Music Class: Brandy – I Wanna Be Down (Remix) ft. Lyte, Queen Latifah & Yo-Yo

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* LADIES This was some smoothed out sh*t! This was a good look for the women of hip hop...especially the Flava in ya Ear inspired video (damn i WANTED Yo Yo BAD ) I think I will have a thread soon on why women have such a tough time in rap.

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[Verse: Brandy]
Oh yeah ooh yeah
I would like to get to know if I could be
The kind of girl that you could be down for
Cause when I look at you I feel something tell me
That you're the kind of guy that I should make a move on

[Verse: Mc Lyte]
Yeah I get exotic with the melodic tune I get hypnotic with the room
But you got to put me down soon I flip a sideshow
If you come my way up down and around even sideways
I'm about as ready as the Lyte can get we can go all out
I ain't afraid of the sweat but yet I bet you got the techniques
To freak a girl inside out, what's that all about(oooh yeah)
Can I have some of that you got to put me on word around town
Is your nine men strong I wanna be put on in tha worst way since
The first day I think it was a Thursday (oh baby) you be that brother
That I wanna sink my teeth in make me wanna ask where tha hell you been
I like the way you be with all that personality but I got flava too you needs
To get with me

[Hook: Brandy]
I wanna be down
With what you're going through
I wanna be down
I wanna be down with you
No matter the time
Of day or night it's true
I wanna be down

[Verse: Yo-Yo]
He was born twenty years ago just a pimp toes everyday new clothes
Look at the cut cool-toes on three got tha heat so bluff it sling' teshies
Cause it's more than twenty duckets struck it kind of rich now his pockets
Lookin' straight slam the deese on tha benzo pancake by tha gate moms
Lookin' straight with her house she got great loungin' in her new home
That's about to state I'll be your call mail motel you can get it
When you want it even though you got chicks all up on you it don't matter
Cause brother you're fly I can't lie
I've been mackin' daddy from the corner of my eye now baby bring it on
Don't be frontin' on your baby boo all I wanna is what's up with you
How can I get with you seems like you got a hold on me it must voodoo
Cause baby I want you

[Repeat Hook]

[Verse: Queen Latifah]
About yey short about yey tall about so big about so small about
This length about this width about this flow about this gift
Instinct leading me right up your alley way, skip tha
Moet let's chill with some Alize
Nuff stress in our day let me
Massage your mind as my mentals start to play
A ghetto sauce who you are
And I'll be your sexual chocolate bar and I got to keep it strong for tha
Cause and you got to keep me strong for the toss brother mad at me damn
Tha family what else could we be when no one else understands us
But me you were the first to tame me uh Big Tif I'm out

[Repeat Hook]

[Outro: Queen Latifah]
Hey here we go here we go here go now and it's on yeah
And you don't stop Brandy is in tha house and you don't stop
Until the body rock keep it on and you don't stop rock on

 

[Rocky Miavia]

Watching this...Ray J was just in this video for no reason.

 

[WhenTheGoingGetsTtuff]

1 of the best songs evarrrr

 

[RAY V.]

yeah we/us/me used to run this song in the ground when it first came out

 

[playahaitian]

Watching this...Ray J was just in this video for no reason.

 

[playahaitian]

1 of the best songs evarrrr

yeah we/us/me used to run this song in the ground when it first came out

 

[playahaitian]

1 of the best songs evarrrr

yeah we/us/me used to run this song in the ground when it first came out

 

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[B-Witty]

Fiyah....... Tifa spit flames........ Yo Yo set if off..........! Lyte was nasty... o man... dis jam is my all time fav female MC/singer track.... its so damn RAW.... I love how they give it from a womans perspective so lyrically!!!! throwback dat will neva get old... high 5 PH u are really outdoing yourself today sir!!!

 

[B-Witty]

1 of the best songs evarrrr

ya dis song is up there homey..... it shut the radio down when it came out helluva remix!

obtw im the 1st to 5 start this post! lls

 

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bump becuz dis song just dat tight and playahaitan be holding the board down for real hip hop heads!

 

[HeathCliff]

This song was the shit.

 

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Twenty years after Brandy’s debut single “I Wanna Be Down” was remixed with rappers MC Lyte, Yo-Yo, and Queen Latifah, all four ladies reunited on the Queen Latifah Show Tuesday to celebrate the classic hit single’s anniversary.

