i miss usher being awesome :(
― horseshoe, Friday, 24 September 2010 18:07 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah tell me about it
― Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Friday, 24 September 2010 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
I like "OMG" pretty well but it's a steep drop.
― dociah t. azzahole (Noodle Vague), Friday, 24 September 2010 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
it's like JT started out sniping his moves, then his producers, then finally all of his talent, leaving behind this soulless "OMG"-chanting robot
― Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Friday, 24 September 2010 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link
:(
― horseshoe, Friday, 24 September 2010 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link
JT still can't sing as pretty imo
10 years ago, if you'd told me that I would be a Justin Timberlake supporter and think Usher was phoning it in big time with super-hacky gimmick songs, I would have laughed in your face
;_;
The thing is, everyone is all over JT's falsetto and upper register, but that's not at all where he sounds best aside from a couple of perfect-storm performances ('NSync's "Gone" being the biggest example).
― Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Friday, 24 September 2010 18:11 (thirteen years ago) link
oh well maybe "U Got It Bad" will get a vote this time around
― Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Friday, September 24, 2010 10:56 AM Bookmark
already made sure of this tbh
― The Reverend, Friday, 24 September 2010 18:11 (thirteen years ago) link
He sounds terrible on "Gone"! WTF
― The Reverend, Friday, 24 September 2010 18:13 (thirteen years ago) link
#allthatisrealislove2 months ago 34I love African American musicians. Beautiful voices, dancing, clothes, lyrics and so talented. They have given me endless hours happiness listening to their music. Thank you so much!
I love African American musicians. Beautiful voices, dancing, clothes, lyrics and so talented. They have given me endless hours happiness listening to their music. Thank you so much!
o_O
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 24 September 2010 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Relistening to "Gone" now and it's not nearly as nasal as he usually is, more in line with some of his more recent material like "What Goes Around" and "Lovestung". lol it's also not as high as I remember it being, which is probably why I liked it!
― Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Friday, 24 September 2010 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
I am often pleased by African American musicians.
― The Reverend, Friday, 24 September 2010 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
He sounds way the fuck off-pitch and goat-like through most of the song. Worst vocal performance I've heard from him by far.
― The Reverend, Friday, 24 September 2010 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link
i apparently didn't see or vote in the first poll
1. pop ya collar2. yeah!3. you make me wanna4. confessions part ii5. u got it bad6. burn7. caught up
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 24 September 2010 18:20 (thirteen years ago) link
he gets nasal again at the end but... off-pitch? Um... no.
I hate a lot of how he sounds when he goes into bleat mode, but he's pretty much never off-pitch on record and rarely off-pitch in his live performances.
― Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Friday, 24 September 2010 18:20 (thirteen years ago) link
#SuperTwilson6 days ago@RuthIessVillain he realised women loved his sex and his ego grew thats what happend !!!
@RuthIessVillain he realised women loved his sex and his ego grew thats what happend !!!
really need to stop reading usher youtube comments.
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 24 September 2010 18:20 (thirteen years ago) link
everything post "love in this club" is so depressing, even the ones that aren't complete trash ("lil freak" and "hot tottie")
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 24 September 2010 18:21 (thirteen years ago) link
wait, swap "burn" and "confessions part ii" in my ranking
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 24 September 2010 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
U Remind Me...I really like the remix with Method Man, even if it was kind of an embarassing verse lyrically, the beat they used underneath was cool.
― Remedial Thug Motivation (San Te), Friday, 24 September 2010 19:38 (thirteen years ago) link
crap I forgot about My Way....still think I'm sticking though
― Remedial Thug Motivation (San Te), Friday, 24 September 2010 19:39 (thirteen years ago) link
If U Got it Bad wins I am going to cry. I heard that song everywhere the summer it came out and it is just the most soul-crushingly boring song.
― (¬_¬) (Nicole), Friday, 24 September 2010 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
RONG
― Remedial Thug Motivation (San Te), Friday, 24 September 2010 19:45 (thirteen years ago) link
so RONG
― Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Friday, 24 September 2010 19:45 (thirteen years ago) link
ban
― high efficiency unit (J0rdan S.), Friday, 24 September 2010 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
why is it always straight to the ban with you
― Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Friday, 24 September 2010 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
he's the bad cop
― Remedial Thug Motivation (San Te), Friday, 24 September 2010 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry dan
― high efficiency unit (J0rdan S.), Friday, 24 September 2010 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm not trying to ban u btw
torn between u got it bad and u don't have to call- but u don't have to call obv. wins because let's party.
