The moral police are disgusted. Those who prayed to the gossip gods Rihanna and Chris Brown – one of pop music’s most popular couples ever – would rekindle a flame (that ended horribly) will rejoice. And both sides’ll meet at center court to combat the duo’s new record, Rih-Rih’s “Birthday Cake (Remix)” and Chris’ “Turn Up The Music (Remix).” The success of the records are pretty much a forgone conclusion. Both are pop star darlings and both encompass a healthy bit of “edge” to their personas. That, alone, is a recepie for Billboard ascension.
Yet, it’s the politics around the records which’ll have the world talking. What Chris did was horrific and for doing so the court of public opinion will never let him truly live that down. No amount of apologies or tears-driven award shows performances will erase the past (his “now you see it/now you don’t” Twitter rants don’t help his cause either). And truthfully, Chris should pray to whatever higher power he worships every night he’s not an E! True Hollywood Story. However, if Chris’ act of domestic impropriety really is that wickedly evil, then maybe we should refrain from appreciating any record from James Brown, Miles Davis or Rick James again. Or, how I see it, maybe C.B. will have to kick the bucket before he makes the transition from “horrible person” to “legend with flaws.” Because, say what you will about this generation’s choice in music, Chris Brown is a modern day legend. I’m not defending his actions in the least bit, please understand this; instead, I’m choosing to look at the situation from a different vantage point. Plus, if Chris attracts a certain level of criticism, then Rihanna does too for even potentially putting herself back in a situation that caused her to miss the 2009 Grammys.
I guess what I’m trying to say is Chris Brown and Rihanna are not moral barometers, regardless of how much the world pegs them to be. If they represent this much of an influence over impressionable minds, parents need to do what my mother did to me with Hip-Hop in the ’90s – threaten to skin me alive if I ever decided to recreate what I heard on wax or saw my favorite entertainers portraying. Tupac’s influence over my life and how I take in music will always hold precedence, but let me have spit into a single camera growing up yelling “Have a good summer, BIYATCH!” I wouldn’t be alive right now. Whatever though, let me shut up before opening a can of worms that’s bigger than this post, these remixes, myself or anyone reading. Enjoy (or choose not to enjoy) the songs. Either way you won’t be able to avoid them.
Rihanna Feat. Chris Brown – “Birthday Cake (Remix)”
Chris Brown Feat. Rihanna – “Turn Up The Music (Remix)”
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chris brown was 19 when that happened. kids fuck up. neither have done shit for me though, so i could care less. people worship celebrities way too much.
His behavior since (and seeming lack of sincere regret) is as large a problem as the event itself.
Yeah you right about that.
Ive never seen a man 2 piece a woman (Or three piece by the looks of her forehead in the post beatdown pics) and show such a lack of regret for his actions… dude aint speak to no kids or nothing like that… cmon son
^ i read the police report…he didnt 2-3 piece her, he whipped her ass….bruised up her arms and legs when she was tryna block his punches, bit her hand when she was tryna push him, while she was in a seatbelt…cant/wont excuse that
Read that police report the other day, he tried to KILL her in that car that night
It’s one thing to loose yourself and hit a woman and it’s completely another to beat a woman within inches of death. He’s such a selfish person that I feel if his actions were justified he would have tried to make his case by now. That leads me to believe he just truly just fucked up and won’t admit it.
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The fact that “fans” and other gossip-hoarding “concerned citizens” are up in arms over a situation that doesn’t affect them on a personal level in any way is probably the most troubling thing about this. It’s a sad state of affairs in this culture. These two “artists” are humans and adults first, they should be able to do whatever they want without the moral police acting offended or demanding explanations over things they really only care to gossip about.
Reunited and It feel so Hood
im not gonna reply to anyone in particular, but im still not so forgiving of cb…look i get it, young people mess up and do stupid shit. i dont really see beating the shit out of a chick as being a slip up. even tho these people are young and privy to wrongdoings this whole situation sets a bad precedent.
true some of our former heroes have done the same or worse, but we found out later. photos of their exploits werent blasted everywhere in the media. this generation is blessed/cursed with a constant stream of information, and most (a lot?) of our stars understand this. cb and rih dont seem to care. thats cool for us, but what about the young fans that dont know no better?
the young female fans seeing their favorite pop singer get the shit beat out of her only to go back to said beater within 3 years. or seeing their other fav pop star savagely beat a woman, only for it to be basically forgotten. im seeing tweets from 12 year olds saying they dont care what he did cuz hes getting money, cute, etc. this whole thing couldve been handled with class, cb could have openly condemned violence on women, spoke out against it and move forward. ri couldve spoken to young girls in similar situations about dealing with it…but, cb threw tantrums and shit after the fact, rih tweets that shes hitting a j not giving a fuck what people think…wtf.
for u niggas that dont read…the whole situation looks bad for both of them and current society in general…
cool story bro
Very cool indeed, i agree totally
real talk. cosign the last part
MAJOR COSIGN!
damn i typed too much….wont smoke and comment no more…smh
Lol nahh, you’re good. That’s what the comment section is for.
