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  • Artist: Solange Knowles
  • Rating: StarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: January 21, 2003
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album, Enhanced CD-ROM
  • Genre: Rhythm & Blues

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Manager and record company president Mathew Knowles, having established Destiny's Child -- featuring his daughter, Beyoncé Knowles -- as the top female vocal group of the early 21st century, has gone on to try to build an empire that includes solo releases from each of the group members, an acting career for Beyoncé, and, now, the premature emergence of younger daughter Solange as a Solo Star, or so the album title would have it. Executive producer Knowles has surrounded Solange with a bevy of trendy writer/producers, including the Underdogs, Platinum Status, Timbaland, the Neptunes, and Rockwilder, along with such guest stars as B2K and Lil' Romeo. The result is a state-of-the-art contemporary R&B album full of big beats, catchy choruses, and gimmicky production effects. But the nominal star of the show is lost somewhere in the mix. It doesn't help that the 16-year-old has a thin, undeveloped voice that is easily overwhelmed. The way to deal with that, of course, is to cut back on the busy production. Solange impresses most when the arrangements are simpler, such as on "Crush" and "Wonderland," when she doesn't have to work as hard to be heard. But there aren't enough tracks like those on the album to allow the listener to tell whether there is any talent here, or whether Solange is just another cog in her daddy's entertainment machine. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Feelin' You, Pt. 2 N.O.R.E., Solange Knowles Solange Knowles, N.O.R.E., Slim Thug, Solange (4:06)
Ain't No Way (Lyrics) Solange Knowles (3:44)
Dance With You Tony Oliver, Ketrina Askew, Jerome Jones, Solange Knowles Solange Knowles, B2K, Solange (3:03)
Get Together (Lyrics) Solange Knowles (4:15)
Crush (Lyrics) Solange Knowles (4:33)
So Be It (Lyrics) Solange Knowles, Troy Johnson Solange Knowles (4:08)
True Love (Lyrics) Luther Vandross, Master P Solange, Solange Knowles, Lil' Romeo (3:49)
Feel Good Song A. Jackson, Solange Knowles Solange Knowles (3:28)
Wonderland Rockwilder, Solange Knowles Solange Knowles (4:03)
This Could Be Love Troy Johnson, Solange Knowles Solange Knowles (4:04)
Feelin' You, Pt. 1 Solange Knowles Solange Knowles (3:22)
Just Like You (Lyrics) Solange Knowles Solange Knowles (3:36)
Thinkin' About You Joseph Barbera Solange Knowles, Murphy Lee, Solange (4:04)
Solo Star (Lyrics) Solange Knowles Solange Knowles (3:14)
I Used To (Lyrics) A. Jackson, Solange Knowles Solange Knowles (3:27)
Sky Away (Lyrics) Solange Knowles Solange Knowles (3:55)
[Untitled Track] Solange Knowles (:04)
[Untitled Track] Solange Knowles (:04)
[Untitled Track] Solange Knowles (:04)
[Untitled Track] Solange Knowles (3:21)
[Untitled Track] Solange Knowles (3:46)
[Untitled Track] Solange Knowles (5:08)

Credits

Damon Elliott (Keyboards), Timbaland (Producer), Damon Elliott (Drum Programming), Huy Nguyen (A&R Assistance), Rich Balmer (Engineer), Troy Johnson (Engineer), Brian Garten (Engineer), Chris Stokes (Producer), Emily Lazar (Mastering), William Burke (Programming), Tony Maserati (Mixing), Alonzo Jackson (Producer), Dexter Simmons (Mixing), Linda Perry (Producer), Damon Elliott (Producer), Ethan Willoughby (Assistant), Solange Knowles (Producer), Scot "Gusty" Christensen (Engineer), Cedric Courtois (Producer), Myke Diesel (Engineer), Myke Diesel (Mixing), Huy Nguyen (Artist Coordination), Rockwilder (Producer), Timbaland (Mixing), Damon Elliott (Percussion), Platinum Status (Producer), Myke Diesel (Producer), Solange Knowles (Vocal Producer), Beyoncé (Producer), Mathew Knowles (Executive Producer), Dabling Harward (Recording), Ramon Morales (Engineer), John Czornyj (Mixing), Jimmy Douglass (Mixing), Troy Johnson (Producer), Erica Dymakkus (Vocals (Background)), Mark Penn (Producer), Michael McClain (Producer), Serban Ghenea (Mixing), Bruce Buechner (Engineer), Dave Pensado (Mixing), Kevin Parker (Mixing), Damon Elliott (Engineer), Skip Burrow (Engineer), Talib Kareem (Producer), Kim Burse (A&R), Kandi Burruss (Producer)
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Solo Star
Studio album by Solange
Released Japan December 26, 2002
United States January 21, 2003
Recorded 2002–2003
Genre R&B
Length 73:27
Label Columbia/Music World
Producer Solange Knowles, Timbaland, The Neptunes, Jermaine Dupri, Linda Perry, Beyoncé Knowles, The Underdogs, Platinum Status, Rockwilder, The Bama Boyz
Professional reviews
Solange chronology
Solo Star
(2003)		 Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams
(2008)

