In reply to RymeReason.

True, but those songs won't sell. The urban market is nice, but that's not Billboard, Z100, or other popular radio stations that will get her name out to a wider audience. "DYKWYH" is a great song, bad single choice. She hit her urban market with PID and Wildest Dreams. Now it's time to hit the major "pop" market. That's where she'll get that boost in popularity. Then, she'll be performing at Billboard Music Awards, MTV Awards, etc. and have a better shot at winning more Grammies.

"So Sick" is semi-anthem. If you're looking for anthems, you go to A.Keys for that. You see how she put out "Girl on Fire" and "New Day", and they're getting her a buzz for the album. The same thing happened with "No One" and "Doesn't Mean Anything". THOSE are anthems that crossed over. Urban markets don't get you anywhere like before.

"Scared of Beautiful" is nowhere near pop. No one wants to sit down. The general public wants to have fun and dance. You saw Usher make that transition, Pitbull is the king of features, J.Lo's career was revived because of her dance records. That's just the easy formula. The difference here is that Brandy has released one of the most solid albums of her career. So she can afford to reach out to pop stations, because the album speaks for itself and lives up to its critical acclaim. The lyrics in "Scared of Beautiful" are beyond outstanding, but the major market won't listen to lyrics immediately. No one peeped that "Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster the People was about school shootings. The hook and the beat made it sell. Hell, Frank Ocean was heavily talked about for a minute, but "Thinkin' Bout You" did nothing for him in terms of album sales. IMO, I think he admitted his past relationship to help push some units, but, it didn't amount to much.

She needs to drop some pop records to get her where she once was. "Sittin on Top of the World" 2.0 won't cut it in today's market.