"This particular song is freedom," Brandy says of her raw and gritty single "Beggin & Pleadin." "[It's] liberty to express myself in the most interesting, edgiest way possible."
The R&B veteran and Zoe Ever After star recently recalled creating the emotional record from the studio. "I like the way it sounds when I hear it back. It feels like I'm listening to somebody else and not me," she says in a video clip. "It's like bitch, what? It makes me feel bossy. Even if it's for two minutes and 45 seconds, I feel empowered by the story, the vocal, the production, it sounds fearless to me."
Through a creative brainstorm session with producers Warren "Oak" Felder & Andrew "Pop" Wansel, Brandy co-wrote "Beggin & Pleadin" -- which showcases some of her best vocals -- with Kirby Lauren, inspired by the singer's love life. (Brandy and her ex-fiance Ryan split in 2014. She also has a daughter named Sy'rai with ex Robert Smith.)
"I told her my story, just a bit about what I experienced and how I went through a really hard breakup, and I wasn't able to just let it go and get over it so I was still in that place," she explains of the song, which dropped via SoundCloud and coincided with the Jan. 5 premiere of her new BET romcom Zoe Ever After. "When I did the song, it felt real. It felt like a true apology. Everything I had in that moment, I gave it right there because of how I was feeling. It felt like the song was writing itself."
She adds that she looks forward to bringing the record to the stage. "I'm here to touch a lot of people, I'm not here to just touch a few -- to touch a lot," she continues. "If you just listen, you'll be able to touch and reach and be able to bring everybody together for music, especially if it's authentic. Unity -- that's what we all need."
Brandy wraps her positive message with a shout out to herself. "It's all about what you believe at the end of the day," she says. "I believe that I'm the shit."
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/6851027/brandy-beggin-pleadin-freedom-exclusive
T4P
Quote"I believe that I'm the shit."
(http://xpo.castsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/tumblr_mxtpza2kRz1r3gb3zo2_400.gif)
BITCH!
Come the fuck ON!!!
I actually stopped playing this song and only the Zoe mess cuz I'm gonna wear this song the fuck OWT once promo starts omffff
Hmm
she looks so damn gorgeous!
this is my favorite brandy first single!!1
i have never in my life
i love how open she is becoming!
ommmf
quee
yes u are the shit QUEEN
I love her confidence and what she's saying
I'm trying to figure out why she's lipping to the song though
I was hoping for some type of live acoustic performance or something
I wonder where they plan on performing this live for the first time. I just know I wanna be there so I can die in rapture
:loose2when:
I wondering when they preparing to roll this shit out as the first single if they are
"Especially if it's authentic" then cuts to Brandy lipping in the studio. :shannonsmissing:
Please don't touch this song Brandy. Keep your ass out of the studio when it comes to the song. NO lipping. Please following this authentic approach all the way through. Get you a band and some background singers (who actually get to sing this time) and perform the hell out of this song. Leave everything on the stage.
I love how this single started off so organically from the recording (it seems) to them releasing it. I think that will make the difference in how it performs.
Quote from: GLOCKA KHAN on January 20, 2016, 02:01:25 PM
she looks so damn gorgeous!
this is my favorite brandy first single!!1
i have never in my life
I agree so happy this is a single
She said to her it's the first single
Quote from: inluvwitbran on January 20, 2016, 02:07:23 PM
I love her confidence and what she's saying
I'm trying to figure out why she's lipping to the song though
I was hoping for some type of live acoustic performance or something
>>>>><<<<<<
Essence Women in Music, BET Honors, Black Girls Rock are all coming up. Hopefully she booked them all.
My god look how gorgeous she looks in the video :kii:
fucking book!
