Amazon.com: It's not because of the irresistible banger that is "Kiss Kiss," and it's not because he's rounded up a guest roster that reaches across the hip-hop universe and pulls T-Pain, Big Boi, and Kanye into orbit: Exclusive solidifies Chris Brown's rise in modern R&B circles because it's a tight, stylish album that reeks of major-career potential. Yes, he's straddling the grown and sexy thing even though he's not yet out of his teens (see "With You," "You," and "I Wanna Be"), and yes, he's pulled in a lot of different directions by a lot of top-tier producers, Scott Storch, the Underdogs, and Will.i.am among them. But the thing that'll grab longtime R&B listeners about Exclusive is the way it hangs together--Brown can belt or go breezy with the best of them, and he doesn't strain for credulity even when faced with lyrics more suited to R. Kelly's wised-up vocal caliber (see "Take You Down"). Last go-round, on his debut, Brown was a hotshot. This time he's just hot. --Tammy La Gorce
Chris Brown is back with his sophmore album and I would have to say job well done. I didn't have the opportunity to listen to his debut album in full, just the selected tracks played on the radio. In his own right Exclusive is a pretty decent album, I didn't particularly care for Wall to Wall at first glance like I did with Kiss Kiss, but it did shed some light on the overall album. I would have to say that this album is very well rounded, vocally Chris Brown has grown. Now for lyrics at times they were mediocre and directed towards I would say a particular age group-of tracks such as "I'll call you", "Hold up(pretty decent track though)" and "Gimme what you got". Anyway a couple of tracks stoodout that were heart-felt such as "Damage", "Take you down" and "I wanna be". There were a few cameo appearances on the album from T-Pain, Big Boi, Will.I.AM, Lil Wayne, Kanye West that added a spin on a few records but in the same sentence the album could have did without. I see continued success for this artist and I believe he will do nothing but reach greater heights.
1. Throwed (2/5) Stars 2. Kiss Kiss (4.5/5) 3. Take You Down (4.5/5) Very sensual. 4. With You (2.5/5) 5. Picture Perfect (3/5) 6. Hold Up (3.5/5) 7. You (4.5/5) 8. Damage (5/5) Lyrically and vocally beautiful. The runners did an excellent job on the production. 9. Wall To Wall (3/5) 10. Help Me (4/5) 11. I Wanna Be (5/5) 12. Gimme Whatcha Got (4/5) 13. I'll Call Ya (3.5/5) 14. Lottery (3/5) 15. Nice (3/5) 16. Down (3/5)
Looking forward to his third album!
Reviewed by: OfficiallyWrite
Chris Brown-Exclusive I bought the cd for the kids and my daughters just love him. My son may listen to it sometimes.
3-1/2 stars -- Almost venturing into three-star territory... I didn't get a chance to hear Chris Brown's self-titled debut album, but it produced a number of hits that proved that he was far from being another young one-hit wonder. He announced his second album Exclusive last year courtesy of lead single "Wall to Wall", but I guess since that song didn't become a hit after a month, the album was put on hold (maybe it had something to do with the corny Teen Wolf-like video?). But after "Kiss Kiss" gave him another #1 hit (although I hate it when T-Pain RAPS), Exclusive was finally released.
Since Chris is now eighteen (well, when the album was released, anyway), you'd naturally expect to see more adult-oriented material. And the best example of this is the sensual "Take You Down". Other than that, though, the songs really don't sound like a big departure from his earlier stuff, but hey, sometimes you have to go with what works (although I can do without the various MySpace references). And what works are tracks like "Damage", the aforementioned "Wall to Wall", and possibly "I Wanna Be". "With You" is also pretty decent, but I didn't notice the similarity between its music and the music to Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable" until other reviewers mentioned it (to me, the song AND the video feel like a commercial jingle).
However, sometimes things can get a little corny, like "Lottery" and "Help Me", but especially when guest rappers come around, particularly the two-in-a-row of "Picture Perfect" and "Hold Up" (featuring will.i.am and Big Boi, respectively). And the Lil' Wayne-assisted "Gimme Watcha Got" is okay, but it's no "Gimme That". The two bonus tracks ("Nice" and "Down") are also an issue: the former is a disposable track made worse by the Game's all-too-familiar Tupac comparisons, and the latter would be fine if it weren't for Kanye West's nonsensical verse.
To be honest, Exclusive is really another one of those at-least-he-released-the-right-songs kind of albums. It's not a total waste of time, but if you're not a big Chris Brown fan (of if you're over the age of eighteen), B.I.F.
Anthony Rupert
not pleased The CD itself was perfect however the case was completely shattered when i recieved it....this is unusual for amazon. Lately i have been having problems with amazon products so i hope they can get all these "issues" fixed.
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