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Quotecurlyheadedblackboy
Here is my official cover art for "TRU", the ep, which will be available for pre order this week on iTunes. This photo means a lot to me.
It's not about exploiting myself, as many would like to believe. Yet, it is about accepting myself for how I am. Letting go of all the fears, inhibitions, and insecurities that exist inside of all of me sometimes.
Embracing the fact that my "flaws" are only projected onto me by others, but never existent inside of my own mind, because there are no perfect people out here in this world. And it's about eliminating the gimmicks, the magic tricks, the stage antics. No auto tune when I record.
No photoshop when I'm photographed. No pretending I'm something I'm not. I can accept what I have instead of longing for what I wish I did, and I know that even though that may not be good enough for everybody, somebody will love me more for it. #TRU #December9
Well come back then king :flamebroiled:
:ohwow:
dis must be wat some people try to give with their hair choices :dead:
Oh this is sexy. I'm using this Tarzan mess.
Damn
Always thought he was sexy af.
Jesus.... He's always looked amazing
gonna buy just because
woo always was a stan lolz
would buy 3 copies if he moved his hand lmao! :letsmessfag:
Lloyd has always had a nice body.
More impressed by the overall cover.
Can't wait. Tru is one of my fave songs this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHKKZbW9YHc
:stressed:
His voice/ tone is so beautiful
This Is sexy af
Love his hair
Don't even care what it sounds like, I want it. And I want him in me.
:young:
yes! :flamebroiled:
Quote from: ill na na on November 26, 2016, 05:39:15 PM
Quote from: BEST OF ME on November 26, 2016, 05:36:13 PM
Lloyd has always had a nice body.
More impressed by the overall cover.
a very very
very
nice bahvey
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omf
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:ack:
I honestly never saw it for him until this moment
Wows
:ohwow:
Tracklist
1. "Tru"
2. "Heavenly Body" f/ Rick Ross
3. "Holding"
4. "Excited"
5. "Tru (Remix)" f/ 2 Chainz (Bonus)
Quote
On the cover art:
?It was really more of an introspective thing. Although what you see on the outside is a guy who is apparently balls-to-the-wall naked in the woods near a waterfall, it?s really a moment for me to conquer all the fears that I might have had. All the inhibitions, the insecurities that usually exist in a person; to me it?s no exception. Insecurities of the body, being free in a public place."
On the location:
"I don?t want to hide, and I don?t want to be trapped in a world of cars and buildings and machines. I want to be able to have things that are alive, that are growing, around me when I?m creating my music. And that was just a little place I would go and hide out and write songs with my guitar in North Georgia. I would go there and oftentimes no one would be there. I would say to myself, ?Man, I wish I could just run around here naked. It would feel so free.? I said, you know what, that?s what I?m going to do for the cover art for Tru.
"I got this military jeep that I take off-road a lot. And that?s probably the only way I would have found it is with the jeep. Oftentimes when I was making the music I'd travel out to different locations that would've been hard to discover with any other vehicle? You take a dirt road, no cell phone service. I would go to those places and just write my music."
On the Tru EP:
"The path [of the EP] is to eliminate tricks and gimmicks. Let?s take Photoshop out of the equation, let?s take all the filters out of the equation. Fuck it, let?s take the clothes out of the equation. When we record, let?s take the Auto-Tune out; let?s create songs based around a story first. Let?s strip everything down to its simplest form possible in order to capture the best work possible.
"I don?t know if I really captured it with the artwork; I hope people don?t see it and think that I'm trying to sell or degrade myself. I wanted to make it as tasteful as possible. Unfortunately, a naked body is seen as exploitive or nasty. I think that it?s beautiful, because that?s the way you come in.
"You can be with a person, even with your lover, and they want to turn the lights off and make love to you because they don?t want you to examine them under the microscope. People try to hide their flaws, but I think the flaws make them a beautiful person. And that?s what Tru is all about."
On working with Childish Gambino and his cameo on Atlanta
"Me and Donald attended the same high school in Atlanta. (Donald is a year older than me.) We have a mutual friend who, when Donald first started making music, I luckily was one of the first people he reached out to about collaborating. I remember I had a lot going on at the time. 'I?ll do it for Donald, but I?ll get to it.' It ended up being the same mentality when I was working on Drake?s first tape. It was like, 'OK, yeah, I?ll get to it.'
