Usher - Classic or Dud?

http://www.arcspace.com/books/ban/shigeru_ban/1ban.jpg

yes that deserves a SHIGERU BAN.

"love in the club" is kind of hot

i don't think this album is going to top confessions sales-wise though, but he's going in an interesting direction. "moving mountains" is interesting.

"love in the club" is kind of hot

like water is kind of wet

'love in the club' is SO serious

and to weigh in on the jt vs. usher convo above: i feel like usher is decidedly more consistent, more 'good' shit, but thus far i think jt has more 'great' shit.

would love to see friendly rivalry though

not into the new single.

R&B star Usher left Kent festival goers unimpressed after shouting out "hello Manchester" to the packed crowd.

The singer was opening Radio 1's Big Weekend festival in Maidstone, Kent, when the blunder happened, prompting some audience members to boo.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7394709.stm

"trading places" off of the new album is the gayest song ever

oh shit

"I'm always on the top, tonight I'm on the bottom" nh

lmafo at this song

pretty good if not rote production from tricky but god damn these are some of the most retarded lyrics i've heard

http://www.westga.edu/~jhasbun/charge.gif

if "charge.gif" means im otm than tape store otm

plz note y-position

p.s. happy birthday

erm, birthday eve

ha im a journalism major dude

and thank you for bday wishes

"this ain't sex" is great, nice groove

lol @ snl performance

his hypemanning for jeezy was ridiculous and the rest was a total snooze

totally forced as well

pretty good if not rote production from tricky but god damn these are some of the most retarded lyrics i've heard

You mean L.O.S./Carlos McKinney/L.O.S. da Maestro/etc.

timberlake>>>usher.

obv timberlakes lyrics arent exactly sly (or even angie*) stone but usher still doesnt really seem like hes trying to outdo his competition these days. i like in this club well enough but it just seems tired. a song about being in the club doesnt seem like the best idea to launch a comeback with. interested to hear the album in any case.

*on a good day

i'd say usher singles>>justin singles, but i'm sure justin's albums are better, and i will say, i don't think justin would have given as listless a performance on such a stage as usher did on snl

the first parental advisory album i ever remember my mom letting me get was 'my way'

back when blockbuster was still selling cds

maybe it was specs actually

i'd say usher singles>>justin singles, but i'm sure justin's albums are better,

I'd actually say it's the other way around, even though I think Justin Timberlake is an insufferable douche he has some unfuckwithable singles ("Like I Love You", "My Love," "Until The End Of Time", "Lovestoned," "Senorita").. as does Usher obviously, but a lot of his best songs are album tracks ("Can U Help Me," "Throwback," "Before I Met You," etc. etc....) and I think Confessions & 8701 (his best album) are >>>>> FS/LS and Justified. Not to say Justin doesn't have his share of album tracks ("Sexy Ladies", "Last Night,"), but yeah. Also, Usher is a waaaaaayyyyyy better vocalist, better dancer and just better all-around personality... I think Justin's album's are carried by the Production - he's pretty expendable, and actually a lot of his shit would be better if sung by someone else because his voice is REALLY annoying sometimes - whereas Usher takes command of his material.

but I've never forgiven Justin for boob-gate so I may be biased

really though what Timberlake song is fucking with this one:

really it may just come down to what you want in your music, obviously Timberlake is more "pop" so.... it's kind of not a good comparison besides the obvious MALE SUPERSTARS WHO DANCE thing.

honestly Tape Store I'm curious do you think Justin Timberlake is a necessary part of FutureSex/LoveSongs or that another capable vocalist could sing those same songs and it'd still be your fave album of the decade? Because I don't feel like his voice is special, and if anything his 'persona' detracts from the songs a little bit (to me anyway, I always have trouble buying Timberlake as the cool womanizer he paints himself as in a lot of songs...)

FutureSex/LoveSounds**

im sorry if this was posted elsewhere but

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b90Cf6ARscc

And now I'll always have a little voice say "Ursher" in my head. That Yeah song. Urg.

― Hunter (Hunter), Monday, February 23, 2004 3:58 AM (5 years ago) Bookmark

^^

so fucking weird that this thread was revived today but not because of "Papers"

we talked about it on the r&b thread dude

i know but...and no offense to cad, but that rockafire thing was all the rage on this board 2 years ago, it's just funny timing, what are the odds

"papers" is seriously the shit though

xp that's fine i had never seen it because i don't really pay attention to youtube but i was in tears earlier tonite

http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/usher/news/229041-usher-slates-uk-rb-acts-again?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Legendary R&B singer Usher has said that the recent acts from the UK to top the American charts are bringing the value of R&B music down.

The OMG hit-maker said that British acts such as Taio Cruz and Jay Sean should be classed as pop music and leave R&B to the big boys.

He told The Daily Star: "There’s a very fine line between what’s R&B and pop these days. Just because it’s sung by a male minority doesn’t mean you’re urban or R&B. Those artists are pop. The true value of R&B has been brought down."

OMG, what a cheek!

r&bism

ushering in a new age

well, he's otm about taio cruz, that's for sure -- i guess "down" could be considered r&b, or at least i heard it on r&b stations -- all of that aside from the obv irony of his whole statement

i like what hes saying, but you cant really make that criticism if youre usher. or if youre trying to make R&B in the modern era. the lines are impossible to draw. down is def R&B though. cruz is just shit.

Usher the first (and only) celeb to give up on that ridiculous "dead twitter" AIDS charity drive: http://twitter.com/UsherRaymondIV

Here's his "last tweet and testament" video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ27TmEjLzY

"It's truly a battle of AIDS vs. Raymond"

Usher's first tweet yesterday after announcing his death on the 30th: Twit fam, I'm whack for being late, I need your help. Twit,Happy Birthday Rico Love!!! He is the man that wrote you "There goes my baby"

Alicia Keys' latest tweet: @aliciakeys is dead but Bashir, father of 7 is ALIVE thanks to KCA. http://bit.ly/e8pa0VText ALICIA to 90999 & reply YES to give $10

Raymond v Raymond's "Pro Rated" snuck up on me tonight.

The new Usher & Diplo track really has some fun playing with/defying expectations for what an Usher & Diplo track might sound like. Huge improvement over Usher's recent hits:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRJb_2bOjcg