When The Checks Stop Coming In: Brandy Gets No Love From Record Labels

Posted on July 11th, 2009 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: Brandy, News, When The Checks Stop Coming In

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Looks like Miss Humm Breath doesn’t belong to a record label anymore:

R&B singer Brandy Norwood is in search of a new record deal. The 30-year-old singer was just dropped by her label Epic Records because of the lackluster sales of from her comeback CD, ‘Human.’ Released on Dec. 8, 2008, the CD has only sold 196,509 units to date according to SoundScan. “Her friend Brandon Creed that works as an A&R representative at Epic Records has been making calls to see if other labels would be interested in signing her,” a record company source told me. In addition, Brandy has also parted ways with her management. The former ‘Moesha’ star had been represented in recent months by Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Management. The McComb, Miss.-bred singer’s relationship with Roc Nation supposedly dissolved because of “creative differences.”

Creative differences…damn, hopefully Brandy is still getting royalties from Moesha and dough from posing for that wig company because her music career is probably a wrap. No one is checkin for her ass like that anymore…Poor thang.

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  • Hannibal

  • Hannibal

    IS THIS REALLY A SURPRISE? I MEAN, HER ALBUMS HAVE ALL BEEN FLOPS EVER SINCE THE 90′S ENDED. TIME TO GIVE UP AND ADMIT MONICA IS BETTER THAN U BUTTAHEAD!

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  • Hmmm

    brandy has the weirdest looking face she never takes a good picture.

  • denayk

    Brandy’s voice cant be matched..please..human was good..but Afrodiasic was amazing. Kanye West, Timberland, Rodney Jerkins have all seen Brandy as a muse. Brandy is the truth..!

  • rico 9

    Denayk is right- brandi just needs the right producers to get her back on track.

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  • !!!!!.R.I.P MIKE!!!!!

    I SEE A FEW OTHER SINGERS GETTIN DROPPED SOON BUT I WONT SAY NO NAMES LOL.

  • The Third Eye

    Brandy will be fine. If anything she needs new material because all her songs sound the same.

  • vee

    I made some mistakes typo errors (sad) and those who aren’t getting heavy rotation! Sorry!

  • Awesome-O-3000

    Human was garbage. On another note, why are her eyes so far apart? She has too much middle face.

  • http://www.askthestrawboss.com/wordpress the Strawboss

    Human was a good album. We mock diehard fans like MJ had, but the bandwagon fans that jump ship the second you aren’t hot, aren’t much better. You people turn on artists like revolving doors.

  • fanno

    all her albums are good. i still play afrodasiac, i loved human and i love her music. i hope she gets picked up becoz her, tamia, monica and alicia are the only females i support in the music biz.

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  • ACE

    Im truely appauled at the hatred going on over here! Like seriously now, anyone who’s here that can outsing Brandy stand up! Brandy is one of those rare artist(at least now a days) that is actually backed by talent. Epic didnt promote this album one bit. She had two hit singles of the album, but many people didnt even know the album was out. I was shocked to see both RIGHT HERE and Long Distance in the top 5 on 106 and Garbage so Im totally unsure why the album didnt sell. Its by far one of the best releases in the 2008-2009 era. Her being dropped isnt a surprise considering now you have to have a gimmick to sell records and she doesnt she has TALENT its a damn shame that TALENT doesnt get recognized anymore. Guess we should see Chrisette Michele, Jazmine Sullivan, Anthony Hamilton, and India Arie all losing their deals

  • Who’s brandy?

    So Jay-z and his dudes Ty ty, Jay brown not going to work with Brandy again?? GOOD FOR THEM. She’S a fail and not successfull at all!!

  • http://www.freewebs.com/bestsexever christy

    I KNOW WHY IT FLOPPED.. THAT FIRST SINGLE WAS NAILS ON A CHALKBOARD.. Even though I could tell there was true emotion in that song, the instrumentation and arrangement was HORRENDUS!! I was thinkin “someone doesn’t like Brandy”.. when I heard that track.. ITS ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC.. AND SHE MUST REMAIN ORIGINAL..PEACE

  • aaliyahforeva

    its so funny to me hahaha bc brandy has NOT been DROPPED from her record label she has cleared that up on her twitter acount that she is still with her record label it so funny how certain ppl believe everything they hear

  • Whatchaknoboutdat?

