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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 extent. The disc is straightforward and rather thorough in its makeup, compiling almost all of Brandy's charting singles. Minor hit "He Is" is left off, as is "Missing You," the Top Ten R&B single from the Set It Off soundtrack, in which the singer shared duties with Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, and Tamia, but neither is terribly missed. Despite the disc's handiness, the representation from each album, when compared to one another, is more than a little deceiving; a combined ten tracks come from 1994's self-titled debut and 1998's Never Say Never, while only four combined tracks are taken from 2002's Full Moon and 2004's Afrodisiac. Though the last two albums evidently didn't produce nearly as many big singles, they're just as strong and fresh as the first two -- so this set, unlike so many other anthologies from her contemporaries, hardly confirms dwindling creativity or popularity. A couple minor surprises: a cover of Michael Jackson's "Rock with You," pulled from Quincy Jones' Q's Jook Joint album (odds are good that many hardcore fans didn't know of its existence), and a remix of "I Wanna Be Down" that features Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, and Yo-Yo.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Dallas Austin, Producer - LaShawn Daniels, Writer - Fred Jerkins III, Writer - Rodney Jerkins, Producer, Writer - Brandy Norwood, Writer - Japhe Tejeda, Writer - Isaac Phillips, Guitar - Leslie Brathwaite, Engineer - Chris Tergesen, Orchestra - Brandy, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - BEN GARRISON, Recorder - DEXTER SIMMONS, Mixer - Monica, Vocals, MainArtist
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1998 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
LaShawn Daniels, Writer, VocalProducer, RecordingEngineer - Fred Jerkins III, Writer - Rodney Jerkins, Producer, Writer, Music by, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Mason Betha, Writer - Isaac Phillips, Writer, RecordingEngineer - Brandy, Additional Production, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - DEXTER SIMMONS, MixingEngineer - Jean-Marie Horvat, RecordingEngineer - Brian Young, AssistantEngineer - Ma$e, Rapper Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Nycolia Turman, Writer - Rick Sigel, RecordingEngineer
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1998 ATLANTIC RECORDING CORPORATION FOR THE U.S. AND WEA INT. INC. FOR THE WORLD OUTSIDE THE U.S. A TIME WARNER COMPANY
Guy Roche, Producer - Phil Collins, Writer - Brandy, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Ray J, Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 2001 WEA Records/Warner Music Germany.
Tim Mosley, Writer - Jimmy Douglass, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Larry Gold, String Arranger, Strings Conductor - George McCurdy, Percussion - Thaddaeus Tribbett, Bass - Parris Bowens, Keyboards - Blake English, RecordingEngineer - Timbaland, Producer, MixingEngineer - Demacio "Demo" Castellon, AssistantEngineer - Brandy, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Leon Ware, Writer - Walter Millsap III, Writer - Candice Nelson, Writer - Jermeal Hicks, AssistantEngineer - Jacqueline Hilliard, Writer - Halsey Quemere, AssistantEngineer
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 2004 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States
Tim Mosley, Writer - Jimmy Douglass, Mixer, Engineer - Blake English, Engineer, Background Vocals - Kenisha Pratt, Writer, Background Vocals - Kenneth Pratt, Writer, Background Vocals - Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Timbaland, Producer - Demacio "Demo" Castellon, AssistantEngineer - I. Phillip, Writer - Brandy, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Jermeal Hicks, AssistantEngineer - Halsey Quemere, AssistantEngineer
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 2004 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States
LaShawn Daniels, Writer - Fred Jerkins III, Writer - Rodney Jerkins, Producer, Writer, MixingEngineer, VocalProducer, VocalArranger - Rick Williams, Guitar, Writer - Japhe Tejeda, Writer - Brad Gilderman, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Brandy, Additional Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist, VocalProducer, VocalArranger - Victor McCoy, AssistantEngineer - Lashawn "Big Shiz" Daniels, VocalProducer, VocalArranger
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1998 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
MC Lyte, FeaturedArtist - Kipper Jones, Additional Vocals, Writer - Booker T. Jones, MixingEngineer - Keith Crouch, Producer, Arranger, Drums, Keyboards, Programmer, Additional Vocals, Writer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - yo-yo, FeaturedArtist - Brandy, Lead Vocals, Background Vocals, MainArtist - Queen Latifah, FeaturedArtist
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1994 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Rodney Jerkins, Writer - Isaac Phillips, Writer - Ernie McKone and Crispin Taylor at Boogieback Studios, Remixer - Londo, Remixer - Sean Bryant, Writer - Brandy, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Paris Davis, Writer - Shaunta, Performance, FeaturedArtist - Dabrat, FeaturedArtist, Featured Performance
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1998 Atlantic Recording Corp. (LC: 00121)
Shelly Peiken, Backing Vocals, Writer - Guy Roche, Producer, Writer - Fred Jerkins III, Producer, Mixer, Engineer - Anas Allaf, Guitar - Mario Luccy, Engineer - Brandy, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Gerry Brown, Mixer - Moana Suchard, Engineer
