Why Is Brandy Called the “Vocal Bible”?

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At just 15 years old, Brandy Norwood proved herself to be the new “it girl” of the 90’s. After releasing her self-titled debut album "Brandy", she instantly became a cultural phenomenon and a role model to young Black women around the world.
In this episode, Arthur Buckner talks to J Hoard ( / jhoardmusic ) and Cameron Write ( / cameronwrightofficial ) about Brandy's impact on the music industry, and Linda Diaz speaks with vocal coach, @Dileesa ( / dileesavocalcoach , about Brandy's vocal technique and how she earned the nickname, “The Vocal Bible” from many artists and industry professionals.
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[@SoundFieldPBS]

First! Send us a video of your favorite Brandy vocal moment here: pbs.app.box.com/f/0dd29672c0f4481e8947c7fea3bf6bfb

[@hellofriendhypnosis]

This is fire! Whenever I buy new IEMs I always play Brandy. Her bridges, mids and adlibs let me know if the sound quality is there.

[@trecchannel4205]

Brandy was 15 when I Wanna Be Down was released.Not 14.

[@kingofhearts1072]

Brandi doesn't OVERSING, she lets her voice tell the story without throwing you out of it with TOO many belts and or riffs & runs. That's letting the song LIVE without trying to outdo the instrumentation, THAT actually helps the voice shine and stand out more as a vocal instrument. True definition of not trying too hard.

[@thecharlieL]

*Brandy So true! Not everyone needs to be a high soprano to demonstrate their vocal skills. She’s top tier for sure.

[@Gsoup83]

I don't even like her like that. Surprised to hear about how well she can sing.

[@nicim3730]

@@Gsoup83 you need to get into her music...especially her unreleased tracks. Start with Follow Me, Drum Life, and Scared of Beautiful acapella....let me know who sounds anywhere near how she sounds and arranges her vocals so that they sound 3 dimensional and like surround sound....her vocal arrangements don't even need any instrumentation at all.

[@tiaraw872]

@@Gsoup83 you surprised because you don’t like her. Not sure why you here of brandy isn’t for you musically

[@Gsoup83]

@@tiaraw872 dang I can't watch video to learn and maybe change my mind. After this video I went back to listened to her old jams and some of her other stuff and was thinking maybe I miscalculated. Dang

[@christianokami2220]

"Full Moon" completely blew the collective minds of the Berklee College Music kids back it was released. Had the same impact as "Voodoo" by D'Angelo.

[@JCinMB]

I think her Full Moon album was fantastic and never got the advertising or recognition it deserved. So unfortunate but I still listen to all Brandy's music to this day. She is still queen when it comes to lyrics, harmonies and beautiful melodies. HUGE FAN! ❤

[@MrsKre8ivetype]

Arguably her best work...Full Moon

[@joshuaokoli4236]

Those are my two favourite rnb artists

[@christianokami2220]

@@JCinMB from my experience, it seems like every soul singer worth their salt studies up on how Brandy does her vocal production. If not, they should!

[@ralphthomas6358]

i wore that cd out. love it

[@2law2be]

They left out how Christina Aguilera studied Brandy's songs during the making of her first album...Christina's producers wanted her to learn how to do ad libs like Brandy

[@KhMeR4L1Fe]

I know they focus on blue moon album that change the r&b sound

[@TimoteoDeBaum]

I loved Christina’s r&b influence in her voice as a child, she definitely reminded me of the girl next door appeal of brandy. I’m glad she branched away from that eventually bc her voice and style changed as she matured

[@orangemoonglows2692]

she's overrated.

[@Nominaze]

@@orangemoonglows2692 She is, I can’t really get into her music.

[@winboogie42]

Didnt know that

[@ethansloan]

Man, I miss this style of R&B. When I was a kid, Brandy and Aaliyah were inescapable. They filled every place with the coolest, smoothest damn music.

[@derekparker2098]

Monica too!! Yes I miss ( good music too!)!

[@natsohigh5552]

I feel like Aaliyah wasn't actually around a lot. She would drop a song, promote it then disappear. Only to do the same process again.

[@johnwise4341]

Aaliyah did it gave her momentum whenever she came back. It was a career move. “It’s been a long time, we shouldn’t have left you without a dope beat to step to…”

[@sneakyyt.]

y’all should interview brandy and ask her questions about her stacking, harmonies, backgrounds, etc. i wish more people asked her those questions instead of repeating the same ones

[@realSimoneCherie]

Very hard to find real singers talking about their vocal techniques, flaws, warmups, ranges, etc. either no one cares or they don’t wanna be vulnerable

[@sneakyyt.]

@Day yes i can definitely agree with that. the only time where she really talked about it was last year on bet youtube “will you be my vocal coach” segment

[@nicolesherman8974]

Brandy is literally an instrument in human form and almost a plug in computer. So distinctive from her peers.

[@HFaour]

The vocal layering in Brandy's "Should I Go" is heavenlyyyy. Wish you guys talked more about her vocal stacking and harmonies.

[@sorafanchick]

Yes! I was just going to say the same thing and was looking for this comment. "Should I go" was one of the songs that made use of her vocal diversity.

[@erven8208]

Yo that song is my go to from that Alvin the tone

[@nenej12]

Omg thank you for pointing out one of my fav album cuts from afrodisiac

[@Superstardark]

VOCAL STACKING AND HARMONY IS LIIIIIIIIIFFFFFFEEEE!!!!!!!!!

[@ahsatar]

Same with hardly breathing... it's stunning

[@thejoshuathomas]

I don't think it can be overstated how much Brandy has contributed to both modern sound and a renaissance of classic vocals. Good on PBS for highlighting a Goddess and Queen while she's still here to collect her well deserved flowers.

[@losangeles2769]

Janet didn't struggle to crossover onto the pop charts but the other singers definitely did.

[@jamaalshelton6793]

Yeah that was weird lol. Maybe they meant her first 2 albums pre Jimmy & Terry Lewis

[@twillias4714]

@@jamaalshelton6793 correct! this was showcased in the Janet special earlier this year..that's why she had to leave papa Jackson from producing her stuff.

[@anthonytaylor7928]

Ur so right Jan never struggle to crossover that's a dumb comment

[@anthonytaylor7928]

@@jamaalshelton6793 naw she never have that problem she had two.major hits on her first album Plus she has the name so it was automatic

[@rossiethomas]

Right ion know what they talking bout

[@1973onigiri]

She was completely underrated. She never scream or forces herself to use high notes. She is chilled while expressing her feelings with no drama or excessive autotune.

[@teahgurl]

She was not underrated…. Y’all have to stop butchering that term

[@KingAshleys]

Brandy can harmonize her own background and sing at the same time. It’s heaven on earth

[@Kevinschart]

the 2 years of bad press really hurt her. she and her parents were so obsessed with presenting a perfect image of her that when the charade was exposed it really damaged her career. But her talent was always undeniable.

[@rainerwells1573]

Yessssssss

[@SauceyTycoon]

i disagree.

[@tfimperfectangel]

What happened? When was that?

[@Kevinschart]

@@tfimperfectangel google "brandy faked marriage". her management(parents) went to crazy lengths to keep this image of a perfect brandy. lied about a whole marriage to do so. But her fans knew it was a lie, we saw through it.

[@StaciBlu]

It completely ruined the show. When the show came out I was like 😱😂….they really tried to push that marriage. They got it right after the press she got in that car accident as sad as it is. She’s been back as much as she wishes since.

[@andersoncooper4852]

The vocal work she did on the "Full Moon's" album trinity tracks "Apart, All in me and Anybody" are my favorites.

[@rhason86]

Mine toooo!! ❤️

[@rhason86]

Let’s not forget to mention that Anybody is one of the BEST written songs ever!!!!

[@MysTaria87]

@@rhason86 Definitely.. that song is so slept on!

[@rhason86]

@@MysTaria87 I swear it is! I went thru a period when I was listening to that song every single day… for years! And it’s still in heavy rotation

[@rhason86]

@Day 🗣 Didn’t we decide thaaat!

[@ylgotbars4531]

Angel In Disguise, her runs at the end just touch my soul. I emote vicariously through that song. Too many to name but off top, that's my fav Brandy track. And Rodney J. did his thing on that beat. it's a vibe as the kids say.

[@tmichelle9669]

You can’t mention brandy’s body of work without mentioning Never Say Never. That album is hands down one of the best R&B albums of all time. Two Eleven is also another one of my favorite of hers.

[@SuperAH1985]

I listened to that cd over and over and over ... I think for months. I got it right when it came out (I'm old haha).

[@melanatedcutie748]

I'm so happy to see Brandy receiving her long overdue flowers. She's paved the way many and is a trendsetter. Forever a Brandy Stan ❤️❤️

[@kev2020]

I remember watching the vid of Brandy coaching Moneice and I was floored. People say that she was born with talent but she WORKS to nurture, maintain and develop it.

[@LeeDfined]

Her backing vocals on "Moving On" "Have You Ever" and "Put That On Everything" is magical. She has a very unique way of layering her vocals.

[@readyroc7845]

Her tone ,timing ,control and understanding of note placement has always been unfathomable. A genius

[@melrwill]

Brandy & Janet Jackson for stacking and harmonizing. A hill I'm willing to die on.

[@setphaser]

even as a white kid in australia, growing up watching Brandy rise it was clear she was all round talented. the original broadcast of MTV awards with brandy and monica showed how effortlessly brandy out sung monica… ive only found later re- engineered versions where they remixed monica. even when i had no singing training i could tell how good Brandy was for her choices, her restraint, her tone, now ive done a tiny bit of singing class, it only confirms everything i suspected. you just don’t get that level of skill very often in popular music

[@mikevalentine8369]

I LOVE that you mentioned your demographics. That touches me that she hit Pol and was able to be recognized for her skill by eerbody. Shit dope

[@setphaser]

@@mikevalentine8369 yeah demographics matter in the way this show is presented, who or what understood who or what is part of the storytelling. In australia there’s much less of a black/white thing unless you’re blak (indigenous). But I think music is one of those places where people get to rise above those social limits sometimes and the music speaks to everyone.

[@mn2454au]

She doesn’t miss! Vocal Bible! The one of a kind tone!! Brandy transformed RnB and became a generational beacon for all singers that came after!!

[@jeremycollins8045]

Brandy is the standard of any R&B artist that is coming out today. Brandy is the blueprint and is a superstar.

[@anthonytaylor7928]

Well why isn't she getting superstar money or superstar media acclaim I think she was mismanaged

[@nicim3730]

@@anthonytaylor7928 what does money and superstardom have to do with Brandy's influence on popular music across multiple genres? Brandy has countless protege's that credit her for influencing them as singers. From Chris Brown, Jazmine Sullivan to Kiara Sheard....the list goes on.

[@natsohigh5552]

Well RnB singers today mumble and don't even sing. So they clearly didn't use Brandy as their blueprint

[@anthonytaylor7928]

@@natsohigh5552 Are u familiar with maysa and Leela James Angie Stone also Erika Badu is considered todays type of R and b to me none of those ladies mumble Lizzo doesn't either

[@jeremycollins8045]

@@natsohigh5552 you know how ignorant you sound just because A person has soft vocals Doesn’t mean that they can’t sing.

[@liluziflirtexe]

BRANDI FINALLY GETTING HER FLOWERS 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺!!! i love the way everyone talks about her here is so warming to my heart

[@ChrisAngeloPerez]

Smiling throughout this video! The enthusiasm everybody had just showed through. Now I have a couple of Brandy backlog assignments to go through this coming weekend. I learned a lot in this vid!

[@jaymesEo6]

One of my favorite songs of all time is Almost Doesn't Count. The layering of the background. Everything from the early production, shifting it from a country song to a sensual r&b classic and her melismatic voice bringing it to life. Only Mariah can do runs with such musicality and precision. She isn't given enough credit for her beautiful voice. Dawn Richard, as much as she tries denying it, was clearly inspired by Brandy. Dawn she extremely underrated too!

[@abiolaadekanbi7463]

I never knew how important Brandy’s third album was I always thought that Never say Never was the crown ruler. This video makes me want to do another deep dive.

[@nicim3730]

Yeah...I revisited that album after her Verzuz battle with Monica. Brandy and the Full Moon album influenced all genres of popular music from r&b, pop, gospel, hip hop, even rock. All R&B sounds like Brandy especially with the way that she stacks and layers vocals in studio work. That has become the blueprint for recording and arranging vocals.

[@TheGamersGuide819]

That doesn’t surprise me

[@JadeEyeland]

Im a bass player and beat maker and I have never seen singers talk about lines and styles like this! so illuminating and I would be blessed to work with some singers that can articulate suspensions and approach notes

[@divadoll606]

I love Brandy's tone and she doesn't over compensate with runs.

[@dogsalwaysbarkatbetamaleswoof]

Part of why she is underrated is because she didn’t crossover during a time when the musical landscape was changing in the direction of pop and image. The 90s still dominated with R&B. The 2000s shifted to very image conscious brands. She tried to go along with the 2000s trends but it didn’t work for her. It is quite sad because she is actually the foundation for what a lot of these girls use in their music today yet they still can’t achieve her level of vocal arrangement.

[@johnwise4341]

She just wasn’t trampy and plastic enough. That’s the ideal pop star. And…European or mixed looking.

[@Clutchbangstripp]

My brother swore Brandy was his wife... Even tho he never met her before. We had her whole albums on nonstop repeat.

[@craptap2029]

Brandy is absolutely UNREAL in every way. She’s so unbelievably talented, charismatic and stunning. Definitely one of my role models❤️

[@poeticallycorrect1676]

The emotion and vocal agility Brandy showcases on “Nothing” from Full Moon still brings me to tears. She is able to translate pain and sorrow into lyric and melody like no other. That song sends me! #foreverBrandy

[@sanaon7453]

Yes! Finally a segment on Brandy.

[@MakaykayLAMB]

Her voice is just so effortless. Her runs? Lawd. I love just listening to her.

[@Lechatnoir3]

I would argue Dark Child found that sound on the Michael Jackson Invincible album actually, that one is very similar in production and was released a year before Full Moon.

[@suninmymouth78]

Rodney only produced 5 tracks on MJ’s (long)album and personally I don’t think it’s at all a similar sound to Full Moon. You Rock My World was not quite as futuristic as say, What About Us. Just saying. All love.

[@Lechatnoir3]

@@suninmymouth78 Not You Rock my World but Heartbreaker , Invincible are def futuristic tracks I would compare to What About Us

[@libfuzzy4629]

The girls singing in this video have amazing voices 😍

[@Lg.sidequest]

I feel so blessed to have grown up in the era of Brandy. I feel like she's still so underrated. "Have you ever," will always take me back to time and place that's special to me

[@sierradeltaNL]

I love afrodisiac! Definitely my favorite Brandy album, what a legend!

[@VisionVoyagersOG]

Been stanning Brandy since the beginning and I'm happy to see more now acknowledging the Masterful vocals Brandy continually delivers

[@Meekismwisdom]

Brilliant! Brandy is Beethoven. Such a great artist and having Dileesa in this was brilliant. Great vocalist and teacher. I learn something new every time I listen to her song Full moon. Its so beautiful it makes me cry. The bgv's, the setting, and lyrics.

[@Dileesa]

Aye!! ♥️♥️♥️

[@dallaschrystian8651]

THIS!

[@melaninxhalide1165]

Brandy is for sure a fav. Kudos to PBS for supporting your explorations of unique music and artists.

[@byancaalves4494]

I'm from Brazil and I'm CRAAAAAAAAAAAAZY for Brandy! Angel voice, funky beats! i've absolutely always loved her!! QUEEN!

[@healthsaavy]

It is simply the QUALITY of her voice. Its just pure angelic

[@lets-be-real7919]

Brandy uses her voice as the instrument it truly is. Best album Full Moon.

[@completely_me75]

💚💚💚Brandys voice is butter. Full Moon is a forever classic. Her latest Album stays in repeat in my house. Borderline gives me chills. She really is your favorite singers favorite singer. About our Love is also an amazing Brandy song. We Stan for Brandys voice💚💚💚💚💚💚

[@ClumsyTrout]

People are sleeping on Two Eleven! “Do You Know What You have?” on that album was.. too Good. She is assassinating so many others in the genre from her adlibs alone on that track.

[@disbaby94]

My personal favorite song off that album

[@KonvosWithKee]

DEFINITELY slept on album🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@TheJerseygurlxo]

That’s my fave song after Wildest Dreams

[@keesee4141]

Do You Know is my SONG 😍😍😍

[@CamSaidSo]

Two Eleven to me, is her third best album. Which is an AMAZING. Brandy really killed every track.

[@samanthamonique7094]

Brandy (Full Moon specifically) is one of the vocalists I studied while teaching myself to sing. I knew her close relationship with Whitney but her earlier works does have that Whitney touch. I love her runs, tone, lyrics. Everything!

[@domoniqueayers2471]

“I Thought” is a masterpiece. It’s r&b, churchy, hip hop, everything 🤯

[@basic.line.music.records]

@ 3:18 when Dileesa Archer is singing "Broken" it sounds so perfect she is a real vocal coach ! By the way , can you guys tell me if this is what we call in Music : "Riffs ? Runs? or Ad Lib ? "

[@arib3586]

Those are riffs

[@Geometry.dash-player768]

Love me some Dileesha!

[@angieblazing]

Happy to see Deleesa. 😁 I love how y'all can imitate her like it's nothing. Like excuse me!? give me time to digest how effortless y'all can sing

[@daviddozier7163]

One of the GREATEST voices in music history!! PERIOD ‼️

[@ChampayneCole]

I smiled through this entire peice 😊 . Brandy is easily one of my favorite singers for so many reasons. Truly an icon for young black girls & musicians alike.

[@kisslena]

My favorite Brandy song is on the “Osmosis Jones” movie soundtrack. The cut “Open” is so controlled yet full of emotional lyrical power! 🔥🎶💛

[@natsohigh5552]

It's so easy to go off key singing that song. The notes are so odd against the music

[@CamSaidSo]

@@natsohigh5552 and yet somehow that record is flawless. She had soooo much clash that it became beautiful.

[@natsohigh5552]

@@CamSaidSo yes. 100% Like It Was Yesterday is another clashing song and it's amazing.

[@winboogie42]

Brandy is A BOSS!!! The real triple threat: singer, actor, and model

[@bizbaby]

I’m so glad you used borderline… her vocal arrangements on that song is truly a master class

[@SanaiaBamboo]

It’s the way she shaped and progressed the sound in R&B !!!! It frustrates me when people don’t understand her amazing gift

[@sneakyyt.]

you all explained this perfectly! brandy is the vocal blueprint and you can hear her influence in many many artists especially in the stacking. her tone, harmonies, and backgrounds are unmatched! the one and only vocal bible

[@TimoteoDeBaum]

Never say never and afrodissiac stayed on repeat as child, I still remember where I was when i listened to these nostalgic songs. Brandy is my childhood

[@VENIKA]

I don’t have the WORDS to describe the sound I make when I hear her voice, goosebumps till this very day!!! There will truly never be another!

[@TheRickoblitz]

“long Distance” and “Come a Little Bit Closer” are my all time fave Brandy song moments

[@amandacastle7209]

When I was a kid we only watched Cinderella with Brandy in it, when I learned what the original character looked like my kid brain immediately rejected that and knew Brandy was the real Cinderella 😊 I've loved her since I was young and she'll always have a special place in my heart

[@pamelayoung3411]

B7 is an HIGHLY underrated album. It's my favorite Brandy to date. BANGERS on every track. So many colors and textures!

[@Orchid_1026]

"Acapella (Something is Missing)" literally changed how I thought about vocal production and arrangement.

[@rueben44]

I LOVE brandy because like Anita it is not about vocal tricks. It is about taking you on a ride. They stay in this pocket that they own. Then they own you...LOL!

[@akalolol]

💯

[@EqDior]

@3:17 Dileesa blew me away. wow 🤯... I definitely wasnt expecting this though. @3:34 amazing voice ! 😍😍

[@Dileesa]

Thank you♥️♥️♥️

[@sephyrpatriq6474]

Thank you for this video! and she keeps getting better! The work she did on B7 was incredible and the live versions took it to the stratosphere.

[@SummerCooper1986]

Brandy is and will always be “The Force”. Her voice is the manger that sweet baby Jesus rested in.

[@kaidollasign3757]

This came on my suggested and I instantly clicked it! I love that you got singers and people who understands music to talk Brandy’s impact. Definitely subscribing!! ❤️

[@ChangeforJonathan]

You’ll be surprised by who these artists reach I mean Red Hot Chili Peppers I never knew This was dope as always #Teamsoundfield

[@therecordrealm]

George Clinton had a lot to do with them changing their listening ear. He's worked heavily with them.

[@TheLoveweaver]

@@therecordrealm thT makes sense they were oneof the domestic bands out there!

[@DurhamDionte]

This was EXCELLENT!!! Brandy is the foundation and influence for so many singers and this “minisode” captivated the WHY in its short 11min. This was very well produced and it would be great to see a full episode of this.

[@Reasey.TheHermit]

Her voice is a gift to us all 💕

[@omarrey6330]

Love this show please never stop it gave me a deeper understanding of the music that I love and I I would’ve never found ,thank you

[@davidm78]

This is probably strange, but maybe not but one of my favorite Brandy tracks is actually off her first album. It's the I Dedicate interlude Part 3! She sings it so beautiful and I feel it is a great example of her vocal range. I still listen to it over and over! ❤

[@jerryjaguar3239]

2:06??? they dont call Janet the queen of pop for nothing. She charted successfully on the R&B and moreso on the pop charts. Check your facts

[@dcrown7068]

I believe that was referencing Janet’s limited success in the beginning of her career (pre-control era) in the early to mid-80s when she was a teen. As she got older and dropped Control, her career sky rocketed.

[@astrongreality1257]

Facts they def try to play janet here

[@NatureBoyMickFlair]

She literally is a "Song Bird" My lil sis is a DIE HARD B-Wood fan, (also my sis sings just as well) so she knows notes, etc & she made me recognize 1 thing that changed my entire outlook on singers, my sis was like... "It's the fact that she can get so ( *Low* ) so loudly. Then it dawned on me not many singers that can pull that off cept T Braxton.

[@kbee8517]

One of my best friends got me on Brandy with "Have You Ever?" after boy trouble. :) Her voice is legendary

[@KennethTookesII]

This was fantastic from beginning to end! It really showcases the essence of Brandy as a true artist that’s a trendsetter!!!!

[@cjayconrod]

I LOVE watching/hearing music lovers/vocalists discuss Brandy! Y'all GET IT.

[@jdkingsley6543]

Yall gave me a taste of something Ive been looking for, for years. i love the technical break down of her voice. I wish more spoke about singing technicality

[@4u2cre8]

I love Brandy and I love this tribute. But I can't say that I agree that when she came out black female R&B singers were missing from the charts.Toni Braxton, TLC, Brownstone, SWV, CeCe Penniston, EnVogue, Janet, and Whitney were all charting artists around that same time.

[@chrisman3431]

But before Aaliyah, Brandy and Monica, teenage black girls struggled to breakthrough into the mainstream

[@4u2cre8]

@@chrisman3431 If you're just talking teenagers then yeah. There weren't a lot of black female teenage solo artists before them. Whitney being one of the few exceptions. She was 19. Aretha went mainstream as a teen too but you gotta go pretty far back for that.

[@chrisman3431]

@@4u2cre8 Aretha didn't blew up until her 9th studio album "I Never loved a Man The Way I love You" at 24-25 years old tho. ' And Whitney was in her late teens early twenties, around 19-20 when her debut came out. But it didn't blew up immediatly. It was MONTHS later when she was already 20 years old and after the album's 3rd single "You Give good love" that the success began (peaked at number 3 on the billboard hot 100) and the next single Saving All My Love for you became her first #1s and made her an international superstar

[@chrisman3431]

@@4u2cre8 Aaliyah set a precedent when she came out in 1994, followed by Brandy later that year and Monica in 1995. They were all between the age of 13 and 15 when their succesful debut came out. And Brandy was able to crossover to pop audiences. I Wanna be down, Sittin' up in my room, The Boy is Mine, Have You Ever and countless other top 10, top and #1s hits on the RnB charts and the pop charts... Her sophomore album 1998's Never Say Never sold 16 million ww and was certified 5× platinum in the US. She was starring in her own hit TV show "Moesha" (1996-2001), became the first black Cinderella on the 1997 TV movie with her Idol Whitney Houston or in the 199 TV movie "double platinum" starring her and legend/ Icon Diana Ross. She was in the Big screen in movies like I still know what you did last summer with Jennifer Love Hewitt. And then, there was the Brandy doll with her signature braids, she was the face of Cover girl, she had many endorsments and even went to her prom with a young Kobe Bryant who just got draft to the NBA. Who else had that resume as a young black female teenager prior to Brandy before reaching the age 20

[@4u2cre8]

@@chrisman3431 You keep moving the goal posts, lol. This wasn't about when black teenage girls "blew up". It was about black women being missing from the charts before Brandy, which isn't true. Secondly, Aretha topped the R&B charts at #7 when she was 19, and Whitney signed with Clive Davis, one of the biggest record producers of all time at 19 and charted with a huge hit very soon after at 20. The only reason she didn't blow up earlier was because her mother wanted her to finish high school and turned down her previous record deal offers. What I said still stands.

[@MVIVN]

Loved this video, thank you! Brandy is so underappreciated these days but she deserves ALL the respect as one of the GOATs of music.

[@Thedrumsthebass]

How did I miss this?! Whatever you do PBS keep this going and push it moreeeeeeeee, subscribed

[@PaulHo]

This video is all joy and I can't get enough of it! ❤️

[@BaddieTwinzTV]

The accuracy in this video👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

[@Thehurricanejackie]

Full Moon was for long my favourite in childhood, her vocals inspired me to be a singer. Even tho I didn’t followed a career, I admire how much I learnt jsut from hearing her.

[@lolitafalana]

I LOVE 'When You Touch Me' too. So good. I loved the video! Thanks for posting it.

[@mumu7895]

I don’t hear it “the vocal bible” but I still love brandy 😭😭😩

[@wakeupstopsleeping6300]

Yes My opinion that is bit of a reach

[@Dileesa]

This is awesome!! Thank you for allowing me to be part of this incredible show ♥️

[@mercedes-mw6pq]

this was soo fun to watch ❤❤❤ the appreciation y'all showing her is very much deserved

[@craignelson8076]

Thank lawdd you made this video. I'm a Artist and in the music world Brandys layered lead solo voice is something you literally need like 3 to 4 people to pull off. She was blessed with vocal cords that has a specific dynamic depth and range.

[@porqpai7082]

I love you guys and everything you do on this channel. Thank you so much for this!

[@JoaoSilva-hv3yg]

I knew very little about Brandy, this was such a pleasant surprise. Great video, loved the way you explained everything, all the references and the many hints to explore and discover more artists, and more about music in general.

[@bl2528]

Cool video! Brandy has been in my top 5 of vocalists. As a 90’s kid, I have been a fan since I first heard her voice on the radio on the school bus.

[@BAMOORE94]

Brandy was 14, Monica was around 13 , and Aaliyah I believe 15 when the all debuted!!! Soooo many talented young artist. Even Usher was very young

[@CMDR_Lani]

This was so great! Thank you! :)

[@dariusduesentrieb]

You introduce me always to new music that I wouldn't have otherwise listened to, and it's always really great! Probably gonna listen to her for the next few weeks a lot :D

[@dfwherbie8814]

I saw Brandy on Broadway, on the Chicago Musical. She was incredible. Massive talent

[@porqpai7082]

Awww get it Joseph! Congrats! Definitely checking the new show out!