Graffiti (album)
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| Studio album by Chris Brown | |||||
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December 7, 2009 |
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2008-2009 |
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| Label (s) | Jive Records | ||||
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CD, digital |
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13 |
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51:50 min. |
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Swizz Beatz , Polow da Don , Ester Dean , The Messengers , Brian Kennedy , The Runners , The Monarch , Ryan Leslie , Tha Bizness , Scott Storch |
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Graffiti is the third studio album by US R&B musician Chris Brown . It was released on December 7, 2009 on Jive Records and reached number seven on the Billboard 200 . The songs I Can Transform Ya and Crawl were released from the album .
background
In 2008 Brown began work on his third studio album. In the same year he also announced the name of his new CD. In September 2009, Brown published a message stating that work on the album had ended. In total, around 60 to 70 songs were worked on for the album.
Graffiti is the first album since Brown had a physical argument with then-girlfriend Rihanna at a pre-Grammy party in February 2009 . The incident at the time, in which Chris Brown received a suspended sentence, suffered a great loss of image. Some radio stations therefore also boycotted the singer's music.
Music genre
According to Billboard , the album combines various elements of contemporary R&B , pop music , rock music and eurodance . Greg Kot compared the style of the album to the "cross-genre experiments" of artists like Kanye West , Saul Williams and Lil Wayne . Mikael Wood wrote that most of the CD was "happy party kind".
Publication and promotion
The album was released internationally on December 7, 2009, in the US it was released a day later. The standard version contained 14 songs in Europe and only 13. The deluxe edition of the CD appeared at the same time as the normal standard version. In Europe, the deluxe edition included a CD with six additional songs. In the USA and Japan there were also six other songs, but on a separate CD. In addition, the US version contained the song Movie , which is not available in Europe. The song Chase Our Love can only be found on the European version.
To promote the album, Brown went on the Fan Appreciation Tour , which only included concerts in the USA. The tour began on October 27, 2009 in New Jersey and ended on December 15, 2009 in New York City . A portion of the proceeds from the tour was donated by Brown to two different foundations. One facility supports victims of domestic violence, the other with developmental disabilities.
Track list
| # | title | Songwriting | production | length |
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| 1. | I Can Transform Ya (featuring Lil Wayne & Swizz Beatz ) | Chris Brown , Jason "Pooh Bear" Boyd , Cashem "Swizz Beatz" Dean , Joseph "Lonny" Bereal , Dwayne Carter | Swizz Beatz | 3:48 |
| 2. | Sing like me | Chris Brown, Big Makk , Keith Thomas , Lorenza "Big Lo" Lennon , Atozzio Towns | Big Makk, Keith Thomas, Big Lo | 4:15 |
| 3. | Crawl | Chris Brown, Adam Messinger , Nasri Atweh , Luke Boyd | Adam Messinger & Nasri Atweh | 3:56 |
| 4th | So cold | Chris Brown, Jamal "Polow da Don" Jones , Ester Dean , Teyana Taylor , Paul Dawson , Jason Perry | Polow da Don | 3:38 |
| 5. | What I Do (featuring Plies ) | Chris Brown, Andrew Harr , Jermaine Jackson , Jason "Pooh Bear" Boyd, Luke Boyd, Kevin Cossim , Robert Allen , Algernod "Plies" Washington | The Runners | 4:00 |
| 6th | Famous girl | Chris Brown, Ryan Leslie , Joseph "Lonny" Bereal, Robert Allen, Luke Boyd | Ryan Leslie | 3:39 |
| 7th | Take My Time (featuring Tank ) | Chris Brown, Christopher Whitacre , Justin Henderson | Tha bizness | 4:38 |
| 8th. | IYA | Chris Brown, Jean Baptiste , Nick Marsh , Michael McHenry , Ryan Buendia | Free School | 3:08 |
| 9. | Pass Out (featuring Eva Simons ) | Chris Brown, Brian Kennedy , Andre Merritt | Brian Kennedy | 3:53 |
| 10. | Wait (featuring Trey Songz & The Game ) | Chris Brown, Jamal "Polow da Don" Jones, Lonny Bereal, Tremaine Neverson , Jayceon Taylor , Paul Dawson | Polow da Don | 4:30 |
| 11. | Lucky me | Chris Brown, Jevon Hill , Rico Love , Timothy Thomas, Theron Thomas | Jevon Hill | 5:10 |
| 12. | Fallin Down | Chris Brown, Charlie Bereal , James "Pooh Bear" Boyd | Charlie Bereal | 4:12 |
| 13. | I'll go | Brian Kennedy, James Fauntleroy | Brian Kennedy, James Fauntleroy (co-producer) | 3:05 |
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| 14th | Girlfriend (featuring Lupe Fiasco ) | Chris Brown, Jean Baptiste, Nick Marsh, Michael McHenry, Ryan Buendia | Free School | 4:08 |
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| 15th | Gotta Be Ur Man | Chris Brown, Jamal "Polow da Don" Jones, Ester Dean, Paul Dawson, Jay Stevenson | Polow da Don | 3:17 |
| 16. | Movie (Bonus Track) | Chris Brown, Jevon Hill, Timothy Thomas, Theron Thomas | Polow da Don | 4:04 |
| 17th | For Ur Love | Chris Brown, Jean Baptiste, Nick Marsh, Michael McHenry, Ryan Buendia, Tyler Sherrit , Sylvia Gordon , Trevor McFedries | Free School | 3:45 |
| 18th | I need this | Warren "Oak" Felder , Robert Allen, Jessica Cornish | Oak | 4:21 |
| 19th | I love u | Chris Brown, Jamal "Polow da Don" Jones, Ester Dean, Jason Perry | Polow da Don | 3:02 |
| 20th | Brown Skin Girl (featuring Sean Paul ) | Chris Brown, Scott Storch , Timothy Thomas, Theron Thomas | Scott stork | 4:13 |
| 21st | Chase Our Love (International Bonus Track) | Chris Brown, Jean Baptiste, Nick Marsh, Michael McHenry, Ryan Buendia | Free School | 3:21 |
| 22nd | Graffiti ( iTunes Bonus Track, only with pre-order) | Carlos & Steven Battey | Cool & Dre | 5:12 |
Singles
On September 29, 2009, the album's first single, I Can Transform Ya , was released. Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz also starred in the song . The song reached number 26 in the UK and 20 in the US , but did not enter the charts in Germany.
