This song got my ass beat! I told my mother "I'll do my homework when I felt like because it was 'My 'Prerogative." Every time I hear this, I think about that beat down....I'm 40 now
Looking at this video and Bobby Brown movie on BET at the same time. They recreated perfectly have it down packed every move. These kids who played Bobby Brown and new edition deserve awards! 🙂
Most definitely! The gurl with the white keyboard had a slight different look in the movie. The girl in this video actually had a cut. The girl in the movie looked like her hair was pulled back. But hey that didn’t matter. I loved everything! Perfect recreation! Look at the drummer...matched perfectly!
They NAILED this recreation of the video in The Bobby Brown Story! I'm looking at it differently because now we know he was wearing his mother's broach! Reminds me of MJ wearing his mother's jacket during Motown 25...BAD BOY STATUS!
Dammit Bobby is on point! I remember when he went solo and people were talking felony shit about him. Bobby showed the Haters what he was working with! Bobby was on point!
True - he went bigger than NE with his sound - I wished he would have followed up with more music with Babyface, Antonio "L.A." Reid and Teddy Riley.- crazy sound!
Condolences to Bobby Brown family on the loss of Bobby Brown Jr. Prayers lifted. This man has worked so hard is young and has buried 2 children. It tore me up to read.
@@Y2TABOO4Ustop saying he lead he lead her astray 🤦🏾♂️ whitney was doing cocaine at 16 which was about a decade before she met bobby. She was grown and made her own decisions. Nobody forced coke up her nose, she was already snorting when she met bobby
man im only 17 but i wish i could go back to this era of music like they music was so lit and the dancing was better than it is now edit: 6 years later 💀
Nobody believed in bobby after he was kicked out of new edition but he came back and his game was stronger no one could touch him at this point in his career 💯
@@kristinemunholland8980 He was kicked out because he was the bad boy of New Edition: big ego, not following the rules, late all the time, and most of this behavior was driven by his growing dependency on drugs and alcohol at the time.
I was in high school when this album came out and it was the BEST!! He ruled the charts and could dance his ass off!! So glad I was there to see it live!
I was 7 and didn't understand all the lyrics but I understood I could do what I want to do...until I got a whipping. Then I learned I couldn't 😌 lol. It's still my favorite song.
The shit I've been through the past few years with my mom and brother dying, going broke, losing my house, moving down South, family drama. This is my theme song. Kiss my ass World! I'm back. Wishing everyone a healthy and wealthy 2020.
I’m glad Bobby got to experience the solo success he did even if it was for a few years bc his peak was MASSIVE! In 1989 he outsold every other popular artist at the time with Don’t Be Cruel. Performance wise Bobby had James Brown/Michael Jackson type of stage presence. And he was arguably just as good of a dancer in his peak. He wasn’t traditionally a great singer like a Michael Jackson, Luther Vandross, El Debarge, or Johnny Gill but he carried his own vocally in his songs. Bobby shined on stage that’s why he’s known as the KING OF STAGE! He also was one of the first popular r&b artists that consistently rapped in his songs. Him and Teddy Riley were the main pioneers of the New Jack Swing sound that dominated r&b/pop music from the late 80s to early 90s.
IT'S MY PEROGATIVE ! I can't get enough of watching Bobby Brown shake his thighs --- over and over at the end of his performance here ! Michael and Elvis are DEAD ! I've never seen anything like this record aside from MC Hammer ........... Can't Touch This ............. 12 noon , Sept . 18 , 2016 ...... Thank God for my computer !
Are we going to not mention how the choreo on stage was on point? The dancers, the musician's everyone was on point dancing on stage and every one looked like they were having the time of their life.
It's as good as it gets, love it! Hip-hop dancing was the best. So freakin' much fun. Back then I thought it would never end and I still have trouble accepting the fact that those days are over. Was the best time of my life!
Yes, it is one of his greatest videos. So great that Father MC used this concept for his video "I'll do for you". ua-cam.com/video/pZ0xC-9GLqw/v-deo.htmlsi=wJPpgFOwTu-Y19oo
Babatunde24 Now was that even necessary? For the record, it all falls under the same genre which is R&B. Of course the music would be a bit different from artist to artist but it's the same genre. Did this young lady disrespect you in any way? I doubt she ever did.
I DON'T CARE about how people feel about Bobby Brown but the man was a musical genius and he will always be! Plus I just found out that this is Michael Jackson's favorite song! If the KING 👑 of Pop says it's him favorite song then it's definitely fire!! 🔥
Bobby was an entertainer, calling him a Musical Genius is like trying to throw a rock from your house to the moon and land it in a crater that you picked out! Prince was a musical genius! Prince wrote his songs produced his songs and did the instrumentation for his songs. Bobby simply sung and danced, Genius entertainer yes, musical genius...No!
@@vincespell He was very talented, but I agree. I wouldn't call him a musical genius, but dammit, he sure was entertaining. He owned the late 80's early 90's.
@@KtotheG But sadly true. Bobby was one of several very talented performers that couldn't overcome their demons: Ike Turner, Rick James, MJ and Chris Brown - even the great Marvin Gaye. Love their talent but don't always respect them as people (esp. Chris Brown - he's just trash. Still, I will always love this song (No offense to Britney Spears but only BB does it justice)
I was 10 in '88 & as a kid I remember whenever someone questioned what we did, we would say "it's my prerogative!" lol. Gotta give props to Bobby Brown & Teddy Riley for making this awesome song!