― peacocks, Friday, 24 September 2010 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I think my appreciation of U Got It Bad was elevated by the fact that it described how I felt about someone at the time to a T....
― Remedial Thug Motivation (San Te), Friday, 24 September 2010 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
the thing about "u got it bad" is that "burn" is actually better, but both are so great
― high efficiency unit (J0rdan S.), Friday, 24 September 2010 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link
U Don't Have to Call was in the running, though I like the remix w/ Ludacris better
― Remedial Thug Motivation (San Te), Friday, 24 September 2010 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AszPTJXIgM&ob=av3e
for real, tho
― Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Friday, 24 September 2010 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link
man u got it bad is relevant to me most of the time. u don't have to call is too. Just check in with me on any given day and ask which one.
― peacocks, Friday, 24 September 2010 19:52 (thirteen years ago) link
both luda verses are so classic
i'm sure i quoted them in the other thread but
let's hit the club & girls'll take their shirts offif not for me than for the raspberry smirnoff
really right at the height of his rmx reign
― high efficiency unit (J0rdan S.), Friday, 24 September 2010 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
we throwin up As like summa cum laude
I feel like burn takes u don't have to call and u got it bad and puts them in a nice emotional sack for you to carry around conveniently. let it burn.
― peacocks, Friday, 24 September 2010 19:54 (thirteen years ago) link
I never got the love for "Burn"
― Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Friday, 24 September 2010 19:54 (thirteen years ago) link
lol the Smirnoff line is always the one I think of when I think of that remix.
― Remedial Thug Motivation (San Te), Friday, 24 September 2010 19:54 (thirteen years ago) link
cuz you KNOW that its OVER
― peacocks, Friday, 24 September 2010 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
oh you know what I take that back, "Burn" is pretty good, I think it's one of the "Confessions" that left me bemused
― Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Friday, 24 September 2010 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
idk there's something about "burn" that just hits me so hard -- i like the beat a lot, the spaciousness, i think it's a great vocal performance too, dipping in and out of high register -- also think the second verse is cool, "boo-ooo" part, "umpteem hours" part etc
― high efficiency unit (J0rdan S.), Friday, 24 September 2010 19:57 (thirteen years ago) link
you make me wanna
― gman59, Friday, 24 September 2010 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
i used to hate on "confessions part 2" and i have no idea why
the other confessions is arguably better tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTJGGXo6gy4
― high efficiency unit (J0rdan S.), Friday, 24 September 2010 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
sort of forgot how righteous the "u got it bad" guitar solo is
― high efficiency unit (J0rdan S.), Friday, 24 September 2010 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
so many great songs but its burn burn burn burn burn
― da croupier, Friday, 24 September 2010 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Torn b/wn "Burn" and "You Make Me Wanna".
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 24 September 2010 20:14 (thirteen years ago) link
"U Remind Me""U Got It Bad""U Don't Have to Call"
I am a big fan of Usher's "U" period
^^^^
― raging hetero lifechill (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 September 2010 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
U mad
― (¬_¬) (Nicole), Friday, 24 September 2010 20:27 (thirteen years ago) link
jk I am just having fun w/my irrational hatred for U Got It Bad.
― (¬_¬) (Nicole), Friday, 24 September 2010 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Really?! I had no idea! It's, like, classic 4eva here. As it should be
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Saturday, 19 November 2011 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
there was a whole segment in his 'behind the music' about how that was one of the big crisis moments of his career
― some dude, Saturday, 19 November 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
Huhhhh
But it's so much fun to dance and indeed pop one's collar to
More fool them
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Saturday, 19 November 2011 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
i'd never heard this... it's pretty good, sounds like a destiny's child song or something tho, not sure it really works
― yo zuccotti (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 19 November 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
strangely usher's random duet with romeo santos is basically the most interesting thing i have heard from him in a while
― teledyldonix, Saturday, 19 November 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.billboard.com/column/the-juice/usher-s-20-biggest-billboard-hits-1007252152.story#/column/the-juice/usher-s-20-biggest-billboard-hits-1007252152.story
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 6 June 2012 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
this is really awesome http://rapradar.com/2013/02/24/usher-ludacris-lil-jon-at-so-so-def-show/
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 24 February 2013 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
So much love for this
― Harlem vs Alabama (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Monday, 25 February 2013 08:16 (eleven years ago) link
^____________________________^
― The Reverend, Monday, 25 February 2013 09:16 (eleven years ago) link
hadn't heard "burn" for probably years until it came on the radio the other day, man, what a song. really struck me what an obvious "papers" antecedent it was too
― twist boat veterans for stability (k3vin k.), Saturday, 16 November 2013 19:39 (ten years ago) link
ok the idea of "Papers" being more of an Usher touchstone than "Burns" is so bizarre I almost wonder if you were originally from earth
― old homophobic boom bap rap traditionalist (The Reverend), Sunday, 17 November 2013 05:07 (ten years ago) link
lol Burns
??
