I don't see this posted anywhere, so here it is. This articlen was retweeted by Andy earlier:

http://www.soulbounce.com...y_allo.php

So it looks like Superconductor is a go for Sept. 20. How nice for Ledisi to spend a weekend with Prince. Being around him creating and sharing new music must be awesome!

By the way, if someone knows how to post the article so you don't have to click on the link, please do. I don't know how to do that on here.

[Edited 8/22/12 20:02pm]

Thanks for sharing PurpleChi.

I'm pretty interested in checking out the album. Her studio efforts seem to be more impressive than the lazy guitar noodling that she does in the live performances IMHO.

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[via soulbounce.com]

When you're an in-demand talent like Ledisi, hanging out with legendary superstars like Prince is all in a day's work. Or make that a weekend, which is what Ledisi recently spent at his place. Please excuse me while I faint, but Led was able to keep all of her faculties after spending time in the presence of the Purple Yoda. Interestingly enough, the highlight of her weekend jaunt wasn't his royal flyness but was instead Andy Allo.

If you've been reading SoulBounce for any length of time, you may recall that way before Prince took Andy under his purple wing, we recognized her as Bounce-Worthy back in 2009. Clearly a lot has happened since then as she has been touring the world with Mr. Rogers Nelson as part of the NPG, become his latest protegee and is readying the release of her sophomore album, Superconductor, produced by the man himself. That album is what Ledisi got to hear firsthand during her visit, and yesterday she took to social media to gush about the album and the artist. Posting on both Facebook and Twitter, Led complemented Andy on her voice, songwriting and musicianship and spoke very highly of her first single, "People Pleaser." Ledisi's excitement about Allo's upcoming project has me wanting to get my hands on it yesterday, but thankfully there are only a few more weeks left before its release date.

Read Ledisi's love letter about Andy and her new album below and circle Superconductor's September 20th release date in red on your calendars.

[Edited 8/23/12 19:21pm]

^Thanks for posting the full article Aristotle.

Yes, I am looking forward to hearing it as well. What I liked most about what Ledisi said was "Vocally she does just enough gently gliding through melodies and her lyrics say it all." I always thought that Prince's music sounded better with thin female voices over them rather than robust voices (maybe Rosie Gaines was an exception to this, but his music wasn't his 80s style when Rosie was around). So I am interested to hear the kind of music he produced for Andy's voice.

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Prince will you please work with other artists other than r+b starlets please?

So negative.

Really gorgeous photo of Andy! I've never seen this one before. Beautiful

Steven Speilberg to Shia LeBeof after he admitted Indiana Jones 4 was bad:"There's a time to be a human being and have an opinion, and there's a time to sell cars".

Ledisi, would only harm her own career if she got an early listen and then said something bad about it. Most likely she is just "selling cars" by claiming the first 8 bars were so funky her neck hurt. Her quote, is kind of empty and reminds me of a lot of similar quotes artists, reporters and other folks with something to gain have given on behalf of a new Prince project that couldn't live up to the hype.

funksterr said:

Steven Speilberg to Shia LeBeof after he admitted Indiana Jones 4 was bad:"There's a time to be a human being and have an opinion, and there's a time to sell cars".

Ledisi, would only harm her own career if she got an early listen and then said something bad about it. Most likely she is just "selling cars" by claiming the first 8 bars were so funky her neck hurt. Her quote, is kind of empty and reminds me of a lot of similar quotes artists, reporters and other folks with something to gain have given on behalf of a new Prince project that couldn't live up to the hype.

You know, that crossed my mind as well, but it may be decent. At the end of the day, this is a Prince album. However, I am interested to see how Andy will fare on a Prince album. In her pre-Prince days I saw her as a cross between Corrine Bailey Rae and Amel Larrieux, but I always felt that she was missing the sweetness of Corrine and the sultriness of Amel. She kind of just was there. She definitely had potential, but her identity needed some work. It would be nice to see that she and Prince have captured the essence of who she is as an artist through this album. I know it sounds unlikely, but here's to hoping!

