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.
Rider
Chris Brown Lyrics
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She pick up the phone every time (That's right)
At the the drop of a dime
That rider
Your girl don't need any kind of lover
Be the right kind of lover
Be the kind of girl
And I promise, promise, baby
There'll be always and forever
Yeah, we'll always be together
If you show me your ambitions of a rider
(Your ambitions of a rider)
If you show me your ambitions of a rider
(Your ambitions of a rider)
If you show me your ambitions of a rider
Would you ride for me?
Would you die for me?
Had no money, would you still love me?
If I got jammed up and did a little time
Would you still be the woman who gon' hold it down
Through the hard times
And the cloudy days
Would you stand strong?
Would you run away?
All the bullshit, and all the heartache
She still ridin' with a nigga since the first day
Her ambitions of a rider
She would be around if I never had a dollar
She would be my nurse if I ever need a doctor
Bonnie and Clyde, she never side with the coppers
Never break code, forever be loyal
Never break ties 'til we buried in the soil
If it ever go down, she trynna go too
Down for whatever bullshit I'm going through
And I gotta hold on, she's my backbone
Nothing like that feeling
When I'm in her so long
Passion and that loving that between us so strong
Grippin' on that ass, she just tell me "hold on"
She could be the wife, maybe one day
Have a few kids go and travel out the state
She gonna ride or die for a nigga 'til the grave
And I hope it never change
Your girl don't need any kind of lover
Be the right kind of lover
Be the kind of girl
Make me want to turn you to a mother
And I promise, promise, baby
There'll be always and forever
Yeah, we'll always be together
If you show me your ambitions of a rider
(Your ambitions of a rider)
If you show me your ambitions of a rider
(Your ambitions of a rider)
If you show me your ambitions of a rider
Need a down bitch for a real nigga
Never lied to her, keep it real with her
Got her own money, 'cause she a go getter
And she allergic to them broke and the ho niggas
Rule number one is that it ain't none
Probably make shawty my wife when the day come
Nothing like a pretty lady who can roll up
Them other hoes, yeah they mad, so what?
Me and you for life, team us
Big face rollies, you can get the same one
I'm in that Mulsanne, you in that coupe, what?
It ain't many people 'round that I do trust
You the last of a dying breed
Ride for me baby, everything is guaranteed
Anything you ever wanted, or ever need
Turn life out of any dream
I mean that, keep it 100
When I need that, she gon' come runnin'
When I fiend for it, give that ass to me
Never tell her no, she get the last from me
If I get jammed, gotta go to court
She be right there, need I say more?
Love
Your girl don't need any kind of lover
Be the right kind of lover
Be the kind of girl
Make me want to turn you to a mother
And I promise, promise, baby
There'll be always and forever
Yeah, we'll always be together
If you show me your ambitions of a rider
(Your ambitions of a rider)
If you show me your ambitions of a rider
(Your ambitions of a rider)
If you show me your ambitions of a rider
Show me, show me
Baby show me your ambitions of a rider, oh yea
Please show me
If you show me your ambitions of a rider
Your ambitions of a rider
If you show me your ambitions of a rider
Your ambitions of a rider
If you show me your ambitions of a rider
"Rider" by Chris Brown is a song about loyalty in a relationship. The artist portrays a scenario where he calls his baby, and she picks up every time, showing her level of commitment. He also talks about wanting a woman who is not just any kind of lover but the right kind of lover, the kind of girl who makes him want to turn her into a mother. His criteria for a good partner include being able to ride or die with him, stick by his side even during hard times, and show him her ambitions of being a rider.
The artist also touches on the themes of trust, devotion, and mutual understanding. He makes it clear that he needs a down-to-earth woman who is straightforward and honest with him. He praises the ideal woman for having her own money, being allergic to broke people and being a go-getter. He talks about building trust and wanting to be with someone whom he can count on even when he is in trouble with the law.
Line by Line Meaning
If I call my baby (Ace Hood)
Whenever Chris Brown calls his lover, she always answers the phone - no matter the time or circumstances.
At the the drop of a dime,
That rider
His lover is always dependable and reliable, ready to be there for him whenever he needs her.
Your girl don't need any kind of lover
Be the right kind of lover
Be the kind of girl
Make me want to turn you to a mother
Chris Brown wants his lover to be the right kind of girl who will one day become a mother, and not just any kind of lover.
And I promise, promise, baby
There'll be always and forever
Yeah, we'll always be together
If you show me your ambitions of a rider
Chris is promising his lover that they will always be together as long as she proves to him that she has the same level of dedication and loyalty as a 'rider'.
Would you ride for me?
Would you die for me?
Chris Brown is asking his lover if she would be willing to stay by his side no matter what, even if it means risking her own life.
Had no money, would you still love me?
He is testing just how much his lover loves him by asking if she would still love him even if he was broke.
If I got jammed up and did a little time
Would you still be the woman who gon' hold it down
Through the hard times
Chris Brown wants a commitment from his lover that she will stay by his side even if he makes mistakes and faces consequences like jail time.
She still ridin' with a nigga since the first day
Her ambitions of a rider
His lover has been loyal to him from the beginning, proving that she has the 'ambitions of a rider'.
She would be around if I never had a dollar
She would be my nurse if I ever need a doctor
Chris Brown believes his lover will always be by his side, even if he is broke or sick.
She could be the wife, maybe one day
Have a few kids go and travel out the state
She gonna ride or die for a nigga 'til the grave
Chris envisions a future with his lover where they get married, have a family, and travel together, all while she remains loyal and committed as a 'rider'.
Need a down bitch for a real nigga
Never lied to her, keep it real with her
Got her own money, 'cause she a go getter
Chris wants a loyal and honest partner who is also independent and ambitious for herself, to match his own successful and real persona.
And she allergic to them broke and the ho niggas
Rule number one is that it ain't none
Chris' lover doesn't tolerate 'broke' or unfaithful people, and thus has a strict, zero-tolerance attitude towards them.
If I get jammed, gotta go to court
She be right there, need I say more?
Love
His lover's unwavering support and loyalty in tough times says everything he needs to know about their love.
Show me your ambitions of a rider
Chris Brown consistently asks his lover to prove she has the same level of commitment and loyalty as a true 'rider.'
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Antoine Mccolister, Bobby Yewah, Christopher Brown, Kevin Cossom
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@nitsujneal
One of Ace Hood's most underrated songs
@shashawnajohnson7082
Ride for my husband 9 yrs being locked up. This song means a lot to us. Thank you for this one Ace. He's going for parole April 29th. I'm hopeful...even if it doesn't happen I'mma still ride.
@Shortstack089
Ride for your man girl
@timelesslove8809
Hell yeah I did a 5 piece you ride
@howardtannehill1939
You a real one ride for your man girl 💯
@innocentnshimiyimana8462
Rider for your real nigga
@ReyMaccOfficial
This record still bangs in 2020. Damn🔥🔥
@deeshakeena3091
2024*
@keyole24
Ace Hood don't get recognized for his lyrical skills, because he is gifted. This song is so official
@elvadocurry8805
Wale stole this nigga flow