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Posted By mattreep 5 months ago in Arts & EntertainmentHouston native Brooke Valentine’s debut, Chain Letter , was one of the greatest R& B albums of the oughts...or of all time, for that matter. From the loping, burping strut of “Pass Us By,” to the tongue-in-cheek goth-funk of “I Want You Dead” to the aching, breathy heartbreak of “Laugh Til I Cry,” Chain Letter was all over the place stylistically, but tied together with humor, smarts, and audacity. Valentine and mad genius producer Deja were convinced down to the giant flying bat on Brooke’s half-shirt that female-helmed R& B could be every bit as bizarre and crazy as rap by the likes of Outkast and Ol’ Dirty Bastard , and they were damned well going to prove it.
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