While putting the legal ramifications behind him, Chris took to the underground mixtape circuit to create major hits without radio support and used social networks to generate buzz about his return. He even got two Grammy nominations for third album Graffiti, which apparently came out too soon after his trouble to get a warm reception. But it is a more mature, confident and adventurous Brown who has emerged in the wake of all the drama, and he has delivered the strongest album of his career.
He’s much edgier than before, which is a good thing, since the 22-year-old has clearly outgrown that nice-kid-next-door persona he had six years ago. With songs such as the dismissive Deuces, defiant Look at Me Now (featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes) and salacious Wet the Bed (featuring Ludacris), Brown is taking it to the next phase. Considering how well Deuces and Yeah 3X have performed as singles.
Other new releases include:
Beardyman – ‘I Done A Album’
Cage The Elephant – ‘Thank You Happy Birthday’
The Crookes – ‘Chasing After Ghosts’
The Dears – ‘Degeneration Street’
The Dodos – ‘No Color’
Duran Duran – ‘All You Need Is Now’
Green Day – ‘Awesome As Fuck’
The Human League – ‘Credo’
Kassidy – ‘Hope St’
Ronan Keating and Burt Bacharach – ‘When Ronan Met Burt’
Camilla Kerslake – ‘Moments’
New York Dolls – ‘Dancing Backwards In High Heels’
Protest The Hero – ‘Scurrilous’
Joshua Radin – ‘Rock & The Tide’
Rise Against – ‘Endgame’
Nicole Scherzinger – ‘Killer Love’
Soundgarden – ‘Live On I-5’
The Strokes – ‘Angles’
Thousands – ‘The Sound Of Everything’
Roddy Woomble – ‘The Impossible Song & Other Songs’
Yellowcard – ‘When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes’
