*Man, the public is harsh.
Despite three years passing and Rihanna forgiving her former flame, Chris Brown remains a constant target for media, blogosphere criticism.
He performed in February on the Grammy Awards stage, receiving scathing remarks for his long past actions. Three years isn’t enough to forget.
Since releasing his latest album, “Fortune,” the pop star couldn’t escape the iron fist of certain critics. Chad Taylor was simple:
“Chris Brown hits women. Enough said.”
Music critic and journalist Chloe Papas went all out on the new project, but gained quite the headlines for writing what is being called the best album review.
“Chris Brown has released his fifth studio album – a 19-track repugnant record that we can only hope will be his last,” she wrote.
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She called Brown’s song “Till I Die” “a catastrophic misogynistic sh-t of a song,” and added that the entire album is “skitzy” with only two themes: “Unprotected sex is cool and partying is fun.”
But she made it abundantly clear where she was coming from. She concluded her review by saying it doesn’t matter how much talent the boy has, he’s a lady beater and shouldn’t be supported.
“Regardless of whether Chris Brown has any musical talent (he doesn’t) or whether this album is any good (it isn’t), the man recently brutally assaulted a woman, and is still regularly invited back to award shows and worshipped by ‘Breezy’ fans worldwide. Which is, frankly, disgusting. And for those of you out there saying you need to separate the music and the man: screw you, don’t encourage his actions. Final words: don’t buy this album.”
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So the person who starts off by saying that Chris shouldn’t be supported writes an “objective” review?
Is this before of after the CD debuted at #1?
These so-called critics need to chill. I am no Chris Brown fan, but come on. Screw you Chloe Papas!
I cannot believe people will not let this pass. It’s been three years. We have all made mistakes and will continue to do so. I am not saying his actions should be forgotten – but dam – it’s been three years! I am sure a lot of people here claim to be Christians – yet, will not FORGIVE. The Good Lord will judge Mr. Browns actions – or lack thereof. The journalists that wrote these scathing reviews are entitled to their opinion – but to truly demean his music just by his actions of the past is WRONG! Journalists need to stick with the facts as they are constantly destroying lives with their inaccuracies when reporting the “somewhat” news and stalking people to gather incorrect information just to sell a few mags!
Honestly, part of the problem is Brown’s attitude and the other violent incidents he has been involved in. Brown comes across as cocky, arrogant and unrepentent despite doing restitution for his beating of Rhianna. He needs to bring it down a notch and drop the twitter account while he’s at it. He talks way too much. If he would only appear humble, some of the public would be able to move on.
I believe you are exagerrating all the instances you describe here. What “other” violent incidents?
He is young, talented, and got money in the bank. Irrespective of “badness” that is a recipe for cockiness, arrogance and having a “F*ck you” attitude.
The public will never move on…and they don’t have to really. His fans keep him in the news..as they should.
Meanwhile, Rihanna continues to spiral out of control and be rewarded.
Again, young, talented, cocky, and a F*uck you attitude.
I’m not exaggerating. Go and read the comments from other blogs about this story. Go and argue with them about CB being ‘young, talented and have money in the bank’. He may have those things now, but what about the future? His youth and talent will not mean a damn thing to those powerbrokers in the industry when he decides he wants to branch out. He’d better have lots of money to fund his own projects in case the well runs dry.
It depends on who you think controls his future. Is it those who support him or those who don’t? Based on his appearances since then, it doesn’t seem as if the industry is interested in blackballing him.
Sure, we can all have our opinions on what he should/n’t do, but the question is how have his actions affected his bottom line. Isn’t this like his 2nd #1 album since Rihannagate?
And I’m sorry, giving the ‘powerbrokers” the spirit of discernment seems out of place. These same “brokers” are the same ones responsible for much of the current garbage out there. Let’s not turn them into people of merit.
I agree with you timmdogg and I will add to what you said, Chris does nothting to help himself he continues to do stupid things that give the media ammunition ot bash him at every turn after he beat Rihanna and the after math of that he showed his anger again by throwin a chair thru the ABc studio, twitter rants, allegedly snatching a chick’s I phone, bottle throwin at a club etc all of those stupid actions do not help the public’s negative perception of him. I am no means a Chris Brown fan but I have teeny bopper cousins who like him and his music, Chris needs to start behaving with maturity and class on how he handles things and maybe the media will start to forgive and let what happened between he and Rihanna go.
