SHES REAL, UNLIKE HER SISTER….I SEE AS LIKE THIS, JUST LIKE U SPEAKING OUT ABOUT NOT LIKING HER OR HER SONG, SHES SPEAKIN OUT ABOUT NOT GIVING A DAMN ABOUT WHAT THE INDUSRTY THINKS…..WHETHER U LIKE IT OR NOT…ITS HER PEROGATIVE…

The industry thing is nothing new! It’s been happening since Motown. Do you and be happy even if you dont make big bucks.

Don’t like the song but good idea.

I luv it. Solange is the truth. I really like her. She has really grown on me. I’m ost definitley picking up the album.

@ ME LIKEY:

AGREED!!!! Solange is JUST as talented as Beyonce! I think Beyonce is more impressive vocally, but that is not all that being an ARTIST is about. It’s about every facet of the craft, yet sadly we’re in an age where people no longer think creativity is talent. Solange is a better writer and storyteller (I list that separately because while storytelling consists of writing, it’s also the performances and the image…and the IMAGINATION) than her sister, in my opinion.

Solange is expressing herself through her music people, I’m sure all of us have wanted to say things but didn’t know how to say it or didn’t because we were worried about what other people where going to think, And I’m also sure some of us have brothers and sisters maybe even best friends who people compare us to or SECOND us in line to them, just because they came first, so just be OPEN MINDED about her freestyle. Shes talented, pretty and determined to make her MARK in the industry let her do her, REMEMBER your criticism will only make her more famous, she really don’t need to freestyle, I think we talk about her enough…..

~1~

She’s beautiful. I don’t see why should would say she would never be picture perfect. Beyonce isn’t picture perfect either if that’s the case. Can’t wait for the cd, I hope this isn’t on it though lol, a bit too harsh or animosity filled.

i love solange!!! im glad she got her career & life together b/c i remember the old days way back in houston & ummmmm lets jus say she turned over a new leaf! she’s a real role model for ppl out there!

no offense but….well actually i don care if solange gets offended…its kind of stupid 2 diss the industry u tryna get in n if she hasnt noticed theres been a lot of different sounds out there lately nshe definately does sound r n b. she needs 2 look at the most succesful artists out there today she will find that they have their own unique sound but they didnt start out like that. they stared off soundin the same as evry body else n by there 2nd n 3rd album they took control n they became more succesful than they ever dreamed off. she needs 2 figure out if she wants 2 b a singer or an artist

I can dig it…I saw her perform live at Club 20/20 here in Houston a couple of years back…she rocked it…She’s grown so much…keep it up!…

@ 59, She wasn’t saying that B is picture picture, ( Even though, B is very much close to it.) but that’s what Ye’ says in the the beginning of “Everything I Am”….and Solo was repeating Kanye…

Solange has found her voice and her niche - it’s a good look for her! Can’t wait until Aug 26th when her CD drops! Go SOLO!

solange is truly trying to get out of beyonces shadow and I respect that.. she is talanted… but what I dnt get is how everyone are sayn smart remarks about b…. she has nothing to do with what her sis is going through… im pretty sure they help each other out… if it wasn’t for b she wouldn’t have the chance she have now… if you a great artist then you are no matter how good your sis or you bro is… look at michael and janet… come leave my girl b outa dis ….. she goes all out for her fans neva stoping and continues to still drop hit after hit…

is it me or does solange look like she belongs in the Ross family more than the Knowles?? She looks so much like Tracie, Diana, and Evan

@59 JAY

If you ever heard the real version of “Everything I Am” by Kanye that’s the opening line of the song……”I’ll never be picture perfect Beyonce”

She was freestyling over his beat, and used that line cause it made perfect sense! Ironically she is Beyonce’s little sister.

“Sol-Angel Hadley St. Dreams” hasn’t even been released yet, but I am already decidedly impressed with the direction Solange has gone with her image and this record. The last person I can remember taking an approach like this was India. Arie, sort of. But what I mean by that comparison is not that Solange and India. are the same or competing, but that it is interesting to see something behind the music: a quirky personality, individual style, an attitude of non-conformity, an absence of trying to hold your mouth under lock and key just because you signed a record deal.

Solange may not be everyone’s cup of tea; she clearly knows that. I am just glad someone else is making music that says “I’m okay being just me”

meal’j and other dumb idiots who are saying solange is ‘real’ are what’s wrong with this community.

all of a sudden solange is ‘real’ just because she cursed and got pregnant which was the reason for her shotgun wedding. puh-leeze if that’s the case then mostly everybody in America is ‘real’

people who say solange is ‘real’ unlike her sister sound stupid as hell. if solange is so real then why is she in her sister’s shadow and wouldnt be able to do nothing without her sister help. why is her sister the classy one who doesn’t have to curse or get pregnant before married to be considered ‘real’ like solange dumb fans seem to think.

hmmmmm i think i would rather be the married successful more beautiful more talented ‘unreal’ sister than to be ‘real’ like solange.

smh at ‘cursing’ and being desperate to get out of your sister’s shadow being considered ‘real’.

and #33 if she was a nobody then your dumbass wouldn’t be talking about her right now especially since she has nothing to do with this topic.

