![]() ![]() Her then-husband and manager Vincent Herbert instead chose to issue "Love and War" as the first single after it was well-received on radio. On Braxton Family Values, a reality television series about the Braxton sisters, Tamar said she would be "going boom-boom-bap and making a hood rat anthem record". "Hot Sugar" was planned to be the lead single from Love and War. All the tracks on the album, including "Hot Sugar", were mastered by Gene Grimaldi. Describing the writing process with Daniels, she recounted: "We’re always clowning whenever we get into the studio." Stewart produced the song, which was mixed and recorded by Michael Donaldson. In a 2018 Billboard interview, Riddick said "Hot Sugar" was the first song she made for Braxton and that it was written on the same day as " Love and War". īraxton co-wrote "Hot Sugar" with LaShawn Daniels, Makeba Riddick, and Kyle "K2" Stewart II for Love and War. She has writing credits on nine of the album's fourteen tracks. ![]() Unlike those experiences, Braxton described her second studio album Love and War (2013) as "a record that I can finally be myself and write the songs that I want to write". Braxton later said she was not allowed to record music about herself or her personal life she wished she had fought harder to make an album that was more authentic to her, viewing Tamar as a "karaoke album" and an imitation of her sister Toni. Tamar Braxton ( pictured in 2013) co-wrote nine songs for Love and War, including "Hot Sugar".Īfter recording music with her sisters- Toni, Traci, Towanda, and Trina-in the group the Braxtons, Tamar Braxton signed with DreamWorks Records to pursue a solo career and released her debut album Tamar in 2000, which proved unsuccessful. The track peaked at number 15 on Billboard 's Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart and number 48 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Braxton further promoted the song through live performances, including on her Love and War Tour in 2014. "Hot Sugar" was featured on the reality television shows Braxton Family Values and Tamar & Vince. Shortly after the video's release, Braxton said the directors had abandoned it in mid-production to work on Rihanna's Diamonds World Tour. The music video for "Hot Sugar" was directed by photographers Steven Gomillion and Dennis Leupold and features Braxton along with male dancers in Tamartiangram, a spoof of Instagram. Some reviewers praised "Hot Sugar" for its uptempo production while others criticized it as inferior to the rest of the album, specifically the ballads. "Hot Sugar" was planned to be issued as the lead single from Love and War before it was replaced by the album's title track, which performed better on radio. Music critics variously interpreted the song's genre as club, dance, and hip hop. The lyrics are about maintaining a relationship. Kyle "K2" Stewart II produced the song and co-wrote it with Braxton, LaShawn Daniels, and Makeba Riddick. ![]() " Hot Sugar" is a song recorded by American singer Tamar Braxton for her second studio album, Love and War (2013). ![]()
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