Singer, Chris Brown conducted and recent interview with The Guardian, and similar to his ex-girlfriend Rihanna [who also interview with Guardian], the journalist was not too fond of Brown public reputation’s, and she makes it quite known throughout the article. However, Chris Brown decided to take the latter and use alternative responses whenever he felt provoked and remained HONEST throughout the Q&A process.
In the interview, Brown discusses everything from his early touch of fame and sex, the struggle of wanting to preserve a positive legacy, the hardships and career backlash of the Rihanna incident , his questionable tattoo’s [which he says is a F–k You] to the world, and what he did to re-start his career after reaching his lowest point.
Take a read at a few of the excerpts below:
On Looking Back at His 14-Year-Old Self:
“Honestly, I probably would have laughed at my clothing. Because back then our T-shirts would be down by the knees, baggy jeans, maybe some Timberland’s on. I don’t wear baggy any more.”
On Losing His Virginity:
Brown grew up with a great gang of boy cousins, and they watched so much porn that he was raring to go. “By that point, we were already kind of like hot to trot, you know what I’m saying? Like, girls, we weren’t afraid to talk to them; I wasn’t afraid. So, at eight, being able to do it, it kind of preps you for the long run, so you can be a beast at it. You can be the best at it.” (Now 24, he doesn’t want to say how many women he’s slept with: “But you know how Prince had a lot of girls back in the day? Prince was, like, the guy. I’m just that, today. But most women won’t have any complaints if they’ve been with me. They can’t really complain. It’s all good.”)
On What He Learned From The 2009 Incident With Ex-Girlfriend Rihanna:
“the Rihanna incident” was “probably the biggest wake-up call for me. I had to stop acting like a little teenager, a crazy, wild young guy.” But when asked if that’s how he thinks of himself when he looks back at that time, he snaps back, “No, not at all.
“Cos you can talk with all my girls that I did mess with before, and it’s never been a violent history.” Then he switches again: “But at the same time, I learned from it, and it was almost like… I wouldn’t say it happened for a reason, but it was something to trigger my mind to be more of a mature adult. To handle myself in situations, don’t throw tantrums, don’t be a baby about it.”
On His Controversial Neck Tattoo [which some say resemble Rihanna’s battered face]:
“I really don’t care. A tattoo’s a tattoo; it’s my body, my skin.”Suddenly he is sulky and petulant. “My favorite line is, ‘Fuck you.’ I like giving the world a big fuck you. Every tattoo I have is a big fuck you. So it’s just, like, this is just me, and I’m the guy who’s going to be just the same guy at all times.”
But he’s talked a lot about how much he has changed, so people are bound to be confused about why he’d therefore choose a tattoo of that nature. “No,” he says coldly. “I think you misinterpret what nature that is. You think the tattoo is Rihanna’s face, but it’s not.” But did he anticipate that people would mistake it for her? “I’ve just cleared this up, this is not Rihanna’s face,” he repeats sharply. “I just got a tat. Like I say, a tat is on my body, so it’s personal. I liked how it looked, so I thought I’d get it done. It’s all good.“
Sidebar: Clearly this interviewer had her pre-conceived perception about Brown, and had no problem writing all of her dislikes of Brown in the article. And celebrities yet BASH BLOGGERS. Sigh…..
On The Whole Community Service Fiasco [claiming Brown falsified 1,ooo hours of required service]:
” They want me to be the example. Young black kids don’t have the fairer chances. You can see Lindsay Lohan in and out of court every day, you see Charlie Sheen, whoever else, do what they want to do. There hasn’t been any incident that I started since I got on probation, even with the Frank Ocean fight, the Drake situation, all those were defense modes. People think I just walk around as the aggressor, this mad black guy, this angry, young, troubled kid, but I’m not. I’m more and more laid-back. It’s just that people know if they push a button, it’ll make more news than their music. Attaching themselves to me, good or bad, will benefit them.”
On Knowing If He Would Be Able To Redeem His Career After The Incident Chris Says:
“I’m going to come back, I know the music that I’m doing, how hard I work, is not just for nothing.” He found himself writing seven or eight songs a night, “just out of pure… I wouldn’t say heartbreak, but just pure ambition. To prove people wrong.”
On His Legacy:
“I would really like to mean something to the world, instead of me just being this fungus.” Hang on a minute: fungus? “Yeah, like the decay of society. I don’t want to be the decay of society, I’d like to be the uplifting part.”
You can read the full article here where Brown talks about hid un-regrets for having achieve fame at a young age, writing songs, sticking with his loyal friends, directing videos without wanting the credits, and lastly he explains that while anger management class was helpful, it was SEXIST because it catered to more of the woman’s thought than the male.