And speaking of hype...that's just it. There is none! Where is the press on this album? You do a Google search on "Andy Allo Superconductor" and all you get is this article, Dr. Funkenberry's article from July and her website that reads, "Please bear with us while we beautify the site for you.. Keep in touch through the links to the right." It's ridiculous to have an album coming out less than a month from now and the public still doesn't have its first single!

Who the fuck is Ledisi?

I suppose this is Prince's idea of promotion, have some obscure artist post on Facebook about how great this album that no one but real diehards will even hear of.

What an AlloEvolution!

PurpleChi said:

And speaking of hype...that's just it. There is none! Where is the press on this album? You do a Google search on "Andy Allo Superconductor" and all you get is this article, Dr. Funkenberry's article from July and her website that reads, "Please bear with us while we beautify the site for you.. Keep in touch through the links to the right." It's ridiculous to have an album coming out less than a month from now and the public still doesn't have its first single!

Milty said:

MikeA said:

Who the fuck is Ledisi?

PurpleChi said:

funksterr said:

Steven Speilberg to Shia LeBeof after he admitted Indiana Jones 4 was bad:"There's a time to be a human being and have an opinion, and there's a time to sell cars".

Ledisi, would only harm her own career if she got an early listen and then said something bad about it. Most likely she is just "selling cars" by claiming the first 8 bars were so funky her neck hurt. Her quote, is kind of empty and reminds me of a lot of similar quotes artists, reporters and other folks with something to gain have given on behalf of a new Prince project that couldn't live up to the hype.

You know, that crossed my mind as well, but it may be decent. At the end of the day, this is a Prince album. However, I am interested to see how Andy will fare on a Prince album. In her pre-Prince days I saw her as a cross between Corrine Bailey Rae and Amel Larrieux, but I always felt that she was missing the sweetness of Corrine and the sultriness of Amel. She kind of just was there. She definitely had potential, but her identity needed some work. It would be nice to see that she and Prince have captured the essence of who she is as an artist through this album. I know it sounds unlikely, but here's to hoping!

And speaking of hype...that's just it. There is none! Where is the press on this album? You do a Google search on "Andy Allo Superconductor" and all you get is this article, Dr. Funkenberry's article from July and her website that reads, "Please bear with us while we beautify the site for you.. Keep in touch through the links to the right." It's ridiculous to have an album coming out less than a month from now and the public still doesn't have its first single!

I expect it will be a good record as long as the songs are well written. My concern is that Prince and Co, will focus more on their performances as singers and musicians than on writing great songs. That's kind of been Prince's achilles heel as of late.

MikeA said:

Who the fuck is Ledisi?

I suppose this is Prince's idea of promotion, have some obscure artist post on Facebook

She's not that obscure. She's a popular and award winning r&b/soul singer who has been around over a decade.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledisi.

Aristotle said:

naffi said:

Will the hype start once the summer break is concluded at the end of the months, and ratings period starts again?? Couple of guest spots/performing on Leno or Ellen, then radio and press interviews may be?? Couple of movie premieres as well to the name And face back into the media? And of course news conference to announce concerts with NPG and perhaps Larry... [Edited 8/23/12 19:11pm]

You know, it will be interesting to see how this album is promoted. If he is relying on diehards, there's just not enough of us to make a significant impact. I'm sure he could call in a few favors and get her some interviews on the daytime/late night shows, but there's a catch 22. If she goes on these shows alone, most of the world will not watch it or care because they don't know who she is. If she goes on the shows with Prince, the world will tune in just to see him. She will just be the girl who was on Leno with Prince.

She really needs a single and accompanying video released pronto. She needs something that will introduce her to the world so that this album is not a complete flop. Ledisi's endorsement is not sufficient advertising--free advertising, yes, but not sufficient.

