Album Spotlight: Foxy Brown - Broken Silence

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"Broken Silence" was Foxy Brown's third album and her most critically acclaimed. It was also her critically acclaimed status that she rapped about in lead single, "Oh Yeah". The track featured longtime boyfriend Spragga Benz. It would be the first of many collaborations between the fiery couple. Prior to this albums release Foxy had been in the center of the rumor mill. There had been numerous altercations and rumors of substance abuse. "Broken Silence" was meant to silence all the doubters and let Foxy tell her side of the story. None of the singles here really hit hard, chart wise, but "Candy" featuring Kelis was an instant favorite. The song went on to reach #10 on the Rap charts and could be heard in many movies including "Friday After Next". Afterwards Foxy released a video to her single, "Tables Will Turn" which featured Baby Cham. The video was funded out of Foxy's own pocket after Def Jam bailed on the project.

"Broken Silence" went on to go gold and would be Foxy's last album for the Def Jam label. Foxy's shelved album, "Ill Na Na 2: The Fever" was supposed to be released but never saw the light of day. The album eventually leaked online. Many hardcore fans consider "Broken Silence" to be Foxy's best work thus far. With the oft-delayed, "Black Roses" album lingering in record label limbo, everyone can sit back and enjoy this masterpiece of an album.

Some of my personal highlights include:
"'Bout My Paper" featuring Mystikal
"Run Dem"
"730"
"Saddest Day"
"The Letter"
"Gangsta Boogie"

Comments

Anonymous said…
Broken Silence is one of the best rap albums ever made; period! It is the only CD by a female rapper that i can play from the first track to the last. I was happy to see that Brown broke away from the hoochie lyrics on this album and went at the mic harder than some of the dudes were doing it at the time. Mixing the reggae in with the hardcore rap was brilliant, and nobody has done that as well before or since. "Fans...say that my album is close to a classic...they don't gas it..yawl got to have it" foxy said it best herself!
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