Solo Star is the debut album by American singer Solange Knowles, released by Columbia Records and Music World on December 26, 2002 in Japan and January 21, 2003 (see 2003 in music) in the United States. It debuted and peaked at number forty-nine on the U.S. Billboard 200 and number twenty-three on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in early February 2003.

Contents

Chart performance

The album underperformed in the United States, selling 112,000 copies according to Nielsen Soundscan, and dropped off the chart five weeks after its debut. The only two singles released from the album, the N.O.R.E.-featured "Feelin' You (Part II)" and the Neptunes-produced "Crush", failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Solange is no longer with Columbia Records, The album is very rare and no longer in print. The popular online music website iTunes does not sell the album; very few stores may still have copies of the album, but once out the album will be no longer available.

This was Solange's first and last album on Columbia.

Track listing

  1. "Feelin' You (Part II)" (featuring N.O.R.E.) – 4:06
  2. "Ain't No Way" – 3:44
  3. "Dance with You" (featuring B2K) – 3:03
  4. "Get Together" – 4:15
  5. "Crush" – 4:33
  6. "So Be It" – 4:08
  7. "True Love" (featuring Lil' Romeo) – 3:49
  8. "Feel Good Song" – 3:28
  9. "Wonderland" – 4:03
  10. "This Could Be Love" – 4:04
  11. "Feelin' You (Part I)" – 3:22
  12. "Just like You" – 3:36
  13. "Thinkin' about You" (featuring Murphy Lee) – 4:04
  14. "Solo Star" – 3:14
  15. "I Used To" – 3:27
  16. "Sky Away" – 3:55

Tracks 17, 18 and 19 are four seconds of silence each, with these bonus tracks following.

  1. "This Song's for You" - 3:20
  2. "Naive" (duet with Beyoncé featuring Da Brat) – 3:45
  3. "Feelin' You (Part II)" (Chopped & Screwed Remix) - 5:22
Japanese edition
  1. "Feelin' You (Part I)" – 3:22
  2. "Just like You" – 3:36
  3. "Thinkin' About You" (featuring Murphy Lee) – 4:04
  4. "Solo Star" – 3:14
  5. "I Used to" – 3:27
  6. "Sky Away" – 3:55
  7. "Naïve" (duet with Beyoncé featuring Da Brat) – 3:45
  8. "Blinded" - 5:08
  9. "This Song's for You" (hidden track) – 3:20
  10. "This Could Be Love" (hidden track) – 4:04

Re-release

Released on November 14, 2006

  1. "Ain't No Way" – 3:44
  2. "Dance with You" (featuring B2K) – 3:03
  3. "Get Together" – 4:15
  4. "Crush" – 4:33
  5. "So Be It" – 4:08
  6. "Wonderland" – 4:03
  7. "This Could Be Love" – 4:04
  8. "Feelin' You" (featuring Slim Thug) – 4:03
  9. "Bring It on Home" (S.Knowles, Bama Boyz, B. Taylor)– 3:47
  10. "Feelin' You" (Nu Soul Remix) – 7:13
  11. "Naïve" (Maurice Joshua Remix) (duet with Beyoncé featuring Da Brat) – 3:37
  12. "Crush" (Vibelicious Remix) – 6:24

Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 49
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 23


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