Welcome to the New York Times Popcast, your second chance of music news and

criticism. I'm your host Ben Ratliff.

I wasn't born last night I know these name right but you was born up her phone last

night but she didn't have a ring on her ring on last night oh that's that

nerve why give a bitch your heart she'd rather have a purse.

Why give a put the inch when she rather have nine.

You know how the game goes.

She'd be mine by half time.

I'm the sh-m-the-sh-sh-sh-oh.

We're listening to Loyal by Chris Brown.

Sigh.

A song that you may have heard for low these many months.

Oh yes.

Thinking about Chris Brown.

He's been on our mind even though he's been out of public view for part of the year.

But he's out of jail and he's got a new record called X.

John Caramonica, you wrote about it in the paper this week.

In a manner of speaking, you felt about it.

Yeah, I wrote a piece that is connected to it.

I, you know, there's, I think probably one of the consistently frustrating things

about Chris Brown is, I mean, I think Chris Brown makes very strong radio R&B like when his hits are they're genuine they're they're catchy he's a he's a sort of like dynamic

performer and an inoffensive singer,

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