Last night in NYC, our friends at TrueExclusives.com held a very special relaunch party at WIP nightclub, which featured none other than Brandy as the special headlining performer. But, as a special surprise for the R&B diva, India Arie came out to congratulate and tribute her. Before she sang one of Brandy’s own songs “He Is,” India gave a touching speech reminding Brandy how influential she is, which left her in tears.
I never got the chance to tell you this but the first time I heard you sing, I was 18 and I was like who is this? Who’s singing the way that I like people to sing cause I feel that there are a lot of singers here tonight, and you know how the difference between good singing and great singing are the small things nuances, you had the nuances when you were like 13. And I remember when you were on ‘Thea’, and through the week, on the commercial they were showing that you were going to sing on that episode. I have the tape because I have been keeping a tape recorder and journal since I was like a little kid. So I had my micro cassette ready when you came on and I taped it and played it back and back and back and back. So, I just wanted to tell you that. I know how it feels to be working really hard for something and it doesn’t turn out exactly the way that you want but then you have some stuff that’s turning out cool and you are just like working, trying to figure it out. I don’t think that you really understand how influential you are to singers [Crowd cheers], I don’t think you really get it! There are so many people that we hear and we are like, ‘that’s a Brandy run, Oh that’s a Brandy run’. I don’t think you even know how much people revere you and they don’t realize that they’re doing what you do. So this is for you…
See the footage below…
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“HE IS” is one of the greatest songs EVER. Too bad they didn’t do the best part of that song (“My sun, my shineee…”) but still… it was cool. Of course, Brandy does it 99848549593599 times better.