https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/brandy-full-moon/
QuoteEach Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we look back at Brandy's futuristic, full-hearted 2002 record, an album so lush and expertly crafted that it became the new blueprint for the pop-R&B sound.
Read the full review, it's really good
Get your retrospective critical acclaim, Brandy!
9.0 is a great score, but I think they still underrated it a bit
The Darkchild Flea quote gagged me. Makes me optimistic we actually might actually get some tea in Phases
I'm loving the attention that she's getting
Cant wait to read this later when Im high and alone and with the album
:nogrammynoneck:
Quote from: TogetherAgain on March 29, 2026, 12:40:41 PM9.0 is a great score, but I think they still underrated it a bit
Nah I think it's the right score. Stuff like Come A Little Closer and WOW brings it down a lil. Nonetheless it's such a great review and i'm glad she's getting recognition for that album.
Afro is still better tho :nogrammynoneck:
well got damn deserved.
she actually took so many risks with this alber and was so ahead of her time.
"What About Us" def had me like :blink: when I first heard it cuz I never heard anything like it before
but once u got it, u fuckin GOT it
:hehe:
Quote from: ATLien on March 29, 2026, 01:27:49 PMwell got damn deserved.
she actually took so many risks with this alber and was so ahead of her time.
"What About Us" def had me like :blink: when I first heard it cuz I never heard anything like it before
but once u got it, u fuckin GOT it
Can we talk about this for a minute??? Super ahead of her time for the album and especially with that lead single. It worked out so well but huge risk
:gorlonfire:
Quote from: United Nations Barbie 🇺🇳 on March 29, 2026, 01:37:35 PMQuote from: ATLien on March 29, 2026, 01:27:49 PMwell got damn deserved.
she actually took so many risks with this alber and was so ahead of her time.
"What About Us" def had me like :blink: when I first heard it cuz I never heard anything like it before
but once u got it, u fuckin GOT it
Can we talk about this for a minute??? Super ahead of her time for the album and especially with that lead single. It worked out so well but huge risk
:gorlonfire:
the dark edgy vidya
dont PLAY wit ha
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:stressed:
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Quote from: Justaway_ on March 29, 2026, 12:58:31 PMQuote from: TogetherAgain on March 29, 2026, 12:40:41 PM9.0 is a great score, but I think they still underrated it a bit
Nah I think it's the right score. Stuff like Come A Little Closer and WOW brings it down a lil. Nonetheless it's such a great review and i'm glad she's getting recognition for that album.
Afro is still better tho :nogrammynoneck:
I agree that those two stand out as slightly weaker cuts, but I was thinking more in 9.2 - 9.4 range, lolz
As the blueprint for contemporary R&B, the foundational text of the Vocal Bible, which evolved the sound and singing style of the genre itself, I think it deserves a bit more. BRocka came before Damita Jo and Sucha Farce, Brandy was pioneering the female music alter ego on the album. Full Moon was innovative and ahead of its time, the mixed reception it got at the time shows that critics weren't able to fully appreciate what Brandy was doing because it was so trailblazing. Brandy doesn't chase trends, she moves music itself.
Interesting. Did they not review it when the album originally came out? Or did they change their minds?
Quote from: Ulysses on March 29, 2026, 02:23:09 PMInteresting. Did they not review it when the album originally came out? Or did they change their minds?
You can't read?
QuoteEach Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible.
If they're reviewing it now, then clearly they didn't review it back when it was released in 2002.
Dumb ass fag
So what were yall saying about Afrodisiac being more critically acclaimed?
Quote from: FUCK Bey on March 29, 2026, 03:49:01 PMSo what were yall saying about Afrodisiac being more critically acclaimed?
:omf:
The way they slipped in Wayne grooming her in this article omg lol well promote a bit then. Loved the details of the production and the vocal stacking, it's literally a science!
Quote from: Justaway_ on March 29, 2026, 12:58:31 PMQuote from: TogetherAgain on March 29, 2026, 12:40:41 PM9.0 is a great score, but I think they still underrated it a bit
Nah I think it's the right score. Stuff like Come A Little Closer and WOW brings it down a lil. Nonetheless it's such a great review and i'm glad she's getting recognition for that album.
