Check out Fantasia’s feature on ‘Defining Moments’. The electric entertainer highlighted what she considers to be a significant moment in music history: Chris Brown’s tribute to Michael Jackson at the 2010 BET Awards.

SOURCE: ThatGrapeJuice

SideNote: In his recent appearance on BET’s 106 & Park (August 24), Chris said his MJ tribute was his ultimate apology.

The beautiful and talented singer, Melanie Fiona, recently sat down with ThatGrapeJuice for an interview and dished on everything from her love of sleeping with socks, to Chris Brown’s BET Awards performance.

The singer stated that she was in attendance that night and could feel Chris’ energy when he was performing. She touches on Chris and his performance beginning at the 13:00 minute mark.

Interview/Video Source: That Grape Juice

The super-producer says he just finished a new single for Chris Brown called “Transformer,” and it features none other than Lil Wayne.

“He’s got something to prove,” Swizz says of working with Brown. “He worked on 60, 70 songs. He’s just on fire. I told him, ‘Listen, man, just stay focused on your music. They gonna throw shots at you. Time heals everything.’ He has great support; his mother is amazing. I was really scoping out the situation, it could have been something I didn’t want to be around, but I really got a great vibe. Honestly.”

Swizz says Wayne is in vintage Louisianimal form on the track, tearing the beat down like a bulldozer.

“The Wayne part is just nothing to talk about,” Swizz boasted. “He really showed his a– on this one. It’s probably the best feature verse since the ‘It’s Me [Bi---es]‘ remix. He really went in on the ‘Transformer’ joint.”

Swizz promises that a video will go into production soon and that the record will hit even sooner.

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SOURCE: MTV

-Amee

When a seemingly new song by Chris Brown entitled “Changed Man” hit the internet this week, many were quick to assume the song had to be about the infamous blow up he had with fellow singer and then-girlfriend Rihanna.

In the song, Chris makes a plea to his girl to right the wrongs he’s done under the scrutiny of the rest of the world. “What do you do when the truth isn’t quite enough/They looking at you telling you we need to break it up…Imma make it up to you and show the world I’m a changed man,” Brown sings in the piano-driven ballad.

A rep at Brown’s record label Jive Records went on record with MTV.com and Billboard, telling them the song was recorded “some time ago, a long time ago, actually,” and could not specify whether or not the song was created after the February incident.

The song’s producer, Battle Roy, told Neon Limelight in a phone interview on Friday (August 14) that the song was, in fact, written and recorded by Brown and songwriter Lonnie B, in March, just weeks after the Grammy morning brawl.

Although the subject matter and timing all point to “Changed Man” being a Rihanna make-up track, Roy — who’s worked with R&B stars Frankie J, Jahiem, and Kelly Rowland — couldn’t confirm if it were for sure. He did, however, tell us he had absolutely no problem with letting Brown use one of his tracks so soon after the public fall out began. “Good music is good music. Good artistry is good artistry,” he said. “You can’t block yourself off because of someone else’s situation.”

“I respect him as an artist, and I respect him as a person. So when the opportunity came about to do this and know that the song was being worked on by him, I jumped to it because he’s a great artist and he is the future of R&B no matter what anyone says.”

Roy says he does not know for certain if this song or any of the many others he’s done for Chris will land on his upcoming third album, Graffiti, but says if fans want it, they should make it known. “Hopefully the people will really speak up about it, and if they like it, the label will follow after the people and listen to what the fans are saying.”

He had just one request of fans who automatically write the song off: listen to it then make an opinion.

“People make mistakes. He has apologized and admitted to whatever happened,” he said. “People need to really move past it and get back to the music that everybody loves him for.

“If you’ve got an opinion of Chris then keep that as B, but A should be if you’re listening to the song, listen for the content matter and the music and see if it’s got a likable quality to you. If it doesn’t, then keep it moving and go to something else.”

SOURCE: NeonLimeLight

Skull Gang leader Juelz Santana recently weighed in on Chris Brown‘s no-show at last weekend’s BET Awards and said Jay-Z was largely responsible.

In addition to his reaction, Santana also took a few shots at Jigga via Twitter.

“i take nothin away from Jay-Z,” he wrote. “i dont wanna sound like a Hater but his swagger was on Zero yesterday. & i just heard thru the grape vine that Jay-Z said he would not Perform if Chris Brown was gonna perform.. SMH Sucker Move I woulda rather seen Chris Brown come out & do his tribute to [Michael Jackson]. It woulda been the 1st time he Performed since ? I know he woulda Killed it. ok Tweople. Yall do the Math. MJ just died the show as a Tribute to MJ. so not only does he say he down want chris to perform & do what would of been probably the best MJ tribute, but he coulda atleast did H-to tha IZOO cuz it has the MJ beat and Put MJ’s name in it.” (Juelz Santan’s Twitter)

SOURCE: SOHH

- Sharrod

Another day, another Rihanna and Chris Brown update. This time, with audio accompaniment!

Rihanna and the unstoppable Lady GaGa — I’m convinced there are five of her running around — are teaming up on Chris Brown. And guess who’s getting the word out … Kanye West.

