Solange: Letting Loose Like A Bucket of Juice
(Posted Dec 5th 2008 4:40PM by Bridget Bland
Filed under: Entertainment Newswire, Entertainment)

By Bridget Bland, BlackVoices.com



It's not often that the sole sibling of a superstar can evolve into a unique individual whose identity and image is distinctively her own.

But, everyone can't be Solange Knowles.

The sassy singer recently sat down with BlackVoices.com for a candid discussion about everything from leaving music for her son, why Prince will always be her favorite and how the media world has things twisted.

Earlier this year, Solange (as she is mostly known) released her sophomore album 'Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams' to little fan-fare but she isn't stressing the Nielsen Soundscan numbers one bit.

Snoop Dogg laid down a verse on her single 'I Decided,' and the tune can currently be heard in the new L'Oréal hair care commercial, in which she stars alongside her sister Beyoncé.

Of the album's first week sales, she says she "was really excited about it. I sold 45,000 [copies], which I felt was an accomplishment. Katy Perry had a number one song for six or seven weeks and we sold the same thing the first week."
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Knowles refers to her second offering as "an album's album," and notes how it is not "single driven." She hopes to continue recording music in the future, even if she says it's on a mix-tape level and for the streets. Laughing, she clarifies the mix-tape content would definitely remain consistent with her soul-influenced R&B sound, adding, "If I ever were to come on a hip-hop tip you would probably never hear me rapping because I turn so suburban white girl and I'm not afraid to say that."

She made headlines for her outspokenness during an interview with a FOX local affiliate television morning show. When she overheard a producer prompting the reporter to inquire about her rapper/mogul/brother-in-law, Jay-Z's nightclub closing down, she took the defense. But, hear her tell it, she didn't even let the television station have it like she could have.

"Listen, I did not even show my a**. I said 'please,' number one, and you would think that I was like 'b**ch don't f**ckin' talk s**t about my sister. I'd slap the s**t out of you.' I was just like, 'I think that's very unprofessional.''

She gives her parents, Music World head Mathew Knowles and House of Dereon clothing designer Tina Knowles, all the credit for encouraging her to "always just speak up when [an] issue bothered [her]."

And, one very big-named iconic singer has her back, too.

"A week or two after that happened [on FOX] I got invited to Prince's house and that was such a big moment for me because I know all cool people get to go to Prince's house. He was standing there and I was with a bunch of people and they were like, 'You're being such a p**sy right now.' 'Cause I was like, 'I'm just gonna sit here.' And he walked up and was like, 'I saw the FOX News thing' and I was thinking to myself, 'S**t even Prince is on my ass.' And he was like, 'And I loved it,' and I was like, 'F**k yeah! Prince said that he likes me, so y'all can kiss my a**.'"

So what's next for her? Knowles is humbled that she is being grouped with the new movement of daring female artists, like Janelle Monae and Santagold, who she says "individually express themselves through their videos, artwork and fashion," but she won't be recording too much longer so that she can focus on being mother to her son Daniel.

"I am blessed that I can take him everywhere with me. I was just telling my dad, 'He is about to turn four in two weeks and you got another year to work this record because come August of next year, I am on lock down like full-on -- taking him to school every morning picking him up every day that's the type of life that I want for him,'' she confided.

On December 21 at 10 pm, you can catch Solange and her sister Beyonce Knowles on a FUSE special called 'Beyonce and Solange: Hope for the Holidays,' a one-hour concert benefiting the Gulf Coast Ike Relief Fund to aid Texas victims of Hurricane Ike through the sisters' 'Survivor Foundation.'

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She really has a potty mouth I'm mean really!

^^^

PaisleyRose said:

I hope you're kidding. When did Prince fandom turn into brain-dead zombies? Oh, that's right, the same time Dear Leader did.

PaisleyRose said:

From a fan of the guy with song titles like

Billy Jack Bitch
Scarlet Pussy
and
Sexy Mutha Fucker.

OK

Do she kiss her kid with that mouth? Somthins stank up in here Cant stand females who talk like that. She too pretty to use them words.

Skank

i like solange

well sometimes prince has a low standard of talent and he thinks it's the greatest in the world ..this is another sad case of that

MetalMonkey said:

After that article I like Solange 2

pennylover said:

ditto

She sounds a lot more fun than her sister.

I don't know, it's not an unusual thing for Prince to do, but this made me think of the article where people were invited to P's place and they got to hear this new female singer... Was it Solange and not Bria?

I didn't know she cussed like that. That's my girl!

Prince is such a Sweet Purple Angel.
I am happy for Solange. Vicious criticism can be tough, and sometimes, it can destroy people.

L4OATheOriginal said:

I'm pretty sure everybody you invite to your house has talent...mmm hmm!

L4OATheOriginal said:

Did she mention anything about singing for him or singing with him or he's gonna produce anything for her?

JayJai said:

Hell no!

hahaha! i thought her speaking up was great too, she was on point


and you all say Prince doesnt like woman with opinions who talk back lol!

I like Solange (fucked up name tho) cuz her music has this retro old school sound slightly reminiscent of lauren hill's solo debut but not has much hip hop flare. her and estelle kind of have a similar vibe going on. its all rebirth of diana and natalie as for Prince, if i were Solange i wouldn't put too much stock in "prince said that he likes me so yall can kiss my ass". frankly with prince, if he can't get one sister he will go for the other. she got preggers in her teens so she bout to give it up wit a quickness.

KidaDynamite said:

Right...so I was wonderin why this statement was made:
L4OATheOriginal said:

Can't Prince just invite ppl to his place without wanting to work with them? All he said was he loved the FOX News thing

BigDaddyHQ said:

1st, those Prince songs were 15+ years ago.
2nd, it's one thing to make a choice to sing a song about a particular subject, and it's another thing to not have the ability to speak without every other word being profanity.
3rd, even when Prince chose to sing explicit songs about sex, he could still speak without every other word being profane.

As I said, Solange has a potty mouth and being that she is a mother of a young child, and being that she has lots of younger fans I think she should reserve that kind of language for private and not reporters. And she should also try to not use the word "like" so much.

Yes,I said it. And Yes, it is OK!

Wall said:

NO I'm not kidding. And if Prince gave an interview with a reporter and used profanity in every other word (particulary in recounting a story that does not call for it), then I would say something about his choice of words too.

And just so you know, I've vocally disagreed with Prince and his behavior many times.

JayJai said:[quote]

KidaDynamite said:

Which brings me back to post #16!

I see tact doesn't run in the family..

KidaDynamite said:

im tellin ya,,,he might be tryna hit the sister's panties.

DesireeNevermind said:

Prince you better not you dirty old man ...

come hit mines instead.

KidaDynamite said:

and don't u want 2 cum and let me find YOUR talents?

JayJai said:

god i hope not!