Music News: Solange FINALLY got DROPPED!!! Oh Happy Day!!!

Playboy

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Now my sources tell me that the real reason the story about Rowland leaked the way it did last week was so that no one would realize that Geffen/Interscope Records has opted not to further their relationship with Knowles' daughter Solange Knowles

The eclectic singer's sophomore release 'Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams' has only sold around 138,000 units since its release in August of 2008 and Geffen/Interscope didn't see the value in doing a new CD on her.
"Geffen did a one-off deal with Music World Entertainment for Solange and wasn't interested in doing a new contract with her. People at the label really liked working with her because other than her infamous news outburst in Las Vegas, she was a constant professional. There were challenges dealing with her camp, but Solange was great to work with. In the end, the CD didn't sell despite Solange's countless high profile appearances," the record label source told me.

Incidentally, Epic Records is also the label that had initially approached Rowland about a new recording contract upon learning that she would be dissolving her management and recording relationship with Music World Entertainment/Columbia

Epic's new president Amanda Ghost, a London-bred former recording artist and songwriter, recognized Rowland's impact as an international recording artist and thought she would be able to duplicate her European success here in America.

"Amanda was really into signing Kelly and then Matthew started meeting with her about Solange. I'm told he used his influence in the Sony system with Beyoncé to complicate the existing offer to Kelly and then the deal ultimately didn't happen," the source explained.

So both Rowland and Solange are now currently without record company homes; though I am told that Rowland will likely be announcing a new record deal in the coming weeks.

Source: AOL BlackVoices blog

DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECEASED..... Michelle & LeToya is NEXT!!! Only Beyonce will survive.

arkl

Travis10

Solange put out quality at least...

DiegoMarcoCMM

ladyroc

in do time she will have a contract with Columbia...Solo ain't sweating

Angelo

OMG they are killing Rowland's future.

Richard

Just when TONY was getting at least some airplay

Oh well.. who wasn't expecting it... Sad, Sol-Angel was one of the best R&B/Soul albums last year, I wish her good luck to find another label

NorMal

WOW Matthew is horribe..and Amanda Ghost is the president of Epic? wtf

toni_stan

F**k, Sol-Angel was one of THE BEST albums of '08. Damn, they're stupid, who cares about the profitwhen it's greeat music!

AveMaria15

I Looooooooooooooved Solange CD I Wish Her The Best

-mUsIcLoVeR-

Hope Solange the best. I loved Sol-Angel and Hadley... Sandcastle, Cosmic, T.O.N.Y., I Decided :heart:

Arith

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Originally posted by Playboy

Source: AOL BlackVoices blog

DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECEASED..... Michelle & LeToya is NEXT!!! Only Beyonce will survive.

Word? Well...let's agree to disagree.

First of all, when using the correct grammar, I think you mean:

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Michelle & LeToya are NEXT

Second of all, LeToya ain't leaving Capitol anytime soon.

SOOOO...Until Monica's album release date isn't TBD, and some of those Pop/R&B Divas you got in your signature (Amerie, really? Do I even need to address HerNameIsNicole?) are able to ship out a single with intentions to actually release an ALBUM, go sit in your corner and listen to "The Makings Of Me".

BayAreaMami

Michella solo sux & might be next but LeToya sure as hell aint getting dropped by Capitol in this lifetime.

NickLacheyFan

Solange >>>>>>>>>>>>

Her album was fire, her music has quality and is unique, they are stupid for letting her go.

xoxokely

her album was amazeeeeeen! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

SuperShiro

Ya'll are saying that her album was great, but I bet maybe 1 or 2 of you actually bought it.. that's part of the reason why she was dropped.

Her album was really good, better than her sister's one and I hope another label will sign her and put in her the anount of effort that she's worth.

xoxokely

^well that's the biz..

professor2000

LMAO @ LeToya being next. She is that label's greatest chance at the Urban music front. Who else going to make money for them? MIMs? J Holiday? Hahaha....that's the beauty of her signing to a label like Capitol. Now if they could only start promoting her more , LMAO.

Anyways....I heard that Solange denied this on her twitter.

@ ladyroc.....wasn't Solange already signed to Columbia, that was when "Feelin' You" with NORE came out? I don't think they'll allow Solange to come back, not after that travesty of an album. Did she even sell 100K? LOL

.:Allen:.

Hopefully she will get signed again...

Nobue

As much as I liked Solange's album, this doesn't surprise me in the slightest. There was never much chance of mainstream commercial success for it, and it's hard to imagine that anyone at her label thought otherwise.