One of my favorite vocalists, Brandy, releases her official first single, “Right Here (Departed),” from her forthcoming 5th studio album. Brandy fans across the world have been on pins and needles, awaiting the release for the singer. The new single is produced by none-other than long time Brandy collaborator and friend, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins.
Rumors have swarmed around Brandy’s new release, but it has been confirmed that Brandy will link up with The Clutch, as well as the talented Bryan-Michael Cox. There are also rumors of Danja contributing to the album. It’s also been said that Brandy’s already filmed the video with a possible feature on BET’s Access Granted.
Make sure you check out our girl Brandy on her MySpace page and show her some of that good old fashion CL love!
LOVE IT!!!!! WELCOME BACK BRANDY
i love love love her voice, have for years! so glad she’s back.
I love B rocka
This girl right here is FIYAH!!!! She aint playin with the industry at all! I love her to death and that will never change but honestly this song is shittin on every song out there now! Her vocals OMG I’m at a lost for words!!!!!! Brandy 08′!!!!
not really feeling it to much–I liked the List song better but its good to hear B-rocka is offically back
It’s ok. Unless she releases an accompanied KICK ASS video to go with this song, I don’t see this particular single doing all that well. It’s just my opinion. I will watch and wait for more released singles to see if I can be swayed. I’m just such a huge Brokenhearted fan, it will be hard for her to top that for me.
Cute picture! Brandy never disappoints-I like it!
I wanted to hip yall to something….
So, the producer must love ColdPlay (who doesn’t)
and decided to remix “The Scientist”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Kd7IGPyeg
Producers, come up with your own progressions, please, as this sh*t in my book is a blatant rip, esp since the MIDI files are downloadable from the internet
Underrated singer and I love the song. She is truly a great R&B artist
I LOVE IT… I LOVE IT… I LOVE IT…. ITS A POP SONG.. AND IM GLAD SHE WENT FOR THAT… THE PRODUCTION SOUNDS LIKE A MIXTURE OF THE NEVER SAY NEVER SOUND AND THE FULL MOON SOUND THAT DARKCHILD CREATED WITH HER.. ITS LIKE HE FUSED THE TOO… AND I LOVES IT…
AND IM GLAD SHE MADE A SONG THAT COULD APPEAL TO EVERYONE….
LOVESSS ME SOME B-ROCKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS IS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY YEAR AND THE ALBUM IS SOON TO FOLLOW…. OOOOHHH YES!
I like it….I mean the beat is dynamic and her vocals are beautiful it’s just a little underwhelming…I’m not “in love” but I like it and regardless I’m buying the new CD if she puts joints like “Nodding Off” on their…I love raspy voiced Brandy…
~RKJ
@mofo
1 Brandy has already been a documented coldplay fan and she sampled them for her last CD.
2. As long as the original group is credited and more importantly getting that royalty check …no one reallys cares except for a few oversensitive coldplay fans.
3. hip hop, R&B and Rock and Alternative have always sample others ideas and material…this is nothing new, get over it.
OMG!!! HELL YEAH, BRANDY IS BACK!! I’VE ALWAYS RESPECTED AND ADMIRED HER AS AN ARTIST. YEP THIS IS GONNA BE HER YEAR 2 NEXT WIT CIARA. I’M BUYING LIKE 2 COPIES WHEN HER SHIT DROPS.
Welcome back Brandy how I have missed you and your music so much. Thanks Brian for the post as well. This single is definitely a very crossover mainstreamish type of single. I do not know how it will do on R&B radio but I definitely see this making the Hot 100 charts. She needs to place another single out as well with this one so she is definitely not slept one again. Very talented artist and I will always and forever be inspired cause her music is so different from what’s in but she keeps it current for those who are not musically inclined at all. New album drops November 4 I can’t wait.
It’s ok..
For me Brandy Brandy rocked it the most in her 1st 2 albums
Kinda like Aaliyah, nothing ever matched up to”Age ain’t nothing but a number”
Yes please get into Brandy, she is everything! She will be making her way back to where she was before. She is in a genre of her own and no one can take that away!
Jake Jacobs VI
I liked it, and I think she should release another single also along with this one, but i am glad that she is back none the less!
I am in awe of this single! It is like the breath of fresh air that I needed! Brandy’s voice is sooo melodic it gives me chills. This song is Record of the Year material. The production is crazy thanks to Rodney Jerkins who know how to produce Brandy like the back of his hand, the vocal arrangement is sick, runs are glorious, and overall the lyrics are just crazy! I can’t wait til November 4th when the album drops I just pray and hope everyone dosen’t sleep on this new project and I hope if you download the CD buy it also and support her project! She needs everyones support to reclaim her throne as the queen of R&B because she truly is!!! Love you Brandy!!!