― twist boat veterans for stability (k3vin k.), Sunday, 17 November 2013 05:10 (ten years ago) link
oh i just meant i hadn't been thru the ursh discography in a while and the song was a nice trip down memory lane, i know it was huge
― twist boat veterans for stability (k3vin k.), Sunday, 17 November 2013 05:11 (ten years ago) link
I still hear it pretty frequently tho! I haven't heard "Papers" since it was out
― old homophobic boom bap rap traditionalist (The Reverend), Sunday, 17 November 2013 18:32 (ten years ago) link
Boo-urns
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Sunday, 17 November 2013 18:47 (ten years ago) link
also 'confessions' the album is really great stuff
the first 7 or 8 tracks on my list are really some of my favorite songs of all time -- early usher means a lot to me
i might like "u remind me" better actually
― high efficiency unit (J0rdan S.), Friday, September 24, 2010 2:00 PM (4 years ago)
everything about this post
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Saturday, 12 September 2015 02:02 (eight years ago) link
everything about that album really except "Yeah"
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 12 September 2015 02:04 (eight years ago) link
― Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Friday, September 24, 2010 2:01 PM (4 years ago)
^yes
i also include bUrn
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Saturday, 12 September 2015 02:04 (eight years ago) link
I love this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx36wHIUS5k
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 12 September 2015 02:10 (eight years ago) link
so when Usher says in the rap on "My Way" that his mind is on "seven digits, before I pay heaven's skies a visit"
is he saying literally the only thing he wants before he dies is this girl's number
or that he thinks her boyfriend is going to murder him for hitting on her
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Thursday, 7 October 2021 23:01 (two years ago) link
or millions of dollars?
― mens rea activist (k3vin k.), Friday, 8 October 2021 01:28 (two years ago) link
lol i didn't even consider that one
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Friday, 8 October 2021 01:32 (two years ago) link
Either way, seven digits doesn't get you what it used to
― Vinnie, Friday, 8 October 2021 02:03 (two years ago) link
i miss when you could dial seven digits and reach someone.
that ended in like middle school for me
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Friday, 8 October 2021 02:04 (two years ago) link
Confessions is masterful.
f u if you disagree
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 October 2021 02:23 (two years ago) link
Is there any Usher fan who would?
― Tim F, Friday, 8 October 2021 02:25 (two years ago) link
Probably not.
I address the skeptics.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 October 2021 02:26 (two years ago) link
i heard "pop ya collar" (mistyped the first word as 'poop' btw) recently for the first time since its original run. i didn't even realize it was by him back then! very indistinctive, alarmingly mediocre song for him. apparently it was actually a big hit in the uk or some other places? i guess it could be described as catchy
― dyl, Friday, 8 October 2021 02:40 (two years ago) link
I don't think of "Pop Ya Collar" as indistinct or mediocre, though I guess it could be said it doesn't really lean hard into Usher's singing skills - which I think is more a reflection of the fact that it's such a She'kspere / Kandi song that there's no room left for Usher to really insert much of his personality into the mix (which may in practice land in the same territory as "indistinctive").
The same could be said of She'kspere and Kandi's songs for Destiny's Child and Pink - some of which are peerless and epochal, but none of which really focus on the singers per se except and to the extent that Kandi came up with a great asymmetrical top line for some of them.
― Tim F, Friday, 8 October 2021 03:03 (two years ago) link
i like "U Don't Have to Call (Remix)" more than mot of his
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Friday, 8 October 2021 03:09 (two years ago) link
*most
"Climax" would be a strong contender for winning this poll if it was run again (for the third time)
i go back and forth between that and "Burn" as my fave
― Roz, Friday, 8 October 2021 04:17 (two years ago) link