Brandy Verzuz Monica *Poll Added*

[Lucky_Lefty]

NE v. Boyz II Men made the same type of music but B2M did it way better.

No they don’t. NE is known damn near more for their up tempo joints than they are for their ballads which aren’t a joke either. And Michael Bivins and the NE influence was all over B2Ms first album

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

yea. aaliyah was 1st out. then came brandy.
once monica came out, aaliyah was out of the title picture.
brandy & monica didnt feed into the brandy/monica thing either. they didnt do that song together until we were 3 years deep into that debate.

aaliyah was hot too, but she wasnt much of a talent. she was only as good as the people around her.
that chit took you out of certain conversations back then.
you cant retroactively apply watered-dowm 21st century logic to this chit.

aaliyah would be battling mya, if she was alive.
and thats no knock. mya was the chit too.

I’m not that big of an Aaliyah fan but

 

[#1 pick]

No they don’t. NE is known damn near more for their up tempo joints than they are for their ballads which aren’t a joke either. And Michael Bivins and the NE influence was all over B2Ms first album

BIIM is much better b. BIIM is the GOAT group from the 80s and forward. The Earth, Wind, and Fire, Gap Band, Isley Brothers, etc of the world are untouchable.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Well when you're talking about who's the better singer/vocalist, all that stuff comes into play.

It's like when people say Chris Brown is a better dancer then Omarion, but when people who actually have a background in dancing and can break it down technically say that Omarion is better, then all of a sudden it's "I don't care about any of that"

Which is why I said before in my previous post: if you like Monica's voice better than Brandy's, then just say that. But don't say she's a better vocalist than Brandy, because she's objectively not

She sounds better than Brandy point blank period. You can have all the technical training in the world but that won’t trump people saying the untrained person has the better sounding voice. Like save the technical conversations for other vocalists and vocal coaches, this depth of analysis on a board full of the general public is pointless.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

I’m not that big of an Aaliyah fan but

Don’t even pay attention to him. He’s been railing against Aaliyah presenting his own skewed personal feelings as fact since SOHH days.

 

[Ziggiy]

kellz washing prince.

and hes washing the the pop icon version of mike.

 

[threattonature]

She sounds better than Brandy point blank period. You can have all the technical training in the world but that won’t trump people saying the untrained person has the better sounding voice. Like save the technical conversations for other vocalists and vocal coaches, this depth of analysis on a board full of the general public is pointless.

Just can't admit you wrong :D

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Just can't admit you wrong :D

Go sit down

 

[jerzboy]

She sounds better than Brandy point blank period. You can have all the technical training in the world but that won’t trump people saying the untrained person has the better sounding voice. Like save the technical conversations for other vocalists and vocal coaches, this depth of analysis on a board full of the general public is pointless.

100% this. While I like Brandy’s voice better, what you said was spot on. Save the “technicality” standpoint for people behind the scenes. End of the day, a fan and consumers opinion means more lol. That’s who artist make the music for; the general public.

 

[#1 pick]

The average listener - ie most of us - doesn’t care about this shyt. Monica’s voice sounds good-great to most of us. This technical shyt is like caring that someone buckled up first, then started the car with their foot on the brake, checked all their mirrors, signaled coming out of the driveway and drove with their hands at 10 and 2...no one gives a fukk about that, just give me a smooth uneventful ride to my destination and you’re winning. Monica has a voice that delivers beautiful songs...period.

The average listener does notice because Monica and Brandy have fell off but Brandy is still pretty damn good and Monica voice is now wack. It's like comparing Steve Nash or John Stockton to Dwight Howard. Some people play off of God-given abilities, some have to have tremendous skill. Skill last a lot longer than God-given abilities. Some people got both like Whitney Houston but Brandy always had insane skill vocally.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

The average listener does notice because Monica and Brandy have fell off but Brandy is still pretty damn good and Monica voice is now wack. It's like comparing Steve Nash or John Stockton to Dwight Howard. Some people play off of God-given abilities, some have to have tremendous skill. Skill last a lot longer than God-given abilities. Some people got both like Whitney Houston but Brandy always had insane skill vocally.

Monica sounded great to me last night when she sang and she killed her set when I saw her in concert last year. Nothing about her god given ability fell off...save that critique for someone like Mariah.

 

[JustCKing]

I’m not that big of an Aaliyah fan but

This.

Aaliyah definitely wasn't out of the picture. Aaliyah dropped, then Brandy. Aaliyah still had big songs during Brandy's late '94 run and when Monica came on the scene in 1995. In 1996, Aaliyah had the lane to herself with One In A Million, which arguably was more popular as an album than anything Monica and Brandy ever did. 1996-1997, Monica and Brandy had kept us fed with soundtrack songs. Then in 1998, Brandy and Monica returned with their sophomore efforts that launched with "The Boy Is Mine". Meanwhile, Aaliyah was on her soundtrack steez with "Are You That Somebody", which was massive. It was arguably as big as any hit Brandy or Monica had that year. You couldn't turn on the radio or TV without seeing it.

None of them would be who they were without the people they had around them. I mean, Monica got Missy to produce for her, which extended her career into the 2010's. This is the same Missy who wrote for Aaliyah. The same Darryl Simmons who produced "The One I Gave My Heart To" for Aaliyah, produced some of Monica's biggest hits as well. Diane Warren wrote for all three of them.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Wait, dont tell me monica didnt play

 

[#1 pick]

Monica sounded great to me last night when she sang and she killed her set when I saw her in concert last year. Nothing about her god given ability fell off...save that critique for someone like Mariah.

She sounds good in spurts. Her best voice was when she was 14.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

I can see why people think Brandy is the better singer. Monica always had more soul to me tho. In the grand scheme of things nobody really cares about vocal pitch and all that other shyt. How does the music sound? Monica always had better music imo. That being said I think last night was even