Chris Brown Figurative Language

Chris Brown released his fourth album titled “F.A.M.E” in March of 2011, this album combined R&B and Pop for a good mixture of heart wrenching songs, and club jams. Browns’ music uses influences from past artist such as Michael Jackson, Sam Cooke, and Stevie Wonder. His album “F.A.M.E” short for forgiving all my enemies, was a breakout album for him due to the tremendous amount of media drama during the previous years, and also due to the fact that this was his last album with Jive records. Although a good amount of Browns’ songs are pop influenced, this album really put emphasis back on his R&B background and roots. Brown uses several forms of figurative language such as allusion, repetition in order to evoke emotion out of his intended audience and put emphasis on how much he cares about the women he left. He also uses storytelling and real life examples in order to relate to his audience. The overall story of the song works in his favor in convincing his ex that she is really the only girl for him.
Throughout the album you can sense that Brown is begging for his girl back, making this album somewhat of a giant apology to that one girl he just can’t seem to get over. You hear his desperate attempt at another chance with her …show more content…
In this song, he obviously uses repetition in order to hook his audience into the song. The repetition of “no she aint no she aint you” towards the end makes it sound like he is pleading to the girl in his “last final attempt” to get back with the girl he cannot seem to get over. He wants his audience to know that he will go long lengths in order to get what he needs and wants. He utilizes the tool plain language throughout the song, because the best way to make this message successful is to make the message clear, concise, and believable. He uses this tool all the way through because it establishes credibility between him and the