Update: Solange Says “I’m Here to Stay B*tches”

Posted on April 8th, 2009 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: Kelly Rowland, News, Solange

Posted by Bossip Staff

Solange Knowles on stage

Solo wants you to know that her faux artsy swag was not dropped from Geffen and Kelly doesn’t have squat to do with it:

Solange tweets: “stooopiddd iddddiots” rumor control for the day:) I was NOT released from Geffen/Interscope… now back to your regular scheduled program:)

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Peep the sordid details of Solange getting the axe, which may have close ties with Kelly Rowland’s exit from Columbia:

After intense promotion of her Geffen debut “Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams,” Solange Knowles has reportedly lost her deal with Geffen for a second album! Seen at seemingly every event under-the-sun since August, including both Fashion Rocks and Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York, Solange Knowles has been busy doing all she can to promote what ended up being her biggest album in terms of attention from mainstream media.

Unfortunately for the Lil Wayne dubbed “Solo,” Geffen Records says it is no longer interested in working with her business-wise due to abysmal sales of her debut which has sold nearly 139,000 copies since its release last August ! While news of Solange’s fate at Geffen is concerning, the way in which her management allegedly tried prevent the split from becoming major news is astonishing.

According to BV Buzz, Destiny’s Child songbird Kelly Rowland was seemingly thrown up as the sacrificial lamb last week when news broke that she had parted ways with Columbia as a solo artist in order to skirt by Solange’s exit from Geffen.

Contrary to early reports, Kelly Rowland and Columbia executive Robert Stringer amicably split due to Rowland’s decision to move forward with her solo career apart from longtime manager Matthew Knowles (Beyonce and Solange’s father/manager). “The decision for Kelly to seek other opportunities for her solo career was agreed upon mutually, and any reports to the contrary are false,” Stringer pointed out in a release last week.

According to a record label source, “Geffen did a one-off deal with Music World Entertainment for Solange and wasn’t interested in doing a new contract with her…. In the end, the CD didn’t sell despite Solange’s countless high profile appearances”.

All this sh*t sounds hella suspect. Everybody’s out there trying to covet as much stacks as possible. To be continued…

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  • cheni xoxo

    11st…about time….this i dont get this girl…what is she really about…she tries tooo hard to gain a certain image….and its nooottt workin…

  • POP & LOCK ( the real one)

    What?!!! Really?!!!

    STFW!

  • http://www.myspace.com/gazfynest FAT Girl FAT Thoughts

    sighs

  • a.ego84

    Ha 1st!!

  • JO JO

    I wonder if its the sales or her stank attitude.

  • http://www.bossip.com Toucheaway

    Oh, well. I wonder if she has to return her wigs to the record company?

  • Just plain ole Swag-

    T.O.N.Y don’t call me no mo’……..

    *singing*
    But T.O.N.Y’s not just a regular guuuuy..T.O.N.Y.’s actual-ly The Other Night Y….

    I would’ve been in love by now…if it wasn’t for T.O.N.Y

    **That’s my joint Solo…shout to Celo for helping you write that!!! It’s FIRE!!!**

  • mel

    There is a god now will she finally sit down an look after that child of hers

  • goodkarma

    Solange, honey no matter what you think, You are not different. No matter how you try, it is not working. Raise your son. Work behind the scenes. Stop wearing wigs.

  • Kanye Lover All Dai

    Wow… whats going on in the music industry?… Its probably the way she presents herself

  • http://twitter.com/MWNY ★MWNY★

    I bought Solo’s CD but if her father is as bad as they say I don’t think I will be purchasing anymore of Beyonce’s CD either. I can’t support his mean spirited ways.
    Twitter me:MWNY

  • jb_1030 (Cougar Shoenista in the making)

    Daddy said she didn’t get dropped. But who knows the truth

  • TYTY

    While i hate to admit it, this girl does have some talent, she is so OVERSHADOWED by beyonce, that she has gotten lost in that shadow. It’s really messed up. but she TRIED so hard to be different, that some people just DON’T get her.

  • Usher’s ex DON’T hate he is fugly now

    oh i haved moved on…blogging is just helluva fun if you take it with a pinch of salt no hard feeling the truth don’t care why should you

  • http://bossip jonny

    SOlange album Was ACTuallY ReaLLy GoOD!!!! KEllY ROcks!!! Aunt VIV CAn KisS mY AsS

  • http://dicooper.spaces.live.com/ DICooper

    I never heard the music and wouldn’t buy it but I wonder what her real target demographic was?

    Weren’t all those bases already covered? Is there some new genre of audience for cool, black, female vocalists that I don’t know about?

    We got like 100 of them on the set right now…

  • glok9isvery ‘how you doin?’

    Maybe she should have done a duet with Bey to boost sales. That would get her some attention.

