The blogs and Ninjanet have gone hogwild with disparaging remarks and comments about vh1′s latest foray into the world of those named Norwood. Can’t blame vh1 really. For the Love of Ray J 1 and 2 were such huge successes, they’d be stupid not to get back in bed with him. Hate him or love him, Ray J is a ratings bonanza. Add Brandy and her lacefront wig into the fold and you’ve got yourself a hit show. And I’m caught up like Usher in 2003. Usher in 2010, however, needs to just let it burn.
Anyway, folks are hating on this show, Brandy & Ray-J: A Family Business, thoroughly. Can’t say I blame them. Nobody can pinpoint why Ray-J is famous and he is corny as all hell. And Brandy hasn’t been relevant in AT LEAST five years, and I’m being generous. But I’m entertained. And you should be too. If you’re not, you’re watching it wrong.
So let me share my enthusiasm with you and let you know why I love this show…
1) First Black musical family we’ve seen on TV in a while
And no, Run’s House doesn’t count since Run is the only actual musician since Jojo’s rap career is about as potent as Eli Porters AND he got big leagued by his younger brother Diggy. With Brandy and Ray J, both of them actually have hits of sizable proportion. And I’m not talking the Kim Kardashian sex tape!
*rimshot*
No rimshots either. Add in big Willie Norwood and you’ve got the Jacksons minus all the talent, really high pitched voices, and albums people will still be listening to ten years from now.
2) Brandy rapping
You cannot make this sh*t up. She ACTUALLY bust out in freestyle or a REALLY badly written 8 bars to show her mother and other manager that she wanted to rap, which was of course shot down with the swiftness of a Bob Dole free arm slap. And if Timbaland is the reason she’s gained confidence in her rap abilities, its no wonder Shock Value II sucked more balls than Pinky with a vacuum cleaner (no “Say Something”).
3) More of Ray’s ridiculous antics
This fool takes a 17-person van…to the club. He had one of the highest rated shows on cable and doesn’t want to talk about it. He exists. For record, I like Ray J. He entertains me. I’d love to hang out with dude because you are guaranteed a good time. He’s like Puffy with 1/100th the money, so you’d probably have to pay your own way, but still. He seems fun as hell. If you need ignorant convo and stupider friends around, that dude delivers. All these other shows try, but they’re just DiGiornos.
4) Brandy’s hair and eyebrows
Eyebrows is an overstatement since I’m not sure she actually has them, but damn what an arch. I mean, I’ve seen arches before - McDonald’s comes to mind – but yeehaw. Her eyebrows reduce the size of her forehead by at least 45 percent. In fact, the only arch that compares is the big one in St. Louis. It’s impressive really. Plus, it takes you from eye to baby-hair lacefront weave territory. I had no idea what the hell a lacefront weave was until I started watching this show. I want one. I want to hold it. I want to carress it. I want to play catch with a lacefront weave.
5) They really do hang out and love eachother
So, Brandy and Ray actually have a real brother-sister relationship. How cute. The last one of those we saw where two “stars” were prominent was Michael and Janet and to this day we’re still not sure if they’re two different people. And yes I know Michael is dead. But are you sure? Are you? Did YOU see inside the casket?
You think James Brown got clean when he went to heaven?
6) The opening segment where they sing
Mostly because neither of them has that great a voice but they think they do. Anybody else think its funny that Brandy’s singing voice (and speaking voice for that matter) is deeper than Ray J? However, as a Ray J fan, I did break out his 2005 album Raydiation, which I downloaded, and it’s pretty solid. “One Wish” was my sh*t. And it still is. I get more props and stunts than Bruce Willis.
Anyway, those are my reasons. What’s your call? Do you like it or hate it? Why?
How can you not like Ray after watching this show? Seriously?
-VSB P aka THE ARSONIST aka TANGLE JIG P aka GIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRL, HE A 3
I saw the beginning of the first episode and I just couldn’t. I just remember listening to Ray J talk about how “important” he was and all the “important” people he did business with and I was through. I’m still confused on what his talent is because it aint singing or acting.
@Deeds, RayJ’s talent is being RayJ. It is rife with entertainment and foolywang and confusion in the name of making the world a better place. RayJ is entertainment, and entertainment is RayJ.
Don’t fight it, just accept it.
Agreed! I HATE this show. I hate it mostly because Ray J is on it. I used to feel sorry for Kim K because she dated this loser, but now I’m just mad as hell that the infamous tape gave him the leverage needed to stage a career. Ugh! And I hate the mother for her constant babying of them both. The only way I’d watch this is if the father was the ONLY person on the show because he’s the only one I can tolerate. The rest of them suck!
I can’t stand and love ray j at once. I feel bad for Brandy and :iigh five: for adding some gangstarr in there
RayJ is all things to all people. He is good. And good is he.
Wordemup.
We all must face our moment of truth.
You’ve convinced me to at least watch it once. If it turns out to be a waste of my time, I blame you.
you will love it. how can you not? its got everything you need in a reality series.
ray j. bad singing. random friends. something named a shorty mack.
its all there.
I don’t think I’m interested enough to watch it … yet.
I’m glad I’m not the only one that got Raydiation! Don’t forget “Melody” – that’s my song.
i actually think its a pretty solid album. all the slow songs are good.
“anytime” is my joint. i’ve played that song for folks without telling them it was RayJ and it was very well received. i say, guess what, you like a RayJ song and i swear i saw somebody jump off a building.
Now see “one wish” was my jam and when i told my girlfriend she was sleeping on ray j; she thought that was the funniest thing i eva said!
“one wish” went hard! all out in the rain with wahta gleesinin all ova his body (in my martin lawrence voice)
if i had one wish ray j…just one!
“ i say, guess what, you like a RayJ song and i swear i saw somebody jump off a building.”
LMAO! You silly!
I watched the preview that was making the internet rounds a few weeks ago. *Yawn* Now if they wanted me to watch they shoulda included the “alleged” half-brother that the Daddy doesn’t acknowledge. Now that’s a show I would watch. *Brandy’s lacefronts are hideous.
real talk. I went to high school with C-Dove. or Daniel as we all knew him. He used to tell us about his sister being Brandy. Of course, nobody believed him until all the rumors started flying and RayJ came to my city for a concert and publicly called dude to come out on radio. That was before Big Daddy Norwood shut that sh*t down and was like, you’ll have nothing to do with them.
