Part 2

“X is about life, it’s about me,” he says. “It’s the Roman numeral for 10. 5/5/89 is my birthday: 5 plus 5 is 10, and this is my tenth years since I got into music. X is the 24th letter of the alphabet, and I’ll be 24 when it comes out. When you see X on a vial, it’s like forbidden fruit. For me, it means being able to express myself without a filter, without boundaries.”

During a studio visit, the typically press-shy Brown is all smiles as he plays five new X tracks, including potent first single Fine China and its video, a lavish cinematic treatment with a dazzling mashup of martial arts choreography and dance moves. Both are out April 1, and the album is expected by late summer. The rollout will entail not only a tour and promotional appearances, but also interviews.

“I’m going back to groundwork,” he says. “I’ll show people who I am and not be a recluse. I wasn’t ready to talk before. It was timing. I’m more comfortable in my own body.”

Widely reported eruptions — a fracas with Drake at a New York club last year and a fight with Frank Ocean over a parking space in West Hollywood in January — were setbacks on Brown’s path to redemption.

The public hasn’t seen his progress, because “people see the circus on the blogs,” he says. “I’m cool. I’m happy. I’m focused. I’m a lot calmer. Everyone has anger issues and days they don’t feel like being bothered.

“I’m passionate about everything I do, whether I’m driving my car or hanging out. I wear my heart on my sleeve. That’s a good thing and a bad thing. Sometimes it comes off the wrong way. I’m learning how to deal with it and how to channel that into my music.”

Cobbled from a pool of 50 songs, X evolved from a process looser than the rigid strategy taken on 2011′s Grammy-winning F.A.M.E. and last year’s Fortune.

“I wanted a Quincy Jones approach, where you bring in various writers and producers and they vibe off each other,” he says. “I wanted to keep it comfortable and natural and draw creativity off the energy in the room. I wasn’t focusing on what could make a No. 1 single. I was honing in on the craft and different emotions from my life. I was more open to defining who I am: Chris Brown, a young man, not a full-grown man.”

5 songs Preview of X

• Fine China. Roccstar and PK produced the soulful track written by Brown, Sevyn, Roccstar and Eric Bellinger. “I’m keeping it fresh but it pays homage to the old greats, Stevie Wonder, Sam Cooke and Michael Jackson,” Brown says. “I don’t like to go with what the crowd is doing or what I hear on the radio. I go with a gut instinct and what I feel in my heart.”

• Add Me In. Brown, Roccstar and Bellinger wrote the Danja-produced retro-R&B tune with a mathematical twist on romance. “I like to use metaphor,” Brown says. “There’s not a lot of synthesized sounds and Auto-Tune. It’s just real singing.”

• Autumn Leaves. Produced by BAM and written by Brown and Roccstar, the unfinished tune’s melancholy tone will lighten with the addition of an upbeat rap from Kendrick Lamar. “It’s one of those songs that you put on in the car and just ride,” Brown says. “It makes me think about a rainy day.”

• Lady in Glass Dress. Camper produced the inspirational track that Brown wrote with Sam Hook. “It’s saying that I know there may be girls out there who have had their hearts broken and don’t have faith in relationships anymore,” Brown says. “They have dreams of being loved. Everything will be all right.”

• X. Producer Diplo brings an electronic wallop to hip-hop grooves on an autobiographical tune Brown penned with Roccstar, Sevyn and Dewaine Whitmore Jr. One lyric, in which the singer declines taunts to fight so he can rejoin a party, contradicts the rap on Brown.

“That’s my mentality,” he says. “I’m focused on my path, on being more positive and on the up and up.”

That means shrugging off Internet gossip, including persistent reports that he’ll wed a bikini-clad Rihanna in July in Barbados. “That would be a rumor,” he says.

Likewise regarding speculation about infidelity. “We’re good,” he says. “We’re taking it one day at a time. She’s a wonderful girl. She’s beautiful. She’s on tour and our schedules don’t allow us to be as close as we want to be. But everything is good. She will be on my album.”

Jennifer Lopez may be another Madame X. Last week, she tweeted a photo of herself in the studio with Brown, starting a brush-fire of speculation. Brown will only say the collaboration is “phenomenal” and could appear on his album, hers or both.

“We met briefly at the Grammys and she said she wanted me to write for her album,” he says. “Working with her was amazing.”

Outside of music, Brown has been busy, starring in Battle of the Year: The Dream Team, a break-dancing film due in September, and showing his graffiti-inspired paintings in galleries.

“There’s still a lot for me to prove,” he says. “I have a lot of goals and ambition. I’m going to be better in the future.”

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Yesterday (Jan 4) Chris and his crew attended the Agenda show at Long Beach, California. The Agenda show is an exhibition where all kinds of different clothing brands are promoted. Together with his crew, Chris promoted his Black Pyramid clothing line.

The Agenda show is mostly for vendors who order clothes for their stores and sell them there. Black Pyramid clothing can be purchased at the MechanicalDummy website.

Chris took photos of fans and seemed to enjoy himself a lot. He was also joined by Wiz khalifa and his wife Amber Rose and more various friends and people!

When: 4-5th January, 8am-5pm
Where: Long Beach Convention Center, 300 E. Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90802
Official site: Agendashow.com

Check out more photos from day 1 and day 2 after the jump!

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Day 2:

Photo credit goes to chrianna.tumblr.com and various instagram accounts.

Chris Brown will be showcasing his latest clothing line “Black Pyramid” at the ‘Agenda Show’ in Long Beach, California on January 4-5th.

The event will be held at Long Beach Convention Center. Team Breezy, if you live near this location make sure to pay a visit! You will not only get a chance to see Chris, but also to buy clothing items from “Black Pyramid” without having to pay shipping.

Go here for more info.

-Rita

Plot Summary: Battle of the Year is the Olympics of break dancing, a tournament held every year that attracts all the best teams from around the world, but the Americans haven’t won in fifteen years.

Los Angeles Hip Hop mogul and former B-Boy Dante (Alonso) wants to put the country that started the Sport back on top. He enlists his hard-luck friend Blake (Holloway), who was a championship basketball coach, to coach his team. Armed with the theory that the right coach can make any team champions, they assemble a Dream Team of all the best b-boys across the country. With only three months until Battle of the Year, Blake has to use every tactic he knows to get twelve talented individuals to come together as a team if they’re going to bring the Trophy back to America where it started. Inspired by the actual World championship held yearly in France.

-Rita

-Rita

Watch videos of different countries/cities after the jump!

Team Breezy

• France
• Slovenia
• Australia
• Philadelphia, US
• New Jersey , US
• Tennessee, US
• Los Angeles, US
• Washington DC, US
• New York, US
• Chicago, US

-Rita

Team Breezy France

Team Breezy Slovenia

Team Breezy Melbourne, Australia

Team Breezy Philadelphia

Team Breezy New Jersey

Team Breezy Tennessee

Team Breezy Los Angeles

Team Breezy Washington DC

Team Breezy New York

Team Breezy Chicago

Buy Turn Up The Music on iTunes NOW!

Currently, the song is #13 in the US and is currently in the top 10 in other contries around the world. iTunes standings will be reported later today after you’ve made more time to buy it, gift it, and share it! Happy Valentine’s Day
- Dominique

The second issue of Breezy Magazine has officially been released. The magazine was designed and created by CBreezy.com with all the articles and stories coming from Team Breezy themselves. The second edition contains everything Breezy related that a fan could possibly ask for and even has a surprise which is that the magazine will be holding an interview with Chris Brown himself for its next issue and you get to ask the questions.

To ask Chris Brown a question click here and to read the magazine for free, click right here. Enjoy!

With only 21 days to go until the release of Chris Brown’s fourth studio album F.A.M.E., iTunes has now placed the album on its store and is now available to pre-order. According to iTunes there will be different bonus tracks on F.A.M.E. depending on the iTunes store you purchase from. The UK and Ireland both have Champion as a bonus track and according to JIVE, France will also have an additional bonus track.

To pre-order F.A.M.E. please use the following links:

- Pre-order F.A.M.E on iTunes from US -
- Pre-order F.A.M.E on iTunes from Ireland -
- Pre-order F.A.M.E on iTunes from UK -

NEW YORK, March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Following a string of consecutive R&B/Pop hit songs, three Grammy nominations and a well-received performance on Saturday Night Live, the stage is set for the release of Chris Brown’s new album, F.A.M.E. The multi-platinum-selling singer/actor’s Jive Records release is confirmed to be released on March 22.

Brown’s new single “Look At Me Now” featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes is quickly climbing the charts: this week “Look At Me Now” is the No. 1 most increased song at the Urban Mainstream radio format for the third consecutive week, and ranks No. 6 on the Urban Singles chart after one month of its release.  The video clip will premiere on VEVO, the leading premium music video and entertainment service, in mid-March.

“Look At Me Now” follows the success of his previous No. 1 hit singles, “Deuces” featuring Tyga and Kevin McCall and “No BS,” and his  Top 5 hit single “Yeah 3X“. With 1.8 million in combined digital/mobile sales to date, “Deuces” spent 10 weeks at No. 1 and earned Brown one of three 2010 Grammy Nominations for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. His most recent No. 1 hit song “No BS” remains a Top 10 staple on the Urban Singles chart.  ”Yeah 3X” ranks in the Top 10 on both the Rhythm and Top 40 radio charts and has 1.2 million in combined digital/mobile sales.