Quote from: clutch on January 20, 2016, 01:52:28 PM
OMFFFF
This is an ARTIST. Ain't a nigga on here that can doubt that now :uhh: the fact that she came up with the concept, the beggin and pleadin ... ALL of it. went with her instincts and lashed us all
"I'm the shit"
:stressed:
She finally gets it
And just started to get it in the last two weeks ssssss. the Brandy on "the real" was completely different a few months ago
I love her
Quote from: inluvwitbran on January 20, 2016, 02:07:23 PM
I love her confidence and what she's saying
I'm trying to figure out why she's lipping to the song though
I was hoping for some type of live acoustic performance or something
i think it was just for this interview mess
Quote from: RIG on January 20, 2016, 03:07:01 PM
Quote from: inluvwitbran on January 20, 2016, 02:07:23 PM
I love her confidence and what she's saying
I'm trying to figure out why she's lipping to the song though
I was hoping for some type of live acoustic performance or something
i think it was just for this interview mess
i hope so because i was like :uhh:
So is a single now?
I don't think that was a performance
Just a cute 'something to look at' during the interview. Can't wait until she does it on stage
She needs to put it on iTunes asap
Quote from: Vonc2002 on January 20, 2016, 03:07:55 PM
Quote from: RIG on January 20, 2016, 03:07:01 PM
Quote from: inluvwitbran on January 20, 2016, 02:07:23 PM
I love her confidence and what she's saying
I'm trying to figure out why she's lipping to the song though
I was hoping for some type of live acoustic performance or something
i think it was just for this interview mess
i hope so because i was like :uhh:
dead! Yea she wasn't even going full tilt
Quote from: RIG on January 20, 2016, 03:09:11 PM
Quote from: Vonc2002 on January 20, 2016, 03:07:55 PM
Quote from: RIG on January 20, 2016, 03:07:01 PM
Quote from: inluvwitbran on January 20, 2016, 02:07:23 PM
I love her confidence and what she's saying
I'm trying to figure out why she's lipping to the song though
I was hoping for some type of live acoustic performance or something
i think it was just for this interview mess
i hope so because i was like :uhh:
dead! Yea she wasn't even going full tilt
but the fact that she posted that pic with "coming soon"
I ain't tryna anticipate a doggone interview :uhh:
twas cute. I have a lil deja vu though. She's been having these "divine" phases since 2012 now.
I'm sorry, but I need a gif of Renny @ 1:43! :plzstop: :plzstop: :plzstop: :plzstop: :plzstop:
Quote from: H??R J?RD∆Ń on January 20, 2016, 02:56:00 PM
Essence Women in Music, BET Honors, Black Girls Rock are all coming up. Hopefully she booked them all.
BET Honors already taped I don't think she was there
Black Girls Rock hopefully
I love the confidence she has right now, and it actually sounds believable this time.
The fact that she's anxious to perform this song live says a lot.
Before I feel like she would have avoided doing such a vocally demanding song on stage.
I'm living for this space she's in and I can't wait to hear the music that comes along with it.
Quote from: taivonjovonnie on January 20, 2016, 03:08:23 PM
So is a single now?
she said it feels like the first single..
no confirmation from a label or management tho!
ghan is so reactive. she looks amazing tho. this blush
And I didn't QUITE buy it when she said "I'm the shit".
She looks beautiful
"i feel like the songs are writing themselves" :-o
more mess coming?!?!?!
:loose2when: :loose2when: :loose2when: :loose2when:
I loved this and I cannot wait until she performs this live. I just know I'm gonna be lashed!!! Ugh. I love her even more
Quote from: L0NZ. on January 20, 2016, 03:25:58 PM
ghan is so reactive. she looks amazing tho. this blush
Yeah that kinda bothers me a bit, sometimes.
Nice interview.
I just want it to be released officially. What's taking it so long? Am I tripping? Like... Come on!!
