Chris Brown rocked the stage at the after-party for the première for his new movie ‘Takers’ – which took place at Los Angeles’ ArcLight Cinemas a few hours ago.
Check out the 21 year old’s full set below, which included live renditions of ‘Wall to Wall’, ‘Deuces’, and ‘Forever’, below…
Though Chris, as ever, delivered solid performances, I can’t help but be taken aback by the ‘adult’ flavour of his set. At 21, he is indeed grown; yet, his his previously subtle nods to sexuality (see: ‘Take You Down’) were all but been replaced with what was a profanity-laced, and at times “overtly” ‘adult’ set (see: 10.34 mark onwards).
Call me a prude, but when your fan-base still include a large proportion of young folk, cultivating such an ‘hard’ image, regardless of what ‘happened’ (yes, I went there), may prove problematic in the grand scheme of his ‘comeback’. After all, this Hip-Hop artist-esque Chris Brown is not the Chris Brown people were initially drawn to. Just saying…