    Brandy looks like a roach! She needs to stay looking fierce and come out with some better music!

  • TKThomas

    Brandy is HELLA TALENTED. I think the rec lables are making a mistake.

    Her music was some of the best.

    I’d MOST DEFINITELY buy her CD’s.

  • Sit yo 5$ ass own before I make some change ( Usher-Tamecka=a 1# Album)!!

    @ Tayler_ Monica outsang Keyshia Cole on her own damn song…LOL….I was afraid for old Keysh on the BET awards….Brandy just needs some new representation and some strong prescription mouthwash and she will be fine…Lmao

  • http://www.bossip.com Moses

    Its about time for Brandy to move on into other ventures besides singing. I hope with the money she made in the music industry all these years she can use that money to invest into other projects so she can stay getting paid. Otherwise for now, it looks like the sister is facing a music recession just like our economy.

  • C Allen

    Agreeing with everything “Vee” said above…..the bar for good black RnB and Rap has steadily been lowered to the point that mediocre and just plain trash is being celebrated….Brandy was on the tail end of singers who could really sing,hold a note and not sound like two alley cats fighting over leftover chicken bones at 2 in the morning…. if we consider todays stuff “good” what does the bad of tomorrow sound like? I shudder to think of it.

  • UNKNOWN

    HUMAN ALBUM WAS THE SHIT..BUT SHE LEFT OUT A LOT OF TRACKS THAT WAS FIRE!

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  • CF98

    I liked her earlier stuff but her time has come and gone honestly music today isn’t really music to be honest. Its all about how you look and frankly Brandy doesn’t look that good at least for people to buy her albums anymore.

  • http://deleted John D. Hater

    UGLY BROAD!!!!

  • Hanover Fist

    I think the problem is this: for most people, if they were in a room with Brandy only one of them would have killed someone.

  • SHOW ME YOUR PUSSY

    E.T., phone home.

  • !!!!!.R.I.P MIKE!!!!!

    I LIKE BRANDY SHE CAN SING BUT HER CAREER JUST NOT WHAT IT USE TO BE AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DROPPED HER SHES JUST NOT AS APPEALING AS SHE WAS YRS AGO,ITS A FEW OTHER SINGERS WHO ARE IN HER SHOES NOW,THEIR JUST NOT WHAT THEY USE TO BE.

  • MeMe_Slim

    Her vocals were nasal from day one. She lost everyone when she tried to clown that dude and he outted her as being a liar and a fraud. It’s cool to create an image but it is better if it is formed on who you really are. Look at Rick Ross. Look at Young Buck’s lying self. People don’t mind if you mess up and admit it or if you come in saying I’m flawed, people can forgive you. If you constantly lying for year….. you’re over.

  • !!!!!.R.I.P MIKE!!!!!

    @sepia830
    I WOULD BUT IDK WHAT THE LABEL GOES BY ALOT OF SINGERS BEEN FLOPPIN ALL YR AND THATS ALOT OF MONEY THEY BEEN SPENDIN LOL.

  • kimberlyjay

    It’s sad her caeer is washed up. I hope she’s got something to fall back on. I think lying to her fans so much eventually caused her to lose them. That crazy, ignorant brother of her’s certainly didn’t help any. Just made the family look like the all to common ignorant, ghetto family. What he does shouldn’t have an impact on her but the worlds counts a family of actors as one person. When one screws up then it draws negativen attention to the others. She’s made good money, enjoy her life and her little gril which is where her priority should be and not to the music world. Brandy, your career is washed up now and maybe for a good reason. Everything happens for a reason.

  • E$

    Monica>>>>>>Brandy

  • HANNIBALS PIMP AKA MR.BACKHAND

    SHE LOOKS LIKE A BABY TERREDACTUUL WITH CRUSTY LIPS.