Don’t care for Chris Brown or his music in the least but this record ‘review’ sounds more like a personal attack. I’m betting a dollar to a donut that this same ‘reviewer’ has probably praised some of the same misogynistic lyrics and themes from other artists. Eric Clapton raped and beat his wife and I don’t see people writing these kinds of reviews about his moral character (he ‘sorta’ apologized his ex-wife), disguising it as a record review. Clapton is still allowed to tour and make money. Same with Charlie Sheen, who has a new show called ‘Anger Management’, who beat his wife/girlfriend and ‘banged rocks’ to his heart’s content without career reprecussions. Should the public stop supporting both of them too?
To make matters worse, she’s an australian music critic.
I agree, NYCsoul. Ozzy Osbourne once attempted to murder his wife Sharon and did other despicable acts on stage like biting off the head of a bird. I also notice white dopefiend artists (too numerous to mention) get passes as well. Everyone still clamors to work with Lohan, Sheen, Downey etc etc. It’s true that they are judged by different standards, but Chris continues bringing negative attention to himself.
Melody, that’s the bottomline. When entertainers and singers are of a different shade and commit all kinds of violent acts and drug themselves out, people get temporarily get ‘outraged’ yet their bottomline is never affected and they are allowed to make money. If the performer looks like you or I, it is constant condemnation, even from your own. Singers who had bad reputations back in the day, were shunned not only by the public but by the industry. Their livelihood was cut off despite the fact they may have had children or other families to support. It didn’t matter. The point was that bad behavior was not going to be tolerated (as hypocritical as it sounded) but nowadays, it’s like the norm.
I agree that a record review should be a record review. If anyone is going to be considered to be a credible reviewer they should do so without personal bias. However, what CB did was horrible. But if Rhianna can forgive and forget, who am I to condemn him forever. Don’t get me wrong, I would exactly invite him over for dinner…but he should have the right to grow and fix his behavior. The problem is he hasn’t. I’m not any sort of psychologist, but community service was never going to fix the underlying issues…and didn’t. The general public would forgive Chris Brown, the next celeb scandal is easy to comeby. The problem is Chris Brown isn’t letting the public forget to forgive. His actions are making him his own enemy…and he doesn’t seem to be phased by that. And I agree plenty of celebs have had their issues and are far from perfect….but some became better people. I’m sure this woman did not review Jay-Z in the same vein or any other artists as was previously mentioned. I think CB needs to deal with his issues, then they’ll be a change and maybe the public could move on. Until then….fairly or unfairly…he’s gonna be judged.
I agree. I stated something similiar in my response to timmdogg. I do believe in redeemship and second chances. However, as you stated, Chris’ ‘I don’t give a ‘f’ ‘ attitude hasn’t served him well. I am really not comfortable playing ‘moral police’ since I’ve probably sinned one way or the other. But if CB wants a career, he will have to learn to lay low and humble himself a bit.
In all fairness, it’s been three years, how long before it affects his career?
Well, does Ike Turner, Sly Stone, David Ruffin, Rick James, etc. ring a bell? CB should be lucky that he is born in this generation where ‘badass’ behavior is rewarded. Back in the day, it wasn’t. All of these mens’ careers suffered because of drugs and domestic abuse. People still talk about their behavior, even though, 3 out of the 4 of them are dead. While CB may have some money and fan support, how long you think that’s going to last? These fans are not going to stay young forever and eventually, he will want to expand himself beyond just singing. How is he going to do that considering the perception that the public has of him?
That’s the thing, he wasn’t born in that generation.
From what i recall, what affected those men ‘most’ is their drug abuse..not instances of domestic abuse.
Chris Brown has ONCE instance of domestic abuse and unlike Rihanna, no history of drug use. So your comparison really is a stretch.
I get that you believe people will eventually tire of him. But the time is not now. He’s 23 years old and will likely continue to grow as a person and artist. I also get that you don’t know much about him, which is why you suggest he expand beyond just singing. He already has.