I understand where you’re coming from.
Smoking and commenting for me looks like: LULZ.
lol.
i hope he beats the shit out of her again
^hahaha. Awesome.
i know im not the only person thinking that if she goes back and it happens again she deserves it , right?
“I guess what I’m trying to say is Chris Brown and Rihanna are not moral barometers, regardless of how much the world pegs them to be. If they represent this much of an influence over impressionable minds, parents need to…”
No amount of parenting is going to make something inconsequential. There will be negative repercussions because of this. I think they should both reconsider the messages they’re sending.
I personally am against what CB did if that was my daughter my 45 ACP would have solved that problem. But in the realm of entertainment especially in this day and age all things can be forgiven if money is to be made.
What I find so hypocritical about the entire ordeal as a whole is how many people I personally know who allowed themselves to be in physically abusive relationships… and how they have a hateful opinion regarding dude and Rihanna. How, when you stayed (or are still in) the same situation or have just recently gotten out of one? As if they are suddenly better than the two because they finally did???
I am no Chris Brown apologist and I think what he did was despicable, but people do equal and far worse every day – just turn on the news and see your local politicians guilty of the same (or keep believing or ignoring that door your neighbor keeps running into on a regular basis – yeah, she is simply that clumsy).
The problem? Chris carries a terrible public attitude about the situation. Society may not forgive, but 99% of the time, it forgets. People no longer boo Kobe. Arnold is back to making films – the difference is, they listened to those whom are hired to do damage control. You basically stay out of the public eye (which he did do), put off any work for an appropriate amount of time (check), and keep your mouth shut – dude never got that last part right. Even if you have to fake it, trust me, people would be more willing to forget if he were to just stop posting tweets like the one he did the night of the Grammys. Should Miranda have just shut up as well? Yep, the man is an artist, should he be banned from performing for the rest of his life – she is far from perfect herself. But his attitude in reply only makes people remember – and that is exactly what you do not wish to have happen.
I guess
Inasmuch as I truly understand where a number of people are coming from, however from a personal standpoint even though I find what he did despicable, I will however want to be forgiven if I in some way err most especially when the victim in this case seems to have forgive him. Yes his tweets and tantrums don’t help his case but people need to let them be! Even if you don’t agree with a friend in an abusive relationship, you don’t go on and on about it without their consent!!
Well said.
The problem is you could argue that victims are not really in a spot to forgive. Maybe Rihanna is separated enough from these events to truly forgive him, but for women who are beat every single day and still “forgive their man”, it doesn’t really mean anything.
Animale
“Brown was driving a vehicle with Robyn F. as the front passenger on an unknown street in Los Angeles. Robyn F. picked up Brown’s cellular phone and observed a three-page text message from a woman who Brown had a previous sexual relationship with.
A verbal argument ensued and Brown pulled the vehicle over on an unknown street, reached over Robyn F. with his right hand, opened the car door and attempted to force her out. Brown was unable to force Robyn F. out of the vehicle because she was wearing a seat belt. When he could not force her to exit, he took his right hand and shoved her head against he passenger window of the vehicle, causing an approximate one-inch raised circular contusion.
Robyn F. turned to face Brown and he punched her in the left eye with his right hand. He then drove away in the vehicle and continued to punch her in the face with his right hand while steering the vehicle with his left hand. The assault caused Robyn F.’s mouth to fill with blood and blood to splatter all over her clothing and the interior of the vehicle.
Brown looked at Robyn F. and stated, ‘I’m going to beat the sh– out of you when we get home! You wait and see!’
The detective said “Robyn F.” then used her cell phone to call her personal assistant Jennifer Rosales, who did not answer.
Robyn F. pretended to talk to her and stated, ‘I’m on my way home. Make sure the police are there when I get there.’ After Robyn F. faked the call, Brown looked at her and stated, ‘You just did the stupidest thing ever! Now I’m really going to kill you!’
Brown resumed punching Robyn F. and she interlocked her fingers behind her head and brought her elbows forward to protect her face. She then bent over at the waist, placing her elbows and face near her lap in [an] attempt to protect her face and head from the barrage of punches being levied upon her by Brown.
Brown continued to punch Robyn F. on her left arm and hand, causing her to suffer a contusion on her left triceps (sic) that was approximately two inches in diameter and numerous contusions on her left hand.
Robyn F. then attempted to send a text message to her other personal assistant, Melissa Ford. Brown snatched the cellular telephone out of her hand and threw it out of the window onto an unknown street.
