1) Christopher Maurice… Read Full Bio ↴There is more than one artist with this name:
1) Christopher Maurice Brown (born May 5, 1989) from Tappahannock, Virginia.
In late 2005, he released his first studio album, Chris Brown, which spawned the Billboard Hot 100 number-one debut single, "Run It!" which was produced by Scott Storch and featured Juelz Santana. The album also produced two other top ten singles: "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" and "Say Goodbye." Brown's second studio album, Exclusive was released worldwide in November 2007. It has spawned his second US number one hit, "Kiss Kiss" which was produced by T-Pain, who was also featured in the song . The third single, "With You", has reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and has entered into the top ten in several countries across the world, becoming one of his most successful worldwide releases to date.
The second single, "Kiss Kiss", was nominated for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in the category for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.
Brown, one of two children, was born and raised in the small town of Tappahannock, Virginia, the son of Joyce Hawkins and Clinton Brown. Brown was influenced by the artists his parents played on the home radio, such as Michael Jackson and Sam Cooke. A dancer since the age of two, Brown was not aware of his vocal talents until the age of eleven. Before becoming a vocalist, he was interested in becoming a rapper.
At thirteen, Brown was discovered by a local production team who visited his father's gas station searching for new talent. Since then, he began his recording career and moved to New York, staying there for two years. Brown's local production team organized an audition before Def Jam Vice President Tina Davis, who currently works as his manager. At the age of 15, Brown was then sent to perform for L.A. Reid and was subsequently signed in 2004 to Jive Records. By early 2005, Brown began work for his debut album, working with the likes of Scott Storch, The Underdogs, Dre, Vidal, Bryan Michael Cox, Bow Wow, and Jermaine Dupri.
Brown left school in late 2004 to begin working on his self-titled debut album which was released on November 29, 2005. The album debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 selling over 155,000 copies in first week of sales. Five weeks later, became certified platinum, and within a year, went double platinum. His debut single "Run It!," was #1 in the United States, New Zealand, and Australia. Following "Run It!," "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" became Brown's second top 10 hit in the US, peaking at #7, and #13 in the UK. It has been certified platinum by the RIAA.
His third single "Gimme That" was released in March 2006 which featured Lil Wayne for a remix, originally not featured on the Chris Brown album, but was later included. The single debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at #80 and climbed the charts quickly peaking at #15. Chris also co-directed his music videos for "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" and "Gimme That." His fourth single is the ballad "Say Goodbye," which is also a part of the Step Up Soundtrack. On June 13, 2006, Brown released a DVD entitled, Chris Brown's Journey, which shows footage of him travelling in England and Japan, getting ready for his first visit to the Grammys, behind the scenes of his music videos and bloopers.
On August 17, 2006 to further promote the album, Brown kicked off his major co-headlining tour, The Up Close and Personal Tour. Due to the tour, production for his next album was pushed back two months a second summer tour is in the works once the album is completed the tour may include artists: Pretty Ricky, Bow Wow, Lil Wayne, Juelz Santana, Ne-Yo, Ciara, and Cherish.'. Chris also has been the opening act for R&B singer Beyonce Knowles on the Australian leg of her The Beyonce Experience tour.
Exclusive is the second studio album by Brown. The album was released in November, 2007. It served as the sophomore album for Brown and was both critically and commercially successful. The album was supported by five singles including the songs "Kiss Kiss" and "With You". Exclusive has gone on to sell over three million copies.
Graffiti was released in 2009 and included the top-twenty single "I Can Transform Ya". Brown's fourth album F.A.M.E. was released in 2011 becoming Chris Brown's first studio album to top the Billboard 200. The album earned Brown his first Grammy Award for Best R&B Album.
His fifth album entitled Fortune was released in 2012.
Brown's latest album X was released in September, 2014.
Chris Brown has also started to act in movies and has appeared in Stomp The Yard and This Christmas as well as several episodes of The O.C.
Websites of interest:
- Chris Brown Web
- UChris
- Chris Brown World
2) Chris Brown (born 1953) is a composer, pianist, and electronic musician, who creates music for acoustic instruments with interactive electronics, for computer networks, and for improvising ensembles.
Born and raised in Chicago, he moved to California to study electronic music with Gordon Mumma and composition with William Brooks at University of California, Santa Cruz, and with David Rosenboom at Mills College. He was active early in his career as an inventor and builder of electroacoustic instruments; he has also performed widely as an improvisor and pianist with groups as "Room" and the "Glenn Spearman Double Trio." In 1986 he co-founded the pioneering computer network music ensemble "The Hub". He is also known for his recorded performances of music by Henry Cowell, Luc Ferrari, and John Zorn. He has received commissions from the Berkeley Symphony, the Rova Sexophone Quartet, the Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio, the Gerbode Foundation, the Phonos Foundation and the Creative Work Fund. His recent music includes the poly-rhythm installation "Talking Drum", the "Inventions" series for computers and interactive performers, and the radio performance "Transmissions" series, with composer Guillermo Galindo.
