Brandy Vocal Analysis

[@Urhiness415]

I swear Brandy sit between notes and has literally perfected the rasp in her tone to ride against any note. She doesn’t attempt song or notes that are out of her range... she tweaks them and that is how she is able to sing live and sound exactly the same. Im ONE OF HER BIGGEST FANS.

[@UmaRecordings]

I'm a true Brandy fan but I really like your voice which is very" Jazmine Sullivan ". Perfect for sad gospel. You should post more of your beautiful gift.

[@HedonisticPickle]

You should do one of these about India.Arie

[@SheInPower]

Yessssssss!!!

[@daniellondono6688]

Yesss

[@MrsPKW]

I agree with you about Brandy's voice. I have always liked her, but I have paid her more attention after hearing so many other vocal artists defining some runs as a "brandy run". I also have seen so many good artists talk about how much they like her voice, and how they couldn't believe such a young person (at start of her career) had such a developed voice.

[@khodascope]

Holy crap, I just realized how much Kierra sheard was influenced by Brandi.

[@Jay2k2323]

Sam K umm no

[@MostHighJem]

Absolutely. She does so many Brandy runs.

[@TayTheAncient]

Lol you can hear her tone in Brandy's

[@TayTheAncient]

Also she said it in a interview and i think when she did a tribute to Brandy

[@vocalbooth8585]

Absolutely Sam! When you listen to tracks like ‘Flaws’ you can hear the similarities all over the place. I wouldn’t be surprised if brandy did the demo for that actually because it’s a Dianne Warren song

[@Fiskgyrl2]

I would love for you to analyze Lalah Hathaway's voice!

[@j.decole5372]

Fiskgyrl2 Man that would be really complicated. Lalah voice is so fluid and versatile. That lady can do anything, alot of range. But same Id like to hear hers too

[@tammarajackson1905]

Not possible Lalah was sent to us strait from from the Gods 😜

[@sara-me3so]

On KZbin there's a clip. They showed a clip of Brandi and Whitney recording "Impossible" from Cinderella and Whitney looked at her and said, "Why you singin' like that! Why you singing down there? Sing up here!" lol queen

[@Hineal92]

I thought she was ALTO, my bad... I love the low register, and her rich background harmonies shes a very technical singer and with that kind of singing placement she'll be able to sing those delicious smooths licks (runs) till shes 80. To sum up I loooove B-R-A-N-D-Y shes a teacher ;)

[@Calvin375]

iangneal FYI, there's no such thing as an "ALTO" as an actual vocal fach.

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

I adore Brandy's voice. It's delicate but so sweet.

[@adah6759]

She's a soprano

[@lepristineking]

Vocally Brandy is unmatched . And I agree Broken-hearted sounds like Baby Whitney ❤️ you can hear Whitney all over that.

[@jmitch.wav1]

perfect. brandy's the best!!!

[@princehenrysolin]

Yessssssssss....she's my vocal mentor

[@taylorperry5531]

Dileesa you are soo damn perfectttt lol you make us "soon 2 be gr8" singers excited to get better... you offer so much different info through each stage of singing that I cannot commend you enough as a young black woman 4 doing so :) I'm actually performing in church 4 the first time this Monday so I'm using you & a couple others here on youtube (mostly u tho) 2 help me out b4 the performance, like w. ur video on "how to prepare for a performace" etc etc.. Anyway I mainly wrote u this to tell you NEVER stop being yourself bc just by being you n posting self-help vids, you are helping a large community of us here on the tube so yaa :)))

[@joettapolk1189]

I enjoy the hoarseness. Have you heard her sing, Begging and Pleading? Good God Almighty...she's anointed!!!

[@thekonversationwithkaleaf]

Brandy’s lower register is next level tho Have You Heard Beggin & Pleadin & Do Y’all Remember Brandy Singing in The Bathroom as a Brandy 💫 I must say Brandy’s voice has only exceeded excellence with age because she started out so excellent & so young

[@adah6759]

she can sing up to *F5* with vibrato and she can get up to *E6* in falsetto

[@dancelee3751]

can u do one of lisa fischer man her voice when she sang how can I ease the pain

[@lisajohnson521]

Ugh, I love Brandy's voice.

[@renagade1981]

We definitely need a update 2020

[@dahardeman3065]

I'd like to hear a vocal analysis of Minnie Riperton's voice. Love your channel!

