Ngemva kokubambezeleka okuningi izinyanga ezimbalwa, ekugcineni i-albhamu yesithupha ka Chris Brown Izoqala ukudayiswa maphakathi noSepthemba ozayo. Ekuqaleni i-albhamu entsha ezongena esikhundleni sika-'Fortune' (2012), bekumele ikhishwe ngoJuni odlule kodwa ngenxa yokuputshuka, ukuqulwa kwamacala kanye nokuboshwa kwalo mculi, ekugcineni kube i-albhamu entsha enegama elithi 'X'. Izophuma ngoSepthemba 16.
Umsebenzi omusha westudio kaChris Brown ube nokusebenzisana kwezihlabani ezibalulekile ezifana noNicki Minaj, uKelly Rowland, uKendrick Lamar, uWiz Khalifa, uBoB kanye nabakhiqizi ababalulekile bamanje nabo babambe iqhaza abafana noTimbaland, Diplo, Pharrell, Drumma Boy, Polow Da Don. kanye noDanja. Kule albhamu entsha izingoma ezithi 'Fine China', 'Don't Think They Know', 'Love More', 'Loyal' kanye 'Ilangabi Elisha'. Kulolu shicilelo lokugcina, oluhambisana no-Usher noRick Ross, ividiyo yakhe izophuma ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezizayo.
Ku-akhawunti yakhe ye-Instagram, uBrown ngokwakhe ubuke kuqala izithombe zesiqeshana sevidiyo esisha. Esitatimendeni esikhishwe yinkampani yakhe i-RCA Records, lo mculi udalule ngomsebenzi omusha: “Ngifuna wonke umuntu ahambe nami uma sidlula. 'X'. Sisonke singabhekana nokwehla nokwenyuka njengokungathi ngothando nobuhlungu. " I-'X' izokhishwa ngezinhlobo ezimbili, okujwayelekile kanye ne-deluxe, okuzohlanganisa izingoma ezine eziyibhonasi, i-Lost In Ya Love, i-Love More no-Nicki Minaj, i-Don't Think They Know ne-Aaliyah nethi Fine China.