It All Belongs to Me
2012
It All Belongs to Me (English for All here is mine ) is an R & B song of the American singers Brandy and Monica. The duet was released on 6 February 2012 as the third single from Monica's sixth studio album New Life and Brandy's as the first single from previously nameless also sixth album.
Background
Already in 1998, took the two performers on a duet. The song The Boy Is Mine became its time for a duet, which the longest number one on the Billboard Hot 100 list and was able to occupy was one of the biggest hits of the 1990s. After the duet, the two singers, apart from a joint appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards in September of the same year until 2008 for the tenth anniversary of the song and for the purpose of promotion of each fifth albums of the artists, Human by Brandy went, musically separate ways, and Still Standing by Monica, a joint live performance completed. From then on, during both musicians in various interviews often a second duet for language. So Monica mentioned in April 2010 a possible ballad with Brandy, produced by Polow da Don. The end of 2011 graduated brandy from a new contract with RCA Records. A few days later it was announced that the label J Records was fully integrated into the RCA. Thus, both singers were for the first time with the same music label. Accordingly, the publication of Monica's album was after the two previous singles Anything (To Find You ) and Until It 's Gone had recorded failures, moved from November to April, so as to provide time for the new collaboration with her colleague Brandy. This had previously announce to publish soon a written by Sean Garrett production before Christmas, but selbige shifted also to devote himself to the duet. In January 2012, the first time a press release was issued on the duet It All Belongs to Me was announced. Producer Rico Love wrote and produced the mid-tempo number. On February 6, 2012, the title celebrated at the radio station V -103 World Premiere. The download publication will be made on February 14, 2012.
Composition
Rhythmically, it is in the song, a mid-tempo number. Producer Rico Love backed with the track " Beatles -sounding guitars ." Love the song stylistically classified as a "very soulful Contemporary R & B song with a pop influences from the " content of the song describes the end of a love relationship. According to the testimony of Love, the song picks up where The Boy Is Mine ended. The protagonist throws her ex-boyfriend from her home gives us him to understand that "the clothes, the cars, the rings and also the MacBook [... ] everything " belongs to her.
" I wanted to make sure I made it a classic R & B record, but I definitely wanted to make sure it did had enough appeal to cross over and become a Top 40 record."
"I wanted to make sure I 'm doing a typical R & B number, but I wanted [ even ] to make sure that there is enough crossover appeal is available, that the song a Top 40 hit [ on the Billboard Hot 100 ] is "
Live performances
The first live performance was scheduled for February 11 at Clive Davis 's pre- Grammy Gala. Due to the death of Whitney Houston on the same day this appearance was canceled at short notice. On February 16, then followed the actual first live appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. For the 10 April and 11 April further appearances were announced at the shows Good Morning America and The View.
Music Video
The music video is directed by Chris Robinson take over, who served already for Brandy Full Moon and Monica's Everything to Me as a director. On March 5, the video had its world premiere. Brandy compared the plot of the video with the feature films Thelma & Louise and Waiting to Exhale.