Quote from: inluvwitbran on January 20, 2016, 03:12:56 PM
Quote from: RIG on January 20, 2016, 03:09:11 PM
Quote from: Vonc2002 on January 20, 2016, 03:07:55 PM
Quote from: RIG on January 20, 2016, 03:07:01 PM
Quote from: inluvwitbran on January 20, 2016, 02:07:23 PM
I love her confidence and what she's saying
I'm trying to figure out why she's lipping to the song though
I was hoping for some type of live acoustic performance or something
i think it was just for this interview mess
i hope so because i was like :uhh:
dead! Yea she wasn't even going full tilt
but the fact that she posted that pic with "coming soon"
I ain't tryna anticipate a doggone interview :uhh:
ssssssssssssssd
Yea that wasn't right :dead: luv that girl but lmao
Quote from: Rajesha on January 20, 2016, 03:26:55 PM
And I didn't QUITE buy it when she said "I'm the shit".
well ... It's the first time it's ever come out of her mouth in an interview
She admitted it sounds weird to her but she believes it
Her Instagram bio is enough for me to believe it sffffffff I have never
Quote from: RIG on January 20, 2016, 03:44:12 PM
Quote from: Rajesha on January 20, 2016, 03:26:55 PM
And I didn't QUITE buy it when she said "I'm the shit".
well ... It's the first time it's ever come out of her mouth in an interview
She admitted it sounds weird to her but she believes it
ignore him
he's just doing his usually attempt at being controversial
THIS IS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT!!
a video interview explaining the song, and even for Billboard!! This is the route to follow! from her team. Lets keep Brandy on the map, something Bran related every week.
They should start a "non stop" approach with her this year. Stuff after stuff after stuff until the album release, and of course during months after release too lol.
It will make people to take notice and learn that he has a new song/single out there, everytime she drops something.
Quote from: H??R J?RD∆Ń on January 20, 2016, 02:56:00 PM
Essence Women in Music, BET Honors, Black Girls Rock are all coming up. Hopefully she booked them all.
!!!!!!!!
Black Girls Rock can SLAY this year if they do it right.
Great gorls out this and last year
Brandy
Jazmine
Monica
Tamar
Fantasia
Erykah
Jill
o
only took 4 pages this time. gotta be a record guys
Quote from: RIG on January 20, 2016, 03:44:12 PM
Quote from: Rajesha on January 20, 2016, 03:26:55 PM
And I didn't QUITE buy it when she said "I'm the shit".
well ... It's the first time it's ever come out of her mouth in an interview
She admitted it sounds weird to her but she believes it
i think its cuz she put her head down when she said it
but Brans full of it..
she been knowing shes all that...
czdc
shes just still holding on to the lil bit of 90's media training/humble mess she has left
Quote from: Young on January 20, 2016, 03:56:20 PM
Black Girls Rock can SLAY this year if they do it right.
Great gorls out this and last year
Brandy
Jazmine
Monica
Tamar
Fantasia
Erykah
Jill
Why can't you let Brandy have her moment without bringing up your fave?
:uhh:
wtf
Im just saying Black Girls Rock can really be great this year. The past few have been lackluster.
My goodness! Yawl act like i brought the show up lol...Sheesh!
Anyway back to the vid' ...yeah Im excited to see what she has in store for this song and her next era
Quote from: inluvwitbran on January 20, 2016, 03:46:31 PM
Quote from: RIG on January 20, 2016, 03:44:12 PM
Quote from: Rajesha on January 20, 2016, 03:26:55 PM
And I didn't QUITE buy it when she said "I'm the shit".
well ... It's the first time it's ever come out of her mouth in an interview
She admitted it sounds weird to her but she believes it
ignore him
he's just doing his usually attempt at being controversial
yesss Bran i'm loving the confidence....and it gets play every other hour down here!
Quote from: Gilgamesh. on January 20, 2016, 03:58:26 PM
Quote from: Young on January 20, 2016, 03:56:20 PM
Black Girls Rock can SLAY this year if they do it right.
Great gorls out this and last year
Brandy
Jazmine
Monica
Tamar
Fantasia
Erykah
Jill
Why can't you let Brandy have her moment without bringing up your fave?
f
LASH that faggot
n
just give me a performance in the next 2 months, and a new song before April, and I'll be fine
Quote from: KippCarruthers on January 20, 2016, 01:54:30 PM
Quote"I believe that I'm the shit."
