Since the violent collision with his then girlfriend, singer Rihanna, R&B singer Chris Brown has been the target of all kinds of jokes. Every appearance he made on TV since then has been dominated by explanations and / or apologies. What happened would make you almost forget Chris Brown's musical activities. For Graffiti, the sequel to Exclusive (2007), Brown enlisted the help of Polow Da Don,
… Ryan Leslie and Swizz Beatz to do the production. On this record he wanted to show a versatility that we previously saw with artists such as Prince, Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder. It is a great goal, but the effect is downright insulting to those big names. Brown proves on this album that he is quite limited as a singer. The songs sound uninspired and the whole thing relies so much on production that one might wonder what Chris Brown's input was. This album does not impress enough to make you forget the incident with Rihanna. (GL)more