Sounds like No Air.
it sounds okay-similar to her other stuff. i wonder what other producers she’s going to work with…i can hear her on a neptunes track
I LOVE HER SO SO MUCH. I JUST HATE THE WAY SHE PORTRAYS HER SONGS IN VIDEOS.YOU IMAGINE YOUR FAVORITE SONG TO THE PERFECT VIDEO AND WHEN IT DOESNT HAPPENED ITS DISAPPOINTING.HER LAST ALBUMS WAS MY FAVORITE.
Jerkins is a known bitter, he started off copying Teddy, then he took the Badboy r&b sound of Stevie J, J-Dub etc. Then he moved on to Timbaland, snatched his drum sounds and programming style basically ripped the guy off for a number of years. Now he’s moved on to Danja. I will say he has shown some innovation in the process, he just borrows to much.
On the Clutch….the only one that likes their songs is Brian.. OK.. Ice Box was hot, 4 Minutes was cool and the Freak Show joint on Brits album was cool.
And we all know Keri Hillson “borrows” a lot from Brandies vocal style (believe it ), But do we really need Brandy singing their disjointed songs ? NO
Stick with Lashawn and Rodney and make a “Brandy” album not an Atlanta producer and writer compilation project. We don’t need Brandy singing The Dreams songs,
or an album full of Tricky Stewart’s fake Danja Handz arpeggiator renditions. I wont buy the record if it full of left over Day 26 tracks or BMC piano loop tracks. And I like Johnta Austin but again Brandy has a sound and we don’t need her doing the Atlanta thing on this record. On the Cold Play thing Timbaland sampled the song Clocks on her last album, and she made a nice lil song out of it. I doubt Rodney needs Midi files to replay a cold play song theirs nothing complicated about any of their chord progressions and for the record they’re nothing but a U2 rip off themselves
Brandy can DO NO WRONG she ALWAYS was the best out or the “three” Monica, Aliyah(RIP) and she has an ORIGINAL voice..you cant trace her influences back to some singer from the 70′s or 80′s..that rare and one of the reasons why people love her so much.. Also the chick puts out SOLID albums..all of her albums even the last one were banging.
The Jury is still out
Sader
BRANDY IS BACK. U BETTA DO THA DAMN THING B-ROCK…I LOVE U!
@ I TALK, YOU LISTEN -
Valid, however…
1) Coldplay was not accredited according to her PRO (rights management), if brandy likes them so much then why no credit.
2) Rodney Jerkins produced this, not a beginner producer, RJ is tight as hell on the keys and in some of his ideas, so it upsets me when someone of his caliber does this. It is blatant. I just played both versions on the piano and added accents for the Brandy version, they are dead on, not cool in my book. RJ has always been a “creator”/”composer” in my book, but this knocks him down a little for me. But it seems that today, it is ok to give someone credit for piggybacking off of someone elses ideas – that in ColdPlay’s case means so much to them (look up the meaning behind the song). Ex. Kanye, makes good music, but to me, he is far from original (production wise – the beats the samples, etc.), and I find it hard to give him “composer” props. However, he still credits his source
3) Samples of other’s material, as you said, I’m O.K. with as long as credit is given, in this case it wasn’t.
With all said, I didn’t say the song was trash
Just that I don’t like when people do that, and as I should have said prior, “not give credit”. Apologies for not making that clear.
I was a little weary of listening to this, but its actually pretty good…Welcome back Brandy
I loves ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ All
Let me clarify even more jeez
my fault…
In an era with “hit producers”, “quarter of a million dollar budgets”, “best R&B writers in the game”, I find blatant rips appalling. I’m not comparing the song to coldplay, it is the exact same just sped up with accents.
It upsets me as a person that listens to music from all corners of the world and of prior decades back to classical. When “composers” of yesteryears (Quincy is a prime example) “created” a song. He “created” a song. It was fresh, it was like “damn”. You know? The stuff he did for MJ – straight composition, that is a producer to me.
A lot of these “producers” that some think are at the top of the game often “rip” instead of “create”, it is a lack of musicianship in my book.
Once again, not saying the song sucks as Brandy did her thing, but the producers IMO disrespected another – if you are ok with that, cool, I’m not, thats all.
BRANDY IS BACK!!! Love her voice! Love the song!!! I really hope this song does very well because she deserves it!
I’m soo glad Brandy is back!!! I will definitely support her as always.
i know some of u guys are gonnna be kinda skeptical and too sure about this one..but just give it a few more listens..i can see this topping the charts…it reminds me of how ppl felt about a.keys “no one” and look what that turnt out to be….btw brandy is lookin really fierce these days..
