Background
In June 2004, Brandy Norwood released her fourth studio album Afrodisiac, amidst the well-publicized termination of her short-lived business relationship with entertainment manager Benny Medina. Norwood ended her contract with his Los Angeles-based Handprint Entertainment after less than a year of representation following controversies surrounding Medina's handling of the lead single "Talk About Our Love", and failed negotiations of a purported co-headlining tour with fellow R&B singer Usher. Despite the negative publicity, Afrodisiac emerged as Norwood's most critically acclaimed album then, but became a moderate seller. While the album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, selling only 416,000 copies, it generally failed to chart or sell noticeably outside the United States. "Talk About Our Love" reached number six in the United Kingdom but later singles such as "Afrodisiac" and "Who Is She 2 U" failed to score successfully on the popular music charts.
After eleven years with the company Norwood asked for and received an unconditional release from Atlantic Records in the end of 2004, citing her wish to "to move on" as the main reason for her decision. Completing her contract with the label, a compilation album compiling her first four studio albums with Atlantic, entitled The Best of Brandy, was released in March 2005. Thereupon, she reportedly started shopping for a new record deal under Knockout Entertainment, her brother's vanity label, and began work on her fifth studio album independently.
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