  • SweetT

    wow. loved her cd. bought two copies. poor solo! :(

  • http://twitter.com/MWNY ★MWNY★

    I know she Tweeted that she was still on but on Geffen artists page she is not on there..
    Tweet w Me:: MWNY

  • Roe ski Love – The checks in the mail

    She should blame this on Tony.

  • Just plain ole Swag-

    @SweetT – EVERYONE who bought that album loves it…I predict it’s going to be a slow mover like Amy Winehouse and by the time people realize it’s good…it will be like 2 years old. (Keyshia Cole’s first CD did the same thing….it took about 2 years for people to warm up to her…while Ciara went platinum out the gate)

  • http://www.myspace.com/ocky_j Octavia

    “Maybe she should have done a duet with Bey to boost sales. That would get her some attention.”

    That might have been the way to go.

  • eva da diva

    Solange cd is really good people just rather hear bubble gum music like her sister and Soulja Boy

  • tah

    it really isnt a surprise to me i mean back then when her 1st cd came out, she didnt do well either, if not mistaken she was dropped before….hope this is a humbling experience for her

  • Ummmmmm….

    Hey Solange….they might be hiring on Celebrity Apprentice!!

  • Fierce Kitty

    @ eva da diva

    I hate that Soulja Boy song. Please…someone needs to turn his “swag” off. It ain’t hot. And is he singing or rapping? Either way, he needs to stop.

  • http://killmarryscrew.blogspot.com/ kill marry screw

    She’s almost D-list enough to be on VH1. Solange of Love anyone?

  • janb

    I don’t know what the big conspiracy is about. They should’ve never given Solange record deal to begin with.

  • http://wwww.myspace.com/aquamarine912 sweet_lies

    wow so kelly wasn’t dumped, solange was and matthew knowles spread rumors about kelly to distract from the fact that solange is an ABYSMAL failure! hahaha

    i knew kelly rowland was not dumped. she’s big in europe, she is very marketable, and her resume with Destiny’s Child will always open doors for her.

    (oh yeah, and shes…”talented”)

  • http://www.tmz.com Kiss and Tell

    I liked her until I saw her swing her neck at Riri. silly out of tune b***h.

  • sherockz1

    If she did get dropped again,…she should spend some years educating herself in college and law school.
    Then, if she still wanted to be in the “industry” she could be an entertainment lawyer for the money making machine called Beyonce…among others.

  • me (the original) RichardBibbs GTFO and no one gives a damn about millionaires club/chat/romances.com!!!

    What did Solange say about Beyonce?

  • me (the original) RichardBibbs GTFO and no one gives a damn about millionaires club/chat/romances.com!!!

    Not Beyonce, Rihanna?

  • Lady J

    I’m not surprised….SHE CAN’T SING!!! Sometimes it really is about talent…

  • Amazing Man

    Not everyone can be an A-List artist no matter how much they try to manufacture one. Kelly & Solange are both well known and have been in the news for years, so if they were ever going to make it big, it would have happened by now! You cannot make be like them or buy their CD’s!

  • Infamous

    ummm.
    im pretty sure she already set the record straight on her Twitter page the other day.
    Your facts are wrong, bossp

  • chaka1

    *snickers*
    She was actually pretty interesting. Trouble is, no one is really selling.

  • Allison Mae

    Solange CD was a banger, I can not lie. I listen to it all the time. I was actually rooting for her until she tried to break bad on that news reporter at Fox. Attitude is everything. People will remember you for your good attitude and for your bad attitude.

  • Positive Vibe

    Can’t say I have anything bad say. I haven’t heard Solange’s music, but as a woman and mother I think she is a good person. She is human so I’m sure at times her attitude may not be the best, but WE ALL have our days. Stay Positive Solange..Do you and GOD will continue to bless u. He will not close one door without opening another.

    Bless

  • http://www.tmz.com Kiss and Tell

    @ L m 4c

    Once I met Mattew Knowls and I made a mistake and told him that Beyonce and them was next door recording at Sony studios, when I was their. He was pist barely shook my hand.

  • Lil Mama C4

    LMAO@ Kiss and Tell thats what you called the group??..KUDOS to you girl! Would have love to been there!

  • wifey06

    THISIS WHAT THE KNOWLES FINALLY GET AND MORE IS COMING.. LOL

    BEYONCE TALKING ALL THAT TRASH ABOUT THE JACKSON LIKE HER FAMILY IS ANY BETTER. HER FATHER HAS KILLED SO MANY ARTIST CAREERS JUST TO FOCUS EVERYTHING ON BEYONCE….

    SOLANGE DESERVES TO BE DROPPED. THROWING MIC STAND IN CRODWS AND JUMPING ON THE CROWDS.. LIKED THE CD (BETTER THAN BEYONCE’S BUT YOU KNOW DAD WAS NOT GOING OTADVERTISE HER LIKE THAT) BUT SHE IS WHACK PERSONALLY!!

