Previewing The Monica vs Brandy Verzuz Match-up

Monica

Now, if Brandy was the girl next door, than Monica was the hood chick from round the way. And that’s why fans loved her. While Brandy seemed like the perfect daughter and model teen, Monica was Miss Thang! She had a sassiness about her.

Monica was actually a year younger than Brandy, but since she put out her debut album a year after Brandy, they were the same age at the time they released their first projects. You couldn’t tell by Monica’s subject matter! Monica came out the gate with hits like, “Don’t Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days,” “Before You Walk Out My Life,” “Why I Love You So Much” and “Like This and Like That”.

Monica had her own soundtrack smash hit with the single, “For You I Will” off the Space Jam soundtrack.

Her second album played no games and went with the title, The Boy Is Mine. It was a classic, just like Brandy’s sophomore project. It spawned the hits, “Street Symphony,” “the First Night,” “Angel of Mine,” and “Inside”. Her connection to Atlanta was strong as well. At this point in her career she already had 2 duets with Usher, and songs with Outkast and 112, along with production from Jermaine Dupri and Dallas Austin.

Monica’s third album came five year’s later in 2003. But Missy Elliott screaming NEW MONICA gave it some instant bangers as well. After The Storm included “So Gone,” one of the biggest songs of Monica’s career, and “U Should’ve Known Better”.

Monica released four more albums, also giving her 7 albums in her collection thus far: The Makings of Me (2006), Still Standing (2010), New Life (2012) and Code Red (2015). Here’s just a few of the hits that came from those projects:

Needless to say, this is one of the more exciting battles and one that hopefully provides nostalgia and laughs, and maybe it will put an end to the petty Monica vs Brandy feud… for good.

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