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Soul Sisters Podcast: Brandy Puts 'Other People's Opinions' In Perspective



Early into this episode of Soul Sisters, Brandy remarks on the "hundred thousand butterflies" she feels when we remind her of how much success she's had, on the Billboard charts and beyond, in her 20-plus year career as an entertainer. From her lightning hot debut album Brandy that she put out when she was only 15, to her Grammy win for the best-selling female duet of all time "The Boy Is Mine," to her work with Whitney Houston in Cinderella and her starring role on Moesha, Brandy has been an inspirational figure for as long as most people under 40 can remember.

"This whole moment is a blessing," she remarks, visibly overwhelmed by the conversation. "I didn?t even know that this was going to happen like this today.?

But "this" feeling she's talking about is exactly what Brandy walked into the room with: an immense amount of gratitude for what she feels is a new empowering moment in her career, underlined by her fresh new single "Beggin & Pleadin" after a long period of struggling against her own self-doubts, let alone anyone else's, throughout her improbable success.

"When other people?s opinions matter more than yours, that?s when the road gets rocky," she warns. "I?m a living witness to that."

Brandy takes us all the way back, from growing up in Mississippi, which she left for Los Angeles at the age of four, to what it was like seeing her name climb to No. 1 for the first time just over a decade later.

"I remember entering the charts at 90-something. I was just so happy to be on the charts - the Billboard charts!" she recalls, before sharing a story of the first time she ever heard a stranger playing her single, from their car at a Del Taco drive-through.

"I?m doing what I want to do," Brandy states firmly. "And nothing is going to get in the way of it."

Check out the full episode below, hosted by Billboard writer/content creator Jessie Katz and Parlour Tricks singer Darah Golub, and be sure to subscribe to our iTunes channel for all future episodes:

https://soundcloud.com/billboard/soul-sisters-podcast-brandy

[Seven]

Great (but lengthy) interview with Brandy chronically her career in her own words. She also sings a few lines of the first demo song she ever recorded in a studio.

[RekeRig]

MORE with Billboard!? lmao!!!

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not Soul sisters

are they racist

[Purple Moon]

wait...it feels like the new era is upon us

[Seven]

Also around the 38 min mark, the hosts mentions something about "starring in a documentary series and hosting a a documentary series..."

Not sure if this was mentioned as an example of things she's done or rather new projects she's working on...

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they're running through her stats now

i didn't know half of this ommmm

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aw these white girls talking about her impact and they're crying 7 minutes in

[JRocka]

they're running through her stats now

i didn't know half of this ommmm

!!!! neither did I...like what kinda stan am i 

[Zankou.]

not Soul sisters

are they racist

this just made me SCREAM

[RekeRig]

they're asking great questions about her voice

I'd recommend listening when u have nothing to do im glad im off today. She's saying that she didn't realize
how different her voice was until she started recording her first album

[Young]

Biiiiiiit

This was cute

[Purple Moon]

aw these white girls talking about her impact and they're crying 7 minutes in

they're such stars....im using this interview so much.

[RekeRig]

omg after 23 minutes in, she sings a little bit of the FIRST song she's ever recorded in studio

"my guy"

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people calling her ugly and mess when she was younger

ugh now she's crying again. wtf man