In addition, Brandy also recorded with Babyface, and production duos Soulshock & Karlin and The Neptunes, but none of their songs made the album's final tracklisting. While Rodney maintained his status as the album's executive producer, contributing most to its track listing with his team, Brandy also worked with producers Mike City, Keith Crouch, Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell, Stuart Brawley, Jason Derlatka and Rodney's cousin Robert "Big Bert" Smith (whom Brandy became romantically involved with during the project). I've taken three years off for myself and got a chance to find things I like to do, things I don't like and things I want to change about myself." I wanted to be in touch with all of my emotions and share them. Every song on the album was inspired by my life I wanted to talk about how I feel on so many levels. Topics and sounds she wanted for the album. In hopes of recreating the winning chemistry of "Never Say Never," Brandy wanted to make sure that she was gaining more creative control over the project and thus, she arranged meetings with all her writers & musicians to discuss the lyricals While Rodney Jerkins (the main producer of her previous album) and his Darkchild crew (including Fred Jerkins III and LaShawn Daniels) had been working on several new songs for Brandy's upcoming project. In the fall of 2000, Brandy finally began conceiving ideas for a third studio album with the Atlantic label. In mid-2000, she started reconstructing herself on her musical career, contributing songs to albums such as "Urban Renewal" and the soundtrack to the film "Osmosis Jones" which introduced a scratchy, evocative edge to Brandy's voice which now has a deeper and warmer tone with a textured lower register and notably stronger falsetto. " I needed to rejuvenate, get my creative juices flowing, balance my life with some privacy, to find my confidence, find my love of music again." The album has since earned retrospective acclaim and recognition from musicians, singers, and producers within the contemporary R&B, soul and gospel genres, primarily for Brandy's vocal work.Īfter the end of her promotional touring for the "Never Say Never" album, the cancellation of "Moesha" and various tabloid headlines discussing Brandy's nervous breakdown (which was the result of a failed relationship and her then-hectic & unhealthy lifestyle), Brandy went on a lengthy hiatus to reflect and take some introspective looks.Īccording to Brandy in an interview with Jet magazine in 2002:
Musically, the album drew inspiration from UK garage and funktronica while blending jazz and gospel elements into adult contemporary ballads.Īt the time of the album's release, it received mixed reviews from music critics, with many of them finding the more sexual lyrics awkward and the production too digitized.
Rodney Jerkins (who had then-recently completed extensive work on Michael Jackson's final album "Invincible") credited Michael Jackson, Brandy's voice and his experiences at European nightclubs for influencing the sound of the album. With Brandy in a relationship with one of the album's primary musicians, its lyrical concepts centered around both sensual and frustrated feelings toward a lover.
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The album was recorded primarily during the summer and fall of 2001 at The Hit Factory in Miami amid a three-year musical hiatus following the success of Brandy's sophomore album " Never Say Never" and the finale of her tv sitcom "Moesha" in May of 2001.Īs with "Never Say Never," Brandy collaborated with producer Rodney Jerkins and his Darkchild production and songwriting team on the majority of the album's composition, while additional work from Mike City, Warryn Campbell and Keith Crouch was contributed.īrandy credited her musical idol Whitney Houston as well as jazz gospel singer Kim Burrell and Irish singer Enya for inspiring her to push the limits of her voice and vocal arrangements. It was released on Atlantic Records on March 5, 2002.
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Full Moon is Brandy's third studio album.
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