I had such high hopes for Solange. After numerous praises by Kelly Rowland and her sister Beyonce I was expecting a lot. I also had such high hopes 'cause of her song writing and producing credits. I also found out that she worked with a number of impressive talents on SOLO STAR. Production credits and writing credits are given to such high-profile names as Timbaland, The Neptunes, and even Linda Perry. Taking all of that into consideration, I expected a lot.

I was totally let down after l listened to SOLO STAR. I should've known that Solonge's age got the best of her instead of the many talents that took part in this project. SOLO STAR is very immature, and surprisingly bland. Even the Timbaland track "get together" doesn't hold up at all. The only worthy song on this CD is "crush", which the Neptunes produced. The rest of SOLO STAR is a downright mess.

Most songs range from OK to downright bad. I think Solange should take a few years to develop herself more as a songwriter/producer before calling the shots. Now on to her vocals. Sonlange has a nice voice. She can carry a note and you can defiantly feel what she's saying on songs like "crush". The only other worthy song is "feelin' you (part 2)", and a close 3rd place would have to be "sky away".

SOLO STAR contains a bunch of hidden tracks after "sky away" but none of them are worth mentioning. SOLO STAR is a big let down.

Solange's debut cd Solo Star has come with a little bit more anticipation than most people's first record. Being the little sister of superstar Beyonce Knowles means you have some big shoes to fill. And Solange pulls the feat off nicely, but leaves room for some improvement. Solange, who has a nice voice, seems to be using this disc as practice to find out what all her voice can do. She hits the high notes and the low notes in many of the wrong places which leaves me to believe that a couple years of practice would have given her a much more stellar debut. With this compilation, Solange shows she is nothing more than the average r&b singer who can get more attention because her sis is famous; which would explain the rush on her debut while Beyonce is still planted so firmly in the limelight. I think many people will like this effort. There are certainly some good songs on it. The highlights include Feelin' You (Part 2 featuring N.O.R.E.), Dance With You (Featuring B2K), Get Together, Thinkin' About You (Featuring Murphy Lee Of The St. Lunatics) and Solo Star. Sadly as you can see like most r&b/pop stars today, she'll take all the help from other artists she can get. I encourage everyone who plans on buying this cd to keep in mind what a great star Solange might be one day, but with this disc she just isn't it yet. Also, if you like Solange, I reccomend picking up Nivea's debut cd which is much better in my opinion.

if you're 14 get this nothing really makes me wanna buy this cd features lame cameos from b2k, and noreaga still it's not the best and just more commercial garbage put out for profit pass please.

Maybe it's just my age but this cd was defintely on the children's side. The Lyrics were very bubbly and kind of cheesy. And so were some of the beats.The songs I do like are Feelin You,Feel Good Song, Crush, SkyAway and Naive. The rest were just ok and some where really corny. I think this cd will only be appealing to Middle School girls. There are alot of tracks on this cd but more effort should have been put into the music and lyrics. Sorry Solange, I don't think your ready to go solo yet.

not a bad cd if you'ere all on the destiny's child-beyonce banfwagon but a shame this was'nt promoted more but then again solange will alwayus follow b's shadow.