BD: What have you been up to? What should we be on the look out for from miss Vonzell ?

Vonzell: I have been performing in Asia for the last 6 months promoting my Ep True Story, now available on ITunes.

BD: You met Brandy back during your AMAZING American Idol days what was it like ?

Vonzell: Meeting Brandy was amazing!!! She was super sweet and offered some very motivational words of encouragement for me. I’ve been a HUGE Brandy fan since I was a kid and my first time performing in public I sang, “I wanna be down”.  I was doing the dance she did in the video and everything! I have all her albums, watched Moesha faithfully; basically have been following her since she hit the scene! So to meet Brandy and on top of that for her show me love for my run on American Idol was Epic!

BD: You have referred to Brandy as the singers idol, in a time where it’s uncool to give such HUGE complements to your peers what made you say such a amazing thing?

Vonzell: Well it’s truly how I feel. All my musician & singer friends LOVE BRANDY and know all of her songs!! We can sit around and listen to her music for hours. Singing all the songs, and in awe of her vocal tone and abilities.

BD: What is your favorite Brandy Record ?

Vonzell: Aww man! That’s so hard I have so many! Ill narrow it down to three lol

“When you touch me”,“Put that on everything” & “Camouflage” But right now “Put It Down” is my jam honey!

BD: Your “True Story” of Highs and lows in your life and career is Very inspiring what do you want people to take from the vonzell Solomon story?

Vonzell:  I know its cliché but “Never Give Up”. There will be bumps in the road but you can’t let it get you off track! I take all my ups & downs and turn them into music & songs. Its very therapeutic and it keeps me pushing forward through my pain and helps me celebrate all the good.

Keep up with Vonzell on twitter @Vonzellsolomon & her website www.vonzellmusic.com

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Whitney Houston’s mentee, Brandy Norwood, would prefer if the iconic singer’s fans would press pause and not be so quick to speculate about who might portray Whitney on film. “Honestly, I think it’s a little bit too soon to do a biopic of her life. Everybody needs to chill out right now. It’s way too soon to really tell the true story,” Brandy told The Boombox.

Don’t get it twisted, though. Just because she thinks it’s a bit too soon doesn’t mean Brandy’s not interested in the role. “It was always my dream to play her. While she was alive in the physical, I talked to her about it all the time,” said Brandy, who co-starred with Whitney in the TV version of the “Cinderella” musical.

“That was our little joke, but if it’s meant to be, it will happen. If not, when it does happen I feel like it’s going to be great and people are going to be inspired, and I’m going to be the first in line to buy a ticket and go see it,” she added. While “Cinderella” was a small-screen production, Brandy is anxiously awaiting the premiere of her latest big-screen film, The Marriage Counselor. It’s not her first theatrical release, but it could be considered a comeback.

“It’s my first movie since I was 17,” said Brandy, who starred in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. “My character is Melinda, and she’s running from a very troubled past. This girl is traumatized and you’ll find out why.” Of course, acting is secondary to Brandy’s music career, and the singer might soon be touring with her “It All Belongs to Me” collaborator, Monica. “We’re talking, but there’s nothing definite yet,” she said.

It might be hard to imagine that Brandy has time for love in the midst of balancing motherhood and her career, but she’s hoping to add wifely duties to her list of priorities soon. “It’s on the radar for me, and I told [my boyfriend], ‘Babe, I want to get married, but I think it’s hot in my interviews if I say you’re my boyfriend still!’ I like the way that sounds!” said Brandy. No ring bling has been gifted yet, but Brandy is expecting an engagement to come sooner rather than later. “I want a ring and everything,” she said. “I want to get married.”

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Harvey Mason: “In my opinion, Brandy’s an amazing, amazing singer and a great talent. I think she needs the right song. Showcase her vocals without being ‘too much’. I think she needs to have a song that’s something people can relate to. A lot of times, Brandy’s such an amzing singer, an amazing vocalist, I think that gets in the way of her crossing into that mass apeal level. Although she’s, I mean she’s a huge superstar so I’m not trying to be critical. But I think her next song needs to be something that people can relate to, people can sing along to, people can clearly understand what the melody is, what the hook is, and just something that people can get real easily and right away. Because she’s such an amazing singer, I think sometimes it overwhelms kind of…the average listener.”

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“We know that females are catty. We get jealous of each other very fast,” Brandy said during her In House visit with The BoomBox. She’s speaking on her most recent duet with Monica, “It All Belongs to Me.” The song’s theme is reminiscent of the original Brandy-Monica collaboration, 1998′s “The Boy Is Mine.” Of course, while we’re on the subject of catty women, we have to bring up the fact that Brandy is starring in the new Tyler Perry movie, “The Marriage Counselor,” with her ex-friend Kim Kardashian. The relationship turned sour around the time the entertainer’s brother Ray J started dating the reality TV star but today, Brandy has nothing but positive words to say about her.

The film isn’t the only project the 33-year-old singer-actress has in the works. Brandy’s sixth studio album, Two Eleven, featuring collaborations with Frank Ocean, Ester Dean, Rico Love and Bangladesh, drops later this year. And if you like her current single, the Chris Brown-assisted “Put It Down,” stay tuned for another C-Breezy collaboration. She even reveals the song’s title.

Brandy dished on the new album and movie and opened up about raising a daughter, settling down with her man and how losing her idol and friend Whitney Houston has given her life a renewed sense of purpose.

Before you and Monica joined forces and released “The Boy Is Mine” in 1998, the media had created this fictional rivalry between you two. Why do you think that is?

Well I think this whole entire business has been about competition for a long time. It still goes on today, and being two females around the same age — that was [the media's] way of making us competitive. On top of that we were doing a song that was about a catfight about a boy. People see things and buy into it and it becomes this thing. It was crazy because people had already started to put us against each other and we hadn’t even met yet.

Why do you think that happens so often with women in the industry, as oppose to men?

We know that females are catty. We get jealous of each other very fast. We’re competitive. That’s just how women are, but I try to not get into that. I just try to stay in my own lane, in my own zone, and just feel inspired by other women who are doing their thing. It’s kind of insecure to be jealous of someone else. I’m competitive with myself, and as long as I stay true to me, then I don’t have to worry about anyone else. No one else can be me, and I can’t be anyone else.

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