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Sep 15, 2014Personality aside, Chris Brown’s ability to succeed artistically at delivering sounds in all three sectors of urban Pop makes this release a great, yet disjointed listen.
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Sep 22, 2014Chris Brown's sixth album is adventurous musically and a total mess lyrically.
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Sep 15, 2014Aside from the standout club banger "Add Me In," which is steeped in arithmetic and trigonometry metaphors, and "101," which finds Brown doing "101 on the 101," the album's lyrics largely eschew mathematical objects in favor of soul-baring like "Autumn Leaves" and sex talk like "Songs on 12 Play," which likens a girl to a song from the titular R. Kelly album.
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Sep 16, 2014X is one of his least ambitious releases.
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Sep 16, 2014It's good for Brown that so many stars have rallied around him, despite his troubles. If only the new songs supported him as strongly.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 91 out of 129
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Mixed: 13 out of 129
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Negative: 25 out of 129
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