And another thing, we don't need any more pretty pictures. I swear that all he does is spend money on photoshoots with Andy! Again, we need a single--full length, not a snippet. One that can be purchased for $0.99 on Amazon or iTunes. He needs to spend his money making that happen.

PurpleChi said:

CrabalockerFishwife said:

MikeA said:

Who the fuck is Ledisi?

I suppose this is Prince's idea of promotion, have some obscure artist post on Facebook

She's not that obscure. She's a popular and award winning r&b/soul singer who has been around over a decade.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledisi.

YAWN!

Ledisi's endorsement will move literally 10's of copies of this CD!

Whose endorsement is next, Karyn White? Lisa Stansfield?

Prince can't promote worth a shit. What a cheapskate. Poor Andy.

PurpleChi said:

naffi said:

Will the hype start once the summer break is concluded at the end of the months, and ratings period starts again?? Couple of guest spots/performing on Leno or Ellen, then radio and press interviews may be?? Couple of movie premieres as well to the name And face back into the media? And of course news conference to announce concerts with NPG and perhaps Larry... [Edited 8/23/12 19:11pm]

You know, it will be interesting to see how this album is promoted. If he is relying on diehards, there's just not enough of us to make a significant impact. I'm sure he could call in a few favors and get her some interviews on the daytime/late night shows, but there's a catch 22. If she goes on these shows alone, most of the world will not watch it or care because they don't know who she is. If she goes on the shows with Prince, the world will tune in just to see him. She will just be the girl who was on Leno with Prince.

She really needs a single and accompanying video released pronto. She needs something that will introduce her to the world so that this album is not a complete flop. Ledisi's endorsement is not sufficient advertising--free advertising, yes, but not sufficient.

And another thing, we don't need any more pretty pictures. I swear that all he does is spend money on photoshoots with Andy! Again, we need a single--full length, not a snippet. One that can be purchased for $0.99 on Amazon or iTunes. He needs to spend his money making that happen.

That's actually a very good point (much more interesting than a bunch of bored fans bitching about an album they haven't even heard): what future is there for this project? We all expect another typical Prince protégé fiasco, and Andy's new site is kinda empty right now (one month from the album's release this is kinda odd for an album Prince claimed would sell millions of copies), we don't know about any major record company or record stores chain being involved, we don't have a video for a single, no promos for radios, almost no promotion at all outside of her FB and Dr. Funkenberry... I find this very odd and I indeed wonder how they're going to sell that record since the fansbase claim they won't buy it (though I betcha my ass that EVERYONE on this forum will listen to it one way or another, most likely illegally) and the rest of the world may just... never know about it!

This being said Prince has managed to sell millions of copies of a song he promoted himself, that was distributed worldwide by a bunch of small independant labels (TMBGITW), then managed to release records with every existing major company (with more or less success I'll admit), and eventually had a remarkable success selling a 3-CD set for a very small sum in association with a major record stores chain (while ripping-off his harcore fanbase by selling them an empty website for 77 bucks).

So the question is... Does Andy accept a low sales/low promotion scenario knowing that she managed to release a record before working with Prince and that, therefore, she will manage to release more later, with this collaboration helping her career no matter what, or does she and Prince have a secret plan that we don't know about yet to try and make a hit of this album?

On a sidenote, I'll add that it's genuine bad faith from some people to be mad at her for taking this opportunity: whoever criticizes this should wonder what they'd do if a major force in their professional field would pop-up and offer to help them with their career. Unless you really hate the guy's guts (and obviously P & A became good friends if not more), you just say "yes" and "thank you so much" and go for it...

MikeA said:

YAWN!

Ledisi's endorsement will move literally 10's of copies of this CD!

Whose endorsement is next, Karyn White? Lisa Stansfield?

Prince can't promote worth a shit. What a cheapskate. Poor Andy.