Brown continued driving and Robyn F. observed his cellular telephone sitting in his lap. She picked up the cellular telephone with her left hand and before she could make a call he placed her in a head lock with his right hand and continued to drive the vehicle with his left hand.
Brown pulled Robyn F. close to him and bit her on her left ear. She was able to feel the vehicle swerving from right to left as Brown sped away. He stopped the vehicle in front of 333 North June Street and Robyn F. turned off the car, removed the key from the ignition and sat on it.
Brown did not know what she did with the key and began punching her in the face and arms. He then placed her in a head lock positioning the front of her throat between his bicep and forearm. Brown began applying pressure to Robyn F.’s left and right carotid arteries, causing her to be unable to breathe and she began to lose consciousness.
She reached up with her left hand and began attempting to gouge his eyes in an attempt to free herself. Brown bit her left ring and middle fingers and then released her. While Brown continued to punch her, she turned around and placed her back against the passenger door. She brought her knees to her chest, placed her feet against Brown’s body and began pushing him away. Brown continued to punch her on the legs and feet, causing several contusions.
Robyn F. began screaming for help and Brown exited the vehicle and walked away. A resident in the neighborhood heard Robyn F.’s plea for help and called 911, causing a police response. An investigation was conducted and Robyn F. was issued a Domestic Violence Emergency Protective Order.
i suppose this is a “domestic impropriety”?
That does not sound like a teenage mistake to me.
alright we get the fucking idea.
Wow…talk about excessive length of comment
I don’t see what’s excessive about posting what happened.
“chris was 19″
someone sent me the police report yesterday so i decided to kind of breeze through it.. Um he tried to kill her…… multiple times, with pauses in between to cool down..
That’s not a small mistake you make at 19.. I’m 18 and have had girls do lightweight crazy shitto me. Never reacted like that
I’m not saying anything besides fact. He attempted to kill her. She forgave him. We don’t know these two people personally or anything else about the situation. Why should we really give a fuck if they don’t
Hey, I was 19 once. I fucked up, too.
But I wasn’t beating women.
Please do not take this the wrong way…your writing is at a whole new level. I haven’t been on this site in a minute, but WOW. Your voice is so strong and immensely articulate. Bravo! Keep it up.
“domestic impropriety”? interesting choice of words. i’d have chosen violence, battery, or assault. but what else should i expect from a blog that (a) routinely celebrates an accused rapist that avoided facing a jury by overwhelming a local prosecutor, (b) posted a slut-shame list with the spin you’d marry them anyway, (c) suggested in that list that rhianna must be something hot since chris brown still pines for her after she nearly ruined his career (by being too public about getting an ass whoopin i suppose), and takes on the classic trope of blaming the victim in this very post. my suggestion is to stick to objective analysis of music and athletics. the sexism that arises whenever there is an attempt at social commentary on this blog is ugly.
Agreed. Where is LC Weber because TSS desperately needs some female commentators to reign in the misogyny.
If you ever find yourself in a position where you are defending Amber Rose and Kim K. over anything other than a brick to the face, you’re on the wrong side of a discussion.
PUMP THEM BREAKS! IM SURE IT WILL BE A SMASH HIT!
Proof to me this is one bad bitch who’s a masochist, I don’t give 2 fucks bout this shit a bitch nd a nigga together I don’t know either one.
The one thing I don’t get is how vehemently people will defend this guy. He’s basically doing everything wrong public relations wise and just generally being a piece of shit and people still flock to his defense whenever someone says anything bad about him.
“It’s mind-blowing that a celebrity in this day and age can do anything they want, with next to no consequences.”
-No One
The shit is disgusting, I don’t get why people defend CB. Look, if he goes on and rehabilitates his image and goes on to do great things, that’s one thing, but I haven’t seen much forward progress from dude.
I also believe when you fuck up on such a level (I believe he was trying to kill her), you will live the rest of our life with that being thrown in your face. Almost every black celeb with drama this big had their bullshit thrown in their face the rest of their lives (Kellz, OJ, MikeJack and now Tiger). If CB can’t understand that better and find a way to deal then he should get out of show business.
Also bringing up classic wife beaters is disingenuous since women didn’t have the same voice/rights they have now and would not be given the platform or consideration given the times. Also, far as I know they are also not analogous since they didn’t beat one of the most popular women of their time. (for that see what happened to Ike Turner, which I feel is more CB’s fate).
So ppl, stop making excuses for scumbags, the onus is on them to prove they’re no longer scumbags, its not your responsibility. If there is no accountability, things will not get better and the proper lessons will not be learned, at large. Peace, no disrespect intended to CB supporters but you have to know why people are mad, I don’t wanna hear no TL;DR BS either