Brandy - B7 album review
Brandy’s B7 album is the most discussed album for the year 2020. This album is her comeback album after being absent from the music industry for 8 years. She gets more in touch with her personal side deeply in this album with songs such as Borderline, Bye BiPolar, and Saving All My Love. She put everything she could into this album as she wrote from her heart of hearts because she used use music as a way to escape and heal her pain. Music from this album can be described as very therapeutic, trance-esque, and relaxing. This is one of those spiritual and uplifting albums. This is definitely one of her deeper albums which showcases a more mature side of her. B7 is album of the year for 2020. It’s so damn good!
Now the B7 album copies the formula as the 1994 Brandy album did by using three interludes which are separated in 3 different parts. This is not the first time she has done so. Brandy did this on her Human album in 2008. Brandy seems to have gone back to her original roots where she started.
Saving All My Love the opener for B7 which deals with the heartbreak Brandy experienced in her life. Her being brokenhearted while experiencing heartache only made her into a strong person. The song explains the issues she’s been through.
Brandy starts off the chorus apologizing to her devoted fanbase for her long-awaited return to music. That is what the lyrics “Sorry for my tardy/Long time I was brokenhearted” mean. That particular line sets the tone for the album in terms of feeling. The line also is a clever reference to Brandy’s 1994 song Brokenhearted with Wanya Morris.
Brandy sounds like candy. Fine like wine. She is solid as rock candy. Kinda like the goat but she ain't saving all her love. She lays down her complex yet complicated burdens. We all know she’s got an attitude problem. Let's resolve it. She has come to terms with mental health issues she had struggled with before and can live her life more freely. She can move about freely. It's different now.
Lucid Dreams chasing sleep because in the dream state. In the dream Brandy is still with the person she loved but in reality the relationship was over.
One more strike and she’s out. Brandy had to figure it out before she loses herself to the person she loved in the dream. She feels illusion. Maybe it's a daze. This daze worsens over time. She was always high. So she had to readjust. Brandy got the feeling she didn't belong there. All alone here.
It ain’t no secret the she has been here before. The guilt is eating her up inside. That is what lyrics to this line mean: “Guilt dealt me tragedy inside-ate me alive/I wanted to die/’Til I realized my real life already left to deal with your broken soul/You need you and I need me, too” She wanted to die because the guilt was eating her up inside. He needed her and she needed him.
Brandy is chasing sleep. That's where she can see far. Her dream is a lucid dream. After abusing all that Ambien. They used to write their name in car fog.
Brandy professes to be “the most jealous girl” who embodies a schizophrenic persona while in a romantic relationship on hit song and hit single “Borderline”. She's been hurt bad in the past as she has been hurt and mistreated people. The lyrics illustrate how emotional loneliness can take over a romantic relationship which is the darker aspect of this song. There are different personalities for singing different parts of the song.
She puts way many harmonies in the song while she is singing. That is how you can tell she was being real and honest. The song uses a hypnotizing trance-like vibe over loud synthesizers and chords. Those chords and synths make this song hypnotic.
Borderline is one of Brandy's deepest songs in her entire career and is song of the year from the album of the year. The song became a viral hit in summer 2020 while receiving millions of downloads and streams a week. This is her number #1 song of 2020.
What would you do if you're alone? Would you think about me? These are the questions she asks during Verse 1. That boy is on her mind all the time. You can’t help but feel it. It is what it is. She tells him, “I'll give you this heart of mine.” Brandy demands her that her boyfriend never cheats on her or never lies to her. She feelin' crazy. Brandy is on the borderline. She doesn’t wanna be schizo this time. She warns him, “Don't you ever hurt me. I'll change on you.”
Brandy is “the most jealous girl” in the whole wide world because she is falling in love all alone. Brandy asks to never be treated the same as she is not the same. Brandy is like nobody else because she can be so dangerous.
Bye Bipolar is another one of her deepest songs in her catalogue and is the closer for B7. Lyrics to his song are real emotional and honest. The song uses a piano-led ballad and a key change in her vocals. She uses the A minor key when singing and while changing notes. Her vocal performance is amazing with such prowess.
The song deals with having bipolar disorder in a relationship while dealing with her own mental health struggles. Having bipolar disorder in relationships make you feel feelings up and down like you’ve never had before. The song deals with her experiences of being in toxic relationships.
4/5****!!
