Exclusive: ‘Changed Man’ Producer Battle Roy: ‘Chris Brown Is The Future Of R&B’
August 15, 2009 by TJ
Filed under Exclusive, Interviews, News
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When a seemingly new song by Chris Brown entitled “Changed Man” hit the internet this week, many were quick to assume the song had to be about the infamous blow up he had with fellow singer and then-girlfriend Rihanna.
In the song, Chris makes a plea to his girl to right the wrongs he’s done under the scrutiny of the rest of the world. “What do you do when the truth isn’t quite enough/They looking at you telling you we need to break it up…Imma make it up to you and show the world I’m a changed man,” Brown sings in the piano-driven ballad.
A rep at Brown’s record label Jive Records went on record with MTV.com and Billboard, telling them the song was recorded “some time ago, a long time ago, actually,” and could not specify whether or not the song was created after the February incident.
The song’s producer, Battle Roy, told Neon Limelight in a phone interview on Friday (August 14) that the song was, in fact, written and recorded by Brown and songwriter Lonny Bereal, in March, just weeks after the Grammy morning brawl.
Although the subject matter and timing all point to “Changed Man” being a Rihanna make-up track, Roy — who’s worked with R&B stars Frankie J, Jahiem, and Kelly Rowland — couldn’t confirm if it were for sure. He did, however, tell us he had absolutely no problem with letting Brown use one of his tracks so soon after the public fall out began. “Good music is good music. Good artistry is good artistry,” he said. “You can’t block yourself off because of someone else’s situation.”
“I respect him as an artist, and I respect him as a person. So when the opportunity came about to do this and know that the song was being worked on by him, I jumped to it because he’s a great artist and he is the future of R&B no matter what anyone says.”
Roy says he does not know for certain if this song or any of the many others he’s done for Chris will land on his upcoming third album, Graffiti, but says if fans want it, they should make it known. “Hopefully the people will really speak up about it, and if they like it, the label will follow after the people and listen to what the fans are saying.”
He had just one request of fans who automatically write the song off: listen to it then make an opinion.
“People make mistakes. He has apologized and admitted to whatever happened,” he said. “People need to really move past it and get back to the music that everybody loves him for.
“If you’ve got an opinion of Chris then keep that as B, but A should be if you’re listening to the song, listen for the content matter and the music and see if it’s got a likable quality to you. If it doesn’t, then keep it moving and go to something else.”
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wow, great post..what the producer said is on point..love the track and its great..i hear its aleady playing on radio so guess people love it although some hate the fact that it was meant for rihanna even though it was back then!! lets see what happens!!!
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he is not only the future of rnb but also of music.
chris brown will allways be here for us
and i know she lied becasuse if she was telling the truth she woundnt have done the camersul the next day
i will allways love you
Battleroy is 100 percent right !!!!!!!!!!go chris go
I must say I agree with the producer. People need to move on from that mess! I like the song alot. They are already playing on the radio here in North Carolina and it got good reviews.
if cunt brown is the future of music then i quit listening.
Then stop listening cause he is biotch!
lmao
Then quit fucking listening, you stupid bitch. It’s not like you listen to Chris Brown anyway…THERE. IN YOUR FACE. :)
tell ha lol
i guess you told me…. please. go find chris so he can rearrange your ugly ass face and stay off your momma’s computer little girl.
why are you here in the first place….keep it moving girl….and like they say stop listening.
ohh you move on to rihanna so she can rearrange your ugly ass face with a bottle…..like she did her brother…hmmm
Look dont b dis Chris lyke dat he aint a cunt if anything rhianna is and Um who give a damn if u stop listenin ta music if anything its a blessing
This is my first time leaving a comment on any blog because most are just hateful and disgusting but I read frequently. Why are haters always in the Chris Brown posts spilling hatred? Why are you so mad? If you do not like Chris scroll by!!! No one is forcing you to read anything about him. Rihanna has moved on. Why can’t you????? This young man is getting his life back on track. He took responsibility for his actions. Let him live!!!!
Thank you Taylor…well said!
well said
I love the song. It came from his heart at a time he must have felt as low as dirt. Good job Chris and all involved in making such a beautiful piece of art.
I listened and this song and his apology prooves he really has changed.I am still a fan no matter what.
Chris looked so hot when he apolagized
I am so sick and tired of fucking haters hatin on Chris Brown!!!!! He made a mistake!!! As if you all never have! He has my 100% support! Real fans call your radio stations and make them play this song! Show Chris how much we love him!!!!
I LOVE U CHRIS!!!!!!!
Team Breezy! Work it Christopher…:)
He is sexy
Someone who can actually speak sense has finally put something decent together. Great article. Its a better explanation than the usual “we don’t know what happened in that car”, again great article.
Battle Roy is my new HERO!!!!!!! Well said! It’s time to move on!
Wow. I’m impress, chris really have true fans,, yessss , that’s what I’m talkin about, go chris ,go chris .
i love chris..dont tell nobody!
Heard the song and it is hot. I am so looking forward to the new C Breezy album.
love that song….. i feel like i am waiting too long for the next album i have my $200 save
when some one is struggling it is only a preparations of what god is planning for them god blees this young man i love you chrisbrown god bless your soul your a good man with a good heart love you so much the people hatin on you they love you to as for the rihanna fans they gone blame you but what rihanna needs to remember is what goes a round comes around some of yall haters gone look real stupid when the truth comes out remember chris the truth will set you free. remember haters to be forgiven you must forgive im defiently buying that albulm you aint got to like it you aint got to love it but you will respect it. to all yall who think he lost fans your wrong the ones that left they will be replace with bigger and better ones like mom is a chrisbrown fan and she is 55 years old so is my grandma who is 78 love you cb till the day i die and im only 14 its a shame when kids have more common sense then adults love you im out
your mother and grandmother need to spend less time listening to young ass music and more time worrying about why their 14yo worships a woman beater.
