Monica‘s last studio outing, ‘Still Standing’ served as a comeback of sorts, whetting appetites ten-fold for its follow-up.
It’s no surprise, then, that anticipation for the LP, christened ‘New Life’, has been intense. Especially after its lead single ‘It All Belongs To Me (ft. Brandy)’ was announced.
And while fans have been anticipating the previously confirmed March release, the singer’s new delivery has been assigned a new arrival date.
Find out when after the jump…
According to Amazon, the set will now arrive on…
April 3rd 2012
While push-backs usually spell trouble, That Grape Juice can confirm that the project is a top priority for the singer’s label. A point will be underlined and then some when the promo run for ‘Belongs To Me’ begins.
Your thoughts?
I will buy, but this drops the same day as Nicki right?
Bad move! That is that day nicki s*** come out wow Monica you f*** up man you know everybody gonna grab that nicki Minaj s***
DUMB ASS
Yup what a idiot!!! It’s gonna be a major flop now monica cus I’m buying nicki sorry
great move..her record label isnt worried about going number one..they just want to move units..monica’s core fanbase will support regardless…..im sure the joint with brandy will be hot by then….so while the ones “on the fence” are grabbing nicki’s ….hopeflly they’ll grab monica’s too
I will be buying more copies.. Already got 6!! Cmon Mo!!
Just flawless
I don’t understand why she needed a new release date. My honest opinion is that she simply would like to be closer to Brandy’s album release (in May). I notice that Monica’s tends to ride the Brandy train sometimes and use things to her advantage. She’s done that since naming her album “The Boy Is Mine”, when it was just suppose to be a single for the both of them. Anyway, it’s happier times now – I’ll change the focus! I hope this benefits her the way she want it to.
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I agree with Royal Kev. I see no reason for her to need a new release date. I would hope that her pushing the release date back has nothing to do with trying to be closer to Brandy’s release date, but Kev does have a point. Also why would you want to release your album on the same day that Nicki drops hers?
big mistake to release the album on this day :/ no #1 album for monica sorry. Nicki Minaj Power is too strong!!!!
Damn the young youth think in a retarded way..smh I feel bad for them!
Monica is R&B. Nicki is wack/hip-pop. I think it is ok if their albums are released on the same. Also, Nicki’s album was pushed back from February and Monica’s album was pushed back from January so the usual strategy is that if either of them does not have a successful single their albums will keep getting pushed back. Thus, the date is not tentative yet for either of them.
YES! The sooner the better!
I liked ‘Still Standing’ and I wish she had completely crossed over to soul music rather than doing contemporary r n’ b. I’m not sure I’ll be buying this album unfortunately, even though I thought I would love it back when the buzz single was released. The release date seems like an odd choice to me, though. There should be a bigger gap between the single and the album. I sure hope that the single is ‘Everything To Me’ 2.0, because I LOVED that song…
whateva it is I am gonna support it !!! #TEAMMO
I agree with @royalkev…she def rides off Brandy…she know brandy is hot right now!!
ROYALKEV
January 30, 2012 at 3:35 pm
I don’t understand why she needed a new release date. My honest opinion is that she simply would like to be closer to Brandy’s album release (in May). I notice that Monica’s tends to ride the Brandy train sometimes and use things to her advantage. She’s done that since naming her album “The Boy Is Mine”, when it was just suppose to be a single for the both of them.
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Amen to that!
I will be purchasing Monica’s album for sure.
I have nothing against Nicki Minaj but I could never see myself buying an entire album of hers. Just personal taste. She makes catchy music from time to time though.
Lol Brandy is hot right now? She doesn’t even have aingle out. The foolery…
Monica is NOT riding off of BRANDY.. That is STUPID as hell. Monica does not choose the release date, the Label does. SO, how is MONICA riding off of ANYONE?
Was MONICA riding off of BRANDY when her last album came out and did VERY GOOD BY ALL STANDARDS? HELL NO..
She’s not doing it now. THe new single is coming out in a week. I’m sure they want to give time for the single to push, and give more promo before the album is actually released, hence pusing it a month.. WOW you people are just STUPID as F***..
GET A LIFE!!!