Haa! Well Mike, tell us what you really think. I personally like Ledisi. She's amazing live. She actually used to sing back-up for Prince. Although I do see your point.

databank said:

That's actually a very good point (much more interesting than a bunch of bored fans bitching about an album they haven't even heard): what future is there for this project? We all expect another typical Prince protégé fiasco, and Andy's new site is kinda empty right now (one month from the album's release this is kinda odd for an album Prince claimed would sell millions of copies), we don't know about any major record company or record stores chain being involved, we don't have a video for a single, no promos for radios, almost no promotion at all outside of her FB and Dr. Funkenberry... I find this very odd and I indeed wonder how they're going to sell that record since the fansbase claim they won't buy it (though I betcha my ass that EVERYONE on this forum will listen to it one way or another, most likely illegally) and the rest of the world may just... never know about it!

This being said Prince has managed to sell millions of copies of a song he promoted himself, that was distributed worldwide by a bunch of small independant labels (TMBGITW), then managed to release records with every existing major company (with more or less success I'll admit), and eventually had a remarkable success selling a 3-CD set for a very small sum in association with a major record stores chain (while ripping-off his harcore fanbase by selling them an empty website for 77 bucks).

So the question is... Does Andy accept a low sales/low promotion scenario knowing that she managed to release a record before working with Prince and that, therefore, she will manage to release more later, with this collaboration helping her career no matter what, or does she and Prince have a secret plan that we don't know about yet to try and make a hit of this album?

On a sidenote, I'll add that it's genuine bad faith from some people to be mad at her for taking this opportunity: whoever criticizes this should wonder what they'd do if a major force in their professional field would pop-up and offer to help them with their career. Unless you really hate the guy's guts (and obviously P & A became good friends if not more), you just say "yes" and "thank you so much" and go for it...

I think this point is exactly the potential problem with working with Prince. On one hand, he is a musical genius and an icon. I would love to spend a week with him and see how he creates a song, how melodies and lyrics form in his brain, etc. However if I were an aspiring artist, I think I would rather Prince be more of a mentor/friend and less of a producer/manager. I'd be thrilled if he put me on stage a few times, but I would want to have more control over my own branding as an artist.

Take Ledisi for instance. She sang back-up for Prince, they became friends and she was able to make some connections within the industry. She didn't have the same band presence as say, Rosie Gaines, so she was never typecast as a "Prince artist". He did the best thing for her--gave her enough of an opportunity to put her into position to make more opportunities for herself. He didn't produce her album, tour with her, etc. And quite frankly she's got quite the following and has sold out shows all over the country over the last year. I guess Ledisi should thank God that she wasn't attractive to Prince. It kept his paws off of her career.

The point is that if the artist is truly talented, she may not want this level of involvement from Prince. First impressions do matter and if your first impression on the public is that you are another Prince protegee/bed-warmer, it could potentially damage your ability to thrive without him in the future.

PurpleChi said:

databank said:

That's actually a very good point (much more interesting than a bunch of bored fans bitching about an album they haven't even heard): what future is there for this project? We all expect another typical Prince protégé fiasco, and Andy's new site is kinda empty right now (one month from the album's release this is kinda odd for an album Prince claimed would sell millions of copies), we don't know about any major record company or record stores chain being involved, we don't have a video for a single, no promos for radios, almost no promotion at all outside of her FB and Dr. Funkenberry... I find this very odd and I indeed wonder how they're going to sell that record since the fansbase claim they won't buy it (though I betcha my ass that EVERYONE on this forum will listen to it one way or another, most likely illegally) and the rest of the world may just... never know about it!

This being said Prince has managed to sell millions of copies of a song he promoted himself, that was distributed worldwide by a bunch of small independant labels (TMBGITW), then managed to release records with every existing major company (with more or less success I'll admit), and eventually had a remarkable success selling a 3-CD set for a very small sum in association with a major record stores chain (while ripping-off his harcore fanbase by selling them an empty website for 77 bucks).

So the question is... Does Andy accept a low sales/low promotion scenario knowing that she managed to release a record before working with Prince and that, therefore, she will manage to release more later, with this collaboration helping her career no matter what, or does she and Prince have a secret plan that we don't know about yet to try and make a hit of this album?

