Chris Brown - Fortune

by **Loveguru** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:14 pm

I reckon he needs to service "Don't judge me"

I think that songs could do some surprise wonders for him.

That is pretty much the best he has sounded vocally in a LONG time

by **TheRealest** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:14 pm

"Bassline" >>>>> So hot!

by **Glow** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:01 pm

I love the album, I don't know what track would work for the 3rd UK single though.

by **LoveCB** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:43 pm

Glow wrote:I love the album, I don't know what track would work for the 3rd UK single though.

I think Free Run, I think he should release a ballad as his all ready released two upbeat dance tracks and it would be a nice change from the dance songs and the sexual R&B slow jams he has, Free Run sounds radio friendly and could gain him new fans.

by **ThaInfo1** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 6:36 am

therealestMC wrote:"Bassline" >>>>> So hot!

by **alxx** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 1:39 pm

Kinda disappointed in this, there's too many slow sex song fails on this and not enough up tempos. Bassline and Mirage are my favourites.

by **lnMyZone** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:17 pm

The thing is the music critics are not really music critic because there judging Chris as a person and mostly his past, there not really judging his music at all which is why I don't read critics reviews on his music, wasn't feeling Bassline when I first heard it now I like it, defiantly his best album to date I mean even though I only really like the end of 2012 its still ok, Key 2 Your Heart not really fond of but its listenable and Your World is great song, overall brilliant album I would defiantly say buy it because if you like Exclusive and Graffiti and F.A.M.E. its kinda of a mix between all of them but better.
I think after this album what Chris really needs is to take a 2year break from another album I mean stay with Fortune for the next 5months putting out singles from it, then go on a MASSIVE world wide tour for a year which would really make him popular again I think, then he comes back from that spends a while doing whatever he wants and then after about 2years or so starts working on a new album, people would be like he ain't had any new music out for a while so they would miss him and his album would do well again I think.
Chris Brown was the beginning, Exclusive was the concrete, Graffiti was personal, F.A.M.E. was the comeback and Fortune is the FUTURE!

by **Jesper** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 6:13 pm

lnMyZone wrote:I would defiantly say buy it because if you like Exclusive and Graffiti and F.A.M.E. its kinda of a mix between all of them but better.

I love Exclusive and F.A.M.E. mixed feelings about Graffiti, not really impressed by Fortune, just has a few good songs for me, so for me personally it's everything but better than his last albums.

by **isupportCBE** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:02 pm

#1 in the netherlands http://dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=a

wish they had sales figures.. even though he prolly sold like 500 copies lmao

by **sanim02** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 4:18 am

Jesper wrote:
lnMyZone wrote:I would defiantly say buy it because if you like Exclusive and Graffiti and F.A.M.E. its kinda of a mix between all of them but better.
I love Exclusive and F.A.M.E. mixed feelings about Graffiti, not really impressed by Fortune, just has a few good songs for me, so for me personally it's everything but better than his last albums.

Oddly enough, I never liked Chris that much until all his "fame" dropped and he had to push himself artistically.

I really liked Graffiti, and absolutely LOVED In My Zone, but felt like FAME was a little off... This on the other hand just feels like he's on auto-pilot with a lot of auto-tune lol.

by **abi** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 12:09 pm

#GetThatPromo! 8-)

by **Nackar** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:07 pm

To be honest, I just finished listening to Fortune and I think the music, all in all, isn't all that bad. There's a LOT of tracks here and plenty of filler, and some of the slow R&B-tunes can end up sounding almost the same, but I think they're all nicely worked out. The dance tracks are FIRE, IMO, even TUTM which everyone seems to hate...

What kills most of it for me, though, is the lyrics. There's sensual, there's sexy, there's even naughty, and then there's just bad taste. They're all such unpoetical attempts at being "sexy" that I think it's almost embarassing at times.

As long as I tune out the lyrics the album is pretty cool!

But yeah, critics are definitely out to "get" Chris to a certain extent. But even then, compared the Metacritic 39/100 to the FAME 53/100 and now the Fortune 40/100 and you can see that, even if they are being harsh, they feel this is not up to far with FAME, and I definitely agree.

#1 in the netherlands http://dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=a

wish they had sales figures.. even though he prolly sold like 500 copies lmao

Hey come on, give us SOME credit. We ARE in the top ten markets in the world, you know :lol:

Considering Gold is 25,000 copies I doubt we'd get far with the #1 album selling under 1k copies

But yeah, sales probably won't be too hot. Still, such a HUGE improvement over FAME's 16 that I'm sure there's some sales increase as well.

by **topopMAC1** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 6:09 pm

Officially the UK's #1 album this week!

