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[xrr rating=2.75/5]Young women’s heartbreak is a big seller in the recording industry, with superstars like Adele and Taylor Swift molding Grammies from their tears, and Pink and Kelly Clarkson cashing in on anthems of independence year after year. With so much attention paid to the extremes, Solange’s latest EP, True, is refreshingly reflective, a melancholy review of past relationships that …