(http://xpo.castsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/tumblr_mxtpza2kRz1r3gb3zo2_400.gif)
BITCH!
bvvdvdvddvfvvfdfv
I fckin love this BITCH!!! She has finally come back to a good place. I can tell it's real this time.
Quote from: brocka4life on January 20, 2016, 02:25:07 PM
"Especially if it's authentic" then cuts to Brandy lipping in the studio. :shannonsmissing:
Please don't touch this song Brandy. Keep your ass out of the studio when it comes to the song. NO lipping. Please following this authentic approach all the way through. Get you a band and some background singers (who actually get to sing this time) and perform the hell out of this song. Leave everything on the stage.
I love how this single started off so organically from the recording (it seems) to them releasing it. I think that will make the difference in how it performs.
All of this! I might drag her if she lips this.
Quote from: RIG on January 20, 2016, 03:05:24 PM
Quote from: clutch on January 20, 2016, 01:52:28 PM
OMFFFF
This is an ARTIST. Ain't a nigga on here that can doubt that now :uhh: the fact that she came up with the concept, the beggin and pleadin ... ALL of it. went with her instincts and lashed us all
"I'm the shit"
:stressed:
She finally gets it
Biiiiiiitch!!!!
Brandy, please.... keep writing and doing NEW things.
PLEASE. I live, no more safe stuff.
Quote from: NexTae on January 20, 2016, 04:35:40 PM
Quote from: brocka4life on January 20, 2016, 02:25:07 PM
"Especially if it's authentic" then cuts to Brandy lipping in the studio. :shannonsmissing:
Please don't touch this song Brandy. Keep your ass out of the studio when it comes to the song. NO lipping. Please following this authentic approach all the way through. Get you a band and some background singers (who actually get to sing this time) and perform the hell out of this song. Leave everything on the stage.
I love how this single started off so organically from the recording (it seems) to them releasing it. I think that will make the difference in how it performs.
All of this! I might drag her if she lips this.
If she got on stage and lipped this......................
this vocal requires a LIVE performance, anything less wont do
i am so in love with THIS Brandy. I am so happy to have THIS BRANDY back.
Quote from: Vonc2002 on January 20, 2016, 04:40:22 PM
Quote from: NexTae on January 20, 2016, 04:35:40 PM
Quote from: brocka4life on January 20, 2016, 02:25:07 PM
"Especially if it's authentic" then cuts to Brandy lipping in the studio. :shannonsmissing:
Please don't touch this song Brandy. Keep your ass out of the studio when it comes to the song. NO lipping. Please following this authentic approach all the way through. Get you a band and some background singers (who actually get to sing this time) and perform the hell out of this song. Leave everything on the stage.
I love how this single started off so organically from the recording (it seems) to them releasing it. I think that will make the difference in how it performs.
All of this! I might drag her if she lips this.
If she got on stage and lipped this......................
this vocal requires a LIVE performance, anything less wont do
I hope she leaves the DJ and the wind machine at home.
this mother fucking song
I love this video
nnnnn i thought she just posted it when i saw the tweet
Quote from: Amir on January 20, 2016, 06:11:14 PM
I love this video
!!!!
She seems so refreshed and renewed both physically and spiritually
Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssss. Realize your worth, Ghan.
Quote from: NexTae on January 20, 2016, 04:35:40 PM
Quote from: brocka4life on January 20, 2016, 02:25:07 PM
"Especially if it's authentic" then cuts to Brandy lipping in the studio. :shannonsmissing:
Please don't touch this song Brandy. Keep your ass out of the studio when it comes to the song. NO lipping. Please following this authentic approach all the way through. Get you a band and some background singers (who actually get to sing this time) and perform the hell out of this song. Leave everything on the stage.
I love how this single started off so organically from the recording (it seems) to them releasing it. I think that will make the difference in how it performs.
All of this! I might drag her if she lips this.
