Sonja Norwood's Influence: Why Atlantic Records Chose Brandy Over Shades (Part 4)
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Atlantic Records made the right choice. Brandy filled the void of the wholesome black teenage girl.
Brandy got sued early because her mom was undermining her mgmt. They had secured her a deal and Brandy's mother found another deal and it got ugly
Thank you for interviewing them. Their album was dope.
Excuse me but Brandy was on TV way before she got a record deal! Also her parents ran an accapella gospel group choir which she sang solo's in.
Brandy didnt need to sing, "What car do you drive, Tell me your name?" which was the same beat as LL Cool J and Total.
I was alive. Brandy was wholesome and sold records in London just like Aaliyah. Lots of these acts were only available on import and where not in the mainstream charts like Brandy.
Brandy has always been a stong talent winning Lady of Soul Awards from the rip!
Shades were ok! But Silvia Rhone has already signed Adina Howard, En Vouge, Missy and other big international R&B artists who were singing popular songs over amazing beats. At there time in the industry they just didnt hit as strong as Destinys Child who sung and did full on dance moves.
Thats false. Brandy had her record deal first. While recording she got in Thea TV show. Her appearances on Thea started in 93, and her first album dropped in 94. But that show only did a year or two. MOESHA did not come out until 96
@@teeerealsirrdee I was talking about Thea. You don't need to jump on this thread being disrespectful. Read the rules. I've been leaving comments since the beginning of this channel. Know your place!
@@TheRedgoldenchild no rules to read. Stop making stuff up that sounds good and do some research! SHE WAS NOT ON TV WAY BEFORE SHE A RECORD DEAL..NOBODY CARES HOW LONG YOU BEEN COMMENTING. SAY FACTS AND NOBODY WOULD HAVE TO TELL THE TRUTH FOR YOU SMH
Envogue retiring? Did I hear them correctly? At that time EV - TLC - and SWV was running things musically...
@@jevonlmack facts
Manipulation init!
Envogue were still young in the early 90s..why would they be retiring? Envogue's only issue was they didn't put out music frequently
@@love83forevertheir deal wasn't good en vogue had number 1 songs and no money .
@@musiclover-cn7tb Dawn had explained this. I don't dispute this reason. I was just saying they weren't retiring.
How was En Vogue retiring in 1993 and they were still promoting The Funky Divas album?
This was the time that Dawn had threatened to leave because she didn't get a solo deal like Terry
En Vogue retiring in 1993?!?!?! Meanwhile they continued to have hits for the rest of the decade. The delusion is real.
They could have never !
En vogue was breaking up around that time, they were not throwing shades towards them.
@@frankwright1571 En Vogue never broke up. They are still together to this day and still performing. Dawn originally left in 1997 and the group has carried on in various forms and lineups since, with and without all original members. The comment about them retiring in 1993 still doesn’t hold weight because the original lineup was intact until 1997. And I never said anyone was “throwing shade”, just that she made a seemingly incorrect statement.
I think you are missing the point that they were making, the group were having issues so the label felt like there may be a void that this new group could fill.
Where is da 4th Member?
Neva knew ANY of dis.
Married and she has a vegan business. They are still in touch though.
How did Brandy's mum have so much power to crush so many people?
Exactly
Shades were just too controversial, And Total already sung on that beat! Brandy was younger then them and more international.
@@DaInfamousRoshe wasn't going to let the label control too much of her daughter brandy was more marketable.
@@TheRedgoldenchildgirl groups were either making it or going under the radar with zero promo brandy was more marketable as you said.
But didn’t they have the group
For Real? Didn’t they attempt to replace en vogue?