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Jan 7, 2013This is a promising prelude to Solange's third proper album.
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Jan 8, 2013This is a fully realised tribute to early 80s pop-RnB music, filled with candy-sweet keyboard sounds and beats that could be the work of a battered old Casio drum machine.
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Jan 7, 2013This isn't pop music in her sister's obvious, melismatic, and melodramatic mold; rather it's pop music for people who didn't know they were looking for pop music.
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Nov 29, 2012With seven tracks, it's more assertive than an EP but without the fully developed personality of an album. It's just enough that we know where Knowles stands: on her own.
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Nov 27, 2012Solange delivers an EP stocked with promising parts slightly dashed by a burgeoning identity crisis.
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Entertainment WeeklyNov 30, 2012The strong '80s nostalgia here could wear thin for some, but Solange's singular charms stretch far. [7 Dec 2012, p.75]
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Jan 8, 2013What's best, despite its New York-centric vibe, those locals looking for a beat-heavy record to crank at full volume while stuck in Los Angeles traffic need look no further.
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Nov 27, 2012It showcases Solange's experimentation at its best, but is only a prelude to a full album in 2013.
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Dec 13, 2012It is a strikingly unique take on soul music in a year when there's a lot of competition from other R&B artists pushing the genre's boundaries.
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Jan 7, 2013It's good time music written to the sound of heartbreak and everyday affairs, which makes it even more relatable, accessible even.
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Nov 27, 2012In the past, Solange dabbled with genres and moods like finger-paints; with True, she's made some bold, inventive brushstrokes.
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Nov 27, 2012True, a thematically consistent whole, sounds like the product of a lovingly forged artistic bond.
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Dec 3, 2012The 26-year-old goes all-in with the hipsters, swathing herself in melancholy synths. It's an awkward pivot.
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Dec 7, 2012Even under a half hour, it still manages to wear itself out.
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Dec 14, 2012There's a simultaneously appealing and slightly off-putting looseness to all this, conjuring the sort of drowsiness where you'd rather sleep for a week straight than let in more heartbreak.
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Dec 18, 2012It's the self-possession of lyrics like these, and Solange's newfound love for sincere, catchy hooks, that make True the best work of her young career and one of most irresistible pop records of 2012.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 92 out of 103
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Mixed: 6 out of 103
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Negative: 5 out of 103
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