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The world was anticipating the battle of two all-time greats: Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds and Teddy Riley. Over 400,000 people showed up on Instagram Live for this battle of the two musical giants. Some probably had on their best linen suit or Todd 1 velour jumpsuit ready to hear some of the greatest music from the 80s and 90s.
What we ended up getting was an extreme fail.
Riley showed up with his band, a DJ and a hype man while Babyface set the mood right in his studio. I’m not sure if Teddy Riley followed the social distancing rules but he didn’t seem to follow Verzuz founder, Producer Swizz Beatz instructions. While the sound from Babyface’s end was great, Riley’s was a complete fail and after over an hour and three songs played, Teddy’s team decided to it was best to try to fix the terrible sound. Afterward, Babyface sent a message to the fans on his Instagram page saying the battle would be postponed.
Riley followed behind him with a message of his own.
However, the real winner of this battle was Grammy-award winning singer Toni Braxton. Braxton, who got her start with Babyface and his legendary label LaFace Records held us down on Twitter. We know her allegiance may have been with Edmonds but the “Love Should’ve Brought You Home” singer tweeted out everything the world wanted to say at the time.
It remains to be seen if the Edmonds/Riley Battle will take place but you can check out Braxton’s hilarious commentary below.
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1.
Oh wow this is gonna be lit https://t.co/JayyWrsT6O
— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) April 19, 2020
2.
Teddy this echo is killing me! Cmon man!
— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) April 19, 2020
3.
Now Teddy, you know Face set up isn’t messing up your sound!
— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) April 19, 2020
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Y’all gonna have to let me know when my song come on cause this is cringe pic.twitter.com/dgnOnwpwpA
— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) April 19, 2020
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The hype man doesn’t know how to fix audio? AND he doesn’t have a mask on either? Teddy! What is going on!?
— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) April 19, 2020
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Starting over? What??? Teddy.... pic.twitter.com/jDSM1olWWl
— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) April 19, 2020
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Are we really starting over? I’m sorry I gotta make dinner this is like watching old folks use Jitterbug phones pic.twitter.com/9Fjqm0xxwM
— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) April 19, 2020
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Teddy is just discombobulated pic.twitter.com/bN6s8qofyx
— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) April 19, 2020
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Now it’s no sound. We got to wait 7 whole days for this? 🤣 pic.twitter.com/CcC2grMsGf
— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) April 19, 2020
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Kenny... just log out pic.twitter.com/8sdFg7Lnua
— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) April 19, 2020
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“We’re having technical difficulties over here?” YA THINK?? And who’s baby is in the background? pic.twitter.com/03N3POyuXx
— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) April 19, 2020
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Wait @SnoopDogg said Help 🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/j5Fr422duh
— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) April 19, 2020
13.
I think Adele was right...it was like giving a whale a Tic Tac. Oh well. 🙃 it was fun. pic.twitter.com/gQlL9XJNwj
— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) April 19, 2020
14.
We really did hear the songs the FIRST TIME and we still feel the same... pic.twitter.com/cv3PFIg4Ha
— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) April 19, 2020
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I’m a huge Teddy fan, he’s a super producer but I’m biased! I’m done for the night. Love y’all! ♥️ pic.twitter.com/R7AkVJ32MA
— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) April 19, 2020
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I mean, damn. https://t.co/Xuu3T6dZzn
— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) April 19, 2020
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I didn’t mean to! https://t.co/PpBTFO7nS0
— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) April 19, 2020
18.
This tweet didn’t age well https://t.co/VwUDUlUYCT
— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) April 19, 2020
19.
Ok guys I really have to log off please stop sending me memes like this one. Don’t share this one anymore ok? pic.twitter.com/ievjRAWCoM
— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) April 19, 2020