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Brandy & Monica is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney. Those roots explain a lot about how Brandy & Monica arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Destiny's Child, MoKenStef, Cassie, Aaliyah and SWV, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ariana Grande, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Brandy & Monica, reaching back through Michael Jackson and forward to Ariana Grande. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"The Boy Is Mine" is a duet by the American singers Brandy and Monica. It was written by Brandy, LaShawn Daniels, Japhe Tejeda, Fred Jerkins III and Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, while production was helmed by Jerkins and Dallas Austin. It was released as the lead single from both singers' second albums from 1998, Never Say Never by Brandy and the album The Boy Is Mine by Monica. The lyrics of the mid-tempo R&B track revolve around two women fighting over a man, with critics comparing it to Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney's 1982 duet "The Girl Is Mine."
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Brandy & Monica grew out of Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney, shares an orbit with Destiny's Child, MoKenStef, Cassie and Aaliyah, went on to shape Ariana Grande. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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