On a sidenote, I'll add that it's genuine bad faith from some people to be mad at her for taking this opportunity: whoever criticizes this should wonder what they'd do if a major force in their professional field would pop-up and offer to help them with their career. Unless you really hate the guy's guts (and obviously P & A became good friends if not more), you just say "yes" and "thank you so much" and go for it...

I think this point is exactly the potential problem with working with Prince. On one hand, he is a musical genius and an icon. I would love to spend a week with him and see how he creates a song, how melodies and lyrics form in his brain, etc. However if I were an aspiring artist, I think I would rather Prince be more of a mentor/friend and less of a producer/manager. I'd be thrilled if he put me on stage a few times, but I would want to have more control over my own branding as an artist.

Take Ledisi for instance. She sang back-up for Prince, they became friends and she was able to make some connections within the industry. She didn't have the same band presence as say, Rosie Gaines, so she was never typecast as a "Prince artist". He did the best thing for her--gave her enough of an opportunity to put her into position to make more opportunities for herself. He didn't produce her album, tour with her, etc. And quite frankly she's got quite the following and has sold out shows all over the country over the last year. I guess Ledisi should thank God that she wasn't attractive to Prince. It kept his paws off of her career.

The point is that if the artist is truly talented, she may not want this level of involvement from Prince. First impressions do matter and if your first impression on the public is that you are another Prince protegee/bed-warmer, it could potentially damage your ability to thrive without him in the future.

Yeah but how do you say no to Prince when u r an emerging artist?

When did Ledisi sing backups for Prince??? According to Wikipedia her career dates back to the mid-90's and has nothing to do with him, what did I miss?

Ledisi was christened by the "SuperConductor" just like Andy is now. So now she has a hit album & hit song in her own right.......

SometimesIwonder said:

Promotional stuff at last?!! Andy tweeted: Experience songs from the album "Superconductor" performed by Andy & her 9 member militia exclusively on DirectTV's Guitar Center Sessions.

9 member militia? So what is this Guitar Sessions? Is this chick seriously claiming to be an excellent guitar player with her 9 member (wow) militia (wow)

I can't take none of this serious anymore, and the cheap Ledisi press release from Prince's camp is cheap too.

Princey, stop that nonense, and get the funk out to the people. This is no fun anymore those games and word plays allovelotuon et al, what the hello

PurpleChi said:

. First impressions do matter and if your first impression on the public is that you are another Prince protegee/bed-warmer, it could potentially damage your ability to thrive without him in the future.

Exactly!

However, nobody can say "no" to Prince, if he'd offer to produce an album for you. Some probably do, but they know they don't need Prince cause they know they are good. I hope Andy will excel beyond Prince's world, cause funky she isn't to maintain her fame in the funk universe, which is exactly what she's targeting. It's a shame cause she isn't that bad at all if she'd be doing a different style.

My opinion of course.

[Edited 8/25/12 1:58am]

I know this is slightly off topic here but that little snippet they linked to in that article, I already find it over-produced and dated. What is he doing? This girl is not a funk singer and hasn't got the voice to sing over what sounds like a big band in the background. She has a thin, little girly voice that can't hold or carry that kind of backing.

It's just musically inapprorpiate.

Crackrobat said:

I know this is slightly off topic here but that little snippet they linked to in that article, I already find it over-produced and dated. What is he doing? This girl is not a funk singer and hasn't got the voice to sing over what sounds like a big band in the background. She has a thin, little girly voice that can't hold or carry that kind of backing.

It's just musically inapprorpiate.

Is there another snippet or are you talking about the superconductor snippet on the allolotion website that is 15 seconds long? Why they only put 15 sec up months ago, I never understood. I mean what is 15 seconds? Why create all that hype and put 15 sec up? So retarded honestly!

Anyway, I see no reason why she couldn't sing over a big band in the background? She has average voice and is no funk singer, but that's a totally different issue.