I knew it would not be long before young music starlet Solange Knowles (aka Solange or Solo) got the chance to scholar in her own right with the new album appropriately entitled SoL-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams (Music World Ent./Geffen). Featured guest appearances on this project, both composition and production, include Bama Boyz, Bilal, Mark Ronson, and The Neptunes to name just a few.

Hadley Dreams is a jazzy tune composed of soul and blues to last a lifetime; to give you a general idea, some of Hadley Dream’s tracks can cite old inspiration from Diana and The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis as far as production. Overall, Hadley Dreams is a bluesy, harmonic, melancholy — yet “When all is said and done, move on with stride“-type of record.

I think Solange has grown — not only as a singer — but also as a songwriter, it really shows, especially with the album Hadley Dreams; with sounds spouting from the 70s/80s, this album is like a groovy gem! I think Solange flourishes eclectically with this entire project and I am just so amazed of the talent spewing from this artist creatively as a whole.

My recommended track listens would have to be “T.O.N.Y.“, which is definite single material, “Would’ve Been the One“, “6′O Clock Blues“, “Dancing in the Dark“, “Valentines Day“, and the melodic “Cosmic Journey“.

The album, Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams (Music World Ent./Geffen) will be available in stores August 26th and will include the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart-topping hit “I Decided” and “Sandcastle Disco“. Click Here To Listen To Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams!

Solange’s official site, MySpace, Blog, YouTube.

I posted a few candids of Dawn & Que last week and posed a question. With Beyonce and Jay-Z we have “Jayonce.” With Chris Brown and Rihanna we have “Chrianna.” Now, with Dawn & Que making their rounds as a couple, what the hell should we call them? Well, a couple of our loyal readers came up with some great suggestions that the rest of us can vote on! I’ll leave this poll up for about a week, and the nickname with the most votes is what we over here at T2W will call them. Let’s see how far this catches on, and once it does, you’ll know where it started ;-)

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(Former) First Lady of Turks & Caicos Islands, Lisa Raye, was spotted looking beautiful as ever as she arrived at Mr. Chows in Los Angeles via a white Rolls Royce. It doesn’t look like she’s letting this whole situation with her husband creeping with Rocsi get to her. Lisa Raye if you need a shoulder to cry own, hit me up! I’m here for you ;-)

In this edition of “Who Owns the Look” we have Singer Beyonce and rapper Tyga both rocking the same ($28) Obey Obama Progress Tee. Beyonce was spotted wearing her shirt earlier this year in NYC, while Tyga was spotted wearing last week at an airing of FNMTV. So we must ask the question … WHO OWNS THE LOOK?

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Check out fine ass Hoopz on the cover of the October 2008 “Pretty Young Things” issue of King Magazine. Say what you want about the girl. But one thing you cannot say is that she isn’t using her 15 minutes of fame wisely. I swear, those chicks from Flavor of Love have had the longest 15 minutes ever! Shout-out to LexAve over at Straight Outta NYC for the cover.