<P> Revered as one of 90s R&B's most - astounding moments, "I Wanna Be Down" was released to positive reaction by contemporary music critics . Its impact on the charts was comparatively large for a debut single: While it spent four weeks on top of the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart, it reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100, and the top 20 in Australia and New Zealand . In 1995, a hip hop remix with new vocals from American rappers MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, and Yo - Yo was released . </P> <P> "I Wanna Be Down" was written by Keith Crouch and Kipper Jones, while production and arrangement was also handled by the former for Human Rhythm Productions . Darryl Simmons served as executive producer, while mastering was overseen by Brian Gardner . Picked by Norwood's record company, Atlantic Records, as the leading single from her debut album, Norwood initially disliked the idea of releasing it as her first offering . "' I Wanna Be Down' was interesting", she said in a retrospective interview with Complex magazine in 2012 . "I didn't really get it at first, but I was young and I didn't really know what worked at radio or what it was . I liked the song, but I just didn't get it being the first thing that people heard from me ." Upon its chart success she changed her mind on their decision however . "(...) Once it was released and I saw why everyone responded to the title phrase, I understood why!" </P> <P> The original clip for "I Wanna Be Down" was directed by Keith Ward and premiered prior to the single's official release in September 1994 . The video portrays Brandy in her tomboy image, dancing in front of a jeep near a forest, flanked by several dancers . Her first video shooting, Norwood called the filming a great experience . "I was so excited about the video", she said . "I got a chance to work with some great people like Frank Gatson . All my friends were in the video . My brother was in the video (...) He was there and we had this little dance, and that became really popular . That was a fun time . I was so excited because my dream was coming through right before my eyes...at the age of 15". </P> <P> Upon its release, Atlantic Records head Sylvia Rhone came up with the idea of re-recording the track with a group of rappers . "I Wanna Be Down" was eventually remixed with new vocals from American rappers MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, and Yo - Yo . "The hip - hop remix meant the world to me", Norwood stated in 2012 . "I'm fresh out of the box and these superstars are a part of my first single! They are my mentors and I looked up to them . I was a huge Queen Latifah fan . I'm thinking,' Oh my God...I can't believe this is happening to me .' I got the chance to vibe with all three of them . They embraced me as a little sister . I was one of the first R&B artists to welcome hip - hop onto an R&B beat . It had never been done before quite like that (...) I knew it was a special record ." </P>

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