Brandy made a welcome return to the charts last year with her album Two Eleven, which proved popular with fans and critics a like. It had the likes of India Arie singing Brandy's praises (literally). Arie and Solange Knowles have both credited Brandy with setting a standard for a specific style of singing that artists still copy today. In the industry there is such a thing as a "Brandy Run", and her 2004 Afrodisiac album is a great collection of songs that showcase Brandy's unique voice wonderfully. Go-to music man, Timberland produced the majority of the album but Afrodisiac was also responsible for introducing a certain Mr Kanye West to the mainstream. He produced a few tracks on the album and featured on Talk About Our Love. This was the album's stand out hit. Rapper T.I also pops up on the song Where You Wanna Be. This was an eclectic sounding album with interesting sampling of Indie-alternative and Rock bands, such as Coldplay and Iron Maiden. Brandy has also mentioned that the late R&B singer, Aaliyah was a huge inspiration for the album, both musically and lyrically. Brandy recevied a Grammy nomination for Afrodisiac and it's easy to see why: it's a great album that properly reacquainted fans with everything they always loved about Brandy.
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