Poll: Escapist, why is Chris Brown popular/liked?

[Tiger Sora]

Who? Never heard of this jerk. So he's obviously not worth the time.

If I get his address though I'll gladly put a spring with a boxing glove on it and mail it, lol.

 

[lacktheknack]

Escapist, help me out here, why is this man liked?

The real issue here is why do you know all of this shit? I've never heard of the man let alone that there was one group of people who liked him and one group of people who think they hate him, despite not really knowing who he is......

I want to help you, I really do, but you're too far gone.

Wat?

Anyone who dabbles in pop music and culture knows the guy (he has a MAJOR hit on the radio right now!) and if you paid attention to pop culture two years ago, then you knew that he punched up Rihanna. I suppose that he's "too far gone" if you consider "knowing that there's a Weekly Top 40" to be "knowing too much".

It's not that he knows too much, it's that you know nothing at all.

You're right, I don't have a radio atm and my car is in the chops so I literally know nothing at all, and it seems I'm much happier for it.

After all this guy is the one who's been so upset/annoyed by his knowledge that he needs to create a thread in order to seek justification of people's opinions. I can carry on my merry way regardless of whether people like this Chris Brown and regardless of whether he mimed at the grammy's or not (but come on, I thought it was accepted that the grammy's were a load of wank anyway )

Yeah, the issue wasn't so much that he lip-synchs (over half of pop stars do that anyways), it was the fact that he had an undying fanbase that GREW http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/21/xin_0220206211042812217224.jpg

But hey, if you don't know about him, ignorance is bliss.

 

[isometry]

Corporate entertainment isn't about producing something great, it's about being "appealing enough" to many different demographics. I think what keeps Brown around is that he appeals to suburban/pop and urban/hip hop, he is a "ladies man" and a "tough guy." By no means am I a fan, but the way I look at it is, what if it were my job to find someone that appeals to all the audiences that Chris Brown does, it would be difficult.

 

[iLikeHippos]

He looks like a shaved donkey to me. That can sing horribly.

... I want a shaved donkey that sings horribly. I believe these people share my exact fantasy.

 

[game-lover]

*whistles* Not many fans on the escapist.

Anyway yeah, I'm a fan. Because there's no reason not to like him. In spite of the issue with Rihanna which may or may not have other elements to it and stuff, he can still sing and he can still dance.

Hell frankly when I see all this talk about how they don't understand people being fans of his after what he did, I just think "what's that got to do with the price of tea in China?"

 

[ResonanceSD]

Escapist, help me out here, why is this man liked?

The real issue here is why do you know all of this shit? I've never heard of the man let alone that there was one group of people who liked him and one group of people who think they hate him, despite not really knowing who he is......

I want to help you, I really do, but you're too far gone.

Wat?

Anyone who dabbles in pop music and culture knows the guy (he has a MAJOR hit on the radio right now!) and if you paid attention to pop culture two years ago, then you knew that he punched up Rihanna. I suppose that he's "too far gone" if you consider "knowing that there's a Weekly Top 40" to be "knowing too much".

It's not that he knows too much, it's that you know nothing at all.

Go! LackTheKnack!

LackTheKnack used Logic!

It's super effective!

El Dwarfio fainted!

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So what you're saying is essentially you don't know anything about the topic I'm talking about here, but that I shouldn't be, specifically because you don't know about it and as such, it isn't important?

Dude, if you don't have anything to contribute, don't post.

 

[Littaly]

Beating up his girlfriend doesn't make his music worse or worse. It makes him a terrible person, but it doesn't affect his music.

I'm (and so is the general pop-audience, it seems) of the firm belief that you can, at least to a large degree, separate the music from the musician, the art from the artist. Sure, they're not completely separate, neither in how they're made or how they're listened to, but one does not stand and fall with the other. There are plenty of musicians who seem like total jerks who's music I still enjoy, just as I like music from people that I admire for other reasons as well. I don't think anyone is ever going to look up to Chris Brown as a person, but he didn't become famous for being a nice guy in the first place, so It's not too surprising his career is still going.

As for how he's famous despite his music being cwap? It's radio pop, that's just how it works.

 

[teqrevisited]

No idea. I'd never heard of him before this thread and I still don't know who he is or what he does. He'll be just another nobody in a year or so, sitting on a panel of judges for some parade of talentless filth.

 

[ChaoticKraus]

I'm usually pretty okay with pop music, but i've never liked Chris Brown. Despite being an okay singer, a really good dancer and having a pretty good production/writing team i can do nothing but despise him.

Anyway yeah, I'm a fan. Because there's no reason not to like him. In spite of the issue with Rihanna which may or may not have other elements to it and stuff, he can still sing and he can still dance.

And that is because son is just a detestable human being. It's not only the whole Rihanna beating (even though that is infuriating in itself), he has the fucking nerve to act like he was victim during the media storm. We're talking about a fucking grown-ass man storming out of interviews, writing a whole bunch of song about how women always hurt him and generally bitching like an entitled dipshit.

The boy also has some kind of anti-charisma, he just reeks of arrogance and selfishness. Something that is extra noticeable when he's rapping, which he insists on doing despite being atrocious at it. Just look at this fucking clip and tell me you don't want to punch him.


I guess many dames like him because he is good looking, can sing and has some awesome dance skills. All of which are traits that are attractive. The fact that he has some pretty catchy songs obviously help too.

 

[Micalas]

Is it because he beats women?

*trollface*

 

[ResonanceSD]

He looks like a shaved donkey to me. That can sing horribly.

... I want a shaved donkey that sings horribly. I believe these people share my exact fantasy.

Somewhere, right now, a marketer has just replaced his pupils with dollar-signs.

 

[Okysho]

wait... so who the hell is this guy?

I don't understand pop culture at all.. just... what? He looks like one of those gangster wannabes... What makes him special? I punch people all the time

 

[A Satanic Panda]

And just think there's another thread on some music forum out there dedicate to how "awesome" this guy is.

Where's Daria when you need her to explain what edgy is?

 

[Talon_Skywarp]

Man makes some decent songs.

Brought one of his albums for £2 and it's done me well.

Don't really care if he hit someone, nothing to do with me or liking his music. What he does in his personal life has nothing to do with me

People need to get out of this. Wagner was a racist yet we all still dig ride of the valkyries

 

[ResonanceSD]

Man makes some decent songs.

Brought one of his albums for £2 and it's done me well.

Don't really care if he hit someone, nothing to do with me or liking his music. What he does in his personal life has nothing to do with me

People need to get out of this. Wagner was a racist yet we all still dig ride of the valkyries

The difference (and why that comparison is meaningless) is because today, now, we don't find domestic abuse palatable or legal.