Rap-Up.com || New Music: Solange – ‘Left Side Drive’

Solange digs in the crates and shares a previously unheard song with her fans. Written two years ago over Scottish duo Boards of Canada’s “Left Side Drive,” the 24-year-old singer gently coos over the electronic beat.

“It’s completely unofficial, and was just inspired by the song which i have had a deep love affair with for years,” she explained, adding, “I am a huge Boards of Canada fan, and got the chance to work with them on Sol-Angel on ‘This Bird’. Still feel honored to this day.”

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38 Comments

Yeah
May 1st, 2011 at 1:47 pm
cool

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May 1st, 2011 at 1:49 pm
Ooh, I love this. Say what you want about her career or her personal life, but Sol-Angel was a beast of an album and I love that she’s doing something different than you’d expect. Gorgeous song.

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ponyo Reply:
May 1st, 2011 at 7:47 pm
@…, she is her last album is great

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mal
May 1st, 2011 at 1:56 pm
YASS SOLO!

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KMart
May 1st, 2011 at 2:20 pm
this is nice..mmm

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RunDaWorld-Ciara!
May 1st, 2011 at 2:33 pm
sounds a lil bit like Kelly Rowland but this song is ok but not so … Good

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Angel in Disquise
May 1st, 2011 at 2:53 pm
I like it. Solange is doing her own thing and I respect that. It’s not that commercial but that doesn’t matter. She’s slowly finding her voice, and what she’s produces has been good 2nd album onwards.

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Mike504
May 1st, 2011 at 2:53 pm
I actually like this. I slept on Solange, but I’ve heard a few songs I like and her style is pretty cool. I might have to go and check her out on iTunes now.

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-_-
May 1st, 2011 at 2:58 pm
umm are we listening to the same song? or is it just my head phones? this sound horriable to me(not hating b/c I loved I decided) but this drowns her voice and makes it sound bland

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Dallas Champ
May 1st, 2011 at 3:06 pm
beautiful song & I am not a fan of her music.

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Lisa
May 1st, 2011 at 3:39 pm
She is so amazing. Her last album was a masterpiece. I cannot wait for her next album.

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maya
May 1st, 2011 at 3:58 pm
I’m feeling it, real smoove feel. Like that she’s not trying to be all mainstream like her sister…

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Ms Marley
May 1st, 2011 at 6:15 pm
Are Yal CRAZY this is beautiful Solange gets overlooked so much cuz her sister is beyonce but she had and amazing album listen to her songs T.O.N.Y,I decided,or her Kanye Cover song “Fuck The Industry” get hip to more then whats on the RADIO and diff Genre and styles

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buddyreal
May 1st, 2011 at 6:40 pm
you can always count on her vocals to be on point..indeed

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LIVE_4_MUSIC
May 1st, 2011 at 7:46 pm
PERFECT…LY DONE

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ponyo
May 1st, 2011 at 7:51 pm
pls don’t sleep on solange……her last album is a masterpiece…i wish she would get a little more credit

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Heminem
May 1st, 2011 at 8:28 pm
Sounds like a Mariah Carey freestyle. Cool

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Drew
May 1st, 2011 at 9:41 pm
Solange makes good music

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BOC
May 2nd, 2011 at 12:21 am
Ewwwww. Sounds infinitely better without the singing.

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blor
May 2nd, 2011 at 12:24 am
the ‘music’ itself was Boards of Canada, Solange has a good voice.

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kiki.
May 2nd, 2011 at 12:24 am
i’m lovin this track had it in my head from last night.. can’t wait for the album.

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halolain
May 2nd, 2011 at 2:15 am
The music is great, the vocals are just annoying & completely ruin it.

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ZOG
May 2nd, 2011 at 3:10 am
BOC for the win!

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BOC FTW
May 2nd, 2011 at 5:10 am
This is alright to me, her last one with BOC was muck! Didnt work for me.

Everyone on here needs to check out boards of canada’s albums all the way back to the Twoism EP from 1995, they are amazballs!

Bring on there next album! Its been 6 years since TCHP

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May 2nd, 2011 at 3:54 pm
No no no no no and another NO.
This is just raping the beautiful BoC song by repressing it to the back
Drop the voice Bring on the noize. PURE electronix!
ONLY make a remix when asked. This is just trying to hitchhike the BoC Flow.

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bebe/jayfannn
May 2nd, 2011 at 4:11 pm
niccccc;-)

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Jay
May 2nd, 2011 at 5:43 pm
Really feelin this song. She sounds great. And her last album was mos def Grammy worthy.

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Me
May 2nd, 2011 at 9:02 pm
lol she should just open a shop and sell all the millions of flowers n gifts beyonce receives, she’ll b more successful! lol

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Nick
May 3rd, 2011 at 10:13 am
Boards of Canada is a band with over 175,000 fans on Facebook and putting out tunes (3 albums and 5 eps) since the mid 90′s on the preeminent electronic music label Warp Records. Solange, by comparison has only 18,000 Facebook fans. Face it: Boards of Canada is more famous than Solange.

I mean it is great that she has good taste in music while most of the attention she gets is from fans of her sisters pop music, but let’s just put things in perspective. If you don’t like the song she is singing to you are in the minority and you disagree with her.

She basically did the same thing with the Boards of Canada track “Slow this Bird Down” with her tune “This Bird” on Sol-Angel, she sang over their tune. My guess is that she probably licensed Left Side Drive at the same time but the label cut it from the album.

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alltabletsIZmysons
May 3rd, 2011 at 8:22 pm
so under rated…beyonce is queen…but solange is the truth behind the genes…its nice to see her blossom into what she is now…almost indie…i need her to release an incredible album…i believe her next venture will be worthy…not that it isnt now…she is def on the right path direction…

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jb
May 4th, 2011 at 6:23 pm
It looked she like found sound….

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bri
May 20th, 2011 at 1:26 pm
man.. I love BoC :)

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