Before A Seat at the Table made her one of the most acclaimed artists of the 2010s, Solange was writing hit songs for her sister's albums, briefly filling in as a backup dancer for Destiny's Child, and getting married at 17. On this LIVE episode of 50 for 50, hosts Garrett Gonzales and Mike Joseph trace her full arc — from a teenage songwriting credit on Beyoncé's "Get Me Bodied" to the album that made her a Grammy winner and a genuine genre-shifting force in R&B.
In this episode:
Solange's real origin story — Destiny's Child backup dancer, teen bride, ghostwriter for her sister, and the slow build to her own artistic identity
How A Seat at the Table came together over nearly a decade, including a "Cranes in the Sky" backstory that starts eight years before the album's release
A full track-by-track deep dive, including the making of the record in a house on a former sugar plantation in New Iberia, Louisiana
Studio stories straight from Raphael Saadiq on what it actually took to bring the album together
Why Solange and Beyoncé became the first sisters to each land a #1 album in the same year
Grammy wins, an absolutely stunning Grammy snub, and our Hot Take on the whole thing
The dream collaborator debate — plus a real look at who Solange has actually worked with, from Saadiq to Dev Hynes to Kelela
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