Chris Brown’s ‘Soulless’ New Album Gets Smashed

From the album cover to its 27 tracks, nothing is wrong with the singer’s latest album, “BROWN”, according to reviews published in recent days.image: instagram

If Chris Brown is used to dividing public opinion and critics, his twelfth album is no exception to the rule. The difference is that, this time, the opinions on “BROWN” are not only shared, but… terse.

«A real piece of shit.» No need to translate the scathing conclusion of the specialist media Pitchfork into French for you to understand the extent of the disaster. Chris Brown has indeed just unveiled his latest opus, “BROWN”, last week, and suffice to say that the reception reserved for him is icy. On the platform, the album received a relentless score of 1.3 out of 10 from experts and 0.8 from Internet users.

A redemption album

However, it was to be the album of “redemption” for the singer who, since 2009 and the publication of photos of the bloodied face of his girlfriend at the time, Rihanna, has been controversial to say the least.

Although he has been targeted in recent years by several accusations of sexual abuse and violence, this did not prevent the singer from winning his first Grammy Award in more than ten years last year and from being about to embark on a vast tour North American, alongside Usher, soberly called “The R&B Tour”.

Not sure, however, in view of the reviews and the poor ratings received by his new album, that “BROWN” will be heartily and fervently started by fans during the concerts of his next concerts.

Strong criticism

Comprising 27 songs in total, “far too many” according to several media, “BROWN” is judged unilaterally as lacking personality. “It seems to have been written on autopilot,†notes the expert from the sit Shatter The Standards, while the expert from the Soul In Stereo site regrets an accumulation of “obscene lyrics†, “the same screaming autotune and the same pseudo-rap that he has been serving us for years. YEARS.”

The prize for the most murderous criticism, however, undoubtedly goes to Pitchfork, which does not take it lightly or with the back of the spoon. In summary, according to the platform: “BROWN is neither romantic, nor funny, nor sexy, nor sensual, nor danceable, nor moving, nor vulnerable, nor honest, nor creative, nor inspired, anything.”

In short, he is nothing. If not:

“If I were being paid by Chris Brown’s publicist, I would advise him to admit that BROWN is entirely made up of AI, because otherwise he has much bigger problems.”

“It’s difficult to find anything positive in this album, and yet I looked,” says the author of the review, Alphonse Pierre, bluntly. Before wondering, by way of conclusion: “This album is a real rubbish. Why even talk about it?

Good question, which the reviewer does not answer. However, we must grant Chris Brown that, if he definitely did not produce an album that lived up to expectations, the singer at least has the decency to recognize it. “I want to thank everyone who listened to this album. Opinions are shared, and I take into account the criticisms and opinions of my audience,” the singer said in an Instagram story this weekend.

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“My last three albums were subjected to the same critical examination, and they ended up being popular,” he claims, however.

Hope gives life, it seems, and this is undoubtedly what motivates Chris Brown to persevere, album after album, for twenty years. (mbr)

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