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Vengaboys - The Party Album! album review
Vengaboys - The Party Album! is the ultimate house album filled with classic party hits and dance floor numbers such as We Like To Party! Up & Down, We’re Going To Ibiza!, Parada de Tettas, To Brazil!, and Superfly Slick Dick. Which was released in 1999. The songs on this album revolve solely on partying and having a good time which is what the Vengaboys are all about. Of course you have the obligatory love ballads, dance floor songs, instrumental songs. and occasional spiritual songs. You’ve got some catchy but repetitive lyrics supported by rhythmic drum patters over futuristic Euro dance sounds. You can hear that old school sound mixed with that new school sound. This album has that platinum electronic sound which is the platinum sound for this album. So make some noise for the Vengaboys!
We Like To Party! is the all time favorite and party hit which took the Vengaboys into international stardom in 1998 as this party hit took the charts by storm on a worldwide level. The song charted into the single digits on Billboard charts all across Europe and the Unites States. The song charted at #2 spot on the Top 25 of the Billboard Hot 100 in the UK and the Ukraine.
The song is a soundtrack of summer. Well at least for some of us. Now some of you might remember the Six Flags commercial with the old man dancing. That Six Flags commercial used Vengaboys - We Like To Party!.
Every 80s kid, 90s kid, and 00s should remember the party hit We Like To Party! If not, then that loud foghorn from that 18 wheeler will refresh you memory. You automatically knew it was time to party when that loud foghorn starts to blare.
If that loud foghorn from that 18 wheeler doesn’t refresh you memory, then this memorable repetitive vocal sample using these lyrics surely will.
We like to party
We like, we like to party
We like to party
We like, we like to party
We like to party
We like, we like to party
We like to party
I've got something to tell ya as I've got news for you. Happiness is just around the corner as the Vengabus is coming. The wheels on the Vengabus are in motion. Get ready because they’re coming through. The Vengaboys will be driving the Vengabus and will be there for you soon enough. They are closer than you think.
The Vengabus is coming and everybody's jumping! New York to San Francisco. An intercity disco. The wheels of steel are turning and traffic lights are burning. So if you like to party, get on and move your body!
The song Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom! is most notable for its catchy phrase “Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, I want you in my room” and innocent lyrics. The song was a non-raunchy love song. Sure enough, their lyrics are what made the song a certified party hit. Old school Atari-esque blips are layered over new school electronic dance music.
The whole world was singing Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom! in 1998 and 1999 as this song went to top of the singles charts in 33 countries! Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom! re-entered midweek UK Top 40 and the Spotify charts after going viral in 2017. Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom! went viral when Jordan Cairns and his friends drove through Cheltenham blasting the song at full volume for everyone to hear. This caused people to launch sort of an impromptu party merrily.
Vengaboys are back in town! You hear that correctly. They’ve come back with another hit which is a love song this time around. If you're alone and you need a friend, someone to make you forget your problems, then this song is just what you need.
These lyrics are what this song an innocent love song.
If you're alone and you need a friend
Someone to make you forget your problems
Just come along baby, take my hand
I'll be your lover tonight
Whoaa whoaa
This is what I wanna do
Whoaa whoaa
Let's have some fun
Whoaa whoaa
One on one just me and you
Whoaa whoaa
Boom boom boom boom
I want you in my room
we'll spend the night together
From now until forever
Boom boom boom boom
I wanna go boom boom
And spend the night together
Together in my room
Ho Ho Vengaboys follows that upbeat Eurodance rhythm and sound over an electronic pop soundscape. The dance beats are what make this song enjoyable. Sadly Ho Ho Vengaboys was not as successful as Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!, We Like To Party!, We're Going To Ibiza!, or Up & Down. The label dropped the ball on this song by not making this song into a single and have a music video to go along with it. Ho Ho Vengaboys could have been a #2 hit for the Vengaboys.
Okay, party people. Are you ready? 'Cause I am! Here we go!
Yes. Come on now. If you wanna feel like me too, open up your heart and be true. This is the way to be free. That is the way to be free. So come with us and you'll see the party's pumpin' tonight beause the Vengaboys are doing alright. If you really want us to stay, then let me hear you say, “Ho ho Vengaboys! Say ho ho Vengaboys!” Say what?
Vengaboys are takin' over this place and will put a smile on your face. So say your goodbye to all of your worries and let the Vengaboys take you high. So now you know they’re the best! So get all your friends on the floor. Party people are you ready?
