Chris Brown Returns To His Roots With 'X,' Talks Touring with Trey Songz

Move over, Ed Sheeran: Chris Brown stole your album title! The R&B singer has a very specific reason for naming his sixth studio record X. "X is basically celebrating the ten years that I've been able to be successful in this game. [In] Roman numerals, ten is 'X,' so I was just like, 'You know what? What defines what I'm going through in my life, what I'm trying to transition... be an adult and at the same time still keep the youthfulness that I've had."

The album is heavy with A-list collaborations, also feeding into Brown's vision. "When I first came out it was more classic R&B, straight R&B that put me into the realm of being able to transition with pop and all these different genres of music. [I've] got Usher on there, R. Kelly, Trey Songz, Brandy, Jhené Aiko, we got Kendrick [Lamar] on the album, got Rick Ross," the singer told Fuse. "Kendrick, you know, he gave me probably one of the best verses I've heard in a while on a song I got called 'Autumn Leaves.' I wanted to really just have those kind of people who I felt were inspirations to me even now or from the past."