As July 16th draws near…

Chris Brown’s hold on the r&B/pop game has become more and more vice grip-esque by the year, and on July 16th he’ll attempt to drop his third consecutive number one album, X (RCA). With “Fine China” and the Aaliyah vocal-assisted “Don’t Think They Know” successfully making impact, Chris Brown reveals the other stars that assisted him with X. The buzzed about Rihanna collaboration “Put It Up”, still made the cut, despite their personal relationship going south, and Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj, Kelly Rowland and Wiz Khalifa among others help make up the feature credits.

-Khari Nixon (@KingVanGogh)

New album features @NICKIMINAJ ,Kendrick , @rihanna, @KELLYROWLAND , @wizkhalifa ,@bobatl and more surprises to come. "X"

— Chris Brown (@chrisbrown) July 4, 2013