Lookingoodat38 .....Lol....was 10 in 1988 also and I said it to my Mom....and got in trouble also... couldn't watch MTV for a while.... memories......🤣😃🤣😃
Justin Wright He the only one in my opinion who had Bobby down to the T🙌🏽😍 from the New Edition movie to the Bobby Brown movie!! He the only one who could do it & HE NAILED IT!!
@@rickycole6327 I'd go with that, Ricky. This song really captures Bobby's spirit at this stage in his life. Bobby was a huge star by 1988. This song is epic, for me, it's about someone wanting to be themselves and feeling like they can't be as "Everybody's talking all this stuff about me. Why don't they just let me live?" Great tune.
@@vincentstrain2042, true, Vincent, but Bobby was still a huge solo star for a short period in the 1980s. Bobby is a multi-talented man. That's how he should be remembered and celebrated for, not for his battles (which we all undergo) and failed marriage to Whitney. There is more to Bobby than the tabloids wrote about him. He was a New Edition member and a huge solo star in the late 1980s through the early 1990s. Every Little Step is one of the best songs in music history, as is this song and others of Bobby's. His musical impact can't be denied, even if Michael Jackson was the bigger star.
When think about it Michael probably wanted to be this way on the stage. I can see him performances this song exact way Bobby did. That’s why he loved Bobby Brown so much.
Bobby Brown was a excellent performer. He knew how to dance sing and always had that bad boy look about him. Was in new edition. Still kicked ass after. Even had a hit single off of Ghostbusters 2. I love bobby brown. Wish he made a come back. Would love to see that.
@@gloglogo2638He confirmed it in interviews & it’s seen he was doing it toward the end of NE an the start of his solo career but he wasn’t heavily invested into it until mid-late 90s
I have now discovered that Britney's "My Prerogative" was a cover. Seriously, I didn't know. So I came here to hear the original version and I'm already loving it.
lol....bro...nearly every song these days from r n b singers these days are covers ......most young people hardly know this and il be honest with you it makes me sad ......i want you to go and listen to 80s music and you will realise why adults these days say what kids listen to today is absolute rubbish
This dude in his prime was truly a force to be reckoned with. I remember visiting family in Atlanta and getting caught up in the free Bobby Brown frenzy. I'm not the kinda person who gets star struck but he is one of the few people I would dap up because of his fame and out of respect. This brother has been through so much and somehow he finds a way to keep on pushing forward.
I wish so badly he got the credit he deserves but so many people only want to associate him with the bad things he did and drugs we all make mistakes in life this man truly made such a HUGE impact in the music world in a group and solo how many artists have done that and can dance on top of it I can only think of a very few and he's the 1st for my generation love you Bobby and hope the world starts to remember what a legend you are and gives you everything you deserve you have suffered enough in life 🙏 ❤
I blame him for being an enabler of Ms. Huston drug use...it was him that pushed her and then he left...Like his music, yet as person he was well simply very flawed!!1
One of the greatest entertainers/dancers of all time, but have never gotten the credit he rightfully deserves. I will always love and celebrate your music BB!! Literally! REPLY
Wonder if he sits back and really realize how big he was and how much bigger he could have been...We all thought Whitney was just high when she said he was the king of r&b but he really was...It's unfortunate , He was a great talent..
Who said anything about her not being smart.. When she use to say he was the king of r&b it became this big joke. Jamie fox even did that comedy bit about him being the king of Blunts and Paper... Even I didn’t realize until I got into his music how much of the truth she was speaking. The man was a rock star!!!
I'm here because I was reading Michael Jacksons bodyguards book "remember the time protecting the king" and bill his body guard said Michael loved this song made him get the CD and Michael listened to it over and over and over till he new the lyrics this song ment something to Michael....he needed to start making his own decisions... That's his prerogative....
That bright, animated, unapologetic ora that makes Bobby so magnetic, lit up my world as a little girl. I still love him and his light like I did back then. I'm so glad to have lived through that era. Let's keep giving him all his flowers 💐
+elliot wallace Correction. The society we live in perpetuates ratchetness not just black women. I.e. Miley Cyrus. And please don't be so ignorant as to generalize the entire black demographic especially on the grounds of a stereotype. It wouldn't be fair if I called all white people disgusting hill billies that sleep with their cousins and eat road kill now would it? Additionally, the term ratchet has no race specificity so I suggest you refrain from using it as such. You've obviously given your statement little thought and analysis and give the impression that you are incapable of doing such. Simply put, think before you speak as you may just encounter the exception to your ignorant remarks like you have in this instance. Have a nice, enlightened day..
his talents were buried while he was with the new edition . he move solo , and the whole world got to know who he really is. thank you Bobby. that is why he made this song, meaning that is his business.
Same, great song about freedom. I say it's my prerogative as a free citizen to determine the safety of a Covid19 vaccine and if it is safe for me to take it or leave it. I don't need no government telling me what to do.
@@thatguy-bm1kc Instead of making sneering remarks like some wannabe hero and social justice warrior. Did you ever stop to think that maybe there are some of us who are on medication that prohibits them from taking vaccinations? So I suggest that instead of being a folk hero you could look into the included documentation of the medication of your own and loved ones. As well as doing a search online, because sometimes there are some research papers that tell more where that information isn't yet printed into the medicine's documentation.
