Adrienne Bailon is singing a new tune. After attempting to go solo, the former Cheetah Girl is switching up her sound and revamping her debut album.

The 27-year-old entertainer has been through some professional changes in the past year and is taking her time to perfect her music. “I switched management. I’m now managed by the people who manage Ne-Yo,” she told Rap-Up.com. “I refuse to put out anything that’s not going to be perfect and not be a good representation of me.”

While the Island Def Jam signee is still discovering her niche, she hinted at her new direction. “Ever since the 3LW days, I’ve always wanted to do something with a Latin influence,” she revealed. “And I think it’s hard for people to understand that I want to get it right, so I’m working with different people now who are helping me take this album in a completely different direction. It’s kind of like starting all over again.”

Fans got a taste of her solo material with the 2009 single “Superbad,” but Adrienne explained that the album’s direction has changed since then. “The songs are totally different. We’re going in a completely different direction and I’m much happier with it. I’m actually even more excited about these songs because I’m more in my own lane now. It’s really very me. I don’t want to be just another R&B girl.”

When she’s not in the recording studio, she is also developing a talk show and has plans to follow in some big footsteps. “I wanna be like Oprah,” she declared

HAPPYPERSON said:

Adrienne Bailon is singing a new tune. After attempting to go solo, the former Cheetah Girl is switching up her sound and revamping her debut album.

The 27-year-old entertainer has been through some professional changes in the past year and is taking her time to perfect her music. “I switched management. I’m now managed by the people who manage Ne-Yo,” she told Rap-Up.com. “I refuse to put out anything that’s not going to be perfect and not be a good representation of me.”

While the Island Def Jam signee is still discovering her niche, she hinted at her new direction. “Ever since the 3LW days, I’ve always wanted to do something with a Latin influence,” she revealed. “And I think it’s hard for people to understand that I want to get it right, so I’m working with different people now who are helping me take this album in a completely different direction. It’s kind of like starting all over again.”

Fans got a taste of her solo material with the 2009 single “Superbad,” but Adrienne explained that the album’s direction has changed since then. “The songs are totally different. We’re going in a completely different direction and I’m much happier with it. I’m actually even more excited about these songs because I’m more in my own lane now. It’s really very me. I don’t want to be just another R&B girl.”

When she’s not in the recording studio, she is also developing a talk show and has plans to follow in some big footsteps. “I wanna be like Oprah,” she declared

Not going to happen, and i dig this girl, but she talks a good game, but under the same managers as Ne-Yo, how does she think she isnt going to get the RB girl treatment? Its going to happen and the project will get shelved. "superbad" was an awful song, so i can understand the direction she wants to go, but what U want and what "MAnagement" wants are two different games.

I only ever noticed her as a one-time girlfriend of Rob Kardashian and a sometime castmate on Keeping Up With The Kardashians. So basically...she really is just another R&B girl.

Don't talk about it. Be about it.

[Edited 4/25/11 17:03pm]

Christina Milian on an even lower budget. If I were her, I'd take the hits where I could find them.

I don't really have any problem with her statement. R&B isn't for everybody, just like every other genre of music isn't.

armpit said:

I don't really have any problem with her statement. R&B isn't for everybody, just like every other genre of music isn't.

Then why in the hell was she in 3LW, an R&B group?

I get so sick of this attitude from people. People act as if R&B is some lower form of music. Hell, look at what Stevie did with R&B? You can have genius-level work in any genre of music. Its extremely annoying when artists try to act as if they have outgrown a genre when it truth, its usually that their abilities are limited and they are unable to take the genre to the next level because they CAN'T, so they pretend being different is going to somehow make them better. Being different...excuse me...I mean "versatile", doesn't mean you over-acheived in a genre. 3LW was a blip, nothing more. Its good that she said this. That way her 3LW fanbase can say "eff you" when she drops her latin-influenced CD and not bother to buy her records or go to her shows. She don't want the audience; they shouldn't be there for her.

I don't have a problem with her statement, either. It's almost as if it's expected that if an artist is of color, they should be singing RnB. It's good to change things up every once and a while.