I’m pretty sure C-Dove boned my girlfriend too.
“Now if they wanted me to watch they shoulda included the “alleged” half-brother that the Daddy doesn’t acknowledge. Now that’s a show I would watch.”
Yeah, that would make that m-effin’ show go to primetime, that ish would be so juicy.
“And I’m caught up like Usher in 2003. Usher in 2010, however, needs to just let it burn.”
That was rather dope… and hella funny!
2) Brandy rapping
*sigh*
” For record, I like Ray J. He entertains me.”
Right?! I been tryin to tell ppl!
Everyone needs to laugh everyday and on Sunday nites? Ray J has me rollin’….
that’s what i’m saying. Ray is fun. people, get with it.
it is my opinion that “you need more people.” Even after 6 reasons, I can’t do it. I left Brandy when she left Moeisha.
I just watched a marathon of that show on BET and had an epiphany when I realized she did a TERRIBLE acting job on that show. I never noticed it when I was a pre-teen. Probably because I loved the show and its little fake teen angst drama.
@Cheekie, stop retrohating. she did a decent job with the material she had to work with.
@Panama,
lol @ “retrohating”. Loves it.
Yeah, I need to stop. But, it’s just one of those things you notice when you get older and you’re like, “how did I not notice this? How did it not bother me”. Those were the days.
Yeah, I know the material was wack, but…still, she couldn’t act to save her hairline.
I got one better…I remember her horrible acting on the sitcom “Thea”. She actually improved on “Moesha”….
I know this is such an old post but I just had to say… I thought no one else noticed? Brandy was/is not the best actress there ever was. I actually remember this special mtv had, I can’t remember the show but they would basically talk about an artist musical beginnings. Well Kim Coles from Living Single was brought in right before Moesha aired to help Brandy with her acting. I thought thay was so peculular.
I was gonna give you 10 but i got carried away with my enthusiasm.
I like the show and don’t know why. Ray-J is corny and tries too much to look hard, but he makes the show. Brandy needs to stay away from rapping. That was painful…
@Leila, you like it because it is good. You can say it. G’head.
Lol!
You think James Brown got clean when he went to heaven?
I hope so! Cuz I don’t think he gone stay there runnin round talkin bout “I don’t know Ka-Rate, but I know Craazy!”
Yea but I think its one of the shows that can grow on me. I mean the possibility of seeing Brandy’s comeback??? Yea I don’t think so either, but at least you got Ray J and his antics on a show by show basis!
I know the one thing I do hate is to listen to they daddy talk. He sound like the simple jack version of fog horn leg horn mixed with yosimite sam!
@Kirk Lazarus, it will grow on you. There’s so much potential.
Plus there’s the lingering question…how in the f*ck can we have a whole show about Brandy and never once see her kid?
great question. its like the child doesnt exist, and the “when-brandy-was-preggers-and-had-that-sham-of-a-marriage” show never happened.
because that’s rodney jerkin’s baby….that aint big rob’s baby…that baby looks just like rodney!
And speaking of Daddy Norwood…
Does he seem like a tenuous (useless) extra in his own family/show to anyone besides me?!!!
Something tells me that his pink panties are in the dryer for most of the show and the only time we actually hear from him, is on the way from the liquor cabinent (which explains his speech) to the guest room (since Mama has enough Wood on her own!)/
Oh yeah, and isn’t Brandi almost 40?!!! Why is she still asking permission/approval from these people?
*Answers own question in 4, 3, 2,1…*
Because she thinks “Brand New” is a good idea…
@Tenchi
In total agreement…does Daddy Norwood even have a name?
Willie Ray Sr.
@Tenchi, Brandy is 30 or about to be 31. lol. when i was 15, she was 15. we practically grew up together as best friends. Her and my friend Hakeem and Kim and Niecy. we were best buds.
What has happened to Brandy’s face has been quite unfortunate. I used to think she was so beautiful; I even remember my older sister having the Brandy Barbie doll. I’m not saying she looks ugly now, but she’s definitely not the same. I don’t know what she was thinking with those eyebrows and that lacefront. Grown women need to stop it with the baby hair! Anyways, I still listen to old Brandy joints. I still love “Sittin Up in My Room”, “Have You Ever”, “Almost Doesn’t Count”, “Angel in Disguise”, “Full Moon” and “Afrodisiac”.
what I don’t understand is how do you lack temple hair but have baby hair anyway. We all saw what constant braids did to her hair line.
pray for her daughter’s temples.
@Brandy’s “full moon” and “never say never” album were rnb classics.
Absolutely agree.
Agreed as well. I actually think she is a decent singer. *shrugs*
I just have to say that Pinky is my personal fave………… Yes, I kind of Stan for her. Panama thank you for all YOU do…
That is all.
And Good day.
LOL!
@ElitistXNature, um…lol. you’re welcome?
welcome and sh*t
I luv the mother she is a hoot. Especially during that reunion show for Ray J’s reality gig. One question though… Brandy’s complexion? Da fcuk? She was light for her first album and goes back and forth between brown and bronze. Weird!!!
@Dig, the mother is insane. but i do like her. i’m curious though to hear about her dealings with other folks and why people cant stand her.
Raynathan J has been on my poet laureate of the lowest common ninjadom denominator meter ever since he released “I Love to Trick” as a song & then decided to make a song called “She Smashed Da Homie”.
Brandy … how far apart are her eyes? I’ve asked this sine “Sittin’ Up In My Room”. I don’t think Willie Norwood and her mom are her parents. That’s Sam Cassell’s baby!
This right here had me dying.
@Brando,
**Brandy … how far apart are her eyes? … I don’t think Willie Norwood and her mom are her parents. That’s Sam Cassell’s baby!**
ROTFL Ive been saying she looks like an owl since “I wanna be down”. I look at her and just think WHOOOOO, WHOOOOO
“ROTFL Ive been saying she looks like an owl since “I wanna be down”. I look at her and just think WHOOOOO, WHOOOOO”
This ish right here…. have me laughing and people wondering what the hell is soo funny!! Maan I got tears coming out my eyes! LOL!