Her lipping the song in the studio was definitely just for the video interview. Its been done before, no big deal. But I do agree that she needs to ensure she performs this live. Ditch that damn pre-recorded vocal and go IN. She's been singing to pre-recorded tracks since the Afro era sans a few songs at her shows, and I need for her to get a full band and bg vocalists that actually sing (and not lip to a pitched down Bran vocal). And I love this look for the era, she should rock it.
The song has really grown on me lately.
Who is this womuh and what have you done with Humbldy???
:wellheythere:
Quote from: RIG on January 20, 2016, 03:44:12 PM
Quote from: Rajesha on January 20, 2016, 03:26:55 PM
And I didn't QUITE buy it when she said "I'm the shit".
well ... It's the first time it's ever come out of her mouth in an interview
She admitted it sounds weird to her but she believes it
I don't think she should've said that . Her talent speaks for itself . Even when she tried to be cocky it's not believable because she's naturally humble .
Brandy should say it. Think it, believe it and speak it. She been humble for way too long.
Excellent. I feel like I saw a really authentic Brandy in this interview that I haven't seen in over a decade.
Quote from: Mu on January 20, 2016, 05:07:02 PM
i am so in love with THIS Brandy. I am so happy to have THIS BRANDY back.
yep, all of this.
I fucking love ha
:loose2when:
I know many will hate it, but I'd love her to have this look while promoting this single.
I appreciate how humble she is always, but damn, it was time for her to say at least once HOW BIG SHE IS!!
Well said Brandy, u are the shit, u are a LEGEND!!
We have to hear Beyonc? feelin' herself and being the shit, but Brandy can't say it? When she has been more than 20 years in the industry, without releasing a single crap album, and improving vocally year after year?!
U are the best Brandy!! Know it and acknowledge it!!
Quote from: Vonc2002 on January 20, 2016, 04:40:22 PM
Quote from: NexTae on January 20, 2016, 04:35:40 PM
Quote from: brocka4life on January 20, 2016, 02:25:07 PM
"Especially if it's authentic" then cuts to Brandy lipping in the studio. :shannonsmissing:
Please don't touch this song Brandy. Keep your ass out of the studio when it comes to the song. NO lipping. Please following this authentic approach all the way through. Get you a band and some background singers (who actually get to sing this time) and perform the hell out of this song. Leave everything on the stage.
I love how this single started off so organically from the recording (it seems) to them releasing it. I think that will make the difference in how it performs.
All of this! I might drag her if she lips this.
If she got on stage and lipped this......................
this vocal requires a LIVE performance, anything less wont do
even I'd be pissed and y'all know I give her passes :dead:
Not with this. This isn't a pretty or perfect vocal, so it's the perfect opportunity to just go balls to the wall and SING ur face off. If ur voice cracks, go with it and keep killing it, who cares? Go IN
I can see her tryna be cute on sweet nothings or some shit but this ain't THAT
Quote from: Ntwadumela on January 20, 2016, 07:54:58 PM
Quote from: RIG on January 20, 2016, 03:44:12 PM
Quote from: Rajesha on January 20, 2016, 03:26:55 PM
And I didn't QUITE buy it when she said "I'm the shit".
well ... It's the first time it's ever come out of her mouth in an interview
She admitted it sounds weird to her but she believes it
I don't think she should've said that . Her talent speaks for itself . Even when she tried to be cocky it's not believable because she's naturally humble .
"I'm the shit" is something we should all believe and sometimes even say, IMO. It doesn't demean or put anyone else down. It can mean so many things and it comes from a positive place IMO
Quote from: GLOCKA KHAN on January 20, 2016, 02:01:25 PM
she looks so damn gorgeous!
this is my favorite brandy first single!!1
i have never in my life
Yes KWEE'! Indeed you are the shit! :feelinmyself:
Quee' is everything!
Yesss! I'm happy she's feeling herself. She has every fucking right to do it.
Now release it on iTunes and shoot a video.
