The Underdogs are no strangers to hitmaking. For the production/songwriting duo
of Harvey Mason Jr. and Damon Thomas — who have crafted songs for Britney
Spears, Beyoncé and Mary J. Blige — their latest, Chris Brown's "Turn Up the Music," could be their
biggest hit yet.






It isn't their first song with Breezy — the duo worked on his
2007 ballad "Take You Down" and his Jordin Sparks duet "No Air" — but on "Turn
Up the Music," the first single from his fifth solo album, Fortune, they
take things to new sonic heights.
"He's so well-rounded, so versatile, he
can really cover anything. He kills the uptempos, he can do the urban uptempo
records, he could do the ballads, he could do the pop songs. You can really come
to him with any record that you think is that hot," Mason told MTV News. "He is,
for me right now and for many people, the ultimate artist. He's kinda this
generation's Michael Jackson, if you will."
On "Turn Up the Music," which
will be on sale digitally February 14 on iTunes, the Underdogs laced Breezy with
a super-charged dance groove in a similar vein to last year's hit "Yeah 3x." For
Mason and Thomas, the inspiration for this record came from Brown's moves on the
dance floor. "The inspiration was really him as an artist, visualizing how he
dances and how he performs, and giving him something to match that energy,"
Mason said.
This is the first taste we get from Breezy's upcoming
Fortune, a companion album to 2011's F.A.M.E., and based on what
they've already heard, the Underdogs expect some big things for the new album.
"The Fortune record is F.A.M.E to the next level," Mason
described. "Similar material, but he's really being innovative with some of the
music that you haven't heard before, taking pieces of other genres and
integrating them into pop and R&B, which I think is really cool. Vocally, he
sounds amazing; he's really, really coming into his own as a singer."
Thomas
added: "The only way I can describe Chris and what he's doin' with this record
that he's making is that he's this generation's Michael [Jackson]."

http://www.mtv.com/news/a...dogs.jhtml

here's his new song Turn up the music

HAPPYPERSON said:

Mason told MTV News. "He is, for me right now and for many people, the ultimate artist. He's kinda this generation's Michael Jackson, if you will."

I'm so sick of hearing this about every popular r&b artist..

The song is generic modern dance-pop, and is nothing I'd ever listen to. Will it be a hit? Probably; but I don't like it.

I'd rather listen to the worst Michael Jackson song than this.

[Edited 1/31/12 14:02pm]

Why do people keep posting this shit about this walking human turd with goat lips.

"this generation's Michael Jackson"? Oh,really???

Gunsnhalen said:

Why do people keep posting this shit about this walking human turd with goat lips.

I dont know I tried giving Happyperson a hint... I guess its just to be annoying...

Producers are so annoying...the way they hype things.Just STFU,release the song and let the public decide for themselves!

It use to be nobody gave a tinkers damn who the producer was; its a pity this has changed.

SoulAlive said:

Producers are so annoying...the way they hype things.Just STFU,release the song and let the public decide for themselves!

It's like they go out of their way to let everyone know what they've done so they can get more work, instead of letting their work speak for itself. If something is hot enough, labels, artists and the like will search you out, no need for the hype game.

SoulAlive said:

Producers are so annoying...the way they hype things.Just STFU,release the song and let the public decide for themselves!

You have to promote your music, or else hardly anyone would ever get popular. The fact that they must continuously compare every popular R&B singer to Michael Jackson is what's annoying..

CrabalockerFishwife said:

SoulAlive said:

Producers are so annoying...the way they hype things.Just STFU,release the song and let the public decide for themselves!

You have to promote your music, or else hardly anyone would ever get popular. The fact that they must continuously compare every popular R&B singer to Michael Jackson is what's annoying..

Not only is it beyond annoying its fucking ridiculous and disrespectful...

I'm so upset that The Underdogs produced this bullshit ass song. They have did better songs and all they're doing these days is chasing trends.

Chris Brown is and always has been the real deal. When U have real talent U will never go away. I mean look what MJ went through. Don't understand why he gets so much hate on this site. Chris is TALENTED so get over it. His talent is really comparable to MJ. He can sing,dance & write music to....He will be back on top again...He also is very approachable and humble....

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Chris Brown is and always has been the real deal. When U have real talent U will never go away. I mean look what MJ went through. Don't understand why he gets so much hate on this site. Chris is TALENTED so get over it. His talent is really comparable to MJ. He can sing,dance & write music to....He will be back on top again...He also is very approachable and humble....

He beat the shit out of someone.

His "talent" cannot touch MJ's. Period.

I can't believe folks actually believe this shit.

Oh, and fuck a Chris Brown.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Chris Brown is and always has been the real deal. When U have real talent U will never go away. I mean look what MJ went through. Don't understand why he gets so much hate on this site. Chris is TALENTED so get over it. His talent is really comparable to MJ. He can sing,dance & write music to....He will be back on top again...He also is very approachable and humble....

I was one of the 2nd-chancers of Chris Brown and while I feel hardly anything concerning Rihanna-Gate, he's just so dumb. Do yourself a favor and don't follow him closely. You're only in for a lot of heartbreak.

I feel that artistically he's kinda schizo. After "Forever" (and seeming public forgiveness) he could've been much bigger then he is now, but he's so arrogant and stubborn. What he should've done was put out a PSA with NOW or something preaching the evils of domestic abuse (even if he didn't mean it). Then he should've went to therapy to discuss why it went down like THAT (His mom said he's NEVER talked about the incident! It's been 3 years and he's NEVER talked about it, not even to her???)

