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Brandy Says Monica is Not Down to Do Verzuz Battle

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Monica Would Rather a 'Celebratory' Battle With Brandy

Will a Brandy and Monica Verzuz battle ever happen? Apparently not. Over the past two months, Verzuz has provided a platform to celebrate legendary musicians and their catalogues. It all started with Swizz Beatz and Timbaland. The two super producers played their classic hits on Instagram Live, before forming what we know now as the Verzuz. The platform has not only brought nostalgia to those songs we love, but has helped the artists generate revenue through streaming as well.

Brandy and Monica are two of R&B’s most respected and successful artists. Their Grammy Award winning duet helped to catapult their careers, although there was said to be real beef between them. According to songwriter and producer, Dallas Austin, Monica disliked Brandy from day one. The veteran producer even said that Monica punched Brandy before the very first performance of “The Boy Is Mine.” Austin is credited for discovering Monica and executive producing her first two albums.

Both R&B divas spoke with V 103 Atlanta’s Frank Ski. Monica stated that she is not interesting in battling per say, but is down for a celebration.

“The reality is that us (Monica and Brandy) being polar opposites makes it dope,” said the ATL singer. “The only battle or Verzuz they want to see with me is me against Brandy and the reality is people have put us against each other for 20-something years.”

When Frank Ski asked Brandy, she was down to do so if Monica would join her. Hopefully Swizz Beatz and Timbaland can pull some strings to make this happen in the near future.

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TSR Staff: Thembi! @ThembiTV_ _____________________________________ These #Verzuz battles have definitely been keeping us entertained during quarantine season!  So much so that fans are putting in their own suggestions of battles they’d like to see.  Fans have been consistently calling for a #Brandy vs. #Monica battle, however, there’s a chance that it may not happen at all. _____________________________________ “I heard that she doesn’t wanna do it,” Brandy said of Monica when asked by #V103Atlanta if she’s looking forward to a battle between them following the success of #JillScott and #ErykahBadu’s battle. “The last thing I heard is she pretty much turned it down, she didn’t want to be a part of that, but I understand.” _____________________________________ Brandy continued to say that she loves what they’ve been doing with the battles saying, “I think it’s just a great way to share music and celebrate—I mean the way Jill and Erykah did it, that’s the way to do it.  Even  #Teddy and #Babyface—they were really just—it was great!” _____________________________________ If y’all recall, we recently reported on Monica’s thoughts on whether or not she’d do a battle with Brandy and she said—click the link in our bio for more. 🎥: @v103atlanta

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Monica Would Rather a ‘Celebratory’ Battle With Brandy

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The Verzuz battles curated by Swizz Beatz and Timbaland has been one of the best forms of entertainment throughout the quarantine. We’ve seen producers and songwriters who are responsible for the soundtracks of our childhood go hit-for-hit on Instagram live, but now it’s time to do it for the ladies.

Many fans advocated for a Verzuz battle between Brandy and Monica, but the Georgia singer isn’t interested in turning “this into 1998 again.” She did an interview with Atlanta’s V103 and responded to the burning question about a possible IG live battle. “I doubt it. I guess I kind of feel, I understand the idea of it and I think it’s really, really entertaining and it is an incredible idea. Now what I do like is that it is turning into a celebration, I can handle a celebration. I think a battle’s one thing. That’s happened to me my whole career, is being put against someone else that I’m not even remotely similar to. I think the reality is that us being polar opposites makes it dope and I tell people all the time, the only battle that they want to see is between me and Brandy.”

She continued pointing out that the two singers have been “battling” since they were teenagers, and she’s pretty much over it. “The reality is people have put us against each other for 20 something years. I think “The Boy is Mine” is such a phenomenal record because we’re polar opposites and I think that’s dope, and she’s one of the greatest artists of our time as well so could we do a celebration or something of that sort? That would be the only thing that would make sense to me because I’ve been trying to tell people for about 25 years, you can like both. You gonna turn this into 1998 all over again and I have no interest in that.”

Monica noted that Sean Garrett’s battle with The-Dream got a little tense, and she wants to avoid that. She’d prefer a celebratory battle similar to Babyface and Teddy Riley’s, even Johnta Austin and Ne-Yo’s. “If there’s a way to do a real celebration then that would be dope because Teddy [Riley] and Babyface were really celebrating each other. They knew each other’s records and they gave each other love the whole time and I think that’s what made it so dope. After a while a was a little scared watching Sean [Garrett] and The Dream like, hey fellas are we serious here? It just got a little bit intense and those are two producers that I absolutely adore. So for me, it would have to be a celebratory form of it, it would have to be I don’t see it in any other way.”

Brandy’s brother, Ray J, wants to see the battle go down too and he made it clear on a virtual appearance on The Wendy Show.

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