Fortune [Clean] [Deluxe Edition]

by Chris Brown

Overview

F.A.M.E. was Chris Brown's first album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200. Five of its singles went Top Five R&B/Hip-Hop, and it took the Grammy for Best R&B Album. The singer clearly feels more emboldened than ever, as he declares in Fortune's second song, the slow motion boom and wobble that is "Bassline": "I'm winnin', you heard about my image, but I could give a flyin' motherfuck who's offended." Save for a handful of quasi-sensitive ballads, Fortune is an album of unapologetic swashbuckling. In "Bassline," Brown demands "Get butt naked to my bassline." The hook to "Sweet Love" begins with "Baby, let's get naked." That song is followed by "Strip," as in "Girl, I just wanna see you strip." Those three lines are among Fortune's cleanest. Even the atmospheric, impeccably-produced ballad "2012" -- involving some kind of Mayan apocalypse scenario where Brown and his lover are called upon to reverse the planet's fate -- gets graphic. Each line, from "Can you feel my submarine?" to "Girl, I like the way it opens up when you throw it back," has something shameless about it, while "I got that pillow for your knees right here" is the closest Brown gets to selflessness. All the way at the other end of the spectrum, "Girl, you better not change your mind" -- a prelude to the one-night stand in "Biggest Fan" -- is this album's "Don't you be on that bullshit." The productions are highlighted by contributions from the Runners, Adonis, and Kevin McCall. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date:	07/03/2012
Label:	Rca
UPC:	0886919606126

Tracks

1. Turn Up the Music
2. Bassline
3. Till I Die
4. Mirage
5. Don't Judge Me
6. 2012
7. Biggest Fan
8. Sweet Love
9. Strip
10. Stuck on Stupid
11. 4 Years Old
12. Party Hard/Cadillac (Interlude)
13. Don't Wake Me Up
14. Trumpet Lights
15. Tell Somebody
16. Free Run
17. Remember My Name
18. Wait for You
19. Touch Me

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Chris Brown   Primary Artist
Georgia Reign   Vocals (Background)
Nas   Featured Artist
Sevyn Streeter   Featured Artist
Andre Frappier   Guitar
Is   Guitar
Dewain Whitmore, Jr.   Vocals (Background)
Sabrina Antionette   Featured Artist
Sabrina Antoinette   Featured Artist
Miguel Jiminez   Vocals (Background)
Adonis Shropshire   Vocals (Background)
Alex Delicata   Guitar (Electric)
Amber Streeter   Vocals (Background)
Sevynn   Featured Artist
Wiz Khalifa   Featured Artist
Patrick "Guitarboy" Hayes   Bass,Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (12 String)
Greg Curtis   Keyboards
Andrew Hey   Guitar
Big Sean   Featured Artist
Kevin McCall   Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Adam Messinger   Composer
Nate Hills   Composer
Jamal Jones   Composer
Jonas Jeberg   Composer,Producer
Greg "Rap 1220" Robinson   Composer
R.A.P. 1220   Producer
Robert Calloway   Composer
Sviatlana   Model
Dominique Cohill   Composer
Jacqueln S.   Model
Meshawn Jones   Composer
Sajata S.   Model
Steve Russell   Composer
Robert Newt   Composer
Andrew Harr   Composer
Tha Bizness   Producer
Priscilla Renea   Composer
Tina Davis   Management,Executive Producer
Mark Pitts   Executive Producer
Samuel Jean   Composer
Courtney Walter   Design,Art Direction,Creative Director
Courtney Harrell   Composer
Dante Jones   Composer,Producer
Michael Daley   Composer
Phil Seaford   Assistant Engineer
Joseph "Lonny" Bereal   Composer
Kweli Calderon   Grooming
Fuego   Musician,Producer
Brian Kennedy   Composer,Producer
Sean Davidson   Composer
Dan Cohen   Engineer
Kesia Hollis   Composer
Sean Anderson   Composer
Alex Dilliplane   Assistant
Dewain Whitmore, Jr.   Composer
Trehy Harris   Assistant
Terrance Coles   Composer
Alexander "Fuego" Palmer   Composer
Delbert Bowers   Assistant
Doug Geikie   Assistant
H-Money   Producer
Nair Jones   Composer
Curtis Cory Marks   Composer
Ronald "Flippa" Colson   Composer
Tommy Hitz   Composer,Producer
Tommy Doyle, Jr.   Composer
Alejandro "Alle" Benassi   Composer
Andrea Simms   Composer
David Johnson   Composer
Dayvi Jae   Producer
Miguel Jiminez   Composer
Christopher Whitacre   Composer
Michael McHenry   Composer
Polow da Don   Producer
Eric Bellinger   Composer
Adonis Shropshire   Composer
The Monarch   Producer
The Underdogs   Musician,Producer
Matthew Samuels   Composer
Andrew Wansel   Composer,Producer
Marcella Araica   Composer
Marco Benassi   Composer
Harmony Samuels   Composer
Alex Delicata   Guitar Arrangements
India Boodram   Composer
Jazmyn Michel   Composer
Dennis Leupold   Photography
Iain Findlay   Assistant
Steven Gomillion   Photography
Jason "JP" Perry   Composer,Producer
Cameron Jabril Thomasz   Composer
Andre Davidson   Composer
Amber Streeter   Composer
Team Breezy   Design,Stylist,Management,Art Direction,Creative Director,Executive Producer
The Messingers   Producer
Nick Mash   Composer
Lonnie-Smoek-Stinson   Grooming
Serban Ghenea   Mixing
Shirley Murdock   Composer
Jeff "Supa Jeff" Villanueva   Pro-Tools
Larry Troutman   Composer
Bradford Smith   Assistant
John Hanes   Mixing Engineer
Chris Brown   Composer,Producer,Creative Director,Executive Producer
Roger   Composer
Jermaine Jackson   Composer
Jerome Harmon   Composer,Producer
The Runners   Producer
Damon Thomas   Composer
Harvey Mason, Jr.   Composer
William Orbit   Composer,Producer
Alain Whyte   Composer
Brian Springer   Engineer
Manny Marroquin   Mixing
Jaycen Joshua   Mixing
Benny Benassi   Musician,Producer
Danja   Producer
Warren Felder   Composer
Nasri Atweh   Composer
Andrew Hey   Engineer
Chris Galland   Assistant
Tom Coyne   Mastering
Andre Merritt   Composer
Jean-Baptiste   Composer
Ryan Buendia   Composer
Free School   Producer
Kevin McCall   Composer,Producer
Justin Henderson   Composer
David Thomas   Stylist
Alle Benassi   Musician,Producer
Adonis   Producer