Okay I was LMBO @ Brando’s comment but then I read,
“ROTFL Ive been saying she looks like an owl since “I wanna be down”. I look at her and just think WHOOOOO, WHOOOOO”
and now I’m literally streamin tears from laughin so damn hard.
That was hilarious!
*Breath shorting, gasping for air*
NOT SAM CASSELL’S OFFSPRING!!! I’m so done, I’m overdone witchu…
Brandy … how far apart are her eyes? I’ve asked this sine “Sittin’ Up In My Room”. I don’t think Willie Norwood and her mom are her parents. That’s Sam Cassell’s baby!
LMFBO!!!!! OH CHET I’M GONNA GET FIRED TODAY
@Brando,
“i like to trick” and “gifts” are my jams.
“…vip five bottles (five bottles), all five models swallow…”
quality poetry.
@Panama
It’s as high quality and eloquent as R. Kelly’s “Real Talk” from the Double Up album. That right there is greatness in its most ignorant form, so pleasing sonically that even Master P theater cannot even compare to the powerful ninjatry that is Robert Sylvester Kelly.
Although Raynathan J comes awfully close. Third only to J. Nash’s “Cupcakin’”
SO FAR GONE!!!!
LMAOOOOOO!!!!
I saw one show and it was ok. They seemed cool enough. Ray J was feeling himself, but it was ok. Is it Must See TV? No.
@legitimate_soul, you are wrong. it is definite must see TV. see it you must…yoda.
lol!
I’d have never guessed you’re a Ray J reality show fan. Musically, I like him, but he bored me to tears in Season 1. Maybe it picked up on Season 2, but I missed that. I found Diddy much more interesting and intelligent, like a black Donald Trump with swagger, but the funniest black guy in reality shows?
Chance, of Real Chance of Love 1 & 2. He cracked me up and ought to do slapstick comedy. Ain’t nothing that ninja wouldn’t say or do, and he didn’t care who he ticked off or what you cared about his drama.
I first saw him and his brother Real when they were competing for Flavor Flav’s old girl, New York, in I Love New York. That was a good season too, and blew her off so bad when she chose the boring mama’s boy for #1 – b/c she’s a mama’s girl and was doing what her mama wanted, only to have him dump her after he saw on tv what she really thought about his mother.
@Kit, I’d have never guessed you’re a Ray J reality show fan.
WHAT??? All that entertainment. I’d have never guessed somebody would say they like his music more than his ridiculousness on the small screen. lol.
Aight I feel ya. Like I say, some people exist purely for my comic relief. So as far as this show goes…considered me relieved…
@Effervescence, AHH EFF I EFFIN’ FEEL YA!
“Like I say, some people exist purely for my comic relief.”
This is too true. See “Flava Flav, Frankie, 2520s, Tea Party members, babies, et al.”
You wold think black people should learn to stay away fro VH1 nowadays…o well. Guess I’m gonna have to check his show out, if its as funny as that Boondocks Commercial called “D*ck-Riding Obama” I think I’ll become a fan.
My fault on now using an asterisk to replace the “i”
I forgot yall are trying to make this viewable during on dayjobs
@Mr. Gundam – not sure anything is gonna top that right now.
i watched it. and i’m not (too) ashamed of that. but i have several issues.
first of all, this whole flo-rida/brandy media debacle that everyone seems so concerned about gets a side-eye from me….. um……..i’m not sure how to ask this gracefully, but, who gives a damn about either brandy or flo-rida? i mean, black people between the ages of like 25 and 35 know brandy and have a soft spot for her because she was a part of our good old days. and ratchet tweens across the country may listen to flo-rida. but the way they are trying to strategically plan their outings around the paparrazi is a bit extra for me. don’t nobody really give that much of a damn about either one of them.
secondly, kelly rowland is really pretty. but i have 2 concerns about her. a) why does her speaking voice sound so much like beyonce’s? and b) do her and kelly have the same wig master? interesting.
and ray j is just so wack. when are he and his voice going to go through puberty? why is his neck skin darker than the rest of his body like he needs to exfoliate? why the hell is his momma coddlin him through life? talking about, “I wanted to be out there on that stage in case my son needed me” um….ma’am please. i just…..can’t. iCan’t! and assuming any of this mess is real, why was he too wack to let Connie (Connie!?)/Mz. Berry break up with him when he had wanted to break up with her anyway?
Ray J and Moesha are just too old for this foolishness.
also, why aren’t more of you watching this? now i feel strange. like i have waaaaaaaaaaaaay too much time on my hands to be making all these observations. ugh.
Don’t feel strange…lol I am watching it too, begrudgingly at first but then I remembered Brandy’s sad little reality show with her ex-fake-fiance about the birth of her kid and how delusional she was about being in love (example of said love: she asks him to, you know, participate and be present and he has important work to do, riding bikes up and down the street). So I am definitely watching to see Brandy humiliated by her bad relationship choices and create love affairs in her head. And how does someone get DISinvited from the grammys from a D-list rapper?? Brandy can’t give the p***y away, yet Ray J is running through any Hollywood half wit he can find. Mm mm mm. THAT makes it worth watching.
well said LOL
OMG…tell me Flo did not un-invite her? (or dis-invite, like she said) Wow…if he did that’s shady as hell. Funny as hell as well. Dammit…now y’all got me curious and shyt. Ugh!
@Mo,
YESSS on the latest episode he disinvited her (something lame about I dont want our appearance to hurt our relationship–which to me says, I dont want photos of us together but someday when I’m bored or drunk I’ll hit that) and she was upset even though she tried to act like she didn’t know if she was going to go…I actually felt bad for her… it was like watching someone get turned down for prom. You knew she is stupid silly over him because she fake hides his text messages. I keep forgetting she’s in her 30s!
“Brandy can’t give the p***y away”
OMG!!! ya’ll are gonna get me fired!!!!
@charli skipper, a) why does her speaking voice sound so much like beyonce’s?
have you never noticed that she sings like her too? they sound just alike.
umm they are both from Houston and maybe really sisters. I know she is upset that he will claim the new baby, but she was never claimed.
….. or maybe not I read this on a not so lreliable website. They did grow up together and have the same voice coach. I think that has alot to do with it.
