Based on numbers alone, you could look at Solange Knowles as
this era's answer to La Toya Jackson (although even La Toya went
Top 40 on the U.S. R&B singles chart a few times). She is the
decidedly less successful sibling of a musical icon (Beyoncé,
duh), although the desperation that tainted her earlier work
(even her relatively respected sophomore album Sol-Angel and the
Hadley St. Dreams) has by now evaporated.  Unlike La Toya,
Solange seems to figure that if you're going to be a flop, be a
fantastic flop. "Losing You" is, a strong contender for the
greatest thing she's recorded, a mixed-mood dirge that is based
on a loop of wild yelping (like new jack swing used to do when
it gently ripped off the Bomb Squad and also reminiscent of
Matthew Dear's most recent album). The track turns serious once
forlorn keyboards come in to damper the mood and Solange starts
lamenting a relationship's imminent death, returning to the
chorus over and over after just a few bars of verse, like she's
chanting it into making se