Dawn Richard has been on quite the journey – one which has finally birthed her debut solo album ‘GoldenHeart’.
The former Danity Kane and Diddy-Dirty Money diva has spent the last 18 months drumming up a buzz with edgy videos and ambitious creative concepts, all of which she’ll be hoping give a sales boost to the LP when it hits stores on January 15th via Altavoz Distribution.
With less than a week remaining before the project arrives, Richard has shared snippets of each track. Preview the set below…
36 COMMENTS
Lax
January 8, 2013 at 8:35 am
dawn is a very Talented Artist and she’s very Beautiful!!
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King B>Rihanna
January 8, 2013 at 8:36 am
I have to hear the full thing.
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ROBBiE ROCKiNGTON
January 8, 2013 at 8:39 am
No thanks.
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HALF AMAZIN
January 8, 2013 at 10:35 am
Don’t thumbs someone down if they don’t like it. Especially if they haven’t been rude about it
I personally love this. I have her EP “Armour On”. She definitely has a sound that you’ll either love or hate. I think it’s dark and mysterious like some stuff by Esthero, Portishead, Sade, etc. If you’re only a fan of Billboard 100 type stuff then you probably won’t get it or like it and that’s cool. Some music isn’t meant to be radio friendly. Some of it is really artistic expression through sounds. Dawns voice rides the beat and the listening experience tells a story. Same way I feel when I listen to The Archandroid by Janelle Monae. I will be buying! Can’t wait to hear the full songs!
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Mezzy borrow
January 8, 2013 at 10:49 am
I will thumb down who the fuck i want regardless of rude or not why make a comment like that in the first place is complete utter bullshit and completely uncalled for nonsense i will do as i please so fuck YOU!!! and usually when someone says something like that it’s for shade and it is rude dumbass stop acting like your all so classy and proper
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Mr. GQ
January 8, 2013 at 8:53 am
Yes Dawn! The album sounds amazing!
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queen ciara best performer ever is back!!!!!
January 8, 2013 at 9:00 am
wow im surprised!!!! love it.will buy for sure
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Ciara's Prince
January 8, 2013 at 9:02 am
Im definitely supporting her!! Dawn is a beast!!!
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Flop Cheeta Whora gave Rob an STD from her 20 guys
January 8, 2013 at 9:20 am
Well Sam,
You have no know the truth. NY post has just confirmed that Rita Whora is back to whore ways. Rob said she slept with famous guys – one of those guys was Evan Ross. Evan Ross has a Longterm GF. Well, even her tour in at the end of this month – The tour that her management are trying to sell on twitter Instead of rehearsing, she was in NYC, hanging out at jay z club, taking pics of herself on rooftop AND…………publicly kissing up on EVAN ROSS at the gold bar in NYC.
What kind of nonsense is this? And they say this whore is gonna end rih’s career? HOW, buy fucking every dude she meets in clubs?
Why is Beyonce endorsing this dirty eastern european girl? Pouring all this money into a lazy hypersexual cocky slut, who seems to party and fuck more than DROP AN LP IN AMERICA.
beyonce self esteem must be at an all time low for her to act as suger mommy to this trick.
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Love Kelly
January 8, 2013 at 1:46 pm
………back to the post. Dawn sound is an acquired taste and I’m grateful good taste live well in my gene pool.
I’ll be buying this cd.
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Nay nay
January 8, 2013 at 9:30 am
FLOP!
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Love Kelly
January 8, 2013 at 1:49 pm
Well, even if this sell 100 copies Dawn can sleep safe in the knowledge that she will see a good 90% of that bank. Ya fav sees a good 1%……long live the smart indie flop making that good buck off their blood sweat and tears.
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Flop Cheeta Whora gave Rob an STD from her 20 guys
January 8, 2013 at 9:45 am
I do not think Dawn is liked in the black community as much as Jhene Aiko. Why? Discuss………….
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STONY
January 8, 2013 at 9:51 am
SHE HAS NO HITS IN ALL THIS MESS SORRY FLOP
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Flop Cheeta Whora gave Rob an STD from her 20 guys
January 8, 2013 at 10:45 am
I agree. First of all……There is no radio song. Second – rically, I did not detect a sense of what she was tryna to say. Third – the production sounds the same, and I do not feel she worked with a producers who can do the eclectic lykke lykke, bjork, florence welch sound she was going for.
Fourth – it is not organic and very contrived. Fifth – she sounds TOO much like Brandy.
Sixth – aside from knowing how to sing, she just does not have enough talent in writing or artistry to set her apart from other chicks. If you are gonna be all left field, you need alot inner creative yolk to real pull it off.