Not everybody listens to Nicki Minaj only kids,,, most grown ups wanna hear what Monica has to say and since her last cd was a smash hit I know it will do well.
after those sad singles she released do we really care?
Monica will do well.. STOP being ignorant Brandy stans!! Riding her coattails.. *Giggles …Monica moved 182K units 1st week with STILL STANDING!! YTF would she need 2 ride someones coattails whos last 2 albums tanked horribly!! Take a rest! New life will be a success! BET
I def agree with RoyalKev. I don’t understand why she would push her album back that far when the single is coming out soon. March was a good date IMO…. and yall need to stop actin like Monica is some top selling r&b artist, let’s not forget abt the REALITY SHOW that helped her push those 182k units.
I will still buy her album but she is so dumb……why do she keep pushing her album and she has no damn single to support this damn album yet and doing no appearance yet….She need to get it together big time
Right,she said the album was done,why push it back,smh,the single drops next week by the time her album comes,its not gonna help,march wouldve been perfect for her,smh…..oh well”shrugs”waits for keyshia and brandy’s new material
Soooooooooooo those two singles and videos aren’t on this album?????
@BEY FAN
Who knows…………..Im lost
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS
QWEEN MONICA ISZ GUNNA ND TRANDY’S KAREAR.STUPID B**** NEED 2 KNOW DHAT MONICA AIN’T NOTHENG 2 FUX WITH AND DAT I WILL KEP SHAYDENG HER STUPID ASZ.QUEEN MONICA GONNA SLAYYYYYYYY ME LYK SHE DID IN 03 WIT AFTA DA STORM.TRANDY GONNQA DISAPOYINT WIF HA NEW ALBUM LYK SHE DID WIF HA LAST FLOP ALBUM.
Dumbasses. Accusing Monica of trying to ride Brandy’s “train” by pushing back her albums release date to be closer to hers is the stupidest thing I heard today. For one thing, Brandy’s album doesn’t even have a date of release yet; “May,” for all intents and purposes, is just an approximation…and two, if Monica wanted to ride Brandy’s coattails then pushing her album back further to come out AFTER hers would have made more sense than a month+ before. This is not the late 90s. Brandy hasn’t been hot in a minute and has no coattails to ride these days.
i agree that March would have been perfect to release hell she could still do Feb end of Feb if she hurry up and release that new single and video…I do want it too be right but i dont want her to keep pushing it back and mess up the success that could have been like Ciara or Kelly Rowland…hell look at Mary J her singles aint doing that well but the cd is doing well by todays rnb standards just drop it Mo lol
@ JDE97 i so agree lol they talking like Brandy still hot if anything she should be riding Monica coattails she is the one that had the successful comeback..Brandy has been no where to be found the last 6-7 yrs minus her flop reality show with Ray J on Vh1 whomp
I love Brandy and Monica both, but some people are crazy acting like Monica has had this super successful career, without any hiccups , and Brandy’s just been in the toilet. Let’s recap-
Monica’s 3rd album “All Eyez on Me” was completely recorded and packaged. The label spent a grip of money on it, and all the songs flopped so they scrapped the entire album and re-recorded it. That lead to “After the Storm.”
Monica’s 3rd album “After the Storm” only had one top ten single on the pop charts, and the album was only certified gold. All the inaccuracies of people saying it went platinum. Go to RIAA.com and search that album and it is “Gold.” that was partly considered a flop after coming after the 3x platinum album, “The Boy is Mine.”
“The Makings of Me” was a mess. That was not even certified gold. It was basically Monica’s version of Brandy’s “Human.” Also, the rumors were HEAVY that she had been dropped by J, she also had to release a statement saying she hadn’t been, but you can bet she was damn near close to being, with two non-platinum back to back albums.
I loved “Still Standing.” Great album, “Everything to Me” #1 on the R&B charts. Again, the comeback was not Emancipation of Mimi or I Look To You. It only went “Gold.” And don’t give me garbage that nobody buys records. I actually blame J records and Monica for the “Still Standing” not selling as well as it should have. It as gold in 3 weeks. Witha few more singles and some more prom from Mo, it may have went “Platinum.”
