Bobby Brown is speaking out and reflecting on his life and massive career in a new interview. But itβs the disparaging comments he made about Britney Spears that have him and the former pop star trending all over social media.
During Brownβs latest appearance on Shannon Sharpeβs βClub Shay Shayβ podcast on Wednesday, the topic of artists sampling his songs came up and Brown was asked which ones did a great job and which ones didnβt. And while he initially didnβt name names, he couldnβt help but call out Spears and made it clear that he didnβt like her version of his 1988 hit, βMy Prerogative.β
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βI donβt think they did justice. I donβt think they really did justice to any of the samples that they have done to my songs. Britney Spears butchered βMy Prerogative.β Teddy Riley produced it. But that was a butchering. I couldnβt take it,β Brown said.
When Sharpe pushed back on Brownβs comments and noted that he was the one who cleared the song for her to do it, Brown responded by saying that he only did so because it was Spears and he thought sheβd do the song well in her rendition. Sadly, that wasnβt the case.
Naturally, once clips of Brownβs words hit the social media streets, fans of both artists were quick to defend their respective faves.
βF*ck Bobby Brown. Britney Spears made βMy Prerogativeβ her own song and did the damn thing! Britneyβs version is iconic,β wrote one user on X/Twitter.
βDonβt disrespect Bobby brown a black man who paved the way for other BLACK artists just because he disagrees with a cover of HIS SONG THAT HES BEEN VOCAL ABOUT FOR YEARS. Do not downplay the success of Bobby brown to uplift Britney Spears that is what we are not going to do,β said another.
βThereβs no version of βmy prerogativeβ thatβs better than bobby brownβs, and i say this as a britney spears fan,β wrote one other user.
Added another, βItβs honestly so pathetic that an artist like Bobby Brown, who has been in the industry for years and is an idol to many new artists, would disparage Britney Spears just to get attention and imply that her version is trash even though many people love Britneyβs version.β
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