Love Brandy, good luck with the new album.
screaming ..i’ve been waiting so long for this day
I love it I am so excited about Brandy return to music will be soooo hot this fall
Solange, Jazmine Sullian, T.I.,Monica, Robin Thicke, Joe, Neyo and of course Bee and when ever Jay drop the BP3.
I’m shocked. I never knew she could sing like this. I though she was whack but this track just might change the industry
i guess
ok…so my “good” friend is a brandy fanatic…so i hav3 to be hush hush on this one….but i wat to know what people think who are not brandy LAMES…damn…i like her too…but some of yall be acting like she god…and if yall had to choose to save her or your MOTHER….lets just say..momma would be lost!…i do like brandy..im a fan…BUT..honestly…this aint it…The song needs somemore personalzation…it sounds slightly generic…no brandy flavor that she always put on…But im sure, like afrodisiac the best songs will be left to the album cut so im keeping my eyes open.
Brandy is BACK and the haters can’t take. She’s coming for wigs. Pin your lacefronts DOWNE ladies. B-Rocka is reclaiming her throne. That is all.
This song is DOPE!!! A great comback single Brandy aint nothing to mess with. SHE TOLD YALL IN THE SONG WE AINT GOING NO WHERE!!! And thats what she means. This song it going straight to number 1
I’M COMPLETELY IN AWE OF THIS SONG……..
IF UR A BRANDY FAN LIKE ME OR IF UR NOT…..U CANT DENY THIS TRACK….
FROM THE BASSLINE TO THE INSTRUMENTAL TO THE VOICE…INCREDIBLE…
NEED I SAY MORE…..
BRANDY’S BACK SO TELL UR FAV TO RUN FOR COVER!!!!
It was ok but I really like Dig This and List better. It’ll have to grow on me I guess.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY SMART MOVE ON Brandy’s Behalf!
This is a POP SONG, she is going back to the Never-Say-Never format where the songs will be more middle of the road, and will no doubt garner attention from all sides.
This is somethin Rihanna has done well in her career! But Brandy did it first!
Come the HELL ON BRAN!!!!!
B-Rocka is BACK!! The song is a #1 HIT!
omg i emailed you guys about this last night at like 12 am my time and i wake up and find it as the first thing up!!! (i would like to think i had something to do with this lol j/k)
anyway i love it alot,but i do think that it wont be recieved well…..unless she has a great feature on it for the video (prolly chris brown or ne-yo or even kanye) we shall see who she put on there but frankly i would play this song out,i listened to it like 4 times last night….her vocals sound great!
RE: 43
I think you, like many others are thinking of the song in terms of getting play on the Black stations, when the song has a very broad audience its attempting to appeal to. This song will make great plays in Europe, it will be a great club remix song, and it will do fine on urban stations because of the soulful rifts.
Umbrella without Jay-Z wasn’t a ubran song, this is somewhere in that vein. Also think Alicia Keys “No One.”
I’m not sure what to say. I LOVE Brandy, the girl is just bad. I’m sure the album will be fire and on heavy rotation with me. This particular song, it’s OK for me. I need that hot video to go with it. So glad Brandy is back. All these other chicks have been boring me to death!
I’m feelin this song
SHE’S BACK Y’ALLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!! Voice is amazing as usual and the song is gonna blow up, trust, ugh siiiiickkk
alright sista! miss you!
glad to see her back but come back with your own feel not a alicia keys vibe
Welcome back Brandy! This is hot.
I LOVE IT! Her vocals are Incredible! I’m so glad she’s back.
She’s singin her heart out. Everybody I know can’t get enough of this song.
Brandy is THE BEST.
WOW leave it to Brandy to do something completely different from everyone else.
I want this on the radio Immediatly!!! I never doubted you B-Rocka.
I’ll be right here with you!!
@mofo
thats for clearing that up i see where you are coming from now..
LOVE this shit…Brandy can do NO WRONG Like everyone above said….Good to see my girl gettn so much love!
CAN’T STOP LISTENING!!!
SHE NEVER DISSAPOINTS MY EAR!!
AWW COME ON BRANDY!
ONE QUESTION CONCRETELOOP,
ARE YALL READY FOR THE QUEEN RETURN?
YEEEEEAAAAH MAAAAYNE! B-Rocka is back and is taking over! Love this woman.
monica new song is way better than this song, this song isn’t good enuff to be first single.
I just listened to the song again and I really hope Brandy kicks in the door with her return and her people should try to get her on Fashion Rocks. I was so disappointed that one year on BET she was performing at the awards preshow. I was like Brandy is a major star and she was used at the pre show.
@57 I haven’t heard Monica new song yet what is the name of it?
The song is hot.
Do ya thing Brandy! The worlds waiting.