Monica dropped jaws Friday (June 30) by releasing her new single, ‘Letters,’ with little warning.
Co-penned by fellow GRAMMY winner Ciara, the tune – reportedly among the gems set to line her long-awaited ninth studio album ‘Trenches‘ – tells the tale of missing the love of a man serving a prison sentence – a tale many know is close to Mo’s personal story.
“Тhеу ѕее уоu аnd ѕее а thug / І ѕее уоu аnd ѕее mу lоvе / Yоu rоll uр thеу runnіng ѕсаrеd / Вut mе І’m runnіng tо уоu wіth mу fеаrѕ / Аіn’t fоund nо оnе thаt саn mеаѕurе uр tо уоu,” she croons on the Tasha Catour-produced cut.
Just hours after she began raking in critical acclaim for the new cut, the songstress lifted the lid on its official accompanying music video starring Rap superstar The Game.
Conceptually reminiscent of her 2004 smash hit ‘U Should’ve Known Better’ (starring rapper Young Buck), see the cinematic ‘Letters’ visual inside.
she dusted this song off cause coco Jones is BET best new artist.
The song is cute I was waiting for some vocal runs or something but it serves its purpose lol
And your daddy serve you crack
Monica loves a toxic, problematic, criminal. She’s a bird. I expect more from her as she enters her 40’s. Oh and the song is MID btw.
Monica, Beyonce, Usher and Brandy are all contemporaries . Don’t disrespect her like that. She’s the last of a dying breed. Appreciate her while she is still making music
Okay, it’s growing on me now. I like how the videos aesthetic is similar to the ‘trenches’ video. It’s great that as an independent artist now, the quality of what she puts out is not compromised.
She has terrible taste in men lol
The GAME IS SO FINE
Omg I wonder what C-Murder thinks, when he hears this.
Of course she’s singing from past perspective but makes me wonder if a sporting person like Shannon was never going to measure up in her true heart of a type she likes.
I wanted a few more colourful adlibs for added texture but the beat is hot.
Swear I was thinking this same thing
The 808 pattern belongs on a different song. It’s distracting and really sounds out of place. It’s a shame because the song’s melody and vocals are good.
You hear it too?? I’m not the only one. I said this on the first post.
She’s been teasing all these years and this is what she comes up with? I’ll continue listening to Monica’s old music because the new stuff isn’t doing it for me!!
Please check out my oldskool Monica remixes including this one https://youtu.be/jJA1WV4FSvQ
Post sevyn streeter new song thank you
Nothing special about this record. I’ll pass….
Should have been called “Soul Mate”.
Nice to see Monica still in the game, but Imma pass on this one. And good for Ciara with the writing credit!!!
Interesting
Is this a single or just another “track” …. It’s okay, kind of basic and generic however her album release date should be announced shortly. I mean it’s only been 6 years since she started to tease “Chapter 38” . Enough stalling, drop the album & I hope the material on there is stronger than what she’s been putting out there.
MOOronica. Big black cow with jiggly udders soaking in a dirty tub with a felon.
Bout time..I’m here for the song but I’m not a fan of the video 💁 She sure knows how to pick them which isn’t a good thing, sad to say..”Thugs” is beyond overrated and played tf out
ALREADY #1 ON ITUNES NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL LONGEVITY…. 28 YEARS LATER!!! CONGRATS MO
Yasssssssszazz, MO my gurl!!! Love it!!!
Lies! She’s #63. Exactly which iTunes chart are you referring to the ghetto flop chart?
Please check out my Monica remix folks https://youtu.be/jJA1WV4FSvQ
What a mediocre and boring song. What are all these R&B divas doing? Brandy, Mýa, Ashanti… girls, get a good producer and record an uptempo song already!
Monica’s music hasn’t really been hitting since her “Still Standing” era… Code Red was sporadically MID…
It’s like she doesn’t have an ear anymore.. all over the place sonically tbh.. She needs B.C**.. Jermaine Dupree and Bring back soulful Missy Elliott.
Brian Coxx** lol. Idk why they censored that!
The gag is she worked with them this era LOL. Pharell also produced the single “Trenches” . She’s trying to appeal to the City Girl generation…. I’m not interested in what she’s serving .
If she’s trying to expand to the younger generation, I get it. But we can’t say that this is not authentically who she is. I’m hoping that once we get the full album, the jermaine, Missy and Bryan songs come together nicely with the more modern sounding cuts.
She’s singing about the same s*** and playing a part like everyone else. It’s tired..
Did anyone notice that Ciara wrote the song???? She couldn’t sing it but I believe Future maybe has something to do with the writer and not C murder for the singer could be both but yeah Ciara wrote this bout Future my thoughts
Ciara was one of many writers on this song. Ciara has writing credits on a bunch of artists’ songs – recent & long ago. She just never gets any public recognition for it. And if this is about Future, there’s no emotion. The song is blah.
i want to like this but it’s so… blah
Monica’s last great album was Still Standing. I’m afraid she lost me this time around.
This song is fiyah. Love her lower register, the production and the video is the bomb!
This dry azzz song won’t make a splash anywhere not even on the urban AC charts. Monica’s already 40+ she could drop some quality music at minimum but she too busy trying to be trap queen hood princess at her big old age. It’s not cute or endearing. No one her age group can relate … not anyone of mature quality anyway. A flop….
FIRE!!! all the h8ers must be Brandy fans ….. lol!