Rap & B: When Singers Try to Rhyme

Don't miss Bobby Brown tonight on 106 & Park!

Bobby Brown - We'll always have a soft spot for Bobby Brown's raps about proton packs and ghost slime from "On Our Own," his hit single off the Ghostbusters 2 soundtrack.(Photo: Courtesy MCA Records)

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Bobby Brown - We'll always have a soft spot for Bobby Brown's raps about proton packs and ghost slime from "On Our Own," his hit single off the Ghostbusters 2 soundtrack. Don't miss Bobby Brown tonight on 106 & Park at 6P/5C!(Photo: Courtesy MCA Records)

Trey Songz - Trey Songz performs at the 2011 Essence Music Festival at the Louisiana Superdome on July 3 in New Orleans.   (Photo: Erika Goldring/Getty Images)

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Trey Songz - Trey Songz recently dropped “Top of the World,” which featured Trigga both singing and rapping over a subtle, guitar-driven beat. The song will appeared on #Lemmeholdatbeat2. Trey has even boasted, "I rap better than most rappers." Gotta love his confidence!(Photo: Skip Bolen/WireImage)

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2011 MTV Video Music Awards - A year after Breezy literally embodied MJ at the BET Awards, he put on another killer performance at the 2011 MTV Music Video Awards. Brown kept the crowd fully entertained with a Cirque Du Soleil inspired performance, featuring high-flying table jumping and impeccable choreography. He danced to a medley of hits including hits from Wu-Tang Clan, Nirvana and his own songs "Yeah 3X" and "Beautiful People."   (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Chris Brown - It's kinda crazy that an R&B singer released one of the better rap songs of this year, the frenetic, energetic "Look at Me Now." (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

R. Kelly (@KellZodiac)  - TWEET: “It’s been a long time coming but I finally feel a lot better about my throat since the surgery and this is the first song I wrote. Enjoy!” Shortly after confirming that his memoir would be released next year, R. Kelly releases his first song recorded since his throat surgery. (Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

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R. Kelly - R. Kelly has always blurred the line between hip hop and R&B, but he really went for it on 2008's "I'm a Beast," dropping a verse that included several subliminal shots at Ne-Yo. Let's just say he should've kept this one trapped in the closet.(Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

Omarion - @1Omarion: IMA PLAY MJ LOUUDD AASSS HEELLLL RIGHT NOWWWW!!! RIP KING! SEE YOU IN THE NEW SYSTEM. (Photo: Adrian Sidney/PictureGroup)

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Omarion - Omarion dropped a mixtape with DJ Drama this year, The Awakening, which included the song, "Luke Skywalker (Bullshittin')." The song featured the former B2K singer spitting alongside Method Man. No, we don't get it either.(Photo: Adrian Sidney/PictureGroup)

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Mary J. Blige (@maryjblige)\r - Singer Mary J. is taking her acting career very seriously these days. Look out for her in the upcoming film Rock of Ages.\r\r \r"TWEET: Just wrapped filming my movie Rock of Ages. Sad that it is over. Had such a blast working with @adammshankman. Thank you for everything!!"\r(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Mary J. Blige - You can't really be mad when the Queen of Hip Hop Soul drops a verse. She's been killing it since 1993, when she rapped alongside Grand Puba on the classic remix to "What's the 411." Check her Yo! MTV Raps performance if you don't believe us.(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Ryan Leslie - The talented singer-producer's third album Les Is More included the song "Joan of Arc," which surprisingly featured Leslie ably rapping the verses and singing the hook. (Photo: Elizabeth Lippman For Stacie Gillian)

Justin Bieber on Kanye West - “He’s not really an a**hole like everyone makes him out to be. I mean, he can, he can do bad things, but he’s really generally a good guy.”(Photo credit: Michael Underwood/PictureGroup)

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Justin Bieber - Justin Bieber turned heads last year when he debuted his rap alias Shawty Mane and leaked a video of him rhyming over Cam'Ron and Vado's "Speakin' Tungs." Stick to your day job, Biebz—it's not like it isn't a good one. (Photo: Michael Underwood/PictureGroup)

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Ne-Yo - The Grammy award-winning R&B singer will be on the other side of the ceremony this year as he presents awards to others. (Photos: Adrian Sidney/PictureGroup)

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Ne-Yo - In a move that defined the term "SMH," Ne-Yo kicked a rhyme dissing Chris Brown over Lil Wayne's overused-and-abused "A Milli" in 2008.  (Photos: Adrian Sidney/PictureGroup)

Do Me, Baby - Ronnie DeVoe, Ricky Bell and Michael Bivins reunite as Bell Biv DeVoe for a performance in 2009. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Bell Biv Devoe - Bell Biv Devoe's 1990 classic "Poison" was one of the first examples of R&B singers crossing over to the rap world—and two decades later, it's still one of the best. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Tyrese - Perhaps inspired by the shapeshifting robots in his The Tramsformers movies, actor-singer Tyrese confused everybody when he unveiled his alter-ego Black Ty and started trying to rap. We'll stick to Megatron, thank you very much.(Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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