Hip Hop and R&B fans volunteered Chris Brown and Usher to be the next contenders in a Verzuz battle over the weekend. But Brown doesn’t seem interested — and believes he can smoke the Confessions singer any day of the week. Taking to his Instagram Stories on Sunday (July 26), Brown wrote, “I could do a vs off features alone…so I’ll humbly decline…I’m busy doing nothing.”
Verzuz co-founder Timbaland caught wind of Brown’s comment and replied with an Instagram post of his own. He wrote in the caption, “@chrisbrownofficial I got an idea.”
Timbo didn’t further elaborate on what exactly that idea is.
The popular Verzuz Instagram battle series, co-founded by Timbo and Swizz Beatz, has been a popular destination since the coronavirus pandemic kicked off in March. Earlier this month, Apple Music announced the company had teamed up with the two Hip Hop vets to bring Verzuz to an even larger platform.
Episodes will be simulcast live on Apple Music and Beats 1 simultaneously as the Verzuz Instagram Live channel. They will also be exclusively available via Apple Music on-demand following the live stream. Apple Music plans to work alongside Swizz and Timbo to produce new episodes of Verzuz to “continue giving fans a truly premium, high quality shared experience.”
Erykah Badu Vs. Jill Scott Instagram Live Battle Wasn't A Battle At All
Past matchups have included RZA versus DJ Premier, Erykah Badu versus Jill Scott and Teddy Riley versus Babyface. The most recent battle took place on July 22 and featured Snoop Dogg going up against DMX. The event wasn’t so much the “Battle of the Dawgs” as it was a “unification.”
This would be an interesting match especially since they have multiple songs together. Chris brown has more features and songs but I THINK usher has more impactful, if not just better songs. I’m not saying that Chris brown doesn’t have any good songs and features but that’s just my opinion.
I think this will be the r&b version of t-pain vs lil john.
What about the HEAT that the song A New Flame produced? How can that be denied as one of the hottest single features between two top R&B male vocalists? They both have quality and quantity in their features as well. Usher and R Kelly with Same Girl, and Chris Brown and Jamie Foxx with You Changed Me. And don’t forget about the videos with those songs. They blew ’em up even more so. Now what would be the SUN ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️ is a World Tour between them! They would have to have a new stage at every stop because the last one got melted from the sheer HEAT being made on it! The nosebleeds wouldn’t be less than $50. VIP would be 2Gs flat! What they scared of? How HOT? ??? it would get? Make that money Young Buck! Make that MONEY!!!????????????????????????