Hakeem Jeffries today:
“The ghost of the Confederacy has afflicted the Supreme Court majority and is invading and haunting the nation right now.”
Louisiana cancelled a live election to erase Black voters.
Tennessee eliminated majority-Black Memphis in one vote.
Florida flipped 4 seats with new maps. Alabama got Supreme Court approval.
South Carolina eliminated Clyburn’s seat.
Virginia’s voter-approved map struck down 4-3.
Six states. Same week. Same playbook.
Jeffries is right.
Album Review for Brown by Chris Brown
You know, I think it’s been past time for a conversation, but let’s just rip the band-aid off anyway. Chris Brown might be vastly overrated as an artist. His R&B skills have declined with every project he’s put out. His songwriting skills are getting worse and worse. He’s been two decades into his career and he’s been just average at best when it comes to cohesion, song structure and overall quality of his albums.
With Brown, one would think he’s gonna be in his “Thriller” bag or ever deliver a real soulful album and unfortunately, you get neither. There are just two decent tracks that have a real R&B sound to it but other than that, it feels like a bunch of old pop tracks that sat on a hard drive and was just thrown on this project.
There was no reason to have a dancehall track. There was no reason to include Sexyy Red, Glo & YoungBoy… especially YoungBoy who had the entire concept on his track switched to fit his style. Also, having 27 goddamn tracks is fucking insane when you can skip more than half the damn thing. From the cadence, sound and production, the album just feels like a total waste of time.
Chris Brown is very talented, almost too damn talented to not be putting out a different sound. It just feels like Chris just has to unload tons of music he made back in the day, but also, he struggles with staying in a lane. There’s nothing wrong with making pop but it’s never a moment where you’re like “Oh yeah Chris has made a classic.” Unfortunately when it comes to albums, Chris is past his prime.
Final Score: Playoff James Harden/10