From the Official Charts Company:

Chris Brown scores first Official UK Number 1 with Fortune
08/07/2012
By Dan Lane

Chris Brown clinches a personal best today, going straight to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with his latest release, Fortune.??

The 23-year-old US R&B singer's fifth full-length album has knocked Linkin Park's Living Things off the top spot, outselling its closest competitor, Maroon 5's Overexposed (Number 2) by 11,000 copies.

Fortune, which features the Official Number 1 smash Turn Up The Music and its Number 3 follow-up single Don't Wake Me Up, is Brown's highest charting album to date.??

Linkin Park's Living Things slips to Number 3, while Ed Sheeran's + is at 4. Emeli Sande's Our Version Of Events (5), which is the second biggest selling album of 2012 so far behind Adele's 21, completes this week's Top 5.??

New Entries and high climbers

In addition to Chris Brown's Fortune (1), there is only one other entry in today's Official Albums Chart Top 40. US country star Mary Chapin Carpenter has also scored her highest charting album to date, with her eleventh album, Ashes And Roses, debuting at Number 26. ??

Ahead of his appearance at Hard Rock Calling next weekend, Paul Simon's classic 1986 album, Graceland, is this week's highest climber, up 39 places to Number 6. Jack White's debut solo album, Blunderbuss, climbs nine places from Number 49 to Number 40, while Train's California 37 (18), Katy Perry's Teenage Dream (27) and David Guetta's Nothing But The Beat (32) are all up seven places each this week.

Finally, Adele's 21, the London singer's mega-selling album re-enters the Official Albums Chart Top 10 after slipping out for the first time last month since it's release in January 2011, and is this week up six places from Number 15 to Number 9.

"Don't Wake Me Up" climbs from #3 to #2 this week, meaning the first two singles from the album have peaked at #1 and #2.

by **Charmbracelet** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:20 pm

Congratulations Chris! I just wish he was getting UK success with better material (Don't Wake Me Up is good for a dance song though)

by **ThaInfo1** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:19 am

I live for "2012" though.

by **abi** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 11:17 am

Urgh... Been to 2 different record stores today and still couldn't find the album. My country is such a flop.

by **Frederic** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 3:54 pm

The album is quite the grower but I'm honestly getting so tired of artists releasing dance singles that end up being virtually the only dance tracks on the album (Chris, Cheryl and Usher in a way). I wanted more tracks like Don't Wake Me Up and Turn Up The Music!

by **Jesper** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:26 pm

Frederic wrote:The album is quite the grower but I'm honestly getting so tired of artists releasing dance singles that end up being virtually the only dance tracks on the album (Chris, Cheryl and Usher in a way). I wanted more tracks like Don't Wake Me Up and Turn Up The Music!

I agree

by **emilhot** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:19 pm

Jesper wrote:
Frederic wrote:The album is quite the grower but I'm honestly getting so tired of artists releasing dance singles that end up being virtually the only dance tracks on the album (Chris, Cheryl and Usher in a way). I wanted more tracks like Don't Wake Me Up and Turn Up The Music!
I agree

I want less of them! :oops:

by **ThaInfo1** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 3:51 am

I in LOVE with this Sevyn girl's voice on his songs. I need her solo album ASAP.

This album is starting to grow on me.

by **emilhot** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:14 pm

Chris Brown hits number one in America and the UK

His new album Fortune might fail in comparison to the opening sales of Brown’s former smash albums, but that doesn’t stop him from making it to the number one spot in two of the world’s biggest music markets, as he hits number one on the album charts in the USA and the UK this week. The new album also gives Chris Brown a number one album in the Netherlands

Fortune debuts with 134.000 copies sold in the US last week. A goal he has also managed to reach with his self titled debut album and last year’s success release F.A.M.E. Though the debut is far off last year’s success release, which has given Chris Brown his second best first week sales with an opening of 270.000 sold copies.

Source: http://trueurbanmusic.com

by **TheRealest** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:53 am

Good for him! 8-)

by **Titan3510** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:57 am

I'm happy for him.

Good job, Chris.

Can we just talk about Bassline for a minute?

by **Titan3510** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:40 am

Never mind. Mirage is my favorite song...

Everything from the TLC sample to the beats to the Chris' vocal performance to Nas' rhymes is perfect.

by **Loveguru** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:01 am

This may not be a master piece but it's a grower :lol: