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― It's Rodney, currently unemployed! (R. J. Greene), Sunday, 23 July 2006 08:32 (4 years ago) Permalink
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― Mike Hawk (jaxon), Sunday, 23 July 2006 08:43 (4 years ago) Permalink
"With You" is my jam.
― Dom Passantino, Monday, 5 May 2008 16:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
"kiss kiss" is gr8
― deej, Monday, 5 May 2008 16:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
"Forever" = full on pop house. And I approve. The video seems appropriate too:
http://videos.onsmash.com/v/qnrFvhXwvqKGf7jC
― matt2, Monday, 5 May 2008 18:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, I really like "Forever" a lot.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 5 May 2008 18:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
coming here to rep for forever so glad theres gonna be another summer of wistful fake timbaland house joints
― and what, Monday, 5 May 2008 18:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
I like this kid a lot when he does upbeat pop; his ballads tend to be kind of unlistenable.
― forksclovetofu, Monday, 5 May 2008 18:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
was just listening to "with you" and admiring his restraint as a singer. he's totally confident with his voice, and really knows how to lay back. ("with you" pretty much rips off its acoustic-guitar groove from "irreplaceable," but i don't mind.)
― tipsy mothra, Friday, 16 May 2008 06:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
his voice is the shit
― J0rdan S., Friday, 16 May 2008 06:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
imo i think he's an awful technical singer but i love the way his voice warbles and how reedy it is
-- and what, Monday, May 5, 2008 1:20 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Link
RIP
― J0rdan S., Friday, 16 May 2008 06:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
well his restraint might be a factor of lack of technique, i don't know. but i prefer undersinging to oversinging.
― tipsy mothra, Friday, 16 May 2008 06:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
(there are parts of that song where he loses the melody, but i'm not sure if that's his fault or the song's.)
― tipsy mothra, Friday, 16 May 2008 07:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
what i mean is, if you listen to a song like "no air", he's completely blown out of the water by jordin sparks in terms of straight singing, but i think brown makes the song. he knows how to fuck around with his voice (like a natural over-autotune or something) and he really knows his place in terms of restraint (which you brought up, otm to you). way more skilled than a lot of ppl give him credit for i think
― J0rdan S., Friday, 16 May 2008 07:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
your original post really otm tho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLaFJASD5lc
chris brown & lupe fiasco freestyle on jaylib - the red
― and what, Monday, 21 July 2008 17:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
Dude seems physically incapable of not mugging directly into the camera at all times. It's endearingly goofy.
― forksclovetofu, Monday, 21 July 2008 18:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
this kid really brings out my inner Alex in NYC
― some dude, Monday, 21 July 2008 18:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
"With You" has been on repeat for over an hour, I see no reason to change the situation.
― I know, right?, Thursday, 25 September 2008 10:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Kiss Kiss" is worthy of the Human League circa Travelogue.
― LBC's Steve Allen good morning I'm afraid (Marcello Carlin), Thursday, 25 September 2008 11:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Throwed" needs more love (it ain't a single but it could be)
― Life Begins at Death (Bo Jackson Overdrive), Saturday, 18 October 2008 19:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
Where is his cover of "Hungry Eyes" by Eric Carmen? Someone should get on that.
― tea cake, Monday, 24 November 2008 05:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
!!!!!!!!!!
― billstevejim, Monday, 24 November 2008 17:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
opinion provided by noted sane person marcello carlin
― dat dude delmar (and what), Monday, 24 November 2008 18:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
Chris Brown seems to me to be exactly what a Pop Star right now should be, and in that sense he's the most Warholian of Pop Stars since Britney.
― Tá a fhios agam, nach bhfuil? (I know, right?), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 03:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Also, he is HOT
― Tá a fhios agam, nach bhfuil? (I know, right?), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 03:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
ehhhh i like his music tons and all but he doesn't have bsb or britney or 50 pull or anything
― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 03:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
Warholian? I mean I guess there's something 'pop art' about the way he does all these award show performances where impersonates Michael Jackson, then impersonates Timberlake impersonating MJ, and then goes back to straight MJ, but just...no. No.
xpost
― nutz in a good way, aka bustin (some dude), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 03:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
Come ON, the bit where he walks into the crowd.
― Tá a fhios agam, nach bhfuil? (I know, right?), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 03:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
Okay so maybe I was freaking out a little last night because I wanted tickets to see him in Dublin so badly, but I got them so...!!!!