#36 your favorite artist forehead wears weave too. get outta here.

Its da truth too.Go head Sol,express ya self thru music.

I am SO starting to dig her!

Okay let me get this straight…Fuck the industry…but you’re flying all over the world promoting your shit…your picture is all over the internet…you on MTV and BET and 9 time of 10 your record going to get spins because of your family but Fuck the Industry…this girl has a problem…it seems to me everything is going her way and if she doesn’t like she needs to step the fuck down and let someone else shine.

I like Solange, not because she’s NOT Beyonce, but just because I dig her style.

HA HA HA LOOK AT THE FOLKS UP IN HERE GETTING UPSET WITH SOLANGE FOR SAYING WHAT’S ON HER MIND. LIKE SHE SAID I”F YOU DON’T LIKE IT I DIDN’T MAKE IT FOR YOU!”

Solange is working it! I love this! She’s keeping it real! Can’t wait to the album drop!

# 69
Solange REAL because when everybody saying that you have to be a certain way to make it (I mean nowadays they are looking for the next Beyonce and being the little sister of Beyonce has to be alot of pressure) but she seems determined to do it her way by making her own rules I think thats as REAL as you can get by staying true to who you are

although i love Beyonce at times it feels like you don’t see all of who she is but that could be because she’s more protective of her image i don’t blame her , her every move is being watched

Anyway i like this song and I am a fan of both

I THINK SHE BRINGS UP BEYONCE IN THE SONG BECAUSE IN KANYES SONG HE TALKS ABOUT BEYONCE, J.LO, AND ASHANTI. HMMM COME ON PEOPLE YOU GOTTA LINK UP THE TWO SONGS. NE WHO I LIKE IT!! SMOOCHES…

I think what some of you are failing to realize is that it MIGHT have been DIFFICULT to get to the point that she can release the type of music SHE (Solange) likes because someone in the industry is trying to make the next Beyonce (Rihanna) or the next Janet (Ciara) or the next Mary J. (Keyshia), instead of just letting the artist be the next {insert artist name here}.

It took Amy Winehouse to get people to start listening to the more doo wop sounding music.

@ Get Real– boo, if you can’t separate someones personality traits from their past or their decision making skills at a young age, then you should go sit down somewhere.

I ain’t mad at her….she makes a very good point!

OH YEAH SHE DID GOOD IN THE VIDEO!! SHE ACTUALLY SOUNDS GOOD LIVE…

@ TYBU
Buying a cd (or not buying it) is NOT going to solve peoples debt problems. Making a budget and sticking to it WILL. But don’t blame the celebrities for making it, you just find your niche and do your own thing.

@Shellyann– so what, you’re mad because she’s a christian and she cursed? Ummm, what does that have to do with YOU? Look in the mirror much?

@ 47– scroll up and then down– those are the people hating on her. Are you for them or against them– don’t be so “I like her–but I don’t mess with her”….. Ummmm WHAT??? Hypocrites I tell ya!

“people talkin shit with no pot to piss in..” I love it! tell em’ Solo!!

^^^you must be on solange pay roll. go kill yourself.
like i said there is nothing ‘real’ about solange just because she curses and makes bad decisions.

looks to me that she is desperate and trying to do anything she can to get out of her sister’s shadows. you dumb solange fans need to wake up. she know the only way people will accept her is if she is the opposite of beyonce. we already have a beyonce so people dont accept anybody who tries to be like her (rihanna when she first came out, ashanti lastest album cover,etc). which is why solange is trying so hard to be different.

I am not a solange hater but i am a realist. You young solange fans are the ones who need to sit down. We wouldnt even be talking about her right now if she wasnt beyonce sister.

that was at #82

Get Real

let’s deal with REALity and not what-if scenarios–

she is beyonce’s sister– so what- she didn’t ask to be born the lil sis of that woman!
people are calling her real because she’s saying how she feels. You don’t like it because…???? Furthermore, Solange should care because……?????

The only people saying she’s in her sisters shadow are the ones putting her there in their OWN minds. WHY must the fact that she’s DIFFERENT be tied to her big sister? It’s like you all won’t let the girl escape from her presupposed BOX that people like you (Get Real) are putting her in.

