♫ Chris Brown – She Ain’t You
Only a year after the release of his third studio album, Graffiti, Chris Brown takes his place back in the spotlight for his brand new fourth studio album, F.A.M.E. The title is an acronym that is simply a tribute to his fans, stating “Fans Are My Everything.”
The past couple years have been very trying for Chris Brown. He started off on top, in a high-profile relationship with one of the world’s biggest superstars with a budding career as an artist and becoming an accomplished writer. He had created his own lane, and some would even argue that Chris is the best at what he does. But all of that talent and greatness was overshadowed by controversy, with a domestic situation that would leave Chris Brown in between a rock and a hard place.
Radio outlets, fans, music television and even some of his peers made the decision to steer clear of Chris Brown and his 2009 release, Graffiti, but it seems as though amid some appearances, performances and successful mixtapes, the doors have began to open again for the 21-year-old crooner. On his latest effort, F.A.M.E., Chris wants to give a token of his appreciation to his fans for sticking by him through this tough time, simply by making music that they want to here.
F.A.M.E. opens up with what some may call Chris Brown’s best work to date, the Tyga and Kevin McCall-assisted “Deuces.” He even gives us another mixtape cut, the popularized sex anthem, “No Bullshit,” and to no surprise, considering that those were two huge smashes in 2010, finding him at the top of the Billboard charts again.
Although the album is full of gems, some may argue that the direction of the album is unclear. Chris gives you a myriad of sexy ballads and mid-tempos, jumps ship to bass-thumping hip hop tracks to spit a few bars and then slink over a synth-y house downbeat. It seems like he explored a lot of different genres in order to create hits, which made for great songs, but not necessarily a cohesive sound. The list of producers, however, is impressive, ranging from The Underdogs, K-Mac, Tha Bizness, Benny Benassi, Brian Kennedy and many more.
The album shines its brightest on tracks like “She Ain’t You,” which samples Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature” and the SWV hit, “Right Here,” as well as the Justin Bieber-featured, “Next 2 You.”
After all that Chris has been through; he definitely has a lot to show for it. His songwriting has greatly improved and if one thing is for sure, he has great fans. On his Twitter, he has urged his fans that he would love to sell a million records the first week. Let’s see if all his dedication to them with this album will get him there.
OK so basically your sayin the album is just fair an does not really flow right! One suggestion i would love for concreteloop to do when they give album reviews is give it stars outta 5 or “CL Stamps (the logo)” outta five if you wanna be creative about it…just a suggestion
I like that suggestion. Definitely will consider. Thanx STL.
a milli the first week? ROFLMAO! what’s that boy smokin? OH that’s right.. we saw what he was smokin! The album has a few hits but overall its just aight.
co sign he still aint topped that 1st album
@Mon he has passed the 1st did you hear Exclusive?? Ha! Its project to do 300,000 units in its first week #HateGetsYouNoWhere
I agree with STLOPINION. Everybody is not going to like every new album that comes out. SOmetimes the reviews always seem middle of the road. ‘Safe’ in other words not to offend the artist. A rating system would be a good idea.
He makes good music and ppl as hard as they try can not help but to listen. im happy for him and have no problem supporting him. there are not too many cds i would buy nowadays but i believe his would be one ill pick up.
Well I’ve actually heard the album n I’m not impressed. He didn’t pick a direction to go in u can tell. Its to much going on an that have me like huh wtf. goodluck tho but I really can’t see a Milli the first week.
Thats because unlike most artists that usually choose a direction & tend to go in diff lanes sometimes . . chris is probably the most daring artist in the game when it comes to versatility . so theres something for EVERYTHING & EVERYBODY on the album that doesnt go in one lane because chris is more open minded than the typical artists yu c nowadays .
HIS voice doesnt have the quality like it did when he was younger.
SHE AINT YOU – sounds like a mixtape worthy track.
WET THE BED – seems Trey Songz inspired…and this gotta be Luda’s worse verse ever.
UP 2 YOU – this is just okay. Anybody can sing this song. ANNNYYYBOODDYYY. smh
CREATIVELY im not feeling Chris. I need sumthing ground-breaking from someone they say is “SOOOOO musically talented”
id did not even download the free copy. the leaks sound all over the place
this album wont get new fans only the die hard will buy it
Its been more then a year since graffiti @concreteloop
and as for the direction of the album,he has something on there for all his fans,young ,old,pop,r&b
When he stuck to mostly one genre people complained (graffiti was a beautiful album but mostly pop)
Now when he has songs for everyone people still complain *shrug* oh well cant please everyone
and him wanting to sale a million first week is a goal i think any artist worth their grain would want to sell, however he is realistic because he said he doesnt think he will and that he will be happy no matter what he sales ( he said it in an mtv interview)
agreed 1000%
I AGREE! PEOPLE ARE JUST SO JUDGEMENTAL
I think the album was fair. I liked dueces, wet the bed, up 2 u, look at me now.