BlaqueKnight said:

armpit said:

I don't really have any problem with her statement. R&B isn't for everybody, just like every other genre of music isn't.

Then why in the hell was she in 3LW, an R&B group?

I get so sick of this attitude from people. People act as if R&B is some lower form of music. Hell, look at what Stevie did with R&B? You can have genius-level work in any genre of music. Its extremely annoying when artists try to act as if they have outgrown a genre when it truth, its usually that their abilities are limited and they are unable to take the genre to the next level because they CAN'T, so they pretend being different is going to somehow make them better. Being different...excuse me...I mean "versatile", doesn't mean you over-acheived in a genre. 3LW was a blip, nothing more. Its good that she said this. That way her 3LW fanbase can say "eff you" when she drops her latin-influenced CD and not bother to buy her records or go to her shows. She don't want the audience; they shouldn't be there for her.

...and the crappy Cheetah Girls franchise

Well that’s what you are honey deal with it.

BlaqueKnight said:

armpit said:

I don't really have any problem with her statement. R&B isn't for everybody, just like every other genre of music isn't.

Then why in the hell was she in 3LW, an R&B group?

I get so sick of this attitude from people. People act as if R&B is some lower form of music. Hell, look at what Stevie did with R&B? You can have genius-level work in any genre of music. Its extremely annoying when artists try to act as if they have outgrown a genre when it truth, its usually that their abilities are limited and they are unable to take the genre to the next level because they CAN'T, so they pretend being different is going to somehow make them better. Being different...excuse me...I mean "versatile", doesn't mean you over-acheived in a genre. 3LW was a blip, nothing more. Its good that she said this. That way her 3LW fanbase can say "eff you" when she drops her latin-influenced CD and not bother to buy her records or go to her shows. She don't want the audience; they shouldn't be there for her.

BlaqueKnight said:

armpit said:

I don't really have any problem with her statement. R&B isn't for everybody, just like every other genre of music isn't.

Then why in the hell was she in 3LW, an R&B group?

I get so sick of this attitude from people. People act as if R&B is some lower form of music. Hell, look at what Stevie did with R&B? You can have genius-level work in any genre of music. Its extremely annoying when artists try to act as if they have outgrown a genre when it truth, its usually that their abilities are limited and they are unable to take the genre to the next level because they CAN'T, so they pretend being different is going to somehow make them better. Being different...excuse me...I mean "versatile", doesn't mean you over-acheived in a genre. 3LW was a blip, nothing more. Its good that she said this. That way her 3LW fanbase can say "eff you" when she drops her latin-influenced CD and not bother to buy her records or go to her shows. She don't want the audience; they shouldn't be there for her.

MEMO: Rhythmless Bullshit (r&b) is a lower form of music!

With that said, rhythm & blues (the original r&b)/soul is still a genre worth doing. But it must be done by recording artists that know exactly what they doing.

[Edited 4/27/11 20:48pm]

TonyVanDam said:

BlaqueKnight said:

Then why in the hell was she in 3LW, an R&B group?

I get so sick of this attitude from people. People act as if R&B is some lower form of music. Hell, look at what Stevie did with R&B? You can have genius-level work in any genre of music. Its extremely annoying when artists try to act as if they have outgrown a genre when it truth, its usually that their abilities are limited and they are unable to take the genre to the next level because they CAN'T, so they pretend being different is going to somehow make them better. Being different...excuse me...I mean "versatile", doesn't mean you over-acheived in a genre. 3LW was a blip, nothing more. Its good that she said this. That way her 3LW fanbase can say "eff you" when she drops her latin-influenced CD and not bother to buy her records or go to her shows. She don't want the audience; they shouldn't be there for her.

MEMO: Rhythmless Bullshit (r&b) is a lower form of music!

With that said, rhythm & blues (the original r&b)/soul is still a genre worth doing. But it much be done by recording artists that know exactly what they doing.

