Beni featuring Tynisha Keli “The Boy Is Mine (Brandy & Monica Cover)”
Part of what really made Brandy and Monica’s catty 1998 hit “The Boy Is Mine” work (aside from producer Rodney Jerkins’ catchy strings n’ funk beat) was that most people actually thought that these two R&B/ Pop starlets had some beef with eachother. Throw in the fact that the two ladies were operating on opposite ends of the spectrum persona-wise (with Brandy as the bubbly “America’s Sweetheart” and Monica as a sassy, wise-beyond-her-years mini soul diva) and you had this great soapy set-up, helping give their tug-o-war over a two-timing beau a lot more dramatic weight.
In the remaking hands of J-Pop successes Beni and Tynisha Keli (God, has it really been ELEVEN YEARS since this record first premiered), “The Boy Is Mine” simply feels one-dimensional and high school talent show, with the production and the duo’s respective vocal performances being nothing more than a note-for-note mimicking of the original (even down to the single cover’s artwork). Borrrrring.
Maybe Brandy and Monica could re-team over some kind of “Boy Is Mine” sequel of sorts (under the title “Not This Bitch Again” or something) and show these two teenyboppers how you’re really supposed to get down when trying to claim your man.
The song is alright but the video is a real downgrade. There’s no chemistry (or budget?) whatsoever. Beni’s never had that great of a vocal range either so she can’t do the song justice.
NO…and it doesn’t help that Beni sounds like a straight cougar, and Tyneshia sounds twelve.
Horrible job at trying to remake a classic, Brandy & Monica’s song was way more intense and entertaining to listen too and watch.. This garbage.. These two female need to leave The song alone, they did no justice to the song!
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This is absolute garbage. who the hell do they think they are? their voices are substandard and cant even compare to the original.
their management should be canned for letting this crap be released.