★★★★★
"I swear to God I'm moving on!" Chris Brown shouts midway through the opening title track of X , backed by a massive Diplo drop to underscore his conviction. Of course, Brown has made this promise before without following through. Since assaulting his then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009, his albums have continually returned to the crime, in permanent search of somebody--anybody--else to blame for the fallout...
- www.avclub.com
2014-09-23
★★★★★
Chris Brown's sixth album is adventurous musically and a total mess lyrically - it's almost defiantly oblivious to his past as a domestic-abuser. Throughout, Brown plays the victim: He pretends he's a spurned lover ("X"), claims he was lied to ("Stereotype," which opens with the line "Why are my hands bleeding?") and only engages in self-reflection on a set of sad-sack EDM tracks...
- www.rollingstone.com
2014-09-23
★★★★★
Everyone has an opinion on Chris Brown that goes beyond his music. And if your opinion is that people shouldn't have an opinion and judge him solely on his music, congratulations, you have an opinion that goes beyond just his music.
Personally, I choose not to support him. Not because of any juvenile ideas around haterdom, and certainly not because I'm outside the club and I can't get in...
- www.djbooth.net
2014-09-18
★★★★★
Chris Brown Delivers Standout Hits On 'X'
Sep 16th, '14 • Music • by Miranda J. • No Comments
For the past 10 years, fans all around the world have literally watched Chris Brown grow from a boy into a man. Since launching his music career in 2004, the 25-year-old singer has maintained a steady career, releasing five chart-topping studio albums thus bringing us to his sixth studio effort, X...
- www.xxlmag.com
2014-09-18
★★★★★
Chris Brown's attempts at appealing to all corners of the urban pop spectrum at-present are commendable, but possibly a case of the vocalist doing too much. Regardless of their more recent failures or successes, some celebrities remain inextricably linked to a past incident instead of their craft. Names such as Ike Turner and O.J. Simpson come to mind as transcendent talents who crossed the line separating fame from infamy...
- www.hiphopdx.com
2014-09-16
★★★★★
The "rule of three" refers to the number of times you multiply or divide the quantity of sexual partners a woman or man, respectively, claims to have had, since, the principle implies, ladies don't want to sound like sluts and guys don't want to sound like losers. It also sometimes refers to the universe's apparent insistence that notable events occur in groups of three, like the deaths of beloved public figures, or, say, incidences of high-profile domestic abuse...
- www.slantmagazine.com
2014-09-14
★★★★★
R&B and hip-hop superstar Chris Brown has released his fifth studio album, Fortune, via RCA Records, featuring singles Turn Up the Music, Don't Wake Me Up and more. ...Read the full album review History has provided us with a long list of shocking moments: David the lowly shepherd manages to take down the mighty Goliath, JFK is assassinated on a calm Texas day, T-Pain starts singing without Auto-Tune...
- www.djbooth.net
2012-10-15
★★★★★
Chris Brown may be a grown, 23-year old man at this point but he still sings like a 15-year old, and consistently provides the subject matter to make the sound feel appropriate. The stakes on Fortune are consistently as high as they can possibly be in the way only an adolescent can see them: the end of the world, one chance life-changing sex, music as substitute for carbon or water, Magnum condoms, the finest girls and the trillest marijuana...
- www.popmatters.com
2012-08-30
★★★★★
Brown's fifth LP sounds great on the surface: "Bassline" is based on an elegant dubstep wobble, and his vocal on "Stuck on Stupid" matches its midtempo grandeur. But deep listening means getting cozy with a guy so reviled mosquitoes won't bite him; Brown brags about his extra-large condoms, and, on "Don't Judge Me," turns a tender love song into a Twitter rant against "haters." It will have a broad audience. Listen to 'Fortune' Related • Photos: Random Notes
- www.rollingstone.com
2012-07-19
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