― Tá a fhios agam, nach bhfuil? (I know, right?), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 09:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^i'll cosign this (but not the warhol stuffz)
still jam 'with you' and 'kiss kiss'
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 09:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
Anyone seen him live? I've just bagged review tix for Jan 4 in Nottingham.
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 10:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
youtube clips are promising, I'm v. v. excited!
― Tá a fhios agam, nach bhfuil? (I know, right?), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 17:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
v. excited (chris brown gets a boner in Dublin)
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Sunday, 18 January 2009 19:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
wait, you need to click through to the High Quality version!
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Sunday, 18 January 2009 19:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
he'd best to invest in a good personal security detail...
― (*ﾟーﾟ)θ L(。･＿･) °~ヾ(･ε･ *) (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 21:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
Word 77 already has a hit out.
― carne asada, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 21:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
So, is it true what I'm reading, did Rihanna beat up this poor guy's fists with her face?
― StanM, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 07:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
he better not end up in prisonaint gonna survive a single day in teh county after what he did to 5Head
― warmsherry, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 08:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yo (Excuse My Fists)
― My name is Kenny, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 14:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Babe pretty thick wit the kick that's sick that need to be hit
― da croupier, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 19:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
aint gonna survive a single day in teh county after what he did to 5Head
51 Sent
― The FMLing Groovies (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 19:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't know, do you really want to contemplate what ILX would be like without noted poster 'warmsherry'?
― tuomas bangs out to hardcore rap ish (some dude), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 19:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
Jay-Z Vowes Revenge "Hes A Walking Dead Man"
Jay-Z "hit the roof" when he heard about the alleged assault on Rihanna, according to an insider. A source close to Jigga says that Jay-Z has vowed to get revenge on Chris Brown if the story ends up being true. “He hit the roof. Chris is a walking dead man. He messed with the wrong crew,” the source told US Weekly.
http://www.rapbasement.com/jay-z/0211090-a-source-tells-us-weekly-that-jay-z-vowed-revenge-on-chris-brown-over-rihanna-assault.html
― memo from norv turner (omar little), Thursday, 12 February 2009 17:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol
― happy house of representatives (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 12 February 2009 17:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
he's got chris martin on his ass already
― and what, Thursday, 12 February 2009 18:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
And you know, I'm all for redemption and all, but dude fucked up royally and barely had any repercussions so far.
Like he basically beat up a woman and got MORE famous: a Vibe cover story, top billing on TV Award Shows, spending the weekend jet-skiing with Diddy. No one in the industry even took a stand against him but Jay-Z.
Dude hasn't suffered, afaik. Give dude a 10-year radio blackout and then maybe I'll listen to his dipshit crocodile tears.
― Mr. Zomg 6 (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 28 June 2010 19:08 (2 months ago) Permalink
No one in the industry even took a stand against him but Jay-Z
really? I didn't hear about this - good on ya Jay
― insert your favorite discriminatory practice here (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 28 June 2010 19:10 (2 months ago) Permalink
you're kind of right, but 'graffiti' is a flop in the context of his career
― incredible length (J0rdan S.), Monday, 28 June 2010 19:10 (2 months ago) Permalink
yeah shakey, last year at the BET awards there was a michael jackson tribute, but jay-z threatened to not perform at the awards if chris brown was included in the tribute
― incredible length (J0rdan S.), Monday, 28 June 2010 19:11 (2 months ago) Permalink
or so it was said
I agree that he can and should be able to get past this; part of doing that is, for example, not being pissy about people being wary of his records in the immediate aftermath and not turning tributes to Michael Jackson into pontification platforms about himself
I agree, I think it is his attitude towards the incident which has put people off as much as the incident itself -- he expected saying sorry to make everything okay, and has acted angry and butthurt ever since when his album didn't do as well as he expected it to. No one is owed record sales.
― ô_o (Nicole), Monday, 28 June 2010 19:12 (2 months ago) Permalink
xpost A commercial flop, yes, but artists don't make any money on record sales anyway anymore
Also Jay-Z apparently said, “Chris is a walking dead man.”
― Mr. Zomg 6 (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 28 June 2010 19:12 (2 months ago) Permalink
his career will likely be nonexistent w/ in 3-5 years, pre-beating was on track to have an usher-like career
― incredible length (J0rdan S.), Monday, 28 June 2010 19:15 (2 months ago) Permalink
his career will likely be nonexistent w/ in 3-5 years
this is true of most r&b/pop stars tbf
― insert your favorite discriminatory practice here (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 28 June 2010 19:16 (2 months ago) Permalink
right, but it's only true for CB because of the beating
― incredible length (J0rdan S.), Monday, 28 June 2010 19:17 (2 months ago) Permalink
i don't think Chris was ever really gonna be at Usher level, at least not longevity-wise
― ~athdouspart (some dude), Monday, 28 June 2010 19:19 (2 months ago) Permalink
i mean he had a streak of very successful singles, but he was never going to have the highest selling album of the year like Confessions and totally be king of the hill.
