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Y our nam e is Brandy...
Y o u ’re a superstar singe with a four-
m illion selling debut. Y o u ’ve w on an
American Music Award, many Soul Train
A wards, including the Lady ofSoul “ En
tertainer o f the Y ear” A ward, several
N A A C P Image A wards, several new art
ist award, multiple G ram m y nominations,
and six consecutive T op Ten singles,
including tw o platinum hits, “Baby” and
“Sittin' U p In M y Room ,” and tw o gold
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hits, “ I W anna Be D ow n” and “Broken
hearted.”
Y ou’ve w orked with industry heavy
w eights like Babyface, Lenny Kravitz,
and 14-tim eGrammy winner David Fos
ter. W hat do you w anna do next?
W ell-believe it or not-the answ er to
that easy question was, for a while, “not
sing.” N ot sing? Y ep, not sing.
W hy? H ad the acting bug that bit the
beautiful, charismatic singer damaged
her vocal chords? W as it the packed
schedule that included M oesha. her hi
larious and touching num ber one rated
show on the U PN netw ork? O r her
dazzl ing turn asCinderella in the top rated
A B C -T V m otion picture, in which she
held her ow n against a superstar cast that
included her idol, W hitney Houston'.’
W as it rehearsals for another show stop
ping tour or preparations for her upcom
ing featured role in I Still K now , the sequel
to last year’s teen-scream hit, 1 Know
What You DidLastSummer'.’Nope...none
o f these.
Brandy didn’t w ant to sing for a very
simple reason, a reason that proves w hy
she’s the dynam ic yet down-to-earth
vocalist that stars are made of: She just
didn’t feel it. A nd if she didn’t feel it, she
couldn’t sing it. Artists talk all the time
about “keeping it real.” Brandy was
ready to do just that. She refused to take
the easy w ay out; she ow ed her fans
som ething real, som ething heartfelt,
som ething different.
“ If I can ’t feel it, then I w o n 't sing it,”
says the 19 y ear old singer, w ith a firm
shake o f her braids and a sm ile that
show s that she m eans business. “A nd
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A TASTE O F P O R T L A N D
CHEAP TRICE
RICHIE TAMBORA
Brandy
m an y o f the songs 1 heard w ere not
’m e.’ T h ey d id n ’texpressw hatlw anted
to say at this point in m y career. A nd
[critiq u ed m y self, l ’m n o tth e little g irl
I w as w hen 1 m ad e m y first record. M y
voice is a stro n g erin stru m en t now , my
v o cals co m e from b o th m y heart and
m y diaphragm . M y heart, because I’ve
m atu red in th e four years since the last
album , L m m oreem otionallythere. The
d iap h rag m , b ecau se I’ve been practic
ing, d o in g m o re scales w ith m y father,
ju s t stren g th en in g m y sou n d .”
F rom th e sassy opener, “T h e B oy Is
M in e,” a d u et w ith M onica, to the
slinkly, stylish funk o f the title track, to
ow n youthful insecurities about life as
th ejo y o u s, p ercussive g roove o f “Y ou
M ake M e H appy." N ever Say N ever is
a do cu m en t form the soul of a young
w om an on the m ove, figuring out the
w in d in g ro ad s o f rom ance, th e sure
footed initial steps to independence,
th e ex hilaration and freedom o f her
she m akes her w ay in the w orld. O ver
a slam m ing persuasive beat and a funky
scratch guitar, she sings, “Just try in ’
to be me, d o in ’ w hat I got to do/Just
try in ’ to b e m e, p rovin’ w hat 1 gotta
prove/S om e people think that I ’m just
siftin’ on top o f the w orld.”
B ecause, for B randy, sittin’ on top
o f the w orld is not w hat it’s all about.
E ach project sh e ’s taken on through
out her career has been a challenge-
hard w ork and sacri tice-that m akes the
beautiful m om ents w orth it all.
o w n soaring vocals.
P erhaps th e m ost telling tack is a
sure tire hit called "T o p O f l he W orld”-
w hich feature h iphop star M ase-in
w h ich B randy m anages to both a d
dress h e t critics w h o say she "thinks
sh e ’s too g o o d ” as w ell as co n q u er her
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