Afro is still better tho :nogrammynoneck:
WOW is a great song.
Come a little Closer doesn't match the tone of the album but it's a great vocal performance.
He Is, Cum a little bih Clowser and Love Counted Me Owt are all within the same playing field....what do y'all be tlkn bout
The album is a 10...thee fvck
The Full Moon Cutfather&Joe remix
:gorlonfire:
I can just imagine the kween prancing thru a hole in the wall in Tokyo meeting Paolo for a COCKtail
Quote from: Andthecategoryis... on March 29, 2026, 06:02:03 PMHe Is, Cum a little bih Clowser and Love Counted Me Owt are all within the same playing field....what do y'all be tlkn bout
The album is a 10...thee fvck
I have to agree.
Quote from: Lucid Salvatore on March 29, 2026, 03:45:59 PMQuote from: Ulysses on March 29, 2026, 02:23:09 PMInteresting. Did they not review it when the album originally came out? Or did they change their minds?
You can't read?
QuoteEach Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible.
If they're reviewing it now, then clearly they didn't review it back when it was released in 2002.
Dumb ass fag
What the fuck is wrong with your lil sissy ass?
Step back faggoT.
Quote from: FUCK Bey on March 29, 2026, 03:49:01 PMSo what were yall saying about Afrodisiac being more critically acclaimed?
It is
And the superior album
Full was a masterpiece! Come a little bit closer and Wow definitely fit and belonged on this album for sure! The only song they could had left off was Can We. That song always been weird to me. Oh and the song with Ray J too could had been left off.
Yea i loved wow
Wow is like the weakest link
But I love what Bran did with it
The album is overrated imo BUT the weakest song is either CALBC OR Die without you. I also dont love he is, full moon, and it's not worth it
The weakest song is def Come A Little Bit Closer, I personally don't think it matched the album. It was more suited for like a soundtrack
Can We grew on me but it still runs a little too long
I really love I wanna fall in love ......
Come a Little and Wow are FM's Saddidy and Turn It Up huh.
Quote from: L0NZ. on March 30, 2026, 08:09:05 AMCome a Little and Wow are FM's Saddidy and Turn It Up huh.
!!! Cute but coulda been chopped and I wouldn't have missed them.
Alotta WRONG ass opinionatas am seeing in this bitch.
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Quote from: ATLien on March 29, 2026, 01:41:28 PMQuote from: United Nations Barbie 🇺🇳 on March 29, 2026, 01:37:35 PMQuote from: ATLien on March 29, 2026, 01:27:49 PMwell got damn deserved.
she actually took so many risks with this alber and was so ahead of her time.
"What About Us" def had me like :blink: when I first heard it cuz I never heard anything like it before
but once u got it, u fuckin GOT it
Can we talk about this for a minute??? Super ahead of her time for the album and especially with that lead single. It worked out so well but huge risk
:gorlonfire:
the dark edgy vidya
dont PLAY wit ha
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRxKbLdy7G7EtHgGRPrPf0FTwru6cB71_7l2w&s)
And ACTUAL. No understatement nor faux edge.
:ack:
Come A Little Bit Closer and Die Without You could've been removed from the album.
WOW is my shit.
So I remember my mom listening to Wendy Williams as they premiered WAU and they had listeners call in to give their reviews. Everyone was confused and gave every bit of: :udontlookok:
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Quote from: Vonc2002 on March 29, 2026, 09:16:30 PMThe album is overrated imo BUT the weakest song is either CALBC OR Die without you. I also dont love he is, full moon, and it's not worth it
You truly are a stupid motherfucker. You do know that, right?
Quote from: Lazarus on March 30, 2026, 08:52:39 AMCome A Little Bit Closer He Is and Die Without You could've been removed from the album.
WOW is my shit.
Yes!!!!