+juju2002 no they was not better than new edition or Ralph travsant or Michael bivin or Ricky Bell and Johnny Gill or my boy Bobby Brown or and my boy Ronnie devoe or Bell,Biv,Devoe
Bobby Brown smashed this, but can you imagine in his prime Micheal Jackson singing this alongside him would have been even more of a masterpiece than it was already
Talking about Michael Jackson, he once said in an interview that My Prerogative was one of his all-time favorite songs. I think that says a lot coming from the king of pop.
Aaran hall was the original R Kelly in the group called Guy in the 80s funny fact Teddy Riley created that group which was the dude in the group Blackstreet during the 90s with the No diggity song wow 🤩
This was song that took Bobby Brown to music superstardom,plus took New Jack Swing sound to another level My Prerogative.Teddy Riley getting a check to this day over this hit song.Happy Birthday Bobby Brown
This song got my ass beat! I told my mother "I'll do my homework when I felt like because it was 'My 'Prerogative." Every time I hear this, I think about that beat down....I'm 40 now
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K Bouie no way 😂💀
@@tkaitv8184 I have a "southern" mother, so she didn't play getting smart at the mouth!
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AWESOME beat is right
His swag level was phenomenal here. Man the homie was killin it in the day.
he still is. the bodycount so far is 3
True
😂😂😂😂😂he popped up I used to love him too ! Crazy
He sure was!
Unreal performance 👍🏻
Was this before or after he started beating Whitney?
this was my mom’s favorite song. she passed away today. so crank it up for her!
Sick Stix...So sorry for your loss...Ma knew this was the (JAM).
I'm so sorry for ur lose
Rip mom
Much love R.i.P. mom dukes
Jamming this loud for your mama! RIP much love ❤️
LET'S BE REAL,THIS SONG STILL SOUNDS BETTER THAN 99% OF THE MUSIC RELEASED IN 2024
Looking at this video and Bobby Brown movie on BET at the same time. They recreated perfectly have it down packed every move. These kids who played Bobby Brown and new edition deserve awards! 🙂
I agree. The actors in both movies depicted Bobby Brown and New Edition to a T. Wow!
They're all very talented!
Most definitely! The gurl with the white keyboard had a slight different look in the movie. The girl in this video actually had a cut. The girl in the movie looked like her hair was pulled back. But hey that didn’t matter. I loved everything! Perfect recreation! Look at the drummer...matched perfectly!
m dyer yup I noticed that too hers was more pinned up in the back
Totally agree 👌👌👌
It’s 2024 and this album is STILL hot TODAY!! Bobby was unstoppable. True King of the stage.
Right! One of the best ever
Hey
Would be great to do not ruin Whitney’s life
REAL TALK!!!💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥
Happy 36 years to "My Prerogative" by Bobby Brown
People forget how huge this man was during that time. This is one of many hits on a legendary album.
Absolutely. When he was great, he was great.
1988-1993 was Bobby’s PRIME Years
@TheSophist2007 Don’t Be Cruel album
We remember, late 80s early 90s he was Justin Bieber famous
ppl usually forget about male artists
I ain't gonna lie. Bobby brown as a dancer he ate that shit upppp!
Yes, during his prime, when he was still very young.
U ain’t telling UA-cam NOTHING NEW 😆
For real. Way back in New Edition I knew Bobby could Float and his dancers was not playing either.
BOBBY WAS THE TRUTH!!!🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯
On everything he ate that up!!!
Michael Jackson's favorite song. And it was his favorite for a reason.
Correct … bro had some great taste in music
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Didn’t know that. Thanks
@@bullrunready
Actual Lee: His favorite song was "Smile" by Charlie Chaplin.
@@justindenney-hall5875actual lee 😂🫶
They NAILED this recreation of the video in The Bobby Brown Story! I'm looking at it differently because now we know he was wearing his mother's broach!
Reminds me of MJ wearing his mother's jacket during Motown 25...BAD BOY STATUS!
Who more bad then mom
Heyyy..Jeffrey I was watching it to..to See the same thing.
😂😂
They made it look cool though :-)
The Haves and the Have Nots Review ,
Bobby's swag and stage presence was unmatched. The OG Bad Boy of music
Yes it is
I saw him in concert in 1988. He was AMAZING
Was it the Heartbreak tour with New Edition or just Bobby alone?..
Still going awesome Bre zBLESSED
Dammit Bobby is on point! I remember when he went solo and people were talking felony shit about him. Bobby showed the Haters what he was working with! Bobby was on point!
amen
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True - he went bigger than NE with his sound - I wished he would have followed up with more music with Babyface, Antonio "L.A." Reid and Teddy Riley.- crazy sound!
facts, just the facts, everybody do what they want to do, when they want to do its ,hey just stating facts
Just Me u dumb he married and just had a baby and is now touring with new edition pull ur head outcha ass
HE WAS ON TOP OF HIS GAME AT THIS STAGE OF HIS CAREER.HE STRAIGHT KILLED THE LATE 80'S
He owned 1989. Straight Fact!! I remember it well.
@Marcus Reeves. This song along with Roni, Don't be Cruel & Rock Wit'cha were my favorite off this album. But, enjoyed and still do enjoy this album.
Condolences to Bobby Brown family on the loss of Bobby Brown Jr. Prayers lifted. This man has worked so hard is young and has buried 2 children. It tore me up to read.
