CHRIS BROWN

hmmm yeah maybe the cycle's getting longer cuz the major labels are so much more risk-averse to promoting new acts

xp

altho I dunno who are we talking about here besides Breezy - Rihanna, Gaga, Drake...? Gaga's really only been going for 5 years or so. Drake's been building up to his time in the spotlight for years what with the whole child-star-actor thing...

well i said 'urban radio' -- i was thinking mainly of the Jay/Kanye/Wayne/Usher/Beyonce/T.I. axis that's been dominant since '04 of earlier

well it's true I am sick of all those people

it is kind of weird for rappers to hang on as long as those guys have, I'm not sure what to attribute that to

investing in the status quo as a means of survival

I can see that. where does Rick Ross fit in

somewhat new member of the club, still ascending, but i almost feel like he's still symptomatic of the general atmosphere of the industry -- he just hung around for years doing the same thing over and over until people got used to it

probably Bieber, Will Smith's kids, somebody British

― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, June 15, 2012 2:44 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

this is one of my fav shakey mo posts in a while

― lamborghini persie (J0rdan S.), Friday, June 15, 2012 2:46 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm, also wanted to draw attention to this post

dr. dre presents

http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/06/14/0614-aftermath-launch-2.jpg

probably Bieber, Will Smith's kids, somebody British

― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, June 15, 2012 2:44 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

this is the future of ilx btw: a prodigy poster, pp's kids, someone british

pleasant plains is will smith?

trying to imagine ILX 20 years from now, populated with everyone's kids

as j0rdan predicted, i think there will still be a few who used to be on Prodigy

"POLL Tolhurst 3-D Interview!: Best Bonus Feature on Pornography 50th Anniversary Blu-chip"

https://p.twimg.com/AxyE8FWCIAAcqPq.jpg:large

http://static.dangerousminds.net/uploads/images/529981_3809782557918_932289289_n.jpg

http://www.factmag.com/2012/07/28/chris-brown-takes-no-homo-shot-at-frank-ocean-continues-to-be-the-absolute-pits/

forever charming.

NO STARS EVER

is kind of awesome

http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/full/618251913.jpg

http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/a83a89.jpg

That came out kind of small. It says, "Chris Brown hits women. Enough Said."

another take: http://ichlugebullets.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/chloe-papas-is-a-racist-and-a-hypocrite/

lol why would i EVER click on that and why would you EVER post it

classic dom

i mean i'm sure this woman is far from a racist and i have no problem w/ anyone giving 'fortune' a zero of 5 stars but it's probably fair to question how she feels about the legitimacy of pop and/or r&b music in general based on that list

not that it really matters tho

classic dom

― buzzafeed (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, July 31, 2012 9:09 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i do think we owe it to ourselves to have our takedown heroes not write like 13-year old rockists, sorry chloe papas

lol why would i EVER click on that and why would you EVER post it

― lex pretend, Tuesday, July 31, 2012 11:07 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ban lex pretend

was mark e smith really a wifebeater?

He was charged with assaulting Julie Nagle and had to do some time in rehab, i think, but he denies he ever hit her.

didn't he try to stab one of the fall? but i think it was a guy

charged with domestic assault against girlfriend on tour in late '90s, he denied any physical violence

gonna try and abuse chris brown so much on twitter that he literally tries to kill me and goes to jail

Shame on his record co for putting $ before everything else

they have sullied the good name of record companies
otm though

Can those of us who still listen to Warren Zevon albums despite his domestic violence refer to ourselves as Team Wheezy?

Punch every sandwich

^^^^ currently singing this to the tune of "Climb Every Mountain"

this whole thing is so gross

http://www.thesuperficial.com/rihanna-chris-brown-kiss-vmas-video-photos-09-2012

Forgive and forget! But most importantly: forget!

I was all "fuck that guy, and shame on the entertainment industry for welcoming him back with open arms" for the longest time. Then I read the actual police report and I was all "fuck that psychopath who's probably going to eventually wind up actually beating someone to death, and shame on the criminal justice system for not locking him up".

y'know after they've done songs together and she's told oprah she still loves him and on and on and on i don't know why people continue to whip themselves into a frenzy over the fact that rihanna doesn't hate chris or avoid him or whatever. it is what it is, for better or worse.

agreed

I just cant believe he keeps winning awards is all for me.

whip themselves into a frenzy

aka taking 1 second to post glum messageboard posts, but thanks some dude it's important yr always there to make sure ppl are only caring the exact right amount about the exact right things

I don't really ride the 'celebrities should be role models' train, but it's super unfortunate that so much of the narrative that followed gave the implicit impression that what he did basically became water under the bridge at a certain point. It's depressing as hell on a personal level that Rihanna seems to be totally okay with him now, but it's even more depressing that there isn't any strong counter-narrative telling women that it's really not okay for people to do things like what Chris Brown did. You and I may say "well, duh" but I guarantee that there are women telling themselves that, if Rihanna's okay with Chris, then getting beat up is in some way acceptable.

If you’ve been on the Internet at all in the past 10 hours, you’ve probably had it screamed in your face that “OMG! Rihanna totally kissed Chris Brown at the VMAs!”

this kind of thing, from the link m@tt posted, is what i was referring to, as opposed to m@tt's post itself fyi

http://www.holymoly.com/celebrity/pictures/chris-brown-gets-rihannas-beaten-face-tattooed-his-neck-must-be-joking64204

.......

okay, that is a stretch but close enough for me to o_O

remember when "Run It" came out and everyone was all "oh look at this nice young man, he wants to dance"

what is this i don't even