This album is fair…just like graffiti…nothing special.
i love the album and would support him every step of the way so keep up the good work
I think the album is MUCH better than “Graffiti”, but I still think “Exclusive” was his best album thus far. “F.A.M.E” is kind of all over the place. It has no one set theme, and although that can be a good thing at times it’s a little sloppy the way the songs flow. I basically think Chris just recorded tons of records, with lots of people, and picked the ones he thought were best, not the ones that necessarily fit with each-other. With that being said, I love a few of the records. *Shrugs*, I’m sure the CB Groupies aka. Team Breezy will buy it but I don’t see it getting any acclaimed recognition.
Wow I think I kind of like “She Ain’t You” ..
I’ll listen to the album another time ..
I think the album will sell better than Graffiti, but maybe not past Gold status. I do believe he has acquired a good portion of his fanbase back, which is why it will do moderate numbers. Honestly, I don’t feel it has done a good deal of mainstream promotion as far as recent months aside from the mixtapes and leaks. While “Deuces” and “No BS,” are great tracks, they are damn near a year old now. This “Look At Me Now” track was a HORRIBLE choice to promote this album. Rock Paper Scissors would have been a better successor. Either way, good luck to him, I believe enough time has moved on for him to resume his claim on the charts.
” Paper , Scissors , Rock ” wouldnt have been a better choice because in all reality the song isnt chris’s to begin with . it was Timbaland’s & yu can tell cuz the ONLY part he’s on is the hook . . so it wouldnt have done so well for him cuz all hed be doin is mouthin the chorus for a vid ( we all know chris makes vids for jst about every single ) & when most ppl hear it it sounds like Timbaland ft. Chris Brown & Big Sean .
Not going Gold? Ha! When its all said and down before the year is out its going to go platinum
I like the single She Aint You….I don’t care for the album. I have not heard enough for me to want to purchase this. Let alone burn it from a friend *SHRUGS*
Get that Frank Ocean mixtape/album!!!!!
I see the typical haters are in here throwing shade as usual(you know who you are) It doesn’t matter what you think of his music and don’t worry about his album sales, ya’ll won’t be buying the album anyways so WTF do you care! Go ahead and download that shit ILLEGALLY and I hope all you mofos catch a virus!
Anyway, I think the album review is fair, obviously very neutral and not really telling us much about the album, but fair. I do agree that the album is all over the place and doesn’t seem to have any real doirection. I think he just went with a bunch of songs that he knew were gonna be hits and didn’t care about having a theme. I don’t think themes are important as long as the music is hot! *shrugs* He already has several hits under his belt with record like ‘Deuces’, ‘No Bullshit’, ‘Yeah 3x’ and he has plenty more on the album. I’m not too pressed about 1st weeks album sales but think it will do well!
For some reason I really don’t think ‘She Ain’t You’ is a good choice for a single. I think it’s a cute record, but the lyrics are a bit corny and Seven’s screaming in the background irks my last damn nerves! The beat slays of course! *shrugs*
‘Up to You’ gives me LIFE! I wore that damn snippet out and now that I have the whole song my life has been made! His vocals are really impressive and sings it with such passion! I swear he better release that as a single! It will slay on urban radio!
‘Should’ve Kissed You’ and ‘All Back’ are so beautiful and remind me of the old Breezy when he first came out that I feel in love with! *sighs*
‘Next to You’ is a nice record. The lyrics are beautiful but it’s just a bit cheesy to me! It’s weird cause he and Justin sound so much a like to me on the record that I can barely tell them apart! I am sure when it is released as a single it will do well just cause JB is on it. It’s not my favorite but I can see it being a hit. *shrugs*
‘Paper, Scissors, Rock’ is my ish! I hope that gets the single treatment too. Urban banger!
I love the chorus on ‘Oh My Love’ but the verses are a bit annoying to me. I am so over him rappin.
‘Wet the Bed’ is a nasty lil song, on the lines of ‘No BS’ but I do like it. I think he balances it out between the sweet romantic songs and the nasty ‘I want to f*ck songs’! Lol! It’s a good balance!
He needs to hurry up and release ‘Beautiful People’! He announced that as his single FOREVER ago and we it still hasn’t been released! That will do great on mainstream radio and will slay in the dance records.
Over all, I enjoyed the album very much! Like I said it didn’t seem to have much of theme, but he produced some hot records that have the potential to be big hits! He brought back the old Breezy from the Exclusive days and gave us some of the mixtape Breezy too. I am so happy for him and I am TeamBreezy all day!
with all due respect to michael jackson and SWV that sample is OVERUSED … a better singer would have taken most of those songs to a whole nother level.. he just cant sing that well he’s to pitchy.. this album is for the die hard fans. as he states in the the title. so go buy it. help him put another million into his bank account!