[@TheAsherLasher]

Analysis some male singers, that would be a nice change!

[@CreoleKing1986]

True! Like Brian McKnight!

[@Tkimba2]

@@CreoleKing1986 Stevie Wonder

[@kreole7376]

luther vandross

[@enchantedstargoddess6837]

I absolutely love Brandy!!

[@treywaters5445]

Can you do one on Tevin Campbell's voice

[@RahLeone]

Wow your analysis was spot on! And you only stuck to facts which is great. Before I watched the video I replied to someone's post on here and I can tell you are a singer because you caught many of the things I just commented about. It's so true about the Whitney influence especially in the beginning of her career and brandy really creating her own style later on. Great analysis!

[@fluff1416]

Can you do an analysis on fantasia, jennifer hudson, & Tamia. Thank you. God bless.

[@SonofBaldwin]

Absolutely LOVE Brandy. I'd love for you to do an analysis of entertainers who receive a great deal of criticism about their vocal abilities, people like Janet Jackson or Rihanna, for example.

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

Great idea!

[@deshaunx776]

I agree with everything except her voice being "hoarse". Hoarseness is a result of strain on the vocal chords-- Brandy's raspy sound is more likely the combination soft palate lift and tightening to squeeze the sound through the nasal passages. For low notes, she can sound raspy as a result of breathiness. She's like Dorinda Clark Cole or Kim Burrell. Their voices can maintain the raspy sound without fatiguing. Compare that to a young Fantasia and you'll hear the difference. Fantasia's rasp was the result of strain, which is why she had to cancel so many performances. Today, Fantasia doesn't sound as raspy and has fewer vocal issues because the strain is gone.

[@potterylady1]

Loved it. Brandy's my girl!!!

[@mauripettis7581]

Well Brandy herself said in a video on the Forever Brandy KZbin while speaking to congress that she's an Alto.

[@cyt6658]

This is another "Mariah Carey called herself an alto" issue. People get confused - including famous singers who don't know real technical terms - alto IS not a vocal fach, it's a voice type in a choral group.

[@jessicatrentwood832]

It depends on how you classify voices. Technical classification (what dileesa does) relies on how agile/comfortable/projected your voice is in a specific spectrum of notes. For that reason, both Brandy and Mariah are not altos. They can be really good at their low notes, but their voice projects and is more agile in higher ranges.

[@Dileesa]

Jessica Trentwood thank youuu

[@cameronlockhart5715]

could you do faith

[@joshuajeremiah5689]

Could you do a video on tank and usher and Kelly Roland

[@Scaryaries]

can you do a teena Marie vocal analysis?

[@kibakiwilson5891]

I love Brandy and you!

[@freepalestine403]

3.05 Was not expecting that... it was amazing!!

[@marydunne8415]

I agree, even a a small bit of info on how to tackle Anastacia's You'll Never be Alone would be sooo helpful!

[@gmw143]

Please do an analysis on Anita Baker , Jennifer Holiday , Jennifer Hudson and Fantasia

[@niquesoasis]

Great analysis!

[@lorealwilliams7042]

can you do monica

[@jathanblake]

Can you do one on Tori Kelly and some guy vocalists?

[@twillias4714]

Tori is boss!!!!!

[@RuuBjAh1]

Could you maybe do a vocal analysis of Britney Spears? Because I think it's really interesting to see that in her early performances she had a lot of potential, but then when she got famous her technique started to worsen and I wonder why that would be? Of course, if you're going to look at the long run, you're gonna have to focus on studio vocals, mostly, seeing as she usually doesn't sing live...

[@AKryptonProduction]

Love this channel

[@christhecazi]

Pleaseee do a sevyn streeter vocal analysis

[@JaeElise]

Can we get a update?

[@cameronlockhart5715]

faith evans

[@nicoleallen5049]

I agree with you that Brandy has a raspy or husky sounding voice and of course her voice is not as powerful as Whitney Houston! Generally speaking , the more people sing is the better they get as in Brandy's case. Anyway l am a fan of Brandy's music.