And this shows even moreso that she (Solange) should’ve just dedicated the song to YOU, since you know her personally and all. I mean, you MUST, since you know what she’s REALLY LIKE right? Riiiight

SO LET ME UNDERSTAND SOME OF YOU IDIOTS…IF SOMEONE DOSN’T CURSE AND SPEAKS THEIR MIND ALL THE TIME THAT MEANS THEIR FAKE…. DUMBASSES!!!!! SOLANGE IS SOLANGE AND BEYONCE IS BEYONCE… THEY HAVE DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES AND THEY APPRECIATE EACH OTHERS DIFFERENCES BUT YOU IDIOTS CAN’T SEEM TO GET OVER YOURSELVES. THEY ARE BOTH FABULOUS IN THEIR OWN WAY SO SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the first time I ever really thought to myself she can SANG! Not sing…..like they do in those over produced, I-can-make-anybody-sound-decent tracks the “musicans” LOVE to make now. She truly has a GOOD voice!

And the fact that she sample a hot song, makes her that much better!
“I’LL NEVER BE PICTURE PERFECT BEYONCE’…… BUT EVERYTHING I’M NOT MADE ME EVERYTHING I AM!”

Alright Solange! I’m loving her style. She was going to have to go in a different music direction if she wants to get out of Beyonce’s shadow. I still don’t think her cd will sell that well, but she’ll do decent for her status as an artist.

Listen up Solange stans/Bee haters to this quote:

Solo is staying true to herself because her family is already made. I think she changed it up from her sister to try and find her own nitch in the industry. Most cookie cutters listen to the label because they want to make the big time money. Solo does not have that problem and never will. She can talk mess because her name allows room for that type of stuff. her label will not debate her and let her be because her sister paved the way.

I like both Bey and Solo as artist. Both are very talented and I believe Solo could copy cat her big sis but chooses not to. She could also be very good at it because she has been on the road with her since the Destiny child days.

Solo personality is far removed from Beyonce because beyonce had no choice but to change up to crack into the industry. She gave her sister this freedom and that should be commended. If solo was first her speach would be different.

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that is so true.

BEYONCE paved the way for Solange. I have met both women and I know for a fact that Beyonce has waaaaaay more personality than Solange. She just can’t show it because of who she is. Look how people overreacted just because of a stain.

Solange can curse and say what she wants because Beyonce is providing for her. If Beyonce was not her sister, she would not be saying F*ck the industry. She would have a whole different story. Both are nice talented women but those who think Solange is more real or whatever than Beyonce couldn’t be more wrong. Solange can afford to say whatever because nobody judges her and she is not the breadwinner in the family. Beyonce is a different story.

i love solange, but i kinda hate what she did with kanye’s song….wish she would’ve switched it up to make it more of hers

cc whatever like i said you must be on solange payroll.
i have my opinion and it wont change.
you are the one acting like you know her since you know she is so ‘real’.gtfoh.

I HATE the version of “i decided” that she is releasing over here in the UK, its crap. I wish she kept the original

#90 CiCi I think you are SO right. I also think that Beyonce CHOOSES not to share alot about yourself with the public and she has that right. She may seem “picture perfect” but lets face it we no nothing else and that’s just the way she likes it. Brilliant!

Are you all dumb? This song is like 40 years old. The song is a classic song in some circles.

Do your thing Solange.

again

she is REAL for stating her opinion. I don’t know the girl at all, but I don’t presume to believe she had ulterior motives or that she does not authentically feel like she does in this song.

I take people for their word until they give me reason not to believe it. And believe this, Solange has been talking about the same stuff for YEARS before this track was made.

Shoot, if I WAS on their payroll, I would be shopping with Solange in London!

GET REAL go kill yourself already…. waste of space!!!!

Cici

You may have a point about Solange having the freedom to do what she wants because of her sister’s success. But, I think your underlying point is what irks everyone about Beyonce. Her image is contrived…People can see what’s real and what’s not. The whole good girl, flawless, I never do anything wrong, I never get angry is manufactured…and you’re right she may have to do that to get ahead–but that’s the double edge sword…its helps her success but it also makes me people want to criticize her (sometimes unfairly) because people sense that she isn’t being authentic….

at the end of the day its just a song that some will like and others won’t she’s an artist and she’s doing what she’s suppose to do which is to express herself through music and this is how she feels about the music industry

I think solange loves what she does just as much as her sister

so keep doing what you doing Solange !

Bottomline, she need to get mad more often. That track is fire. I have heard the rest of her album, but she needs to continue to sing from the place that she sung on the sincerly track. Like it, love it or hate it, Solange, baby, they just helped your writing and singing skills reach a new level! -2Cents

I’m feelin Solange on this one! She really doing her thing!

