Brandy videography
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This is the videography of singer Brandy.
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Album | Information |
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| 1994 | "I Wanna Be Down" | Keith Ward | Brandy | Atlantic Records decided to produce two music videos for the single. The original clip was directed by Keith Ward and premiered prior to the single's official release in September 1994. In the following months another video for a remix of the song, entitled "Human Rhythm Hip Hop Remix", was shot by Hype Williams. It features female rappers MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, and Yo-Yo, and was partially black-and-white and partially in color. Latter video eventually earned Brandy her first nomination for "Best Rap Video" at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards. |
| "I Wanna Be Down" (Remix) (featuring Queen Latifah, MC Lyte & Yo Yo) | Hype Williams | |||
| 1995 | "Baby" | Hype Williams | ||
| "Best Friend" | Matthew Rolston | |||
| "Brokenhearted" (with Wanya Morris) | Hype Williams | |||
| "Sittin' up in My Room" | Hype Williams | Waiting to Exhale (soundtrack) | In the video Brandy is swimming in thoughts of a guy, keeping herself penned up in a very trippy retro, cartoonish room after her friend told her that her love interest is joining the party, which is going on downstairs. Actor Donald Faison played her love interest in this music video, directed by Hype Williams. | |
| 1996 | "Missing You" (featuring Tamia, Gladys Knight & Chaka Khan) | F. Gary Gray | Set It Off (Soundtrack) | |
| 1997 | "Let It Go" (with Ray J) | Kevin Bray | In this video she only has guest appearance on her brother Ray J's song "Let It Go". She can also be heard singing the background vocals. | |
| 1998 | "The Boy Is Mine" (with Monica) | Joseph Kahn | Never Say Never | The video begins with the girls in their apartments, watching television. Brandy watches the "The Jerry Springer Show" but then Monica accidentally turns Brandy's TV to a romantic movie, in which Monica is watching on her own TV set. Whenever Brandy or Monica turns the channel, the other's TV stays on that channel and they grow sick of it. They then give up and start to sing. The next scene shows Brandy and Monica discussing their problem with their separate groups of friends.
The "boy" himself (played by Mekhi Phifer, who played Brandy's boyfriend in the movie I Still Know What You Did Last Summer) then appears outside the two girls apartment, where all their friends walk by him as they exit their respective friends place.. The girls are in pajamas next, and then each one calls the man over to choose. After Brandy and Monica fight with words, the man comes to the apartment, frustrated over who to choose. The door opens, and only Brandy is shown. Then it swings a little wider and Monica comes. The man gets a startled expression, and we are left hanging. The video was nominated for two 1998 MTV Video Music Awards, for Best R&B Video, and Video of the Year. |
| "Top of the World" (featuring Mase) | Paul Hunter | The music video, directed by Paul Hunter, featured Brandy incurring various supernatural phenomena. She spontaneously floated in the air, flipping and somersaulting above random objects; telephone poles and vehicles, as people stopped to stare. These strange phenomena also included balancing herself vertically and horizontally alongside skyscrapers and buildings. The concept video carried quite a bit of symbolism related to her life as a pop culture celebrity and international icon. | ||
| "Have You Ever?" | Kevin Bray | |||
| 1999 | "Almost Doesn't Count" | Kevin Bray | ||
| "U Don't Know Me" | Martin Weisz | |||
| "U Don't Know Me" (Remix) (featuring Shaunta & Da Brat) | Martin Weisz | U Don't Know Me - The Remix Album | ||
| 2001 | "Wait a Minute" (with Ray-J, Lil' Kim & Pharrell) | This Ain't A Game | ||
| "Another Day in Paradise" (with Ray-J) | Nick Quested, Gil Green | Full Moon | ||
| 2002 | "What about Us?" | Dave Meyers | The song's music video was directed by Dave Meyers and produced by Ron Mohrhoff. It was entirely filmed inside the Ten 9 Fifty Studios in Culver City, California between December 1 and 2, 2001, and features close shots and dance sequences using greenscreen technique.[1]