Kanye posted a new collaboration track by RiRi and GaGa (hehe, funny) called “Silly Boy” on his blog last night and boy are the lyrics awfully revealing. I’m not sure if this song is a direct jab at the accused gal beater Chris Brown or just a downright coincidence … wait, I’m pretty sure it’s a jab.

A key verse on the track is “’cause you had a good girl, good girl, girl /That’s a keeper /You had a good girl, good girl /but didn’t know how to treat her.” Yep, sounds like she is talking to Mr. Brown. “Game’s over, you lose,” she says. Look who finally found her pair of smarty pants and got a clue.

My favorite part of this little nugget of info isn’t the actual song, but the fact that Kanye posted it, and for free to download. It looks like he wants us all to have a hot summer track -

Source: NY Post blogs

-Felicia

Just got some interesting news. Website Islandista is reportng that at a concert in Barbados this past weekend reggae susperstar Beenie Man performed for an audience which included Rihanna.

MediaTakeOut.com claims that during Beenie’s performance, he called out Chris Brown – in front of nearly 10,000 fans. Here’s how Islandista is reporting it:

Beenie touched the stage at about 7:30 and gave a generally decent performance – certainly the crowd was with him.

Then … he start calling for Rihanna to “report back stage immediately”.

And then he start talking up a set of things about the infamous beating incident between her and Chris Brown, asking the crowd if they [thought] it was “an idiot thing that Chris did” while singing a very off-key version of the hook to ‘Umbrella’. You could hear a collective ‘ooooohhhh!’ as the crowd sucked in its breath when he said it.

For most that would be enough, but not for Beenie. He continued on his rampage:

Beenie kept calling for [Rihanna] and singing ‘Umbrella’ and lo and behold, she actually came up on the stage. Then he start singing his version of Umbrella , part of which went “I don’t have no fancy car/But [I’ll] never give you no scar”.

Trust me. I was shame for de girl. Everyone was shame because the crowd didn’t really hype up and carry on the way they had been earlier when he was just performing all his hits. I just wanted it to end.

This sounds painful … but it doesn’t end there:

But Beenie wasn’t done. He told her that Chris [will] get vexed when he sees the pictures of him (Beenie) and Rihanna hugging up on stage because he is the ‘girls dem suga’ and anything the sugar touches get sticky.

Source: MediaTakeOut & Islandista

- Felicia

In a recent interview Hot 107.9 had with Shontelle backstage at a concert, she was asked about Chris Brown and Rihanna:

You are from Barbados, you know Rihanna, a good friend. What’s the deal with princess RiRi and Chris Brown right now? You gotta gimme the inside scoop ya know, because I know you guys went to camp etc together.

“Yeah, well I mean, as far as I know they broke up, I’m not asking any questions that’s their personal lives but I’m just glad to know that she’s back up and she is having the time of her life. She’s at home in Barbados right now and I don’t know the last time I went home or the next time I’m going there. So right now I’m really jealous of her.”

-Amee

“The record sounds dope and I feel good about it. It’s one of my favorite tracks on the album,” Ciara tells Rap-Up. “I had to keep it the same. I’m sticking to it just being about the music in this case. What happened with them is personal and I don’t really know everything. All I know is I love the record.”

Chris Brown was rumored to be scrapped from Ciara’s collaborators list after Ciara told hosts Terrence and Rocsi during her visit on BET’s “106 & Park” on February 23 that she might re-record the track. “Now you may hear it a little bit differently than what you’ve heard it, but in a cool way,” she said at the time.

Beside Chris, Ciara also lines up Justin Timberlake, Young Jeezy, Ludacris, The-Dream and Missy Elliott as her duet partners in the new album. She will release the record in U.S. stores on May 3.

SOURCE: AceShowBiz

Few people can say they identify with what Chris Brown might be feeling in the wake of his alleged altercation with Rihanna, but Mike Tyson is one of them.

The former heavyweight champ — whose life is the subject of the new documentary “Tyson,” set for release on Friday — has a history of legal trouble involving women. While he was married to actress Robin Givens in the late 1980s, their relationship was plagued with accusations of violence and spousal abuse against Tyson. And in the early ’90s, Tyson was convicted of raping Desiree Washington and served three years in prison.

When asked about Brown by MTV News this week, Tyson said, “It’s none of my business, but you know what I say about that? I understand the situation. I understand passion with young kids.

“My personal opinion about that is, he’s just a baby,” he continued, with a tone of empathy toward the 19-year-old Brown. “He’s just a little baby that don’t know how to handle his emotions when it comes to a woman. And he probably hears this and thinks, ‘I know how to handle my emotions’; we all think we do. But the fact [is], you look at this person and you might be crazy in love, but we don’t know how to handle those feelings.”

While there are obviously many differences between his situation and Brown’s, Tyson said he believes a different mentality is prevalent these days. “Now you’re a fly guy and a cool guy, you have this pimp mentality. You have to be hard like that.”

Tyson was also extremely contrite about his history of violence toward women. “You can’t abuse them,” he said. “It’s really sick what you [can] do. She has a space in your heart and you believe you care about her more than anybody in the world.

“Do I think it’s right to beat up a woman? No — hell no,” he continued. “Have I hit a woman before? Hell yeah. Was I wrong? Hell yeah. I’m a product of that environment. Do I regret ever doing that? Hell yeah. Would I do it again? Never.”

SOURCE: MTV