[@Alrford07]

Can u do mariah

[@ldl4eva]

So Brandy is a Full Lyric Soprano, (after reading up, she can't be light lyric because her voice is way too mature to hav the youthful tone, example Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato, etc.), but the fact that she's a Full Lyric Soprano is, (excuse my French lol), its pretty fuckin mind blowing, but yet it makes sooo much sense, because for sooo long Ive always thought she was a Lyric Contralto, but putting her against other contralto's her voice doesn't really sound androgynous, (if I spelt it right lol), at all around her lows to the forth octave, so I really really thank you Dileesa, because the way Brandy looked up to Whitney is the way I look up to her, I absolutely love this lady, granted that her voice is flawful, (Just like any singer or vocalist), but her technique isn't and she is just a master vocalist of that "3 octave" instrument of hers, (I put the quotations because ik she has more voice to show lol) but I genuinely thank you for the education and for clearing my mind, Thank You.!!

[@ajaycbaby8837]

***** I laughed when she said soprano, girl bye. Brandy has a beautiful lower register.

[@ajaycbaby8837]

Ajay Cbaby Patti Labelle is a lyric tenor/ dramatic bass. Dileesa Hunter taught me all the music knowledge I need to know.

[@ldl4eva]

***** I would go out nd say dat Brandy might b a coloratura mezzo, because of her warm lower register nd da fact that she does hav a agile high register, and plus even Brandy admits that she likes it better when sings middle wise and not as high in her range

[@ldl4eva]

***** I'm glad I finally figured it out lol

[@ajaycbaby8837]

I know patti is not a bass, i was being sarcastic....lol

[@amakaokechukwu7946]

Would love an update on this video

[@robburgess6956]

Do you have any analysis on vocalist like Zarcardi Cortez, Jonathan McReynolds, India Arie, Joe, or Kierra Seard. Or Even Yummy Bingam. If not, please take a moment and listen to these artist. I would love to hear your analysis on artist like these. Thanks!

[@Calvin375]

Rob Burgess Joe as in Joe Thomas "If You Lose Her" is a dramatic tenor.

[@rch1jr]

Dileesa can you please do one of Lashun Pace? One of the highest lightest sopranos around

[@Dileesa]

It would be a challenge to do an analysis on her honestly. But I do love the Pace family sound

[@rch1jr]

+Dileesa Hunter lol why would it be a challenge

[@Dileesa]

Because she's mostly belting

[@rch1jr]

+Dileesa Hunter yeah she's a powerful belter I'm not up on the technical musical terms I too love the pace sound from super high soprano to contralto they all have very light voices

[@Dileesa]

Yea she is. I wonder if I could find a recording of her singing with head voice of mix.

[@rangerange6108]

Could you please do Luther Vandross,Babyface,Tevin Campbell,Jesse Powell,Maxwell,Gerald Levert,Brian McKnight,Joe,Bobby Brown,Bruno Mars,Charlie Puth. I would really appreciate it.

[@merlindsbest]

Can you do one for Aaliyah please?

[@7vinylsuite]

Awesome analysis once again! Can you do a video on Martha Wash's vocal? Always wanted to know what you'd think about her technique/vibrato.

[@iwasborntobefly]

oh, do an analysis of stephanie mills. :)

[@axxaann2276]

Can you do a vocal analysis of Jessie J

[@karloslyons202]

Please consider doing CeCe Winans

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

Please do one about Michael Jackson and Madonna, yes I said Madonna lol. I want to hear a comprehensive vocal analysis about both these performers over the lives of their careers. MJ from childhood through the end when he was mostly lip synching, and Madonna from her Mickey Mouse like vocals in the 80s to her vocal development through her training to prepare for Evita.

[@Dileesa]

+MiamiPush2theLimit HI. Michael Jackson and Madonna. but who wants to sing like Madonna?

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

Dileesa Hunter lol not really how to sing like her, but a vocal analysis of how her singing changed from before Evita to during and post-Evita. Anyway, I understand I am probably in the minority because there aren't many people my age who are Madonna fans anymore. Anyway, I'm a huge MJ fan so I am really interested in a vocal analysis from chilhood to adulthood and a how to sing like MJ video pleeease. ☺

[@Dileesa]

lol.. i just don't think she 'evolved' for Evita.. i think she actually had to sing.. so she needed to learn more breath support, phrasing, control, etc

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

Dileesa Hunter I agree. I think after Evita she carried that style of singing over to her music and she sounds stiff and it sounds like more of a put-on voice. I actually prefer her singing in songs like Lucky Star and Cherish vs. how she sounds post Evita.