That’s some HOTNESS right there. First of all.. that’s one of my fav Kanye tracks. I love what she’s saying abou the industry b/c it’s true. Solange is steppin up her game and i’m loving her new material. She’s sticking to who she is and that’s what people need to see. She celebrates her uniqueness and I love her for that. Keep it up Solange. I can’t wait to hear your album!!

I AGREE WITH WHAT SHES SAYING BECAUSE SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE THE TENDECY TO DISLIKE IT JUST BECAUSE ITS DIFFERENT. BUT SHES ACTING LIKE SHES SUCH A REBEL & SO UNIQUE…NO SOLANGE.

NOW, KELIS, ERYKAH, M.I.A., SANTOGOLD, JOI, NICOLE WRAY, JANELLE MONAE ARE ALL DIFFERENT & UNIQUE.
THEY SHOULD BE MAKING A FREESTYLE LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY KELIS BECAUSE HER LABEL HAVE NEVER SUPPORTED, AND THEY ALWAYS TRIED TO PUT HER AS A R&B SINGER WHEN SHE WAS NEVER ONE FROM THE GET GO.
IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, IF SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT THEY HATE IT AND I THINK ITS REALLY IGNORANT TO DISLIKE SOMETHING WITHOUT EVEN GIVING IT A CHANCE. I APPAULD SOLANGE FOR THIS, BUT SHES NOT REALLY CONVICING ME WITH THIS “I’M DIFFERENT & CREATIVE” SHIT. SHES JUST CRYING OUT FOR ATTENTION.

Solange is trying to convince the listeners that she isn’t like any other artist. Uh, yes you are. Her singing is mediocre at best, just like her sisters. The two actually have the same pitchy, annoying voice. Make me think they’re definitely using the same voice coach and/or voice machine. I can find this at any high school talent show. Her song is nothing shy of an attempt to mimic Alicia Keys style. She’s not as original as she would like us to believe. She’s trying to hard to be different. She’s just downright corny.

solange suck, and, she trying to hard to be different, solange you suck. go away like your sis. ya’ll are not needed

solange stop posting under different usernames to come about youself

hhhmm okay then do you girl!

This song actually shows off her voice… Love it, and her pen game is hott…Good for Solange

I’m love’n EVERYTHING Solange is put’n out these days…Good job Solo!

ALL THAT I CAN SAY IS THAT I LOVE IT! SOLO…. IF YOU DO READ CONCRETELOOP( AND I THINK SHE DOES)… THEN KEEP DOIN YOU BOO AS YOU CAN SEE MOST PEOPLE ON HERE IS FEELIN U EXCEPT A FEW BUT THATS LIFE SO EXPECT THAT BUT I THINK THE SONG WAS WELL PUT, IT SHOWED YOUR WRITTING SKILLS AND TOLD A STORY OF YOUR MIND & LIFE…THANK YOU!!!

The people saying stuff like she’s stupid for making the song, when she’s in the industry, and her album is coming out soon makes no valid points!

yes..stop it..let her do her thang..cant wait…big ups to solange!

actually it sounds like that was the original song, i liked it,i love her “i dont give a fuck” attitude,and may i add that she loves that word “fuck” lmao

i listened to it like 3 times already she sounds good on the track

actually it sounds like that was the original song, i liked it,i love her “i dont give a fuck” attitude,and may i add that she loves that word “fuck” lmao

i listened to it like 3 times already she sounds good on the track i liked it

i usually don’t comment but— really sol-angel is it? don’t bite off more than you can chew before you get a solid fan base, she’s really NOT a great singer, this song isnt mixed too great and its really hard to listen to, and Kanye is a lot to tackle…

BTW..she used reciprocate wrong…duplicate would have been better
signed,
college educated tired of being misrepresented….

Wow!
No need to start arguements people.
And nobody saying she is real because she made a few mistakes…wtf!..lol
they are saying she’s real because she’s not afraid to be her and not conform to wat images society sets as the standard.
And because she’s not afraid to speak her mind.
Annnndd…she is saying fuck the industry if u think she has to change and be something she’s not to make it..she’s gonna make it by sticking to what she believes.
Its not like shes saying fuck it…i dnt wanna have anything to do wit it
she jus plans to do it her way..and those who like it good…those who dont…o well
i like the song..everybody expresses themself in a different way
she put her feelings on wax…thats wassup
go SOLO!!

Sounds ok..

honestly folks, this is why hip hop is raising our children…we dont have enough CRITICAL THINKING LISTENERS!!!!

U guys need to get real “f*ck the industry”???? “if u dont like it i didnt make it for u”???? does anybody notices a cry for attention when they see it???

shes on a promotional campaign, there is a whole INDEPENDENT EPIDEMIC! for all those who DONT KNOW… if u dont like the industry in this day and age of COMPUTERS AND WORLD WIDE WEB u dont have to deal with it!!

