Bobby Brown is not holding again in the case of his emotions about different singers protecting his songs.
Throughout a latest chat on the Membership Shay Shay podcast, Brown revealed what he actually thinks about Britney Spears’ cowl of his 1988 track “My Prerogative.”
Spoiler alert: He wasn’t a fan.
“Britney Spears butchered ‘My Prerogative.’ Teddy Riley produced it. However that was a butchering. I could not take it,” Brown admitted.
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Brown shared that he gave the pop icon his blessing to document the track as he believed she was going to “wow” him, however he was finally left upset by her rendition.
In truth, Brown, who was beforehand married to late music legend Whitney Houston, mentioned he believes no artist has really executed his songs “justice” when protecting or sampling them.
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Spears’ followers rapidly defended their queen on-line after Brown’s harsh critique made waves on social media.
“Bobby Brown actually mentioned Britney Spears butchered ‘Prerogative’ regardless of him clearing the track. I DISAGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY,” one fan wrote on X (previously Twitter).
“Pay attention, I get it. I might even be mad if somebody did a canopy of my track and did it so significantly better than I did that everybody thought my track was theirs,” one other person wrote.
“Britney Spears’ model was so fireplace most didn’t notice it was a canopy,” another person weighed in.
Spears’ cowl of “My Prerogative” appeared on her 2004 album Best Hits: My Prerogative.
Spears, in the meantime, is not any stranger to sampling songs.
In 2022, she collaborated with Elton John on the track “Maintain Me Nearer,” which options the refrain of his traditional 1972 track “Tiny Dancer.”
Watch Bobby Brown’s “My Prerogative” Music Video:
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