Shortly after the release of her eponymous debut in 1995, Brandy became a star. Not only did the album sell well, but she starred on UPN's Moesha and Disney's made-for-TV Cinderella, all before she released her second album, Never Say Never, in 1998. Needless to say, there was much more riding on the second record than the debut and, fortunately, ...
Now over a decade into her music career, Brandy is nothing if not consistent. Afrodisiac nevertheless involves a number of personal and creative changes. Since the making of 2002's Full Moon, she became a mother, split with her husband, picked up new manager Benny "The Actual Fresh Prince" Medina, and swapped out primary producer Rodney Jerkins in ...
This teenage R&B singer hit the Top Ten late in 1994 with "I Wanna Be Down," a representative track from her solid debut album. Brandy knows her way around a hip-hop beat, layering tender-tough vocals over spare arrangements like a lower-key Janet Jackson or a more stripped-down Mary J. Blige. Good songs and crisp production make Brandy a moody, ...
Ranging from hard rock to country and from rap to pop, this collection of 11 recordings covering the nominees for Grammy Awards in the categories of Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist demonstrated the diversity of popular music in 1994-1995. (Despite the "1996" in the title, the period of eligibility ran from October 1, 1994 ...
Brandy built her stardom on a few well-timed singles, but she never really delivered albums that fulfilled her promise as a front-woman. Full Moon, her third album, comes the closest to being a full-fledged, well-rounded album, as well as establishing a personality as a singer. That's not to say this album is as fiercely independent or adventurous ...
VH1 Divas Live 99 presents VH1's second gathering of superstar songbirds, including Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Cher, Mary J. Blige, LeAnn Rimes, Faith Hill, Chaka Khan, and Elton John. Hill's "This Kiss," Turner's "The Best," Cher's "If I Could Turn Back Time," John's "I'm Still Standing," and Rimes' "How Do I Live" are among the concert's ...
Adequately covering the rich legacy of Atlantic Records' first 50 years over only two CDs is an impossible task, even concentrating only on rock and R&B, so it would be difficult to expect Atlantic Records 50 Years: Gold Anniversary to offer anything more than a cursory overview. The compilation does illustrate the incredible depth and diversity ...
The best club tracks circa mid-1996, this ninth edition in the MTV Party to Go series includes tracks by Coolio, Everything But the Girl, Ace of Base, R. Kelly, L.L. Cool J and the Notorious B.I.G., among others. ~ Keith Farley, All Music Guide
Brandy doesn't record often. Nobody could accuse her of being prolific, since she released only four albums during the first decade of her music career. She does, however, make each trip to the studio count, and she hasn't only released enough memorable singles to fill out a best-of -- as The Best of Brandy doesn't quite indicate to the fullest ...
Plenty of bands aren't happy with how their catalog is treated by former record labels, but no artists have confronted their old label the way Cracker does with the 2006 release of Greatest Hits Redux. As Virgin prepared its second Cracker compilation, Get on with It: The Best of Cracker, for release in early 2006, the band caught wind of the ...
It may be hard to get beyond the title of Rhino's series MTV the First 1000 Years, which just may be the dumbest title in the first 1000 years of the recording industry, but the actual discs aren't bad at all. For instance, the R&B volume is an excellent compilation of urban hits from the '90s -- and, as of 1999, there weren't too many records ...
Now that they're no longer on a major label, Cracker can indulge themselves. For some bands, this could be a problem, but a band as irreverent as Cracker can benefit from a little room to move, since that means they can toss off an album like Countrysides without having to justify why they're doing a collection of sloppy, rowdy country covers, or ...
On her second album, The Boy Is Mine, Monica is given a little more room to strut her own stuff. Previously, she was an inexperienced vocalist whose raw talent was sculpted by a bevy of producers. Here, she sticks with Dallas Austin; not only does he give her songs immaculately crafted musical backdrops -- both ballads and up-tempo dance numbers ...
The Absolute Hits Collection assembles many of the Atlantic label's biggest smashes of the mid-to-late 1990s; for casual fans of contemporary pop, it's a smart investment, as many of these singles (matchbox20's "3 am," Sugar Ray's "Fly" and Collective Soul's "The World I Know" among them) are much stronger than the remaining material on the ...
Human's release marked the longest wait between Brandy albums, if only by a few months, and it's easy to understand why. After Afrodisiac's June 2004 release, Brandy dropped her manager, left Atlantic, broke off an engagement, was a judge on America's Got Talent, got into a car accident that caused the death of a driver, and signed with Epic ...
Like most of its installments, Now!, Vol. 4 is a solid sampling of pop hits from its moment in time, filled out with a few ringers and stinkers. In 1999, nobody could escape the New Radicals' "Get What You Give," Sugar Ray's "Every Morning," or Edwin McCain's "I'll Be." But what about the minor Spice Girls entry "Goodbye," or the brief hit run for ...
The votes are in! And the merchandising streams on, with this pristine sampler of industry gold medalists from the last Grammy show of the first millennium. This collection feels pop-heavy, even in non-pop categories, which makes sense given the nature of the necessary "listenability factor" of all Grammy contenders, particularly from the last ...
Totally Hits collects an array of totally contemporary chart-toppers from artists like TLC, Monica, Sugar Ray, and 'N Sync. Tracks from Madonna, Barenaked Ladies, Third Eye Blind, Whitney Houston, Brandy, and Faith Hill complete this concise look at pop hits of the late '90s. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
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