Published: Tuesday - June 20, 2006
Words by Jay Casteel
Loon (Photo: Boss Up Entertainment)
Former Bad Boy recording artist Loon is almost ready for his return, as he preps a new album under his own label, Boss Up Entertainment.
The new album, titled No Friends, will be his first since his 2003 self-titled debut with Diddy's Bad Boy label. Why No Friends? Well, according to Loon, it's just to show people he's doing it by himself this time.
"The reason I called it No Friends is because this is the first project that I've put together by myself," explained Loon. "I put it together to put something out for the streets and show some diversity and balance, things I never got to show on Bad Boy. This is me collaborating with my own artists and putting together some treats that people might not be used to be hearing from Loon."
The Harlem rapper does have some surprises for you on the new album, like when he calls out his former friend Ma$e on the track "What Happened To Pastor?" for flip-flopping between being a religious man and a gangster rapper.
"I got the record out there on my own independently and it made its waves," Loon says of "What Happened To Pastor?" "Now that you've got Ma$e's music pushed by the G-Unit machine, even though my record was hotter, his got visibility. I wanted people to hear my lyrical achievement."
Lyrical achievement is exactly what Loon is going for, as he sheds his ladies' man persona to unveil new, harder edged material, which he knows will surprise his fanbase.
No Friends is slated for release August 29 on Boss Up Entertainment/X-Ray Records.
The tracklist is as follows, according to a label spokesperson.
"Intro" "Run" "Skit 1" "Baby Ya Buggin'" "Eyes On U" "You Crazy" "Mobb Style" "Skit 2" "Live or Die" "Straightjacket" "Skit 3" "Came To Get Down" "Belly Dance" "Distracted" "Skit 4" "What Happened To Pastor?" "Think Again"
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