🎤 DONELL JONES VS. JOE IN VERZUZ?! BABY, THE INTERNET HAS ALREADY DECLARED A WINNER... AND THEY ARE DISRESPECTFUL! 😂

Now THIS is the kind of R&B foolishness I can get behind.

Donell Jones and Joe are set to face each other in a VERZUZ on August 20, and before either man has sung ONE note, social media has already pulled out the scorecards, calculators, catalogs and disrespect. 😂

And here's what makes this even better: Donell has wanted this smoke for YEARS.

Back in 2022, Donell said if he were going to do VERZUZ, there was really only one man he wanted: Joe. He called Joe “worthy” and said the matchup would be grown-man competition with love and respect, not a bunch of unnecessary drama.

Well, sir...

YOUR ORDER IS READY. 😂

Because Joe is coming to the cookout.

And social media said:

“Donell... are you SURE?”

😂 THE INTERNET IS ALREADY ACTING A FOOL

Now, I went looking at actual R&B fan conversations, and baby...

THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN DONELL LIKE DONELL BELIEVES IN DONELL.

One fan put it simply:

“Love both, but Joe has the edge here.”

Another person said:

“Weird match up. Donnell loses but we win.”

😭😭😭

WAIT.

How you gonna congratulate the audience and send Donell home simultaneously?!

Another fan went straight for the jugular:

“This is disrespectful to Joe.”

And somebody else basically said if this thing goes the full 20 rounds, Donell may have a problem, but if they cut it to 10 songs, now we've got ourselves a fight. 

BABY!!!

Y'all got Donell Jones out here fighting for his LIFE and the microphones ain't even plugged in yet. 😂

🎶 BUT DON'T PLAY WITH DONELL'S CATALOG

Now hold on.

Before everybody puts Joe's name on the trophy, Donell Jones has RECORDS.

“Where I Wanna Be.”

“U Know What's Up.”

“Shorty (Got Her Eyes on Me).”

“You Know That I Love You.”

And don't forget that Donell isn't just a singer. He's got songwriting and production credits too, and that's exactly what some fans are pointing out.

One R&B fan defended him by arguing that Where I Wanna Be is one of the great R&B albums of its era and that Donell's writing, producing and arranging work could produce some “I forgot he did THAT!” moments during the battle.

THANK YOU.

Because y'all are talking about Donell like this man is about to walk onstage with two songs and a Groupon.

Stop it. 😂

😳 BUT THEN THERE'S... JOE.

And that's where Donell's evening could get a little complicated.

Joe can pull out:

“I Wanna Know.”

“All the Things (Your Man Won't Do).”

“Don't Wanna Be a Player.”

“Stutter.”

“The Love Scene.”

“Good Girls.”

“More & More.”

And THEN you start getting into collaborations, writing, features and everything else in that catalog.

One fan predicted Joe wins 14-6.

FOURTEEN TO SIX?!

Sir, this is VERZUZ.

Not the Bears scoreboard.

😭😂

Another fan said Joe has the edge in hits, vocals and features, while giving Donell more of a fighting chance when songwriting enters the conversation.

But everybody isn't counting Donell out.

One person boldly said:

“I got Donnell in the upset.”

THERE WE GO!

Somebody go check on that person August 20 because they're either gonna look like a musical genius...

or we're deleting that post together. 😂

🎤 LADY RED'S QUESTION...

See, this is why I LOVE this matchup.

Because Joe probably has the deeper overall arsenal.

But Donell has those records where the first three seconds come on and every grown person in the building immediately starts making that face.

You know the face.

That “WAIT... THAT'S MY SONG!” face.

And that's what makes VERZUZ dangerous.

It ain't always about who has the most records.

Sometimes it's about WHEN YOU PLAY THE RECORD.

Because if Joe gets comfortable and Donell drops “Where I Wanna Be” at exactly the right moment?

Baby...

EVERYBODY WHO EVER STAYED IN A RELATIONSHIP THREE MONTHS TOO LONG IS SINGING. 😭😂

So I'm not burying Donell Jones before August 20.

But Donell...

My brother...

My fellow Chicagoan...

YOU ASKED FOR THIS MAN.

Don't get up there in Round 13 looking confused.

😂😂😂

JOE OR DONELL JONES: WHO YOU GOT?

And don't just give me a name. Give me your score.

Because apparently the internet has already started the VERZUZ...

and the actual VERZUZ ain't even happened yet.

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