Usher - Classic or Dud?

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

loving his vocals on this one

this is dope

yeah I heard this last night. Not a fan of Usher or Diplo but this is pretty sick

Diplo is on a roll

beat really reminds me of something tho

sounds like something from the Araabmuzik album, maybe.

Loving it tho.

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

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

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

l∞l

http://i.imgur.com/Apddw.jpg

I really hate that "Scream" is going to be the crossover "Climax" wasn't.

yup

haha, usher's ex OTM