Two Eleven
Two Eleven | |||||
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Brandy studio album | |||||
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19th October 2012 |
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Label (s) | RCA Records | ||||
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CD |
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Title (number) |
14th |
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running time |
47:50 |
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Two Eleven or 2/11 is the sixth studio album by the American singer Brandy . The album was released on October 19, 2012.
background
First reports in 2009 indicated that Brandy would produce the long player with The-Dream , Pharrell Williams , Ne-Yo , StarGate , Tricky Stewart. At the time she was still under contract with Epic and also closed a management deal with Jay-Z 's Roc Nation . One of these collaborations was the song "Louboutins", which Jennifer Lopez later released as a single after Brandy split from the record company Epic and shortly thereafter from Roc Nation. After breaking up with Epic, she began working on new songs with producers Sean & Kadis.
In the winter of 2009 Brandy headed for a more hip-hop- heavy sound, with rap interludes from her alter ego Bran'Nu and beats from producer and rapper Timbaland . At the time she was under contract with Knockout Entertainment and placed two of her rap songs on Timbalands Shock Value II . Timbaland was impressed with her rapper skills after watching a rap video she uploaded to YouTube. This led to the collaboration on songs for their sixth album under the label Mosley Music Group. In the end, however, as she said on various talk shows, the singer felt persuaded to act as an MC and regretted it in retrospect. In addition - inspired by the success of her colleague Monica - the album should be influenced by the "true R&B" of the 1990s and contain songs "from the heart and soul" and "with goose bumps". So she revealed to Rolling-Stone magazine :
“I'm reinventing myself and I feel fearless, (...) I haven't done R&B in a very long time. This album is rooted in R&B. The sound is different, it's about love. It's mature, it's gritty, it's edgy. "
“I reinvent myself and feel fearless, (...) I haven't made R&B music for a long time, but this album has its roots in R&B. The sound is different, it's about love. It is ripe, it is gloomy, it has rough edges. "
Track list
No. | title | Songwriter | Producers | Features | Duration |
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1 | Into | 0:57 | |||
2 | Wildest Dreams | Sean Garrett , Justin Henderson, Christoper Whitacre | The Bizness, Garrett | 4:25 | |
3 | So sick | Garrett, Shondrae Crawford | Bangladesh , Garrett | 4:31 | |
4th | Slower | Chris Brown , Brandy Norwood, Breyon Prescott, Amber Streeter , Dave Taylor | Switch | 2:57 | |
5 | No such thing as too late | Richard Butler , James Scheffer , Daniel Morris | Jim Jonsin , Mr. Morris, Rico Love | 4:01 | |
6th | Let me go | Crawford, Garrett, Lykke Li Zachrisson , Björn Yttling | Bangladesh, Garrett | 3:17 | |
7th | Without you | Eric Bellinger, Courtney Harrell, Norwood, Prescott, Harmony Samuels | Harmony Samuels | 4:12 | |
8th | Put it down | Dwayne "The Jointz" Abernathy, Brown, Crawford, Garrett | Bangladesh, Sean Garrett, Dem Jointz (co-producer) | Chris Brown | 4:06 |
9 | Hardly Breathing | Butler, Pierre Medor | Rico Love, Medor | 3:55 | |
10 | Do You Know What You Have? | Garrett, Norwood, Prescott, Pierre Slaughter, Mike L. Williams | Mike L. Williams, P-Nasty (co-producer) | 3:28 | |
11 | Scared of Beautiful | Frank Ocean , Warryn Campbell , Prescott | Warryn Campbell , Prescott (co-producer) | 3:46 | |
12 | Wish your love away | Brandon Ramon Johnson, Tiyon "TC" Mack, Ryuichi Sakamoto , Mario Winans | Mario Winans, Brandon Ramon Johnson (co-producer) | 3:19 | |
13 | Paint This House | Butler, Eric Goody II, Earl Hood, Medor | Rico Love, Earl, E., Pierre Medor | 3:59 | |
14th | Outro | 0:57 |
Deluxe Edition
No. | title | Songwriter | Producers | Features | Duration |
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14th | Can You Hear Me Now? | Butler, Nathaniel Hills | Danja , Rico Love | 5:00 | |
15th | Music | Mike Flowers , Prescott | Mike City | 4:19 | |
16 | What you need | Crawford, Garrett | Bangladesh, Garrett | 3:08 | |
17th | Outro | 0:57 |
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- ↑ Q&A: SEAN GARRETT TALKS BRANDY'S EVOLUTION, FIRST SINGLE, & MYSTERY COLLABORATOR. In: Rap-Up. Retrieved February 11, 2012 .
- ^ Tricky Stewart Explains Giving Brandy Record to Jennifer Lopez . In: Rap Up . December 19, 2009. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ↑ http://perezhilton.com/2009-07-09-sucks-to-be-brandy
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apctGxZN1Q4
- ↑ Tricky Stewart Predicts J. Lo's "Louboutins" Will Be Big Hit . VIBE. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
- ↑ Jennifer Lopez Walks in Brandy's 'Louboutins' . Rap-Up.com. October 28, 2009. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
- ↑ Exclusive: Kadis & Sean Speak to UrbanBridgez.com . In: Urban Bridgez . UrbanBridgez.com. November 12, 2009. Archived from the original on July 17, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ Shaheem Reid: Brandy Thanks Timbaland For Endorsing Her New Rap Career . In: MTV News . MTV.com. December 9, 2009. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "Brandy on Single Life & Finding a New Man & Rapping on Lopez Tonight" . In: Lopez Tonight . Archived from the original on August 14, 2012. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ↑ Brandy in an interview with HipHollywood.com: Brandy & Ray J Show Monica Some Love - Brandy in an interview with HipHollywood.com: Brandy Speaks About "Bathroom Bangers"
- ^ "Brandy on Her New Album, Outlook and Reunion With Monica" . In: Rolling Stone . Retrieved March 5, 2012.