Brian McKnight "If You're Ready To Learn"

Overview

"If You're Ready To Learn" is a sexually explicit song performed by R&B musician Brian McKnight, which caused a stir online when it was uploaded to the video sharing site YouTube in April of 2012.

Background

On April 23rd, 2012, singer-songwriter Brian McKnight uploaded a video of himself performing a song in his home studio to his official YouTube^[1] channel. In the video, McKnight revealed that he had been working on an "adult mix tape" and began singing part of a song he called "If You're Ready To Learn." The lyrics described performing cunnilingus on a woman in order to make her ejaculate. The same night it was uploaded to YouTube, McKnight removed the video and apologized for offending viewers via his Twitter^[4] account. Shortly after, the video was reuploaded by several other YouTubers.

Let me show you how your pussy works,
since you didn't bring it to me first,
I have lots of things to show you,
if you're ready to learn,
let me show you how your pussy works,
bet you didn't that it could squirt,
I have lots of things to show you,
if you're ready to learn.

Notable Developments

On Twitter

On April 24th, 2012, the tech blog Mashable^[5] published an article titled "Twitter Is Not Feeling Brian McKnight's Explicit New Music", which reported that McKnight had become a trending topic on Twitter. The same day, McKnight responded to questions about the video on Twitter, revealing that the song was meant to be a joke.

@mynameisreyrey its meant to b hilarious

— Brian McKnight (@ItsBMcKnight) April 24, 2012

TMZ Interview

Also on April 24th, 2012, TMZ^[7] interviewed McKnight about the song, who revealed he would be completing the song in the following weeks. McKnight also admitted that he had been stuck inside his home for the past month while recovering from an Achilles tendon surgery, and he wrote the song because he had "nothing else to do."

Notable Examples

YouTube Responses

The video generated many commentaries and response videos from other YouTubers, many of whom criticized McKnight for uploading the video. As of April 25th, 2012, there are 65 video results for the keywords "brian mcknight adult mixtape."

Image Macros

The entertainment blog Global Grind^[6] published a post titled "The Funniest Brian McKnight Memes For 'Ready To Learn'", which included several photos of McKnight with captions quoting lyrics from the explicit song.

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