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Brown laid low for more than a year working on his follow-up album.

With the help of Machat and an MCA representative, Louil Silas, Brown began working with some of the top R & B producers and songwriters including Babyface, Antonio " L. A ." Reid and Teddy Riley.

The producers helped to compose what became Brown's most successful solo album to date, Don't Be Cruel.

Released in 1988, the album launched five top ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100 including the number-one single, the self-penned " My Prerogative ", which became, along with " Every Little Step " and the title track, signature hits for the performer.

After topping both the pop and R & B charts, album sales eventually would reach eight million alone in the United States making it the best-selling album of 1989.