Fourteen years after topping the charts with their Grammy-winning hit "The Boy Is Mine," Brandy and Monica are back and better than ever in the Chris Robinson-directed video for "It All Belongs to Me," is written and produced by Rico Love and will appear on Monica's upcoming seventh album "New Life," due April 10, and Brandy's RCA debut "Two Eleven," coming this June. The song shows the stronger and much more adult versions of them, with Brandy keeping the track measured and Monica hitting the high notes as always.Musically, "It All Belongs to Me" is a midtempo R&B ballad that draws influences from pop music. Lyrically, the song is a female empowerment anthem in which both singers claims their belongings as they leave their abusive boyfriends behind. Rico Love told Rap-Up.com the collaboration was originally Monica's idea, and he set out to pen a hit single for the two R&B femmes. "It's a very soulful R&B song with pop sensibilities," he said. It marked the first pairing of the two '90s R&B hitmakers since the then-teenage duo's 1998 mammoth hit single "The Boy Is Mine."
The fierce females were back in black as they reclaimed their pricey possessions from their exes. But unlike the first time around, there was nothing but love between the co-stars. "This business is all about competition. They forgot about what is the most important, which is two talents coming together," said Brandy. "It's just great to come back and do something with [Monica]. This is definitely a blessing." "It is not anything like 'The Boy Is Mine,'" Monica added. "At this point, this is where you're taking your power back and we gon' come together. This is totally different than that era and I hope it speaks to all the people who are making diss tracks and going hard on each other. Come together and watch the numbers move."
Filmed at a luxurious house in the Los Angeles area, the two starlets are decked out in black leather in the new 'explosive' clip, dedicated to the memory of their mentor Whitney Houston, which was inspired by the films "Thelma & Louise" (1991) and "Waiting to Exhale" (1995), and portrays the singers in dysfunctional relationships and helping in both situations. They're no longer the feuding teenagers from the '90s. The divas join forces to kick their no-good men to the curb, reclaiming their pricey possessions including cars, clothes, and computers.
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