On Octohe shared through his social media a snippet of a song supposedly called "On Some New Shit", in a video that showed him working and recording the song in a hotel room in London, also suggesting the possiblility of releasing the album in 2021 in the video's caption. A couple months following the release of his collaborative mixtape with Young Thug, Slime & B, on July 9, 2020, he announced that the name of his tenth album would be Breezy, making a reference to his stage nickname. On December 22, 2019, Brown announced that he was working on new material for his next album, posting an Instagram story where he wrote "2020, what do you think my 10th album is going to be called?". On November 4, 2019, Brown posted three videos that showed snippets from songs that he recently worked on, supposedly called "Get Naked", "Hit My Line" and "Stressed". Release and promotionĪ fan holding up a sign encouraging Brown to release Breezy, during his concert in Saudi Arabia in March 2022 Lauren Floyd of HipHopDX expressed a mixed response, stating that on the album "certain songs sway from trend to trend or the preferences of its features mask more than advertising Brown’s individuality". AllMusic editor Andy Kellman praised Breezy's "soulful" side, stating that it "contains some of the smoothest R&B he has made", but was dissatisfied with its "boastful" hip hop-infused side. Miracle Oyedeji of The Inquirer stated that the album consists of "24 solid songs" with Brown doing "amazingly well vocally and lyrically".
Critical reception Professional ratings Review scores The album's standard edition ends with "Luckiest Man", a song where Brown croons his confidence of wanting to spend the rest of his life with his loved one. "Dream", "Slide" and "Harder" are pure R&B tracks, that mix romantic and sexual themes. lyrical content saying that it "shows the tender side of Brown as he aims to sexually please his stressed-out partner the best way he can". Keithan Samuels of Rated R&B commented its. " WE (Warm Embrace)" is an R&B slow-jam, that contains an interpolation of Guy's 1991 single "Let's Chill". "Passing Time" is an "80's inspired" mid-tempo where the singer is conversing with his lover asking for reassurance. The track was noted for showcasing the singer's timbre and falsetto. The thirteenth track, the R&B and soul slow-jam "Sleep at Night", marks a change of tone on the album, into a slower "soulful" soundscape.
Oyedeji stated that the track is reminiscent of some material off Brown's 2017 album Heartbreak on a Full Moon. "Survive the Night" is an alternative R&B track about drug addiction, where the singer approaches drugs as a lover that keeps hurting him, but he can't get rid off her from his emotions. "Need You Right Here", "Hmhmm", and "Addicted" are trap-influenced R&B tracks with debaucherous themes. On "Possessive" Yung Bleu, Lil Wayne and Brown explore themes of jealousy, breakup and lovesickness, through a tone that was described by Miracle Oyedeji of The Inquirer as a "mixture of loving and nagging". The following track, "Pitch Black", is an R&B mid-tempo with sexual themes, with an intro performed by Anderson. The second track "Catch a Body", featuring Fivio Foreign, mixes R&B and drill music, containing swaggering lyrics. Lyrically, on the song the artists give an hopeful introspection over their emotional struggles caused by their personal life's harshest challenges. The album, with its 23 tracks, marks a departure from the singer's previous double-disc projects Heartbreak on a Full Moon and Indigo.īreezy's opener is the hip hop track "Till the Wheels Fall Off", featuring Lil Durk and Capella Grey, that runs for 5 minutes and 14 seconds, having a chorus that Brown executes singing with a bass voice and "intense" harmonies. Compositionīreezy is an R&B record, containing a trap-driven first half, that includes most of the album's features, and a second half channelled into a soul soundscape, where Brown executes most of the album's solo performances. Shawn Grant of The Source found the artwork to be "minimal" compared to those of Brown's latest projects. According to the barber, the haircut of the album's cover was designed by Brown and himself, and was inspired by works of Italian artist and barber Nto Hair Mugen. The haircut was done by American artist and barber Rob the Original. The cover art consists of a black and white picture of the back of Brown's head with the album's title shaved into his hair. Brown's haircut designed for Breezy's artworkīreezy 's artwork was revealed on May 18, 2022.