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[ViCiouS]

yeah this song rocked hard - so hard that 2 years later I think it influenced this masterpiece of a remix for Total's No One Else to be made

 

[geechiedan]

that era was time you'd see the most female rappers and MCs working together..what happened in the last 15-20 years???

 

[SickMyDuck]

Dope... the ladies did their thing on that one.

 

[Mentor B]

Nice...

Honorable mention

 

[geechiedan]

looking at that video..

only one curse word used...in the WHOLE SONG..

everyone fully dressed

no vulgarity used

no n-word used

you'd have to stick a gun in a female rappers face to get anything like that to happen today..

First off you couldn't get it to happen that many females on the same track...

second other than nicki minaj who else is a big name rapper that could just plain show up...MIA?? Iggy Azlea?? who else??

 

[geechiedan]

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[playahaitian]

looking at that video..

only one curse word used...in the WHOLE SONG..

everyone fully dressed

no vulgarity used

no n-word used

you'd have to stick a gun in a female rappers face to get anything like that to happen today..

First off you couldn't get it to happen that many females on the same track...

second other than nicki minaj who else is a big name rapper that could just plain show up...MIA?? Iggy Azlea?? who else??

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Doo Wop (feat. Akinyele, Fat Joe, Pretty Boy Floyd, & Lord Tariq)-Gotta Get Down

 

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Brandy Answers Every Question We Have About Cinderella
By Zoe Haylock@zoe_alliyah
Role Call is a series in which Vulture talks to actors about performances they’ve probably forgotten by now, but we definitely haven’t.


On singing with Whitney Houston, the fate of the movie’s soundtrack, and building up impossible hopes for Black girls everywhere. Photo-Illustration: Vulture and Walt Disney Television
When Brandy Norwood was just a little girl, she was wishing on a star. Not a random cloud of gases dying somewhere lifetimes away. A real star named Whitney Houston. “Oh my God, I used to have dreams of her when I was a kid, like being at her house and hanging out with her,” said Brandy, now 41, fresh off her seventh album release. “I never thought that I would be on set with her hanging out in a pumpkin, in a dress, and she’s got a wand.” Disney’s 1997 adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella was a dream come true for executive producer Whitney Houston (originally tapped to play Cindy herself) and for Black girls around the world. But it’s Brandy who experienced the Cinderella transformation firsthand, complete with fairy godmother. “I was so blown away by the fact that Whitney Houston called me to be the first Black Cinderella,” she told Vulture through the magic of Zoom. “I was like, ‘This is not real.’ It was mind-blowing.”

Almost 24 years later, the musical, co-starring Whoopi Goldberg, Jason Alexander, Bernadette Peters, Victor Garber, and Paolo Montalban as the charming Prince Christopher, is (finally) heading to Disney+. Ahead of this week’s Friday Night Movie Club Ball, we asked Brandy to do the impossible and take us back to 1997.


In so many ways, there’s no Cinderella like yours. In preparing for the role, what did you want to update or add your own touch to?
I wanted to just bring my own flavor to it. Of course, I worked with an amazing director, Rob Iscove, and I had a lot of work with Whitney Houston. We just worked on bringing who I am to it, in the singing. I wanted to sing in a musical theater way but have my own -isms to it. And that was supported by the powers that be.

At the time, “colorblind casting”The Cinderella creators always intended to produce the movie with a racially diverse cast. At the time, the strategy for casting was dubbed “colorblind.” wasn’t as prominent. What did it mean to you to be able to portray a Black Cinderella?
I couldn’t grasp it all because I was so young. I didn’t really understand how revolutionary this was going to be, how big of an impact it was going to be. I knew that it was special, but I didn’t really know how special. When I was able to see it all come together and see the finished product of it, I was like, Wow, this is different. This is something I had never seen. It inspired me. It was as if I wasn’t even watching me as Cinderella.

One of the things I love about your Cinderella is that she has her hair in braids throughout the movie. What went into that choice and what did it mean to you to be able to be an unapologetically Black princess?
You know, I had been wearing braids throughout my entire career when I was younger. So that was just my thing. I just absolutely love braids. You can still see they’re still in my hair today. That was what I felt would be so much cooler — if Cinderella also had braids, you know? Because, yes, there’s the first Black princess. That’s amazing. Unbelievable. But what if we just take it all the way back to the motherland. And just go head-on and put the braids right in. I actually wanted the braids all the way down to the middle of my back, but they were like, “It’s too long.” I love that they allowed me to have braids. It was so beautiful. It represents who I am, who Black women are. It speaks to our culture.