But again to call up PRINCE's quote from years back...Hip Hop is a wide genre but when the focus is all on the one image...case closed. That is what RB she is and the article is talking about and its unfair to reduce that to RB, RB is a wide genre just like all the other forms of music, i mean country is wide, bluegrass never gets called into play, but i mean ALison Krauss to me is Country NOT Shania Twain or Faith Hill? But to me its good and bad, drop the whole label shit already. Adrienne is gonna suck because i know the blueprint and yes she can fit it, but its been so many times now....OH WAIT all of a sudden she is going to "incorporate" latin, like she just found out she was latin, where was that in 3lw? WHere was that on all the solo songs she dropped as demos, nowhere to be found, but now all of a sudden its cool for her to be "latin", maybe because JLO is suddenly "in" again

BlaqueKnight said:

armpit said:

I don't really have any problem with her statement. R&B isn't for everybody, just like every other genre of music isn't.

Then why in the hell was she in 3LW, an R&B group?

I get so sick of this attitude from people. People act as if R&B is some lower form of music. Hell, look at what Stevie did with R&B? You can have genius-level work in any genre of music. Its extremely annoying when artists try to act as if they have outgrown a genre when it truth, its usually that their abilities are limited and they are unable to take the genre to the next level because they CAN'T, so they pretend being different is going to somehow make them better. Being different...excuse me...I mean "versatile", doesn't mean you over-acheived in a genre. 3LW was a blip, nothing more. Its good that she said this. That way her 3LW fanbase can say "eff you" when she drops her latin-influenced CD and not bother to buy her records or go to her shows. She don't want the audience; they shouldn't be there for her.

She was a kid. Maybe she just wanted to be able to sing professionally so badly, she went along with a genre that really wasn't her first choice.

Or, her tastes changed - which makes sense for someone who was pretty much a teenager when they started out.

You're being way too intense about this lol. She has a right to her views.

armpit said:

BlaqueKnight said:

Then why in the hell was she in 3LW, an R&B group?

I get so sick of this attitude from people. People act as if R&B is some lower form of music. Hell, look at what Stevie did with R&B? You can have genius-level work in any genre of music. Its extremely annoying when artists try to act as if they have outgrown a genre when it truth, its usually that their abilities are limited and they are unable to take the genre to the next level because they CAN'T, so they pretend being different is going to somehow make them better. Being different...excuse me...I mean "versatile", doesn't mean you over-acheived in a genre. 3LW was a blip, nothing more. Its good that she said this. That way her 3LW fanbase can say "eff you" when she drops her latin-influenced CD and not bother to buy her records or go to her shows. She don't want the audience; they shouldn't be there for her.

She was a kid. Maybe she just wanted to be able to sing professionally so badly, she went along with a genre that really wasn't her first choice.

Or, her tastes changed - which makes sense for someone who was pretty much a teenager when they started out.

You're being way too intense about this lol. She has a right to her views.

No I am not. I was simply making a point. Audiences don't have to put up with artists' whims. Just because Prince has conditioned many on this site that its "cool" to do, some of us appreciate MUSIC more than the artists that make them. Its like the difference between being a basketball fan and being a Michael Jordan fan. Michael J fans put up with his golf phase and his minor league phase. Basketball fans kept on watching BASKETBALL and said "eff him" - he can holler at us when he comes back to play.

lI don't think she shouldn't do a latin album. I just think she shouldn't pull a Taylor Dayne and poop on R&B to do so. R&B got her what little fame her mediocre ass has.

BlaqueKnight said:

armpit said:

She was a kid. Maybe she just wanted to be able to sing professionally so badly, she went along with a genre that really wasn't her first choice.

Or, her tastes changed - which makes sense for someone who was pretty much a teenager when they started out.

You're being way too intense about this lol. She has a right to her views.

No I am not. I was simply making a point. Audiences don't have to put up with artists' whims. Just because Prince has conditioned many on this site that its "cool" to do, some of us appreciate MUSIC more than the artists that make them. Its like the difference between being a basketball fan and being a Michael Jordan fan. Michael J fans put up with his golf phase and his minor league phase. Basketball fans kept on watching BASKETBALL and said "eff him" - he can holler at us when he comes back to play.

