If you thought Monica couldn’t get more successful after DTIP, THINK AGAIN! After her debut single’s massive success, Monica released BYWOOML, which quickly topped the R&B charts again! This achievement made Monica the youngest artist ever to top the R&B charts with her first two singles (sorry Brandy ). It also went to #7 on the Hot 100. If you think about it, Monica and Brandy’s charting are quite similar
More praises still coming!! KAK stated, “BEAUTIFUL SONG. Monica was SANGING”, while Latinazza’s 11 says, “so much emotion in just a couple of minutes --it's hard to believe that she was just 14 or so when she recorded this”. Monica voice was very mature at a young age!
I lowkey LOVE Before You Walk... tbh. I shade it in favor of Why I Love You So Much, which is obviously superior, but BYWOML is like my 3rd fave from that album. I should've given it an 8 or 8.5 tbh
But this song right here took Monica to new and improved heights in her career, along with Brandy. MASSIVE success all across the music charts The song pretty much went inside the top 5 in every single chart to mankind! It still remains one of the longest running #1 songs on the Hot 100 on the charts, 13 weeks to be exact, R&B AND Pop charts. This is MONICA we’re talking about. Some of your faves could never!! It gave both of them a Grammy Award. Arguably one of the greatest female duets in music history!!
The song was originally a solo song for Brandy for her album, Never Say Never, but she thought a duet would take the song to a whole nother level, so she called up Monica. (And NO, Monica didn’t “mooch” off of Brandy KAK, she helped make the song successful. She actually had more ad libs on the song than Brandy )
Unfortunately, this song would develop a rivalry between the two. The song was hardly performed by both girls because the labels and media kept creating a rift between them that they didn’t like each other. Rumor has it that Monica was pissed that Brandy kept performing the song by herself, while Brandy was more pissed that Monica took the name of the song for her second album. But Monica said she named her album “The Boy is Mine” because it was a “bold statement”!
In the end, both girls WON!!
Some comments:
Dabunique - 10 but I would give it a 5 beacause of Brandy but I'm tryin lol
Buyonce1814 - classic. I know some bitch will vote it a 0 just to avoid predictably.
Kool_Aid_King - Honestly the best song. The harmonies. The phone convo. Perfection in a song.
Probably predictable, but so well respected and deserved
After the disappointment of “All Eyez on Me”, Monica decided to get back to the studio, and recreate the album into the emotions she was going through during that time. She brought in Missy for the project, and together, they turned Monica into a beautiful maniac. I mean, “driving past her man’s house every night, in an ‘unmarked’ car”, pretty devious!!
The song would become Monica’s last top 10 hit to date (having one more than Brandy ) and moderate success worldwide. Even thirteen years later, it is still noticeably recognized, the #SoGoneChallenge was created. Happy for this song to place #1 on this rate!
Final Comments: Montrealxo - that was so hard to choose from. both classics
Buyonce1814 - classic R&B bop right here. This sounds so smooth in my car and I go off to it every time it plays.
But this song right here took Monica to new and improved heights in her career, along with Brandy. MASSIVE success all across the music charts The song pretty much went inside the top 5 in every single chart to mankind! It still remains one of the longest running #1 songs on the Hot 100 on the charts, 13 weeks to be exact, R&B AND Pop charts. This is MONICA we’re talking about. Some of your faves could never!! It gave both of them a Grammy Award. Arguably one of the greatest female duets in music history!!
The song was originally a solo song for Brandy for her album, Never Say Never, but she thought a duet would take the song to a whole nother level, so she called up Monica. (And NO, Monica didn’t “mooch” off of Brandy KAK, she helped make the song successful. She actually had more ad libs on the song than Brandy )
Unfortunately, this song would develop a rivalry between the two. The song was hardly performed by both girls because the labels and media kept creating a rift between them that they didn’t like each other. Rumor has it that Monica was pissed that Brandy kept performing the song by herself, while Brandy was more pissed that Monica took the name of the song for her second album. But Monica said she named her album “The Boy is Mine” because it was a “bold statement”!