…solange, please…

This girl iz making me love her more and more everytime i see her, hear one of her new songs, hear of her…
i think she could reach beyonce’s level.
her swag iz AmaZing.
her style.
her voice.
Most unique singer out!
Writing aBility.
HER LOOKS!!!!
[lol]
but yeah this song speaks from the heart and i could relate to it any day.
she iz going to make a big splash with this album.
And the people that say she cant sing…..[lmao] ya’ll most have never heard her live!
maybe yall should check one of her videos she actually sounds better live.

and another thing…

u guys notice how some people dont match and it looks good…
then other people do it and it looks like they just threw it together???

thats because they did…when it looks good its because theyre in the same family (i.e. warm colors, monochrome, cool colors, neons etc) its called COLOR THEORY
solange just puts on whatever…honestly i love “i decided” but this is getting rediculous she’s not strikingly unique SHE JUST CANT COMPETE in R&B which is cool, do what wrks, but leave the extra’d out songs at home….

that was sick i really enjoyed it. at least someone has the guts to say something. we dont need another beyonce, keyshia, or mary we need who are just themselves and different from the same thing you see on tv.

Solange is the next big thing…Watch and see. I know everything that she was saying in this song but she really sounds like her sister on it…it’s cute tho

At least Solange is a better singer than Rihanna. I appreciate that much.

this not going to be on her album,its for a mix tape and i like it, she is just expressing how she feels about the bs going on in the industry which offers you a load of bs and call it talent, i won’t call names.

I love Solange also but I’m not sure if this song was really needed. Im not hold anything against her but I think as long as she’s happy with what she’s putting out then that’s the most important part. Her true fans will respect that about her in the end.

Solange tries too hard, she does not have an outstanding voice, and all this “uniqueness” that seems to be taking over the music industry (ie. the 80’s chains, bright colors, dork-knocker earrings, techno-music sounding, lack of talent, digitalized voice, mismatched clothing, etc. under the guise of innovation……………………………

are people actually falling for this… beyonce’s taking a break so let solange have a go- and lets watch while her skin gets mysteriously lighter with each photo…run along home solange, your kid needs you not the nanny

I’M REALLY FEELING THAT SHIT 100% (FUCK U SIGNED SINCERELY!!!)

I THINK SHES DOING DA DAMN THING DIS YEAR BIG UPS 2 YA BABY GIRL!!!

its sad that people never want to see the next person doing well and find every other reason to NOT like an artist…some of ya’ll are the ones who need help…seriously

I just watched the performance, and I have no feelings towards it. All I have to say is SOLANGE GO AWAY!!!! Will someone please give people out there with raw talent a chance?

Ugh, thank God for Jazmine Sullivan.

#130 (TETE)

Exactly. Your speaking truth.
People are finding the most idotic reasons to dislike her.

Gr

solange is officially doin da damn thing

kudos shortee

I think she means ‘duplicate’ not ‘reciprocate’ am I the only one here thats not an idiot or something??

well said #18 im with you on that one!!!!

“if u dont like it then i didnt make it for youuuuuuuu”

some of yall haters need to get that

fuck outta here she can do what she want….atleast her music is positive, unique w/e …than most of the trash u fools listen to

how do yall know she’s fake u don’t even know her…i mean seriously…ure wasting mad energy hatin ppl

I LOVE SOLANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This song is sooooooo Hot

I mean the girl has to be tired Of people ganging up on her because she dares doing something a little different from what black female do So she is saying Fuck all of yall
Leave her alone

Wow she keeps it real huh? Surprised.

I like her style.

It sounds okay. Solange has never and will never grow on me. She’s just another artist who came from a very wealthy family. Her voice iSN’T that great like most of you on this post may think. Of course, most of the comments on this blog are Solange fans. I,particulary, don’t care for her music, her fashion sense, her voice. Absolutely nothing.

Loves it! Speak your mind Solange.

What you guys fail to realize is that like Beyonce, Solange’s “new” image is contrived too.