@nolagirl…i’ve been saying for years that matthew knowles is that girls daddy. that’s that man’s baby…he the pappy!
I haven’t watched it yet, should I feel bad now? I never watched any of the RayJ series either, but since you have taken the time to mention the foolishness that is going on , I will give it a try..if for no other reason than to see what y’alltalkinbout….*I hate feeling out of the loop with the VSB/VSS folks **exits scratching head and is perplexed that Panama would even admit to watching this
@bajanflchick, Panama is all about entertainment. Panama likes good things. RayJ is good things because he is entertainment. Panama likes entertainment.
@ panama…are you still floating from yesterday’s 4/20 celebration? im a little concerned about you….
I actually had to google Pinky. I thought you were talking about Pinky from Pinky and the Brain. Guess you kinda are.
I watched one epsiode of the Norwood clusterf**k and it’s cool that they actually seem to be a family and not all whiney like the Simmons. Mrs. Norwood needs a hobby that’s doesn’t involve Brandy and her talentless son. The Pops is refreshingly normal eventhough he sounds like Boomhauer.
“I get more props and stunts than Bruce Willis”
That’s some good Dwyck right there…and Solar, who ever he is, is still a pussy.
I thought you were talking about Pinky from Pinky and the Brain. Guess you kinda are.
He is not? Ay Dios Mio, I am so behind the times. Lol!
@Sula, well I’m definitely talking about Pinky who gets down with brain.
Don’t feel bad, I’m not up on my pron stars either. I shot a text to my boys and I guess I’m a chump for not knowing. Ugh.
Yo! One Wish is a banga I listen to that on repeat for hours sometimes! Hours! This show on the other hand:FAIL!!!!
@Stustustudious, wrong. that show is the anti-fail. it is THE PASS!
Does anyone remember when Brandy was on that show Thea? I haven’t seen the VH1 show, but maybe, just maybe I’ll watch an episode. From the previews, the family just seems as if they are trying to get the last few minutes of stardom in before POOF-they’re gone.
@Ivyette
“Does anyone remember when Brandy was on that show Thea?”
I remember that TV show. It was only on for like one season right? I also remember the little boy on there with that HORRIBLE haircut. His barber should have been shot.
“His barber should have been shot.”
LOL! Why do I remember an episode where Thea was going off about something and her hair piece/ponytail actually unraveled? I’m like, was that suppose to happen? *shrug* Maybe the show couldn’t afford a decent weaveologist or barber!
I do remember Thea! I think back then she had her nautral hair too (well, a perm). She was so sweet and innocent then…
@lvyette, they will be around forever. i mean, think of it…Ray J and his kids on TV in 2030!!!!
I think it’s kinda boring but hilarious at the same time, but only bc Ray J does dumb stuff.
@lawchick12…as long as you keep watching.
i sound like i have a vested interest don’t i?
The best part of the show was watching how the producers of the For the Love of Ray J reunion show totally set him up. They knew Cocktail was going to be there & they didn’t say jack crap to him…btw wasn’t his mom on of the exec producers???
@Alovelydai, yeah they set his arse up BIG TIME. exec producer might mean just put up some money for it. hell, Puff exec produces Run’s House and owns Erykah Badu’s publishing. lol.
I saw the first episode just out of curiosity. I don’t know if I will continue to watch. I am not sure they are going to provide enough drama for my viewing pleasure. LOL.
I co-sign on Brandy’s eyebrows. I could not look away. They were amazing. The “baby hair” was craazy, too. lol
Ray J – He thinks he’s the sh*t. He has delusions of grandeur. I can’t stand him on this show…at least on the RayJ dating show there was drama.
This show is going to have to up the drama quotient..to keep people tuned in.
I will be watching “What Chilli Wants” – cause that bish is crazzy, and that matchmaker Tionna Smalls is gonna “pop off” on Chilli at any minute…I cant wait! LOL.
@QueenT, i can’t watch Chili’s show. it bores me to tears and i kind of hate her now.
I cannot watch vh1 reality shows. I just can’t. But I’m tickled by your enthusiasm.
Please don’t tell me to tickle deez.
Why cheat yourself of one of life’s great pleasures? Endless entertainment…
that’s what i’m saying.
I cannot watch vh1 reality shows.
Same here. I don’t even know which channel is VH1 anymore… I remember when VH1 was about the music… Le Sigh.
I only have three comments on the show:
1. Mrs. Norwood needs a hobby.
2. I had no idea how wack Ray J really is.
3. Mr. Norwood seems to be the most normal person in the family, but he sounds like Boomhauer from King of the Hill.
@Wu Young, RayJ is the greatest.
I caught a couple of episodes of Ray J’s and Brandy’s show and it’s cool, no complaints here.
One show that I have seen that has constantly gotten the peanut gallery poppin’ off is “Tiny and Toya”. I know between the heavy accents of the women, the way Tiny looks, and Toya’s brother, there’s a lot that’s fair play to be roasted, but overall, it’s a pretty good show and it definitely does what a reality show of its nature is suppose to – expose a different side to its stars that you may not normally see. Any traces of coonery are overshadowed, in my opinion, when the storyline focuses on Tiny’s relationship with her dad and him living with Alheimers (sp?) and Toya trying to get her mom into rehab and helping her family out. The quality of the show just seems more thought out and developed as oppose to some of the other ones.
…now if only Tiny didn’t look and sound like an antebellum Ms. Piggy.
…now if only Tiny didn’t look and sound like an antebellum Ms. Piggy.
LMAO…b/c of that comment I’m gone w/ the wind
@RocktheCatbox
“…now if only Tiny didn’t look and sound like an antebellum Ms. Piggy.”
You are so wrong for that.
side note: I went to that event at the Music Hall that you mentioned.
She does, yall know it! heheheh.
@Humble,
You did? I popped in and then left because I was the only one without run DMC glasses and air force ones, lol!! I ended up across the street. How was it?
@RocktheCatbox
“You did? I popped in and then left because I was the only one without run DMC glasses and air force ones, lol!! I ended up across the street. How was it?”
