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
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 30 June 2010 14:25 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Wednesday, 30 June 2010 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link
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"
― da croupier, Monday, 6 December 2010 19:11 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― da croupier, Monday, 6 December 2010 19:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Raymond v Raymond's "Pro Rated" snuck up on me tonight.
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 February 2011 04:13 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― Evan R, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
loving his vocals on this one
― teledyldonix, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
this is dope
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I heard this last night. Not a fan of Usher or Diplo but this is pretty sick
― owenf, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
Diplo is on a roll
― Number None, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
beat really reminds me of something tho
― Number None, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
sounds like something from the Araabmuzik album, maybe.
Loving it tho.
― Darren Huckerby (Dwight Yorke), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
the beat is by diplo?! shocked
i love it - it's v "moments in love" right? reminds me of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYEJvTI2qRY
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Thursday, 16 February 2012 00:30 (twelve years ago) link
amazing song, loving this more than i can say, really shocked that this is usher and/or diplo
"express yourself" (diplo & nicky da b) is pretty great, too, tho more what you'd expect of a diplo track
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Friday, 17 February 2012 09:36 (twelve years ago) link
quoth a commenter on the soundcloud page:
no, it's not Usher, this actually has soul and its not overproduced/ overrated. This sounds more like The Weeknd
― teledyldonix, Sunday, 19 February 2012 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
l∞l
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Sunday, 19 February 2012 03:05 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Apddw.jpg
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
I really hate that "Scream" is going to be the crossover "Climax" wasn't.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
yup
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 01:01 (twelve years ago) link
haha, usher's ex OTM
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 01:05 (twelve years ago) link
i don't know -- if i was a "climax" fan i'd be pretty happy that it did as well as it did. usher's entire career for the past few years has followed that forumla, big dancey pop smash with some r&b songs to stay current on urban radio. the only one to crossover iirc was "omg" and "climax" is a lot better than "there goes my baby" and stuff like that
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 01:06 (twelve years ago) link
i mean if someone had said "hey usher's new single is produced by diplo with contributions from nico muhly" i would've put it at 40% odds that it would've ended up as a "promo single" after two weeks
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 01:07 (twelve years ago) link
yeah "Climax" totally surpassed any reasonable expectations -- clearly occupied the same role in the album campaign as "Papers" but did better than that
― waggin the cock and flow tit (some dude), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 01:14 (twelve years ago) link
Katherine St Asaph calling it "deliberate troll baiting" was otm.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 01:24 (twelve years ago) link
although it should be said that labels can't completely control which song is the pop hit and which one is the buzz single -- "Look At Me Now" was supposed to be the urban radio flipside to proper lead single "Yeah 3X" but "Look" ended up being more of a crossover hit.
― waggin the cock and flow tit (some dude), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 01:30 (twelve years ago) link
Hark.
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb1nswEcy21qazvpdo1_500.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 28 September 2012 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
Usher is apparently a judge on The Voice now. Is he any good? I imagine he'd be super charismatic, but it's funny; for as much I follow his music, I have no sense of what his off-stage persona is.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
i haven't watched the show regularly since the first season, but i saw a few minutes of it last night and kinda liked seeing Usher and Shakira on there, they seemed to fit in well. Xtina was always the most boring of the mentors and Cee-Lo was always the most obnoxiously over the top.
― some dude, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
Usher did really well. He's smooth.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
I'm gonna have to try to catch it. Every time I catch a promo with him in it I'm wowed by how damn cool he is. Never seen more than a few minutes of the show so I don't really understand how it works, but the idea of being mentored by Usher is a really fun fantasy
― Evan R, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
imo its easily the best of vocal judged shows. The 'blind auditions' portion (the first half of the season) is really great. They don't waste time with crappy singers. The judges just have fun. It's not a labor for them and they don't take themselves too seriously.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/05/usher-4th-of-july-fireworks_n_3549899.html
Indeed, the show -- which was broadcast by NBC -- was legendary, but perhaps for the wrong reasons. Usher's 4th of July Fireworks playlist included Jimi Hendrix's take on "The Star-Spangled Banner," Kanye West, Rihanna, Jay-Z, Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert, Frank Sinatra, and four songs performed by Usher: "Euphoria," "Yeah!," "OMG" and David Guetta's "Without You" (with vocals by Usher). Usher's focus on his own music didn't go unnoticed by many a Twitter user
― curmudgeon, Friday, 5 July 2013 15:16 (ten years ago) link
lol what a stupid 'controversy.' giant music star asked to participate in cross-promotional event that trades heavily on his name recognition, and he has the gall to incorporate some of his gigantically popular hit songs into the program, jeez.
― some dude, Friday, 5 July 2013 15:28 (ten years ago) link
4 of his songs for this is a little much imho. Although I was more annoyed by the DC fireworks where I heard only vanilla-- Lumineers, U2, pop country and the 1812 Overture. No Ray Charles doing "America the Beautiful." A shame.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 5 July 2013 15:34 (ten years ago) link
i dunno, it says there it was 4 songs in a row, but was it like entire songs or more of a medley thing?
― some dude, Friday, 5 July 2013 15:37 (ten years ago) link
i mean the whole thing was aggressively advertised as being curated by Usher, if you don't like Usher's music why would you watch or watch and expect not to hear some of his music
― some dude, Friday, 5 July 2013 15:38 (ten years ago) link
When I got home from the DC fireworks, I saw they were rebroadcasting the NYC fireworks on NBC. I turned it on to see the NYC fireworks, and had not seen any ads earlier for the Usher aspect. It appeared to be 4 complete Usher songs. This was not just some tv special, this was the 4th of July fireworks over the river with the NYC skyline in the background. I'm a sucker for a good fireworks show.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 5 July 2013 15:53 (ten years ago) link
ehh that's NBC or Macy's problem if it was a bad call to invite Usher to be such a big part of it -- all this 'lol Usher you're so self-centered and unpatriotic' stuff is dumb, that's clearly what he was hired to do, lend his name and his music to the proceedings.
― some dude, Friday, 5 July 2013 15:56 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ50gHyaD5c
― Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 04:47 (ten years ago) link
cautiously optimistic as always
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 04:48 (ten years ago) link
dude shot himself a zone commercial for whatever reason
http://www.complex.com/music/2014/06/usher-ft-juicy-j-i-dont-mind
― dyl, Friday, 27 June 2014 14:40 (nine years ago) link
love that
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Friday, 27 June 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link
yeah i'm into it
― dyl, Friday, 27 June 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
[echos in ridiculous Migos voice] yeah youlovethat, yeah youintoTHAT? {into that!}
― Evan R, Friday, 27 June 2014 19:42 (nine years ago) link
It took long enough but I now adore "Good Kisser."
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 June 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link
yay "i don't mind" might be a single now even tho the album got delayed?? https://soundcloud.com/usher-raymond-music/usher-i-dont-mind-feat-juicy-j
this version is slightly but not very different
― dyl, Friday, 3 October 2014 03:32 (nine years ago) link
heard it on the radio and it sounded nice
― goon kabuki (The Reverend), Friday, 3 October 2014 04:08 (nine years ago) link
really like that song. just nice and understated and kinda puts the songwriting up front.
― snrub goin up on a tuesday (J0rdan S.), Friday, 3 October 2014 06:19 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CJqUAepUYAAo3Bm.jpg
― just sayin, Saturday, 11 July 2015 23:04 (eight years ago) link