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The instant number one hit {|Run It!|} proved to be no fluke. Two other songs from {|Chris Brown|}'s debut album were moderate to major hits, enabling the entertainer to become a popular music star with platinum sales, not just a brief crush for thou... Read more

The instant number one hit {|Run It!|} proved to be no fluke. Two other songs from {|Chris Brown|}'s debut album were moderate to major hits, enabling the entertainer to become a popular music star with platinum sales, not just a brief crush for thousands upon thousands of tween-aged females. {|Brown|}'s second act, released almost exactly two years after his first, takes a don't fix it if it ain't broke approach, offsetting the innocent and age-appropriate material with a handful of songs that are squarely placed within lil' Lothario territory. When he works with {|Johnta Austin|} and {|Stargate|}, out comes young courtship fodder that is boyish enough to be reinterpreted by squeaky clean {|American Idol|} contestant {|David Archuleta|} (You're my sweetheart and I'm so glad that you're mine); switch the collaborators to {|Jazze Pha|} and {|Lil Wayne|}, and you get come-ons like You like 28s on a Hummer/'Cause you the number one stunner and That's it, babygirl/Put it on my zipper. The two modes have had a popularity-maximizing effect, to say the very least. Falling into the relatively edgy category, the {|T-Pain|} collaboration and lead single {|Kiss Kiss|} duplicated the chart success of {|Run It!,|} and perhaps only someone as likable and harmless as {|Brown|} could get away with And I get a little mannish, and you see the bandanna hangin'/That means I'm like a bandit. You've got to credit {|Brown|} and his songwriters and producers for cranking out another handful of easy to remember hits that cover the bases, from upbeat and carefree numbers to go-to mixtape ballads that push all the right target-demographic buttons. ~ Andy Kellman Less