I like it - ground-breaking? no, but pleasant nevertheless.

I just wished artists would be more riskier with their music and try something different. The song is ok but it's nothing that I would be blasting in my car like it's hot shit. Currently I have Robert Glasper's new album "Black Radio" blasting and on repeat.

The more I hear this song the more i hate it sad cuz I luv me some Usher

Don't like.

Sounds similar to "Can You Handle It", "There Goes My Baby",etc. Same kind of vibe, but still a nice song nonetheless.

I'm so glad he decided to release a slow r&b jam instead of that pop euro trend he was latching onto with his last album.

One thing for Usher I can say is that he can actually sing unlike a lot of these young pop tarts around today. I just hope his new album is better than his last.

Track Review

Usher

by Jason Lipshutz
Climax (3:56)
Producer: Diplo
Writers: U. Raymond, R. Stylez, A. Rechtshaid, Diplo
Publisher: not listed
RCA Records

When the throbbing contours and gooey center of Usher's "Climax" were released online on Valentine's Day, the song immediately recalled his previous hits "Nice and Slow" and "Burn," both of which featured Mr. Raymond flexing his sensitive muscles over intoxicating production.

Usher's R&B oeuvre is too often forgotten alongside club tracks like "Yeah!" and "Without You," because, as shown on "Climax," the pop star can bump a slow jam with the best of them. "Climax" is, in fact, not a love song, but an ode to the bewildering thoughts and feelings of relationship purgatory: "We're together, now we're undone/Won't commit, so we choose to run away," he sings.

Diplo, who has been white hot with his pop offerings during the past two years, keeps the synthesizers at a moderate temperature and releases the reins to his vocal star here. "Climax" is the song D'Angelo fans have craved for years, and a sound that Usher should explore more often. -

As a fan of Diplo, this songs doesn't really sound like his normal stuff, I'm not sure what to think of it. Not bad, but maybe it'd grow on me after a few listens.