Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life Page #3

And out of nowhere, I heard

this groundswell of, like,

hysteria, you know what

I'm saying, like, these,

it was just loud, it was loud

as it was when I was on stage.

So I ran out there, and

there he was, killing it.

Then I realized, "oh my God,

he is truly gifted,

he's talented, man,"

in a way that we haven't seen

in a long, long time, you know.

He has a gift of, a gift

like Michael Jackson had,

that makes you scratch

your head and say,

what else is he doing, because

I've seen these steps before,

I've seen these moves before,

but what else is

Chris Brown doing?

When I got in the game,

I kind of was like,

I wouldn't say alone,

but I was, like,

to myself I had to prove myself.

People wanted to be like,

"okay, well, cool,

what is this kid about,

or what can he do?"

Chris Brown is in the building.

I remember Chris's first

BET Awards performance.

I remember he came out

with that white jacket,

I think I was backstage

at the time,

I had to present shortly after,

and I just remembered

hearing the rumbling,

and so we went, we're

looking at the monitor,

and we're just

watching this kid,

we're watching him kill it.

This dude is really,

really special.

I knew he was special,

but I didn't realize how

incredible the dancing

was until that day.

And I feel blessed to have him.

Really showed the best

of Chris's ability

to sing and dance and

win over a crowd.

Only person having

star power like that

is Michael Jackson.

There's Michael Jackson,

and there's Chris Brown.

And that's just facts.

Just like Michael Jackson

opened the door for Usher,

I believe that Usher

opened the door for Chris.

For any person, African-American

artists period,

to have come up in that

time and be successful,

and have that very delicate

mixture of being a singer,

dancer, performer, entertainer,

man, it was hard.

He was a trailblazer,

he was setting a tone.

You know, there was a shift

in how things were sounding,

and there was this shift

that was happening from,

you know, the grungey street

sound to how rap was just

so hard, to how hip-hop and

R&B and everything was like,

turning into more

dance, and more fun.

When I first heard

Chris's sound,

I was definitely, I just

remember, it was like,

kids just getting always

down, like on the streets,

and doing all these beatbox

dances, and, like,

I'm not a dancer, but I

definitely was dancing,

and I think what Chris

started was kind of like

that confidence boost

in, not only males,

but I think in females too,

and I think he paid

a lot of respect

to the dancer community.

I just remember seeing

this young, fresh face,

a kid, like he was about

to take over the world

in so many ways.

'Cause it seems like

this whole thing

just happened so quickly, like,

how does it seem for you?

It just, it's just a blessing,

it's been going real, real fast,

everything's happening

just so fast.

I was excited for him,

he was so excited.

But after that, I guess

he blew up instantly,

we was on a tour, we went

here, we went there,

everything was-- and he was

so excited and so happy

in the music industry

at that time.

Chris Brown? - What's up?

Chris Brown? - Yeah.

- Hi.

- Hey!

It's your boy Chris Brown, man,

you gotta run a siren on it,

man, you gonna have to drop it,

you gonna have to do the

dang thing on it, man,

you ought to know how you do it,

on Power 106, where

hip-hop lives.

R I gotta give her game proper

I Spit it so she get it

Yo.

I Or what about her style?

Once I got an opportunity

to continuously make music,

and be creative, and dance,

and show people my talents,

I think that

overpowered everything

as a whole, I think,

people kind of saw it,

and kind of took it for

what it was worth,

and it was like, "oh you

know what, this guy is,

is really talented, I

think he has potential,

I think he can do his thing."

What he was able to

do as a performer was

kind of effortless in the

way that he performed.

I don't know if it was

just his passion for it,

or the fact that he

was well-studied,

or just the simple fact

that he just knew where

to put every move, it was

just perfectly placed,

he knew his choreography,

he was well prepared, man.

But greater than just

understanding choreography,

he understood the magic

of singing and dancing,

and that right there is

a technique that not

every artist understands,

it takes a lot of

hard work and focus,

and as a teenager, for him

to be able to do that,

I just knew that

this kid definitely

is headed for major success.

Performing a fun new

anthem, Chris Brown!

I think he definitely helped

take kind of R&B and hip-hop

and make it more

popular, for sure,

make it more pop, and more

radio, and just more Top 40.

He definitely has his kind

of finger on the pulse

of the sound of the streets.

There's lots of great singers,

there's amazing, great

artists out there,

but not everybody sings

and dances and performs

on a level like a

Chris Brown does.

Team Breezy, they go hard.

You know, they were crazy.

Any time we had like a,

any time you had a video,

it was always voted number

one, any time there was like,

any type of competition between

him and other artists,

he would kind of always blow

people out of the water.

I just try to put 100%

into everything I do,

my music, you know, what I'm

doing as an everyday person,

so, you know, I just wanna

influence and inspire

the world just to be

better, you know.

Hopefully be better

with my music.

He had this energy about

him that was unreal.

Like, he was nonstop,

every song he played,

he had a different idea for

it, he had the video for it.

What I loved the most about

Chris is his presence.

His presence really stands out.

You know, I mean, you know that

thing when people are like,

they're just superstars?

Chris is just a superstar.

Standing here with a guy right

now that knows everyone

on the red carpet and everybody

wants to work with him.

He's got three

nominations tonight,

of course, Chris Brown,

how you doing, buddy?

I'm good, man, how about

yourself, you good?

Are you kidding me, hanging

out with you guys?

A great year for you.

Yeah, it's been a blessing,

I just can't do nothing

but thank all my fans,

I just appreciate all the

support, it's been incredible.

And the winner is Chris Brown.

I'm gonna try to keep it short,

they got the countdown

on the prompter, so,

I'm kind of, totally, I would

have given it to Coldplay,

but, I'm really, I'm

lost for words,

I just wanna say,

thank all the fans,

'cause I love you with

all my heart, I just--

Thank you.

You know, I went from being

on top of the world,

number one songs, and, you know,

being kind of like America's

sweetheart, you know,

to being public

enemy number one.

Prosecutors have charged

singer Chris Brown

with two felonies,

including assault...

Allegations of

domestic violence.

Has damaged his

squeaky clean image.

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