I just don't get it.

You guys really like this guy?

Just watched the "mountain" video.

1) what happened to his voice? It sounds like he staining to sing really high.

2) Who ever directed this should have told him not to sing while he is supposedly climbing up a large fake rock formation. It's cheesy.

3) He needs to cut out the pause every three words R. Kelly style of singing ... shit is annoying.

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[Edited 5/22/08 11:21am]

aalloca said:

This is supposed to be an usher bashing thread

aalloca said:

WHO SAID WE LIKED HIM?!

usher is no king of pop...the album was time-consuming, boring and lazy thats why no ones talking about it i literally fell asleep. usher talks the talk but he didnt deliver; a re-release is a no brainer considering the lackluster material he was given. he attempted to do the softly softly approach and it backfired, the subtleties never really shone through. it wasnt visionary or forward thinking. it lacked ambition and there wasnt really any insight into the man other than what i already knew or read about him. too many throwaway tracks which just add filler to the mix. productions sounds dated, lyrics are cheesy and the whole album lacked consistency, was uneven and uneventful.Ush has the capacity to make solid long-standing test of time songs but yet he regurgitates the most mediocre subject matters and trivial concepts which goes to show just how limited he really is as an artist, im not talking about an entertainer, dancer, entrepreneur. the album's half flows with the most consistency, although too many missteps, minor particular highlights include before I met you, something special, his mistakes, what’s a man to do. the interludes are corny and unthoughtful. i was expecting that one great track ode to his new baby ala babyface but it wasnt delivered. maybe he should have enlisted him once again.it ceases to amaze my why “will work for love” is a hidden track, its better than half the crap on the album. save your money kids. I want consistency, not a handful of clevely structured songs and overrated filler jammed in between. when usher finds his stroke, its because of well written lyrics and simple understated production. Much of the new material can easily be compared to his 8701 days.The problem with the "Movings Mountain" video was that it was TOO literal. u dont need to go that route to showcase what the “moving mountains” metaphor means visually, emotionally and peripherally - the lyrics do the job good enough - they failed to comprehend the meaning of the lyrics, theres so much going in there - the gas, the flames, the slow death, the fact that she is haunting her i.e “ghost”, we never really see that she is the one that is hurting, the lies the sorries, what should be in both the minds of Usher or the director predominantly is how that is going to translate onto the screen - doing what they did with the video was too easy and too simpe and a copout, it was predictable and laughable - i mean to have her standing on the mountain doing nothing, lipsyncing parts of the chorus, they could have utilised her better - it should have transition from a domestic setting into the landscape, cutting and running back between both. he should have secured the help of an unknown director or a french one at least - it wasnt epic as some have called it. im sick of that looking into the water crap and there she is shit directors pull and then she disappears or holding a pendant with her picture in it as if just to fill in the time, wheres the originality and innovation. its amazing what CGI can do to cover up the shitty simple direction of a good track, even the mountain looked fake. he should have flown to siberia or tajikistan for the real thing. mariah >>>usher>>>madonna