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Highlights from her interview courtesy of Β COMPLEX:
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On how she first started her rebellion against the industry:Β βI wanted to make all of the creative artistic decisions but I wasnβt the one paying for it. And they didnβt fully trust me to make them,β she says. βEvery decision was a battle. It was exhausting. I wanted to be in a position where not only was the music fully my body of work, but everything thereafter was also my body of work. I knew that meant I had to leave and that I had to struggle.β
On being so ambitious in her own way:Β βI have a mother who never took no for an answer when it came to her creative pursuits,β Solange says. βShe started a hair salon in her spare bedroom and four years later had 30 employees. I have a father who was the first black student at his junior high and high school and had to do a lot to get to that point. So itβs really in my bloodline when it comes to having an idea and making it happen.β
On the writing/recording process with producer Dev Hynes for her newer music:Β βWe were either staying in a rented house or he was staying with me, my boyfriend, and my son. Everything that happened on this record was literally waking up, him usually before me, going and creating the bones to the track and then me rolling over and hearing it while Iβm fixing breakfast. When youβre making music like that, where itβs a natural extension of your day, itβs so much more enjoyable,β Solange says. βI remember being in writing sessions and having to put disclaimers out every time I was about to share something. You need to be in a space where you can just say, βAll right. This is what Iβm feeling.ββ
On her home life:Β βWhen Iβm home, Iβm just straight momminβ it,β Solange says of life in Brooklyn, which revolves around 8-year-old Juelz. βSchool runs, play dates, soccer games, etc. You have to constantly fight for that balance and now I kinda got it under control.β After a hectic few weeks on tour, sheβs looking forward to leaving town with Juelz later today for a two-week vacationβa week in L.A. and a week in New Orleans, where she feels very, very at home. βI go to crazy bounce clubs,β she says. βI eat crazy poβ boys, drink daiquiris. I ride my bike a lot.β
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Shay
May 15, 2013she is such a stunner!
ashleenhylton
May 16, 2013Reblogged this on AFutureExisting .
barbz
June 21, 2013hmmm..nice body