Chris Brown making the media rounds<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0SMH \u2026 I\u00a0 \u00a0see why Rihanna has such a hard time deciding what to do when it comes to matters of the heart with this guy.\u00a0 Chris Breezy has been going hard making the media rounds for his new album “X.” For years after the violent incident with Rihanna he stayed far away from – and at one point banned – interviews.\u00a0\u00a0But as of Friday, he’s back.\u00a0 I feel bad even saying this …. but when’s he’s open and appears unguarded, he’s super hard to villainize.\u00a0 He’s charismatic, funny.\u00a0 His interviews are super engaging.\u00a0 Perhaps it’s because\u00a0he’s selling an album but I’d like to think it’s really just a sign of maturity (I say that loosely) \u00a0and moving forward.\u00a0When you hit rock bottom and finally admit it out-loud, there’s a certain liberation that occurs.\u00a0 It seems like he’s there.\u00a0\u00a0Of course none of the interviews have purely focused on the music – especially when his personal life\u00a0is so entertaining. But he’s managed to respond well.\u00a0 Surprisingly my favorite questions – not to be confused with overall interview – came from my nemisis Matt Lauer.\u00a0 He just asked some point blank, don’t BS me questions focusing on the status of his relationship with Rihanna, confirmation that he’s dedicated to an assault never happening again, and understanding that a back-slide will not only hurt his career but Rihanna’s as well.\u00a0 Admittedly, these should all be questions he expects but for someone reason not too many people had the balls to ask.\u00a0 Also, while you expect a question, it’s nothing like the realization of hearing it … and as viewer seeing the look on his face while answering it.\u00a0 This pains me say but\u00a0… good job Matt. \u00a0Now let’s see if this kid can keep his word.<\/p>\nOkay…maybe that wasn’t such a quick response but who’s keep tab?<\/p>\n
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Sometimes I have a couple of quick thoughts on current happenings. Nothing major. So here they are: Should the Grammys go back to NY?\u00a0\u00a0In a word – YES!\u00a0 First, let me be honest. I heart […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[122,252,505,922,1188],"class_list":["post-213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-basketball","tag-chris-brown","tag-grammy-awards","tag-nyc","tag-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7qLKy-3r","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>Should the Grammys go back to NY?<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>In a word – YES!\u00a0 First, let me be honest. I heart New York\u00a0and I DO NOT heart\u00a0L.A.\u00a0 My impressions of L.A. – pretentious and congested. I literally cried in the traffic there it was so bad.\u00a0 On the flipside, I see NY as being all the possibility, opportunity and gumbo soup it’s slated as being.\u00a0 I always feel a sense of freedom there.\u00a0 I can be anyone and do anything there.\u00a0 Had I not grown up in the south – and if I had an extra “0” attached to my salary –\u00a0my bags would be packed.\u00a0 For now, I’m going to pass on the match box living I would surely be destined for there at this point in my life.\u00a0 Seriously, getting back on track, I think we’ve done the Staples gig for long enough.\u00a0 The Grammys weren’t too bad this year, but I do feel like it’s been on a constant decline.\u00a0 Perhaps a new location would breathe some life into it.\u00a0 Big cities like NY tend to have an energy to them.\u00a0 Maybe producers can capitalize on it and take the formalities, seriousness and staging out of the event.\u00a0 It’s music.\u00a0 It should be fun.<\/p>\n