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Mezzy borrow
January 8, 2013 at 10:55 am
you know what SHUT THE FUCK UP and stop acting like some damn music vent critic which in all actually you know nothing.. off topic why are you so obsessed/pressed over rita like can you be more pathetic to worry about someone who doesn’t know you even exist?
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Flop Cheeta Whora gave Rob an STD from her 20 guys
January 8, 2013 at 11:11 am
Mission accomplished: I have taken a year off your life by raising your blood pressure.
PS: Both Rita Whora and Dawn Richards will both be dropped this year. fuckyoflops/
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credits
January 8, 2013 at 12:26 pm
correct me if i am wrong but neither did frank ocean.
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SentFromUpAbove
January 8, 2013 at 10:20 am
I have pre-ordered my copy…. i heard the intro and was like HELLL NAWWWW!?!? this sounds like such a journey, i’m excited…… nobody sounds like this…..
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A simple critique.
January 8, 2013 at 3:27 pm
Oh here we go with that shit again. You know u ain’t pre-ordered shit. lmaooooooo
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UnderRated Artist Lover
January 8, 2013 at 10:48 am
#Hearts #Heaux SHe cant Flop b/c she’s independent…so as long as she makes money, she’ll succeed…I have her mixtape A Tell tale Heart, her Armor On EP, & her Xmas Whiteout EP…Dawn Richard is the female Frank Ocean, but a bit more artistic, she has a “sound” & creative direction in her videos & the GoldenHeart Trilogy will be epic!!!
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Flop Cheeta Whora gave Rob an STD from her 20 guys
January 8, 2013 at 11:12 am
Ok, she will never be A list singer.
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Love Kelly
January 8, 2013 at 1:54 pm
If Rihanna is your ideal A list singer then I’ll gladly keep supporting the less fucked up listers making art and not playing “dream life” when she’s really living a lifeyou wouldn’t wish on their worst enemy.
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laytee
January 8, 2013 at 11:05 am
to whoever asked: jhenes music is organic, simple, soulful, thought-provoking and catchy. the average music listener will not appreciate dawns music regardless of their racial ethnicity. dawns music isn’t my cup of tea, but i wish her all of the best. she was my fave in dk.
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Flop Cheeta Whora gave Rob an STD from her 20 guys
January 8, 2013 at 11:12 am
Dawn is not organic.
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laytee
January 8, 2013 at 11:30 am
i didn’t say dawn was organic…..
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Lord
January 8, 2013 at 11:47 am
we all know she will never be successful
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D.Scott
January 8, 2013 at 12:17 pm
Sounds solid so far
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aaa
January 8, 2013 at 1:27 pm
Geezzz! Why comment If you don’t like her? You guys just love to watch peoples downfall don’t cha? Anyway dawn’s amazing and Im not the only one ,so If you don’t like her, fine…move on.
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KC36
January 8, 2013 at 1:58 pm
I like what I am hearing. Guess I will be getting this on the 15th.
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desi
January 8, 2013 at 4:57 pm
Dawn love u but everything sound the same hunh.. huhnnnnnnnnh or yeah yeahiiiyeah in every song. And your vocal r not strong enough. Pretty Wicked thing stood out to me that’s it ! I’m still rooting for u though
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Maestro J*
January 8, 2013 at 7:34 pm
Although I consider myself a Dawnimite(patten pending) Im not quite feeling this yet. I need to hear the album in full before I make a judgement.
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Fran
January 8, 2013 at 9:42 pm
Frankly, these snippets are just as good as Chamnel Orange. Dawn is proving why music truly has the wrong priorities. This album is fantastic and indeed Grammy worthy.
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HEARTS HEAUX!!!!!!!!!
January 9, 2013 at 12:24 am
DAWN IS KILLING EVERY SINGER IN THE GAME WITH THIS ALBUM!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE MOST COHESIVE ALBUM I’VE HEARD IN YEARS!!!!!! SHE WENT FOR BLOOD ON THIS ALBUM!!!!!! ALOT OF THESE SINGERS SHOULD TAKE NOTES FROM HER!!! CAUSE SHE IS SETTING THE BAR FOR R&B & POP IN 2013!!!!!!!! TEAMDAWN!!!!!!!!!
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Naomi
January 9, 2013 at 2:06 am
It drops on my Bday!!!!
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Anwar*s light
January 13, 2013 at 7:54 pm
Dawn shine your light ,, your the most amazing singer in the universe you sooo f*** dope you outa space and they can’t take it _Yo army of hearts here 100% gota back ! Mwwuahhhh!!!
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