"I was looking for something different than what I was receiving," Brandy reflected to PEOPLE at a Stella Rosa event in Los Angeles on April 11 Jack Irvin has over five years of experience working ...

At age 14, Brandy got her first record deal with Atlantic Records and her self-titled debut album went platinum a year after that. When she turned 16, she starred in the hit TV show Moesha.

"I didn't appreciate the Human album at first. I didn't understand what it was. I was looking for something different than what I was receiving," Brandy, 45, tells PEOPLE at a Stella Rosa event ...