![]() Wether he “got it in” the way he wanted to or not his production was as stellar as it’s always been and Brandy was vocally masterful. Human was a great effort on both Brandy and Rodney’s part. Just because an album doesn’t pull huge numbers doesn’t mean it’s a bad or poorly produced album. ![]() ![]() I don’t think Rodney is at all to blame for Brandy’s poorly recieved album. If Brandy were placing the blame on these things for the publics poor reception of her latest effort I would get where she is coming from but to blame your producer when he clearly gave you quality music and you clearly had quality writers as well seems like a bit of a cop out. Poor marketing and poor promotion equals poor album sales. The label did not promote the album the way that they could have and should have. Many great albums have underperformed because they were underpromoted. The public just isn’t investing in artists the way they used to.ģ.) Labels are no longer investing in artists the way they used to. Unfortunately,we live in a world full of people who will do what ever they believe they can get away with and the internet has made it increasingly easy for people to get away with stealing music. If an album is accessable via the internet,people will find a way to download the album w/out paying for it. The same way “video killed the radio star” when I was coming up,the internet today has killed record sales. 2.) This is the age of illigal downloading. While there are still many of us who do believe in quality over quantity we don’t seem to be the majority any more. We just want to be polluted and deluded(some of us anyway). We don’t want to be inspired or fed emotionally any more. ![]() We want trendy little diddy’s that are attached to gimmicks and/or temporary dance crazes. A sad majority of us no longer want “real”,timeless records. 1.) The audience that Brandy is marketed toward seems to have lost interest in quality music. Now, as far as it’s commercial success(or lack thereof)is concerned. It certainly spoke to me,and Brandy seemed so happy with the finished product. I don’t know what occured between Brandy and Rodney behind the scenes while recording Human(the album) or what either of them expected from one another,but I felt the album was exactly what it was supposed to be. Human captured all of that, all the while pushing the genre boundary seeing as how it was an ecclectic mixing pot of music(which I loved about the album). Everything from her love life to that infamous car accident to the new and improved lease on life that she seemed to have. I thought that Brandy wanted Human to express all of the things she’d gone through personally and publicly. I know that Brandy and Rodney have had amazing chemistry in the studio since her Never Say Never days but did Brandy really think that they’d be able to capture the chemistry of old when they’ve both grown and had various experiences in and out of music over the past ten years. “Accapella” alone is enough of a reason to buy that album and “Human” is such a beautiful and relatable song. One of the most personal and forthright albums of her career. I felt it was honest, passionate and quite creative.
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