Yeah I was there. I didn’t stay the whole night. Jay Electronica was not there. I saw all the other acts and that fashion show. I went to the after party for a hot second and left because it wasn’t really poppin. The hipsters were in full effect. I can’t get with the bright colors and tight clothes. We went to that sportsbar that use to be the Rhino(I think?). I think it was a party celebrating Proof. We were there for about 15 minutes an left. Once we heard the music and bad local rappers we had enough. My brother had to work in the morning so we called it the night.
What did you end up doing? You’ve been M.I.A here for a while. The job must have you busy.
“…now if only Tiny didn’t look and sound like an antebellum Ms. Piggy.”
lmfao! Glorious.
My sister calls her Droopy.
i agree. T&T is a show i really like. even the first season focused on toya trying to better herself, become more professional, and make a life for herself outside of lil wayne. thats commendable to me. and i too like the storyline with tiny and her father’s alzheimer’s struggles — its something they just as easily could have glossed over and put in the background. esp since mental/neurological illness is something easily ignored in the black community.
@Monk, i tried to enjoy that show but it doesnt make me want to watch over and over. neither of them really interest me, short of Tiny’s situation with her father which is heartbreaking.
i just dont connect with tiny or toya. i’m happy for them, but toya just seems like a random placement as is.
The show is pure foolishness and I love it. Ray J is the typical spoiled lil bro and he is hilarious.
Let’s not even talk about her rap alter ego. Brand Nu. When she bust out with her
Funky rhyme I dayum near killed myself laughing. I mean she was so seriously
Feeling herself and them wack a55 lyrics!
@shay-d-lady, yeah Brandy as a rapper is the worst idea since Puffy as a singer.
I caught that reference to Guru. May he rest in peace. I still bump dwyck.
as you should.
I watched the 1st episode. Yes, I got sucked in to that foolishness.
If I thought Ray-J was corny before…he’s really surpassed my expectations of corniness from him. I mean, this dude is straight corn husk status! I can’t take him and his annoying voice. Had to turn from DL Hughgley’s morning show b/c brandy and ray-j were on.
And Brandy…well…she needs a prayer.
@LaBakir
“If I thought Ray-J was corny before…he’s really surpassed my expectations of corniness from him. I mean, this dude is straight corn husk status!”
Cosign. This guy is such a herb. It seems like he tries extra extra hard to be cool. From “Moesha” to “One on One” this dude always has to be the super cool guy. He is so “cool” he comes off lame.
@LaBakir, his corniness doesnt really bother me. i rather enjoy it b/c he does what he wants no matter what.
plus…corny or not, we’re talking about his arse right now. lol. so it must be working for him.
I suppose,lol. I just don’t see how people can take that joker serious.
“Eyebrows is an overstatement since I’m not sure she actually has them, but damn what an arch. I mean, I’ve seen arches before – McDonald’s comes to mind – but yeehaw.”
HA! I watched the first episode with a group of friends, and I don’t even recall what it was about because of this very fact. I was confused at her eyebrows and what possessed her to do that. So every time she came on the screen, I was just taken aback.
In an old interview, Brandy talked about her eyes being too far apart and how she doesn’t like it. I wonder if she thought by making her eyebrows extra defined, people will overlook the space between her eyes.
@Carter, yeah them sh*ts need a hug.
VH1 Sunday nights are my guilty pleasure…from Brandy and Ray J to Chilli’s show…I LOVE IT. I do have to agree that the show is pretty ridiculous yet refreshingly hilarious…Ray J is such a punk and I love every minute of it…I love Brandy and all of her social awkwardness (you are not alone, girl) and her convincing portrayal of an R&B singer…it is a must watch
Have I missed the blog entry about the Chili show?
How old is she…and more importantly, why does she insist on looking pre-pubescent? Really, butterfly clips and Shirley Temple curls?!
i have similar curiosities about Chilli and her appearance. shes a bit of a train wreck thats not quite as entertaining to watch as R&B’s show.
i def prefer to see the dating misadventures of Pep than Chilli. Lets Talk About Pep is much more amusing and fun.
@StrawberryPoptarts, yeah, you probably wont see a blog about her show on here. mostly cuz her show bored me to tears. and she’s just annoying. folks think the Brandy/RayJ shit is random. Chili’s show is random. she wants Usher, but they had to create a whole show to make us think she wants Floyd.
LMAO @ Panama’s “chili wants usher, but she had to create a whole show to make us all think she wants floyd…” DEAD on that! Hilarious.
I do not like her show for a variety of reasons, but most of all the dreaded list. For the life of me, I cannot understand why she doesn’t get why she’s single…because from where I stand, it’s completely obvious that she’s a douche. That’s why your single Chili. You’re a complete douche!!! Case closed, show canceled and we can all move along with our lives.
MAJOR co-sign on #4….seriously though Brandy??? Like for real?!! I JUST saw a segment of the show she used to be in as a teenager and that FIVEhead was HUGE…not to mention the subtle arch in them brows! OMG…I guess she thought we forgot…”people don’t forget Brandy…people don’t forget…”
I TRULY THINK THE ONLY PREREQUISITE OF HAVING A SHOW ON VH-1 IS THAT YOU “USED” TO HAVE A NUMBER 1 HIT AT SOME POINT IN YOUR LIFE.
NEXT, I THINK THEY SHOULD DO A REALITY SHOW ABOUT REBIE JACKSON’S STRUGGLE TO GET CENTIPEDE BACK ON THE CHARTS. HEY… MAYBE SHE CAN RAP TOO.
MAYBE IN ONE SCENE, REBIE AND BRANDY CAN EVEN HAVE A RAP OFF… AND IT CAN BE JUDGED BY THE GREATEST NON RAPPER OF ALL TIME WILL SMITH???
Centipede is bad ass song tho LOL, love that joint!
dude this show is hilarious. i watched for the love of ray-j 1 & 2 by the way. i don’t understand why they are getting shade thrown their way. it’s reality tv for goodness sake. how serious do you expect it to be?
“For record, I like Ray J. He entertains me. I’d love to hang out with dude because you are guaranteed to have a good time. He’s like Puffy with 1/100th the money.”