[@noreexic]

Madonna's not a vocalist. Her skills were in songwriting and using the music video to break new ground with imagery in pop culture.

[@Mrs.Yates0417]

Can you do KeKe Wyatt pleeease lol thanks

[@IAmTynishaMarie]

She already did

[@mysticizzm]

Please do an analysis on Britney Spears or Kandi from Xscape.

[@tiehererah33]

@Dileesa Hunter where are you located? (Fingerscrossed)

[@BeatifulAestheticss]

Can you do a india arie voice analysis

[@jessejameslatimer8686]

what is the vocal fock arrangement?

[@alexlundell2947]

I know you prefer RnB singers to pop singer,s but I was wondering could you give even a few tips on how you would sing Anastacia's song ''Youll Never Be Alone'', can only a dramatic voice sing the climax? I'd really like a tips please thansk.

[@noreexic]

OMG!! Yes! I'd love to know that too :D

[@Exhaulth1m]

Let me know when u start ur hair channel..lol! Oh and yeah, we Love brandy!

[@TheVocalSpace]

Harmonies, vocal timbre, tone?

[@malikfrazier4113]

Please analyze Patti Labelle

[@islandlife89]

Dileesa Hunter please do a video for Keke Wyatt Please? thanks in advance

[@jessechao4]

Can u do a video of Bruno Mars' vocals? I can't figure out how he goes so high when he singing

[@superflyTv94]

SPOT. ON.

[@kenyamyers4800]

I don't know how to sing, but sometimes when I hear a singer, it is almost like I hear 2 voices/tones at once, almost like a higher and lower tone at once. For example, when I hear Fantasia sing, it is almost like I hear a higher tone over a lower background tone. is this just in my mind??

[@thatsoulkidbtj]

What you hear is called "overtones" one good example of this that immediately comes to mind is this high note Janelle Monae hits in her song "Come Alive"

[@frederickgarrett9242]

I need a hundred ways to how to sing like brandy full video 1 hour

[@dariusseals2307]

I think you are super Dope!!!

[@brigadello]

Please do a Mariah Carey and her changing voice over the years it'd be really interesting!

[@noreexic]

she's discussed it in other videos

[@angiedowdell905]

Can you do a Tori Kelly vocal analysis??

[@fayfaize6014]

What voice type is she

[@KaiyleWalker]

Can you do a voice analysis of Joss Stone? Thanks :))

[@robburgess6956]

Nevermind about Kierra. I see that video. Thanks

[@fanealexander7412]

There's just no way in she's a soprano, sorry. Her tessitura sits way too low. Even lyric mezzo is honestly a stretch, but probably the best classification for her. if you want proof, check out her unreleased song "Home" with Timbaland. On the verse she is vocalizing sustained, fully projected lines around C3. Sopranos can't do that. Her voice isn't unrealized, it's fully matured and mastered. She simply doesn't have the top soprano notes you think she has because you're misclassifying her voice.

[@nopebih]

Brandy’s lows may be audible but they are no where near projected or resonant as her upper range. Her rasp confuses ppl she is a soprano through and through

[@marywilson6354]

I wish you could train my voice you know your stuff o.o girl boy do you know what your Talking about.

[@tanukidworks9372]

what song was that in the end?

[@Ithink911]

Dileesa im usually with you...but i think some other things should be factored into your analysis,and not just where the recordings of their voice may be sitting. Brandy's weight and color are important...i think that puts her in the Mezzo category for sure. Bc theirs a difference between the following voices that would thus all sing soprano according to how your analyzing....brandy, then clearly monica, beyonce, kelly rowland...keke palmer, ledisi. And i think this is where the classical and traditional/"modern" voice classifications may differ. To me, The soprano section starts with Kelly. Not that the ladies before cant give you soprano notes. I think we have to consider that a great singer can give you many different sounds. I can elaborate, but only if you care to hear that lol.

