It is monstrous and melodramatic - but it’s also compelling. “Monstar” is the best of the three, and it’s also the best song on the album, by far. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis basically save the album from complete ruin with their three songs: “Monstar”, “Pro Lover”, and “Mars vs. The most interesting songs work because of great production, since no one seemed to pay much attention to melody or using Usher’s terrific vocal abilities this go-round. There is simply no other reason for its inclusion here.
Usher’s eye is so glued to the charts that I wouldn’t even be surprised if “She Don’t Know” is the next single. And “She Don’t Know” is the pretty much the exact same song as Beyonce’s “Diva” (so much so that Ludacris name checks her). The song manages to be both dull and interminable. Then there’s “OMG”, the latest incoherent madness from will.i.am. He just ends up sounding like a dirty old man. Kelly schtick on “Lil Freak”, featuring the latest terrible female rapper, Nicky Minaj. Clearly, aging out of the industry’s targeted demographic has got Usher shook. To be fair, there are some nice moments here - “Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home)” and “Fooling Around” are pleasant, if forgettable, and “There Goes My Baby” features some nice falsetto work from Ursh - but most of this album feels like an artist struggling to hold onto relevance. Before this album dropped, I would have said that Usher was the most consistently brilliant pop star in a generation, able to perfectly marry commercial ambition with superb songcraft. That they are true is what makes listening to this cynically commercial and desperate album such a tremendous disappointment. Raymond is an album that was created as if the three points I raise above are not true. Here I Stand failed commercially for one reason, and one reason only: his fanbase hated his wife. It was a huge artistic leap forward that managed to transform the R&B king into a stone-cold soulman. Here I Stand was a damn near flawless album, with 8 perfect songs (“This Ain’t Sex”, “His Mistakes”, “Lifetime”, “Will Work for Love”, “Trading Places”, and especially “Love You Gently,” “Revolver”, and the title track) and at least another 4 or 5 pretty good songs. But promoting it as such did make it a huge commercial success.Ģ. Confessions really was not all that confessional.
Patton had severed management ties with Usher due to his relationship with former executive Grace Miguel, and she felt 'if she didn't end things when she did, it would permanently affect their personal relationship.' Raymond was ultimately released on Main the United States, and released on Apin the United Kingdom.There are three important things one must recognize in order to properly understand why Usher’s latest album, Raymond vs. The album's release was pushed back again due to Usher experiencing issues in obtaining management, following him parting ways with his then manager, Jonetta Patton, also his mother, in late November 2009. Raymond, has been delayed because we believe that the album is so strong that we want to give it the opportunity to have the proper setup before coming out'. Release and promotion In November 2009, a representative of Usher told that the album will not be released on Decemas scheduled: 'The release of Usher's next album, Raymond v. It also reached the top-ten in Australia, Belgium, and Norway, and the top-twenty in Denmark, France, New Zealand, and Sweden.
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