chris brown singles poll

1. forever
2. yo
3. kiss kiss
4. gimme that rmx
5. no air

least favorite: take you down

anyone who doesn't vote forever is an idiot

well

country that chris brown has the most #1s in: new zealand

interesting fact.

Yo >>>>>>>>>>>> No Air >>> Kiss Kiss >>>>>>> everything else

forever is amazing esp the bridge

Yo >>>>>>>>>>>> No Air >>> Kiss Kiss >>>>>>> everything else

-- some dude, Monday, 18 August 2008 01:35 (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

i like poppin a lot

wayne's verse on poppin is one of his best guest verses

actually hold on, i forgot about 'with you', and that i got minimal love for 'kiss kiss'. 'run it' gets a bad rap too.

yo > no air > with you > run it > poppin > forever > etc

'wall to wall' worst BY FAR.

for some reason, platitudes in chris brown songs always kill me i.e. HEARTS ALL OVER THE WORLD TOOONIGHT or IT'S LIKE IVE WAITED MY WHOLE LIFE, FOR THIS ONE NIGHT

"all you gotta do is watch me/look what i can do with my feet!" in "forever" - i feel like i should find this totally smug but instead i think it might actually be the lyrical high point of that song

run it ft. juelz santana
no air w/ jordin sparks
yo (excuse me miss)

^^damn good

with you
say goodbye
forever
poppin ft. lil wayne
gimme that rmx ft. lil wayne
take you down

^^ok, kinda

wall to wall
kiss kiss ft. t-pain

^^uhghck

"no air" might be my fave vocal performance from him tho, esp. at the end when him and jordin have an EMOTION-OFF

I don't think "Forever" is as successful as it should be. Lovely ice cream metropolis in the skies production but it seems to diminish the appeal of the song qua song rather than enhance it.

My order would be:

"No Air" > "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" = "With You" > "Run It" = "Poppin" > "Forever" > "Say Goodbye" > "Kiss Kiss" > "Wall To Wall".

Can't remember the others, probably haven't heard them.

run it bitches

"take you down" is his best single obviously.

he totally sucks though.

and he's not even cute really

don't get the appeal.

are you serious with "forever" :|

"No Air," obv. followed by "Yo." "With You" and "Kiss Kiss" are ok. Much like it's sister single "Yeah," "Run It" is pretty bad and not fun at all. "Say Goodbye" is really important to me for personal reasons, but I don't know if it's actually a good song.

seriously, why is chris brown so popular yet Omarion - who is a better dancer and singer - got dropped from his label? Why is chris brown the new Usher? He's so average in every single way.

"it's" sister, oh no!

also maybe chris brown is more popular because his voice is more interesting?

like I thought he was going to fizzle out w/ exclusive since "wall to wall" flopped and then all of a sudden he's this huge pop star and i'm like "...huh?"

what is so "interesting" about his voice? I'd say Omarion's is more 'interesting', it's not like Omarion is some amazing technical singer or something...

sorry, interesting probably wasn't the right word, memorable? the difference, ironically, between CB and Omarion is that CB sounds like a boyband singer...more pop.

i mean, ice box sounds like an adult song; with you sounds like a teen song

well yeah, I guess he has more of a "pop" voice, so obviously he appeals to more people

No way could Omarion be a tween heartthrob. This is the secret. I can see how Omarion/Lloyd etc. have their lovestruck-thug schtick and it works for them, but I don't think there's another current male R&B singer who looks young and innocent enough to get away with "With You".

Until someone corrects me, i'm suspecting the last male R&B singer to look that young was - surprise! - early Usher.

Which is maybe why any Chris Brown track that messes with the innocence angle (e.g. "Kiss Kiss", though the school-setting for the video clip helped things) is treading into dangerous territory.

"forever" is like his most innocent song

who cares if he doesn't "deserve" it? he was gifted the best songs? idk i like them

forever is his most joyous song which is maybe why i like it, but excepting a few he's got singles to match up w/ any of his contemporaries

forever belongs in the last scene of some shitty teen dance movie.

i actually don't like chris brown all that much (still do like him though!), im kind of drunk and just went swimming and shouldn't be posting in this thread right now

he's got 6 straight up classics imo, the 5 i listed + "run it", and "poppin" and "say goodbye" are almost there

im cool with him being this generation's whatever whatever

"With You"

Gotta be one of the top 10 singles artists of the decade.