You’ve said before that getting the call from WhitneyExecutive producer Whitney Houston was originally meant to play the part of Cinderella, but by the time the film was green-lit, Houston felt she was better suited for the Fairy Godmother role and personally offered the role to Brandy instead. was like getting a call from your own fairy godmother. Can you share any of the wisdom she imparted while you guys were filming Cinderella?
Well, Whitney’s whole thing with me was to just be myself. She loved that I could be myself and she didn’t want that part of me to change. Her being a legend and having been through so much in life and experiences in this industry, she wanted me to stay on the path of being who I am and true to myself. That was what she preached all the time to me up until she passed away. So I keep that and I try to live by that every day. That’s what I teach my daughter as well.

What was it like seeing Whitney the executive producer on set? Did you get to see any boss lady moments?
Oh, she didn’t really act like a boss lady like that. She didn’t have that kind of energy. Her energy was very down to earth, loving. Her spirit was humble. And you know, I honestly think that even though she was executive producer and she had a vision, she kind of let her partner Debra Chase and Craig [Zadan] and Neil [Meron] and them have that kind of vibe. She was just Fairy Godmother doing her acting and singing with all of us. I’m pretty sure she was, of course, doing her thing behind the scenes. I just didn’t see it.

What do you remember about singing “ImpossibleThe song will forever go down in history for prompting the great “Why are you down there?” Whitney Houston quote.,” that iconic duet with her?
Oh my God, the singing in the studio was unbelievable. Like, we just have so many beautiful moments and it’s actually captured. You can find it — our chemistry, us trying different melodies, trying different notes. We just were very open with each other and it was a collaborative effort. And then performing it in the actual film, like shooting with her — it was just so fun. I never could have believed that if you told me that when I was a kid.

What was it like on that big lot with those gorgeous setpiecesWith a reported production budget of $12 million, the 1997 Cinderella is one of the most expensive television films ever made.?
This set is what blew my mind because, you know, I’m from Moesha. You go and you see a living room and then there’s an audience behind you so it’s not like a set set. This was a house that they built from scratch. It felt like it was a part of Disneyland. That’s the way it looked. And I could think in my mind, I’m like, Wow, and then when it’s over, they have to take it all down.

What was it like being around Whoopi Goldberg’s extravagant Harry Winston jewelryWhoopi Goldberg reportedly rejected the fake jewelry costume designers intended to use for the shoot and privately set up a deal with jeweler Harry Winston to provide her with millions of dollars’ worth of the real thing.? Were there bodyguards watching her every move?
Oh, my God. [Laughs.] She might have had a few bodyguards, but I was so blown away by her jewelry. I was like “Your jewelry!” And she goes, “You know, it’s real,” I said, “It’s real?” “Yes, it’s real! Harry Winston.” And she said to me, “You know, that’s what you have to learn. You’re young. Get your relationships. And in your next few movies or your next few projects, Harry Winston may send you a couple of diamonds here and there. You might have to give them back, but …”

Do you know anything about the rumorRumor has it that the production ran out of money toward the end of shoots, and that certain producers agreed to finance the rest of the project using their own money. Goldberg allegedly offered up the remainder of her daily pay to completing it, too. that Whoopi and a few producers donated their remaining daily rate to help get the film finished?
I’ve never heard that. That happened? I wouldn’t know that. But if that’s the case, thank you, Whoopi! She’s a beautiful spirit.

The chemistry between you and PaoloPaolo Montalban had been an understudy in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I on Broadway prior to being cast., your prince charming, is the heart of the movie. Do you remember the moment where you guys first felt comfortable together, like you could create that magic?
When I first met him, we instantly connected, we instantly felt like, Oh my God, we’re gonna do this. And, you know, he told me “I got you.” I told him “I got you too, and we’re gonna make this happen.” We were just surrounded by such an experienced group of people that kind of helped us, you know, pull it together. I was the rookie in the whole thing. Everybody had such great musical-theater experience. I didn’t. So everybody just really embraced me. And Paolo was one of the ones that just made me feel so comfortable. When you feel comfortable, you try things and when you try things, you make something magical. I always felt like I was in a place where I could be creative and come up with something new, make it my own.

