Revisiting the Greatness of Brandy's Afrodisiac

It's been 20 years since the release of Brandy's Afrodisiac. In the past two decades, the album has positioned itself as an influential work in the current sound of R&B. With producers like Timbaland, Kanye West and Organized Noize, plus the Vocal Bible herself, Afrodisiac is Brandy's most critically acclaimed to date. In this video, I will go through some of the stories behind the album's development and unboxing CDs and vinyl from the era.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Brandy's influence
00:38 Intro
02:06 Early sessions
03:09 The first single
03:35 Album release and mystery unreleased tracks
04:06 Snippet sampler
04:35 Come As U Are (Early Version) - snippet
04:58 The second single
06:18 CDs from the era
07:27 Afrodisiac 2LP vinyl
07:55 Turn It Up
08:09 Talk About Our Love
08:36 Who Is She 2 U
09:04 Afrodisiac
09:17 Top 5 songs
09:41 Outro
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[@kaylad4486]

This is actually my favorite Brandy album and I feel like it's so underrated.

[@theunsleever]

agreed! FM and NSN take all the credit but this one right here deserves the praise just as much!

[@mysticIvy324]

Lyrically, her best work. The songwriting on Afrodisiac is TOP tier

[@exfactor003]

wow, you have so much cool Afrodisiac stuff. 😍 you forgot to cite Necessary as one of your favourite tracks!

[@theunsleever]

Now you know very well my feelings about Necessary… 🫣😅

[@Seanwavyy]

One of my favorite singers in the world.

[@kaosaelee3322]

I still play talk about our love ft. ye Kanye west.. her Best CDs with human albums brandy. So excited for her new movie a24 ❤

[@rodllanos1600]

👏👏👏👏

[@DajuanH.]

Love to see your channel receiving so much love, congrats 👏🏾. Afrodisiac ( I also have noticed tons of people saying in recent years that this is their favorite, it wasn’t that way sometime ago 👀 though I’m glad people are finally coming around and seeing it’s greatness) is my personal favorite album from her, it takes me to a time and place, it’s quite nostalgic for me. I lived through this era in real-time, when I listen to it I feel like a pre-teen all over again. To add, Human(it’s truly underrated, the pop sound worked so well with her voice, I loved the unreleased tracks from this era as while) and 2/11 also have a special place in my heart.

[@theunsleever]

@@DajuanH. thanks for the love and for sharing your experience with Brandy’s music 🫶 It is similar for me and I hold a special place with all her album. From the ones you mentioned, I particularly love Human! Right Here is a classic and songs like Shattered Heart and Something’s Missing are amongst my all time Brandy faves. Plus all the leaks from that era: Freedom, Drum Life, Surprise Ending, After The Flood… so many amazing songs! 😍

[@ubulive]

BrandyThenEverybodyElse

[@siblimuhamad2976]

Full moon adalah album brandy favoritku....

[@bratzscene3131]

LOVE Afrodisiac! Brandy looked incredible during that era. It's my third favorite Brandy album, after NSN and FM of course. My top three are the title track, I Tried and Should I Go. I think Talk About Our Love wasn't the best choice as the lead single.

[@theunsleever]

agreed! I love TAOL but there were more representative songs to launch the album

[@Valexito10]

Who is Normani? I don’t know her…

[@theunsleever]

oh I see… a Swiftie wouldn't know! 😢

[@Valexito10]

@@theunsleever 😂 no one would know 🫶🏼

[@Valexito10]

Anyway back to the one that matters, the vocal bible…This is also one of my fave albums and my top tracks are Should I Go, Come As You Are, I Tried, Finally, Sirens, Like It Was Yesterday, Focus, Turn It Up….

[@theunsleever]

@@Valexito10 *cries in Insomnia feat Brandy* 😅 we have almost the same faves off of Afrodisiac! 🫶