On November 24th, the second and last single from the album, Crawl, was released . The song also climbed to number 53 in the US and 35 in the UK, but did not reach any chart position in Germany.
On November 24th, in addition to the second single, the song Sing Like Me was released, a promotional sound carrier . She did not achieve a placement.
success
Commercial win
The album went straight to number seven on the Billboard 200 after its release , as it had sold around 102,000 times in the first week. The previous album , Exclusive , sold around 294,000 CDs in the first week. By July 2011, only around 674,000 records were sold in the USA, which means that the album lagged significantly behind its two predecessors.
In addition, the album was at number 113 on the US year-end charts . This hit list distinguishes the most successful albums of the entire year.
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 United Kingdom (OCC)
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55 (3 weeks) | 3 |
 United States (Billboard)
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7th (13 weeks) | 13 |
Awards and nominations
The album was a two Grammy nominee at the 2011 Grammy Awards , held on February 13, 2011 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles . The song Take My Time (with Tank ) was nominated in the category Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals , but lost to Soldier of Love by Sade . In the Best Contemporary R&B Album category , the album lost to Raymond v. Raymond by the artist Usher .
reception
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| Metacritic | 39% |
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| Entertainment Weekly | (B-) |
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| The AV Club | (F) |
The album received extremely negative reviews. In the Metascore , it only received 39 out of 100 points based on twelve different ratings. Entertainment Weekly, for example, wrote that Brown had a hard time with his loss of image after the argument with his ex-girlfriend, and that the album could not "magically fix" this, but the CD still "floats" in the best moments. The Los Angeles Times insinuated that Brown wanted to use the incident with Rihanna to his incident. Author Mikael Wood stated that “a handful of lovingly crafted power ballads have apparently been designed to highlight the singer's remorse for the incident.” Allmusic wrote in its review that a couple of the songs made a lasting impression. The Chicago Tribune believed that the song Famous Girl in particular threw the album “off track” and made every note feel “taken advantage of and self-serving”. In addition, Brown's attempt to restore his reputation is damaging it even more. The AV Club said that musically the album was "a pretty flattering affair", the production was clean and often lively, and Brown sang "well enough". The problem is what he sings. Therefore, the magazine gave the album the worst rating.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chris Brown Finishes Album, Reveals Single . rap-up.com. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
- ↑ Shaheem Reid, Sway Calloway, Rahman Dukes: Swizz Beatz On Chris Brown's New Song With Lil Wayne: 'He's Got Something To Prove' . mtv.com. September 16, 2009. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ Gail Mitchell: Chris Brown, "Graffiti" . billboard.com. January 19, 2011. Accessed December 31, 2011.
- ^ A b c Greg Kot: Album review: Chris Brown, 'Graffiti' . leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com. December 1, 2009. Accessed December 31, 2011.
- ↑ a b c Mikael Wood: Album review: Chris Brown's Graffiti ' . latimesblogs.latimes.com. December 7, 2009. Accessed December 31, 2011.
- ↑ Mariel Concepcion: Chris Brown: Will 'Graffiti' Take Him Back to The Top? . billboard.com. December 8, 2009. Accessed December 31, 2011.
- ↑ Keith Caulfield: No Stopping Susan Boyle's 'Dream' On Billboard 200 . billboard.com. December 16, 2009. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
- ↑ Cyrus Langhorne: Beyonce Runs The Gold, DJ Khaled Finds His Best In Top 5 & Amy Winehouse Resurrects The Chart . sohh.com. July 27, 2011. Archived from the original on September 19, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
- ↑ Annual charts USA
- ↑ a b Chart sources: UK US
- ^ List of Grammy nominees
- ^ Graffiti - Chris Brown . metacritic.com. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
- ^ A b Leah Greenblatt: Music Review - Graffiti (2009) - Chris Brown . ew.com. December 8, 2009. Accessed December 31, 2011.
- ^ A b Andy Kellman: Review . allmusic.com. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
- ↑ a b Michaelangelo Matos: Chris Brown Graffiti . avclub.com. December 15, 2009. Accessed December 31, 2011.
