https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/14/brandy-music-is-my-therapy-i-dont-know-what-life-would-be-without-it
MICHAEL CRAGG>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
Love this guy.
:plzstop:
Cute read. Im ready for B7.
Having been a stan for the past 25 years, I can say this: I'm kind of tired of reading articles that highlight the past so much 😂 but I understand: the new generation needs to be reminded.
i wish she would've described B7 more in this.
love the black pepper mention! Remind her that she needs to find it!
QuoteIt is not just turn-of-the-millennium nostalgia. In 2013, shortly after the release of Brandy's sixth album Two Eleven, which featured input from self-confessed stan Frank Ocean, Solange tweeted at white music critics: "Like you really should know about deep Brandy album cuts before you are giving a 'grade' or a 'score' to any R&B artist." It's those deep cuts that keep drawing other modern R&B practitioners to her back catalogue, from Kehlani to Beyoncé proteges Chloe x Halle. Can she hear her influence in R&B now? "Yes ... " she says coyly. "A lot. And it's so flattering."
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QuoteShe laments that the gossip around their friendship meant they only performed the song together once, at the 1998 VMA awards. "For us to be put against each other like that, I didn't think that was funny at all," she says. "We didn't really get a chance to experience what we could have with The Boy Is Mine. The fanbases and the media really threw a wrench in that experience."
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It was such a last-minute decision that Brandy had already started rehearsing for the video shoot for the Timbaland-produced Black Pepper, a song that didn't make the final tracklisting and has since taken up mythic status. "It definitely exists," she confirms. "I just, erm, don't know where it is."
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QuoteWhile in many ways B7, released via her own label, is classic Brandy, off-kilter production anchored by a voice still deep enough to swim in, it also feels like a fresh start.
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Black pepper was rehashed for someone else
there aint no damn way
Discusses what!?
omfffff Theo this is just what i needed
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QuoteFor now, Enya can wait. While in many ways B7, released via her own label, is classic Brandy, off-kilter production anchored by a voice still deep enough to swim in, it also feels like a fresh start. No more placating egos, no more chasing commercial expectations. Having previously had her experiences distilled into other people's words, she is now credited as a co-writer on every song, often alongside her early mentor LaShawn Daniels, who helped turn those burning ambitions into reality. Tragically, Daniels died last September during the making of the album.
"It's a little scary because I had to finish it without him," she says, dabbing away tears. "I just wonder: would he be proud of what I was able to put together?" She takes a breath. "Music is my therapy," she nods, almost to herself. "I don't know what my life would be without it."
B7 is out on 31 July
WOO
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Quote from: Noni on July 14, 2020, 04:45:48 AM
Cute read. Im ready for B7.
Having been a stan for the past 25 years, I can say this: I'm kind of tired of reading articles that highlight the past so much 😂 but I understand: the new generation needs to be reminded.
i wish she would've described B7 more in this.
love the black pepper mention! Remind her that she needs to find it!
dsdsdsds i told u she's not gonna describe it much
:ohwow:
it's probably hard to really box this one in lmao
:'( :wub: :'(
BITCH I NEED a B7 album review
Quote from: Jayda X on July 14, 2020, 06:18:10 AM
BITCH I NEED a B7 album review
:loose2when:
She discussed it in depth for Apple music, song for song (thats all i know) and I need for that to come out NOW
the reviews storming in are always exciting as well
:gorlonfire:
Quote from: RIGs on July 14, 2020, 06:22:44 AM
Quote from: Jayda X on July 14, 2020, 06:18:10 AM
BITCH I NEED a B7 album review
:loose2when:
She discussed it in depth for Apple music, song for song (thats all i know) and I need for that to come out NOW
the reviews storming in are always exciting as well
:gorlonfire:
now see here
Quote from: RIGs on July 14, 2020, 06:22:44 AM
Quote from: Jayda X on July 14, 2020, 06:18:10 AM
BITCH I NEED a B7 album review
:loose2when:
She discussed it in depth for Apple music, song for song (thats all i know) and I need for that to come out NOW
the reviews storming in are always exciting as well
:gorlonfire:
Omg yessss
:gorlonfire:
I hope it comes out before the album!
Quote from: afromoondiac on July 14, 2020, 05:46:31 AM
Black pepper was rehashed for someone else
there aint no damn way
So over the years members have alluded to knowing which song it is that rehashed black pepper. Can you let us know now? 🤷🏾♂️
Quote from: Noni on July 14, 2020, 06:37:34 AM
Quote from: afromoondiac on July 14, 2020, 05:46:31 AM
Black pepper was rehashed for someone else
there aint no damn way
So over the years members have alluded to knowing which song it is that rehashed black pepper. Can you let us know now? 🤷🏾♂️
vdvsdv alluded?
is it top secret? :uhh: :dead:
these stan and their self importance :ermm:
speaking of which, these fans with lyrics to unreleased songs in their siggys are pissing me off :rudone:
I wish this focused more on B7 and not so much of the past.
