T-Pain says another fellow R&B star came this close to bagging hit song âBuy U a Drank (Shawty Snappinâ).â
During a recent video appearance on The Hot Ones, the two-time Grammy-winning singer revealed it was the one and only Chris Brown who tried to take the 2007 banger off his hands the minute he heard it. As T-Pain recalled during the sitdown, the autotune mastermind teased the record Brown, who was feeling the song so much that he wanted it for himself.
âOnce I made it, I was so proud of it [that] I walked into Chris Brownâs studio and showed it to Chris Brown,â said the musician. âHe tried to take it from me. He was like, âOh, my God⊠Weâve got to get this on my album.â And I was like, âYeah, man! For sure! Nah, whatever you want!â I was just defeated at that time, and as soon as I left out of that room, I was like, âHeâs not ever hearing that song again.ââ
Even after more than a decade, the timeless smash, which also features rhymes by Yung Joc, remains one of T-Painâs hottest songs of his career and still spins at parties and clubs to this day. Despite its slow ascent in 2007, âBuy U a Drank (Shawty Snappinâ)â became T-Painâs first and Yung Jocâs second No. 1 single on Billboardâs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. It also bagged the two rising artists their first No. 1 on Billboardâs Hot 100 at the time as well.
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