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Solange - Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams: Music Review
Slant Magazine —
[image] I'm not her and never will be/Two girls gone in different directions/Traveling towards the same galaxy/Let my starlight shine on its own," Solange Knowles sings on the opening track of her sophomore effort, Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams . With a song title like "God Given Name," she could very well be referring to the 8th-century shepherdess and Christian saint who was abducted and beheaded by a suitor after she rejected him, but she's more likely talking about big sis Beyoncé. A photograph in the album's booklet shows Solange writing "I will not have a famous family" over and over again, punishment-style, but Sol-Angel ...
Throwback Thursday — That Retro Thing
afrobella —
My homies over at Soulbounce raised the concern that the current trend of retro soul is just as trendy as that Godawful inescapable auto-tune madness I’m confronted with every time I flip on 99 Jamz here in Miami.
I’m sorry, friends who are fans…but I can snap my fingaz to T-Pain only so much.
I admit, retro music is a trend I’m unlikely to get sick of. I listen to Amy Winehouse less and less — I loved her so much when she debuted Stateside, but I hate watching so much talent literally go to waste, and it’s gotten to the point where I just can’t even listen ...
No. 61: Solange, "Sol-Angel And The Hadley Street Dreams" [80 '08 (And Heartbreak)]
Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip —
The second album from Solange Knowles had a freaky cover, the promise of collaborations with Cee-Lo Green and Boards of Canada, and the promise of mixtapes serving as follow-up records. Which is why it was a little surprising on first listen, because even though Solange herself is pretty forward-thinking chick, Sol-Angel And The Hadley Street Dreams' best moments were right in line with the sort of R & B that I'd hear on the radio as a young girl.
The lighter-than-air charms of "Sandcastle Disco" proved too subtle for the increasingly shrill world ...
