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Bobby Brown Thinks Britney Spears ‘Butchered’ Cover of His Song ‘My Prerogative’: ‘I Couldn’t Take It’

Bobby Brown during a podcast said Britney Spears 'butchered' a cover of his 1988 hit, 'My Prerogative.'

Brown explained this was a lesson to him to listen to samples before clearing or allowing others to use his music. Released in the midst of Spears’ hiatus, “Greatest Hits: My Prerogative” was introduced with this cover, which differs from the original version with added synthesizers, drums and a modern R&B flow. Spears also switches up the pronouns to be from a female’s perspective and included a sultry introduction where she says, “People can take everything away from you / But they can never take away your truth / But the question is, can you handle mine?”

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