Then no new album release, not in the same year anyway. Then, maybe 2 years after the incident do one of those cry-a-little-I'm-sorry interviews on the eve of your album dropping. Then go totally pop from the framework that "Forever" built. Not a little kiddie, a little porno, a little rap, a little dance, a little whatever. Go straight pop and win over those people starving for the reincarnation of Michael Jackson.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

His talent is really comparable to MJ.

You have to be kidding.

Vendetta1 said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Chris Brown is and always has been the real deal. When U have real talent U will never go away. I mean look what MJ went through. Don't understand why he gets so much hate on this site. Chris is TALENTED so get over it. His talent is really comparable to MJ. He can sing,dance & write music to....He will be back on top again...He also is very approachable and humble....

He beat the shit out of someone.

His "talent" cannot touch MJ's. Period.

I can't believe folks actually believe this shit.

Oh, and fuck a Chris Brown.

MJ adored Chris and so does his beautiful daughter Paris Jackson. They see & know real talent...S stop hating on him boo.

This thread is turning into delicous delusions of granduer

They should build statues of him sorry mike I had to!

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Vendetta1 said:

He beat the shit out of someone.

His "talent" cannot touch MJ's. Period.

I can't believe folks actually believe this shit.

Oh, and fuck a Chris Brown.

MJ adored Chris and so does his beautiful daughter Paris Jackson. They see & know real talent...S stop hating on him boo.

Okay stop please. You need to return to Music and More.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Vendetta1 said:

He beat the shit out of someone.

His "talent" cannot touch MJ's. Period.

I can't believe folks actually believe this shit.

Oh, and fuck a Chris Brown.

MJ adored Chris and so does his beautiful daughter Paris Jackson. They see & know real talent...S stop hating on him boo.

I don't care if MJ dug him or not. Is that supposed to mean something to me? Did MJ say CB is/was as talented as him or something?

And please go use the word "hater" on someone who isn't a grown assed woman.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Chris Brown is and always has been the real deal. When U have real talent U will never go away. I mean look what MJ went through. Don't understand why he gets so much hate on this site. Chris is TALENTED so get over it. His talent is really comparable to MJ. He can sing,dance & write music to....He will be back on top again...He also is very approachable and humble....

Vendetta1 said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

MJ adored Chris and so does his beautiful daughter Paris Jackson. They see & know real talent...S stop hating on him boo.

I don't care if MJ dug him or not. Is that supposed to mean something to me? Did MJ say CB is/was as talented as him or something?

And please go use the word "hater" on someone who isn't a grown assed woman.

Sorry Ms.Vendetta1

Someone need to sit that boy down and say breaking windows doesn't make him MJ

alphastreet said:

Someone need to sit that boy down and say breaking windows doesn't make him MJ

LOL! He saw "Black and White" one too many times.

Turn up the music put your hands up in the air HOW ORIGINAL

I can't tell him & Ne-Yo whiny ass voice apart, and this song sounds like the same exact shitty beat i hear in the club all the time

Where is all this talent you speak of boo boo? are you really going to convince me this generic song is good

CynicKill said:

alphastreet said:

Someone need to sit that boy down and say breaking windows doesn't make him MJ

LOL! He saw "Black and White" one too many times.

I second that!

Gunsnhalen said:

Turn up the music put your hands up in the air HOW ORIGINAL

I can't tell him & Ne-Yo whiny ass voice apart, and this song sounds like the same exact shitty beat i hear in the club all the time

Where is all this talent you speak of boo boo? are you really going to convince me this generic song is good

I don't even know the names, but they each have recent dance songs in the same scale and I don't know who's who either. They had better songs in the 00's and even those were simple.

Any current artist is shat on here at the org. It doesn't matter if it's Chris Breezy or Drake.

As far his music is concerned..he's okay I guess. I find his voice to be annoyingly high for his age. I find "Look At Me Now" enjoyable for some reason, I like "Yo" "Wall To Wall" too. "Poppin" is his best song imo. And he can dance his ass off, so I understand the MJ comparisons. MJ did the same 6 moves his entire career, but his dancing ability goes beyond that. You have to look at the Destiny and Triumph tours to see him really let loose. His solo tours were too-choreographed to show is raw talent.

Chris's dancing was good though an mj imitator and his good songs are With You, No Air and Gimmie That. I couldn't really get into the others.

MJ shows even more dancing ability in the variety shows and the wiz and ghosts

Terrib3Towel said:

Any current artist is shat on here at the org. It doesn't matter if it's Chris Breezy or Drake.

As far his music is concerned..he's okay I guess. I find his voice to be annoyingly high for his age. I find "Look At Me Now" enjoyable for some reason, I like "Yo" "Wall To Wall" too. "Poppin" is his best song imo. And he can dance his ass off, so I understand the MJ comparisons. MJ did the same 6 moves his entire career, but his dancing ability goes beyond that. You have to look at the Destiny and Triumph tours to see him really let loose. His solo tours were too-choreographed to show is raw talent.

One thing you can say about those 6 moves is that they were HIS moves. They are signature. So if anyone does them they are doing a Michael jackson move.

Choreography after Michael really became generic, and you can probably blame Paula and Janet for that.

But Chris, that boy can dance his ass off.

2 cents