Do you remember a moment on set or creating the music with Whitney where you got to add your own influence?
Well, I was trying to be as straight as I could, because my music is kind of known for the riffs and the runs. Singers would know what I mean when I say that: I felt like I should sing the music straight. Just let it be about the melody. So that was my approach in this thing. And then Whitney, though, Whitney did the acrobatics. It was just a great balance of straight singing and then her singing just everywhere.

A soundtrack for the film was never officially released, but after 24 years, is that something that we can make a reality?
I know! I am working on that. I am definitely working on that. I keep hearing the talks about it.

Wow! Really? It’s like you’re our Fairy Godmother.
That is so sweet to say.

What is it like sharing the film with your daughter, Sy’rai?
She’s of course seen it here and there, but when I tried to show her, it was hard for her to see it because I was getting, you know, picked on for the first half of the movie. So before we could get to the good part, she’s like, “Mom, I can’t. I can’t take it.” She was very young. She couldn’t differentiate. So now that she’s older, and she’s 18, and this is happening, we’re going to watch it together for the first time all the way through. I’m excited.

Did you get to keep any of your beautiful props, like the tiara or glass slipper?
I didn’t get to keep any of that. I didn’t …

I … who do we need to call at Disney to make that happen?
Well, now that we’re on Disney+, I mean, maybe something can happen.

Yeah, the Queen needs her crown.
[Laughs.] Princess!

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Watch 'Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella' cast reunion with Brandy, Whoopi Goldberg, and more

Exclusive: Watch 'Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella' stars Brandy, Whoopi Goldberg, Bernadette Peters, Jason Alexander, and more reflect on the iconic 1997 musical coming soon to Disney+.

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Watch Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella cast reunion with Brandy, Whoopi Goldberg, and more: 'It was a game changer'

Brandy, Whoopi Goldberg, Paolo Montalban, Victor Garber, Jason Alexander, Bernadette Peters, and Veanne Cox join EW to share stories about the groundbreaking 1997 musical.
By Marcus Jones
February 11, 2021 at 11:00 AM EST




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Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (TV Movie - 1997)
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You don't need a fairy godmother or an invitation to the ball to check in with the cast of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella.
Stars of the musical, Brandy (Cinderella), Paolo Montalban (Prince Christopher), Whoopi Goldberg (Queen Constantina), Victor Garber (King Maximillian), Jason Alexander (Lionel), Bernadette Peters (Stepmother), and Veanne Cox (Calliope), joined EW to discuss their groundbreaking 1997 TV movie, which arrives on Disney+ this Friday.
"It was an honor to be part of something so wonderful back then, and even now, and it was multicultural, and it was just so wonderful that children were watching it could just enjoy it and all the different kinds of people that were in it, and not even question it," Peters says in the reunion video above.

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"There are very few weeks that go by, even now after how many years — 25, where somebody does not come up to me and say how much it meant to them, and how much it changed their lives, and how much it started their lives," adds Cox. Alexander concurs, saying "It does come up when you meet people often, and they talk about this particular Cinderella, and they claim it, and they go 'Brandy was my Cinderella.'"
Reflecting on the film's enduring success, despite the fact it was unavailable to stream, and didn't have a soundtrack, Brandy notes, "It was a game changer, like it was just so different, and it just gave everyone an opportunity to just play these iconic characters, and see it in a different way. It was just so magical."
Goldberg makes it a point to clarify that "a lot of this came from the heart and soul of Whitney [Houston]. I know that a lot of what you're seeing is what she wanted."

That vision is best represented by Brandy's Cinderella moment, when she got to wear the light blue dress, and make a grand entrance into the palace. Montalban remembers that moment well, telling the group, "When Brandy came out in her Cinderella dress, no acting required, and actually I had to take maybe 10 extra breaths because she was so stunning at the top of the staircase. And they probably took the first take because I just recently saw that portion of it and was like this man is not breathing because he's seen the love of his life appear at the top of the steps."
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Over two decades after they made it, the cast is excited for fans to see the movie again, and be able to share it with their loved ones. "It's the perfect time for it to come out. This is the perfect time," stresses Garber. "There are no mistakes, this is the time."
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella begins streaming on Disney+ at the stroke of midnight on Friday, Feb. 12.
Watch the full reunion with the cast above. And continue the celebration with EW on Twitter as we co-host a live viewing party on Friday at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT along with Concord Theatricals, on behalf of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization. Viewers can follow along with Entertainment Weekly's Twitter, Rodgers & Hammerstein on Twitter and Instagram, and Cinderella on Twitter and Instagram for trivia throughout the event, as well as a chance to win some great prizes. Just use #Cinderella1997 on social media to join the watch party. Fans can also share their excitement by using the official Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella AR filter on Instagram.