Gotta be one of the top 10 singles artists of the decade.

-- The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Monday, August 18, 2008 6:53 AM (3 minutes ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/coconutsodas/anime/33xvaqe.gif

i think i agree

that is just laughable.

i'll write it off to you being drunk or whatever.

i didn't really think about it and i don't wanna look back at that singles thread, but i think i could comfortably settle on top 15

"i can show you why i make them straight As in school/i'm a HUSTLAAAHHH!"

this is really hard...'no air' is the best but voting for it feels like cheating, a bit. 'run it!' is a total jam but 'gimme that' is a better version of it if only for the line above. 'with you' didn't stick out at all when i first heard it but grew and grew on me, "hearts all over the world tonight" = awww. 'forever' is like some lost 90s boyband single (note 'as long as you love me' nod in the middle 8) which makes it very good but not as great as it could be, it feels like that ravey-europop-r&b template's being done in better ways nowadays anyway. 'kiss kiss' is definitely the most fun to dance to. am going for 'excuse me miss' though.

-- The Brainwasher, Monday, 18 August 2008 08:02 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link

Quick, name ten better.

I give The Brainwasher a hard time on this board sometimes, but serious co-sign to every single thing they've said in this thread so far.

he is cute though

(chris brown, that is)

also why is No Air on this poll but all his other features (Shortie Like Mine, Shawty Get Loose, Get Like Me, etc.) aren't? I mean, it's good and the other ones aren't, so it doesn't really matter, but still.

"say goodbye" pretty easily for me. although "forever" makes me happy too even though I agree with those who said it somehow feels like it's not as good as it should be.

also why is No Air on this poll but all his other features (Shortie Like Mine, Shawty Get Loose, Get Like Me, etc.) aren't? I mean, it's good and the other ones aren't, so it doesn't really matter, but still.

-- some dude, Monday, August 18, 2008 8:00 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Link

i had those on here originally, but i remember making rap singles polls and not including songs where the rapper had a guest verse, but i think "no air" is as much of a chris brown song as a jordin sparks song

Once I got goosebumps and teared up while listening to "With You" on the radio at Dairy Queen. wtf

I can basically love anything with a vocoder in it, and forever makes an autotune into an artform.

sick

lol wtf @ no air

lol wtf @ no forever landslide

lol wtf @ no air

-- Tape Store, Thursday, August 21, 2008 6:53 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

yeah, weird

if you don't vote you can't complain

j0rdan S has the worst music taste of all ILMers

yeah, it's worth logging in as a sockpuppet to dare say that.

oh shit i just read about the whole secret of 'forever'!! god that couplet was bugging the fuck out of me enough as it is. what a stupid song.

oh, hush now

deeznuts you pretend to be the lead singer of the hold steady

hahaha what the fuck j0rdan

like i know i've repped for some twee shit in my time but this thing just sounds like some wheelchair dude's big day out yknow? i can't.

once upon a time... there was a chris brown

???

actual lols

also i listened to 'kiss kiss' a bunch more times since ppl's impassioned defence and i really can't hear what the fuss is about, whether its within a chris brown context or not. i mean, some sort of dance classic?... if it was on some ludicrously incredible club soundsystem or whatever then maybe the bass could be doing bouncy things i guess, but otherwise it's always sounded to me like a trudge if not quite a dirge, kinda melancholy almost

anatomy line remains worth the entry fee tbf, but still

i guess it finally was put over the top for me when i realized that tpain and chris brown actually have kind of a real chemistry together, as opposed to something like "low" or "shawty" or "bartender" or what have you. iirc this is the first brown single to really go overboard w/ the autotune a la pain and at that time it sounded pretty cool to me in a kid brother type of way, esp when chris does the last line in the chorus. plus, credit to chris for the way he comes in on the verses in a real confident kind of strutting way, and in general whoever wrote the choruses, which have some cool little tics ("like like a bandit-bandit/oomph!") like "got money" does. just seemed like it had more personality than lots of stuff on the radio

and in general whoever wrote the choruses verses

ya know, now that i think about, though i may just be following my own thoughts down an ultimately worthless road, it seems like brown's got good chemistry with all his collaborators (juelz aside), esp thinking about the way wayne seems really enthused to be on "gimme that", even going so far as to shout him out at the end of the lloyd song. also the "duet" w/ jordin sparks and what i outlined above w/ tpain. dunno what that says exactly but i think its something

while i'm glad t-pain finally found a kindhearted someone that doesnt laugh at/use him and all, i still find the song they sing to be strangely wearying. and in quite a pure way, as well - i got no beef with brown, pain or autotune ordinarily.