Great read.
This write up is good. I am so happy for her :'( :'(
Quote from: Jayda X on July 14, 2020, 06:39:57 AM
Quote from: Noni on July 14, 2020, 06:37:34 AM
Quote from: afromoondiac on July 14, 2020, 05:46:31 AM
Black pepper was rehashed for someone else
there aint no damn way
So over the years members have alluded to knowing which song it is that rehashed black pepper. Can you let us know now? 🤷🏾♂️
vdvsdv alluded?
is it top secret? :uhh: :dead:
these stan and their self importance :ermm:
Like, who would lose their life if we knew? 😂
refddffdffffdfffff
some do really have me in STITCHES. "maybe ONE day i'll share" like it's a fkin area 51 secret file
How you lose your own damn song that was going to be a single? I can't with her.
Quote from: Ntwadumela on July 14, 2020, 07:25:13 AM
How you lose your own damn song that was going to be a single? I can't with her.
dghhjhdrffft
Yea I will never understand how a song that was supposed to be the lead single didn't even make the album lol
Quote from: Ntwadumela on July 14, 2020, 07:25:13 AM
How you lose your own damn song that was going to be a single? I can't with her.
One would think that at least Atlantic has it? :dead:
GHa couldn't even sing the song when asked about it dfddffdfdf
Thanks for sharing.
Mythic...for sure. That fact BP was covered in Vibe and we STILL haven't heard a lick
Quote from: afromoondiac on July 14, 2020, 07:28:24 AM
GHa couldn't even sing the song when asked about it dfddffdfdf
Dndjdjdjhdj
Quote from: afromoondiac on July 14, 2020, 07:28:24 AM
GHa couldn't even sing the song when asked about it dfddffdfdf
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Quote from: Gifted. on July 14, 2020, 07:57:02 AM
I have a feeling we'll hear it one day or hear the song it eventually became and we'll all give a...
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Nice read.
Quote from: Gifted. on July 14, 2020, 02:18:09 PM
Quote from: Noni on July 14, 2020, 08:02:11 AM
Quote from: Gifted. on July 14, 2020, 07:57:02 AM
I have a feeling we'll hear it one day or hear the song it eventually became and we'll all give a...
:udontlookok:
:dead:
I'm deadass
I'm sorry but Brandy need to quit lying 🤥 :dead: There is no way that song is lost. Back then you had to submit the song to the video director to come up with a treatment for the video . And she was already having rehearsals for the video choreography so that's atleast 2 different copies out tho previous to the master copy :dead: Brandy plea... :plzstop: :kii:
Quote from: KingDavid on July 14, 2020, 04:28:07 PM
Quote from: Gifted. on July 14, 2020, 02:18:09 PM
Quote from: Noni on July 14, 2020, 08:02:11 AM
Quote from: Gifted. on July 14, 2020, 07:57:02 AM
I have a feeling we'll hear it one day or hear the song it eventually became and we'll all give a...
:udontlookok:
:dead:
I'm deadass
I'm sorry but Brandy need to quit lying 🤥 :dead: There is no way that song is lost. Back then you had to submit the song to the video director to come up with a treatment for the video . And she was already having rehearsals for the video choreography so that's atleast 2 different copies out tho previous to the master copy :dead: Brandy plea... :plzstop: :kii:
Dfggggg
Quote from: Noni on July 14, 2020, 06:36:44 AM
Quote from: RIGs on July 14, 2020, 06:22:44 AM
Quote from: Jayda X on July 14, 2020, 06:18:10 AM
BITCH I NEED a B7 album review
:loose2when:
She discussed it in depth for Apple music, song for song (thats all i know) and I need for that to come out NOW
the reviews storming in are always exciting as well
:gorlonfire:
Omg yessss
:gorlonfire:
I hope it comes out before the album!
Im pretty sure it might! Fingers crossed
I know it was a phenomenal interview and maybe the best YET
Quote from: Ntwadumela on July 14, 2020, 07:25:13 AM
How you lose your own damn song that was going to be a single? I can't with her.
It's not her fault
The actual songwriter (Candace Nelson) doesn't even have it :dead: This was before Brandy owned her own masters
And Candace Nelson said she's only heard it ONCE, but that Brandy murked it
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We'll never know. It may not even be that great by now, like Theo said
Quote from: RIGs on July 15, 2020, 05:15:17 AM
And Candace Nelson said she's only heard it ONCE, but that Brandy murked it
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We'll never know. It may not even be that great by now, like Theo said
UGH