-i co-sign this right here. i would hang with ray-j as well. he seems like he’s fun to party with. plus he’s ignorant as hell. have you heard his album ‘all i feel’? yeah i downloaded it. pure comedy. this song boyfriend is funny. here’s a couple lines:
“i met your girl
i text your girl
i sexed your girl
and she loved it….
she said she needs you, she’ll never leave you
now you can sleep now that you know it
and i’m not here to take your position
she just needs to be rubbed a little different…
i think the problem is you don’t beat it right
making love is cool
just pull her hair sometimes….”
and yes i just quoted a ray-j song. word to life.
@i quote RayJ at least twice a day.
I can’t get into that show, Ray J is a corny ass BAMA ,packing or not ewwwwwwwww
I do like Chilli’s show, kinda reminds me of myself with my standards O-O and I liked Lets talk about Pep..Basketball Wives are TOO fake for moi’ but I still watch cause “bitches” just cannot help being “bitches” LLS and boy do I know thats true for a fact SMH !!!
What I am not feeling was this obsession with Flo Rida. Like, really? She acted like he was some prince on a white horse the way she went on and on about him. I kinda feel like he was just bored. Not to mention, whatever GRAMMY he was up for, he clearly was not gonna win….and who even knows if it would have been for a televised award. She was making something out of nothing.
“What I am not feeling was this obsession with Flo Rida.”
It bothers me when people date rappers and singers and call them by their stage names. *frowning, smfh*
It does bother me too! Call him John or Andrew already. Ugh.
@Sula
I thought the same thing in the last Superman movie when Lois got knocked up by Supes and never asked his name. That’s some ho sh*t Lois.
…and I almost choked on my lunch and died with this one. THANKS VERY MUCH!
If there ever needed to be a T shirt made, “That’s some ho sh*t Lois” with her picture on it is THE shirt.
Lois has always behaved with a slight “touch of hoe”…
I enjoy watching Brandy and Ray J together because they seriously seem to be super close. They have a great relationship.
Sonia scares me.
I kinda wanna hang out with Ray J and his homies (that smash his cast) too, just for the snark potential and utter foolery that will be had.
as the owner of very prominent [REAL] eyebrows that makes everyone comment when they’re freshly cleaned up….
i’m DYING @ reason #4
Eyebrows is an overstatement since I’m not sure she actually has them, but damn what an arch. I mean, I’ve seen arches before – McDonald’s comes to mind – but yeehaw. Her eyebrows reduce the size of her forehead by at least 45 percent. In fact, the only arches that compare is the big one in St. Louis. It’s impressive really. Plus, it takes you from eye to baby-hair lacefront weave territory.
that said. i find it mind boggling that ray j is popular. as peej said, he’s MAAAAAAD corny and completely dumb. and brandy thinkin she can rap?? *sigh* all i can say is alter egos need to DIE 1000 deaths along with poorly executed lacefronts. *smh* its sad really…
I’d have to agree with you on #3 Panama. I do think that Ray J is a herb. But at the same time I think hanging with him would be crazy because dude is so “extra”. He reminds of dude I knew back in the day that was corny but he would attract the freaky tackheads.
What? Brandy & Ray J have a tv show together? People actually want to watch something like that? Oh, ok.
Riiiight? Lol! I often wonder what do people watch when they watch the show? *smh*
In other news, are you participating in the Lonestar Tri this year?
Probably not. I’m just hearing of it for the first time. I’ll have to look into it further.
i’m sorry.. i can’t..
it’s like a train wreck… WITH fatalities.. and you KNOW you should look away out of respect for the dead, but you just can’t..
being someone that picks up on EVERYTHING.. ray-j’s accent ANNOYS the HELL outta me.. i mean, i can’t.. he’s like how i would feel when i heard ms cleo go “call me now!” as a jamaican, she made my ears bleed, and so does he..
Brandy’s eyebrows are the ULTIMATE!! i don’t know what the hell those are, or what she thinks she’s doing.. but i can’t do that either..
yeah, i know they love each other, but so do the Kardashians.. and i dare say, they’re a little bit more put together.. albeit a tad spoiled..
my humble opinion…
Ight, I give. I officially love you. And I love you some more for this post.
Note to self: do not attempt to read this blog while answering your work phone.
sidenote: my boss says he should pay to hear my voice. compliment? do i need to make that a side hustle?
So, Brandy’s eyebrows versus Lauryn Hill’s – who wins!?
Ms. Hill
Although Lauryn’s entire brow line looks like a Chewbacca skidmark, I’m gonna go with Brandy “Joker’s Wild” Norwood.
I’m gonna have to go with Brandy too, cuz at least that ish look done, although done wrong.
Lauren’s eyebrows look like two stray catapillars crawled up on to her forehead and just parked…. for life! LLS!
okay…okay…i wasn’t gonna admit it, but i have seen the first few episodes of this thing. although i can’t be sure that i’ll continue to watch the rest of the season, i’ve seen the 12-passenger van conundrum, the ray-j/mz. berry fiasco, and i’m well aware of the fact that brandy has a horrible case of arch-itis of the eyebrow.
all things considered, i have to say that so far, the most ridiculous thing about this show so far is that brandy seems to have a serious crush on flo-rida and nobody thinks this it’s gross.
am i the only one?
I think it’s gross and I just don’t understand how they met and how exactly her crush developed. Maybe she thinks he’s going to help with her rap career, given his [sarcasm] success? Or I think maybe he was in the line of vision of one of her eyes and she thought, eff it. SOMEBODY needs to date me. She strikes me as needy as hell and should probably not date somebody in the industry.
I don’t how in the Good Lord’s name I get sucked into those realities shows on VH1 but I do and it is like watching a train wreck: you can’t turn away. This show is funny and it actually showed me how much their mom really runs things in their lives, especially when a producer says he don’t want to work with you if your mom is going to be involved. That is pretty ill. Ray J is corny as hell, even on his dating shows, but now you really see it on this show hanging out with his family and his homies. I missed Sunday’s episode but I heard it was ill from all of the drama from the For the Love of Ray J 2 reunion show. Brandy has always been funny looking but pretty at the same time, so just her interactions with her brother and mom are cool with me.