When your favorite heavy metal guitarist decides to release a bluegrass album, you don't have to buy it if you don't like bluegrass. That's one of the problems with a corporatised society. They have conditioned people on the idea of "brand loyalty" which was unheard of when I was coming up. Back in the day, you built brand loyalty by giving customers what they wanted, PERIOD. Now, every artist is trying to sell their personalities rather than their music and the industry has become one giant reality show. That's part of why so much music sucks.

lI don't think she shouldn't do a latin album. I just think she shouldn't pull a Taylor Dayne and poop on R&B to do so. R&B got her what little fame her mediocre ass has.

There's a really simple answer to this - if a band or artist switches genres, and you don't like their new sound, go find someone else to listen to who does what you like.

But expecting them to never changes lanes because that isn't what *you* want, is unfair.

And - honestly, again - she's entitled to her views. She doesn't have to think R&B is the best genre ever, because you do. She has every right to feel however she wants and to express that.

[Edited 4/28/11 13:05pm]

armpit said:

BlaqueKnight said:

No I am not. I was simply making a point. Audiences don't have to put up with artists' whims. Just because Prince has conditioned many on this site that its "cool" to do, some of us appreciate MUSIC more than the artists that make them. Its like the difference between being a basketball fan and being a Michael Jordan fan. Michael J fans put up with his golf phase and his minor league phase. Basketball fans kept on watching BASKETBALL and said "eff him" - he can holler at us when he comes back to play.

When your favorite heavy metal guitarist decides to release a bluegrass album, you don't have to buy it if you don't like bluegrass. That's one of the problems with a corporatised society. They have conditioned people on the idea of "brand loyalty" which was unheard of when I was coming up. Back in the day, you built brand loyalty by giving customers what they wanted, PERIOD. Now, every artist is trying to sell their personalities rather than their music and the industry has become one giant reality show. That's part of why so much music sucks.

lI don't think she shouldn't do a latin album. I just think she shouldn't pull a Taylor Dayne and poop on R&B to do so. R&B got her what little fame her mediocre ass has.

There's a really simple answer to this - if a band or artist switches genres, and you don't like their new sound, go find someone else to listen to who does what you like.

But expecting them to never changes lanes because that isn't what *you* want, is unfair.

And - honestly, again - she's entitled to her views. She doesn't have to think R&B is the best genre ever, because you do. She has every right to feel however she wants and to express that.

[Edited 4/28/11 13:05pm]

armpit said:

BlaqueKnight said:

No I am not. I was simply making a point. Audiences don't have to put up with artists' whims. Just because Prince has conditioned many on this site that its "cool" to do, some of us appreciate MUSIC more than the artists that make them. Its like the difference between being a basketball fan and being a Michael Jordan fan. Michael J fans put up with his golf phase and his minor league phase. Basketball fans kept on watching BASKETBALL and said "eff him" - he can holler at us when he comes back to play.

When your favorite heavy metal guitarist decides to release a bluegrass album, you don't have to buy it if you don't like bluegrass. That's one of the problems with a corporatised society. They have conditioned people on the idea of "brand loyalty" which was unheard of when I was coming up. Back in the day, you built brand loyalty by giving customers what they wanted, PERIOD. Now, every artist is trying to sell their personalities rather than their music and the industry has become one giant reality show. That's part of why so much music sucks.

lI don't think she shouldn't do a latin album. I just think she shouldn't pull a Taylor Dayne and poop on R&B to do so. R&B got her what little fame her mediocre ass has.

There's a really simple answer to this - if a band or artist switches genres, and you don't like their new sound, go find someone else to listen to who does what you like.

But expecting them to never changes lanes because that isn't what *you* want, is unfair.

And - honestly, again - she's entitled to her views. She doesn't have to think R&B is the best genre ever, because you do. She has every right to feel however she wants and to express that.