Is she any different from the mainstream chics when she’s shopping on Rodeo Drive in her Chanel outfit while carrying her Fendi bag? Is she any different when her style of music is so reminiscent of the new “it” sound on the airwaves? All the talented artists, you know, like Ms. Badu, Lauryn Hill, Goapele, India.Arie, so on and so forth, need to call this contrived chick out! I would be on board with her if she didn’t try to sell herself as different and authentic considering that she’s far from.

smh at solange stans being beyonce haters when if it wasn’t for beyonce, nobody would even look at solange.

some of you are delusional as hell. if people really had a problem with beyonce and really thought she was fake, then she wouldn’t be the most successful black female artist of this decade and she wouldn’t have millions buying her albums for 11 years. obviously the world thinks beyonce is beautiful talented and with personality or else she wouldn’t be where she’s at. you haters with all that ‘contrived’ mess are delusional. it looks like the majority of the world disagrees with you.

we’ll see how “real” people think solange is when those numbers come in and her album is a flop. aint nothing real about begging for attention by blogging cursing and getting knocked up at 17. you solange stans are too delusional for words. rotflmao. i agree with “get real”. you solange stans can go kill yourselves.

She really needs to stop. It is not only the industry it is the public not feeling her. If her song was in the top 10 she wouldn’t be complaining. Please…you ain’t hot and stay in your lane. Go write some songs and leave the singing to ya sister…

iI love that song!!! Its on my mp3! Cant wait til her mixtape comes out!

Nice

It’s sad that they are trying to make her her sister’s clone or lose her in the shadows of her sister. No matter what they try to make you Solange, just be yourself. No one knows what’s going on behind closed doors except for the people that are standing behind them and God.

Peace,

Aaliyah

go solagne love this track she sounds like bee and mya mixed in one.

this song made me like her a lil more and respect her more cause she kept it so real and she did it so early..like who wud do that so early in their growing career…her voice is a lil similar to bey but not as strong i like it now…go head sol i see u…i just might get ur album now

The music on Solange’s new album isn’t so much representative of Solange’s talent as it is of Cee-Lo’s and other big name producers. She needs to get down on her knees and thank the industry for giving her decent songs; songs that she herself isn’t capable of coming up with, ya dig?

Loves it! She sounds like her sister Bey and I hear Kelly in her voice, too. She grew up around their singing and is related to Bey, so it makes sense. I like that she’s expressing how she feels and not acting like a puppet for the label. And girl can sang. I wish her huge success with this album and beyond!

Number 18. You are sooo real on that note. Your message caught my eye. Blacks in the lower and middle class do need to see and realize that we are making the celebrities rich because of us. Do you see the celebrities giving back to help us to stay on our feet or become better. Of course we do have a mind of our own and know what direction to take. Not everybody are able to get to the point where they want to be. So again, we need to wake up and help each other out instead making one person rich.

She gets my respect definitely!!! She is being who she is and standing alone.. Take it or leave is what she is saying and I can’t be mad at that… Do ya thang Sol!!!! The freestyle dope over Ye’s beat..

I am as of today a fan of solange knowles >Thank u for putting this song on here this should be her first single I see alot of buzz .This is your hit solo!!!!

Her voice in this song reminds me of Kelly Rowland.

Solange has a much better looking frame (body) that Beyonce. She will definitely go far. Not for her commercial appeal, because if you will note, Beyonce has never really modelled anything, just been a face for consumerism. Her body is beautiful, but no one that will garner commercial success. However, her popularity, has gotten her face on many things. Just think about that hard before you comment. I already know what some of you will say. Think how many times its been her face and not her body and then in what arenas. After you have fully assessed that, then comment intelligently.

What has the INDUSTRY done for any of you that you need to defend it!!! Solange can speak her mind because her MONEY! allows her to. She can say WHATEVER she wants and the INDUSTRY will not even blink because of her place in the industry. People, be educated! She is already rich! She can get away with MURDER!

I THINK PEOPLE ARE MIS-READING HER ON PURPOSE. YES, IT IS TRUE THAT SOLANGE HAS NOT HAD TO FACE AS MANY HARDSHIPS AS MOST UP AND COMING ARTISTS BUT SHE HAS FACED MORE HARDSHIPS THAN HER SISTER. DON’T GET ME WRONG I LOVE BEYONCE AND I AM SURELY GOING THROUGH BEYONCE WITHDRAWL, BUT SOLANGE IS, IN FACT, MORE REAL THAN BEYONCE. NOT BECAUSE SHE CURSES OR BECAUSE SHE HAD A CHILD YOUNG BUT BECAUSE SHE IS FEARLESS IN HER OPINION. I THINK PEOPLE ARE PRETTY QUICK TO ASSUME WHERE SHE IS COMING FROM AND NOT REALLY UNDERSTAND HER MESSAGE. SHE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU!! NOT NECESSARILY THE INDUSTRY AS IN LABELS BUT HATERS PERIOD. SHE NEVER ONCE SAID “I DON’T HAVE RECORD DEAL THAT’S WHY I SAY FUcK THE INDUSTRY”. SHE IS SAYING IT TO THOSE THAT WANT TO JUDGE HER AND PUT HER IN A BOX. I SAY GO GIRL!!!!!