His 1992 epic electroacoustic work "Lava", for brass, percussion, and electronics is also available on Tzadik Records. He teaches Composition and Electronic Music at Mills College in Oakland, where he is Co-Director of the Center for Contemporary Music (CCM). He is not to be confused with R & B artist Chris Brown.
3) Chris Brown is a Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
Brown was one of the primary singers and songwriters for the alternative rock band Bourbon Tabernacle Choir in the 1980s and 1990s. When that band broke up, he continued performing as a duo with his Bourbon bandmate Kate Fenner. Brown has accompanied dozens of notable musicians on stage, such as in 1998 when he spent six months filling in for Kevin Hearn as a member of Barenaked Ladies while Hearn battled leukemia.
Brown released a solo album, Burden of Belief, in 2003. He performs this material both solo and with Tony Scherr, Anton Fier, and Teddy Kumpel as Chris Brown and the Citizens' Band. The group's album Oblivion was released in 2007.
4) A San Francisco-area based power pop singer-songwriter.
5) A UK DJ/Remixer and part of Ruff Driverz.
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Chris Brown Lyrics
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[Rap]
Okay
Check it, Check it, Check it out
It's Santana again
Steppin, Steppin, Steppin out
One of them Brand new big boy toys
I do big boy things
I know what girls want...
I know what they like
They wanna stay up , and party all night
so bring a friend
[Chris Brown]
[Verse 1]
Let me talk to you
Tell you how it is
I was thinkin when I saw that body gotta get shawty
Tell her what the young boy gon do
Damn them chicks wit chu gotta be okay
Babe pretty thick wit the kick that's sick that need to be hit
So tell me what ya'll gon do
[Hook]
I got friends, and you got friends
They hop out, and you hop in
I look fly, and they jockin
The way you drop, drop makes me wanna pop [2x]
[Chorus]
Is ya man on the flo?
If he ain't...
Let me know
Let me see if you can run it, run it
girl indeed I can run it, run it [x2]
[Verse 2]
You'll see
Girl I can set you off
Don't believe my age is gonna slow us down
I can definitly show you things
that's gon have you sayin I can't be 16
Once I get in you won't wanna go
(and I...)
I'll have yo girls wishin they were you
(and I...)
I know your heard about me, but guess what's goin down if we leave
[Hook x2]
[Chorus x2]
[Breakdown]
Girl you feel right
(Feel right)
Make me feel like...
(feel like...)
I wanna do a little somethin
(do a little somethin)
Ain't no thing let you do it fo sho
Girl the way that your wearin them jeans is turnin me on
I'm the hottest thing thats in these streets so baby won't you rock me...
[Rap]
Make it drop honey...
Make it pop honey...
Whip, whop..
Tick, tock to da clock fo me
don't stop doin that
and shawty know I mean what I say so she won't stop doin dat
Plus I heard if you can dance you can bump
Well dance, time is up, let's go, let's go (yup)
we can get it in...
we can gets some friends
do it like the ying yang twins and start
[Whisperin']
wait til' you see my....
wait til' you see my...
let me fall back
You ain't ready for all dat
have you sleep late
real late
yeah takin a long nap
you tell your friends...
to get wit my friends
we can be friends
switch and meet friends (switch)
we can do it all night long, and...
til' da clock hit mornin ya dig
[Chorus x2]
[Outro]
oooh, oooh, oooh, ooh
[Music til' fade out...]
The lyrics to Chris Brown feat. Juelz Santanaβs song βRun It!β tell the story of a young boy wanting to impress a girl he finds attractive. He expresses his confidence in his ability to give her what she wants and makes it clear that he knows how to have a good time. The chorus speaks to this girlβs current situation, asking if her man is currently on the floor. If he isnβt, then the young boy is ready to show her a good time and βrun itβ with her.
The song is a representation of Chris Brownβs youth and the energy that surrounds it. It also speaks to the culture of partying and meeting new people. At its core, the song is about having a good time and enjoying life, while getting to know someone new. The high energy and upbeat tempo of the song keep the listener engaged, and Chris Brownβs vocals communicate his youthful excitement and desire to live life to the fullest.
Line by Line Meaning
Okay
Acknowledgment of readiness
Check it, check it, check it out.
