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Most of us can agree that Brian McKnight’s “If You’re Ready to Learn” song was… something of a fail. And the singer has heard our opinions, on Twitter, in blog posts and even reaction videos. But clearly, McKnight is not ready to put the incident behind him. Instead he recently released a video, with the help of Funny or Die, for the infamous song. Ok, so it was a parody…and just like the song, the visuals take things a lot too far. Even if the video is a spoof at the ridiculousness of this song, we know it’s really just another way to keep people talking about that song and more importantly Brian McKnight. Well, since he’s gone this far, and not releasing any other types of music, then he might as well milk this attention cow for all it’s worth. We’ve talked more about Brian McKnight these past few weeks than we have in the past few years and I’m sure that’s just the way he likes it.

Well played Brian, well played.

Check out the video and be ready to cover your mouth in horror. Keep an eye out for the vadge puppet… No, we’re not kidding. There are pubes and everything.

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Oh Brian. Some people really need to learn how to stay in their lane, or at least how to venture out of their lane without losing credibility. Brian McKnight got those signals crossed today when he released a video, debuting his latest effort. The song, “If You’re Ready to Learn,” would be featured on  an upcoming “adult mixtape.” The song is not…well, I can’t describe it. Listen for yourself and then we can discuss it later. Have your headphones on deck, this is not something you want anyone to hear you listening to.

Hmmm. I’m not going to lie, his voice sounds great but the content though… *Shivers* I’m sure some of you will disagree; but this is just not right. It doesn’t coincide with who Brian has established himself to be as an artist. And furthermore how are you going to show me how my stuff works?! When he got to the squirting part, I was just too through. This could literally stand in as the soundtrack for some type of soft core adult video.

Social media outlets, including the Twitesphere that originally encouraged and provided ideas for this mixtape, have been very vocal about their aversion toward the song.

@hear_me_owt: Poor BrianMcKnight….that was…um….well frankly it made me uncomfortable watching it, like I was embarrassed for him.

@dj_RTistic: Brian McKnight is changing the game with a new genre. Ratchet & Blues FTW

@sixfoprez: It’s funny how Brian McKnight had a serious face on like he knew that song was gonna be a hit. Lol

And those are some of the nicer comments.

Unable to avoid all the backlash, Brian McKnight released this statement via his [unverified] Twitter page:

okay im taking it down and ill never do it again im putting up a safe song jeez no sense of humor but i trended for a little while

Oh yes, you sure did. More than a little while, Brian. People have been talking about this since 3 a.m. this morning. And then later he said:

its just sad that this is what i had to do to get most of these people to even acknowledge me

So does that mean, he knew it was wrong and he was just trying to get some shine? We’ll probably never know. Whether this was a serious project or not, and I’m inclined to believe it was, it’s still a pretty good way to keep his name in the limelight. Like seriously, did you think you’d ever see the day where Brian McKnight would become a trending topic?! But look what he had to do to get there…

Are you feeling the new B. McKnight jam?

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