‘TRU’ EP due out December 9th!
Lloyd got back into the swing of things a few months ago when he returned with his raw new single “TRU.” The J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League produced cut recently received an upgrade with a remix featuring 2 Chainz. Just last month, the veteran singer-songwriter announced that his next studio album, Out My Window, is nearly ready to release, but as an appetizer, Lloyd has announced that he will be releasing an EP to hold fans over.
In recent conversation with Complex, the Atlanta crooner revealed the upcoming release and spoke on the project, the cover art, making a cameo on Donald Glover’s Atlanta series and more.
Read excerpts from the conversation below as well as the tracklist for Tru EP, which is due out on December 9th.
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.’
Read more of the story over at Complex.