My Issue w/ the Infamous CB

No. Its not that he beat Rihanna. Yes, I was apart of the plethora of people who stopped listening to his music & completely stopped checking for him for awhile after the incident. But my problems with him go deeper than his personal affairs, more so his career and abandonment of R&B.

Chris Brown bursted on the scene in 2005 w/ the single 'Run It,' a fresh R&B voice that electrified young girls everywhere. He rode this wave with dance moves and swag that appealed to the masses. He was R&B, undoubtedly, with some crossover success but nonetheless had solid roots in R&B.

Then, that infamous night in Feb 2009 came along and he obviously fell off, rushed back with Graffiti which underwhelmed but again did not neglect R&B. After the death of legend Michael Jackson, Brown was able to win his way back into hearts after a tear filled performance of Jackson's "Man in the Mirror." - Even mine. I was like "this guy deserves a second chance & we must move on"

He came back with F.A.M.E in 2011 - standing for For All My Enemies. THIS is where my problems begin to lie.

Enemies, Chris? Why would you have enemies? Because people feel that brutal domestic violence is unacceptable and intolerable. Because people have convictions & you happen to be a media figured forced to be held under those standards and be scrutinized because of your mistakes? I thought this demonstrated a lack of maturity or growth. A scapegoat to change the focus of his wrong doings to blame the public and his naysayers for essentially blaming him for his wrong doings.

Then, the morning I go to still support the F.A.M.E album, TMZ reports CB had thrown a chair out of the Good Morning America dressing room window. Why? Due to frustration of journalist Robin Roberts line of questioning regarding Rihanna and the infamous night. Again, Chris showed a lack of growth. Whether he felt frustrated or misled, didn't he twitpic a photo of completing some sort of anger management course weeks before this outburst? He acted like a young adolescent missing or lacking a full frontal lobe.

Now, to the music - My main issue. Why has he abandoned R&B? I know so many are going to argue that so many artists are finding success and sales in being appealing to crossover genres. That's fine. Usher did it with O.M.G & Nicki Minaj is a the epitome of it. But nonetheless on both Usher and Nicki's albums they go back to their core for the most part. Usher gave us core R&B for a majority of his CD. CB gave us "She Ain't You" and maybe 3 other tracks. "Beautiful People" and "Yeah 3X" were pop, dance joints with no soul or rhythm an blues

Beyond his genre confusion. What is this voice? This light voice that hasn't evolved since "Ya Man Ain't Me." This voice that rivals Justin Beiber currently, at best. It seems like CB has done no vocal honing. I take great offense when artists think I will continue to support them and their work, when they do nothing to evolve. I also take offense when people don't see their potential or don't take advantage of their natural talent. Don't take it for granted but instead, take lessons & better understand your instrument. Chris hasn't done that. He shows no grit or emotion in ANYTHING.

R&B is a struggling genre on its own. The artists who have their groundings in the genre and fan allegiance there are frustrating when they choose to join voices with David Guetta for a hit.

These are my issues with CB. Lets see what Fortune has to offer (even though he's chosen to do little to no promotion - probably to avoid my Robin Roberts - real mature).