Now the show to watch is that damn Basketball Wives. The idea that Shaunie O’Neal (is just fine as all outdoors to me) is hanging out with the sister of the woman that Shaq cheated with is television gold. Dwight Howard’s baby momma Royce (which I swear probably the oddest name I have heard for a woman in awhile) be wildin’ out on there with her young @$$. I can’t lie, though. Evelyn, the wife of Antoine Walker (whose picture could be the leadoff of a VSB post about athletes who handle their money very stupidly), is beautiful to me. That Bronx accent drives this Southern boy crazy. I could really watch that show with the volume, which may be a good idea further into the season.
Oh yeah, P. Since you brought up DiGiorno’s, isn’t that new commercial with the breadsticks hilarious?
I also think putting Ray J and Brandy’s illegitimate brother on the show would really make it drama filled. That would be another element that could be added. Maybe there could be a DNA test segment of the show, it would be like real life version of the Moesha show when she found out her cousin is really her brother.
Aside: The theme song to this show really annoys me only because of Ray J’s part, “Been doing this since we were yunnng”. He thought he really hit that note on the “young” part. He thought incorrectly.
Few thoughts:
Ray-J is indeed EXTRA corny and can NEVER find a suit that fits him well. But apparently he’s walking around with a loaf of bread in his pants, so I can only hate so much #truestory…
Brandy looks like skeletor.
What happened to her? I thought she had a wig line coming out. Is her current lacefront an example of the type of wigs her line offers?
I get very annoyed when she refers to Flo-rida as Flo. You’re dating a dude named Flo-rida. Have some respect and call him by his government name. It has to be better than his stage name.
Sadly, my friends and I are pretty sure that the kids today know Brandy as “Ray-J’s sister” #fail.
I’ve watched the show a couple of times and its “okay”. The real stars are those with the most personality; and that would be Sonia and Ray J. Ray J doesn’t really bother me as a person (he’s immature and corny, but ehhh…as long as I don’t have to be around him). But I cannot stand his nasaly singing (He can keep that). The only song I’ve ever liked by him was “Wait A Minute”; and that’s because Lil Kim kilt her verse and the beat was hot (shout out to Neptunes).
A few folks brought up Basketball Wives. I do watch the show because I think its the greatest foolishness I’ve ever seen. (Someone should get Royce and tell her that she’s not as hot as she thinks she is.) The best part of the show was when Jennifer and her husband Eric Williams were at dinner. That exchange between the two of them painted of great picture of the lifestyle of being married to an athlete. I sort of feel sorry for them. .
Tiny and Toya: I’m from Louisiana (Baton Rouge) and my family is from New Orleans; so Toya’s accent is like me listening to my dad, stepmom, aunts and cousins talk. But what IS annoying though is Toya doesn’t do anything. The fact that her mom was on drugs is nothing special to see (Keyshia Cole already covered that in her show). Her biggest contribution to the show is that she’s pretty. Tiny has had accomplishments with her music, she’s engaged to T.I. and she’s trying to make some things happen career-wise. But, she is not a looker! Maybe that’s why Toya is on…..to create beauty balance.
My favorite reality shows are those with some sort of competition (Top Chef, Project Runway, Design Star).
@CNotes
“I’m from Louisiana (Baton Rouge) and my family is from New Orleans; so Toya’s accent is like me listening to my dad, stepmom, aunts and cousins talk.”
I just realized that my aunt (RIP) and her family didn’t have that accent and they are from Baton Rouge. I thought everyone in Louisiana had that New Orleans accent. Your comment just brought it to my attention. I never noticed that before.
@Humble_One
Yes, the accents are indeed “very different” (So are the two cities even though they are extremely close to each other). I mean, culturally they are the same (food, music, french influence, etc.), but the lifestyles are different in that New Orleans is more city-like than Baton Rouge; which is more of a college-town (in some respect).
I live in DC now and although Baltimore is right down the road (less than an hour away), the culture of those two cities are totally different.
Interesting stuff.
Oops…I guess I should have said, Baltimore is right “up” the road from DC. (although I don’t have the accent anymore, my countryness manifests itself in some of my statements. lol!)
@ cnote, I don;t feel sorry for them, unless you are REALLY young and green, you know that lifestyle has all kinds of costs going in, hell even @ girlfriend status, the price is too expensive for my blood…….. and folks were trying to feel sorry for Royce at first but @ 29 she is more than old enough to know better, she enjoys the attention, whether its the wrong kind or not…smh
@OrangeStar Happy Hunting
Fortunately for me, I’m neither young nor green. So although I know better than to aspire their lifestyle, that doesn’t change the fact that there are countless women with self-esteem issues who do.
My grief for them is that they don’t care enough about themselves and are driven by their expensive lifestyle; so nothing will change about them despite dealing with infidelity, abuse and disrespect from their spouses/boyfriends/jumpoffs. While the purpose of the show (I think) is to show the real (aka miserable) lives of “athlete’s wives/girlfriends”, there is really no resolution (Evelyn will continue to whine, Jennifer will continue to whine and Royce…..well…..will continue to dance for any given opportunity).
My favorite reality shows are those with some sort of competition (Top Chef, Project Runway, Design Star).
We are here ><… I love competition reality shows (except for the Survivor/Big Brother of the world, find them too catty)… Right now, I'm in heaven with Top Chef Masters, Project Runway, The Amazing Race, Ultimate Recipe Showdown… etc…
@Sula
I use to watch Survivor/Big Brother when it first aired (back in the day), but the whole “building and alliance” strategy to get ahead started to annoy me.
I haven’t seen Ultimate Recipe Showdown. I’ll have to check into that one!
@CNotes,
Ultimate Recipe Showdown airs on Food Network… and I am a Food Network fan (seriously, I litterally fall asleep and wake up to the channel. Lol)… Check it out, along with Chopped if you are into food like I am.
@Sula
Thanks! I will.
“The best part of the show was when Jennifer and her husband Eric Williams were at dinner.”
You saw that poor rib JabberJaws was murdering?! R.I.P. Rib.
@Cheekie
“R.I.P. Rib”
No, R.I.P. to me…….LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, I did! That rib did not stand a chance against those choppers he had!
@Cheekie
………….and I’m still laughing at your comment!!!!!
@ cheekie…is it me or does Jennifer look like an Avatar…if she ever says “i see you Jake Sully” i will pass out!
stick a fork in me b/c I’m done @ that comment!
