Imitation would be the sincerest type of flattery, however not for Bobby Brown.
Throughout an April 16 look on Shannon Sharpe’s podcast Club Shay Shay, the rapper revealed that he didn’t like Britney Spears’ cover of his 1988 music “My Prerogative.”
Sharpe, 56, requested Brown, 56 what artist did one of the best job sampling his music. “I do not assume they did justice,” Brown started. “I do not assume they actually did justice to any of the samples that they’ve executed to my songs.”
“Britney Spears butchered ‘My Prerogative,’ ” Brown continued. “Teddy Riley produced it. However that was a butchering. I could not take it.”
Sharpe argued that Brown had cleared it, to which the singer countered that he cleared it as a result of he thought Spears, 43, was going to “wow” him.
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A music trade supply tells PEOPLE of Brown’s latest feedback, “He’s in search of press, however that’s his prerogative.”
PEOPLE has reached out to Spears for remark.
Followers on-line disagreed with Brown’s tackle Spears’ cowl of the music, defending Spears’ synth-heavy sampling of the modern R&B music.
“Bobby Brown actually stated Britney Spears butchered Prerogative regardless of him clearing the music. I DISAGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY,” one fan wrote on X.
Another said, “Hear, I get it. I might even be mad if somebody did a canopy of my music and did it so significantly better than I did that everybody thought my music was theirs 🤷♂️.”
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One user attributed their data of the music being from Spears. “I personally solely ever knew Bobby Brown’s My Prerogative due to Britney’s cowl, and my mother and father performed a s— of ton of 80s whereas I used to be rising up …” Others agreed.
“Ngl Britney Spears’ model was so fireplace most didn’t notice it was a canopy 🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️,” another fan said.
In the end, many Spears followers defended her tackle the music. “Bobby Brown can say all of the crap he desires. However Britney left no crumbs when it got here to her cowl of My Prerogative. I choose her model over his unique model,” someone else posted.
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Spears has beforehand put her spin on different musicians’ songs, including her distinctive aptitude. She lined Sonny and Cher’s music “The Beat Goes On,” together with The Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts’ “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll.”
Most just lately in 2022, she collaborated with Elton John on the music “Hold Me Closer,” which options the refrain of his traditional “Tiny Dancer.”
