Usher's new cd is terrible! How does the rest of the org compare it to his previous releases?

jaimestarr79 said:

the samples sound ok

jaimestarr79 said:

99.9% trash.

Graycap23 said:

I'm gonna agree and I haven't heard it and don't intend to.

That song " in Da Club" is ridiculous. He is dumbing his music down. He should stick with what works for him. He needs to forget the Dirty South Shit! Next he will be wearing Grills.

Dude sold almost 500,000 copies this week... i'm sure he's going Platinum

jaimestarr79 said:

ATL has a different vibe (musically) than Houston/Memphis and other cities from the south. Besides, I don't think Usher will be wearing the latest Paul Wall grill EVER.

It's a modern-day R&B album.Did you really expect it to be good?

Usher is gonna sell. He still has fans that will buy anything he puts out. The 2 songs he has out now do suck. As for his cd... i will not waste my money.

He's just so ordinary. He & Justin can battle it out for the title of "most inoffensive & bland"

banks said:

Mariah opened with more and still hasn't passed the 1 million mark yet.

Well what I've heard so far is better than the dreadful Confessions abum.

NDRU said:

Right on! Well said. Well said.

now im not ahuge fan of usher or anything but...they should change the name to

Forums > Music: Non-Prince & HATER FORUM

Christopher said:

I prefer:

Forums > Music: IF IT'S A POOPFEST, BE SURE WE'LL CALL YOU ON IT

agree with what most everyone is saying about Usher - really never understood why he is even popular

The CD is a dud (outside the hit single which is definitly typical of todays sorry ass music)

However, I do like the title track "Here I Stand" - this ones a nice mix of India Arie and Stevie and a good R&B ballad and he finally does not sound forced like on most of his tracks

Christopher said:

does it help that I hate the game & merely thing the playa is average?

VoicesCarry said:

Exactly, basically the loyals already got the damn thing, so in terms of a porno movie "he already shot his load". Not saying the number isnt impressive, but if you are getting all this hype and promo behind you, you better find a way to get the numbers up. Its like paying a baseball player 50million a year to bat .250

I just think the first single is a POOPFEST, while the album has redeeming qualities.

VoicesCarry said:

She's at 967,000 copies and counting, as of this week.

Copycat said:

I believe that Mariah is listed as having the biggest opening week sales this year so far according to Soundscan, but that number is probably in dispute, since Radiohead's "In Rainbows" sold well over a million downloads in the first week but wasn't charted by Soundscan. I think Lastdecember could probably elaborate on this.

not sure i havent heard it but what annoys me the most about the new album is the fact they refer to him as the 'king of rnb'

b3xy said:

Somebody had to take the title from Bobby Brown.

I don't even care to sample this garbage. His ego is so damn blown he can't even see straight. Chris Brown is starting to look better and better nowdays

daPrettyman said:

Copycat said:

And 967k is less than 1 million.

728huey said:

Exactly. The reason being, is that soundscan is the "accepted" way, that contributes $$ to all the labels, and "personal" websites DONT, so they DONT get tracked. The BULL of this reasoning is that "personal" webssites cant be trusted, which is crap because a download from Radiohead.Com is the same as iTunes, the same database entries, all can be verified, in fact, PERSONAL websites are more verifiable than iTunes and others.

Let it breath..Here I Stand is a quality pop cd..took a couple of spins but it really is very good

VoicesCarry said:

That's very astute of you! You're a quick learner!!!! Dont' worry, that's a number Janet will never see this year.
[Edited 6/5/08 23:59pm]

lastdecember said:

but since most of those "sales" were "free" they're not going to count anyway.