UPDATE: Wal-Mart denies 'blackballing' Chris Brown's 'Graffiti': Is the singer's response a farce?
'What the f*** do i gotta do?': Brown seeks sympathy in 140 characters or less
Does Chris Brown's "Graffiti" deserve stronger sales?
Chris Brown, in his infinite wisdom and elegance, has spoken his feelings on big box retailer Wal-Mart with strongly-worded Tweets.
"im tired of this sh*t. major stores r blackballing my cd. not stockin the shelves and lying to costumers. what the f*** do i gotta do..." Brown typed on his Twitter account on Friday (stars ours). "WTF... yeah i said it and i aint retracting sh*t," came shortly after, followed by "im not biting my tongue about sh*t else... the industry can kiss my ass," "for those people who r constantly tweeting me wit bullsh*t.. hop off my ****.. ur life is pointless." (The latter stars were his.)
He capped the tirade with "for the young fans.. honestly, sorry for all the cursing.." and "all my fans... love you.. thx for everything," followed by the usual parade of "buy my album" bits and Retweets of fan support.
Brown later got specific about one Wal-Mart in particular that wasn't stocking the album: "JUST WAS AT WALMART IN wallingford CT,844 north colony.. the didnt even have my album in the back... not on shelves, saw for myself" he said at midnight on Sunday. He went further to say that the manager at the store said that it's mandatory for new releases to be put on shelves.
Which is simply not true. For one, Wal-Mart has a history of choosing not to carry certain titles in its stores, because of the strength of the Parental Advisory sticker, the content, the album cover, a multitude of reasons. Secondly, people who wish purchase via Wal-Mart can order through it's website, which seems to have no problem with the album.
And third, Wal-Mart denies that they pulled his disc from shelves anywhere in the country.
"We are surprised at the comments on Twitter, since all Walmart stores carried the CD since its release, including the Wallingford store mentioned in [Brown's] post. This store had in fact sold through their copies over the weekend. The majority of our stores are showing today they have copies on hand," a corporate representative told HitFix. "We are showing all CDs delivered to all stores. It a very, very busy week for movie and music sales so it is likely more a matter of re-stocking."
Other massive retailers like Best Buy and Target are stocking the album, as are digital retailers like Amazon and iTunes. Whether this is a store-by-store stocking issue, it's not as if Brown's album hard to find. Conclusion: Wal-Mart is not the sole reason why Chris Brown's "Graffiti" isn't selling as well as he, or his label, had hoped, with it poised to come in at No. 3 on The Billboard 200 chart later this week.
Which brings us back to the original, rhetorical question that Brown poised: "what the f**k do i gotta do?"
He's probably referring to the many media appearances about the night he beat Rihanna, refering to it as an "incident" and a "happening." He's apologized many times on national television shows and radio.
But isn't this the same guy who should be doing some back-breaking community labor right now, instead of touring, releasing an album and bragging about girls rushing the stage? Plenty of people are still unmoved even after the media barrage, and even moreso may be now, as he seeks sympathy using 140 characters or less.
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Login or create a HitFix account Login Signupjmassie leave chris alone he said he,s sorry let him go on with his life other people have done worst he,s a young man he made a mistake get over it all you haters
December 14, 2009 at 3:19PM EST Reply to Commentyamama chris brown's career is over and he's realizing it.
December 14, 2009 at 4:54PM EST Reply to CommentLala ah yes jmassie I guess I am a what you ignorant, uneducated people call a "hater." Yea I guess I do want my face beat in by a man. Chris Brown's album stinks, your obviously someone who doesn't know music very well as with the other fans of the man who beat a poor woman senseless. I guess this is what the illiterate people of America like to listen to: women beaters who themselves are ignorant and uneducated. I LOVE AMERICA'S YOUTH!
December 14, 2009 at 10:59PM EST Reply to CommentGeGe it clear to me that your uneducated..did u kno rihanna smashed her brother face in with glass bottle..? i suppose you think thats ok huh..? lol u make me laugh hard for me to be uneducated and in college huh..? well i have the album its wonderful matter fact i have all 3. and i dont give a fuck what nobody say she didnt beat beat senseless..she aint no lil girl she like 5'10 145 she got 3 brothers and can clearly fight seein he had bruises too..it wasnt abuse they got into a fight and it takes two to do that so i blame her i love chris always did always will the truth will reveal itself and wen it does ppk like u will come out on the bottom lookin stupid not ignorant stupid...as hell
December 15, 2009 at 6:55PM ESTaSunkee What I want to understand is, in what context do ppl like Lala say "Chris Brown's album sucks." I mean, based on the genre Chris Brown specializes in and considering his last 2 albums, it's easy to say that this one (Graffiti) is the best one yet. But if you were never a fan of his music b4 "the incident", then you had no business listening to Graffiti. Graffiti is quite coherent with the type of music Chris has been doing since the start of his career.