And he lost Whitney
He lost Whitney a long time before she died
You know he's torn apart💔
Curses... generational curses...he has to break them.
Wow I didn't know. He has endured a lot of loss. Condolences indeed.
Dont ever disrespect this mans talent the don of the 80s
He disrespected himself for leading Whitney astray!!!
And 90’s!! 🔥🔥
@@Y2TABOO4Ustop saying he lead he lead her astray 🤦🏾♂️ whitney was doing cocaine at 16 which was about a decade before she met bobby. She was grown and made her own decisions. Nobody forced coke up her nose, she was already snorting when she met bobby
His entrance is legendary
Tell it!!
I just stare at the 2 babes in the video and don't give a damn if they are faking on the instruments.
BOSS ENTRANCE. That's where Jamie Foss got that idea on his stand up.
Walk this way
He should’ve won an Icon Award at the American Music Awards
man im only 17 but i wish i could go back to this era of music like they music was so lit and the dancing was better than it is now
edit: 6 years later 💀
Wait. are you a real black guy
I think if Chris Brown covered this song today, it would be relevant again based on what he goes through.
hell yeah...
+Eddie EC and britney too
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Britney already did her cover
Nobody believed in bobby after he was kicked out of new edition but he came back and his game was stronger no one could touch him at this point in his career 💯
Remel Montana EXCEPT EVERYBODY ESPECIALLY MICHAEL JACKSON.
Remel Montana Yes! He killed it! Love him!
Remel Montana yes ppl believed baby face wrote an entire album just for him..best time to happen to him getting kick out of NE
Why was Bobby kicked out? I thought they all just went their own ways, w/the exception of BBD being a smaller sized version of NE.
@@kristinemunholland8980 He was kicked out because he was the bad boy of New Edition: big ego, not following the rules, late all the time, and most of this behavior was driven by his growing dependency on drugs and alcohol at the time.
I'm 70 in hospital bed with broken knee and I'm gettin my groove on in the dark to this fine song😂
I was in high school when this album came out and it was the BEST!! He ruled the charts and could dance his ass off!! So glad I was there to see it live!
I was 12 when this came out and I loved it, I'm glad I grew up in the era that I did
I was 7 and didn't understand all the lyrics but I understood I could do what I want to do...until I got a whipping. Then I learned I couldn't 😌 lol. It's still my favorite song.
Brandy this is Bobby's best vocal performance
Hi fan.
Summer 88
The shit I've been through the past few years with my mom and brother dying, going broke, losing my house, moving down South, family drama. This is my theme song. Kiss my ass World! I'm back. Wishing everyone a healthy and wealthy 2020.
Be great brother!🖤💯
Rooting for you, random UA-cam stranger!
Oh such hope for 2020...things can only improve from now on. God bless youX
Stay strong I wish you well!!
'Kiss my ass World! I'm back' I am going to steal this. This is exactly how I feel. Keep strong.
I’m glad Bobby got to experience the solo success he did even if it was for a few years bc his peak was MASSIVE! In 1989 he outsold every other popular artist at the time with Don’t Be Cruel. Performance wise Bobby had James Brown/Michael Jackson type of stage presence. And he was arguably just as good of a dancer in his peak. He wasn’t traditionally a great singer like a Michael Jackson, Luther Vandross, El Debarge, or Johnny Gill but he carried his own vocally in his songs. Bobby shined on stage that’s why he’s known as the KING OF STAGE! He also was one of the first popular r&b artists that consistently rapped in his songs. Him and Teddy Riley were the main pioneers of the New Jack Swing sound that dominated r&b/pop music from the late 80s to early 90s.
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Well,said!👍
his bobby album showed his singing voice more cause it had matured by then.
Truth.
I'm so old that my first Bobby Brown record was a literal 45 of Mr Telephone Man from New Edition! ☎️
Bobby Brown was the shit back in the day!!! This song will never get old! 🔥🔥🔥
Damn, Teddy Riley been making hits forever. I wish he was my producer. I also wish I could sing
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lol, me too sir, me too !
he's so good he'd probably make you sound lie you can lmao
IT'S MY PEROGATIVE ! I can't get enough of watching Bobby Brown shake his thighs --- over and over at the end of his performance here ! Michael and Elvis are DEAD ! I've never seen anything like this record aside from MC Hammer ........... Can't Touch This ............. 12 noon , Sept . 18 , 2016 ...... Thank God for my computer !
gross
Are we going to not mention how the choreo on stage was on point? The dancers, the musician's everyone was on point dancing on stage and every one looked like they were having the time of their life.
Bobby choreographed it! I just saw an interview..he's way too humble about his dancing.
Mentioned and noticed
That and IT'S ALL DONE ON A SMALL STAGE. NO TRIPPING 😆
@@containhererthangel did not know this & he sure is!!!!
@@kagomecc461 Thank you!!! Every move & step on point!
It's as good as it gets, love it! Hip-hop dancing was the best. So freakin' much fun. Back then I thought it would never end and I still have trouble accepting the fact that those days are over. Was the best time of my life!
I am a 67 year old white guy and a huge Elvis fan, but I think this is one of the greatest songs and greatest performances I have ever seen.
Funny cuz one of his musical idols and inspirations is Elvis...