 

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Brandy gets back in the TV game with an ABC hip-hop pilot that sounds wild

Grammy winner and 'Cinderella' star Brandy has joined 'Queens,' a hip-hop drama from 'Scandal' vet Zahir McGhee.

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Brandy gets back in the TV game with an ABC hip-hop drama pilot that sounds wild

The Grammy winner and Cinderella star has joined Queens, a musical drama from Scandal vet Zahir McGhee.
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This could be the year that Brandy Norwood gets back in the series TV game. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter-actress has signed on to ABC's pilot Queens, a hip-hop drama from Scandal and Stumptown vet Zahir McGhee.
According to ABC, Queens follows as "four women in their 40s reunite for a chance to recapture their fame and regain the swagger they had as the Nasty Bitches — their '90s group that made them legends in the hip-hop world."
Oh, and it gets better. Brandy will play Naomi, "better known as Xplicit Lyrics," and "the highly-skilled musical engine of the Nasty Bitches." Brandy will also be creating original music for the show.
More from the network's official character description for Brandy's role:
A true artist with boundless musical talent — Naomi was certain she'd go on to mainstream success after the group's demise. She hasn't, singing and playing her guitar in crappy dive bars where all people want is her old persona. When the group gets back together, Naomi is reunited with the only man she ever loved, and the rival bandmate who stole that man from her. But what Naomi wants more than anything is to build a relationship with the daughter she was never really there for — if she only knew how.

Already, Queens sounds like DVR-season-pass material. Can you imagine the '90s flashbacks?
Also, the group's name is the Nasty Bitches! This show is doing the most. And readers, we haven't even gotten to the other characters. Rapper/talk-show host/actress Eve will play another member of the Nasty Bitches: Brianna, a.k.a. "Professor Sex." (She'll also be contributing original music.) Here's more on her character:
Twenty years ago, Brianna was Professor Sex — one fourth of the iconic 90s hip-hop group, the Nasty Bitches — rapping about money, sex and her all-around glamorous lifestyle. Today, Brianna is a proud wife and mother of five — in a stained sweatsuit who barely has a second to breathe. Not glamorous. But Brianna loves her life. The Nasty Bitches are a distant, distant memory. But when an opportunity arises for the group to reunite, Brianna will grapple with whether or not she still has the swagger and confidence that made her an icon decades ago.

Creator/exec producer McGhee really didn't disappoint with this lineup of female characters. Pepi Sonuga is playing a "hip-hop it girl" who's nicknamed "Lil Muffin"! Nauturi Naughton is co-starring as a founding member of the Nasty Bitches, Jill, a.k.a. "Da Thrill"!
Of course, Queens is still in the pilot stage, but truly, if ABC doesn't pick it up to series, it'll be a huge injustice.

 

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Brandy to Resume Her Reign As Cinderella

Alongside Rita Ora as the Queen of Hearts in Descendants sequel The Pocketwatch.

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Brandy to Resume Her Reign As Cinderella
By Zoe Guy

Brandy and Rita Ora. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos by Leon Bennett/STA 2020/Getty Images for BET and Daniele Venturelli/WireImage
Brandy returns to her own little throne in her own little movie as Cinderella in a sequel to Disney’s Descendents movies, The Pocketwatch. The first installments followed the travails of fairy-tale creatures and their offspring — movies that can be very loosely described as the Disney Channel’s version of a live-action cinematic universe of beloved animated characters set in the idyllic land of Auradon and its less-than idyllic counterpart, Lost. The latest tale sees two powerful children unexpectedly cross paths and travel back in time via the Mad Hatter’s magical pocket watch to stop an event that would lead to something terrible. Actor and singer Rita Ora (also known as Rita Waititi-Ora) joins the cast as Queen of Hearts alongside Kylie Cantrall as Red (the queen’s rebellious teenage daughter) and Malia Baker as Chloe (Cinderella’s privileged yet naïve daughter). Black Lightning’s China Anne McClain reprises her role as Uma, daughter of infamous sea witch Ursula. Dara Reneé, Ruby Rose Turner, Morgan Dudley, Joshua Colley, and Melanie Paxson round out the cast. The franchise that gave us Thomas Doherty just keeps on giving.