true about his collaborations though. he's just a good kid? gets overexcited on 'shawty get loose' but you still can't hate really.

r|t|c has been o|t|m

I definitely don't love "Kiss Kiss," I just happen to not hate it like most Chris Brown songs (aside from "Yo" and "No Air"). Considering how hapless most singers and especially rappers have been with autotune lately he really is better than most at it. Plus I like that little wah wah synth.

also I had no idea what most of the words were in the chorus until deej posted them in this thread, although i don't think it has any effect on how i feel about the song.

anyone wanna ysi me a zip of these songs? if someone has them

say goodbye 2

^underrated

"Say Goodbye" is a ballad about an unhealthy relationship. The song is about Chris Brown feeling as if his relationship with his girlfriend is not going well and he needs to let her go. The problem is he can never find the right time to break it off with her. The song's lyrics show that he is trying to let his girlfriend down gently rather than leaving her abruptly.

Song information

Chris sings about meeting a girl and claims that her looks "set him on fire". He is basically giving praise to the young lady's physical attributes and therefore describing her as "poppin'". [1]

"Take You Down" is probably Chris Brown's most risque song to date, as it has extremely strong sexual undertones and lyrics. The song is basically about how he feels a strong sexual attraction to his girlfriend. The video is equally as risqué, as it features Brown gyrating and humping all over the stage. He is also featured taking his shirt off and revealing himself. He also suggests sexual intensity with the types of actions he applies within the routine, suggesting that he wants to pleasure his girlfriend.

just read thread title as "chris Sackatino singles poll"

omg Jordan that chris brown stage hump video is amazing. It's both alarmingly blatant and worryingly hot.

dope

omg Jordan that chris brown stage hump video is amazing. It's both alarmingly blatant and worryingly hot.

― Take You Down (I know, right?), Monday, December 8, 2008 9:25 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^yeah i know! except w/out the "worryingly", it's just hott

Chris Brown assaulted RiRi last night?

Posted Feb 8th 2009 5:51PM by TMZ Staff

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Chris Brown is being investigated by the LAPD in an alleged assault on a female.

Cops have yet to release the name of the female in question.

Story developing...

http://www.tmz.com/2009/02/08/chris-brown-being-investigating-for-assault/

Headline writers worldwide hoping that he tried to throttle his victim.

;_;

http://www.karate1.com/graphics/fist.gif

please don't stop the bruises

wtf -- on him turning himself in

"He was very professional and didn't appear to have injuries," said Sgt. Bridget Pickett, adding, "he's a good looking young man."

yo (excuse me miss) 7

really one of the best songs

im gonna break out "forever" a million times this summer again

these results are highly otm

Now shorty grab hold of my hand
And let's pretend the floor is ours
You say you don't really dance

Don't worry about it
We'll just 1,2 step
1,2 step

last week we were driving through Tappahannock and i said to my wife, "honey, this is the hometown of a famous woman-beater"

WELCOME TO TAPPAHANNOCK
HOME OF CHRIS BROWN STACY TUTT, NEW YORK JETS RUNNING BACK

say goodbye 2

^underrated btw

i just bought it on itunes and i felt like a message should've popped up like "before we charge your credit card, please be aware that chris brown savagely beat his girlfriend. would you like to continue with your purchase?"

"I don't think "Forever" is as successful as it should be. Lovely ice cream metropolis in the skies production but it seems to diminish the appeal of the song qua song rather than enhance it."

I'd just like to renounce the above comment. It was made prior to being won over by the excellent So You Think You Can Dance routine using this song. I adore it now.

Also love love love "Dreamer", "Superhuman" is great too.

take you down is a pretty great power ballad

least favorite: take you down

― J0rdan S., Sunday, August 17, 2008 7:30 PM (9 months ago) Bookmark

I'd just like to renounce the above comment.

like i know i've repped for some twee shit in my time but this thing just sounds like some wheelchair dude's big day out yknow? i can't.

― r|t|c, Thursday, August 21, 2008 8:37 PM (9 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

once upon a time... there was a chris brown

― r|t|c, Thursday, August 21, 2008 8:37 PM (9 months ago) Bookmark

^^classic