MY RHYTHM, my blues

SOUNDS FROM THE SOUL
“I was able to use music to heal,” Brandy says of her new emotionally honest album B7.

Brandy Norwood, better known professionally as Brandy, doesn’t seem to age. Seated in the plush living room of her LA home with her signature braids cascading down the sides of her face, the singer appears as youthful as when she was a ’90s teen superstar. “Cocoa butter!” she says with a laugh, offering up the simple secret to her fountain of youth. Her wide-set eyes still sparkle, but they’ve seen plenty in her 41 years of life, most of which were