I wouldn't lose respect for him. I just hope it never happens, particularly on a Prince album.

Sorry , but i think Usher sucks !!
No emotion there , just commercialized shit
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for real! i agree i can't stand him i mean dag he's so overrated and it really is mostly commercialized stuff. I mean even when like almost every girl at my skool has his cd and was all over him and whatnot, i still just don't feel him, besides some people say i was born in da wrong decade anyway (cause i m always listening to stuff from the 80s and whateva)

funkyraveparade14 said:

IZ U MY KIN?!

cammille said:

I agree, there's one song on Usher's album that i really thought was the begining of "The Beautiful Ones"

funkyraveparade14 said:

Don't like much of the music nowadays either , guess i'm too old
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Dewrede said:

oh no no no no NO...i dont listen 2 much of 2days music either (ther will be the odd song i find quite catchy) and im 18..fuck the system - gimme some olskool stuff!

im aware of whats goin on in the music world now but alot if not most of it i decide 2 ignore

its sad that the actual credible artists get no recognition cuz they dont fit the system requirements

I find the U word to be offensive, let's refrain from using it.

It should be prohibited

lilgish said:

Prince always thinks outside of the box and sometimes it has pleased some (fans, industry, etc.) and other times...not so much. I think the question is...not whether we (I) would lose respect (which I would never do) but be disappointed again, as most of have found ourselves at some point during his career. That is the genuis...experimenting and creating...and maybe wondering how others will receive it and just maybe doing it anyway!

If he were to collaborate with Usher or anyone...I would have to check it out and see!

I lost a lot of respect for him when he collaborated with those artists on "Rave". It also made me sick when I saw him perform with Beyonce.

Whenever he finally does totally give in to today's music and start making the same kind of music as they do, I'll be through with him.
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i would be so utterly disappointed.

I'd be disappointed, but I wouldn't lose respect. He's done dumber things.

i really don't care. prince may fuck up sometimes but he can do no wrong

YES YES YES.

Yeah the respect would drop quite a bit!! Don't do it Prince

I don't see it would be a bad thing.

Prince has always worked with manufactured acts, I don't like the music Usher is the front for, I don't listen to that kind of stuff, it's just a trend, but it's nothing new or bad - Prince working with Usher - I probably wouldn't like the music they came up with, but it wouldn't make me lose respect for Prince.

Personally I only see Prince collabing with 'real' artist (no disrespect to Usher, he's a result of the 'music machine' but he's hard working and talented) like Jill Scott, Lauryn Hill, Anthony Hamilton or even Angie Stone again.

superspaceboy said:

I think people should know their enemies.

Muziqkidd7 said:

Thats what the hell that sounded like-- I've been tryin to figure it out for months.


Just because Usher doesn't write his own music, and the fact that he's an overglorified MJ impersonator (Take heed of the pennyloafs, white socks, and those fuckin glasses i wanna knock right off his face)


Does that mean that i cant pump that damn album when no one's listening? I dont particularly care for Usher, but i dont give a damn who sings/writes the songs, as long as they make me wiggle my

I hate to admit it, but I....I like that album.

no. seriously, he'd have to do far worse than that in order for me to lose any sorta respect for 'im.

off-topic, is usher-bashing the new pink 'round here or what? i don't care for 'im either, but some of ya'll....lhmj!

In answer to the topic at hand, I would not lose respect for P. Have we lost memory of the Tevin Campbell collabs?

That was a billion times worse.

I personally dont care who sings the man's songs, as long as its done well.

And why is Beyonce so intolerable? I think some of the orgers just feel such repulsion toward anyone with mass appeal-- Somebody has to entertain the minors. Many of you just wrote that you never even heard their product-- so what is that saying?

If they weren't going pop, somebody else would, so why dont we just appreciate the fact that these people can actually carry a tune, unlike the countless others?
exhibit A--



exhibit B--


Maybe its just me -- I would lose respect if the collaborator were hopelessly talentless, yet popular.

P.S.-- Britney Spears greatest hits-- gimme a damn break---
Britney Spears, greatest tits.

I wouldn't lose any respect for Prince, but I would question his motives. He's work with people who have even less talent than Ursher: Vanity, Apollonia - but at least he was gettin' some tail out of that deal. I don't know what he'd get outta working with the MJ wannabe.

sextonseven said:

My first post stated it could really be any artist...not just Usher. I meant of his ilk or any other manufactured band/artist that was hot at the moment.

I know

I wouldn't mind him working with Britney , but Usher is such a pretentious prick

Sorry , once somebody mentions him i can't keep quiet
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Dewrede said:

Britney Spears, greatest tits.

U dont think Britney just as pretentious?

Whatever.