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
the thing about "u got it bad" is that "burn" is actually better
― high efficiency unit (J0rdan S.), Friday, September 24, 2010 12:51 PM Bookmark
a) "actually"b) no
― The Reverend, Friday, 24 September 2010 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link
brr, fuck a choosing between these. anyone mind if i rhapsodise a little about the early stuff & related miscellany though?
'call me a mack' is pretty inessential - main conclusion to take is a 15 year old in the 90s sounds twice the realer dude than grown-ass men in the here & now. (also possible fodder for kids in r&b thesis i guess; usher is allowed a pretty pragmatic edge to his boasting on this, it's not cutesy bluster.)
'can u get wit it' - magnificent devante swing godhead, nuff said. here's his own gangsta lean remix and then the extended version of the og: treat yourselves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy_SFKRlrbM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVZYZD7vmt8
'think of you' - maudlin puppy love given everyday pause for thought by textbook puffy/hitmen opportunostalgic concoction (bit of 'who got the props', something else familiar); distilled to lovely effect by lord of the sad pandas chucky thompson's bad boy remix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxNSz1fQgrY
'the many ways' -
**-71 There Goes My Baby - Usherwhen usher was 14 and looked like mannie fresh he had al b sure writing him dope ballads, now he just cravenly samples 'nite & day' like any new jack. smh.― r|t|c, Thursday, 25 February 2010 13:44 (6 months ago) Bookmark
― r|t|c, Thursday, 25 February 2010 13:44 (6 months ago) Bookmark
― r|t|c, Friday, 24 September 2010 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
kind of enjoy 'there goes my baby' on a duhh mindless tip now though heh.
― r|t|c, Friday, 24 September 2010 21:07 (thirteen years ago) link
'the many ways' is pretty brilliant actually. great chorus with a quietly determined sincerity that would most probably have sounded trite coming from an older man.
Girl I've learned my lessonNo, we can't let others inMisery loves some companyThey don't see it's from within
― r|t|c, Friday, 24 September 2010 21:29 (thirteen years ago) link
― The Reverend, Friday, September 24, 2010 4:00 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark
i used "actually" properly
― high efficiency unit (J0rdan S.), Friday, 24 September 2010 21:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 4 October 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 5 October 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
"Lil Freak" (featuring Nicki Minaj) 1
I am the worst possible type of douchebag and I cordially invite you to punch me until I die
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 5 October 2010 23:06 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaha
― THE CHOMPING DUCK GETS HIS FATTY OUT FOR VADAR (HI DERE), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 23:13 (thirteen years ago) link
u-s / h-e-r / r-a / y-m / o-n-d
― yo zuccotti (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 19 November 2011 08:07 (twelve years ago) link
wow how did i never see this thread. much better results than the other poll.
― some dude, Saturday, 19 November 2011 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
― Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Friday, September 24, 2010 2:01 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark
no joke, the original title for 8701 was All About U
lmao @ "Pop Ya Collar" being lex's #1
― some dude, Saturday, 19 November 2011 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
Pop Ya Collar is amazing tho
It resonates with me
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Saturday, 19 November 2011 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
fyi that song may have been a huge hit in the UK but in the US it was seen as an embarrassing debacle that led Usher to delay and retool the album
― some dude, Saturday, 19 November 2011 19:40 (twelve 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 (eleven 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
*most
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Friday, 8 October 2021 03:09 (two years ago) link
"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