CHRIS BROWN

Fortune
RCA/Sony

Chris Brown has released his fifth studio album – a 19-track repugnant record that we can only hope will be his last.
    First track Turn Up the Music sets the tone for the whole album; generic, overly auto-tuned, commercialised R&B that could easily be any other artist in the charts right now. Don’t Judge Me isn’t related to recent events, but rather is Brown asking his significant other not to judge him for cheating on her. Poor guy. Till I Die is a catastrophic misogynistic shit of a song, with lyrics: “I super soak that ho/Show ‘em no love/Throw ‘em a towel”.
    The whole album is skitzy and has two themes: unprotected sex is super fun and partying is cool. Even if you are into this kind of music or just love the beat, this is a catastrophic clusterfuck of an album that shouldn’t appeal to anyone with ears. Or morals.    
    Let’s just get down to it. Regardless of whether Chris Brown has any musical talent (he doesn’t) or whether this album is any good (it isn’t), 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. And for those of you out there saying you need to separate the music and the man; screw you, don’t encourage his actions.
    Final words: don’t buy this album.

NO STARS EVER

_CHLOE PAPAS