originally posted in:TFS The Floods Sanctuary
[url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/06/chris-brown-quit-music-x-mistake_n_3713262.html]Linky[/url]
[quote]Chris Brown took to Twitter on Tuesday to tell the world that he plans to quit music after the release of "X," his upcoming LP.
The R&B singer said he's "tired of being famous for a mistake" he made when he was 18, referencing when he assaulted Rihanna.
Both Brown, who has had a string of other post-assault altercations and incidents on his rap sheet, and the music industry, which has promoted and booked Brown since shortly after the assault, have faced near constant criticism since the horrific event that took place before the 2009 Grammys.
Brown's tweets have been littered with inspirational messages as of late. "I'm not a performer nor do I have to be," he said in one tweet. "We are all children pretending to be gods!"
"Aspire to be great and the person you wanna be," he wrote in another. "Don't conform because [your] worth is more than any money or status. We live. We die."
"X," Brown's sixth studio album, is out in stores on Aug. 20. It's worth noting that plenty of other performers have claimed they were retiring before, including Jay Z, who returned in 2006 following a three-year hiatus that he later admitted was "the worst retirement in history."[/quote]
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Assaulting is an understatement. Que all the chris brown jokes.
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> 24 > Retiring lolwut
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I hope he stays gone for good.
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Sad to hear, but hey, his absence will pave the way for new artists and (hopefully) new genres to be added to the mainstream mix.
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Wait, Chris Brown was only 18 when he beat up Rihanna?
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Chris Brown had a seizure
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One less crappy "artist" flooding the market with garbage.
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His twitter has intelligence on it for once... Ming=blon
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He's popular for the wrong reasons due to his immaturity and knack for getting himself into trouble. I doubt he'll quit music for good.
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Good Riddance. It's about time, don't you think?
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Edited by M37h3w3: 8/7/2013 7:25:17 AMAbout time. The real shame is that he wasn't forced out after the incident came to light.
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[quote]18[/quote][quote]2009[/quote][quote][u]sixth studio album[/u], is out in stores on Aug. 20.[/quote]wow
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>Calling Chris Brown R&B
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Who? Oh. [i]Rap[/i].
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Not loosing anything of value, so meh.
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[quote]Who? Oh. [i]Rap[/i].[/quote]
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Coolio
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Still wish that CM Punk wrecks his shit one day.
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Don't wake him up, yo.
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So these are his final hits...
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Good, im tired of hearing about the retard.