CHRIS BROWN

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

I've only heard it in the car and it sounded really good, just wish it was Usher & Usher f/ Usher

I feel like he's been consistently churning out singles that would be good to great without him on it.

Yeah p much. "Love More" had one of the most insane beats I've heard in a minute and I'm pissed as fuck at whoever produced it for giving it to him instead of anybody else.

actually kinda like "new flame," the shameless 2008iness is surprisingly charming

just wish it was Usher & Usher f/ Usher

this would be much better

you guys hated on a bunch of good songs toward the end of this thread ('loyal' 'show me') (fuck 'cut her off' though) but 'new flame' is basic trash

i like basic trash ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

yeah that song is openly garbage

the way the melody tracks that rinky dink beat is the hackiest thing

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/02/showbiz/chris-brown-plea/index.html?hpt=en_c1

I don't remember a bipolar diagnosis being something that was even talked about as a possibility

Why does is every straight rap w/ guests track Brown does straight fire, world works in mysterious ways

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Chris Brown @chrisbrown · 9h 9 hours ago
I don't know ... But I think this Ebola epidemic is a form of population control. Shit is getting crazy bruh.

I have bit my tongue to shreds off that shit

I don't know ... but I think...

survival of the dimmest

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Chris Brown ‏@chrisbrown

I say what I want. If u don't like it.... "SUCK MY ASS" ( little Asian girl voice)

accidentally discovered deep into some Spotify Christmas playlist:

Chris Brown, "Try a Little Tenderness"

https://instagram.com/p/2Yi084PpW4/

Um

yeesh

so I guess our man chris brown is a 'street artist' and has done some grafiti type stuff.. so when you visit the hallowed grammy museum in los angeles his stupid ass is the last thing you see before you leave because they have a piece he did of his influences.. prince -> james brown -> michael jackson -> chris brown

=(

http://www.vibe.com/2015/01/chris-brown-grammy-museum/

first take is that's soooooo wack but the second take is well you bought tickets to the LA grammy museum so that's on you

its actually not so bad.. its like a smaller rnr hall of fame. but otherwise, yes guilty as charged.

but if you need more proof that the riaa is forcing this asshole down america's throats, here's yr proof.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZGty0YUEAAxvLh.png

http://m.tmz.com/#article/2016/08/30/chris-brown-gun-assault-victim/

feigned surprise

he's gonna murder someone at some point

if he hasn't already

With You is definitely still a jam though.

At the end of the LA Times story about this, regarding an earlier unprovoked assault:

“Clearly, thus far, such extreme consequences, such as the loss of his career, court-mandated rehabilitation, and even jail time, have not deterred Brown’s conduct,” the complaint states. “Perhaps, this time, the imposition of punitive damages for his despicable and unforgivable conduct will.”

What fucking loss of his career?

http://m.tmz.com/#article/2016/08/30/chris-brown-gun-assault-victim/

― how's life,

it won't stop

The term "rage broccoli" almost justifies SFJ's tenure at the New Yorker.

https://pitchfork.com/news/chris-brown-sued-over-alleged-sexual-assault-at-his-house/