was trying to buy her and other ex-Bad Boy artists' silence when he gave back their publishing rights ... which she says weren't worth jack.
We talked to the Danity Kane singer -- who was signed to Bad Boy Records in the 2000s -- as part of a new TMZ doc that'll be on Tubi Sunday ... 'The Downfall of Diddy,' which dissects the fallout after theAOD provided some fascinating insight -- including the fact she knew what was up back in September ... when Puff gave all his old artists the rights to their music. The seemingly generous move came with lots of strings attached, according to Aubrey.
Aubrey says she didn't want to do that ... 'cause she sensed she'd be signing away her ability to speak -- something she finds incredibly valuable now, especially in light of everything that's beenand others, which he's denied. BTW ... Aubrey is the first and only person who publicly sounded the alarm for years.There's also this ... Aubrey says the dollar amount attached to getting her publishing rights back was incredibly low. Take a listen ...