Attention getter for the following lyrics
Steppin', steppin', steppin' out.
Going out and showing off
One of them brand new big boy toys,
A new fancy car
I do big boy things,
Engaging in adult activities
I make big boy noise 'cause
Making noise to show off and get attention
I know what girls want
Understands what attracts girls
I know what they like
Aware of what pleases girls
They want to stay up
Girls want to be awake all night
And party all night
To have fun without going to bed
So bring a friend.
Invitation to bring a companion
Let me talk to you
Request to have a conversation
Tell you how it is.
Truthful disclosure
I was thinkin' when I saw that body
Thinking about the attractive physique
Gotta get shorty
Need to have the attention of the pretty girl
Tell her what the young boy goin' do.
Describing the intentions of a young man
Damn them chicks with you
Acknowledging the attractiveness of her friends
Gotta be okay
They must approve of him
Babe pretty thick with a kick that's sick
Describing an attractive woman with a great personality
That need to be hit
Desire to be intimate with her
So tell me what y'all goin' do.
Asking what their intentions are
I got friends and you got friends.
They both have friends
They hop out and you hop in.
Their friends exit and she enters his car
I look fly and they jockin'.
He looks great and people are admiring him
The way you drop, drop
The way she dances
Makes me wanna pop
Makes him feel excited and energized
Is yo man,
Asking if she already has a man
On the floor?
Dancing
If he ain't,
If she is available
Let me know.
Request for information
Lemme see if you can run it, run it.
Asking if she can dance well
Girl indeed I can run it, run it.
Affirmation that she can dance well
You'll see,
About to prove a point
Girl I can set you off.
He can make her feel amazing
I don't believe my age gonna slow us down.
Despite being young, he can keep up with her
I can definitely show you things,
He can teach her new things
To have you saying I can't be 16.
Implying he is older than his age suggests
Once I get in,
Implying that he will be intimate with her
You won't let go,
She will not want to end the experience
(And i)
Talking about himself
I have them girls wishin' they were you
Implying that other girls want to be in her situation
But guess what's goin' down if we leave.
Implies that something intimate will happen when they leave
Girl you feel right
Commenting on her attractiveness
Make me feel like
How she makes him feel
I wanna do a little somethin'
Wants to be intimate with her
Ain't no thing let's do it fo' sho'
Encouragement to act on desires
The way that yo wearin' them jeans
Her clothing is attractive on her
Is turnin' me on
She is sexually attractive to him
You're the hottest thing
She is very attractive
That's in these streets
The most attractive person in the area
So baby won't you rock wit me.
Invitation to dance with him
Make it drop honey
Asking her to dance in a certain way
Make it pop honey
Asking her to dance in a certain way
Whip, wop
Describing the dance moves
Tick, tock to the clock fo' me.
Describing the rhythm of the dancing
Don't stop doin' that.
Asking her to keep dancing
And shorty know what I mean when I tell her so she won't stop doin' that.
Assumption that she understands what he wants her to do and will continue doing it
Plus I heard if you can dance you can bump
Dancing leads to other forms of intimacy
Well dance time is up
Their dancing is over
Let's go, let's go(yup)
Time to move to the next activity
We can get it in,
We can become intimate
We can get some friends.
Inviting more people to join them
Do it like he ying yang twins start whisperin'
Referring to a popular song with similar lyrics
Wait till you see my(hey)
Implying something exciting will happen
Let me fall back
Backing off from the situation
You ain't ready for all that
Implying that she cannot handle what he is about to do
Have you sleep late,
Implies that she will be up all night with him
Real late yeah
Up very late at night
Takin' them long naps.
Sleeping in very late the next day
You tell yo friends
Asks her to tell her friends about him
To get wit my friends,
Asking her and her friends to meet his friends
We can be friends
Offering to be friends
Switch and meet friends(switch)
Meeting each other's friends
We can do it all night long, and
Offering to spend the whole night together
Until the clock hit mornin'
Until the sun rises
Ya dig.
Asking if she understands
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@kyliep1560
i still canβt believe this was Chris Brownβs first hit & that he was ONLY 16!
@apn9575
well lil tecca is 16 and made a hit
@Balmain_jacket
k edits NLE choppa type beat
@brendantindall
Justin Bieber was 15 when he had his first hit song cause of Usher π
@ma_cheritart
Jojo not siwa made a hit when she was 13 with get out
@carmenlucia1366
Quadro fictΓcia de negΓ³cio jurΓdico jogo querido
@RoyalCam9
Back when Chris Brown used to always let us know he was 16 ππβοΈ
@malibujamora4616
frl, lol
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