Quote from: United Nations Barbie 🇺🇳 on March 30, 2026, 08:53:43 AMSo I remember my mom listening to Wendy Williams as they premiered WAU and they had listeners call in to give their reviews. Everyone was confused and gave every bit of: :udontlookok:
mccncnccncnnccncncncn
Nnnnnn I would love to hear that
Quote from: Justaway_ on March 29, 2026, 12:58:31 PMQuote from: TogetherAgain on March 29, 2026, 12:40:41 PM9.0 is a great score, but I think they still underrated it a bit
Nah I think it's the right score. Stuff like Come A Little Closer and WOW brings it down a lil. Nonetheless it's such a great review and i'm glad she's getting recognition for that album.
Afro is still better tho :nogrammynoneck:
It's crazy that you'd say this. WOW is my favourite song on the album. Really goes to show that different folks, different strokes...
:omf:
Of all the songs on the whole album...
I like what I like, and that was it. Just as how Human is tied with Full Moon as my favourite album and can't nobody tell me different...
Full Moon the song & What About Us is in her top 5. So well deserved score
She hasn't done anything as edgy as the what about us video since then. She got me so excited that this would be a thing moving forward. Because her voice is unusual and her style is different All of her videos need to be edgy IMO.
Quote from: Hatsumomo on March 30, 2026, 02:39:41 PMShe hasn't done anything as edgy as the what about us video since then. She got me so excited that this would be a thing moving forward. Because her voice is unusual and her style is different All of her videos need to be edgy IMO.
not to mention kwee was kinda born to give edgy, high art editorial teas
(https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/e7/66/8f/e7668f1692f2d84a5c86a2bbfcacdff3.jpg)
Quote from: United Nations Barbie 🇺🇳 on March 30, 2026, 08:51:45 AMQuote from: ATLien on March 29, 2026, 01:41:28 PMQuote from: United Nations Barbie 🇺🇳 on March 29, 2026, 01:37:35 PMQuote from: ATLien on March 29, 2026, 01:27:49 PMwell got damn deserved.
she actually took so many risks with this alber and was so ahead of her time.
"What About Us" def had me like :blink: when I first heard it cuz I never heard anything like it before
but once u got it, u fuckin GOT it
Can we talk about this for a minute??? Super ahead of her time for the album and especially with that lead single. It worked out so well but huge risk
:gorlonfire:
the dark edgy vidya
dont PLAY wit ha
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRxKbLdy7G7EtHgGRPrPf0FTwru6cB71_7l2w&s)
And ACTUAL. No understatement nor faux edge.
:ack:
(https://media.tenor.com/mpJ_jAm-q4kAAAAM/suspiriaangel-sheree.gif)
Im gagginggggggggg
QuoteThe introduction to "It's Not Worth It," another exploration of post-love confusion, begins with quintessential, multi-part Brandy harmonies, before a brief twinkle of Y2K computer noise bleeds into strings, a voicemail, and Michael Jackson's own lilting falsetto (Jerkins, in a full-circle moment, was going between Jackson's studio for Invincible and Brandy's in Miami while making Full Moon. When Brandy finally met Jackson, she fainted). On first listen, these first 45 seconds sound like self-indulgent throat clearing. But then the actual song starts. A woosh of pitterpatter drums builds to a chorus that somehow throws open the windows and invites in everything we were teased with at the start, violins and glowing keys and MJ and Brandy's voices swirling together in a gust of pleading and disappointment (there's a beatboxed bridge, too, but I won't even get into that).
This maximalism wasn't only the approach to back-half album cuts. Just listen to the brash drama of lead single "What About Us?", a supernova of cascading synths and stuttering drums that inflames Brandy's festering resentment. Her voice seems to be both fighting against and emerging from the music itself; on the call-and-response second verse, she layers herself on top of the instrumental melody, becoming one with the machine. Or the blistering, dizzying "All in Me," maybe the album's most audacious concoction, with an arpeggiating grouping of keys, violins, guitar, and harp exploding, halfway through, into a frantic doubletime sprint, only to slow down just as fast, Brandy's straining vocals stretching across tempos like an extended exhale.