― ~athdouspart (some dude), Monday, 28 June 2010 19:20 (2 months ago) Permalink
Even though I hated half his songs it's pretty much undeniable that dude was being groomed for supermegastardom; he'd had a successful introduction into the world of black cinema and sold a shit-ton of records and was dating the woman everyone wanted to bone. Basically about the only thing he could have done to fuck everything up was... beat the shit out of her and then wonder why wearing a gaudy necklace that said "OOPS!" in cartoon font pissed people off. Which he did.
― Opinions are a lot like assholes. You've got LOTS of BOTH of them. (HI DERE), Monday, 28 June 2010 19:22 (2 months ago) Permalink
xp yeah maybe not, but it's wrong to say that his career hasn't suffered at all
― incredible length (J0rdan S.), Monday, 28 June 2010 19:22 (2 months ago) Permalink
can we talk about Usher's deal with Satan, btw? like why the hell does everyone love "OMG" THAT much?
― Opinions are a lot like assholes. You've got LOTS of BOTH of them. (HI DERE), Monday, 28 June 2010 19:23 (2 months ago) Permalink
people like "OMG" THAT much cuz it's indistinguishable from BEP
― incredible length (J0rdan S.), Monday, 28 June 2010 19:24 (2 months ago) Permalink
and it's better than any of those singles except for "boom boom pow"
okay crazypants, it is NOT better than any of the BEP singles; it's about on par with the interminable filler on the second half of the album (I don't even remember any of those songs aside from "Ring-A-Ling")
― Opinions are a lot like assholes. You've got LOTS of BOTH of them. (HI DERE), Monday, 28 June 2010 19:28 (2 months ago) Permalink
i like it better than "i'mma be", "meet me halfway" (sublime chorus tho) & "rock your body"
― incredible length (J0rdan S.), Monday, 28 June 2010 19:29 (2 months ago) Permalink
and "i gotta feeling" but i was never along w/ the consensus on that one so i'll let it ride
― incredible length (J0rdan S.), Monday, 28 June 2010 19:30 (2 months ago) Permalink
yeah the choice of song material seems totally self-serving and narcissistic, kinda self-defeating no matter how genuine his breakdown is. it's both genuine and horribly cynical at the same time...
Hold up -- aren't all you guys assuming that Chris Brown himself chose "Man in the Mirror" for the tribute? I'd assume the decision would be more than likely made by a Sony/Jive head honcho, or some BET executive/publicist/team, looking to turn this into an "OMG" zeitgeist talking point moment. I'm not sure that Chris would've had a say in what he performed; dude was more than likely handed a script and told to learn the choreography and roll with it.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Monday, 28 June 2010 20:44 (2 months ago) Permalink
yeah I dunno I'm assuming he at least had some input...? who knows
― insert your favorite discriminatory practice here (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 28 June 2010 20:45 (2 months ago) Permalink
He could have said "me singing 'Smooth Criminal' and 'Man in the Mirror' back to back might not be a good idea" at some point and backed out of the whole thing.
― Opinions are a lot like assholes. You've got LOTS of BOTH of them. (HI DERE), Monday, 28 June 2010 20:46 (2 months ago) Permalink
I'm not sure that Chris would've had a say in what he performed; dude was more than likely handed a script and told to learn the choreography and roll with it.
doubtful, you don't just tell someone "btw learn all the moves to three iconic michael jackson routines of our choosing".
― emotional radiohead whatever (Jordan), Monday, 28 June 2010 20:51 (2 months ago) Permalink
yeah pulling the "he's a pop star, he's probably just following orders" thing is pointless. regardless of whose idea it was to perform "Man In The Mirror," he was aware of the subtext of it all well before he stepped onstage and shed a tear.
― ~athdouspart (some dude), Monday, 28 June 2010 21:03 (2 months ago) Permalink
well tbf I think a large reason why this is still a big problem is because he is completely blind to the subtext of it all
― Opinions are a lot like assholes. You've got LOTS of BOTH of them. (HI DERE), Monday, 28 June 2010 21:14 (2 months ago) Permalink
how is that even possible...?