  • http://bossip WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD MUSIC GONE??? FORMERLY ANTONIO HANNA

    I ALWAYS WISH THAT SOME ARTIST CAN BOUNCE BACK. SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS SOMETIMES IT DOESN’T. SOMETIMES IT’S LIKE AN ARTIST TIME IN THE LIMELIGHT IS JUST OVER. THRUOUT HISTORY ONLY A HANDFUL OF ENTERTAINRS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN AN ACTIVE SUCCESSFUL CAREER DECADE AFTER DECADE. IT’S REALLY A SHAME THAT THE MAJORITY OF RECORD BUYERS THESE DAYS DO NOT HAVE AN APPRECIATION FOR REALLY GOOD MUSIC. I BLAME THIS ON THE RADIO STATIONS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT PLAY QUALITY MUSIC. THEY SAY THAT IT DOES NOT SELL.IT’S REALLY A SHAME!!! BRANDI HAS A BEAUTIFUL SMOKEY TINGED ALTO VOICE. WITH THE PROPER MATERIAL I THINK SHE IS CAPABLE OF DELIVERING A FEW MORE HITS BEFORE JUDGEMENT DAY.ONE THING THAT I ADMIRE ABOUT THE FEW TRUE SINGERS THAT ARE STILL WORKING IS THAT THEY DONT RELEASE NONSENSE RECORDS ABOUT HAVING A BEEF WITH OTHER ARTIST. IT SEEMS THAT SOME RAP ARTIST THRIVE ON THESE KIND OF SONGS.(AND PEOPLE BUY THEM AND GET ALL CAUGHT UP IN THESE SONGS TO HE POIT OF CHOOSING SIDES!!(SIC))THE R&B SINGERS SHOULD HAVE POLLS TAKEN TO FIND OUT WHAT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD THEY ARE STILL IN DEMAND AND MAYBE 3 OR 4 ACTS COULD TOUR TOGETHER AND PACK AN ARENA.HEY GIVE ME A JOB!!!!I WILL DO THE RESEARCH.GOOD LUCK TO BRANDI AND ALL THE OTHERS THAT ARE BEING NEGLECTED BY THE INDUSTRY. COME ON ARTIST STICK TOGETHER AND YOU CAN ALL GET $$$$$$$$ THERE ARE LOTS OF DIE HARD FANS LIKE MYSELF.

  • john hope franklin

    looks like she is bluppin’
    whitney houston

  • http://bossip kenny

    maybe she can work part time as a geico mascot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • BooBooKitty

    Her and Mya should form a group with T-Boz and Chilli!!!

  • chzz

    She has a nice voice but everyone has their time and life goes on.It’s no failure on her part and she’s young so her career is far from over.

  • http://bossip.com too cute

    this business changes so much,one minute you are in the next minute you are out,Jlo,Mariah,Whitney,Janet,etc all had their time,alot of these new artist today have very little staying power

  • BRANDY PLEASE READ THIS

    Brandy,

    I loved you in Moesha, and that show was a major part of my childhood. I never missed an episode, and can honestly say I grew up with you on that show. Please continue acting! I would love to see you in another TV show (esp. a black one), or a film. Think about it.

    J.

  • WE LOVE YOU BRANDY

    I hope Brandy does not give up entertainment. She is great. It’s just a bad patch! She should seek acting roles like Janet. That is marketing. I would never put all my eggs in my basket if I had success in another area. This world of the music industry in unforgiving.

  • Naffy

    @Hannibal:

    Last time I checked, Monica’s career was in the crapper too.

    Brandy’s body of work holds up over the years and she ain’t singing about Diva’s and Bosses and dumb crap like that.

  • just oge

    leave brandy alone pple, jus bcos she decided 2 leave her clothes on doesnt make her a bad person.wat r we teachin our children?brandy’s music preach love, it inspires and encourages,i tot music was suppose 2 send positive messages not teach nudity.brandy is a positive role model for the young.let her be!

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