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| Release Date = Early 2010
| Recorded = 2008—Sep 2009<ref>http://www.mtv.ca/news/article.jhtml?id=20131</ref>
| Recorded = 2008—Sep 2009<ref>http://www.mtv.ca/news/article.jhtml?id=20131</ref>
| Genre = [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[Pop music|pop]], [[hip-hop music|hip-hop]]
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Revision as of 16:11, 8 October 2009

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Graffiti is the forthcoming third studio album from American contemporary R&B singer-songwriter, Chris Brown. On the album, Brown has worked with previous hit-maker Swizz Beatz as well as new collaborators including Lil Wayne.

Released as a digital download on September 29, 2009, the album's lead single "I Can Transform Ya", written by C. Brown, D. Carter and K. Dean and produced by Swizz Beatz features Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz, has so far reached #92 on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[2] The second single, "Crawl" will be released in October 2009 as a digital download.

Recording and production

The album was completed in September 2009.

Concept and themes

Since 2008, Brown started to work on a upcoming studio album. According with him, he will experiment a different musical direction for his new album, while hoping to emulate fellow American singers Prince and Michael Jackson. He says, "I wanted to change it up and really be different. Like my style nowadays, I don't try to be typical urban. I want to be like how Prince and Michael [Jackson] and Stevie Wonder were. They can cross over to any genre of music."[3]

Release and promotion

Singles

  • The second single called, "Crawl" has been confirmed, and is set to be released in October 2009.[5].

Release history

Region Date Label(s) Format
United Kingdom Sony Music Entertainment CD, Digital download
United States Jive Records

References

  1. ^ http://www.mtv.ca/news/article.jhtml?id=20131
  2. ^ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1622609/20090929/brown__chris__18_.jhtml
  3. ^ "Chris Brown's close Rihanna". ITV.com. 2008-06-27. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
  4. ^ MechanicalDummy Twitter http://twitter.com/MechanicalDummy/status/4429141956
  5. ^ http://twitter.com/MechanicalDummy/status/4504033706