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1998 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Kipper Jones, Writer, VocalArranger - Booker T. Jones, MixingEngineer - Keith Crouch, Producer, Arranger, Drums, Keyboards, Programmer, Writer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer, VocalArranger - Glenn McKinney, Guitar - Traditional, Writer - SHEREE FORD-PAYNE, Background Vocals - Brandy, Lead Vocals, Background Vocals, MainArtist - RAHSAAN PATTERSON, Writer - Rashaan Patterson, Background Vocals, VocalArranger
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1994 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Joe Belmaati, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer - Mike City, Producer, Writer - Cutfather & Joe, Remixer - Mads Nilsson, MixingEngineer - Mich H. Hansen, Percussion - Brandy, Lead Vocals, MainArtist
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 2001 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
LaShawn Daniels, Writer - Fred Jerkins III, Writer - Rodney Jerkins, Writer - Nora Payne, Writer - Kenisha Pratt, Writer - Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Producer, All Music by - Javier Valverde, AssistantEngineer - Fabian Marascuillo, Additional Editor, RecordingEngineer - Marc Lee, AssistantEngineer - Brandy, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Paul Foley, Additional Editor, RecordingEngineer - Alex Greggs, Digital Editor
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 2002 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Harold Lilly, Writer - Louis Wilson, Writer - Carlos Wilson, Writer - Ricardo A. Wilson, Writer - Blake English, AssistantEngineer - Kenisha Pratt, AssistantEngineer - Kanye West, Producer, Writer, Performance, FeaturedArtist - Brian Gardner, Masterer - MANNY MARROQUIN, MixingEngineer - Claude Cave II, Writer - Ervin A. Pope, Keyboards - Glenn S. Jeffrey, Guitar - Jun Isheseki, Engineer - Keenan Holloway, Bass - Brandy, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Mandrill, Performance - Miri Ben-Ari, Violin
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 2004 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States
Kipper Jones, Producer, Arranger, Writer, VocalArranger - Booker T. Jones, MixingEngineer - Keith Crouch, Producer, Arranger, Drums, Keyboards, Programmer, Writer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer, VocalArranger - SHEREE FORD-PAYNE, Background Vocals - Brandy, Lead Vocals, Background Vocals, MainArtist - Wanya Morris, FeaturedArtist
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1994 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Michael Thompson, Guitar - Diane Warren, Writer - DAVID FOSTER, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards - Felipe Elgueta, Engineer - Brandy, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Tom Bender, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Simon Franglen, Synclavier Programmer - Mike Guzauski, MixingEngineer
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1998 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Gordon Chambers, Additional Arrangement by, Backing Vocals, Writer - Barry Eastmond, Producer, Arranger, RecordingEngineer - Bill Smith, RecordingEngineer - Chaka Kahn, Backing Vocals - Eric Rehl, Synthesiser - MANNY MARROQUIN, RecordingEngineer - Tom Coyne, Masterer - Carl Nappa, RecordingEngineer - La Juan Carter, Backing Vocals - Phil Hamilton, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar - Stan Wallace, RecordingEngineer - Brandy, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Barry J Eastmond, Conductor, String Arranger, Keyboards, Programmer, Writer - Cindy Mizelle, Backing Vocals - Erik Zobler, Mixer - Gladys Knight, Backing Vocals, MainArtist - TAMIA, Backing Vocals, MainArtist - CHAKA KHAN, MainArtist
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1996 Elektra Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Communications Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Album review
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 extent. The disc is straightforward and rather thorough in its makeup, compiling almost all of Brandy's charting singles. Minor hit "He Is" is left off, as is "Missing You," the Top Ten R&B single from the Set It Off soundtrack, in which the singer shared duties with Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, and Tamia, but neither is terribly missed. Despite the disc's handiness, the representation from each album, when compared to one another, is more than a little deceiving; a combined ten tracks come from 1994's self-titled debut and 1998's Never Say Never, while only four combined tracks are taken from 2002's Full Moon and 2004's Afrodisiac. Though the last two albums evidently didn't produce nearly as many big singles, they're just as strong and fresh as the first two -- so this set, unlike so many other anthologies from her contemporaries, hardly confirms dwindling creativity or popularity. A couple minor surprises: a cover of Michael Jackson's "Rock with You," pulled from Quincy Jones' Q's Jook Joint album (odds are good that many hardcore fans didn't know of its existence), and a remix of "I Wanna Be Down" that features Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, and Yo-Yo.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:24
- Main artists: Brandy
- Label: Atlantic Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing.
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