So it's official this is her first single
Quote from: RIG on January 20, 2016, 10:19:32 PM
Quote from: Ntwadumela on January 20, 2016, 07:54:58 PM
Quote from: RIG on January 20, 2016, 03:44:12 PM
Quote from: Rajesha on January 20, 2016, 03:26:55 PM
And I didn't QUITE buy it when she said "I'm the shit".
well ... It's the first time it's ever come out of her mouth in an interview
She admitted it sounds weird to her but she believes it
I don't think she should've said that . Her talent speaks for itself . Even when she tried to be cocky it's not believable because she's naturally humble .
"I'm the shit" is something we should all believe and sometimes even say, IMO. It doesn't demean or put anyone else down. It can mean so many things and it comes from a positive place IMO
exactly. "I'm the shit" doesnt mean "other gorls ain't shit"
Quote from: brocka4life on January 20, 2016, 09:03:41 PM
I know many will hate it, but I'd love her to have this look while promoting this single.
I think everyone loves this look.
I haven't seen one complaint..
She's booking
I love this look for the entire era :plzstop:
Quote from: clutch on January 20, 2016, 01:51:57 PM
"This particular song is freedom," Brandy says of her raw and gritty single "Beggin & Pleadin." "[It's] liberty to express myself in the most interesting, edgiest way possible."
The R&B veteran and Zoe Ever After star recently recalled creating the emotional record from the studio. "I like the way it sounds when I hear it back. It feels like I'm listening to somebody else and not me," she says in a video clip. "It's like bitch, what? It makes me feel bossy. Even if it's for two minutes and 45 seconds, I feel empowered by the story, the vocal, the production, it sounds fearless to me."
Through a creative brainstorm session with producers Warren "Oak" Felder & Andrew "Pop" Wansel, Brandy co-wrote "Beggin & Pleadin" -- which showcases some of her best vocals -- with Kirby Lauren, inspired by the singer's love life. (Brandy and her ex-fiance Ryan split in 2014. She also has a daughter named Sy'rai with ex Robert Smith.)
"I told her my story, just a bit about what I experienced and how I went through a really hard breakup, and I wasn't able to just let it go and get over it so I was still in that place," she explains of the song, which dropped via SoundCloud and coincided with the Jan. 5 premiere of her new BET romcom Zoe Ever After. "When I did the song, it felt real. It felt like a true apology. Everything I had in that moment, I gave it right there because of how I was feeling. It felt like the song was writing itself."
She adds that she looks forward to bringing the record to the stage. "I'm here to touch a lot of people, I'm not here to just touch a few -- to touch a lot," she continues. "If you just listen, you'll be able to touch and reach and be able to bring everybody together for music, especially if it's authentic. Unity -- that's what we all need."
Brandy wraps her positive message with a shout out to herself. "It's all about what you believe at the end of the day," she says. "I believe that I'm the shit."
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/6851027/brandy-beggin-pleadin-freedom-exclusive
I'm the shit
:flamebroiled: :flamebroiled: :flamebroiled:
:hmph:
Why the fuck isn't this available for purchase?
If this indeed gonna be a single, I think they should throw Kendrick or J Cole on it to get the buzz back since it's been online for weeks now.
I have a feeling we gonna get a suprise video 👀
Quote from: Sirius on January 21, 2016, 07:28:15 PM
:hmph:
Why the fuck isn't this available for purchase?
If this indeed gonna be a single, I think they should throw Kendrick or J Cole on it to get the buzz back since it's been online for weeks now.
Yea, if its randomly tossed on iTunes in the coming weeks, it wont do as well. Maybe it just wont get first single treatment. Either way, I'm glad the song was released and I'm glad about the feedback Bran received. If anything, this should just propel her to get the album finished and get the music out there sooner than later. An ego boost of sorts.
they better get that album done in 4-6 months at the very late, lol
Quote from: Tijobr on January 21, 2016, 07:50:53 PM
they better get that album done in 4-6 months at the very late, lol
I hope they release a single and video the finale night of Zoe.
And a pre-order link for the album that'll drop a week or two later. Wishful thinking but yea.
:stressed: