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Brandy - "I Wanna Be Down"
Posted on September 29, 2005 1:05 AM
It’s Throwback Thursday again, and we’re slipping in one of “The New Classics.”
In 1994, fresh off of the short-lived sitcom “Thea,” a young lady we like to refer to as "Ray J’s sister" made her splash on the R&B charts. Brandy’s “I Wanna Be Down” [watch it now] effectively ushered in a new era for TLC impersonators and Negro Channel teen idols that could make quality hit records without being able to sing too well.
I have never been too impressed with Brandy’s body of work save for a few songs. Obviously, this is one of them. I reluctantly admit that I love to hear “Full Moon” from time to time, but then again, I need to hear every song on NBA Live 2003 at least once monthly (including Hot Karl’s).
I always thought this girl looked like Sam Cassell with an extension wig. Oh, I’m playing, y’all. I know that’s not a wig. I’ve never been the shallow type, especially when it comes to a woman’s appearance, but you know what? She’s on TV, she should at least buy the expensive pack of hair from the African store. Alas, at this point, her mama’s still taking a lighter to the ends like a heroin spoon.
Wow… I guess I was wrong for giving her 2 out of 3 talent nods over Ray J. Brandy really can’t dance a lick. Every time her feet leave the ground (which is about 3 times) I can’t help but hold my breath in anticipation of her toppling over. I bet she tripped about 7 times during the shoot trying to execute the ever-elusive “standing neck roll.” She makes the shit look like the X-Games or something. It’s always an adventure when she tries to dance.
Speaking of dude, look at Ray J on the sidelines with the baby gumby fade! Little did we all know his lust to “be down” would lure him from the back of the bus to Death Row Records… then to the back of the bus again. Well… I guess the short yellow bus isn’t big enough to have a back.
Seriously, he looks so tentative behind everyone. Before I realized he was the same kid from “The Sinbad Show” I thought he was a touchdown. Brandy was about to score some major cool points for showing love to her developmentally disabled little brother in her debut video.
Who brings their little brother to the weed party in the woods anyway? That’s another reason why I’m thinking he’s touchdown… so he can’t squeal! He could try… but mom would never figure out what he’s trying to say. She’d just get frustrated and make him get back in his cage. I guess that wouldn’t be a touchdown then. That’s kinda 4th and goal, huh? What are they all doing in the woods with no weed anyway? What kind of teens are these?
Can someone explain the kung-fu hands dance? Are those dudes with her supposed to be professional dancers? You’ve gotta be fucking kidding me. If she spent any money on them she got robbed blind. It ain’t too hard for the label to find people who can dance better than Brandy to put behind her. I would have done it had I known they’d be paying. I coulda got my brother involved. There would have been Roger Rabbit, wop and cabbage patch for days. It woulda been like Scrap and Scoob! They should have spent that money on a stylist. She looks like she wore whatever mama put together for her from the T.J. Maxx back-to-school sale.
Sidetrack of the day: While Brandy was trying to holler at a not-so-cute high schooler, her counterpart Aaliyah was already knee-deep in some R. Kelly. Brandy later one-upped her (for the time) by getting with a sex offender of her own, Boyz II Men’s Wanya Morris. I was “Brokenhearted” that no one caught a stat case behind that shit. I still think Ciara should be tried for what he has done to Bow Wow. (Go see Roll Bounce. It’s good.)
Where is the video’s object of her affection anyway? Is he stalking Brandy from outside the cabin? That’s quite creepy. She’s attracted to the stalker kid. If he wasn’t “cute” he’d be voted “Most likely to have a restraining order placed on,” but high schoolers are shallow as fuck. At least he’s got more sense than to be practicing Darrin’s Dance Grooves with the rest of the losers in front of the jeep.
They couldn’t have all fit in that damn car, right? I saw one girl who looked like she could take out a few of them backseats alone.
Thank god those applejack hats disappeared. Every girl thought she was Brandy and every dude thought he was the lead singer of Mint Condition when those shits came out. May they rest in peace.
While we're thanking deities, let's also give thanks that she became Moesha! Thanks to UPN (The Negro Channel 2) she’s got a legacy to leave behind for her children.
