CHRIS BROWN

This hits a little close to home; years ago I was assaulted by a stranger who "wanted to box." (I wasn't trying to photobomb my attacker; he just appeared out of the darkness on my walk home and clobbered me, but still it makes my blood boil thinking about it. I guess "box" is the vernacular meatheads use to convince themselves that their violence is a consensual act.)

That quote, even in context, makes no sense and sounds like something dude made up to get a check out of this whole situation. Chris is an idiot, but c'mon. It's very likely the guy is trying to cash out.

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/D93t_NCgPVs/hqdefault.jpg

Oh...it's you.

hard-hitting analysis from Cousin Slappy

I am the world's biggest hater of Chris Brown and I think he was semi-justified in swinging on this dude.

It would have been a better story if he'd punched Bieber.

The prosecutor in the Chris Brown felony assault case is named Nick Canon.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Nick Cannon, the lead prosecutor

2 felony charges of wildin out

lol

Reduced to misdemeanor. Maybe we were wrong about this guy.

i'd like to reduce the number of teeth in his mouth

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/wp/2013/10/30/chris-brown-checks-into-rehab-after-d-c-arrest/

Rehab

addicted to being a violent shithead

unfortunately "show me" is kind of amazing

fortunately you're wrong but ty 4 dn

n/m i did that display name a year ago lol

haha

meanwhile:

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-chris-brown-shattered-mothers-car-window-with-rock-report-says-20131120,0,6459056.story#axzz2lnLoLKWf

kevin if you like "show me" plz just listen to this instead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WNksvMe6wY

"show me" could be good but chris' vocals on that are particularly wretched AND IT'S ALSO A SONG THAT FEATURES THE LINE "YOU REMIND ME OF SOMETHING / BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW"

demand more from your songwriters

not really a fan of the many dj mustard R&B joints out at the moment, but if i had to pick one it'd be the t-pain single

that song's aight

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/03/showbiz/chris-brown-probation-hearing/index.html?hpt=en_c2

I am recopying the entire text of this article so you can mourn the death of the copy editor along with me:

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Chris Brown will stay in rehab a few more weeks despite a prosecutor's request he be thrown in jail.

Brown, who has been on probation since pleading guilty to assaulting girlfriend Rihanna five years ago, is becoming more violent, with his outbursts "increasing in severity and intensity," Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Mary Murray argued Monday.

The singer has been in a rehab program for anger issues and drug abuse since November when the judge ordered him to go there instead of jail for an earlier probation violation.

But the prosecutor asked Monday that he been locked up in jail because of his arrest in Washington on an assault charge.

Although Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James Brandlin ruled Brown was again in violation of probation, he cited a new report from his probation officer that concluded Brown "is doing well in the program and making great strides" in rehab.
October: In anger management rehab
Chris Brown getting special treatment?

For now, Brown can stay in rehab, the judge ruled. "It appears your doing well in the program," he told Brown.

"There's no reason to put him into custody at this point," Brown attorney Mark Geragos said after the hearing. "We're happy that the judge agreed with us."

Brown is expected to complete the rehab program on February 19, but he has to travel to Washington for a hearing on the assault charge on February 20. That case could still send Brown to jail in Los Angeles if he is found guilty.

The probation imposed when he pleaded guilty to a felony charge in the 2009 attack on Rihanna requires that he stay out of legal trouble. The judge will hold another hearing on February 28 to decide his fate after rehab.

The latest probation report praises Brown's new improved attitude in complying with probation rules. "He appears to have a more serious and responsible demeanor and is responding well to dual diagnosis treatment program and changes in medication," his probation officer wrote.

Brown is working on a community labor crew three days a week until he completes 1,000 of work ordered by the judge in November. He's finished 109 hours and still has 809 hours left before his probation can be completed, the probation officer said. At that pace, Brown has another 101 days of work left.

The glowing report is a stark contrast to what the probation officer wrote in November after Brown was booted from another rehab facility after smashing his mother's car window during a family session.

"There is much concern with the probationer's new arrest and his violent outburst that resulted in his discharge from a treatment facility," that probation report said.

Brown and his bodyguard, Christopher Hollosy, face assault charges stemming an incident outside the a hotel near the White House in October. The federal prosecutor handling the case offered to let them each plead guilty to one count of simple assault, but they rejected the offers at court last month.

A Los Angeles County judge ordered singer Chris Brown to stay in jail without bail until April 23, pending a hearing to determine whether he violated terms of his probation.

Judge James Brandlin said Brown, who was arrested on Friday, was kicked out of his rehab program in Malibu after touching a female and failing to take a drug test.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-chris-brown-20140317,0,6227095.story#ixzz2wJXbPzn5

Fuck this guy bt being forbidden to touch a female is lol harsh

guilty lol

i wasn't sure where to put this excellent piece on the rarely-acknowledged women who remix and respond to misogynistic songs but given its focus on "loyal", why not here

http://thehairpin.com/2014/06/the-women-who-remixed-loyal

anyway it's pretty important and otm, and it's always frustrated me no end when these remixes are ignored. k michelle is QUEEN of them right now

there was a Trina/Lil Mo remix of "Cut Her Off" the other day too. although honestly the K Camp song is so vile that i kinda wish someone did a version that just went over the top in the other direction ("it ain't nothin' to cut his dick off").

yeah i downloaded that trina remix, haven't listened yet though

"cut her off" is probably more offensive but "loyal" is incredibly annoying because as a song, the beat and the hook, it's excellent and always stuck in my head, but the sentiment isn't just awful but whiny and entitled with it. so thank fuck for the k michelle and lil mo remixes

yeah. it's like divine prophecy for Ty Dolla $ign and Chris Brown to get together and make a hugely popular misogynist shitpile of a song.

i suppose i was naive to ever think that if chris brown survived the rihanna incident it'd be despite being a misogynist abuser rather than because of trading on it

Glad this is being brought up, having a real hard time reconciling Mustard-style beats, with the frequently vile attitude and sentiments on them.

caramanica did a piece recently as well
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/arts/music/retro-rap-that-puts-women-down.html?_r=0

that was what the hairpin piece responded to and correctly called inadequate precisely because it didn't acknowledge the responses

tbh i didn't read the hairpin piece, so am opening now.

i don't think writing about hit songs absolutely necessitates acknowledging mixtape freestyles, every hit song has those, pretty frequently ones that flip gender roles. if anything i feel like the real corrective to songs like "Loyal" being on the radio is having something like "Can't Raise A Man" on the radio at the same time.

at least it seems a bit strict if the only legit way of criticizing "Loyal" is by doing a cover version with improved lyrics

no one is saying that

heh, I don't care enough about "Loyal" that it would have even occurred to me to seek out alternate versions

nice beat tho, glad to see someone making better use of it

my fav beat of the year easy

the few times it's gotten stuck in my head it's morphed into Ray J's "Sexy Can I," which is a better song by a somewhat less objectionable slimeball

fine point of gradation there

haha rev i keep seeing you post and think i'm losing all my memory

this is revenge for when you were "the reverend dr. wiggins" or some shit like that

lol

man "new flame" is a really bad song, wtf is that beat, sounds like something jim jonsin would make in between snores

It sounds pretty anemic @ home yeah but it's fucking great in the car after the umpteenth play of Believe Me

i like it in spite of myself