December 14, 2009 at 11:18PM EST Reply to CommentKeith Needham Ok lala for your infomation she took the first punch and pour woman she's a bitch and his CDs great and yamama yu sure aint my mama and Your not chris' either so shut the fuck up his careers not over ain't even close he's one of the best artists of our time yu should be ashamed your selves I'm sure y'all have done things that wasn't perfect we all make mistakes y'all obvously were never TRUE fans of Chris
December 15, 2009 at 12:16AM EST Reply to Commentammo Hahaha! I am glad his cd was unsuccesful. I wouldnt give the loser eye water to cry with. And for all of the ladies who stick by this ape, and make excuses for his lack of anger management skills, you each deserve a man just like him, someone to bash your head into the window and then gorilla beat you to near death. It is a cycle, I am sure you saw your female role models beaten and mistreated. Either way, it is not ok.
December 15, 2009 at 12:35AM EST Reply to CommentGeGe fuck let me tell u ive never been beaten or hit a day in my life never seen it done do any woman IN my family either and the bitch(rihanna)aint get beat they got to fighhtn she started by hittin on him first this wasnt abuse they just simply got into a fight mind u this is the same bitch(rihaana) who 3 years ago said she smashed a glass bottle in her lil brother face...but i pose u think that was ok....u make me laugh..i boutght the album its wonderful..and he chomped her bitch ass off in FAMOUS GIRL too..
December 15, 2009 at 6:48PM ESTTVA It's possible that they undershipped the album expecting it not to be received well. It's more likely that someone at the store is having the issue that most commenters on websites have being that they put their personal feeling son the matter into actually doing their job. His rant came from fans tweeting to him that they couldn't find the cd, not him doing a city by city hunt. Music is his job. Everyone wants folks to stop doing their job in order to atone for their crimes/faults. Mike Vick went to jail for a year and folks didn't want him to play football again. Folks don't want Tiger to play golf. In a year or so it will be like Kobe and R. Kelly and folks will have pushed it to the back of their minds and went on with their lives. To some degree he should have just waited. He did his community service both labor and charity as well as the classes but when it looks like folks are still punishing you after almost a year of trying to atone you are bound to be frustrated.
December 15, 2009 at 8:33AM EST Reply to CommentLet you ever do anything that the country and possibly the world will scorn you for. And if you do let them tell you that you can't make a living afterward and see how you feel about it.
Tired of ppl bro... This shit is pissing me off...damn my little cousin was watching the shit on the news with me and was like "oooh okay,so when i'm 40 i can sleep with a 16 year old girl like R.kelly did(who cd is at walmart) but i just cant beat nobody...or i can get caught with drugs and shoot somebody and nearly kill them just don't beat a woman.." that makes no sense what he did was wrong but stop putting on crime or one sin infront of the other...no sin is greater than the other you get punished the same exact way in the end..but chris??? no everybody trying to ruin this boy. lil'wayne smokes drink and will tell you the shit..brian mcknight beat his wife and they still played his shit and sold his cds...i just can't stand the way everybody is okay with the other stuff that is going on in the industry but they just wanna pick on chris brown...but i guess they did it to michael jackson and he was found NOT GUILTY and they still bashed this man...i hate people that get enjoyment out of other people's failure...i just hope he remembers god's forgiveness means a lot more than this these people of the world.....
December 15, 2009 at 8:37AM EST Reply to Comment
December 19, 2009 at 4:11PM EST Reply to CommentShanti Boo Personaly Chris Album Should Have Nothing To Do With What Happen Between Them...Stores Have Nothing To Do With What Happen Either All They Need To Worry About Is Putting His Album On Shelves..I Went To Buy It And Didnt See One But Eventually I Found One...Chris Is Very Talented And He's Songz Are Beyond GREAT And he's Personality Is Great...Forget What The Haters Think..!! I LOVE YOU CHRIS!!!
March 30, 2010 at 3:49PM EST Reply to CommentDonny the songs on the album where amazing i dont think that just because he was an asshole that his music should have to suffer for it. He is amazing starting at 16 with songs he came up with it was amazing now if all of you asses just leave him the hell alone then youll see that hes so talented and hes dumbass mistake shouldnt block his talent. I love Chris Brown even if he is a asshole hes amazing.
February 28, 2011 at 7:29PM EST Reply to Comment