Yes, it is one of his greatest videos. So great that Father MC used this concept for his video "I'll do for you". ua-cam.com/video/pZ0xC-9GLqw/v-deo.htmlsi=wJPpgFOwTu-Y19oo
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Happy listening
No doubt, I'm 66 n can't keep away from this song!! Bobby rules!!
This dude was only 19 when he was making these hits!
Wassssaaasssss
Who is in 2019 and still listen to '80s music
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Shoot me, I rather listen to 80's &90's than today's music....(Thumb up)....:)
70s and 80s music will be all for me.
before R Kelly, Before Usher, there was Bobby Brown :) (thank you for the likes !) And before Bobby yes there was def MJ :)
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And before Bobby Brown there was Michael Jackson
Saby W exactly!
Babatunde24 Now was that even necessary? For the record, it all falls under the same genre which is R&B. Of course the music would be a bit different from artist to artist but it's the same genre. Did this young lady disrespect you in any way? I doubt she ever did.
Babatunde24 Kelly and Usher do and can rap in fact lol and have you seen the Vibe video? Lmao
I DON'T CARE about how people feel about Bobby Brown but the man was a musical genius and he will always be!
Plus I just found out that this is Michael Jackson's favorite song! If the KING 👑 of Pop says it's him favorite song then it's definitely fire!! 🔥
@blacklivesmatter4918
Actual Lee: Michael Jackson's favorite song was "Smile" by Charlie Chaplin which his brother Jermaine performed at his memorial.
Bobby was an entertainer, calling him a Musical Genius is like trying to throw a rock from your house to the moon and land it in a crater that you picked out! Prince was a musical genius! Prince wrote his songs produced his songs and did the instrumentation for his songs. Bobby simply sung and danced, Genius entertainer yes, musical genius...No!
@@vincespell He was very talented, but I agree. I wouldn't call him a musical genius, but dammit, he sure was entertaining. He owned the late 80's early 90's.
This video and Bobby's appearance is what inspired the character Power Line from A Goofy movie
Whitney didn't lie . . . Bobby ruled back in the day!!
Yeah but now Whitney messed up she did drugs and died
Rip
@@00_itachi25 rip what Bobby Brown didn't die Whitney Houston did
Man. You had to be around in the 1980’s to fully understand how Fire this song was when it came out!!!! 🔥
Bobby danced off that elevator fly as hell! .. That's how I wish to walk in everywhere I go.....lol I keep rewinding that part
Straight Up!😎
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Didn't he😂😂😂
in the year 5555 .. We will still be Listening to My Prerogative
the Legend of Bobby Brown
Man this bobby brown was before my time but I'm sure I would've been obsessed & in love 😩😍
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girl yessss if I was born 20 years earlier lmao bobby would definitely be bae 😂😂
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Fun fact
:This was one of MJs favourite song.
#MJISINNOCENT
@@cumstain8389 ITS FAXX
@@cumstain8389 always.
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Michael would always play it on the car jamming. 😁
Listen to "Why You Wanna Trip On Me" by MJ
This was a break through in music when this came out. Forever legendary.. growing up in the late 80’ through mid 90s.. nothing like it…
Facts
same ! that magical music time 87 to 93 ish
He created a new genre in R&B. Legendary.
@@danignacio6705 New Jack Swing had finally made it to the mainstream
@@WhatsCookingTime the New Jack Swing ERA!
Me too just it was jaming back then and still jaming 2024 turn it up
Bobby was that dude back in the day. He had so much swag and talent.
And you have so much beauty... love those eyes and lips.
RIGHT
@@fredgarvin9262 You sound jealous, dude. That was a female response.
More talent than your ass
@@KtotheG But sadly true. Bobby was one of several very talented performers that couldn't overcome their demons: Ike Turner, Rick James, MJ and Chris Brown - even the great Marvin Gaye. Love their talent but don't always respect them as people (esp. Chris Brown - he's just trash. Still, I will always love this song (No offense to Britney Spears but only BB does it justice)
I was 10 in '88 & as a kid I remember whenever someone questioned what we did, we would say "it's my prerogative!" lol. Gotta give props to Bobby Brown & Teddy Riley for making this awesome song!
Lookingoodat38 and got my ass WHOOPED for sayin it to my Mama once lmao!
D Moore oh no😂
Lookingoodat38 .....Lol....was 10 in 1988 also and I said it to my Mom....and got in trouble also... couldn't watch MTV for a while.... memories......🤣😃🤣😃
Y'all know you were wrong for saying that to your mom! lol. But I understand Bobby was bad back then, he influenced everybody lol
Almost40born78 JUST LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON.
Woody McClain performed this perfectly
Agreed. Woody McClain nailed Bobby Brown in the New Edition biopic and The Bobby Brown Story. He almost looks like too.
Yea he did he played the hell out of Bobby Brown 👍👍👍
Justin Wright he had this down to a tee
Justin Wright He the only one in my opinion who had Bobby down to the T🙌🏽😍 from the New Edition movie to the Bobby Brown movie!! He the only one who could do it & HE NAILED IT!!
“ Tell me, tell me whyyyyy can’t IIIIIIIII live my liiiiiiife…..”
2024 On God that part hit different 😂😂😂
His energy was unmatched 🔥
Facts.
...yall must've never seen James Brown live if you think that
Maybe I’m world where mj and prince didn’t live
Most Definitely!!
grande mestre no poder
dude can dance. shit is tight.
