{"id":369810,"date":"2025-11-10T19:06:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/369810\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T19:06:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:06:17","slug":"brandy-monica-the-boy-is-mine-tour-los-angeles-concert-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/369810\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandy & Monica ‘The Boy Is Mine’ Tour Los Angeles Concert Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tLL Cool J, Mario and rapper O.T. Genasis were among the surprise guests at night two of Brandy<\/a> and Monica<\/a>\u2018s \u201cThe Boy Is Mine\u201d tour<\/a> in Los Angeles Sunday, as the artists helped to close out Brandy\u2019s hometown shows in style.<\/p>\n

\n\tGenasis appeared midway through the show, with the rapper performing his hit single \u201cCut It\u201d in front of a sold-out crowd at Kia Forum in Inglewood, just north of where he grew up in Long Beach. LL Cool J took the stage next, with Monica teasing that, \u201cI know what ladies love.\u201d The rapper performed his hits \u201cLuv U Better\u201d and \u201cDoin\u2019 It,\u201d whipping many of the women in the crowd into a frenzy while simultaneously working the stage as hype man for the concert. Mario was the next surprise guest, leading a spirited sing-along to \u201cLet Me Love You,\u201d with the singer praising Brandy and Monica\u2019s tour and calling it \u201ca night to celebrate R&B.\u201d L.A. rapper Blxst also hit the stage, performing his 2020 viral hit, \u201cChosen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBut the night belonged to Brandy and Monica, who have reunited after releasing \u201cThe Boy Is Mine\u201d in 1998<\/a> to celebrate their number-one hit while both marking more than 30 years in the industry.<\/p>\n

\n\tIndeed, the nostalgia was on full display throughout the night, which saw Brandy and Monica trading songs \u2014 and sets \u2014 like an amplified Verzuz battle<\/a>. Both singers have released multiple albums that are now part of R&B canon, and they drew liberally from their enduring discographies for the show, including songs from Brandy\u2019s quintuple-platinum Never Say Never and acclaimed 2004 album Afrodisiac, and Monica\u2019s 1995 debut Miss Thang and 2003 comeback album After the Storm among others. <\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s a testament to their voices and songwriting that many of the tracks sound as fresh as ever, with an amped-up version of Brandy\u2019s \u201cFull Moon,\u201d and Monica\u2019s defiant \u201cSo Gone\u201d drawing huge cheers from the crowd. A ballad section was at once intimate and stirring, with Brandy next to a piano for her earnest 1995 hit \u201cBrokenhearted,\u201d while Monica\u2019s voice on \u201cLove All Over Me\u201d filled the rafters with the slow jam soaring in an arena setting.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs for the so-called \u201crivalry\u201d between Brandy and Monica? The singers chose to let their voices do the talking, with any mentions of the supposed feud left to interstitial clips shown between sets (both singers attributed it more to media sensationalism than how they really felt about each other). The clips also offered a heartwarming look back at some of Brandy and Monica\u2019s career-defining moments, including Brandy\u2019s star turn as the first Black Cinderella (in a 1997 Disney TV movie) and a young Monica\u2019s performance with Whitney Houston, where the legendary singer asked the then-16-year-old Monica to \u201cShoop\u201d with her. Brandy and Monica have long hailed Houston as one of their biggest musical influences, and the two paid tribute to the late singer with a duet of \u201cI Wanna Dance With Somebody,\u201d which had the entire arena on its feet. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMonica and I both sang \u2018The Greatest Love of All\u2019 to get our record deals \u2014 and they signed us,\u201d Brandy told the crowd. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe highlight of the night came towards the end of the two-hour long show<\/a>, with a back to back \u201cAngels\u201d section, featuring Brandy\u2019s \u201cAngel in Disguise,\u201d followed by Monica\u2019s number-one single, \u201cAngel of Mine.\u201d The two then sat together on stage as Brandy delivered a moving rendition of \u201cHave You Ever\u201d (with Monica hyping up the crowd next to her), before Monica took it home with her 1996 hit \u201cFor You I Will. Both songs were written by Diane Warren, so the poignant moment also served as a nice tribute to the Grammy-nominated songwriter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe sight of the two stars holding hands and sitting together on stage made for a powerful image, and one that transcended music into womanhood, friendship and unity. \u201cIt\u2019s so good to have each other\u2019s support,\u201d Monica said. \u201cWe\u2019d loved performing together for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBrandy echoed the sentiments just before the two ascended a floating stage for their hit duet \u2014 and the final song of the night. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c\u2018The Boy Is Mine\u2019 needed to have Monica,\u201d Brandy said. \u201cIt would not have been the same without you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LL Cool J, Mario and rapper O.T. Genasis were among the surprise guests at night two of Brandy…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":369811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[12005,1582,276,2961,224,5337,12006],"class_list":{"0":"post-369810","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-brandy","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-monica"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}