"And then I saw the video for ?3005' and I just thought, ?Man, this is shot really well, who did this?? I found out he directed the video himself. I thought that was awesome and intriguing and unique for someone to take their destiny into their own hands like that. After that I made it a point to work with him, and of course ?Telegraph Ave? came about. From there we just always kept in contact.
"When he said he was working on his own show, he hit me and asked if I would be a part of it. I had to say yeah, because I think we have to learn how to give it up to each other. Instead of looking at each other as a threat, or looking at something that might not be all the way developed right when it?s presented to you, [you have to] see the potential in each other. And also be able to recognize when someone is special. And tell them, ?You know what? You special.? There?s nothing wrong with that. I felt like it would be special if the show was critically acclaimed or not. Just the fact that it was Donald and he was doing his own TV show. That ain?t something you hear about everyday.
"I remember when I first saw the script, it was about making fun of yourself. Like in the line in the show, ?You gettin? soft out here, man.? And I?m just like, ?Alright, whatever.? [Laughs.] I thought that was cool to be able to laugh at yourself."
I love this fucking cover for multiple reasons. LOL!
whew
Quote from: BEST OF ME on November 26, 2016, 05:56:31 PM
Tracklist
1. "Tru"
2. "Heavenly Body" f/ Rick Ross
3. "Holding"
4. "Excited"
5. "Tru (Remix)" f/ 2 Chainz (Bonus)
Quote
On the cover art:
?It was really more of an introspective thing. Although what you see on the outside is a guy who is apparently balls-to-the-wall naked in the woods near a waterfall, it?s really a moment for me to conquer all the fears that I might have had. All the inhibitions, the insecurities that usually exist in a person; to me it?s no exception. Insecurities of the body, being free in a public place."
On the location:
"I don?t want to hide, and I don?t want to be trapped in a world of cars and buildings and machines. I want to be able to have things that are alive, that are growing, around me when I?m creating my music. And that was just a little place I would go and hide out and write songs with my guitar in North Georgia. I would go there and oftentimes no one would be there. I would say to myself, ?Man, I wish I could just run around here naked. It would feel so free.? I said, you know what, that?s what I?m going to do for the cover art for Tru.
"I got this military jeep that I take off-road a lot. And that?s probably the only way I would have found it is with the jeep. Oftentimes when I was making the music I'd travel out to different locations that would've been hard to discover with any other vehicle? You take a dirt road, no cell phone service. I would go to those places and just write my music."
On the Tru EP:
"The path [of the EP] is to eliminate tricks and gimmicks. Let?s take Photoshop out of the equation, let?s take all the filters out of the equation. Fuck it, let?s take the clothes out of the equation. When we record, let?s take the Auto-Tune out; let?s create songs based around a story first. Let?s strip everything down to its simplest form possible in order to capture the best work possible.
"I don?t know if I really captured it with the artwork; I hope people don?t see it and think that I'm trying to sell or degrade myself. I wanted to make it as tasteful as possible. Unfortunately, a naked body is seen as exploitive or nasty. I think that it?s beautiful, because that?s the way you come in.
"You can be with a person, even with your lover, and they want to turn the lights off and make love to you because they don?t want you to examine them under the microscope. People try to hide their flaws, but I think the flaws make them a beautiful person. And that?s what Tru is all about."
On working with Childish Gambino and his cameo on Atlanta
"Me and Donald attended the same high school in Atlanta. (Donald is a year older than me.) We have a mutual friend who, when Donald first started making music, I luckily was one of the first people he reached out to about collaborating. I remember I had a lot going on at the time. 'I?ll do it for Donald, but I?ll get to it.' It ended up being the same mentality when I was working on Drake?s first tape. It was like, 'OK, yeah, I?ll get to it.'
"And then I saw the video for ?3005' and I just thought, ?Man, this is shot really well, who did this?? I found out he directed the video himself. I thought that was awesome and intriguing and unique for someone to take their destiny into their own hands like that. After that I made it a point to work with him, and of course ?Telegraph Ave? came about. From there we just always kept in contact.
"When he said he was working on his own show, he hit me and asked if I would be a part of it. I had to say yeah, because I think we have to learn how to give it up to each other. Instead of looking at each other as a threat, or looking at something that might not be all the way developed right when it?s presented to you, [you have to] see the potential in each other. And also be able to recognize when someone is special. And tell them, ?You know what? You special.? There?s nothing wrong with that. I felt like it would be special if the show was critically acclaimed or not. Just the fact that it was Donald and he was doing his own TV show. That ain?t something you hear about everyday.
"I remember when I first saw the script, it was about making fun of yourself. Like in the line in the show, ?You gettin? soft out here, man.? And I?m just like, ?Alright, whatever.? [Laughs.] I thought that was cool to be able to laugh at yourself."
blah fuckin blah
take ya clothes awf, king
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Damn his hair grew fast.
If I had to build the perfect man he'd look like this.
He was my first love before August. I'm so glad to have him back in the game and as his true self.
artists are getting more and more edgy/artistic these days, lol. the power of Bey and Solange, I see
What in the Jungle Book fuck!
I love it, though. His single grew on me. Even if it was run of the mill & basic.
Dope
There is a GodT
:stressed:
Guess he watched that one episode of "America's Next Top Model."
Quote from: Warren Summers on November 26, 2016, 07:17:16 PM
artists are getting more and more edgy/artistic these days, lol. the power of Bey and Solange, I see
Luv Bey, but what does she and her sister have to do with Lloyd being naked on a cover :diddraispoot:
:dead:
Quote from: squid on November 26, 2016, 07:53:26 PM
Quote from: Warren Summers on November 26, 2016, 07:17:16 PM
artists are getting more and more edgy/artistic these days, lol. the power of Bey and Solange, I see
Luv Bey, but what does she and her sister have to do with Lloyd being naked on a cover :diddraispoot:
:dead: :dead: :dead: :dead:
These gorls are so delusional.
Beautiful cover.
Zaddy.......he always been a joint. Wish he had some lips byt hes a god
WHEW. :flamebroiled:
He is so damn mmmm
I wanna suck on his toes
Fart in my mouth king
:mmyulost: twin
:ohwow:
Quote from: squid on November 26, 2016, 10:13:32 PM
:mmyulost: twin
ffff
Something came over me twin
:diddraispoot:
I can't get over this tbh. He was always king but mmmm ommmm rmmm
:oof:
:freewilly: Bet his bath water taste like heaven
Who's that baph :ohwow:
He's gorgeous
Beautiful cover. I'm gonna purchase lol.
Quote from: squid on November 26, 2016, 07:53:26 PM
Quote from: Warren Summers on November 26, 2016, 07:17:16 PM
artists are getting more and more edgy/artistic these days, lol. the power of Bey and Solange, I see
Luv Bey, but what does she and her sister have to do with Lloyd being naked on a cover :diddraispoot:
you totally missed the point. I wasnt talking about being naked, but the more artistic approach.
Quote from: Warren Summers on November 27, 2016, 09:47:27 AM
Quote from: squid on November 26, 2016, 07:53:26 PM
Quote from: Warren Summers on November 26, 2016, 07:17:16 PM
artists are getting more and more edgy/artistic these days, lol. the power of Bey and Solange, I see
Luv Bey, but what does she and her sister have to do with Lloyd being naked on a cover :diddraispoot:
you totally missed the point. I wasnt talking about being naked, but the more artistic approach.
v
this cover is damns beautiful though
wonder if he said where this was taken
Capricorn self
Can't stop looking at this.
Quote from: Warren Summers on November 27, 2016, 09:47:27 AM
Quote from: squid on November 26, 2016, 07:53:26 PM
Quote from: Warren Summers on November 26, 2016, 07:17:16 PM
artists are getting more and more edgy/artistic these days, lol. the power of Bey and Solange, I see
Luv Bey, but what does she and her sister have to do with Lloyd being naked on a cover :diddraispoot:
you totally missed the point. I wasnt talking about being naked, but the more artistic approach.
Stop it!
:plzstop:
Yuck
Quote from: Freeruu on November 26, 2016, 05:18:44 PM
https://www.instagram.com/p/BNSLPVqha0U/
:gorlonfire: :gorlonfire: :gorlonfire:
He's gotten so THICK
!
King kind of said 'No more Flopping for me'! :dead: his Albums always Slay IMO.
Quote from: GRAND SUPREME MARSHALL on November 27, 2016, 10:04:21 AM
Quote from: Warren Summers on November 27, 2016, 09:47:27 AM
Quote from: squid on November 26, 2016, 07:53:26 PM
Quote from: Warren Summers on November 26, 2016, 07:17:16 PM
artists are getting more and more edgy/artistic these days, lol. the power of Bey and Solange, I see
Luv Bey, but what does she and her sister have to do with Lloyd being naked on a cover :diddraispoot:
you totally missed the point. I wasnt talking about being naked, but the more artistic approach.
v
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