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Timbaland erases Chris Brown from new single
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 24 November 2009
Timbaland has removed vocals by Chris Brown which were due to appear on his new single ‘The One I Love’, leading to speculation that the producer wants to distance himself from the controversial R&B star, who is busy trying to rebuild his career after his rather violent run in with ex-girlfriend Rihanna at the start of the year.
However, unlike some US artists and producers, Timbaland has not specifically refused to work with Brown, and his manager insists the R&B star’s vocals were removed from the new track for entirely creative rather than political reasons. That creative decision, Timbaland’s manager insists, was reached by both the producer and Brown himself.
Which may well be true. However we do know that, given Brown’s involvement in the track is widely known, the producer decided to change the song’s name from ‘Maniac’ to ‘The One I Love’ after Brown’s maniac moment earlier this year. Rapper DOE, who also guests on the song, confirmed this to TMZ recently.