[@Ithink911]

Keke Wyatt*

[@imperfctlyrare]

Analyze Mario Barrett please

[@feridedogan7653]

how is her voice small? she has like 4 octaves

[@rydercdaniels4475]

Feride Dogan not her range but her voice by itself is small because she is a lyric mezzo (meaning her voice is naturally light-weight/small in size but she still has range)

[@feridedogan7653]

RyderC Daniels i see now what you mean. yea her voice is pretty light. thx for the explaining

[@rydercdaniels4475]

Feride Dogan No problem, plus having a smaller sized voice allows for more vocal agility which Brandy has shown lol

[@feridedogan7653]

RyderC Daniels yea i love her light voice. she has just the perfect mix of dynamic voice and still light . have all her albums

[@rangerange6108]

IMPOSSIBLE! WHY ARE YOU DOWN THERE?

[@strauqq1]

Smh Don't say throw up again. But we love Brandy.

[@savioalves1234]

Brandy have ths lows, but sonds airy and weak, so a agree... She is a Soprano.

[@Jay2k2323]

Sávio Faschet she can't sing full soprano in a gospel choir or a regular choir so WRONG

[@soaribb32]

I thought she was a lyric mezzo. My bad.

[@0999avatar]

Its early but ima watch this video lol

[@iloverette]

And all these years I thought of her as a Contralto.

[@Calvin375]

iloverette Not in a million years. To me, Brandy is a lyric mezzo soprano.

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

Hell no. Listen to Annie Lennox for a contralto.

[@iloverette]

:) when I was younger I swore she was a soprano but so many people claimed she was contralto...I think she might have said she was also (I think) so for years I went along with it and thought of her as such. but I hear yah. Just because you have the ability to go low (because she has a pretty good range) doesn't make you a contralto. I also think when we're not classically trained we mix up being in the alto section with being a contralto

[@reggiemitchell5198]

@@Calvin375she’s actually a lyric sopramo

[@simbaray625]

ild say brandy is a lyric mezzo-soprano!!!

[@thatsoulkidbtj]

She's not.

[@simbaray625]

@@thatsoulkidbtj so what is she? A soprano?... if thats the case ild beg to politely differ...

[@THEE.apples]

I think she's a dugazon

[@thatsoulkidbtj]

@@simbaray625 yes she is a soprano. Her lows don't project enough to be a true Mezzo. She's not a Dugazon either. There's nothing hybrid about her voice.

[@snook07]

Can we get a Monica analysis @dilessa

[@Ovan61]

I think Brandy's a dugazon mezzo soprano.

[@brandonjohnson1998]

Ovan61 she's a lyric soprano. Her voice is way too light to be any sort of mezzo.

[@Ovan61]

Azeryahu Ben-Iramihu But that is one of the qualities of a dugazon mezzosoprano, they voice are lighter than other mezzosoprano, like Kelly Rowland. Dugazon mezzosopranos have light warm voices, they are the mezzo version of the soubrette soprano.

[@brandonjohnson1998]

Ovan61 I know what people think that is. It is a rare hybrid and Brandy's voice isn't hybrid. Her voice pops from middle C upwards like any other soprano. People are confused by her vocal fach because she has an extended lower extension and that is only because she learned how to push the air out in a controlled manner down there but as it was pointed out many times, her lower notes do not project.

[@brandonjohnson1998]

Kelly Rowland isn't a mezzo either. Beyonce is a mezzo. A coloratura to be exact.

[@Ovan61]

Azeryahu Ben-Iramihu When you refer to her low notes, are you referring to notes lower than G3, because notes lower than G3 is not apart of a natural mezzosoprano range and so those note won't project well, notes beyond a G3 belongs to contralto. That's why opera arias for mezzosoprano aren't composed beyond a G3. In recitals a mezzosoprano opera singer may go lower than a G3, but not in a opera role.

[@iwasborntobefly]

could you do a voice analysis for chrisette michele - kzbin.info/www/bejne/haa9apJji8t2gLM , cecile mclorin salvant - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qomXm5SsiKZlbK8 ? and alice smith - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoaUgp-FqcyZhLs ?

[@LyingGossip]

Hi Dilessa! not sure if you remember me... but I asked you a question a while back about a what you truly think about Brandy's voice! I totally agree with your analysis, I do believe that her voice is powerful and small at the same time. Brandy has an amazing voice however I think that she's doing too much at times. For example - I watched a live performance off her singing I Wanna Be Down at the BET Hip Hop Awards and she was not in tone at all. Considering she had a high pitch singing voice back in '95, she sounded like Monica/Whitney Houston. When I watch other performances, all she does is just RUNS. We get it you can sing Brandy, but I wanna hear you sing the lyrics! I strongly believe that nowadays she's trying to copy Whitney Houston too much. Brandy was the best when she produced songs like I Wanna Be Down, Never Say Never and especially Brokenhearted.