― insert your favorite discriminatory practice here (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 28 June 2010 21:26 (2 months ago) Permalink
shakey, may we remind you
― incredible length (J0rdan S.), Monday, 28 June 2010 21:33 (2 months ago) Permalink
― Mr. Zomg 6 (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 28 June 2010 21:36 (2 months ago) Permalink
O
M
G
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Monday, 28 June 2010 21:45 (2 months ago) Permalink
― blap...tremendo (deej), Sunday, 11 July 2010 17:48 (1 month ago) Permalink
wat
― ᵧₒᵤᶫᵒSᵉ (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 11 July 2010 17:48 (1 month ago) Permalink
footage from 1999 that was first widely circulated as a gif in like 2005 -- seriously guys READ YOUR BLOGS
― StanMDH (some dude), Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:08 (1 month ago) Permalink
ive known abt that for ages -- it was just sorta lol to me ppl giving jay-z dap for his positive attitudes towards women. i mean, u know, im glad he did what he did in that particular circumstance but excuse me for being cynical about dude knowing who currently butters his bread
― blap...tremendo (deej), Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:36 (1 month ago) Permalink
yeah and it circulated on youtube on the same HOW DARE HE HATE ON CHRIS BROWN LOOK AT THIS WOMAN HE CLEARLY GAVE A COMPLETELY SIMILAR BEATING TO tip over a year ago
― some dude, Monday, 12 July 2010 00:45 (1 month ago) Permalink
I dun think the fact that he's playing a thug in an upcoming movie is gonna do him favors, regardless of the fact that he was shooting it before the rihanna incident.
― spidermark, Monday, 12 July 2010 03:15 (1 month ago) Permalink
― some dude, Sunday, July 11, 2010 7:45 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
and yet somehow this 'common knowledge' that isnt at all what i was suggesting slipped by me!! how could i have missed related youtubes
― blap...tremendo (deej), Monday, 12 July 2010 03:34 (1 month ago) Permalink
man fuck chris brown and his whole campaign for reacceptance
― BIG MEECH aka the larryhoover (The Reverend), Monday, 19 July 2010 08:50 (1 month ago) Permalink
so I know everyone hates him now and stuff but "Deuces" is kind of a huge hit, so we should probably talk about it?
I think it's great song honestly, could actually be my favorite single of his ever. Would be even better without Tyga & Kevin McCall... and I like "No Bullshit" from that mixtape as well. Sticking to the core R&B format is really the only way he'll make a "comeback," Grafitti was garbage (besides "Sing Like Me,"), "Deuces" is exactly what he should be doing(though I guess in the context of him and Rihanna's relationship, the song is kind of gross and those that view everything he does through that lens will continue to view him as an asshole but that's neither here nor there).
― / (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 29 August 2010 22:22 (5 days ago) Permalink
again I was never a big fan of his but his R&B joints like this, "sing like me," "take you down," were always his strong suit to me.
― / (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 29 August 2010 22:23 (5 days ago) Permalink
hate to just repost what i tweeted but:
can't deal with Chris Brown having an uptempo breakup song - "guess me beating your face in was a dealbreaker, lol time to chuck the deuce!"
― some dude, Sunday, 29 August 2010 22:23 (5 days ago) Permalink
yeah I figure that's the reaction a lot of you guys will have to it, which is understandable I guess
― / (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 29 August 2010 22:26 (5 days ago) Permalink
beat is pretty hot
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 29 August 2010 22:26 (5 days ago) Permalink
how long ago did chris drop "deuces"
― hold me, thrill me, kiss me, lil b (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 30 August 2010 00:10 (4 days ago) Permalink
hey there
― J0rdan S., Monday, 30 August 2010 00:13 (4 days ago) Permalink
i mean was "deuces" a hard launch for brown or did it just leak?
― hold me, thrill me, kiss me, lil b (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 30 August 2010 00:33 (4 days ago) Permalink
classic comedic posts
― J0rdan S., Monday, 30 August 2010 00:34 (4 days ago) Permalink
lol whiney
― max skim (k3vin k.), Monday, 30 August 2010 01:02 (4 days ago) Permalink
said it on ILE already, but the best part of Takers is when Chris Brown gets plugged
― funky brewster (San Te), Monday, 30 August 2010 03:12 (4 days ago) Permalink
kind of meh on this except for the SAY... BAH BAH... SAY... BAH BAH part
― this isn't STRAWBERRY 0_o it's RAWBERRY (forksclovetofu), Monday, 30 August 2010 04:28 (4 days ago) Permalink