This man ruled the late 1980s music scene with an iron fist. The impact is still felt to this day, 30-plus years later. You rock, Bobby.
This is his best vocal performance
@@rickycole6327 I'd go with that, Ricky. This song really captures Bobby's spirit at this stage in his life. Bobby was a huge star by 1988. This song is epic, for me, it's about someone wanting to be themselves and feeling like they can't be as "Everybody's talking all this stuff about me. Why don't they just let me live?" Great tune.
Bobby was a huge star but Michael Jackson and Madonna and Janet Jackson actually ruled the '80s for Dance Pop!🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
@@vincentstrain2042, true, Vincent, but Bobby was still a huge solo star for a short period in the 1980s. Bobby is a multi-talented man. That's how he should be remembered and celebrated for, not for his battles (which we all undergo) and failed marriage to Whitney. There is more to Bobby than the tabloids wrote about him. He was a New Edition member and a huge solo star in the late 1980s through the early 1990s. Every Little Step is one of the best songs in music history, as is this song and others of Bobby's. His musical impact can't be denied, even if Michael Jackson was the bigger star.
Don’t forget Millie Vanilli, Keith Sweat, and Babyface, Motley Crue, Mc Hammer, Ll Cool J, Poison, Bon Jovi, Prince, George Micheal, New Edition
I grew up in the 80's this was our music..Nothing has ever compared to this .Till this day..
To right
This was one of Michael Jackson’s favourite songs 👑❤️
When think about it Michael probably wanted to be this way on the stage. I can see him performances this song exact way Bobby did. That’s why he loved Bobby Brown so much.
@@MrLp1980 I can see it too, MJ loved this song,
Mine too!!!
I love Michael and Bobby!
Very cool fact!
bobby was a hit makin' beast back in the day
He was also a wife beating beast
+Sam Berkun he never hit Whitney he even admitted it in his book and he admitted that in person
+Ihatethosepeoplewith Longassnames I know, if he said it didn't happen, then it didn't lol
Yoggii Yo I still think his obest time was with new edition
Libbi Rose no
"I see nothing wrong in spreading myself around" classic lyric
Bobby Brown was a excellent performer. He knew how to dance sing and always had that bad boy look about him. Was in new edition. Still kicked ass after. Even had a hit single off of Ghostbusters 2. I love bobby brown. Wish he made a come back. Would love to see that.
That's because cocaine is a hell of a drug lol
U right, coke is amazing. But what goes up, must come down. What a shame. 🍀
Why is everyone acting like he died
Since Mr. Telephone man
coz he was a bad boy in fact. in bad meaning.
Bobby Brown started some great dance moves ! He just doesn’t stop dancing thru whole video!!!!!he is an icon!
Cocaines a helluva drug 😂
😂
@@dantetakari8090 Was he on coke then? Rethink that...
@@gloglogo2638He confirmed it in interviews & it’s seen he was doing it toward the end of NE an the start of his solo career but he wasn’t heavily invested into it until mid-late 90s
I have now discovered that Britney's "My Prerogative" was a cover. Seriously, I didn't know. So I came here to hear the original version and I'm already loving it.
So did I... I am utterly amazed🤩
You two dont deserve music 😕
While were at it, heres the original to Britneys Toxic..... Britney even kept this chorus for her song
@@Niggleblade1986 i think they do (everyone does), at least they have the respect to find the original artist and enjoy it too
lol....bro...nearly every song these days from r n b singers these days are covers ......most young people hardly know this and il be honest with you it makes me sad ......i want you to go and listen to 80s music and you will realise why adults these days say what kids listen to today is absolute rubbish
BOBBY brown swagger confidence even walk top tier level
not really mate
Had it all!🔥🔥🔥🔥
This dude in his prime was truly a force to be reckoned with. I remember visiting family in Atlanta and getting caught up in the free Bobby Brown frenzy. I'm not the kinda person who gets star struck but he is one of the few people I would dap up because of his fame and out of respect. This brother has been through so much and somehow he finds a way to keep on pushing forward.
No wonder this is Michael Jackson's favourite song it's actually exceptional.
It was probably also his favorite song because the media wouldn’t leave him alone
Wow, I didn't know that
Do u know the video where he said that?
No Michael Jackson supposed to recall them Himself the king of pop after bar bara somebody.
@@acstylez609 what?? Nothing you said makes sense. You need to read over what you type cause this is gibberish 🤦♀️ .. English please!!
If you take nothing else away from this, know that Teddy Riley was and is THE MFn MAN! #LegendaryProducer
BlackRosary81 yessss!!!
BlackRosary81 yes he was
BlackRosary81 yeeeeeeeeeeeees girl! You can hear him all over this track!
REAL TALK, Teddy massively underappreciated IMO now. Without him 90s would've not been what they were
You not lying I’m young and Ik Teddy Riley basically created the new jack swing sound and he wrote a lot of songs for a lot of mainstream artist
Bobby is one of the best entertainers EVER!
Bobby Brown, the original "King "of R&B. Sexy, Fine, and Handsome 😍😍😍😍 He is often imitated but never duplicated. I still love you Bobby!!!
I loove his moves, so smooth, gentle, quick and sharp, like a tiger, natural as breathing. Rare and precious.
