Solange released When I Get Home, her fourth full-length album, on Thursday night. The 19-track collection is her first since 2016s A Seat at the Table, and it includes contributions from Metro Boomin, Pharrell, Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler, the Creator, Playboi Carti and more.
Solange hinted at the release ofWhen I Get Homeearlier this week by revealing a new BlackPlanet page. Her site included cryptic phrases that could double as statements of artistic intent: An exploration of origin; I made the pilgrimage back to the pagoda of Third Ward Houston to answer this. In addition, the site included numerous photos shots of Solange, but also dancers executing acrobatic moves and men in cowboy outfits riding horses.
The star offered more Houston-centric clues about the nature of When I Get Homeon Instagram. In the caption of one post, she referenced Back Then, which was a Top 40 hit for the Houston rapper Mike Jones in 2005. In the caption of a different image, she paid tribute to Devin the Dude, another Houston-born MC.
Its been three years since Solange released A Seat at the Table, her commercial breakthrough: The album sold the equivalent of 72,000 copies opening week, delivering the singer her first Number One on the Billboard 200. In addition, A Seat at the Table yielded Solanges first two Hot 100 entries, Cranes in the Sky and Dont Touch My Hair. And while modern radio programmers generally favor rap over R&B, they made an exception for Cranes in the Sky, which also became a Top 25 hit on the airwaves.