[Edited 4/28/11 13:05pm]

Well theres a few different angles with this:

First what RB is to her isnt to you and me, she may think Ne-Yo and Rihanna are RB but are they really, to someone who grew up on say Kool and The Gang or Sly that was RB, to me what she is calling RB is more a blend of poprb, kind of like what i was saying about Shania Twain, is she really country? Genres are way too wide, and the article narrows it, and her "tunnel vision" does too, she is basically going off whats on her level.

As for the Genre switching of an artist: it really depends where its coming from, are U doing it to sell because there is no market for another "rb girl" as she said, or are you really searching to become an artist. I mean that switch is much different than say Guitarist/Vocalist of the Rock Band STYX "Tommy Shaw" just releasing a "Bluegrass/Folk" record, now why should he NOT do that, i mean thats clearly not a switch to "sell" i mean thats an odd genre to jump to for big sales, so its way different for the two, and its all about where its coming from and what the goal is, are u doing something you always wanted to do, or are you going for radio and chart hype.

armpit said:

There's a really simple answer to this - if a band or artist switches genres, and you don't like their new sound, go find someone else to listen to who does what you like.

But expecting them to never changes lanes because that isn't what *you* want, is unfair.

And - honestly, again - she's entitled to her views. She doesn't have to think R&B is the best genre ever, because you do. She has every right to feel however she wants and to express that.

[Edited 4/28/11 13:05pm]

Nobody is trying to take her little opinion away from her. Geez. You basically said the same thing I did. Way to repeat what's already been said. I don't expect her little mediocre ass to do anything. I didn't even know she was still doing music. Its still stupid to shit on your foundation and it usually fails for everybody that does it.
It changes nothing and it doesn't matter how I feel about R&B; its idiotic to alienate your original fan base by declaring how insincere you were when you started.

BlaqueKnight said:

armpit said:

There's a really simple answer to this - if a band or artist switches genres, and you don't like their new sound, go find someone else to listen to who does what you like.

But expecting them to never changes lanes because that isn't what *you* want, is unfair.

And - honestly, again - she's entitled to her views. She doesn't have to think R&B is the best genre ever, because you do. She has every right to feel however she wants and to express that.

[Edited 4/28/11 13:05pm]

Nobody is trying to take her little opinion away from her. Geez. You basically said the same thing I did. Way to repeat what's already been said. I don't expect her little mediocre ass to do anything. I didn't even know she was still doing music. Its still stupid to shit on your foundation and it usually fails for everybody that does it.
It changes nothing and it doesn't matter how I feel about R&B; its idiotic to alienate your original fan base by declaring how insincere you were when you started.

...You're getting really hostile over one singer saying she's changing genres.

The rest - feel free to think what you want. I'm not going to argue on the internet. I'm 29, not 9.

armpit said:

...You're getting really hostile over one singer saying she's changing genres.

The rest - feel free to think what you want. I'm not going to argue on the internet. I'm 29, not 9.

Hostile? Not even.

My point was simple: you can say "I'm moving in another direction musically" without saying "I really didn't like R&B" after you made money and built a fan base in the genre.

I stand by that.

BlaqueKnight said:

armpit said:

...You're getting really hostile over one singer saying she's changing genres.

The rest - feel free to think what you want. I'm not going to argue on the internet. I'm 29, not 9.

Hostile? Not even.

My point was simple: you can say "I'm moving in another direction musically" without saying "I really didn't like R&B" after you made money and built a fan base in the genre.

I stand by that.

I understand what you mean about pooping on your fanbase, but it is possible that the music industry has a tendency to put artists in their own box. Don't you think? It seems complicated, too.

lastdecember said:

Well theres a few different angles with this:

First what RB is to her isnt to you and me, she may think Ne-Yo and Rihanna are RB but are they really, to someone who grew up on say Kool and The Gang or Sly that was RB, to me what she is calling RB is more a blend of poprb, kind of like what i was saying about Shania Twain, is she really country? Genres are way too wide, and the article narrows it, and her "tunnel vision" does too, she is basically going off whats on her level.

I don't get this statement. R&b has always been regarded as pop music. Just because it's considered old music excludes it from being so now? Especially Sly & The Family Stone.