Barely two weeks after Rihanna released her brilliant album titled ‘RATED R’ that speaks on her blatant ill romance relationship with Chris Brown, this man is back and smoking! Yep, Brown made a comeback with the 3rd album of his career titled Graffiti. This album came only a few months after the 20 year olds ‘heroic incident’ that caused the world to view him with skepticism amidst his row with Rihanna.

So question is, will this album prove enough for him to make a worthy comeback and redeem himself in the public’s eyes? We’ll soon know.

They say first impression matters; as soon as i popped in the CD into my car stereo, “I Can Transform Ya” feat Lil Wayne caught in. And the rest was history. Although the other songs in the album are not all that perfect, nevertheless, the first impression got me going for more.

Acknowledging his effort to transform from a teen sensation to a more mature R&B singer, this album proved to be a success as you’ll discover that his vocals and the lyrics resides more towards love, girls, pain and relationship.

Yes, undeniably certain songs in this album is to score attention with the media especially with “Famous Girls” in which he admits his mistake on their relationship failure. If you check out the lyrics you could find something shocking. Hint: Disturbia. Then again, he also managed to prove himself in his maturity through his vocals on an epic ballad title “Crawl”. This piece might just be the center piece of the album and made it standout. Brown showcases his maturity very well in his vocals on this track. Its a slow paced track that has just that every tiny bits of power packed vocals that will awe you.

Apart from the Famous Girls track, for some reason, Brown tries to garner public sympathy and self pity in some of his tracks. “So Cold” “Lucky Me” and “Fallin’ Down” has the most obvious lyrics that tries to flirt with listeners to forgive him. Lyrics goes like this : “Why is it so easy for you to blame/I’m only human, we’re all the same,” ; “Can you forgive me?” ;

It just couldn’t get any worst. But ‘the incident’ aside, ‘Graffiti’ might not just be the album of the year, but his new adventure into adulthood demonstrated through his power packed mature vocals might just prove to be a stepping stone and an indicator of what to expect in near future. Despite being more of a marketing strategy than an EP, nevertheless its a good album especially for Brown fans. Although a few of his tracks are all for ‘the incident’ and the aftermath, there are not many recording artist out there that released an awesome album without having faulted with the public whether or not it concerns them. That being said, his album and his personal actions are two different matters and should not be confused with each other. So why not just put that aside and enjoy his music. After all, his tracks aint that bad yo.

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My Verdict: 3.5/5

Spot on for : Mature R&B Fans.

Dump it if : You hate Brown! :p

Fuzzy Feeling Factor : I feel tingles

Fuzzy Feel Rating : Next please |  I feel tinges | Fuzzy to my Spine | Outta this world

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p.s: I found some articles online that quotes :

 If this album were by anyone other than Chris Brown, it would be the best R & B album of the last five years.

So you see, this album is the bomb if only people like him sees the music than the person itself. If Brown’s personal actions determines who he is in the music industry, then Eminem and Snoop Dogg should be burn in hell. Nuff said.

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