We all know “Full Moon” didn’t pull numbers like “Never Say Never”, that “Afrodisiac” only went “Gold” and that “Human” was a compl;ete and utter flop.
The point I am trying to make is that both girls, on their 6th albums, have had very similar career paths, just that their career misses have been with different albums. Ups to them both trying to stay in the game after 20 years, I will support them both.
April is not a good month to release an album. Music sales are usually dead during that month. If she was smart, she would have pushed it back to May – when the weather is getting warmer and people are more inspired to leave their house to buy music. Even March would have been better because even though it’s still a relatively slow music shopping period, it’s when the year in music tends to begin taking its own shape. April just sucks. There’s nothing special or active about it commercially.
@ Frachella I agree that Still Standing was not handled correctly because it did go gold fast then she was on tour with someone i forget who but didnt release anymore singles or do too much promo but it still did good nonetheless ..dont have a soundscan account but pretty much every site that talks about After the Storm says its Plat its right at plat with just over a mill sold but more than 4 sites i’ve checked confirm that ijs
@ Swagg, I hope it did go platinum and it may have shipped almost a mil, but RIAA still has it certified gold. I want success for Mo, and if it’s platinum that puts it right on par with Brandy’s 3rd album (Full Moon) which was also certified platinum. Afrodisiac (Gold), Still Standing (Gold), Makings of Me (not gold), Human (not gold).
Not to mention the fact that they have both endured some personal tragedies, Monica with the s****** of Jarvis her ex-boyfriend, and Brandy with the car accident. I am gunning for them to smash things. I just don’t like the shade being thrown at Brandy, when it’s full of inaccuracies.
They have more in common in terms of career and success, than people realize.
Think it’s a mistake to go head to head with someone as anticipated as Nicki. Whoever said her label doesn’t care about her debuting at # 1, I disagree, they always care. Being number one will bring more attention to the album. She should reschedule IMO.
Monica’s album was pushed back due to the merging of J records with RCA…Monica will sale plenty of records like she has in the past..I for one will not be spending my hard earned money on a stupid h** with a single called stupid h**….
I knew that it would be April. Seems like everyone is scared to drop their albums in this Winter Quarter
@theman….she is selling her self more with t.v shoes and movies and gets more interviews….just like the 90’s dog
Definitely will be supporting Monica come April! #DAMNright #teamMONICA “It All Belongs to Me” premieres next week!
CZARM Ashanti sold 504K first week & 270K second week in 2002.. it was 10 years ago this year (April 2nc, 2002) but my point is that it’s not the month, it’s the artist. A good/supported artist is going to thrive.
BUT if she does release the same day as Nicki… it’s over. Her first week will probably be very week. She needs to release a day with less competition or with a less popular artist than Nicki. I’ll commend her if she both keeps the date & pushes units.
Let’s get one thing straight here MONICA is not riding no coat tail of no damn Brandy. While I will not throw shade at Brandy because I think she is one hell of a singer, I will not sit here and allow people to accuse Monica of pushing her album back to gain the help of Brandy. With her moderate performance on the GAME tell what else is making Brandy hot? I do not hear her being requested to perform anywhere, give any type of tributes to any artist, perform at any colleges for homecoming, let alone any type of music being played on the radio.
In addition I am not satisfied with the record label’s decision of pushing the album back but at the end of the day its whatever. The reason why is because I know when I download that album off Itunes I will be totally satisfied. Monica never disappoints when making music. She sticks to her core audience and she sings from her soul. To compare “The Makings of Me” to Human is sick. I thought Human was a good album personally. But the Makings of Me was a GREAT damn album. Please tell me what song on that album was mess. The only mistake was putting Everytime the Beat Drop on there. That was a misrepresentation of the whole album. So people were turned off and did not want to but it. Anyone who brought that album knew that songs like Why Her, Hell No, My Everything, Got to Move On, and even Getaway were great songs and sounded better than anything on Human. Again not here to shade Brandy but this was a Monica post and when the dickhead @RoyalKev started talking s*** I had to stand by my girl Monica. Im sorry she has proven why she has lasted this long. Enough is enough!
@QUAN #Cosighn !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I Love Monica & her music, but I am getting annoyed with all of these pushbacks of the album. I agree with the posters that say that Monica seem to be riding Brandy because she is hot right now……When she dropped the last album she was riding deep with Keyshia Cole. So yes, I can agree with those statements. Mo does seem to use whoever is hot at the time, to her advantage.
@ItIsWhatItIs — have a damn seat. Please if we want to be honest Monica made Keyshia Cole’s song Trust hot. Because that was a bonus song from the last album called “Just Like You” and all Monica did was lay her vocals and the rest was history. How dare you just erase previous history of Monica’s by saying she is riding some coat of Brandy. When the Boy is Mine came out need I remind you also “The First Night” was a hit, & “Angel of Mine” as well as “For You I will” which were all platinum singles. How many platinum singles came off Never Say Never (no shade that was a great album still play it to this day) but you will not dismiss her credits. And to add two great vocalist came together to record as song a song. I’d much rather hear something from them both then the garbage that is out right now. Also Everything to Me made Monica one of the few artist to have a number song in three different decades….lets not go there. Be careful who you try to come for. She didnt need her for Still Standing & she damn sure dont need her now. They are just two cool women who decided to record another hit. Embrace it & move on!
*** a new song (excuse my typing errors)
She sings like she’s crying. Who’s checking for her?
@ROYALKEV
YOU STUPID H** !!!! LIKE DEAS ASS. ARE YOU INSANE ? YES, PRETTY MUCH , CAUSE YOU MUST NOT KNOW MONICA DOESN’T NEED BRANDY , NEVER WILL NEVER DID. BRANDY HAS NOT BEEN HOT IN ALMOST OVER A DECADE GET REAL B**** .. MONICA BEEN DOIN THIS S*** OVER & OVER & OVER & TOY B ROCKA STANS STAY PRESSED OVER MONICA, LIKE SHE AINT HOTT LOL .. STAY MAD. CUZ BRANDY TIRED ASS NEEDS A HIT, & SHE’S LUCKY MONICA FEATURING HER INSECURE NON HIT FLOPPIN ALBUMS ASS. GETTING DROPPED FROM LABLES & S*** OVER & OVER. NEVER KNOWN MONICA TO GET DROPPED OR BE PRESSED OVER BRANDY & YOU BETTER BELIEVER THAT. & YOU BETTER BELIVE MONICA IS STILL HERE GONNA BE HERE & MAKIN SHITS B****. SHE ALREADY PROVED HER POINLY “POLITELY” ON * STILL STANDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monica and Nicki are too different types of artist, but only f*** will be buying Nicki’s corny ass….
@Quan….It’s My Personal Opinion & I’m sticking to it!…This is A Blog!!! Now U have a F***** SEAT!!!!!
Quan i was stating that the sales n chart performances of the albums human n the makings of me were similar not the actual albums. Those both happen to be my least favorite albums of both artists, n I’m happy u enjoyed both I didn’t n it doesn’t seem like many others did either, all good though because I love plenty of albums that were so called flops.
Monica been in the game but there is a lot of buzz about brandys album it’s the same buzz mo had with still standing- the long hiatus between albums has caused it. Not saying one is riding Ant ones cost tails. Public loves seeing them together strength I’n unity!
@shayshay
shut the f*** up cus monica aint s*** …she fixing to flop big time, cuz her w singles were weak and she has no game!!
@Quan
shut up Brandy wrote the boy is mine…have several seats…singles like top of the world, have u ever, almost doesnt count, u dont know me, the boy is mine(in which her and darkchild wrote)
ROYALKEV
January 30, 2012 at 3:35 pm
I don’t understand why she needed a new release date. My honest opinion is that she simply would like to be closer to Brandy’s album release (in May).
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Agree with that.