LOL!!!! I loved it! Do ya thing Solange!

This hateratin’ is the very reason this song by Solange has been published. She doesn’t want to conform to anyone’s two cents. She’s not afraid of people saying its nonsense. But she is afraid of commercializing and selling out and so she goes to extremes.. and at the end of the day she realizes that she truly doesn’t care. If she wants to put out a song rantin’ about it, then go on girl. At least she could put her head to hre pillow at night without grindin’ her teeth.

Yeah Solange, I’d say you were being you.
It’s your money, and you can cry if you want to. Hmm!

I EFFIN LOVED IT!!

SOLANGE IS EXTREMELY TALENTED!!! I AM ACTUALLY FEELIN’ HER MORE SO THAN BEYONCE! SHE’S MORE REAL, APPROACHABLE, AND SINCERE!

I LOVE HER EDGE. SOLO, KEEP DOING YOU! AND FOR THE HATERS WHO DON’T LIKE IT “SHE DIDN’T MAKE IT FOR YOU!” LMAO…GET ‘EM, SOLANGE!

NICE! My friend recommended me a very interesting place ☆☆☆”NYwealthyMatch . c o m”"”"”"”"☆☆☆ If you’ve ever been there you will know what I mean….

im so proud of her. thats right girl. fuck all the industry bitches…. do you ma

I luv this song it’s just so real. Solange just wants to be her and that’s it. That’s what’s up and I respect that.

i give it to her she is doing something way different then her sister

solange is real because she makes real music..that stick to ur soul shit @ # 69!!!!! Beyonce always had that fake vibe going on…..she is just like the rest of hollywood..scared to be herself..she’s rather be what someone else marketed her to be…..Solange seems so down to earth..what does a baby at 17 and a shoot gun wedding gotta do with her music..anyway i cant wait for SoLO to come out wit this album…fuck the industry! fuck everyone solange who aint down with u! lol

Solange is a wannabee. End of discussion.

Everything I’m not.. Makes me everything I am.

If only it could be her next single…

OK SOLANGE NEEDS TO SIT DOWN. NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR HER SHIT. THAT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT TRULY WHO SHE IS. SHE JUST WANNA BE DIFFERENT THATS ALL. THAT WAS A NICE TRY HUN BUT YO FAMILY IS ALREADY OVERLY RICH. WHY DO U NEED 2 DO THIS TO OUR EARS AND EYES? SORRY BUT THERE CAN ONLY BE 2 SUCCESSFUL JACKSONS AND UNFORTUNATELY JAY COUNTS CUZ HE MARRIED YO SIS. SO SIT YA ASS DOWN.

She wants to be different, but as soon as she thinks people are “criticizing” her for her differences, she wants to be “accepted for who she is”. If she was truely a unique individual she wouldn’t have to state it every chance she got, she would JUST BE. We get it, you’re not Beyonce. We get it, you don’t care what we think. If you were so different, you wouldn’t have to shove it down our throats. I will give it to Matthew Knowles…he’s no dummy. There’s no better way to market Beyonce’s sister than as the anti-Beyonce. Matthew Knowles knew that media would just love to hear that “picture perfect” Beyonce had a sister who got high, dressed rediculously, and (GASP!!!) cursed. WAKE UP PEOPLE. Solange’s whole image is just good marketing. They took all of the things that the media could consider “undesirable” about Solange and used them to make her “different” (ex: going against the grain and having a baby at 17…..dressing like Bobo the Clown). I hate to break it to the Stans,but you’ve been hoodwinked…bamboozeled!!

I LOVE THIS SONG. IS IT JUST ME OR DOES IT SEEM LIKE EVERYONE IN THAT MATTHEW KNOWLES CLANG SEEM TO SOUND ALIKE. AS I LISTEN TO SOLANGE VOICE ON THIS TRACK IT HAS A BEYONCE AND KELLY VOICE SIMILARITY. ANYWHO THE SONG ROCKS AND IT’S SO TRUE.

I LOVE THE SONG BUT HER VOICE SOUNDS LIKE BEYONCE AND KELLY A LITTLE. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE FROM THAT CLAN SOUND SIMILAR. SO IT SEEMS A BIT CONTRADICTING THAT SHE’S SINGING ABOUT NOT BEING COMPARED TO OTHER PEOPLE WHEN THE TONE IN HER VOICE SOUNDS LIKE OTHERS. BUT NONE THE LESS I AM FEELING THE LYRICS OF THIS SONG.

……Umm doesn’t this seem a little weird since her sister is like queen of following
……..whats hot at the moment…..Solange do me and millions of other ppl a favor
………SIT DOWN..U and your sis look like men in DRAG!

I like Solange…Good song!

