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美國歌壇巨星[唐妮布蕾斯頓]──R&B抒情曲──[Just Be a Man About It/做個男人吧]
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美國歌壇巨星[唐妮布蕾斯頓]──R&B抒情曲──[Just Be a Man About It/做個男人吧]

 

Hey, hey, hold up a minute

Let me stop up here and use this payphone real quick

Hey, hey, Toni, its me, I was just callin ya know

Just callin to let you know

Dont wait up for me tonight

I mean I just got a couple of things on my mind

I gotta think about you know

Just uhm, Ill be over at Brians house

You know just for the night

I mean, I mean I know things are different

But you know its not you, its me

You know, its really me

You know

Basically I just think Ima need some space

Why you callin me on the phone?

Why you not at home on time?

You say youre stayin over your friends

Cause you got alot on your mind

Now youre swearin up and down that it aint me

Still you say that things have changed

So tell me what exactly does it mean

When you say you need your space?

Just dont make no excuses, no, no

Why you gotta lie to me?

Just be a man about it

Baby, you dont gotta lie to me, no

Just be a man about it

If you wanna leave (I can tell you wanna leave), go on now

Just be a man about it

Come and grab your things and go on right now

Just be a man about it

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I mean, you gotta understand I love you

You know what Im saying

And I love you enough to say that

I think, I think you deserve somebody better than me, you know?

And right now, I cant give you what you need, you know?

I mean, I wanna love you

And Im gonna love you, one day but, you know

I mean, you just gotta understand where Im coming from

You say right now that youre not what Im looking for

And what you really need is time to grow

Youre promising that one day you may come around

And Im supposed to let that go

But where the hell do you get off?

Telling me your mama said Im not what you need

Tell you what, since she knows it all

Then thats where you need to be

Just dont make no excuses, no, no, yeah

Why you gotta lie to me?

Just be a man about it

Baby, you aint gotta lie to me, no, no, no

Just be a man about it

If you wanna leave (I can tell you wanna leave), go on right now

Just be a man about it

Come and get your things and go, baby

Just be a man about it

Can you tell me how you can say youre in love

And then treat me so bad?

Boy, you know it just aint right

I cannot believe the way you handled this

You wouldnt lie

If you were a man

Why you gotta lie to me?

Just be a man about it

(Just be a man about it, baby)

You dont gotta lie to me

Just be a man about it

You aint gotta lie to me (I can tell you wanna leave), no, no, baby

Just be a man about it

If you wanna go grab your things and leave now

So come and get your things and leave

(Dont wanna stay, dont wanna be no more lying)

Just be a man about it

Why you gotta lie to me?

Just be a man about it

(You aint gotta be here so leave, no)

You dont gotta lie to me

Just be a man about it

(Baby, just be a man, woo)

I can tell you wanna leave

Just be a man about it

So come and get your things and leave

Just be a man about it

 

 

 

 

 

在第二張錄音室專輯[Secrets](1996)獲得成功後,全球銷量超過 1500 萬張後,

美國黑人歌姬唐妮布蕾斯頓(Toni Braxton)向洛杉磯高等法院提起訴訟,要求解除她與 Arista 和 LaFace Records 的合同,理由是一項法律規定雇主不得在七年後強制執行勞動或服務。

經過一年的法律問題後,布蕾斯頓頓與LaFace Records達成和解,並計劃於1999年5月發行一張新專輯。

  

不過直到2000年4月,唐妮才正式推出第三張個人大碟[The Heat/熱力](LaFace/Arista唱片發行).

布蕾斯頓參與八首歌曲創作,

製作群包括Teddy Bishop,Keith Crouch,David Foster,Jazze Pha,Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins,Daryl Simmons,唐妮(六首)以及她的丈夫Keri Lewis .

這張專輯標誌著布蕾斯頓放棄她的抒情民謠,轉向更urban都市的聲音。

樂評基本正面.

 

 

大碟登上美國告示牌專輯榜亞軍,取得2白金(210萬張)(2000年榜#41

副榜──R&B/Hip-Hop專輯榜冠軍(2000年榜#11

國際方面:英國榜#3──金唱片(10萬張)

德國#3──金唱片(15萬張)(2000年榜#36

法國#9──金唱片(10萬張)

加拿大(RPM)冠軍(2000年榜#54/2001#116)

荷蘭#3──金唱片(4萬張)(2000年榜#45

瑞士亞軍──金唱片(2.5萬張)(2000年榜#32

丹麥#3(2000年榜#84,挪威#4,瑞典#6,奧地利#7

 

比利時(荷語區)#9──金唱片(2.5萬張)(2000年榜#77

比利時(法語區)#9(2000年榜#45

澳洲#14──金唱片(3.5萬張)

愛爾蘭#15,義大利#18

 

日本#25──金唱片(10萬張)

匈牙利#26,芬蘭#27,西班牙#28,紐西蘭#30

歐洲榜#2(2000年榜#35

巴西-(10萬張)

全球賣出400萬張


首支單曲[He Wasnt Man Enough]登上美國告示牌單曲榜#2,英國#5,歐洲榜#5

2000年6月,唐妮推出第二單曲[Just Be a Man About It/做個男人吧]

布蕾斯頓,Johntá Austin,Teddy Bishop,Bryan-Michael Cox創作,是首電話分手歌曲.

唐妮在電話質疑伴侶的男子氣概,而Dr. Dre扮演任性的情人,向她提出分手。

據製作人Teddy Bishop稱,最初考慮由Martin Lawrence和Will Smith來表演歌曲的台詞部分。

但由於日程安排衝突,計劃最終未能實現。

Dr. Dre 被邀請出現在[Just Be a Man About It/做個男人吧]中,因為錄製這首歌時他在隔壁的錄音室。

 

Teddy Bishop製作成一首R&B抒情曲,在纏綿的樂聲中,唐妮以濃厚的嗓音沉重演繹.

 

歌曲獲得好評,CD Universe寫道,“即使是Dr. Dre博士在[Just Be a Man About It]中的客串,也向70年代像Barry White這樣的愛情男人的感性宣講和床邊禮儀致敬。”

Bog Roget為亞馬遜撰文,布蕾斯頓「在[Just Be a Man About It]中表達對現實的強硬態度,這讓她在分手場景中與Dr. Dre對立,這種分手場景比失重的瑣事更有力量」。


 

[Just Be a Man About It]登上美國單曲榜#32,

副榜──R&B/Hip-Hop單曲榜#6(2000年榜#24)

加拿大#34(2001年榜#180)

 

 

 

[The Heat/熱力]提名2001年格萊美獎最佳R&B專輯提名,

[He Wasnt Man Enough]則拿到最佳R&B女歌手獎,並提名為最佳R&B歌曲。

 

MV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpaR3wzTlvo

 

Audio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn5rx1i5uh8

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aij8ziyBgqs

 

(Radio Edit)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpLNzx6nlpM

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBJZmLVVync

 

 

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