Again, public perception matters not to a lot of these artists..despite their arrests. Hell, Gucci Mane just threw a woman from a moving vehicle.
Chris will be fine and should ignore the critics.
CB is not in my age range so correctly, I don’t know much about him.
I don’t give the industry powerbrokers much merit since they can be hyprocrites but it is what it is. They are obviously to blame for the crap out there but how long will they continue to support CB? That’s the million dollar question.
Tomorrow is promised to no one and even though times may have changed, in other ways, it hasn’t.
Hopefully, he plans accordingly.
I think folks are taking this way too serious. The critic has all right to go in like that on Brown. In our society, people have always been judged by their deeds. If I was Chris Brown and had committed such a violent act, I would be resigned to the fact that for the rest of my life folks would be judging me. I think it’s rather presumptuous for someone to make the argument that folks should just “let it go”. Critics have a role to give their honest opinion, and if they feel that someone who committed those deeds should always be held accountable, that’s their prerogative. What if he ends up doing the same thing again, couldn’t the critics be criticized for embracing him, after the fact. On the other hand, if folks want to look beyond a person’s deeds and give them a “second chance” so to speak, that’s also their prerogative. What’s good is that we live in world of free expression. Forgive and forget or be more cautious and remember, since history has a way of repeating itself. And with someone of Chris Brown’s temperament, you never knows.
I think it’s rather presumptuous for someone to make the argument that folks should just “let it go”.
No, it’s not because it’s having such strong feelings about someone you don’t even know. So it does seem reasonable to tell these folks, “get a life, get over it.”
Critics have a role to give their honest opinion
Expect in this instance where the “critic” says she wouldn’t support him even if he were talented. So it becomes a moot point for her. It’s akin to some birther criticizing the President and offering themselves up as a honest broker.
No, it’s not because it’s having such strong feelings about someone you don’t even know.
I think that’s taking it to the extreme. She knows him good enough. What he did to his exes face was quite revealing about who he was/is.
Critics have a role to give their honest opinion Expect in this instance where the “critic” says she wouldn’t support him even if he were talented.
That’s being honest. She’s saying that her moral values doesn’t allow her to support someone who can display that level of violence regardless of his talents. In her book, character counts more.
It’s akin to some birther criticizing the President and offering themselves up as a honest broker.
No, there is no comparison. The birther still hasn’t shown any proof of Obama’s non-citizen status, so we cant’ take them as a honest broker. On the other hand, Brown has shown on more than one occasions his propensity for violence.
She knows him good enough. What he did to his exes face was quite revealing about who he was/is. That’s being honest. She’s saying that her moral values doesn’t allow her to support someone who can display that level of violence regardless of his talents. In her book, character counts more.
You posited the idea that people are being “presumptuous” by thinking that people should just “get over it.” This woman lives in Australia and likely never met CB and never will. Her devoting time to comment on someone she admits she has no respect for is a glaring example of someone needing to, “get over it.”
The birther still hasn’t shown any proof of Obama’s non-citizen status, so we cant’ take them as a honest broker. On the other hand, Brown has shown on more than one occasions his propensity for violence.
Yet, a critic who states that she wouldn’t support him even if he were talented is more of an “honest broker”..someone whose review of his music deserves mention? Wow. That’s an odd use of logic.
@nycsoul Ike Turner, Sly Stone, David Ruffin, Rick James, bad behavior was so tolerated. The problems that those had was the same as many others. They had drug issues. The drug issues meant that they couldn’t show up to dates on time and that they they couldn’t perform. As long as people could perform and not sound like crap, no on cared. Other than that relevance and time took care of them. As long as CB is relevant, and puts out “music” (notice the quotes) some people like AND gets number 1 debuts, he will be relevant.
All of the aforementioned were being stoked as long as they had hits and could perform.
That’s why some of those melanin challenged got passes. They showed up to their gigs.
Chaka used to show up drunk/high as a kite to gigs, and her but would be as late as hell, but as long as she got on that stage and wailed NO BODY CARED!!!!!
Ike was good,but after Tina left, no one really wanted to see him that much!!! It took awhile for him to get back. Nobody cared that he beat her all the time till the book came out!
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