Happy listening
Miss this era! The heavy tailored designer clothes! The music! The TV shows! The fashion! Xx
I'm with you! 1980's... my favorite decade as well! Same reasons as you gave! 💖💖💖
@@silvermoondrops ❤️
Yes Bobby had all the moves and he was a fine little thing back in the day
Rochell Barbara I honestly read that as black in the day
+Miles. LOL!!
Rochell Barbara he really was 😍😍😍😍
Rochell Barbara HES STILL SMOOTH AS BUTTA.
tru
Bobby brown story did they thing with this part it matches so perfect to the real version
Candie Parker that a great song bro for real I wished people would let me live my life the way I want to for I pay my own bills and I'm fucking 54.
I wish so badly he got the credit he deserves but so many people only want to associate him with the bad things he did and drugs we all make mistakes in life this man truly made such a HUGE impact in the music world in a group and solo how many artists have done that and can dance on top of it I can only think of a very few and he's the 1st for my generation love you Bobby and hope the world starts to remember what a legend you are and gives you everything you deserve you have suffered enough in life 🙏 ❤
Yes he’s a legend
I blame him for being an enabler of Ms. Huston drug use...it was him that pushed her and then he left...Like his music, yet as person he was well simply very flawed!!1
God Is In Control. He's Has Blessed Bobby in Many Ways, Which He Has Recognized. CONTINUOUS BLESSINGS BOBBY..🙏🙏
@@mariaamaro6227 she has her own choices in life so it's her fault not his
@@James_Doyle83 you do realise that the money Houston has comes to his bank so basically I don’t forgive its a horrible thing
There's no time for this. In 2024 is still AMAZING what a talent!!!!
The older I get this song means so much more. I don’t give a shit, fuck or damn anymore!
Yep, seriously, like this song connects with my spirit animal lol
😆👍
😂😂😂 I laughed so hard at this
Me too. I don't give a happy rat's ass anymore. I'm with you, I totally get it!
@@donnamariedavidson5065 andy
One of the greatest entertainers/dancers of all time, but have never gotten the credit he rightfully deserves. I will always love and celebrate your music BB!! Literally!
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I’m watching and loving this in 2021,who’s with me.
My name is blanket Jackson my dad loved this song
Me too
Same
Yes indeed
Me
Wonder if he sits back and really realize how big he was and how much bigger he could have been...We all thought Whitney was just high when she said he was the king of r&b but he really was...It's unfortunate , He was a great talent..
He sure is
If he could lose some weight he could move and look like this again
Whitney had her addiction & made many wrong decisions but who said she was not smart?
Who said anything about her not being smart.. When she use to say he was the king of r&b it became this big joke. Jamie fox even did that comedy bit about him being the king of Blunts and Paper... Even I didn’t realize until I got into his music how much of the truth she was speaking. The man was a rock star!!!
Imagine if he starts back as a MAN omg
Pure and raw energy in the lyrics. People can say what they want to about this man, but he had it going on.
He sure did! One remarkably talented dude.
Yes!!!
Yup‼️💯🎯
MJ loved this song
It was in the movie : Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland. The bodyguards say he listened to it alot in his last months.
I agree!!
I mean considering his life...this should've been HIS song.
Joeveno he sure did love this song
I am surprised he didn't cover it.
Chris Brown need to give Bobby his Flowers.., Bobby and Michael Jackson created Chris Brown!
Chris's voice has more range than Bobby's but he can't dance nothin like MJ & Bobby.
I'm here because I was reading Michael Jacksons bodyguards book "remember the time protecting the king" and bill his body guard said Michael loved this song made him get the CD and Michael listened to it over and over and over till he new the lyrics this song ment something to Michael....he needed to start making his own decisions... That's his prerogative....
Ginika Ozurumba if true that's pretty Interesting.
Ginika Ozurumba me too I'm here for it
l watched " Searching For Neverland" and Michael sang the song in the movie. He said he loved the song.
Anthonia Opadere i watched that too
YASS THE MAIN REASON WHY IM HERE
Forget what you heard. Bobby was the man!
That bright, animated, unapologetic ora that makes Bobby so magnetic, lit up my world as a little girl. I still love him and his light like I did back then. I'm so glad to have lived through that era. Let's keep giving him all his flowers 💐
Agree! 🎉 ❤
That's why he dead. Too much of his prerogative got to him.
In my opinion, he was way sexier than Justin Timberlake ever could be. This song and performance is unbeatable.
Yes and more stronger 💪🏿 and look like a man instead of looking gay
For those of us who were in high school in the late 80s, you know the energy at the gym dance when this song came on was through the roof.
I'm a metal guy, but Bobby Brown was the shit back in the day! 🤘
I agree. I'm a music fan. No color. We had and have the best damn music ever!
Hell yeah. We all have our preferences but good music is good music, regardless of genre.
Imagine a metal cover of this song with cookie monster vocals- It would be sick!
Bobby Brown had that swagger! What a great entertainer!!
My brother and I know every word of his LP....going surfing 3 times a week. The only cassette we had!
Bobby Brown was the man back then. He got some great hits. I loved his dance moves. He know he could move.
100% original, no phoney fake stuff.
He was crack head
My second favorite album from the 80s! Only Thriller tops Don't Be Cruel
Couch Tomato Yess nothing will ever beat the king of pop🙈
Couch Tomato THRILLER IS THE GOD OF ALL ALBUMS. NO, ALBUM CAN BEAT MICHAEL👑JACKSON'S THRILLER. NOT, EVEN PRINCE'S PURPLE RAIN ALBUM.
