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Jul 2, 2012Some of the productions, courtesy of the Runners, Adonis, and Kevin McCall, save it from being a disaster.
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Jun 28, 2012Fortune is never terrible. It just feels cripplingly pointless.
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Jul 16, 2012"Don't Wake Me Up," a thumping club cut that's irresistible on an otherwise forgettable album.
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Jul 2, 2012Chris Brown's fifth studio album, Fortune, is a pure-pop candy cane, meant to be enjoyed, consumed and forgotten.
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Jul 5, 2012The truth is in the eye of the beholder, and with easily accessible albums like Fortune, there will continue to be a lot of eyes on Chris Brown.
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Jun 28, 2012Almost nothing here swerves out of Fortune's featherweight club-funk cruising lane.
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Jul 11, 2012Overall, Fortune further indicates a changing of the guard in urban music, as Chris Brown's feel good songs find his most staunch advocates willing to overlook his lowered standards of musical content.
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Jul 3, 2012Fortune reveals an artist more concerned with calculating than creating.
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Jun 28, 2012Fortune is the kind of record that will please Brown's many deluded female fans, but we cannot with good conscience give it a single star.
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Aug 27, 2012Fortune is another overload of poor decisions.
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Jul 16, 2012Brown brags about his extra-large condoms, and, on "Don't Judge Me," turns a tender love song into a Twitter rant against "haters."
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Jul 3, 2012The album's most compelling sounds get saddled with songs either forgettable ("Trumpet Lights") or regrettable ("Mirage," a sinuous reggae fusion that's Nas-boosted but unnecessarily nasty).
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Jul 10, 2012Not all of Fortune is so unctuous, but none of it is inspired.
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Jul 2, 2012This is not a great album.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 44 out of 169
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Mixed: 23 out of 169
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Negative: 102 out of 169
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