Brown, a triple-threat as a singer/dancer/actor, has co-written on the majority of F.A.M.E. and has collaborated with a wide range of his peers including: Justin Bieber, Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Ludacris and more.

“On this album some of the songs are more grown-up,” says Chris in describing the album. “There are songs from all genres: from street records to others that are real soul, 808 heavy that you’ll hear in the club, and then others are strictly for the heart; songs that your mom and grandma can listen to and love.   Collectively, ‘F.A.M.E.‘ is me giving fans every aspect of who I am as far as my art, my culture, and my concepts.”  The album cover art was designed by contemporary pop artist Ron English.  Browndiscovered English’s work on the internet and later saw his work again in an art gallery in New York.  Inspired by his art, the two met and agreed to collaborate for Chris’ album.  Plans for a larger collaboration are in the works.

Source: PR News Wire

Check out the official confirmed standard and Deluxe track listings for F.A.M.E. The track lists also contains the production and song-writing credits.

F.A.M.E. [Standard]

1. Deuces feat. Tyga & Kevin McCall (Produced by Kevin McCall/Co-Written by Chris Brown).

2. Up 2 You (Produced by The Underdogs).

3. No Bullshit feat. Kevin McCall (Produced by Tha Bizness/Co-Written by Chris Brown).

4. Look At Me Now feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes (Produced by Diplo, AfroJack and Free School/Co-Written by Chris Brown).

5. She Ain’t You (Produced by Free School/Co-Written by Chris Brown).

6. Say It With Me (Produced by Harmony/Co-Written by Chris Brown).

7. Yeah 3X (Produced by DJ Frank E/Co-Written by Chris Brown).

8. Next to You feat. Justin Bieber (Produced by The Messengers/Co-Written by Chris Brown).

9. All Back (Produced by Timothy Bloom).

10. Wet The Bed feat. Ludacris (Produced by Bigg D/Co-Written by Chris Brown).

11. Oh My Love (Produced by Harmony/Co-Written by Chris Brown)

12. Should’ve Kissed You (Produced by Brian Kennedy & T-Wiz/ Co-Produced & Co-Written by Chris Brown).

13. Beautiful People feat. Benny Benassi (Bonus) (Produced by Benny & Alle Benassi/Co-Written by Chris Brown)

F.A.M.E. [Deluxe Edition]

14. Bomb feat. Wiz Khalifa (Produced by Free School/Co-Written by Chris Brown).

15. Love Them Girls feat. Game (Produced by Polow Da Don/Co-Written by Chris Brown).

16. Paper, Scissors, Rock feat. Timbaland & Big Sean (Produced by Timbaland and Jroc)

17. Beg For It (Produced by The Stereotypes/Co-Written by Chris Brown).

SOURCE: UrbanBridgez

Ok so you’ve heard the mixtape, read the magazine now get ready to watch the movie….. hopefully! Ok so Team Breezy has come up with the idea of releasing a mini movie to show our support for Chris Brown and we need your help to make it. If you would like to be apart of the movie then please read all the information below. We’re counting on you guys!

Ok so the theme of the film/documentary is of course Team Breezy and Chris Brown. What we need is for each and every one of you to record a video, no longer than 3 minutes in length (if you have a HD camera then great if you don’t then still send in your video!), doing the following.

1. For all submissions could you please say We Are Team Breezy in your own language? If you speak English you can say it in English and if you speak French say it in French etc. We’re going to cut them all together and show Breezy how much support he has worldwide. It’ll be used as the intro to the movie.

2. For the 3 minute video we need you all to talk about and show us how Breezy has had an effect on your life and how you have supported him throughout the years. State your name and your country at the start of the video! In the video, you could show us your Chris Brown merchandise (posters, chains, cds, books etc). You can also dance to a Chris Brown song, sing, show us your artwork/paintings etc. Talk about how you support him and the effect his music has on you.

3. We also need the Breezy Street team movement to help out as well with this. As you guys are promoting Chris with posters, flyers, leaflets etc in your Cities and most of you have recorded this, could you please submit it as part of the movie? This will be a great way to show Chris Brown how much we support him! The same goes for the non street team members. If you’ve supported Breezy in any way please record it and send it in!

If you don’t want to take part in the actual movie but would like to help behind-the-scenes then we need you too! We need narrators, producers, movie editors, musicians, graphics designers and everybody else to help get this project off the ground.

As of yet, there is no release date but there is a deadline date. The deadline for video/audio submissions is April 8th 2011. If you have any ideas/suggestions/submissions please send them all to teambreezymovie@gmail.com. If you send in a video early, please attach your name, age and Country!

Let us know what you think as well in the comments below!