Flavor Flav To Release First and "Only" Solo Album

Posted Sep 13th 2006 2:55PM by TMZ Staff

Gangsta-rapper-turned-reality-TV-sensation Flavor Flav will release his first, and he says only, solo album at the end of October, reports Karu F. Daniels of the AOL BV Newswire. The star of VH1's runaway hit "Flavor of Love," which recently had its second season premiere, says the long-gestating project, to be titled "Flavor Flav," will be produced on his own Draytown Records label. (Flav's real name is William Drayton, Jr.)

"I got some things off my chest, but not all," says Flav of the new album, adding that he intends to make this effort one for the ages. "What I'm gonna do is make this one a collector's item. My first and only solo album, ever." The first single, says BV Newswire, will be a "rock-rap fusion" track titled "Flavor Man." Collaborators will include Smooth B. and Collition.

And the afterglow of Flav's show will extend to one lucky contestant from season one of "Flavor of Love"; Variety reported earlier that VH1 was planning to do a spinoff with an as-yet-unnamed contestant from the first season.

Can't get enough Flavor in your life? Never fear. Flav rolls into daytime television as a guest on "The Tyra Banks Show" September 22nd.

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1. There's 1 CD i won't buy

Posted at 3:11PM on Sep 13th 2006 by daisy

2. I'm sorry...who IS this guy???

Posted at 3:35PM on Sep 13th 2006 by Jinxy

3. I figured Flavor of love was some type of publicity stunt that would lead to something of this nature. Can you imagine stopping at a light and someone pulling up next to you blasting " Yeahhhhh Boyyyyy?" I believe he will sale less or around the same as David Hasseloff! LOL

Posted at 3:39PM on Sep 13th 2006 by lovelylise02

4. I just get the feeling by looking at him that his breath really stinks.

Posted at 3:52PM on Sep 13th 2006 by mlc31

5. Please DONT release an album! His breath smells like rotten cheese.

Posted at 4:08PM on Sep 13th 2006 by Paris is a troll

6. Flavor of Love is a hilarious comedy show. Especially when Flav tongue kisses those Ho's, YUCK, HA! HA! He looks like a 90 pound, crack smoking, retired pimp! The next episode is on this Sunday night on VH1, check it out, very funny shit!

Posted at 4:12PM on Sep 13th 2006 by Mark

7. He looks like a 50 year old crack head, dressed up like a court jester!

Posted at 4:28PM on Sep 13th 2006 by Tom

8. He is one ugly black man!!!! How gross!!!!

Posted at 4:32PM on Sep 13th 2006 by Penny

9. EXCUSE ME, FLAVA CAME OUT WITH AN ALBUM IN THE EARLY 90S, '911 is a joke in your town' was on it, and 'I can't do nothin' for ya man' both of them were hits.

So get your facts straight tmz.com

Posted at 4:44PM on Sep 13th 2006 by tiffany

10. flav seems really nice, and his music was cool find it online somewhere before you judge it. i do admit, he doesn't have any class but i'd hang with him before i would some pretentious jerk or somebody like 50 cent (GAG) and flav can't help being ugly he was born lik ethat and no amount of surgery will help, I say God bless him.

Posted at 4:47PM on Sep 13th 2006 by tiffany

11. PE aint gangsta rap !

Posted at 5:25PM on Sep 13th 2006 by Jose

12. You stupid assholes he's not a gangsta rapper.
Because he's black and raps doesn't mean he's Gansta
If u fuckin don't know what your talking about, don't write about it !
i think you should apologize for your racism and speak at a baptist church

Posted at 6:03PM on Sep 13th 2006 by edna123

13. don't you EFFIN BITCHES mess with my MAN flav!! He is MY man and those dumb bitches ain't gonna get him. I live in Vegas and I own his ass. He is the most talented man on this earth. Signed, Baby-BOO

Posted at 7:25PM on Sep 13th 2006 by Baby Boo

14. 911 AIN'T THE JOKE, FLAVA FLAV IS. WANNA-BE GANGSTA IS A FIRST RATE COMMEDIEN . . . EVEN IF HE AIN'T TRYIN' TO BE. SHOW IS GREAT, A CAR CRASH WITHOUT CARS.

Posted at 8:12PM on Sep 13th 2006 by PUBLIC ENEMA

15. He made a solo album for Def Jam TWICE in the late 90s but they were rejected by the label and never released. He then had a completed one that was supposed to be out in 1999 but never cameout. I remember because I was a PE fan at the time and it seemed his first solo album was always getting ready to drop very soon. I guess it took 10 years and some stupid show to give him some pop culture recognition.

Posted at 10:18PM on Sep 13th 2006 by John Jackstone

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