June 21, 2006 @ 11:28 am

Loon Has No Friends

by: Mark Lelinwalla

After relinquishing ties with Mase and Diddy, Loon is currently prepping his new aptly-titled album, No Friends, for an Aug. 29 release on his own label, Boss Up Entertainment. right “The reason I called it No Friends is because this is the first project that I’ve put together by myself,” Loon said in a statement sent to Vibe.com. “I put it together to put something out for the streets and show some diversity and balance, things I never got to show on Bad Boy. This is me collaborating with my own artists and putting together some treats that people might not be used to be hearing from Loon.” On his new album, fans can expect Loon to shed the image as a smooth operating ladies man MC that Bad Boy attempted to pigeonhole him as. Loon, who claims his parents are Harlem street legends, began to already shed the image of a suave MC, when he released, “What Happened To Pastor?”, a dis song for G-Unit MC Mase. Loon released the track because he was upset about Mase flip-flopping between being a religious figure and a gangster rapper. “I got the record out there on my own independently and it made its waves,” Loon said about the record. “Now that you’ve got Mase’s music pushed by the G-Unit machine, even though my record was hotter, his got visibility. I wanted people to hear my lyrical achievement.” “What Happened to Pastor?” will be included on Loon’s new album, No Friends. Have a news tip? Email us.

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