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Beggin & Pleadin

"Beggin & Pleadin"
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Single by Brandy
Released January 21, 2016
Format Digital download
Recorded 2015
Genre
Length 2:48
Label Slayana
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Brandy singles chronology
"The Girl Is Mine"
(2015)
"Beggin & Pleadin"
(2016)
"The Girl Is Mine"
(2015)
"Beggin & Pleadin"
(2016)

"Beggin & Pleadin" is song by American recording artist Brandy. It was written by Ronald Colson, Warren Felder, Kirby Lauryen, Steve Mostyn, Andrew Wansel, and Brandy, while production was helmed by Pop & Oak, Mostyn, and Colson. "Beggin & Pleadin'" is influenced by 1950s blues, particularly the music of Ray Charles. While the song is an R&B and soul song, it is unconventionally built on a modern trap beat, and samples John Lee Hooker's song "Boom Boom". Autobiographical in nature, the lyrics are a point of view account of a female protagonist, who sings cathartically about her mercurial temperament, following an inflammatory argument with her fiance.

"Beggin & Pleadin" was generally praised by music critics who complimented Brandy's vocals as well as the progressive elements and retro sound of the song. Not initially intended to be a marketed single, it was eventually released independently by Brandy, to coincide with the premiere of her BET television sitcom Zoe Ever After in January 2016. "Beggin & Pleadin" performed moderately on charts, peaking atop the US Billboard Blues Digital Songs chart. The single's accompanying music video was directed by Mike Ho and inspired by actress Margaret Avery's appearance as blues singer Shug Avery in Steven Spielberg's period drama The Color Purple (1985).


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