[@RahLeone]

Your comment about her trying to copy Whitney now a days could not be further from the truth. And I say this respectively. Hear me out Back in the 90's and especially on her first album the Whitney influence/vocal style was much more apparent. By the time never say never came around brandy began creating her own unique sound By her third album "full Moon" she had her OWN sound in full effect. She was doing creative runs that were all her style, her tone and vibrato and sound had changed drastically from the 90's. No one in the industry layers their backing vocals and harmonies the way brandy does but many imitate. That is why Stacey Barth started the title vocal bible because of the vocals in full Moon. Not to say she got rid of the Whitney influence but she certainly created her very own sound. The same sound that she created with darkchild is the same sound he later gave to several other girl groups and solo artists. But still none sound like brandy. She has her own sound. When brandy dropped her aphrodisiac album in 2005 it inspired many artists. Rihannas entire 'good girl gone bad' album was inspired by brandys aphrodisiac album she said it herself. Coldplay also said brandys harmonies and backing vocals inspired one of their albums. When Beyonce discussed her itunes playlist she mentioned Brady's song 'focus' from aphrodisiac noting how much she loved the harmonies and backing vocals Her 2008 album human had a different sound then all the others. Actually all her albums sound so different from one another because she constantly remains innovative. Her voice has gotten better and better over the years. Whitney had an amazing tone, a big sounding voice when she projected, a beautiful head voice and nice vibrato and gravy definitely was most inspired by her but if u really listen to brandy and also to Whitney sings you will see brandy has made her own sound. If I had to suggest an album to prove this point the best one is full Moon. She made a vocal statement with that album. Brandy is actually more creative musically than Whitney was. That's why brandy is my favorite vocalist. Her tone is one of the most unique in the industry, her creative runs, vibrato, range etc And running is brandy's style we know she can hold notes but she chooses to run. No different then jazmine Sullivan or kim Burrell it's her style that she prefers. The truth is brandy ids capable of doing any run because we've seen in acapella videos on KZbin how much ability she has but she chooses to be very creative in her running. U rarely hear her continue one run for ever like Kim Burrell may do. Brandy thinks carefully about how she executes those runs but if u want a performance with some longer sustained notes then her 'without you' performance at the BET awards is a good start. She still runs but you definitely hear notes held longer. There's also a rehearsal video of the same performance so the vocals in each are a little different. Also she recently covered coldplays song 'magic' and that does not have as many runs. and there are so many other songs in her discography that are actually pretty simple as far as mass vocals go. Artists like, Chris Brown, tank, Solange, India Arie, Kierra sheard, Kim Burrel, Dawn Richards, Beyonce, Rihanna, Teyana Taylor, and countless other vocalists have praised Brady's vocals. At least 4 of these artist I mentioned have said brandy is either one of the greatest or that she is the greatest female vocalist. Her peers respect her because she had influenced so many of then with her sound. Is way more to her music than most people even hear. That's why some say brandy is a singer's singer. The industry resources her vocally and mutt because she is a Whitney copy.

[@RahLeone]

That last line was supposed to say "the industry resources brandy vocally but not because she is a Whitney copy but because they recognize how influential her sound has actually been." And earlier in the post u should have said "if you listen to Whitney songs and then brandy songs sociality brandy songs from Full moon or after you will notice some huge difference in their vocal styles and in their music"

[@RahLeone]

The other point I forgot to make is that I don't really remember at this moment how her pitch was for the 'I wanna be down' performance but if u check her live performances since 2008 during the human era up until today she is almost always in point with the vocals/pitch etc. Maybe she had some nerves or issues hearing herself or the track that day. Being a singer myself those kind of things happen from time to time but her pitch is very good almost every other performance and if she is pitchy is usually only a note or two out of a whole song. Like when her and Monica did 'it all belongs to me' live sometimes brandy was a little pitchy in the beginning due to nerves and the fact that her part was so low. But she recovered quickly

[@LyingGossip]