In the end, both girls WON!!
Some comments:
Dabunique - 10 but I would give it a 5 beacause of Brandy but I'm tryin lol
Buyonce1814 - classic. I know some bitch will vote it a 0 just to avoid predictably.
Kool_Aid_King - Honestly the best song. The harmonies. The phone convo. Perfection in a song.
Probably predictable, but so well respected and deserved
After the disappointment of “All Eyez on Me”, Monica decided to get back to the studio, and recreate the album into the emotions she was going through during that time. She brought in Missy for the project, and together, they turned Monica into a beautiful maniac. I mean, “driving past her man’s house every night, in an ‘unmarked’ car”, pretty devious!!
The song would become Monica’s last top 10 hit to date (having one more than Brandy ) and moderate success worldwide. Even thirteen years later, it is still noticeably recognized, the #SoGoneChallenge was created. Happy for this song to place #1 on this rate!
Final Comments: Montrealxo - that was so hard to choose from. both classics
Buyonce1814 - classic R&B bop right here. This sounds so smooth in my car and I go off to it every time it plays.
But this song right here took Monica to new and improved heights in her career, along with Brandy. MASSIVE success all across the music charts The song pretty much went inside the top 5 in every single chart to mankind! It still remains one of the longest running #1 songs on the Hot 100 on the charts, 13 weeks to be exact, R&B AND Pop charts. This is MONICA we’re talking about. Some of your faves could never!! It gave both of them a Grammy Award. Arguably one of the greatest female duets in music history!!
The song was originally a solo song for Brandy for her album, Never Say Never, but she thought a duet would take the song to a whole nother level, so she called up Monica. (And NO, Monica didn’t “mooch” off of Brandy KAK, she helped make the song successful. She actually had more ad libs on the song than Brandy )
Unfortunately, this song would develop a rivalry between the two. The song was hardly performed by both girls because the labels and media kept creating a rift between them that they didn’t like each other. Rumor has it that Monica was pissed that Brandy kept performing the song by herself, while Brandy was more pissed that Monica took the name of the song for her second album. But Monica said she named her album “The Boy is Mine” because it was a “bold statement”!
In the end, both girls WON!!
Some comments:
Dabunique - 10 but I would give it a 5 beacause of Brandy but I'm tryin lol
Buyonce1814 - classic. I know some bitch will vote it a 0 just to avoid predictably.
Kool_Aid_King - Honestly the best song. The harmonies. The phone convo. Perfection in a song.
Probably predictable, but so well respected and deserved
After the disappointment of “All Eyez on Me”, Monica decided to get back to the studio, and recreate the album into the emotions she was going through during that time. She brought in Missy for the project, and together, they turned Monica into a beautiful maniac. I mean, “driving past her man’s house every night, in an ‘unmarked’ car”, pretty devious!!
The song would become Monica’s last top 10 hit to date (having one more than Brandy ) and moderate success worldwide. Even thirteen years later, it is still noticeably recognized, the #SoGoneChallenge was created. Happy for this song to place #1 on this rate!
Final Comments: Montrealxo - that was so hard to choose from. both classics
Buyonce1814 - classic R&B bop right here. This sounds so smooth in my car and I go off to it every time it plays.
Again, I wanna thank all you who kept me going with this rate. I know this didn't get much attraction as Brandy, but I think we did pretty darn good!!!!!
Again, I wanna thank all you who kept me going with this rate. I know this didn't get much attraction as Brandy, but I think we did pretty darn good!!!!!
I didn't know Brandy had one. Must have been a slow week.
). It also went to #7 on the Hot 100. If you think about it, Monica and Brandy’s charting are quite similar 
Never meant to cause you no pain
The song pretty much went inside the top 5 in every single chart to mankind! It still remains one of the longest running #1 songs on the Hot 100 on the charts, 13 weeks to be exact, R&B AND Pop charts. This is MONICA we’re talking about. Some of your faves could never!! It gave both of them a Grammy Award. Arguably one of the greatest female duets in music history!!