LMFAO @ you folks today!
I feel bad for them, but yet I don’t. A series of borderline retarded people marry or just sleep together, appear to have more money than they can spend, but lack any emotional maturity to handle their daily lives…like they start to reflect on how their lives suck and get distracted by their chanel bags or staged confrontations or the sound of someone else’s money being spent. I am totally watching for the drink tossing and fistfights, otherwise those are the most boring set of she-douchebags I’ve ever seen. I want to bark at Evelyn every time she talks.
Eric Williams is Black Shrek.
@Rockthe Catbox
” she-douchebags ”
LOL. Can I use this? I’ve been looking for a word that describes the female version of a douchebag.
LOL yes you may, and often.
Oh to answer your other question (Im sure everybody loves how we are having a private convo on VSB) I took a few days off work (and the computer) since things slowed down…sorry the event at the music hall was kind of a bust! I walked in, looked around and walked out. I’m looking for good after work/happy hours and think I will be in a happy haze of liqour for the better part of the summer. I will let you know where I’m posted up.
@RocktheCatbox
“LOL yes you may, and often.”
I will. Thank you.
“sorry the event at the music hall was kind of a bust! I walked in, looked around and walked out. I’m looking for good after work/happy hours and think I will be in a happy haze of liqour for the better part of the summer. I will let you know where I’m posted up.”
Yeah you owe me for that one. The concert was cool without Jay Electronica. But that after party was meh. Hopefully I can get out more this summer. If I find a job I most definetly will be out more.
LOL @ us talking holding a conversation within a conversation. I gues we’re 2 rude mofos.
I had to de-lurk on that statement. Man, R.I.P. the rib, me and the Engrish language he was murdering. Just daaaaaam. LMAO!
I remember watching the first “Smashed the homies” episode of “For The Love of Ray J” and couldn’t help wondering “Why the hell is Tom Green hanging out with Ray J?”. Nevermind, Tom Green hasn’t been successful or relevant since MTV stopped playing videos, I just seriously thought Tom was “friending down” with that association. But after watching those two season and now this show with his sister Bran-Nu (Brandy’s rap name. LMBAO) I can’t help but watch this man play himself on any and every occasion.
I thought Brandy had her own line of quick weaves, so why is she still rocking that urban raccoon pelt she calls a lace front?
I was thinking the same thing about her own line of hair. But I love Brandy and Ray J, sue me.
What I don’t get is, Why in the hell is Brandy wearing a lacefront that clearly looks like she bought it at the chinese wig store!!!! I mean damn, she ain’t got somebody who knows how to fit that sucker on her hairline properly?!?!?!? Dang I see chicks on the YT with lacefronts that I know gotta cost 1 tenth of what Brandy be paying and their hair looks good!! She get a real #FAIL from me.. but bless her heart I still love her!! lmao!
Okay this was some straight up ignorance…in a good way! LOL!! Lawd I am cracking up! You never cease to amaze me. And like you…I’ll be watching it too! Why?? I don’t know…but it’s good!
And for the record…I liked Ray J better when he was just Brandy’s little brother guest starring on “Moesha” *sigh* Ohhh the good old days!!!
This writing is genius! You had me at “..caught up like Usher in 2003. Usher in 2010, however, needs to just let it burn.”
What?! Yes. Ok. Let me go see what the fuss is about.
i definitely watch it because of Ray J and his momma. that boy (which is what he acts like) needs help lmbo! he is a hot funky moving mess. plus how i thought it was funny when his moms got mad at him.
this is the most delayed i’ve ever been
i dont get VH1 (maybe if i had satellite). so would have to check it out on the intanets.
but when i do.. should i be looking for panama jackson under producers in the credits cuz you seem to be pushing for this show EXTRA hard. lol
#imjussayin.
To me Brandy/Mo to Tha E to tha Moesha..looks better with braids or maybe I’m accustomed to seeing the 90spoeticjustice braids on her they suit her face, but made her look like the character(s) from AVATAR…but the lacefront wig=Ratchett! and okay I loved Brandy as a child ie multicultural Cinderella(she was the og black princess), Never say Never album was the ISH along with Monica!..ok stan moment..anyway DOES THEIR Dad say anything oh yeah he can’t cause Mama Sonja is crazy..and the dad seems like he should be in the special class anywhoo it was interesting when WendyWilliams interviewed them..
This exactly why I can not watch the show. I think that I would get a headache from shaking my head all the time.
Peace, Love and Chocolate
This post was pretty funny…
I’ve yet to see the show, but you know what? I like Brandy…and even Ray-J. Well, I had a crush on him back when he was just “Brandy’s Little Brother”.
What I really want to share with readers here is this: Brandy is SO UNDERRATED as an artist. Her vocals are NICE. Her tracks (and I ain’t talkin’ weave) are SOLID. Her last release “Human” was pop/R&B perfection! (Find it, and listen to it!)
So what if she’s funny lookin’!? People need to stop hatin’! Brandy deserves WAY more respect than folks like to give her. She is the OG-black-crossover-girl (of my generation, at least)! For those who can recall Video Soul, y’all know “I Wanna Be Down” was the jam, and y’all were tryin’ to do that little hand dance!
And, yeah, Ray-J’s “One Wish” was the biz.
This show has to be a mechanism to stay relevant for both Ray J and Brandy. I mean, Ray J and Brandy running a business? Really??! Brandy can’t seem to find the perfect wig/eyebrow combination, and Ray J is like a watered down, uneducated, lame version of Goldie from the Mack. And I am supposed to believe they are going to be viable resources in the music industry. Cmon Son! Can you really see this dude trying to conduct business meetings? I vote no on all fronts. I’m going to still watch the show (which is the point of having the show despite my criticism), but only as fodder for what could easily become a premise for Black in America IV on CNN.
I watch it and Brandy’s lace front wig looks so cheap! She doesn’t speak of daughter much. She talks mostly about Flo, her alter ego Brand-Nu and shes jealous of Ray J because she says her mama favors him over her…smh. Sonja Norwood is a b*tch and Willie seems like a punk. He just kinda sits back in the cut and lets everybody fight. He doesn’t want to get involved. You can tell that Sonja wears the pants in that relationship!
this is truly a show by nigs for nigs