The video does not have a substantial plot and, per Brandy's request, focuses on capturing her "moments as a performer," dealing with "different set-ups" and "beauty, fashion, edginess, hip."[2] It opens with a digitized long shot of the singer standing atop a pyramid of kneeling, taut men, all holding up Brandy on her pedestal. The scene switches into a "futuristic wind tunnel", where she wields a bat against cell phones, two-way pagers, and a flying man, whose sunglasses she grabs off. While the video among intercuts scenes of Brandy performing on a platform with two black-painted men in collars and leashes, it ends with her sitting in the passenger's seat in a lowrider, amid a sea of lowriders. The final scenes feature cameo appearances by Rodney Jerkins and Brandy's younger brother Ray J. The final edit of "What About Us?" worldpremiered at the end of its Making the Video episode on MTV on January 10, 2002.[3] It debuted on the network's Total Request Live top ten video countdown on January 25 and peaked at number one, remaining on the countdown for 25 unconsecutive days.[4] The video entered the MuchMusic Countdown in Canada in the week ending February 8, and it peaked at number seven in the week ending February 22.[5] |
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| "Full Moon" | Chris Robinson |
The single's music video was directed by Chris Robinson and filmed on various locations throughout Los Angeles, California on March 1 and 2, 2002.[6] Brandy, who was nearly six months pregnant at the time of the video shot, doesn't dance in the video[7] which features model and actor Yoki Brown (Moesha, Boston Public) as Brandy's male counterpart.[6] The final edit premiered worldwide on March 28, 2007 on MTV's music video chart program Total Request Live.[7] The video opens with the singer stargazing through a telescope on her balcony at night. While playing someone of whom MTV News described as "a bit of a peeping Tom-ika"[7] Brandy turns her attention to a house party a few miles away. There she locks pupils with a longhaired male (Brown), before changing clothes and then riding along the coast in her silver cabriolet. Once she has arrived, Brandy enters the shindig in hopes of meeting him. This serves as the catalyst for a distant flirt between her and the "potential Mr. Right" that continues as the song plays. Towards the end of the video, he follows her back into the car. In the end they stop by a view point, watching the sinking full moon.[7] |
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| 2003 | "Stunt 101" (with G-Unit) | Jake Nava | Beg For Mercy | In Stunt 101 she co-stars as the seller of luxurious vehicles and automobiles. She convinces 50 Cent to buy a "classic" one. And they begin to make a course around the streets and meet up with Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo. |
| 2004 | "Talk About Our Love" (featuring Kanye West) | Dave Meyers | Afrodisiac | The video for "Talk About Our Love" was filmed in Los Angeles between March 6 and 7, 2004 and was the third Brandy video to be directed by Dave Meyers, who had worked with her on the videos for "What About Us?" and "Another Day in Paradise" before. Beside Kanye West, who plays Brandy's love interest, Brandy's younger brother Ray-J also made a cameo. Despite already being divorced in 2004, the video's plot can be seen as a reflection on Brandy's 2002 marriage with producer Robert "Big Bert" Smith.
The concept of the video was influenced by Brandy's personal experiences at that period, picking up the idea of nosy friends and neighbours, who keep on popping in and out of her house to find out about her affairs. The opening scene begins with Brandy entering a modern building in a white designer dress and confronting Kanye, who's standing behind the kitchen's table, with the song's first verse, when other people switch constantly in and out the room and watch what's happening. The camera follows Kanye's fleeing steps through the floor, incessantly backspacing on Brandy, who runs after him. The scene shifts into the living-room, showing Brandy in a tanktop and coat before changing into a dance sequence with two male dancers performing the second verse's content to Kanye, who's standing in front of a huge window. Afterwards they change the mic and Kanye begins performing his rhymes, when Brandy leaves the room to take stairs into the bedroom. He follows and sings to her next on the bed, when once again pop strangers in the room and Brandy and Kanye decide to escape out of the house. The video ends with both singers sitting in an oldtimer and driving down the street. The video received its premiere on March 26, 2004 via AOL Music's First Listen program. Respectively, it peaked at #3 on TRL and #2 on 106 & Park. |
| "Who Is She 2 U" | Jake Nava | The music video for "Who Is She 2 U" was directed by Jake Nava, and was filmed in various locations throughout Los Angeles, California in July 2004. Choreographed by Laurie Ann Gibson, the video harks back on authentic street sensibility, showing Brandy from a very ordinary side in normal neighborhood settings, all away from high-class lifestyle and designer clothes: "I wanted to be fashion-forward, so we're going to give the girl a little fashion," she said. "It's going to be young and fun and sexy, but not over the top — still down to earth."
