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Quote from: Somebody's RIG on October 25, 2021, 02:24:05 PM
Brandy and Naturi ripped "Belly of the Bitch" to SHREDS!!!
My favorite Naomi verse so far
We're getting 13 episodes in season 1 by the way. This is only the second damn episode 
destroy us!
13 episodes!! C'mon!! 🙌🏾
Yes God!
I read it in the New York Times article:
QuoteWith its combination of melodrama and musical performances, "Queens" offered Brandy a chance to flex all of her performance muscles. "I remember how Broadway made me feel," she said in a recent interview, referring to her acclaimed four-month run, in 2015, as Roxie Hart in "Chicago." (She has since reprised the role on Broadway and in touring productions.) "I felt so good doing Broadway, and I was like, 'If I could do something like this for television, this would be amazing.'"
QuoteThe "Queens" creator Zahir McGhee, a longtime rap fan best known as a writer and producer on shows like "Scandal" and "For the People," conceived the series with the specific goal of mining '90s hip-hop nostalgia. He enlisted the help of Sabrina Wind ("Desperate Housewives," "Devious Maids"), who signed on as an executive producer, and Swizz Beatz, the rapper and co-creator of Verzuz, who is the executive music producer. For the cast, he wanted to find artists who could not only rap and sing but also felt authentic to the era, and he had two names in mind from the beginning: Brandy and Eve (who plays Brianna, who performs as Professor Sex).
"I became obsessed with Brandy the human as a character and saw all of these things that were analogous to Naomi in the show," McGhee said.
Brandy finally signed on in March. She said that McGhee's pilot script spoke to her more than any other she has read, given her personal experience with navigating single motherhood and rediscovering her voice after a time away from the spotlight. "Music is my first love, so to be a part of a show where I can actually sing, dance, rap, act — it's like a dream role," she said.
QuoteIn a video interview from Atlanta, where she has been filming the 13-episode first season of "Queens," Brandy spoke about her biggest rap inspirations, the show's exploration of womanhood and the possibility of a "Moesha" reunion. These are edited excerpts from the conversation.
