Next Tuesday, all my dreams come true.
That's right! On 2.4.14, Toni Braxton and Babyface are releasing their duet album, Love, Marriage & Divorce.
About damn time. Cause, duh:
Look, I know I'm being a little flip about this whole thing, but I should probably be clear that my heart aches every time I listen to this song. (And I've been listening to it, often.)
Not only do I absolutely love Babyface and Toni Braxton collaborating with every fiber of my being, every time I listen to Toni Braxton sing, I'm transported to a different time. A time when I'd put my mother's Toni Braxton CD on in our living room while we'd be cleaning the house on a Saturday afternoon. A time when I so often snagged her Waiting to Exhale soundtrack to play in my room, she finally laughed and told me to just keep it.
So yes, while I can only assume that this duet album will be jam-packed with tunes to make my heart ache about love and romance and breakups (unless of course it's just an incredibly misleading album title), it's also going to make my heart ache in a wonderful, separate way.
It's like hearing my mom laugh again. It's the two of us in my little Dodge Neon, and her turning up the radio to one of our favorite R&B songs and tapping her hand on her oxygen tank to the beat.
I couldn't be more excited.
So let's take it back for a minute to one of mine and my mom's favorite Toni Braxton songs.
Yeah I've been anticipating this collaboration, as well. I was a big Toni Braxton head back in grammar school (Love Shoulda Brought You Home was me and my first gf's song). Babyface, too...I recently pressed the play button on some of his old videos more times than I planned. Ahhh, LaFace Records....the memories.
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