…..go ahead solo do yo thang gurrrrl …aleast she is not hiding behind a bag….im proud

well, people have to realize not everyone is going to like what you may think is “fabulous”, and that goes for choice of clothing, people, food, etc etc. some poeple just have star quality without even trying that much, and well……some don’t. is like when you were in high school, elementary, and middle, it was always someone is stood out or was popular in your class. thats how it is in this industry. i agree that the industry don’t accept diversity and originality, people that really can sing and bringing positive, feel good music they really don’t like such as forgotten artist:
Tamia
Raheem Devaughn
Trey Songs(Althiugh he arrogant) he deserves more ratings
India Arie
Chante Moore
Lupe Fiasco
Dweli
Musiq Soulchild
Amil Larrieux
and many more

After hearing this song, Solange just gained me as a fan of hers. Very well done.

lLIKE SOLANGE SAID “BIG UP HATERS IF U DONT LIKE IT SHE DIDNT MAKE IT FOR YOU”
SOLANGE IS JUST HAPPY DOING HER AND SHE NOT TRYING TO BE SOMEONE SHE’S NOT, SHE CAN SING AND SHE IS PRETTY AND U HATERS PROBABLY AIN’T NONE OF THAT SO LET HER DO HER THIS SONG IS HOT AND THE MAJIORITY OF THE PEOPLE ON HERE AGREE. BITCHES STAY HATING THESE DAYS. SOLO U KEEP DOING U GIRL AND YOUR FANS WILL KEEP SUPPORTING U!!!

I mean, this sounds like a desparate plea to HERSELF to believe she’s different. Talkin about “there’s nothing really r&b about me”…umm, you make r&b music. You sound exactly like a low rent version of your sister, especially on this song. My momma always said that when you have to repeatedly tell someone your a lady, you probably aren’t. Your actions, and in her case, her music, not some smart ass lyrics, should speak to how supposedly different she is. It takes a helluva lot more than a trendy Urban Outfitters-esque styist to make you different. Let’s be real, her music just isn’t THAT DIFFERENT. Santogold is different. N.E.R.D. is different. Solange is another light skinned r&b chick. When she can come to terms with that, as Keri Hilson, Ashanti, and many others have done, rather than battling herself at every turn, she might find some medicre level of success.

Ok I’m not feeling Solange as an artist, But I’m lovin’ the heck out of her style. I love how she balances retro with chic.

She is such a cuttie. Her photos were seen at millionaire persoanals site “”"”"”"W e a l t h y L o v e s.co m”"”"”"”"”"yesterday. It is said she is already in relationship with a young billionaire on that site now.
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“[I CANT HELP IT] BIG UP HATAS IF U DONT LIKE I DIDNT MAKE IT FOR YOU”
Im feel*n it solo doin her thing caint wait 4 the album n the mixtape
If u aint feeln her on this u tripn if u dont like her then ……….
FUCK YOU SIGNED
[ERYKAH KAINE]

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I just think that because she is Beyoncé’s sister she can’t help having the same manorisms as a person she was reared with. Other than that I love Solange. I love her style and her blog gives you a more clear picture of who she is as a person. I even liked her first album Solo Star.

Her ’style’ or ‘personality,’ as some of you like to call it, is called marketing strategy people. It’s not real. It’s image creation. She’s about as real as that hair on her head.

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She givin BEY a run for $$$ with this!

I think Solange actually has potential of outshinin and outsalin big sis. Solange is what 21 or 22? How old was Bey when she startin makin History- 23….

With their parents- who have an image of bein strictly money and squeaky clean- SOLANGE means this song- she feels this song thru her veins and apparently doesn’t give a F*ck what her “parents” say! LMAO
HOTTT SONG

i love me some solange but charlotte outdid her

I For One Really Like Solange Bc I Feel She Is Very Real Unlike Majority Of These Female Artist Now-A-Days. I Respect The Fact That She’s Not Trying To Be The Baby Beyonce’ ! She’s Stepping Out Of Her Sister’s Shadow & Doing Something New & Diffrent. Much Luv 2 Solange

Solange I am really rooting for you, because if you don’t make it your going to be the punching bag that the media will use to hit the Knowles in the gut. Stay strong girl!

Also, I think when you listen to Solange, you hear who the Knowles really are. WOW! Get money by any means necessary!

LOVE SOLANGE!!!!! SHE DOIN HER OWN THING…….LOVE EVERYTHING BOUT HER….THIS MIGHT B HER YEAR

okay the song is speaking truth because they always trying to make someone another modern day so and so

however. she is trying to be different than beyonce. but can you blame her
kinda like ashlee simpson = bad girl
because jessica is such a good girl

ya digg the correlation.
but it must be hard for solange though

Hell to the NO!

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