8 Things We Learned From Solange’s Interview Cover Story

2016 was the year that saw the success of Solange’s A Seat At The Table rival that of her big sister, Beyoncé’s own release, Lemonade. Okay, maybe not exactly rival it but it definitely made some loud noise.

Interview Magazine released a pretty cool one on one interview between Solange and her big sis n which the Queen B questioned Sol about everything from her inspirations to why she chose Master P to be her breakout album’s narrator.

Here are the 8 things we learned from Solange in Interview Magazine.

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1. A Seat At The Table Waiting Time

The creation of A Seat At The Table was a three-year passion project for Solange.

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2. Childhood Heroes

Growing up Solange was obsessed with Alanis Morrisette and Minnie Riperton. Can’t say we saw that coming, but we’re not totally surprised.

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3. Multi-Tasking

Solange would lock herself in her room to play her drum set and write her own songs. Aside from continuing to pen her own lyrics, Sol also co-produces her own tracks, writes the treatments for her videos and stages her performances and choreography.

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4. Master P

Solange chose Master P to speak on her album because she saw a lot of similarities between the No Limit general’s history and her own dad, Matthew Knowles. The two also have their own history as well as love and respect for each other.

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5. The Crane Kick

 No Jay-Z reference here. Solange said “Cranes In The Sky” was a song she wrote eight years ago after she came out of a relationship with her baby’s father and was going through the motions. The title itself stems from the real estate boom that was going on at the moment and she felt the cranes she saw hanging in the sky were “heavy and an eyesore” in what she felt was a peaceful haven she found in Miami.

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6. Mona Lisa Nod

Her album cover to A Seat At The Table was her own personal nod to Leonardo Davinci’s Mona Lisa painting with the clips representing “Holding it down until you can get to the other side.”

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7. Stereotypes

Solange feels that Black women are portrayed as women who can’t have a conversation without losing control and being emotionally intact. She aimed to dispel those stereotypes with her singing arrangements on her album.

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8. Nas

When Beyoncé introduced Solange to her hero, Nas, Sol cried and “acted a fool.” Imagine if Solange married Nas while Beyoncé was married to Jay-Z? It’d be like a Hip-Hop Game Of Thrones or something.

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