TD3 said:

The motherfucker can't sing but he sure as hell is entertaining.

Vendetta1 said:

Doesn't Walmart sell rifles? Maybe they gave away all of Chris' CDs for use in target practice.

"Pull"

You know, I'd be willing to give him a second chance (er, not that I was ever a fan in the first place!) if he'd show some genuine remorse, go away for a while, and grow the hell up. Instead, he's spent the past several months acting like a dumb punk, making PR blunder after PR blunder, and now he has the audacity to throw a temper tantrum on twitter and complain that people don't want to stock or buy his album? He's completely oblivious to what he's done.

Vendetta1 said:

This only proves that he beat Rihanna's ass. If homie goes crazy over a computer account, imagine what he does to a real person.

As usual Chris Brown is full of shit.

Chris Brown's Twitter Rant Against Retailers Rings False

A survey and store visits find that Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Trans World, Newbury Comics are all carrying the Brown record and sources say that his album received widespread distribution and promotion by his label, Jive Records, and his distributor, Sony Music Entertainment. Jive shipped over 400,000 units of "Graffiti," and also had it positioned in prime stores space at all key accounts, according to sources. In fact, sources suggest that Jive may have overshipped his record, as sales are slow.

"Not only am I carrying it, I am over carrying it, because it isn't selling," says the head of purchasing at one large chain. "I wish I could return it." He says the album's first week sales only reached 40% of expectations. At 27-unit Newbury Comics, Carl Mello head of purchasing, echoes that sentiment. "We have it; it's not selling much."

He says the chain never even considered boycotting Brown -- an accusation leveled by the artist on Twitter. Brown pleaded guilty to charges in connection with his attack of former girlfriend Rihanna in February, just before the Grammy Awards show. "We never considered not bringing it in," Mello says. "If we stopped bringing in records from every unsavory character that puts out an album, there would be tumbleweed floating around our stores."

When ordering the record, Mello says he took into account Brown's altercation with Rihanna from a sales perspective, only. After saying, "Let's see what has happened with his sales since the incident," Mello reports that "Exclusive," which was issued in November 2007, sold 11 copies chainwide in October 2008, 8 copies in November, 5 units un January, 4 in February, 2 in March, and 0 copies in April, May and June. "From July until now, we have sold 3 copies," Mello adds. "When you see an artist is going to release a new album and then you go back and see these kind of sales, alarm bells go off. You don't feel over confident about bringing in a lot of records."

And so far, consumers aren't flocking to stores to vote on behalf of Brown. Sources project that Brown sold about 100,000 units last week, well below the 150,000-175,000 units he was expected to sell. Mello says that the album is probably about the No. 40 best-selling title at the chain.

Even Wal-Mart -- which was singled out by Brown on Twitter as one of the so-called merchants boycotting his record because the Wallingford, Conn., store didn't have it in stock -- says they are carrying the Brown album. "We are surprised at the comments on Twitter, since all Walmart stores carried the CD since its release, including the Wallingford store mentioned in the post. This store had in fact sold through their copies over the weekend. The majority of our stores are showing today they have copies on hand." Likewise Billboard found plenty of Brown in stock at Best Buy in Union Square and on Broadway by Houston Street, in Manhattan, as well as at the J&R Music World superstore in downtown Manhattan. Jive declined to comment

Vendetta1 said:

"But you are Blanche! You are!

BklynBabe said:

In the Org . . . .

Layzie said:

Do you think Tiger's gonna take a year off?

SUPRMAN said:

I was waiting for him to say it was because he was a "black male", this CHILD needs to shut up, i walked into 3 different Best Buys and i saw no less than 200-300 copies of this album everywhere i walked, new release section, rb section, displays, sale racks etc.. , if anything he needs to be blacklisted for laughing about the slip on Hot 97 about "punching" a woman, why this wasnt an outrage shows that no one takes abuse of females seriously

Layzie said:

ON BLAST!!!!


His tirades on the industry backfired.....they came back with receipts and everything. Then he ran and deleted his twitter with quickness.

So the public aren't buying his CDs, which means the only allies he had left were the stores, so he shot himself in the foot by trying to blame them.

Bye bye Chris!

Cinnie said:

Yep.. Goodbye, Auf Wiedersehen, Arrivederci, Au Revoir, Shalom, Do zobaczenia, Adios, and Sayonara.


Now take a bow.

Vendetta1 said:

Come on, now. Can't sing? That's reaching. He's no Luther Vandross but as far as pop singers go, he's better than Justin, Britney, his ex girlfriend and quite a few more people.
And to keep it real, I think his CD isn't that bad. He is obviously still taking bad advice from people around him. I would have raised hell over releasing a CD this year. Obviously, his label is trying to accelerate the demise of his career. Its clear that the decision was very corporate. Its the same mentality of "when the economy is bad, raise your prices"
He should have done ONE interview; "I'm sorry, I'm getting help", stayed out of the limelight for a minute...and obviously, off Twitter as well. He's still doing young, dumb stuff.
And everybody knows that if it were Prince raising hell about not seeing his CDs in the store, the whole org would be in an uproar. Any platinum selling pop artist should be concerned if they don't see their CDs in the stores. The proper thing to do is to put someone on it rather than vent about it to strangers.
[Edited 12/15/09 10:34am]

All those lil girls (and boys) who can no longer Tweet to the Mechanical Dummy.

BlaqueKnight said:

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Is there any loser artist you don't give a pass to (LOL)

Karmas a bitch homie...sorry youjust suck there pussy pants!

You are a loser. Next!!!

laurarichardson said:

Forgive me if I actually know and understand talent and hard work when I see it and hear it and don't just dismiss someone on a whim like some people.
Is there anyone you respect other than Prince? Doubt it, since you seem to hate everyone else that put out music since CDs were invented.

I dismiss him because he beat down a woman. I don't care how much talent you do or don't have at that point. To me you are a sorry excuse for a human. And before he laid his hands on Rihanna, Chris was not that talented to begin with. He was destined to have a short run.

I like Blaqueknight. He's thoughtful. And lastdecember.

That's all.

scriptgirl said:

Prince slapped a female in his movie,I care how much talent Prince has you don't hit a female in a movie.

qvgangsta18 said:

lastdecember said:

Or men. (Tiger Woods anyone?)

qvgangsta, that is not the issue and you know it. A movie is a work of fiction. Chris Brown, aka Ike Jr did what he did in real life

CynicKill said:

co-sign but I might go so far to say I prefer their input over some others :ahem:

If we stopped bringing in records from every unsavory character that puts out an album, there would be tumbleweed floating around our stores

no doubt!!

BklynBabe said:

Except Susan Boyle's!

SUPRMAN said:

Tiger's a little different. he can come out & win tournaments whether people like him or not (his endorsements are a different story, though, and I think he's working harder to repair that than he is his marriage!)

Chris Brown can't force people to buy his music through greatness. Of course R Kelly seemed to manage to keep putting out music despite scandals

BlaqueKnight said:

He can't sing to ME. I stand by that and those other folks you mentioned can't sing either. I lump all of them together.

And I really wouldn't give a damn if Prince was pissed off about his CDs being in stores. He's another person who likes to shoot himself in the foot.