Although Pretty Ricky came out on top against B2K in their Verzuz last night, Day26’s Willie Taylor thinks they dodged the real bullet.
If you are a fan of 2000s R&B, then last night’s Verzuz battle was right up your alley. B2K and Pretty Ricky faced off in a hit-for-hit match-up, and the latter group emerged as the victorious one. Still, there’s one group they didn’t face: Day26. Day’s member Willie Taylor recently took to his Instagram page to boldly proclaim they would’ve definitely beat either boy band, doubling down after his initial comments prompted some debate.
“Honestly Speaking, We would have SMOKED both Groups Tonight!!!! SMOKED!!” he wrote on IG/Threads, which philip lewis caught on Twitter. “Great Show tonight fellas. But for what verzuz consist of easy Work!!!” But the singer also had praise for both groups, affirming this is just competitive drive.
“Yeah, I said what I said. Smoked,” Taylor doubled down in another Instagram video, which The Shade Room caught on Instagram. “The game plan would’ve been incredible… We would’ve smoked them, both… But nah, I think it was a great Verzuz overall. Really good for the culture. Really good to see B2K and Pretty Ricky up on that stage doing their thing. I feel like B2K should’ve danced… That’s part of who they are, what they bring… Pretty Ricky, I think they did their thing… But at the same time, they went to go and sing with the acoustic guitar. And that’s what would’ve had us whooping on their a**es. Because if you play the acoustic guitar, we gon’ sing that s**t better than you… It would’ve been a long night… I enjoyed the whole night… And I ain’t telling y’all nothing I don’t tell them. These are my brothers, for real… I would go to war behind it.”
Willie Taylor also said the Verzuz didn’t need to have back-and-forth disses because there was enough respect there. Still, he joked about mics being on and Day26 going “belt to a**” on both groups.
Amid other Day26 narratives, we’ll see if other group members chime in. As for future Verzuz battles, nothing is on the docket yet at press time. But this R&B showdown and previous Verzuz engagements spell out good news on the horizon.