Stroll down memory lane again with your old boy Ron. I loved the days of Brandy/Aaliyah competition. It was interesting, because we don't know if Brandy won, or if Aaliyah's falling out with Kels took her out of the race early. It didn't matter. Brandy was soon rendered obselete by a hood rat with a voice of gold that we know as Monica (Oh yeah... and the cancellation of her sitcom didn't help either).
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Still not “down?” ronnie_mexxx@yahoo.com
Also... Special announcement! Monday we are having a special edition of Talkin' Videos. I know it's hard to believe, but as of last week, we've done 100 videos already! Monday we are gonna have a look back at that first 100 with cheers and jeers to all of those who've made this time so gosh darn special. Sheeeeit... I'm far from the only one responsible for Talkin' Videos' success!
Comments
The Hummer had more dance moves then Brandy and friends.
I thought Sean Paul's desert dance-a-thon was bad, but it looks like gold compared to Brandy's drug free woodland play date. Ol' girl should have stayed in her damn room.
And yo, I have yet to see a single shred of evidence that Ray J doesn't stay in the endzone, and that shirt (not that I don't have some gear in storage from that era that I ain't a little bit ashamed of) ain't helping.
Speaking of Ray J, I find it odd that he's the one Brandy appears to be trying to get 'down' with, with those extra friendly moments of physical contact...something else moms won't believe. But, maybe I'm just a sick, demented person, and the 'special' ones just need a little extra 'special' attention from Big Sis.
The hair definitely came with the hat.
The song ain't horrible, but the video sure is.
Sam Cassell with an extension wig??? Wow, that shit is TRUE!!! Damn Ron, you are ending careers right now. Wouldn't that be uncomfortable if Quentin Richardson and Cassell ended up on the same team?
"Sam, good game"
"Q, stop slapping me on the butt!"
MAN THIS T-PAIN "SPRUNG" SONG IS KILLIN' ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
synthesized ass shit.
Cassell with a wig???? I'm stealing that!
Congrats on the c-note of posts!
T-Pain is definitely on the hit list, Cal.
Thanks, Hashim. It went by so fast, I hardly noticed.
Monday should be tons of fun!
Sam Cassell and Q don't need to be on the same team.
Sam Cassell and Kobe need to be on the same team. Cassell could be part of Kobe's "STOP CHEATIN" program.
Hmmm... I gotta get started on those T-shirts!
WHAT THE HELL WAS THIS ABOUT!!!!!
Ah, yes... King Joffe!
Well... what happened was...
We clowned the shit out of Brandy, your majesty!
SHEEEEEEE's YOUR QUEEEEEEEEEEN TO BEEEEEEEEEE!
Stop hating on Brandy! She's talanted and beautiful (Hell, she pulled Usher). You should be ashamed, Sam Cassel, come on (It is funny though) that just ain't right!
Ooooooh, she pulled Urrsher! What an accomplishment.
Confessions Pt. 3:
"These are my confessions, the thing I forgot to tell was that I fucked Sam Cassell..."
I'm not going to lie and say that this wasn't my song back in the day, and i'm not going to lie and say that me and my friends didn't do those dumb ass dances, but unlike some of my other black counterparts, i am not afraid to admit that Brandy is one ugly hoe, she looked like a giant ass cicada with braids on her Vibe cover if you ask me...plus, I never thought that her or her sweeter-than-two-puppies-frolicking-in-a-field brother could sing anyway...if we all sung like that, any and all of us could get a record deal...but, you know, I'm not one to hate...
NCbuzz
Oh yeah, and who gives a cot damn if she snagged Usher!?! Usher didn't start getting fine till his 8701 album anyway...as far as acting goes, some damn legacy...I mean Brandy a "talented" actor, um bullshit; the best acting she ever did was in "The Boy is Mine" video, where she acted like she could really win against Monica...im'a need for her to work on it
This is the tune! I can't even front...I still do the karate hand thing. I have fond memories of this video...this is one of the first videos I ever saw on bet. In toronto we didn't have bet until around 97-98 so when this came out I was in Boston killing the Bet...... and supermarket sweep.
Back to the video
Umm the guy that's not there doing anything but staring at himself in the camera is pointless. At least video hoes danced and stuff...you stood there and smiled. WORTHLESS
The fashion...to be honest..I'd rock those vests sooo fast! The only one who looked bad to me was Ray J..his shirt looked like any 1970's sofa cushion.
