Brandy and Monica—“The Boy Is Mine”

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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4.7 • 849 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Rob explores R&B stars Brandy and Monica’s legendary duet “The Boy Is Mine” by discussing the extent to which the two singers’ purported feud was true and how, regardless of its legitimacy, it shaped a compelling narrative around the song. This episode was originally produced as a Music and Talk show available exclusively on Spotify. Find the full song on Spotify or wherever you get your music. Host: Rob Harvilla Guest: Naima Cochrane Producers: Isaac Lee and Justin Sayles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.9	Listen, in 2020, amid suffocating COVID-19 lockdowns, along with various political, cultural, and personal tragedies,
0:54.1	we took our joy, we took our solace,
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1:00.7	where we could find it.
1:02.3	And so it was that on a Monday night, on August 31st, 2020,
1:06.9	1.2 million of us or so took solace in the spectacle of the mononymous R&B singers Brandy and Monica, first arguing about and then harmonizing on a song called Sideline Ho.
1:22.1	Monica's song, Sideline Ho, which for your reference starts like this.
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