"U Got It Bad" and "Burn" are both nice, though both could use nicer production (Burn's percussion already sounds dated)
But neither touches "What Goes Around...Comes Around" and "Cry Me a River." (I know everyone will disagree, but...) Timberlake sounds so much more soulful than Usher. All four tracks are well-written, but from a production standpoint, only the latter two pass.
"You Make Me Wanna" has potential, but unfortunately, Usher's generally bland delivery ruins it. Sure, he occasionally tries to pepper the chorus with some vocal gymnastics, but it's not very endearing. Compare to, say, "Summer Love" (which rides on an equally repetitive but infectious hook). Unlike Usher, Timberlake pulls out his swagger and completely nails the vocal.
I love "My Way" and "Confessions Pt. 2," the former primarily for nostalgic reasons (though it's still a nice track, albeit a bit forgetable) and the latter for it's verses (i fall for lots of piano-based tracks). I'm not completely sure where they stand in relation to Timberlake's singles, but I do know that I listen to "Like I Love You" and "Lovestoned" more than either.
― Tape Store, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 05:50 (sixteen years ago) link
i'll give you production on timberlake songs> production on usher songs in terms of progressivisms (and if production is what make timberlake songs for you— esp. new ones— i can't really fault that), but in terms of sheer quality, i think usher worked the pop-r&B sound of the late 90s-early 2000s pretty well. his tracks are usually all pretty spare (though i might be missing something egregious here, "yeah" not included), but i think he sounds great over your average acoustic guitar/piano/paper drum beat.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 November 2007 06:03 (sixteen years ago) link
"Burn" sounded dated when it came out, which isn't a strike against it. It always felt like a tiredish retread of "U Got It Bad", though, which is a strike.
Anyways, you are both ignoring the splendid BLOOD DIAMONDS of "Caught Up". Those horns! That bassline! Those bizarre lyrics! Those crazy adlibs!
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 06:16 (sixteen years ago) link
The video where he finally goes "fuck it, I'm going to stop pretending I'm not an MJ wannabe"!
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 06:17 (sixteen years ago) link
also "yeah" is better club song than anything timberlake has done, though idk how much of that is of usher's doing.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 November 2007 06:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Actually, now that I think of it, "Caught Up" itself is the moment Ursh finally gives into every MJ-wannabe impulse he's ever had.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 06:20 (sixteen years ago) link
..as "Like I Love You" is to JT.
usher could reduce timberlake to cinder if they showed up on stage together. timberlake is intelligent, inspired, enthusiastic but in comparison he's such a gawky amateur he might as well be david byrne.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 06:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Who's David Burn?
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 06:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Alright, news media, pick the doll you think is nicer.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 06:27 (sixteen years ago) link
that's a weird field. lol @ shipley dropping "ursher" in a sentence.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 November 2007 06:29 (sixteen years ago) link
er weird thread. got "minimal techno" on my mind.
Fact: In the Jackin' Pop poll, FutureSex/LoveSounds was the only high-ranked album by a white artist to score better among black voters than white voters.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 06:30 (sixteen years ago) link
even beat the Hold Steady? Wowsers.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 06:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Futuresex did a good job of working around and with the dork factor than Justified, which tried to pretend it didn't exist.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 06:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I think Usher could take him
― da croupier, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 06:35 (sixteen years ago) link
dancing:
chris brown>usher>timberlake
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 November 2007 06:36 (sixteen years ago) link
"chris breezy"
dude wtf chris brown's mtv performance was a hitler impersation followed by hopping from table to table like the fountains at epcot DO NOT SETTLE
― da croupier, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 06:38 (sixteen years ago) link
-- da croupier, Monday, November 12, 2007 10:33 PM (Monday, November 12, 2007 10:33 PM) Bookmark Link
qft
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 06:38 (sixteen years ago) link
"Yeah" is possibly my least-favourite recording ever.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 07:06 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.arcspace.com/books/ban/shigeru_ban/1ban.jpg
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 November 2007 07:08 (sixteen years ago) link
yes that deserves a SHIGERU BAN.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 November 2007 07:09 (sixteen years ago) link
"love in the club" is kind of hot
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 8 February 2008 02:02 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 8 February 2008 02:03 (sixteen years ago) link
like water is kind of wet
― jamescobo, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 05:04 (sixteen years ago) link
'love in the club' is SO serious
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 05:13 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 05:16 (sixteen years ago) link
not into the new single.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, 28 March 2008 20:28 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― James Mitchell, Monday, 12 May 2008 08:54 (sixteen years ago) link
"trading places" off of the new album is the gayest song ever
― The Brainwasher, Monday, 12 May 2008 08:56 (sixteen years ago) link
oh shit
"I'm always on the top, tonight I'm on the bottom" nh
― The Reverend, Monday, 12 May 2008 10:19 (sixteen years ago) link
lmafo at this song
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 May 2008 05:04 (sixteen years ago) link
pretty good if not rote production from tricky but god damn these are some of the most retarded lyrics i've heard
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 May 2008 05:06 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.westga.edu/~jhasbun/charge.gif
― Tape Store, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 05:07 (sixteen years ago) link
if "charge.gif" means im otm than tape store otm
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 May 2008 05:10 (sixteen years ago) link
plz note y-position
p.s. happy birthday
― Tape Store, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 05:11 (sixteen years ago) link
erm, birthday eve
― Tape Store, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 05:12 (sixteen years ago) link
ha im a journalism major dude
and thank you for bday wishes
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 May 2008 05:14 (sixteen years ago) link
"this ain't sex" is great, nice groove
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 16 May 2008 01:31 (sixteen years ago) link
lol @ snl performance
his hypemanning for jeezy was ridiculous and the rest was a total snooze
― J0rdan S., Monday, 19 May 2008 06:00 (sixteen years ago) link
totally forced as well
You mean L.O.S./Carlos McKinney/L.O.S. da Maestro/etc.
― Andy K, Monday, 19 May 2008 21:24 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― titchyschneiderMk2, Monday, 19 May 2008 23:09 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― J0rdan S., Monday, 19 May 2008 23:14 (sixteen years ago) link
the first parental advisory album i ever remember my mom letting me get was 'my way'
― J0rdan S., Monday, 19 May 2008 23:30 (sixteen years ago) link
back when blockbuster was still selling cds
― J0rdan S., Monday, 19 May 2008 23:31 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― kiss on the pearl (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 22 February 2009 05:01 (fifteen years ago) link
but I've never forgiven Justin for boob-gate so I may be biased
― kiss on the pearl (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 22 February 2009 05:02 (fifteen years ago) link