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BRANDY - RIGHT HERE (DEPARTED) [ELSVNATE MIX]

Did this mix back in 2010, thought i'd upload it (may have previously played a snippet on the previous ELSV Podcast)

RIGHT HERE (DEPARTED) BY BRANDY FROM HUMAN (2008) written by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins and The Writing Camp members Evan "Kidd" Bogart, Victoria Horn, Erika Nuri, and David "DQ" Quiñones and produced by Jerkins for Brandy's fifth studio album, Human (2008).

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Frank Ocean in 2024, still charting and still making an impact

Frank Ocean attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2019 in New York City.Theo Wargo/WireImage

Frank Ocean's sophomore studio album, "Blonde," made a resurgence back into the top slots of the Billboard 200 chart, achieving its highest position in eight years. Released in 2016 to critical acclaim, "Blonde" debuted at number one and racked up 275,000 album-equivalent sales in its first week. On the (Week of May 28), Chart Data reported that "Blonde" was listed at No. 34 on the Billboard 200 rankings. As of this week, (June 24), “Blonde” is still charting at No 52. Elsewhere on the chart is Channel Orange, which sits at No. 75.

As Frank Ocean fans, anticipate new music or an annoucement of a tour, it is still impressive that years later, his music has shown the impact of his artistry. The recent Apple Music Best Album list awarded "Blonde" with the No. 5 spot, sparking a debate on whether the song was too high on the chart, as well as albums that deserved to be placed higher. Billie Eilish has also released a cover to the “Blonde” track ‘Solo’. Hopefully these moments are sparking Frank Ocean to get back to music.

Frank on Apple Music 100 Best Albums

Most recently, Frank Ocean announced his brand Homer and has been releasing jewelry, accessories, and more.

As we revisit Frank Ocean’s music, here are some of our mashups/mixes of some of our Favorite Frank songs.

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Brandy & Monica reunite on Ariana Grande's "The Boy Is Mine" Music Video plus new remix

Brandy and Monica reunited for Ariana Grande's music video for "The Boy Is Mine," the song from Ariana’s seventh studio album “Eternal Sunshine” which is a fresh take on their iconic 1998 hit, showed the singers as news reporters. The reunion continued as Grande announced the remix to the song which would feature Brandy and Monica. The song which dropped Friday, June 21.

With behind the scenes clips, we see Monica and Brandy speaking on how the reunion came together and what this moment means. "The process of the new collaboration did a lot of closing the gaps," Monica told E News. "When you properly communicate something, you can find not only the resolutions and solutions to problems. But sometimes you find that there weren't ever problems, just consistent miscommunications. It made it a lot easier just to talk."

The Boy is Mine (1998) from Brandy’s “Never Say Never” and Monica’s “The Boy Is Mine” albums celebrated its 26th anniversary.

With this reunion and discussion of mended friendships between Brandy and Monica, can we see this leading to the highly anticipated joint tour that everyone is hoping will happen? Will there be more collaborations in the future?

We will have to stay tuned.

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