During my reviews, I try to be as objective as possible and only listen to whoever’s music as it compares to previous materials. I tried (and felt like I succeeded) to do that with John Mayer’s album a month or so back, greatly helped by the fact that he really wasn’t acting out anymore. He helped himself market his album by doing nothing outrageous and/or stupid for that duration of time. This leads me to Chris Brown, who seems to be in the headlines now more so for his actions around the world than the actual music; those actions becoming almost unavoidable to talk about. And before I continue I’d like to say that, at times, I really did enjoy his music. It was catchy, upbeat, and fun to listen to. However, as his actions became bigger news, it sullied his music to me. His celebrity has now become larger than his music itself, with it only being a speck in his universe of Twitter fights, real fights, and violent outbursts. [Read more...]