Brandy and Eve stepped as much as the mic on the newest episode of ABC’s Queens, and each stars took no prisoners as their characters on the present went bar-for-bar in opposition to one another in an exciting rap battle.
They kicked issues off freestyling over Black Rob’s “Woah,” then moved into Julez Santana and Cam’Ron’s “Oh Boy,” earlier than tearing one another to shreds over Mobb Deep and Lil Kim’s “Quiet Storm.” “When my pen hit the pad, it’s solely prime of the charts,” Brandy raps over the latter beat, “and now identical to your marriage you need us to disintegrate. It’s jealousy and I can’t even say it any clearer, you spendin’ an excessive amount of time within the mirror.”
Eve then halts the beat altogether and raps acapella again at Brandy. “My marriage has nothing to do with the stardom and fame, I honor the ache, and use it to be the goddess and slaughter the sport,” Eve raps. “A artist who gold, ain’t tarnished, I’m polished and heavy, my data is lethal, lyrically an issue, I’ll demolish you petty. The lesson you taught me was successful imma win for the crew, to show you a lesson that all the pieces ain’t all about you.”
The tense alternate was a second that pleasantly shocked followers of each artists, and continued to solidify Queens’ popularity as a stand-out newcomer to the small display. Executively produced by Swizz Beats, the present stars Brandy, Eve, Nadine Velazquez, and Naturi Naughton.
Regardless of just a few episodes having already aire,d there’s been different wonderful musical moments, reminiscent of when Brandy lined Miley Cyrus’s “Wrecking Ball” within the present’s second episode. Brandy shocked viewers once more on Tuesday evening as she lyrically duked it out with Eve, a second she advised The New York Times she’s had labored on honing particularly for this character.
“I haven’t had a lot expertise,” she stated of rapping. “However I’ve been rapping for a little bit bit and I’ve at all times wished to push my instrument to no matter stage it might go to. I’ve been impressed all my life by hip-hop. For Xplicit, it’s been Nas, Jadakiss, Cam’ron, Lauryn Hill, Nicki Minaj. I really like the problem of getting to discover a sure tone to grow to be Xplicit. As a result of the best way she’s written, she’s the glue that holds all the pieces collectively, so I needed to discover this sure form of swag that I don’t naturally have. I needed to actually work on that.”
If Tuesday evening’s rap battle was any indication, then extra unpredictable music moments in Queens are certain to return.