Think this works for both parties so Monica doing Brandy a favour so they can promote the single and have less distance between the release of the albums
#TeamMonica #TeamBrandy
All makes sense
@ Frachella i agree they both have about the same amount of success music wise B was a lil more successful in beginning of their careers with Never Say Never and now in the 2000’s/2010’s seems like Monica is a lil more successful.. i wasnt trying to shade B i used to really like her but after full moon which i thought was just ok all her cds after that lost me and Mo kept making good music to me so i like her better now and will support her but wasnt trying to shade B..I just didn’t like ppl come on her post talking reckless
@quan the boy is mine, brandy wrote. smash, have u ever, sittn on top of the world, almost doesnt count. all smash single off brandy’s cd. that cd sold 14 million copies. Monica’s the boy is mine only sold 3 mil. to this day brandy has so sold much more than Mo.
Pushing the album back again…is so stupid. But then again…might as well…she has had two failed singles..and now is on the third..obviously she needs more time…all she been makin lately is sleepy music anyway…And why do people keep saying her last album was a major sucess…it only went gold!! this is an artist that used to sell millions and get to the top of the hot 1oo…now …even with her best she still cant get to the top of the hot 100…and obviously the music she made on this album cant be all that..if she had two stalled singles that are only average album tracks…and then she had to go back in the past to try to get buzz by collabing with Brandy…put a for in her…she been done since So gone!! she dont dance..she oversings eveerything..she cant sing without all that vibrato…which used to sound good..shes done…and I used to love Monica…but to me…her music hasnt evolved,changed, or prgressed…shes lost crossover appeal she used to have…i mean she is just restin on diva status…sorry..
@ @4evermelvin correction never say never sold 5 mil stateside boy is mine sold 3 dont inflate the #s
@swagg actually Brandy sold 14 million copies world wide. period. Monica sold 3 million world wide. Period. No B-Rocka will always be more successful. Yes. Monica had a number 1 cd. ok. Brandy however has done all the following since Monica sold the most in a week. here we go…
Family Business
Dancing with the stars
Drop Dead Diva
90210
Majors and Minors
Marriage Counselor
The game
On My Own Docuseries
Behind the Music…all in the past 12 months and she hasnt even released a single.
Now music…
2 songs on Timbalands Shock Value
Duet with John Legend-Quickly
Duet with Kanye
plus a s*** ton of unreleased music at least 2 cds worth.
2 concerts in Africa
World Tour-Check utube every performance in each country was on point
All of this after Human. Human didnt get any press. Bc of politics. Brandy is always going to be way more in demand in TV, and Music.
@swagg all Monica did this year was a ghetto ass reality show, got married and…oh thats all. Im not throwing shade at Monica. But u can compare her to Mya, Ciara whoever else maybe even Kelly but not Brandy. When Monica does a movie or 3 TV shows, and a talent show all at the same time. then i will be schooled.
oh and to this day Brandy has sold 30 million records to Monicas 5 or 6 million. Brandy sold 6 million with her first cd. thats at least 20 million more fan support.
Why does everyone feel the need to compare Monica and Brandy. And for all of those who keeps saying that Monica YTD album sales are only 5-6 million worldwide please go and do some research. Based on all recordings that Monica has done her YTD album sales exceeds 20 millions all you have to do is do some research. Her TBIM album was certified over triple platinum. The only facts that people are pointing out about Brandy is past sales she hasn’t done anything recently and Brandy will not have another hit album period… Also, who ever made mention about Brandy being on Dancing with the Stars that’s where artists goes when their careers are over so please Monica don’t do it at all… Come on people grow up Monica is in a different place and she has nothing to prove. Let’s just pray Brandy gets a hit in the 2000s
@ Jayb according to riaa monica has sold 9 mil Brandy 30mil
@@4evermelvin:
Your comparing Monica’s domestic total to Brandy’s worldwide total is a suckers move and a very transparent attempt to boost Brandy over Monica. Brandy hasn’t sold 30 million in the US and NSN didn’t sell 14 million US either.
I’m not a Brandy fan and always preferred Monica to her, but in the spirit of R&B music appreciation and because I like the idea of artists from what I consider a “better” era coming back out today and having success, I have decided to draw back the claws I used to have for Brandy and embrace her return…but cocky Brandy stans like you take me back to the late 90s and almost tempt me to wanna be nasty where she’s concerned, which is sad because like I said, I had planned on not doing that this time.
Knock that s*** off.
Monica’s 1st singles were buzz singles. This new s*** with Brnady is the lead, RCA has announced & confirmed !!