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Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams | 
 enlarge | Artist: Solange Knowles
Label: Geffen Records
Category: Music
List Price: $9.98
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Rating:  90 reviews
Sales Rank: 2133
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 001178502
UPC: 602517810754
EAN: 0602517810754
ASIN: B001CK1D3A
Release Date: August 26, 2008
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Condition: Still factory-sealed, case has lots of cracks/damage; CD guaranteed
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| Tracks:
| • | God Given Name | | • | T.O.N.Y. | | • | Dancing In The Dark | | • | Would've Been The One | | • | Sandcastle Disco | | • | I Decided - Pt. 1 | | • | Valentine's Day | | • | 6 O'Clock Blues | | • | Ode To Marvin | | • | I Told You So | | • | Cosmic Journey featuring Bilal | | • | This Bird | | • | I Decided - Pt. 2 |
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Album Description
Solange is an American actress, R & B and pop singer, songwriter, producer, model, and dancer. She heads into a new musical direction with elements of 'modern twist on hip-hop and R & b flecked with tinges of blues and jazz' the album contains production by Cee-Lo Green, Soulshock & Karlin, Polow da Don and Mark Ronson as well as appurtenances by Q-Tip, Lil' Wayne, Estele and Bilal. The CD was produced by The Neptunes.
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 I'll go out on a limb... December 3, 2008
A. Wilson (South FL USA)
and say this gets some kind of Grammy nod !! I've listened to it about 15 times and she's good. I'm older than her parents,from the old school R&B time, and this stands right up there with some of the good stuff.
 Kid Sister Emergence December 1, 2008
Ennis Smith (New York, NY USA)
Toss in a dollop of Diana Ross, a spritz of Erykah Badu with just a hint of Nina Simone to make it sexy, and you'll get a sense of Solange's new release. Fun, funny, autobiographical, it's retro without cynicism, Motown grooves and grownup beats from another planet. Solange takes on everything from men to the confusions of getting stoned--and even artistic/familial identity, beating to the punch those critics tempted to measure her talents alongside that of her older sister, Beyonce. They needn't bother: Solange is irrefutably her own woman as this stunning showcase attests.
I like it! November 27, 2008
RCD (bowie, md, USA)
This alnum I think was funky and different. I enjoyed it very much! Much more than her sister Beyonce's new cd.
Breaking away never felt so good November 24, 2008
Benjamin Norman (Washington DC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Solange Knowles, famous by association, dropped her sophomore album this year. Sol-Angel & The Hadley St. Dreams is the younger Knowles' attempt to break out of her sister's shadow. The cover the album is an explosion of colors and images as confusing as they are overwhelming. Knowles, in a lime-green cauliflower-inspired dress, wears a pair of fluffy red wings and a confused face, probably wondering where to take her melange of odd items. Around her includes a floating clear ball, a phonograph, and a collection of other trashed items sitting in a box on the side of the road. Some of the images in the booklet are very interesting, specifically Solange in a white dress accented with a flat and cartoony black bow, flanked by two large white boards with lines you assume she had to write considering the marker in her hand. On the left reads "I will not get pregnant at 17," the right one reads "I will not have a famous family." Burdened, are we? Desperate to break out on her own, her 2008 release is a culmination of her hard work. Does is pay off?
Sol-Angel proves to be a dreamy, rambling R&B album, with some very shiny bits and flares of musical genius.
The good parts are the classy, slick, Motown-inspired R&B street jams, like "T.O.N.Y.", with its block party handclapping and old school soul bass and horn arrangements, and "6 O'clock Blues" with a laid back and effortlessly cool bass riff. Solange also dips into jazzy lounge territory, the ultra-hip "Dancing in the Dark" evoking images of a chic and posh 1960s British martini bar, our little vocal heroine on a slightly raised "stage" in a psychedelic cocktail dress singing into a classic microphone while patrons around ignore her and get sloshed. "Would've Been the One," "Sandcastle Disco," and "I Decided Pt. 1" are all more modern than the previous tracks, but all still hinge on a classic style. Piano, bass, upbeat and funky drums give them all a "bop along" feel that brings to mind all the best images of dancing on the streets of Long Island on a hot, sweltering summer day where the coolest thing around isn't the ice water, it's the music. "This Bird" is an intense, ominous dark ballad that provides an interesting counterpoint to the rest of the album. It does not sound like any other song on Sol-Angel. Rounding out the rest of the best is "I Decided Pt. 2," which was produced by mega remix stars the Freemasons. While utterly superior to the original version, I'm curious why it was labeled as a Pt. 2 and not labeled as a Freemasons Remix. It maintains a classic R&B feel while adopting a heavy and infectious beat.
Summary - Sol-Angel is a classy and smart departure from older sister Beyonce's work. Solange will never be able to not sing like her sister as their voices are very similar, but her style is as far as she can go without seeming fake or untrue to herself. After it all, though, Sol-Angel leaves me wondering one thing: Why can't the Freemasons produce more American pop??
Hey if you think Solange is anything like B....not so fast! November 22, 2008
ZETAZEN (Maryland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Solange is so much better than her sister's music. Solange takes a refreshing approach to what's old is new again. She definitely has her own style that is clearly echoed throughout the CD. There is a lot to be said for an artist who is able to string together 13 fabulous songs and not have you feel one time you want to skip the next track. This CD is about real music with heartfelt lyrics as we take this journey with Solange to achieving her dreams.
Solange has taken a huge risk by deviating from the family formula of musical creativity. I think this risk has proven to be solid choice. This talent is showcasing that unusual is good (being wildly creative) and this is something the music industry desperately needs.
Solange is on her way to having musical staying power and the ability to accumulate a mass of her own loyal fan base.
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