#9 Two Eleven by Brandy
Brandy could have easily settled into complacency as a former 90s star slumming on a VH1 reality series for the sake of holding onto fame. But she’s always been a more ambitious artist than she’s gotten credit for, and on her comeback album she reminded everyone how dynamic a vocalist she can be when surrounded by the right collaborators. An album that reinvigorated her career by playing to the strengths she honed over a decade ago while also cutting a path for her in the fickle world of contemporary R&B circa 2012.