In the video Brandy plays an all-seeing, all-knowing narrator, who gives the central male character pause with her wicked glances that let him know she's watching his every move. The pursuit starts with the singer performing the first lines of her song in the back of a cruising bus, while observing her boarding man next to a female, both discussing vehemently with each other. She's constantly moving and dancing, before the scene shifts to a scaffolding in front of a fenced building, where she performs the chorus in dusty backgrounds. The next scene shows her standing under a traffic light at a plied crossing, wearing a grey outfit and big glasses, wherefrom she enters a near barber shop and performs afresh in a hairdresser chair. At the same time the camera shows her man flirting with two girls. The video ends with a backflash on all locations Brandy was seen at, also catching the daytime in front of the sinking sun. Fabolous and Timbaland were originally expected to sign on to shoot additional scenes for a remixed version of the clip; however, plans weren't put into practice. "Who Is She 2 U" worldpremiered at the end of BET's Access Granted on August 24, 2004. |
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| "Afrodisiac" | Matthew Rolston | The single's music video was directed by Matthew Rolston and entirely shot in a filming studio in Los Angeles, California.[6] It was shot over thirteen hours and choreographed by Laurie Ann Gibson, best known for her work on MTV's Making the Band series. Brandy declared the clip a "crazy performance-entertainment-video."[8]
The plotless video concept was developed during a single video conference with all involved parties.[8] Inspired by the song itself, Rolston decided to visualize the sung-about afrodisiac as a liquid, eventually arranging the construction of a water-flooded "outtrack world" that shows Brandy and her dancers performing in an ankle-deep basin and in front of water-reflecting walls respectively.[8] With a view to create a "very simple video," styles and clothes are mainly influenced by white, gold and black color.[8] Both the video and an accompanying produced Making of clip were released as on a DVD Single.[9] |
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| "Wake Up Everybody" (with Various Artists) | Matthew Rolston | Wake Up Everybody | This video features Brandy, Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliott, Eve, Ashanti, Wyclef Jean, Monica, Jadakiss, Musiq, Fabolous, Akon, Jamie Foxx, Babyface, Miri Ben-Ari, Jon B, Omarion, Rev Run Claudette Ortiz and many more singning their vocals in studio. The video was promotional only and included information about the world. The video should inspire viewers to vote for the 2004 election. |
[edit] References
- ^ Brandy - "What About Us?". MVD Base. Retrieved on 2007-02-05.
- ^ "What About Us?" on Making the Video. Myspace. Retrieved 2007-02-05.
- ^ "Brandy Stands On Hill Of Men, Rocks Low Rider In New Video". Vh1 News. Retrieved on 2007-02-05.
- ^ Archive. TRL Archive. Retrieved on 2007-07-19.
- ^ Countdown. Much Music. Retrieved on 2007-07-19.
- ^ a b c Brandy - "Full Moon". MVD Base. Retrieved on 2007-05-20.
- ^ a b c d "Brandy Plays Peeping Tom-ika In New Video". VH1 News. Retrieved on 2007-05-20.
- ^ a b c d "Making of Afrodisiac". Youtube. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
- ^ "Afrodisiac" DVD on Amazon.co.uk
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