Up & Down is a repetitive Eurodance song which launched the Vengaboys onto the charts yet again. This song also helped them with reaching international stardom. You can feel that upbeat uptempo positive sound as the song plays. Up & Down has that 90's era feel and is an absolute banger. This is the only song you can sing without searching for the lyrics. The song is also perfect for a warm-up during exercise. The song is still as fresh today as it was in 1998.
We're Going To Ibiza! was the Caribbean reggae styled sing-a-long party banger fill with fun and good times. Here this song follows a relaxing reggae dancehall ska sound and vibe. The song revolves around Kim taking a vacation to the island of Ibiza. She has to break free from the monotony of her life as a bus driver. However after experiencing paradise, she plans on staying on the island of Ibiza forever.
The song was a back to back hit for 2 years from 1998 to 2000. We’re Going To Ibiza! became a #1 hit in Austria in 2019 thus jumping back onto the charts again for the first time in 20 years. The song was also a #1 hit in Australia and New Zealand.
Hello Party People! This is Captain Kim speaking. Welcome aboard Venga Airways. After take off will pump up the sound system cause we're going to Ibiza!
Kim doesn't want to be a bus driver all her life. So she is going to pack her bags and leave this town.
She will grab a flight to fly away on Venga Airways. She has planned a vacation to Ibiza which is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. The plane flies away high in to the Ibiza sky. Kim looks up at the sky and sees the clouds. She looked down at the ground and saw the rainbow down the drain. She is going back to the island of Ibiza. That is where the Vengaboys are. The Vengaboys are gonna have a party in the Mediterranean Sea. It's really very nice to be at Ibiza.
Thank You for flying Venga Airways. We are now approaching Ibiza Airport. As you can see the sky is blue and the beach is waiting for you.
Now lyrics to the chorus should have been written and chanted in this manner.
Whoah! We're going to Ibiza
Whoah! Back to the island
Whoah! We're gonna have a party
Whoah! In the Mediterranean Sea
Whoah! We're going to Ibiza
Whoah! Back to the island
Whoah! We're gonna have a party
Whoah! In the Mediterranean Sea
Whoah! We're gonna have a good time
Whoah! We're going to Ibiza
Whoah! Back to the island
Whoah! We're gonna have a party
Whoah! We're gonna have a good time
Parada De Tettas is the Latin music infused party jam where the Vengaboys use Latin sounds and rhythms. You can obviously tell that from the song title. Not too many people know this but La parada de tettas is Portuguese for “parade of titties”.
To Brazil! is the Brazilian anthem for the Vengaboys. They were influenced by the dance music and Latin music from Brazil when they wrote this song. This whole song is dedicated to the country of Brazil.
The lyrics “Te amo, Brazil! Saudades! Amo vocês! Gostosos!” are Portuguese and translate in English to “I love you, Brazil! Miss you! Love you! Hot guys!” The boys in Rio De Janeiro got that “boom boom boom boom” and the girls in Rio De Janeiro feel like “zoom zoom zoom zoom”. The beat don’t stop in every villa and favela. Ohoho, where is the party? The party is in Brazil!
Get Down is another name for the song Up & Down which is a repetitive Eurodance song which launched the Vengaboys onto the charts yet again. This song also helped them with reaching international stardom. You can feel that upbeat uptempo positive sound as the song plays. Up & Down has that 90's era feel and is an absolute banger. This is the only song you can sing without searching for the lyrics. The song is also perfect for a warm-up during exercise. The song is still as fresh today as it was in 1998.
Movin’ Around has beats that will make you want to move around and dance. The song is about dancing and love. The beat's gonna make you move. You start to groove. Now put your hands in the air. Feel the bass go down. Love is all about movin' around and dancing to the groove alongside those beats.
The Vengaboys never fail to disappoint audience with their superb instrumental songs as always. The song is still as fresh today as it was back in 1998 and 1999. The song will make you want to party like it was 1999.
You And Me is a trancelike electronic instrumental track that surely enough make you want to dance. Eurodance meets world music on the song You And Me. The song uses a great mix of trance. The Vengaboys never fail to disappoint audience with their superb instrumental songs as always. The song will make you want to party.
The Vengabeat is similar to Get Down, You And Me, Parada De Tettas, and Movin’ Around which is due to the fast uptempo dance sounds and rhythm. The song follows a fast dance rhythm as most of their instrumental songs normally do. You can feel that upbeat uptempo positive sound as the song plays. They never fail to disappoint audience with their superb instrumental songs.