Thanks Ron you made my day...since slum village rose my blood pressure.
Btw...why is Usher forever being brought up? Can he sing and dance? Yes
Is he attractive? No
Man looks like Scotty Pipen with that nose...getting usher isn't realy an accomplishment...it's like getting Spectacular from PR
I am still rolling on that Darens Dances Grooves shit, Thanks for the laugh. And that Sam Cassell comment was the best comparo you have done in a while, You are one funny fucker Ron. 100 Video's Damn that is a Grip i think i came on the sene around 80 or so, i TRUST i will be around for the next 100. One last thing UPN negro channel #2 SO TRUE. They gave Chris Rock a show, and it is pretty good.
Damn. You tore into her on this one. Never seen a longer blog. Thought you were joking on that Ray J blog.
Careful. Mo to the, E to the, isn't doing too much nowadays. She might be reading this shit right as we speak.
PS: Full Moon was her best song.
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA this is too crazy; Brandy is lame; Havent had a hit since '98; she cant compete with the "hoodrat" with the golden voice my girl Monica
yo u all fronting lol brandy is still sexy i ll give it to her anyday over beyonce.
Damn...I haven't seen that video in SOOOOO LONG!!! This CD was my shit though...except for the every other song being her dedicating some shit... Grrr!!! That was annoying... anyways...
Her outifits WERE from TJMaxx!!! Cuz I saw the same ones there when I was a kid... Shit...I had those big ass overalls and wore ugly flannel...I can't deny it...There are pix... and OMG...Sam Cassel in a wig...Oh Ronnie...That's all I have to say... But yeah...why the fuck couldn't she afford the "good" braids... thats not yaki in her hair!!! And I think they did smoke before they got to the woods...that's why Brandy was singing and doing Karate...I won't call it dancing cuz I look much better dancing when I'm sober...and I can't dance!!! anyhoo... Gay J needed not be in this video...He's that kid that snuck in the back of the jeep and came out when the car stopped...They were all like...DAMMIT!!! GAY J IS HERE!!! Well, may as well get him high too!!! And didn't any stylist have a brush or a comb for Gay J...wow... his head looks RUFF!!!
Back in the day that boy she's supposed to be singing to on the phone and then pulls the phone away so she can YELL!!! yeah...anyways...he's soooo adorable... But what was his purpose??? He wasn't near a phone or anything...Just staring away...WHOA! Scary!!! The stalker kid should have been invited to the wooods cuz Brandy wanted to be down!!! Did she even know what that meant or was she just singing...ah well...Oh Mr. Mexican... I would like to say Thank You for this video...made me remember how ugly my clothes were back then and showed me even famous people dance worse than me!!! YOU'RE THE BEST!!! I LOVE YOU RON MEXICO!!!
I forgot...Brandy didn't pull Usher... She paid him to be on her show...then became friends w/him after probably sucking his dirty dick... And when he was on Moesha...he was NOT fine...
And Brandy did get a lot better looking after the 2nd season of Moesha... When she learned what Micros were... Then she fucked herself all up again by fuckin Robert Smith...Poor Brandy...
and as a side note...Monica can't dance either...Have you seen that First Night or whatever it's called video...Lord help her...Aaliyah won the dance off between all of those young chickies...
Brandy is one of the best singers out there. She is so beautiful Monica has nothing on her neither does Beyonce. The only singer better is Aaliyah!!
Amanda...I'm sorry to say...but Aaliyah couldn't sing either...did you ever hear her live...EEK!!!
Why couldn't I hear the bad notes?? To me she sounded great live....must be listening with fan ears lolz
film hard , dvd gratuit blonde salope..
nosolofamosas video sexy star , moteur trouver..
Brandy, back when she was "America's Sweetheart" she was dubbed that by her mama.Ithought her eyes were so tight because her braids were so tight. Or maybe it was the weed. Who let these section 8 bastards drive the Hummer. Ray J.... so much has been said about this coatail ridin, bird chest, non singin, non sex symbol, Superhead pity case that I will leave him alone. That hand shit they did at the end, people actually did that shit in the 90's, in retospect it was wack as hell. It's good to see Brandy before she became the black JLO/NBA pin (dick) cushion (she has to have a man and they gotta get married).
Music from heaven
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