Wednesday, April 23, 2008

[SOL-ANGEL]


OKAY, I WARNED YALL ALREADY BUT, HERE IS PROOF THAT SOLANGE'S FORTHCOMING SOPHOMORE PROJECT IS GONNA BE BANANAS! ACCORDING TO A RECENT PRESS RELEASE, THE ALBUM, SOL-ANGEL AND THE HADLEY STREET DREAMS, WILL BE RELEASED AUGUST 26TH. THIS PROJECT WAS BLESSED WITH PRODUCTION BY RAPHAEL SAADIQ, SOUL SHOCK, && PHARRELL [WILLIAMS], WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE FIRST SINGLE, I DECIDED! THE VIDEO FOR I DECIDED BEGAN FILMING YESTERDAY && IS BEING DESCRIBED AS "THE ULTIMATE POP ART PIECE!" THE VIDEO DEALS WITH 60's POP CULTURE AND DISPLAYS 'SOL-ANGEL' IN SETTINGS FROM AMERICAN BANDSTAND, TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, TO NEW WAVE, && FINALLY A 'COSMIC JOURNEY' FUTURE. SOL-ANGEL AND THE HADLEY STREET DREAMS WILL FEATURE APPEARANCES FROM LIL' WAYNE [CHAMPAGNECHRONICNIGHTCAP], BILAL [COSMIC JOURNEY], MARSHA AMBROSIUS [WANNA GO BACK], ESTELLE [SAME SONG, DIFFERENT MAN], Q-TIP [SAME SONG, DIFFERENT MAN], MARK RONSON [SAME SONG, DIFFERENT MAN], LAMONT DOZIER [SAME SONG, DIFFERENT MAN], AS WELL AS CEE-LO GREEN, OF GOODIE MOB && GNARLS BARKLEY. "I LITERALLY HAD TO BEG CEE-LO TO LISTEN TO MY MUSIC BUT ONCE HE DID HE SIGNED ON IMMEDIATELY," SOLANGE SAID [WHEN ASKED ABOUT WORKING WITH CEE-LO]. "WE WROTE AND RECORDED [THE TRACKS] T.O.N.Y. AND SANDCASTLE DISCO THAT SAME WEEK!" OTHER TRACKS ON THE ALBUM INCLUDE THE JACK SPLASH-PRODUCED WOULD'VE BEEN THE ONE, ODE TO MARVIN [SOLANGE'S TAKE ON MARVIN GAYE'S CLASSIC HIT WHAT'S GOING ON], [THE PREVIOUSLY LEAKED TRACKS] WHITE PICKET DREAMS && GOD-GIVEN NAME && MORE! BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT NEW VIDEO && CHECK OUT SOLANGE ON THE SPACE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SOL-ANGEL AND THE HADLEY STREET DREAMS!

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