Paradise is a relaxing angelic Eurodance song backed by an electronic instrumental. The electronic instrumental soundscape is what makes this song so relaxing and calming. Yet those beats are so intense but not too intense as they are not very thick. The beats are crisp and thin. The Vengaboys never fail to disappoint audience with their superb instrumental songs as always. The song is still as fresh today as it was back in 1999.
Superfly Slick Dick is about a man who is a complete showoff around women and is fraudulent. He is a fraud as he often misleads women by telling them lies. He is often seen and heard lying to these women. That is why women (and men) call him Superfly Slick Dick.
Denise has been in love with this man for quite some time now. She inevitably falls in love with him only to find out he is not at all what he claims to be. She finds out this man is totally fake and is fraudulent. Denise is heartbroken and ashamed to discover he is a fraud. That is why she calls him out all over this song. A sense of relief is felt when she does so.
Big boy here is showing off to women all around the city. He is still the same for such a suite thinking he is so bad all while hustlin' girls with his handy cellphone acting like he is so busy when in reality he is not. That is actually true. Everyone calls him, “Superfly, superfly. Superfly slick dick.”
Denise notices this man is all over the city. She inevitably falls in love with him of course. However she discovers that he is a complete fraud. So she decides to tell him her true thoughts about him and dump him in the process.
She tells him, “Baby, let me tell you, you're the worst I ever had. That highbrow attitude really doesn't impress me. I know where you're coming from and see right through your game. Luxury overdose won't make you possess me. Baby let me tell you, in the end it's all the same.” and “Don't think I'm crying and trying to get you out of my heart. No need denying that you have been lying right from the start. I thought this love would take us to the heights of sensuality. But now I know that you're not even half the man you said you'd be.”
Denise tells him he is the worst thing she has ever had and the worst person she has dated. That highbrow attitude of his really doesn't impress her much. Or at all for that matter. Denise won’t let his luxuries and material possessions possess her in any way, form, or fashion.
She knew that he had been lying to her right from the start of their relationship. She thought their love would take them to heights of sensuality. But she discovered he was a complete fraud as he was not even half the man he said he would be. This left her brokenhearted and ashamed. Yet she felt a sense of relief after being brokenhearted. Denise is now aware of this and dumps him.
She tells him this during one of her verses to this song. “Don't think I'm crying and trying to get you out of my heart. No need denying that you have been lying right from the start. I thought this love would take us to the heights of sensuality. But now I know that you're not even half the man you said you'd be.”
All Night Passion is an electronic instrumental which uses a great mix of trance. All Night Passion is similar to You And Me.
24 Hours is yet another electronic instrumental from the Vengaboys which is extremely fast and upbeat thanks to those dance beats and electronic sounds.
To The Rhythm! serves as the closer for this album and is yet another electronic instrumental. This time a bit of trance is incorporated into the electronic soundscape and dance beats. This is one of those songs that will definitely make you want to dance.
5/5*****!!
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Vengaboys - Up & Down The Party Album! album review
Vengaboys - Up & Down The Party Album! is the ultimate house album filled with classic party hits and dance floor numbers such as We Like To Party! Up & Down, We’re Going To Ibiza!, Parada de Tettas, To Brazil!, and Superfly Slick Dick. Which was released in 1998. The songs on this album revolve solely on partying and having a good time which is what the Vengaboys are all about. Of course you have the obligatory love ballads, dance floor songs, instrumental songs. and occasional spiritual songs. You’ve got some catchy but repetitive lyrics supported by rhythmic drum patters over futuristic Euro dance sounds. You can hear that old school sound mixed with that new school sound. This album has that platinum electronic sound which is the platinum sound for this album. So make some noise for the Vengaboys!
Up & Down is a repetitive Eurodance song which launched the Vengaboys onto the charts yet again. This song also helped them with reaching international stardom. Up & Down has that 90's era feel and is an absolute banger. This is the only song you can sing without searching for the lyrics. The song is also perfect for a warm-up during exercise. The song is still as fresh today as it was in 1998.
You And Me is a trancelike electronic instrumental track that surely enough make you want to dance. Eurodance meets world music on the song You And Me. The song uses a great mix of trance. The Vengaboys never fail to disappoint audience with their superb instrumental songs as always. The song is still as fresh today as it was back in 1998 and 1999. The song will make you want to party like it was 1999.
Parada De Tettas is the Latin music infused party jam where the Vengaboys use Latin sounds and rhythms. You can obviously tell that from the song title. La parada de tettas is Portuguese for “parade of titties”.
Get Down is another name for the song Up & Down which is a repetitive Eurodance song which launched the Vengaboys onto the charts yet again. This song also helped them with reaching international stardom. You can feel that upbeat uptempo positive sound as the song plays. Up & Down has that 90's era feel and is an absolute banger. This is the only song you can sing without searching for the lyrics. The song is also perfect for a warm-up during exercise. The song is still as fresh today as it was in 1998.
We Like To Party! is the all time favorite and party hit which took the Vengaboys into international stardom in 1998 as this party hit took the charts by storm on a worldwide level. The song charted into the single digits on Billboard charts all across Europe and the Unites States. The song charted at #2 spot on the Top 25 of the Billboard Hot 100 in the UK and the Ukraine.
The song is a soundtrack of summer. Well at least for some of us. Now some of you might remember the Six Flags commercial with the old man dancing. That Six Flags commercial used Vengaboys - We Like To Party!.
Every 80s kid, 90s kid, and 00s should remember the party hit We Like To Party! If not, then that loud foghorn from that 18 wheeler will refresh you memory. You automatically knew it was time to party when that loud foghorn starts to blare.
If that loud foghorn from that 18 wheeler doesn’t refresh you memory, then this memorable repetitive vocal sample using these lyrics surely will.
We like to party
We like, we like to party
We like to party
We like, we like to party
We like to party
We like, we like to party
We like to party
I've got something to tell ya as I've got news for you. Happiness is just around the corner as the Vengabus is coming. The wheels on the Vengabus are in motion. Get ready because they’re coming through. The Vengaboys will be driving the Vengabus and will be there for you soon enough. They are closer than you think.
The Vengabus is coming and everybody's jumping! New York to San Francisco. An intercity disco. The wheels of steel are turning and traffic lights are burning. So if you like to party, get on and move your body!
I Love What Y’r Doing to Me is one of Vengaboys lesser known songs and lesser known love songs. The title alone gives that all away. Sure enough, this song will send chills up and down your spine. A guitar solo is used also.
Happiness is found when two people who love each other are together. Their love is like heaven. Their desires light fires. They said love is one-of-a-kind. A certain kind of love. Some people say love can set your mind free. Love is like heaven and will set you free.
These lyrics indicate that I Love What Y’r Doing to Me is a love song.
You make me happy when we're together
Ooh-wee, baby, I'm talkin' a-bout you
(Send chills up and down, and up and down my spine)
Make it last forever
The love you give to me is like heaven
My desire to have you, only you
(Only you light my fire)
Only you, nobody but you
(Only you light my fire)
(I like, I like)
What cha' doin' to me
I like what cha' doin' to me...
Keep on
(Hey, baby)
What cha' doin' to me-ee, ee-ee-ee
Don't stop, no
What cha' doin' to me-ee, baby
I like what cha' doin' to me-ee, ee-ee
A boy like you is so hard to find
Your love is one-of-a-kind
When you're makin' love to my mind
So good, so good to me
I like the things that you do to me
Only you can set my mind f-ree
I need you, I need you
I need you to fulfill my ne-ee-ed, yea-ee-yeah-ah
I like what cha' doin' to me...
Keep on
(Hey, baby)
What cha' doin' to me-ee, ee-ee-ee
Don't stop, no
What cha' doin' to me-ee, baby
I like what cha' doin' to me-ee, ee-ee
(Send chills up and down, and up and down my spine)
Up and down, up and down my spine
(Only you light my fire)
Only you, boy, light my fi-ire
To Brazil! is the Brazilian anthem for the Vengaboys. They were influenced by the dance music and Latin music from Brazil when they wrote this song. This whole song is dedicated to the country of Brazil.
The lyrics “Te amo, Brazil! Saudades! Amo vocês! Gostosos!” are Portuguese and translate in English to “I love you, Brazil! Miss you! Love you! Hot guys!” The boys in Rio De Janeiro got that “boom boom boom boom” and the girls in Rio De Janeiro feel like “zoom zoom zoom zoom”. The beat don´t stop in every villa and favela. Ohoho, where is the party? The party is in Brazil!
5/5*****!
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