  • Allison Mae

    i agree with the person that says we all have our days with attitudes. that is so true. unfortunately for celebrities, the public is so unforgiving when it comes to their attitudes…

  • hotmilfchocolate

    dayyyyy-uuuuuuuummmm.

    only 59 comments (now 60).

    i guess nobody really gives a shiz about this, huh?

    i hear that.

  • Christmas Jones

    Solange annoys me because she has said repeatedly that she doesn’t want to be like her sister, but excuse me Solange, why are you a singer than? If it weren’t for Big Sis, you wouldn’t have the opportunity to do this, seeing that nobody is digging your style. Haha, its funny, but she should go to school and worry about that cutie of hers. That boy is so cute.

  • “Hooollllllaaaaa”…*Fierce Kitty Frankie*

    kill marry screw

    She’s almost D-list enough to be on VH1. Solange of Love anyone?
    *************************
    DEAD!!! LMAO, well if Ray-J is wack enough to get a show I think Solange has a pretty good chance of getting one soon!!! HaHa!

  • adeolamarie

    oh well…..

  • http://bossip too cute

    solange needs to sit down,no ones buying her crappy music,music today is just bad because anybody making music,with no true talent,don’t like anyone out there right now,bring back old school

  • Nadine

    She’s been releasing some good songs off her CD but her stuff aint selling. The music industry in general is becoming to be garbage nowadays. She better stick to acting cuz that seems to pay more bills than the shady music industry!

  • Just as I see it..

    @ Art of War..

    Damn that was long BUT a VERY VERY good read. Thanks for background info. I knew the music industry was/is in a sad state but I had NO idea how it got there. Now I finally got a clue.

  • imjustsayin

    I think Solange has missed a key point about the music industry. For all your strivings, it is music buyers who dictate whether or not you get to stay around. Despite your father’s connections, or your sister’s success. She never acted as a new artist working to endear herself to the audience. She has always come off with this sense of entitlement. She’s a delusional, self-absorbed brat. Attitude is everything. And I don’t doubt for one second that Matthew tried to sell her to Epic knowing that Kelly was in talks with them first. He’s a snake. Kelly did what she thought was best for her career back in the day by sticking by the Knowles’, but she may have to accept the fact that her career ends with Destiny’s Child. She threw the other girls under the bus knowing that they had legitimate complaints (even though they went about voicing them the wrong way) and she will just have to be happy with that which Matthew is willing to give her. Come on…she really trusted these people. She really thought that he was gonna evenly distribute the success between his family and you. The ironic thing is that Letoya may end up having the more successful solo career. Ain’t life funny. -imjustsayin

  • http://www.adultbbwmatch.com linda

    She is gorgeous. seems saw her before on a celebrity and dating site like adultbbwmatch.c o m or something where people can find their perfect matches or quality friendships. But don’t know if it is her.

  • Webster

    And another thang, Stop looking in Mustard Jars!

  • gapngucci

    this is crazy. solange’s cd was great. seriously.

    and i saw her live and she did well. tons of energy. fun concert.

    she’s silly, but underrated.

  • msmoss

    Twitter me: nalemoss

  • TR

    I think that everybody is expecting her to be as succesful as her sister. That is why she is trying to hard.

  • t

    Yeah TR I think you’re right. Solo is garbage and the boom has dropped. Kelly is trash too. The only women worth buying in the past 20 years was Toni Braxton, Miriah and Whitney. Period!

  • Christmas Jones

    @ Linda: Please go sit down.

    @ Solange: You are the stupid idiot. To think Beyonce wouldn’t overshadow you. Heres a clue: why not release an album when Beyonce is on her off time? That might help you sell 100-150 more copies. Ciao.

  • Christmas Jones

    @ARTOFWAR…I feel that.

    When I look for music these days, I look for the old school music I missed out on. I’m talking Oooooldddd schooool…because that music has real feeling, a real story, a real melody. Its crazy how times have changed.

    The technology we consider to be so advanced is what is causing us to retreat in a downward, backward spiral.

  • J

    Solange, honey no matter what you think, You are not different. No matter how you try, it is not working. Raise your son. Work behind the scenes. Stop wearing wigs.
    ^5

    THIS GIRL has a CHILD that she needs to be thinking about. That family and their priorities. Fame and Money at any cost is the Knowles motto.
    For the love of money…..They can’t have none of mine though.

  • hotmilfchocolate

    Solange tweets: “stooopiddd iddddiots” rumor control for the day:) I was NOT released from Geffen/Interscope… now back to your regular scheduled program:)

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    hey solo,

    you can call us stupid ‘biayatches’, k?!

    we can take it.

    *giggle*

  • http://bossip tina

    what is she wearing lol.

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