Chris Brown Hits Women. Enough Said. Music Critics Bash Breezys New Album

"Chris Brown Fortune"

Source: Billboard.com

More than three years after Chris Brown famously beat down his then-girlfriend Rihanna, in the eyes of music critics charged with reviewing his albums, the 23-year-olds fortune still hasnt changed.

Recently, the R&B singer released his fifth studio album Fortune. Normally, music critics review an album by waxing eloquent about the lyrics, melodies, vocals, production, etc. For Chris Browns new album though, Cityreviews Chad Taylorsimply had this to say:

"Chris Brown Review"

Source:twitter.com/ChadTaylor

Chris Brown hits women. Enough said.

That was all he wrote!

Chad wasnt the only music critic to use the opportunity to tell us he really feels about Chris Brown. As Take 40.com reported, in a scathing No Stars Ever review, Chloe Papas took a cue from the black belts treatment of Rihanna and held no punches:

Chris Brown has released his fifth studio album a 19-track repugnant record that we can only hope will be his last!

The whole album is skitzy and has two themes: u! nprotected sex is super fun and partying is cool.

Regardless of whether Chris Brown has any musical talent (he doesnt) or whether this album is any good (it isnt), 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 Final words: dont buy this album.

Countless other publications reviewed Chriss album including CNN, LA Times, Billboard Magazine and HipHop DX. Though most steered clear of making the 2009 incident their focus, not a single review failed to mention Rihanna.

Telling readers Dont buy it,Time Magazines Melissa Lockerhad this to say:

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With his track record, some fans may hesitate to plunk down cash for Browns latest album, Fortune. However, atruly great album could push wavering fans to pay, despite their trepidations about supporting Brown himself. Fortune, however, is not a great album. It has a few stand-out tracks that show Browns potential as an artist, but for the most part, the album is boring. It manages to combine elements of electronic dance music, dubstep and R&B with talented producers, skilled guest stars and a huge budget to create one of the blandest R&B album! s in rece! nt memory.

But being boring is not the worst thing about the album. Writing an album of love songs when youre on probation for beating your famous girlfriend is nothing short of hubris, and like most Greek heroes its also Browns fatal flaw. The cycle of domestic violence is marked by something that the domestic abuse community calls the honeymoon phase. Its a period after a violent outburst that is marked by apologies and promises that it will never happen again, or that the abuser will do his or her best to change. This album feels like Chris Browns musical equivalent of a honeymoon phase, except for the fact that its completely remorseless.

Brown seems so determined to ignore his past crimes that his album comes across as brash at best and, at worst, insulting. The end result is retch-inducing lyrics set to a party beat.

Chris Brown may elicit more sympathy if he didnt continue making headlines for his controversial behavior following the horrific 2009 incident. It seems every other day, he is into something else. Clearly from his Fortune record sales though, he still has fans probably an equal amount as the people who dont like him. For her part, Rihanna never seemed to hate him for what he did, but maybe she found it easy to quickly forgive him because so much of the public clearly hasnt.

What do you think of these Chris Brown Fortune reviews? Do you think its time to review his music without bringing up the Rihanna incident?

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