I half agree with you that MJ's albums are fantastic and that I prefer Thriller to Purple Rain, but Bad is by far my favourite work by Michael
DazzaBrownsword OH OK. THAT'S GREAT. ALL I KNOW IS M.J. IS THR KING.
Couch Tomato Nothing Cases close to Thriller and Bad which are both of MJ
Who's here because of the Bobby Brown story premiere on B.E.T right now!? It's litttt!!! 🔥
I saw it yesterday and I had to listen to it again😂
me
Lol...Guilty!
Guilty
me
36 years later this is still a banger!
Like him or hate him undoubtedly the baddest of all the 80s boys
Ask Babyface...he will tell you that same...heck...just watch Babyface's Tender Lover video.
Exactly
We all can relate to the message Bobby giving on this track💯.
I'm 62 & I still love this song. Reminded me about my brother back then
MTV DAYS BABY!!! 80'S SONG WERE & STILL THE BEST!!!! 😊❤🙏✌
I love Bobby Brown's music.
I love me some Bobby Brown!!!!
me too I love me some Bobby Brown still to this day Michael Jackson and Bobby Brown my
men
me to
They don't make records like this anymore...sigh my generation..😒😞
Stfu and stop twerking
+elliot wallace beg your pardon? I think you were ignorant under the wrong persons comment..
+Lovinlivinlife242 even if they did, black women support rachetness
+elliot wallace Correction. The society we live in perpetuates ratchetness not just black women. I.e. Miley Cyrus. And please don't be so ignorant as to generalize the entire black demographic especially on the grounds of a stereotype. It wouldn't be fair if I called all white people disgusting hill billies that sleep with their cousins and eat road kill now would it? Additionally, the term ratchet has no race specificity so I suggest you refrain from using it as such. You've obviously given your statement little thought and analysis and give the impression that you are incapable of doing such. Simply put, think before you speak as you may just encounter the exception to your ignorant remarks like you have in this instance. Have a nice, enlightened day..
+elliot wallace So you have met every black woman on earth, correct?
his talents were buried while he was with the new edition . he move solo , and the whole world got to know who he really is. thank you Bobby. that is why he made this song, meaning that is his business.
Yep they did him a favor kicking him out the group
Bobby was unstoppable back then. I still love myself some Bobby.
That beginning of the song when the beat comes in gets me every time ☝🏾
SAME!!!!!!
Literally got those chills soon as that ass kicks in
I still run to the dance floor 😅 even in my 40s when this comes on
I feel this way about the zhane song Sending my love. When it drops….🤯🤯🤯
Who's listening to this jam during quarantine 🙋♀️
Me.
Do u want
Same, great song about freedom. I say it's my prerogative as a free citizen to determine the safety of a Covid19 vaccine and if it is safe for me to take it or leave it. I don't need no government telling me what to do.
Thank you for caring for yourself and others in one shot. I hope life treats you well as you treat life.
@@thatguy-bm1kc Instead of making sneering remarks like some wannabe hero and social justice warrior. Did you ever stop to think that maybe there are some of us who are on medication that prohibits them from taking vaccinations?
So I suggest that instead of being a folk hero you could look into the included documentation of the medication of your own and loved ones. As well as doing a search online, because sometimes there are some research papers that tell more where that information isn't yet printed into the medicine's documentation.
Man... Bobby was the Black Elvis back then. Who today could fuck with him? Nobody.
He said TODAY. I'm thinking Chris Brown.
Nope. CB can not mess with Bobby.
Leedah8 mj could
detailer king mj was better than all of them
+juju2002 no they was not better than new edition or Ralph travsant or Michael bivin or Ricky Bell and Johnny Gill or my boy Bobby Brown or and my boy Ronnie devoe or Bell,Biv,Devoe
who’s here September 2024?
Me
shut up we get it. Everyone on a song is asking this I swear lmao.
Absolutely me 😂
not me. just passing by...
barely! It's the 29th
Bobby Brown smashed this, but can you imagine in his prime Micheal Jackson singing this alongside him would have been even more of a masterpiece than it was already
no
No, this is Bobby Brown's song. He owned it!
apparently this song was meant to be for Aaron Hall, I can really imagine how hot his vocals would've been, but this song is all about Bobby
Talking about Michael Jackson, he once said in an interview that My Prerogative was one of his all-time favorite songs. I think that says a lot coming from the king of pop.
Aaran hall was the original R Kelly in the group called Guy in the 80s funny fact Teddy Riley created that group which was the dude in the group Blackstreet during the 90s with the No diggity song wow 🤩
This was song that took Bobby Brown to music superstardom,plus took New Jack Swing sound to another level My Prerogative.Teddy Riley getting a check to this day over this hit song.Happy Birthday Bobby Brown
This is his best vocal performance
Original Bad boy of R&B
And Teddy Riley is a genius too💥🔥🎵🎤
I'm glad someone else remembers Teddy Riley's contribution!
Teddy Riley was a genius and absolute badass this song and I Just Got Paid by Johnny Kemp definite jams
The original badboy is rick james!
Sometimes in life, you have to put things in perspective lol.
Go Bobby my boy was in his prime #bostonboy
Teddy is a fucking legend!!! He could make anyone sound good. very missed in today's scene.