Rasheem Alavache Hi Rasheem! I do agree with what you say and I appreciate your response. We can agree to disagree, I'm not trying to start a war in any way! (laughs) I'll just explain briefly about my comment on her performance last year. What I was trying to say was... Her voice sounds too deep considering I Wanna Be Down has recorded in a higher register. If you hear the background vocals carefully, she doesn't match the tone. Since I Wanna Be Down was recorded in '94 I believe... Her voice has definitely changed in twenty years. But if a song is recorded/sung in a higher tone, she should remain to the original version as much as she can. In a period of twenty years - her voice has changed drastically and I do believe she can't hit those high notes she did back when she was 15. (If you watch the performance compared to live ones back in 94/95, she sounds just flawless, especially when she sings Brokenhearted with Wanya Morris on the Oprah show. Check it out if you haven't watched it!) Now a response to your comment: I watched the Without You performance when it first aired on BET and I do agree, it was breath-taking. I'm not doubting her ability to sing in any way or form, she's an amazing singer and she could out-sing me any day! Her latest album Two Eleven, I consider as one of her stronger albums compared to Human/Full Moon. But once she released Magic, I was once again disappointed. It just doesn't sound like Brandy song at all. I use to be a huge Brandy fan myself if I didn't state before. I own all of her albums, including the 2005 Greatest Hits album. Even if I don't love her albums Full Moon/Aphrodisiac, I still appreciate her as an amazing artist! I love Brandy and I will always buy her albums, but her music will never be amazing as it was back when she released Brandy/Never Say Never in the 90's (I may seem biased, but I do love my 90's R&B music.)

[@RahLeone]

I definitely agree she sounds different now than at 14. She had grown up her voice was younger/brighter then and now it's a little bit of a darker tone but still very light and agile The performance for I wanna be down was still performed in the same key as when she was 14 but with vocals of a grown mature woman so I wouldn't expect it to sound exactly like the original. It's crazy because I literally hated magic wen I first heard her sing it I said the same thing you did it just didn't sound like brandy to me. But it was her take on the song and after a couple weeks wen I listened again and really payed attention to the vocals on the song I had to change my mind. Brandy has no bounds musically and that's what I love about her. I'm a 90s baby so its something nostalgic about her two 90s albums. Never say never was the most well put together of all her albums in my opinion. She explored so many styles on that album. Even tho never say never is so epic it's not my personal favorite anymore because her voice had not matured yet. Her vocals just got better as time went on. Brandy said full moon was all about the sound and making sure it was perfect and she did that. Created a great sound that she called futuristic r&b. Vocally it is better than the work before it not because of high notes but because of the way she used her instrument on that album. Plus she hit many high notes on this album. But even on full moon she sounded somewhat young. It wasn't until aphrodisiac that her full mature adult voice had come in. So I understand why u may not like full moon and human (by the way human her tone was different then every other album. A very high tone for her Jews husky she hit fast notes on these songs) and Afro albums because most ppl who remember brandy from the 90s (and especially the ones who haven't followed her career as much since) say they want the 90's brandy back. But truthfully vocally she truly knows how to use her instrument even better since full moon and after. I have seen the brokenhearted performance so I get what your saying. Even the biggest brandy fans sometimes complain about her not using her upper register enough. But she can definitely hit those notes still. When she did a change is gonna come in her bathroom her control is so amazing and that note she hits at the end was up there. There are songs I can show u where she hits notes just as high as wen she was a child. One thing I know is that brandy herself says she prefers to sing in her lower to mid register. Which is why she doesn't always sing as high. She performed in Baltimore in 2014 for the African festival. If you haven't seen that one it's a great performance my favorite one of them all. The entire show her vocals were amazing and she performed so many old songs and news ones and put new spins on them. She was hitting all the notes that day even higher then the original songs. Brandy was so confident as a kid which also had alot to do with her openly hitting the high notes on stage more often. She was not afraid. But later on she developed horrible stage fright and then her voice was changing through the whole never say never era. She talks about it. It took her some time to get comfortable performing again. I sing and I know wen I'm nervous the notes don't always come out as good. Nerves can cause you're whole mouth/throat to dry out and leave u gasping to hit notes. Also overtime due to maturity and having a baby her tone did get a little more dark/lower but she still has those high notes. Hopefully in the future she will continue to become more fearless and go for those money notes more often because so may people feel the sane way you do and really do think she is not capable of hitting the same notes now. Brandy is my favorite artist. I have done more covers of of her songs than anyone else on KZbin and iced heard all her albums and jUst about all her unreleased songs (She has well over 100 unreleased tracks out there) Some of the unreleased music us the best. Song like freedom or gonna find my love (great high notes in this one) She hits notes it all the time in the studio and some live or in bathroom performances. That's where I get frustrated as a fan of her. I want her to not only sure us she has great control, technique, vibrato, harmonies etc but I also don't want her to stay in one register too often because people forget what she can really do And please don't think of this as a back and forth argument (not saying u see it that way) because i'm enjoying your opinion and its great to see we can gave a discussion and even agree to disagree but in a cordial way I tend to write too much lol I'm kinda passionate about Brandy!

