hey chris(: u're a talented guy which i never seen before.. ur moves are all fantastic.. hope u can do ur live concert in Singapore(: keep on grovin babey!
Hey, Chris I'm one of your biggest Washington, D.C. fans and I was stopping through to give you all my LOVE. I wish you and your other half the best in whatever you decide to do. I Love you so much and thank you for always being a gentlemen.
Eighteen year old r&b sensation Chris Brown wasn’t born under a bad sign. A global sensation since he was 16, he won all sorts of crazy kudos and awards for his first record album, the multimillion selling, self-titled Grammy-nominated Chris Brown, and the four hit singles that came from it. Life is good for a small-town Southern kid.
A legitimate American idol, Chris Brown honed his chops in his home town of Tappahannock, Virginia, as well as in Arkansas, where he stayed with his aunt and, performing with his cousins, stormed his way through the area’s local talent shows, dreaming about following in heroes like Michael Jackson and Usher’s footsteps.
Unlike most of the boys in his boat, Chris Brown’s dreams came true in a way that almost belies belief. When he was 13, he was discovered at his father’s gas station by some local producers. Shortly thereafter, his parents let him leave both school and Virginia, for New York, where the teen honed his singing and performing skills, auditioned for the likes of Def Jam Vee Pee Tina Davis (now his manager) and L.A. Reid, and working with established producers and artists such as Scott Storch, who produced the worldwide smash, “Run It!” that put Brown on the map.
Early on, he even got a phone call from his idol, Usher. Brown expected that Usher was calling to pressure him into signing with Reid, and that may well have been Usher’s agenda but to this day, Brown remembers the phone call differently. As Brown later said, Usher was very supportive, very encouraging and told him not to worry. “It's just you get out of it what you put into it,” Usher told him.
Chris Brown took the advice to heart, packing more moves into the past few years than many people shove into a decade. In addition to the singles, the album, the tour and the videos (co-directing “Yo [Excuse Me Miss]” and “Gimmie That”), Brown also began dabbling in acting, landing roles in television shows such as One on One and The O.C. and in the movie, Stomp the Yard.
Now, at 18, he’s set to launch the dreaded sophomore album. Traditionally daunting, Brown has a lot to prove, especially since he’s coming off an album that made him Billboard Magazine’s 2006 Artist of the Year. Some critics have already sharpened their barbs, eagerly pointing out that Brown prematurely leaked the first single, “Wall to Wall,” evidently against the wishes of his record company, only to see it languish at the bottom of the pop charts.
Brown, however, remains unshaken in his faith in the album and its potential to maintain his momentum. "I am still going to keep it so my younger fans can continue to listen to my music, but I got a couple of joints on there that's for some of the older people," he has said.
Whether he’s right or not, one thing is for certain. When the record does get released in fall 2007, there’ll be enough buzz around it that regardless of what the critics say, Chris Brown is going to be wall to wall, all around the town, one more time.
