Timbaland is helping Brandy reinvent herself

Music producer Timbaland is helping 90's R&B singing sensation Brandy reinvent her image. Brandy recently unveiled her hip hop alter ego Bran' Nu during a concert with Timbaland in Miami on Sunday at his album release party. Bran'Nu appears on the Timbaland cut "Meet In Tha Middle" off his new album Shock Value II. Their professional relationship is not new. Timbaland produced several tracks off her 2004 album Afrodisiac. This time around, he saw some videos Brandy posted on YouTube of her rapping and invited her to join him on his album. After working together in the studio, Timbaland rechristened her Bran'Nue and floated the idea of signing her to his label. Brandy told MTV, "He really just allowed me to be as free as I wanted to be," she said. "I wrote my own verses, just anything I did I wrote myself. And it was a great experience...It feels like this is what I'm supposed to do."