[@roj30001]

I def. Wouldn't say she's a soprano

[@Jay2k2323]

Why isn't she a Coloratura?

[@reggiemitchell5198]

Because she wasn’t trained

[@marywilson6354]

Im gone laugh because you tried it lol

[@MEareCAT]

A soprano? O_O I really don't think Brandy is a soprano lol a mezzo maybe. Her tessitura doesn't seem to be in the soprano range. I thought she was a lyric mezzo.

[@johnnycuff4647]

lyric soprano really? i mean she sounds nothing like ariana or tori kelly. i agree her belting isn't great but her signature is her rich lower register.

[@humbled92_Mister]

Tori and Ariana are light lyric sopranos.

[@tekenaabere]

lol that was the point. it was said that brandy is a lyric soprano, and he is saying but she sounds nothing like tori or ariana who are lyric sopranos.

[@humbled92_Mister]

Tekena Abere once again, tori and Ariana are LIGHT lyric sopranos. There's a difference between a light lyric soprano and a lyric soprano. Light lyric sopranos have youthful light and bright voices vs lyric sopranos who have a more mature lyric voice in comparison to light lyrics.

[@tekenaabere]

ImperfectbutRedeemed ohhhh i get you! Thanks lol!

[@humbled92_Mister]

Tekena Abere getcho life

[@rydercdaniels4475]

Brandy isn't a soprano she is lyric mezzo with a developed lower register and great agility but she ain't nobody's soprano lol. She doesn't even sing in the soprano tessitura & rarely ever songs above F5 which is where soprano voices are mostly comfortable

[@thatsoulkidbtj]

RyderC Daniels you have to consider how she would perform vocally in a classical setting. If she were to sing opera, she wouldn't be a mezzo. She would be a soprano

[@rydercdaniels4475]

thatsoulchild No she wouldn't, her tessitura is within the mezzo range, plus the color/weight of her voice SCREAMS MEZZO. Plus no soprano has that much ease and comfort in the lower register that Brandy has (unless you're Aretha Franklin lol). Also it's like u said she doesn't and has never sang within the soprano tessitura & her main strengths are her lower register, mid belts, riffs/runs & that's about it. She rarely ever uses head voice and barely every sings upper belts and when every she does she doesn't stay up there, she quickly "hits it" and then quickly riffs back down because she isn't comfortable up there.

[@thatsoulkidbtj]

RyderC Daniels But you're basing this off of her contemporary singing. If she were to sing opera or classical it's a different story. She wouldn't be a mezzo and that's the whole idea of the vocal fach. This is why many find it pointless to even classify contemporary singers.

[@rydercdaniels4475]

thatsoulchild that makes no sense to say that she would be singing as a soprano in opera when her vocal physiology is that of a mezzo's tessitura. That's like saying a contemporary bass-singer would be singing as a Tenor in Opera.

[@thatsoulkidbtj]

RyderC Daniels Opera singers use their head voices predominately if not all the time. Brandy would not be able to hit those lower notes in her head voice or even in mixed because it simply is not her fach. She has hit an E6 before on stage which is clearly higher than a D6. She does indeed have the tessitura of a Lyric Soprano and even if she weren't truly comfortable with that D6 it simply speaks on her lack of classical training. Again, these are contemporary voices. She has expressed her being comfortable in her lower range and that is simply because it doesn't take much effort for her down there but even then you can still tell the sound produced is not really full.

[@TheAsherLasher]

Analyse!!! LOL