U R DEAD ON
*Another
Nice review. I don’t like albums that just put together like they threw a bunch of hit tracks to a wall and see what sticks. Chris Brown is a talented artist. He sound continue to work to find that top quality sound.
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I think Chris did a good job. I really like All Back, Next to You, and Paper Scissors Rock. I think he’s on his way to finding his niche in music. His talent is evident through the vocals and his teams efforts to produce well written and composed tracks. I’m really proud that he didnt allow his challenging events to stop his growth as an artist and human being in general. It’s clear that when most artists have an incident that exposes their negative that they dont know how to handle it. And it’s sad. So so proud. Lo key wish I knew him personally so that I could tell him that myself.
haters can say what they wanna say because theyre’ the Biggest groupies lol! at the end of the day. THEY said he would fall off, but he’s a survivor. and you will never meet and dedicated fan such as team breezy one. they said this day wouldn’t come. Chris is number one on Itunes and in the UK his album has sold out in various locations.
by the way Chris isn’t a ”One Type Genre Artist” he caters to rnb, hip hop, pop and i was suprised he threw dubstep into it aswell. The UK well eat that ish up!
my u;timate fav is Paper, Scissor, Rock!!!! and the other are All Back, Next To You, and Beautiful People. go cop it! if not the his fans will
Great reaview! But I wish you would provide links to ITunes and not leaked sources. smh
He really put in alot of work with this album, recording with everyone he knew that would work with him and making sure that the songs covered almost every genre. He really is trying to do everything he can possibly do to try to get this album #1, but to me, I don’t know, it just feels rushed or something, like one of his mixtapes. This does not feel like a studio album to me. On his twitter he even has all his celebrity friends telling everyone to get the album. I don’t know what it is, he just doesn’t feel like the grammy worthy Chris Brown that he use to be, despite the incident. As others have mentioned, the song selections do not flow as well together and on all his albums since Graffiti he alwasys had songs that you can play back to back, one after the other. F.A.M.E does not have this. “She Ain’t You” is the only song that I’m really feelin and it takes me back to his older Chris Brown albums.
He will definitely be #2 to Jennifer Hudson…Just picked up her album, at it is SLAMMIN!
choosing a direction can tend to put you in an ‘all or nothing’ kind of situation. thats putting yourself in a box so you have to ask yourself, what is art? the whole purpose is for exploration. right?
tell me this- usher, bieber, ginuwine, trey…you can’t find another dude in the industry doing r&b or pop that can put it down the way that breezy can- and the industry knows it. i bought the cd this morn and its actually good.
whether he sells a milli in the first week or not, the project WILL sell.
….r&b ALWAYS sells more (and longer) than hip hop/
love it
I wish him the best, but if he trying to break through in this music then he gotta come better than this. This was average at best. Nothing excites me, just like Grafitti it all sounds the same. I don’t know if it’s the same producers that they using or what but SOMEBODY needs to think outside the box and go with someone different. I like the old Chris…he need to link up with J.D. and get him a Confessions album or something!!
I’m sick of everybody sounding the same…
I’m probably older than most of you on this site and will be buying this CD. I have teenagers at home & iwill probably be listening to it more than them. IJS.
Typo, I will be buying this CD.
he has some bangers on it …lets check it out
Actually the acronym for the album is Forgiving All My Enemies (F.A.M.E) It’s on the album cover and he said it during his GMA interview! Nice review other than that!
HONESTLY I DO NOT LIKE THIS REVIEW! ONE LEARN HOW TO SPELL! NEWHO! LOL IT SEEMS LIKE YOU AREN’T REALLY INTO CHRIS BROWN TO BEGIN WITH, THROW THOSE FEELINGS ASIDE AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC!
I really like No BS, Deuces, Look At Me Now, She Ain’t You, All Back and Wet the Bed. The rest are just okay. I give it a B/B- since I only like about a third of the album
All of you that just criticized chris brown’s F.A.M.E album PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!can y’all do one little favor for me??????????KILL YOURSELVES immediately! you guys are of no use on earth! shout out to chris brown’s fans still….:) mwah! DOPE DOPE ALBUM
The woman beater just has to sample MJ. Continually trying to attach himself when there is nothing there. Thankfully this will go no where.
@ THE HATER didn’t I say u should kill yourself?
I thought F.A.M.E. stood for Forgiving All of My Enemies? And I’m sorry, Exclusive was the best of his albums. HANDS DOWN!
I love the album from start to finish, since it doesnt have a consistent flow it kind of prevents me from getting bored and switching songs around. Im on the road most of the day so something I dont have to fiddle with is great. If you only went through the CD once then you arent a real fan of music in general, people who only listen to a CD once are people who are looking for a song that sounds like______ , you have to give the artist the opportunity to impress you with something new, and I love that CB has done that with this album. He gets 5 starts from me, on the mythical non existent CL scale… LOL
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