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a new rihanna and chris brown song leaked
all we can ask is, "why?"
by: hayden manders — april 20 2015
A new-old Rihanna and Chris Brown song surfaced online over the weekend. It’s called “Put It Up” and was meant to be featured on Brown’s last album X. The track never made it onto the LP, though. (It’s rumored Rihanna requested it be cut after she and Brown last broke up.) But since nothing is ever really “unreleased” these days, the track has hit the web.
Unlike the duo’s previous post-2009 tracks, “Put It Up” is a slow-jam declaration of adoration. The raunch of their “Birthday Cake” remix has been traded for lyrics like “treat me like I’m your property” sung over a light-hearted bedroom beat. Considering everything that happened in the past, it’s all a bit unnerving—even if both parties have made amends. (See: Rihanna and Brown’s 2013 uncomfortably enjoyable “Nobody’s Business.”)