Well Ms. Briana, YO mama need to worry about YOU TOO because an opinion is like a Butt whole, everyone has one and some of yours STINK!!!!!!!!! NOw woman up and deal with whats real!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you told her…good for u becasue this is very true alot of older women like him because older ppl know when game is being played and this incident was alot of cover ups and straight up lies for a certain person not to be either deported or have charges brought on them…ppl need to move on and the ppl that can’t…. either was beaten or someone close to them were beaten and instead of forgiving their accuser they want to take it out on Chris…Rihanna doesn’t hate him and even got back with after the incident and never brought charges against him and also is fighting like hell for that stay away order to be dropped…her actions alone says volumes on what happened that night…its ppl actions and not the words that matters the most…and she is telling ppl he isn’t what u guys make him out to be…
deported????????? are you fucking kidding me? why should rihanna be deported or face charges? its people like you that make abused women feel like theyre at fault. nothing she could have done warrants the treatment she received that night. how soon we forget that she was not only beaten, choked and bitten, but left at the side of the road screaming! that cunt had no idea someone called the police! he left her to fend for herself after what he did to her. this is a “man” people should look up to? bitch, go suck a penis!
brianna believe whatever you want the affidavit was thrown out by the judge…there were no choke marks on her neck…sources said she wasnt bitten but even if she was it further proves chris was defending himself.
a woman who attacks a man for any reason can never claim to be abused cos she started a fight and we still dont know what really happened.
stop the talk of making abused women look like its their fault cos if a woman ever starts a fight she will be very stupid to refer to herself as being abused…you are only abused when you dont put your own hands on anyone first.
and according to the rabbi she was screaming not for help but just screaming which means she was still attacking him verbally even while he was walking away.
like the writer truly says if you dont care about chris keep it moving…why is that so difficult….move on to rihannas stories she needs your support…..
wonderful article love this guy we need more objective and truthful people like him.
You act like Chris hit your ass in that car…stop acting like you are Rihanna and get a fuckin life…I was referring to the deportation because the fact is she is NOT a citizen and have you ever thought to yourself that maybe just maybe he said regardless of who hit who first or last I Chris Brown was wrong and will take the enitre punishment…open your damn eyes…regardless he is taking responsibility and moving on…u more mad and upset than she is…after she heard that song Changed Man her ass was at of all places Young Money concert where in LA the next day…so fall back and get a life…
well if rihanna is made who she is out to be then tell me who she is since you know the situation so well tell me what happen that night oh you cant can you why would you listen to the media rihanna is so wicked you want me to support her when she not only hits somebody while their driving but bangs a glass bottle over her brothers head . i continue to pray for you lord bless your soul do you no why people commit sucide because people like you makin fun of them and put them down i probably know him better then he know his own damn self. jesus died for all SINS IF YOU LOOK IT UP THATS WHY JESUS DIED HE DIED FOR ME YOU AND CHRIS AND RIHANNA. MY JESUS WILL BE SO DISSApOINTED IN US TODAY IF HE SEE THE WAY WE TREATING EACH OTHER GOD BLEES YOU I HOPE YOU , RIHANNA , AND HER FANS GET HELP BECAUSE if you tell her its okay to keep doing what she did she can end up dead because the next man probaly want hit her he probably will kill her becareful what you say like i said i know chrisbrown i can so hardly tell you that everyhthing you heard was a lie god blees your soul and if you want TO contact me my email is sierraporter95@yahoo.com god bless you i said it before i said it again you dont have to like that fact that we love him but you will respect it . i love chrisbrown and his face looked 2 times worst then hers did he had a busted nose and his head was bleeding with scrathes all over his face his friend barry bradford was in the car that night when it happen now tell me what the fuck you know about that oh you dont while the hell you think he walk out the jail room whith a blanket over his head to cover his wounds duh . like i said when the truth comes out you gone look real stupid smh she not what she made out to be i know c-breezy what you know about him except for what you hearD on t.v oh that right like i said i cnt hate on rihanna because i dont her but i tell you what i damn sho know what she about she will weep what she sow not why want you take that and download that into your brain its been 8 months goddamit let it go let it GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE LOVE HIM SUCK THAT SHIT UP AND BREATH IN WE ARE THE BEST FANS IN THE WORLD . the same way you trEAting chris is the same way yall treated michael jackson. god will make chris enemies his foot stool the sky is the limit i am the # 1 chrisbrown fan and i have alot of commonsense after he pays his debt to socity that will be it . my a doble A s will defiently be in that line to by the albulm remenber chris the truth will set you free and god is on your side it cant rain forever because thing will get better god will take through hell just to Get you to heaven love you im out . sorry fot cursin its just that brianna made me loose my religion for a minute god bless im out yall.!! sicerely CBE 4 LIFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
Sweet heart, you are a dumb ass. Please fall on a thumbtack. OK?
I just wanted to say shouts out to my cuz for producing this song. I am sure it is blazin’
people are so much interested in breezy because his got what no one has.something extraordinary ,something compelling wether u like it or not
Thats Battle Roy ROC Cities R&B BULLYY!!!!!!!!