Not as iconic and legendary as Mariah's, but it's a really really good song. It's one of the few songs on Two Eleven that Brandy Co-wrote & it was Produced by Harmony Samuels, this was intended to be the 3rd single from Two Eleven, but it never got a release. TBH there were better singles, but like I said in the hint, Brandy REALLY likes this song.
The song was promoted at the BET Honors where Brandy performed it... barefoot. She looked absolutely GORGEOUS in her gown & really slayed the song like no one else could.
Fun fact about this song... Harmony ain't **** for the instrumental. There are THREE songs that sound IDENTICAL to it
Fantasia's Lighthouse
I can't remember the other one, but this one is just . IDK why producers do this. The lack of effort to even change the production or come up with new beats, they just re-use the same damn ones .
Also on a side note, I think this is like the ONLY song in the rate without having Brandy's signature Ad-libs. She never goes off with the song playing in the background in typical Brandy fashion. I usually wouldn't be here for that kind of sound, but it sounds so amazing done this way Slay it Brandy
Supa really liked this one, "Such a beautiful showcase for Brandy. I can totally picture her standing in her bathroom singing this into her MacBook camera with all her heart." Bey_Rihstan gave it a 7 & said "omf the second verse and beyond > "
It really was. She gave her all. I love all of her BET performances. I loved when she came out and did Sittin up in God's Room for The Babyface tribute
18. Right Here (Departed)
From Human
Average: 7.91
Brandy's most last hit was the 2008 comeback single. I know you thots were waiting for this legendary song to leave, but my question is WHY? It's so amazing. The vocals are great. The video was great. The lyrics were great. The Production is timeless. It doesn't sound dated even though the song is almost 10 years old
This is probably my favorite segment of fun facts btw so get ready
The song, although amazing, all alludes to her crashing the car & murdering that woman . You think I'm trolling, but almost every line.
"& the walls are closing in, I'll be BREAKING through"
"When you're trapped & there's just no key. & You can't Breath"
"When your life is going TOO fast.Off the Train tracks. I can SLOW IT DOWN"
"Scared you might CRASH. I'll Be around"
It almost feels intentional, especially when this came out almost 2 years after the incident
Being totally honest, I think Right Here was the first Brandy song I had ever heard. I always knew her as Moesha, and I was familiar with The Boy Is Mine & Have You Ever, but I never knew they were sung by her.
Late 2000's r&b was generally the pits. It was the Ne-Yo era, kinda, and this flat, emotionless, beige, anticlimactic crossover sound completely took over. This song is one of the most offensive examples, along with like half of Keri Hilson's debut.