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Chris Brown is a sixteen-year-old Virginia soulster riding a hot single, "Run It!," a de-crunked "Yeah!" that gets by thanks to a slinky synth beat and the mix of smooth seduction and cunning come-ons in Brown's baby-mack vocals. The rest of his debut is less provocative -- full of puppy-love heartache and doe-eyed laments about being too young to hit the club, Chris Brown is innocuous enough for the Teen People set, which is part of the problem. Brown's voice suggests both Usher and a young Jacko, but his charms are often lost in the album's plush, listless production and undercooked songs.

CHRISTIAN HOARD

(Posted: Nov 28, 2005)

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Review 1 of 2

2of 5 Stars

It's no surprise that Chris Brown is now the new thing to listen to. What else do you need? If a person in the music buisness is good looking and has only one or two good hits, their automatically the new hitmaker. That really needs to take a stop because on Chris Brown's album, he's far from being a hitmaker.
-Run It- is truly the best start for CB, especially with that below average vocal he uses. The song also has some help by Juelz Santana, which he really needed, since the track does get old during only the half of it.
-Yo(Excuse me miss)- is also good for CB. You'd think that all CB has are hits but you wrong. Definately wrong. The first three songs on the album is the best out of the rest and the ballad cover of -Say Goodbye- demonstrates that Chris' vocals are not strong enough to handle any kind of screech.
Chris Brown cannot find the right place to be at this moment and while his singles are great, the rest of the album is just a pure blur. The album might've went platinum but his album as a whole would not.

Oct 1, 2006 07:21:24

Review 2 of 2

5of 5 Stars

"Ahh"Chris Brown.He is so talanted.He can sing,dance,and he is fine.His music is a mix or hip hop and r and b.His vocals are so sick.I mean I fell in love with him the first time I saw him and heard his music.He is going to be around for a really long time because he just got it like that.He was 13 when he first started singing,but recorded at 15 and made run it ,yo,and Gimmie that when 16.Now he is 17 and made say goodbye and he is doing big things and I like his flavor,his style his flow and he is so cute and thats good too.But he is amazing and he should keep doing what he is doing because it's working for him

Aug 9, 2006 10:28:04

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