well of course Usher is outshone by HER(Beyonce) in her own video,her daddy ain't letting nobody upstage her in her own shit....he didn't even let all them other chicks do it in Destiny's Child...as far as Usher I don't think he is that musically inclined to be making such statements pertaining to himself,he his hardly ingenius....but there is a flip side,I do enjoy him more then these other cats,Justin,Genuine,etc...maybe it's because everytime I see him my GAYdar spins off the meter....he do look kinda yummy on the cover of the new Teen People mag? but then again thats a whole other thread...so I guess I have a biased opinion...I enjoy him visually and a little musically...but wouldn't invest the 15$ to cop his CD.

when i look at him my groin says , " sss uuuuh!"

there are times who you just have nothing to say.....yanno...

Usher suffers from delusions of granduer. Period.

Mynameisspmarc said:

AshK said:

He ripped off Prince and Prince don't know about it? Somebody please write to Prince and tell him abou this! Quickly, quickly!

Starmist7 said:

Apparently these folks don't know that Usher has been recording since 1993. He has indeed been around waaaaay longer than Justin. While Justin was acting like a "white boy" on the Mickey Mouse Club Usher was already doing his thing with the big boys. Usher indeed has talent however he needs to be careful not to get so big headed. I don't like the way he used his relationship with Chili to get this record out. I know that he writes his own songs, but let's see him rip up a guitar or some keys or even drums like Prince rips it. We know where the true talent lies. Usher could learn a few things from Prince that is for sure.

paisleypark4 said:

Musiq cannot sing better, have u heard his weak ass out of breath vocals on ONA?

loveonmusic said:

Yeah, I've seen Justin country singing on star search when he was a boy trying to get up and coming, and now all of a sudden he's supposedely the best in R&B as if he's been around that long & got that much skill?!!! NOW that's WHAT'S (WTF???!!!!!)
[This message was edited Sat Apr 17 21:52:29 2004 by Starmist7]

ILL MAN!!!!!

NO THIS BIATCH IS NOT ON THE COVER OF THE NEW ROLLING STONE!

WTF MAN!!!!!

I READ THAT INTERVIEW TO TRY AND GIVE HIM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.

WHAT I THINK IS INTERESTING IS THAT TTD WAS SHUNNED WHEN HE STARTED WITH ALL THIS "IM A GENIUS BS" AND PEOPLE NEVER GOT OVER THAT

THIS DICK LICKER GETS ON THE COVER OF RS AND IS ARROGANT AS HELL

MAYBE IT'S AN AGE THING....

Chili and Usher at the beach:

Usher and his father

This guy defines male vanity:

"I'm so sexy! Fuck me! FUCK ME!"



PS: Here's Usher's favourite pose. I call it the "whoops, you caught me removing my shirt!". 99.9% of his publicity shots look like this. Apparently he likes to do it live, too. Must distract from the shitty music.







Too big to input: http://www.virtual.330.ca...er/002.jpg

mochalox said:

Usher is a pop star so don't knock him for not being a "real" musician. Apples and oranges. For what he is, he's damn good. The best male pop star going now IMO. I wasn't a big fan before "Confessions" but he won me over with that album. Best pop album of the 21st century. Looking at the record sales I know I'm not alone in feeling this way. Anytime someone makes it to the top, people are there trying to knock them off. Shame. Usher did well for himself this time out and should feel good about himself. Props son. Keep doin your thing. Fuck the haters.

intha916 said:

My vote:



Or at least the most fun.
[This message was edited Tue Apr 27 14:03:28 2004 by VoicesCarry]

VoicesCarry said:

Duly noted. I'll stand by my statement.

usher is the shit just see him live and you'll see whati mean

one can only hope this male britney spears was watching the prince special and took a few notes.

hopefully his arrogance will be turned down a few notchesl.

pimpdoutt said:

Unlikely. He has a six pack. And that's all that matters. He is SuperUsher.

/can't wait until they do a Behind The Music on him 10 years from now and he's an alcoholic with a pot belly

I can't believe the tide against Usher, wow.

I wasn't a big fan in the past, but a couple of songs from his 8701 album kept tugging at my ear and this new album Confessions is really good.

Also, he's a very smooth, rhythmic dancer with lots of attitude and confidence. I love that. It's called presence.


Just like Beyonce hss her own unique vocal tremor, Usher has a very unique vocal delivery -- and its very energetic , even on slow songs.

I bought the album and there no way I can say anything negative about it.

well, the only negative is yes, he ripped off Beautiful ONes.

I read here that he did and then I surfed the songs when I got the disk and was spellbound ... I can't even really listen to Do It To Me without feeling horrified that he stole this music without giving proper credit. I remember how beautiful and unique this music is and he shouldn't be given credit for this. It's exactly the beautiful ones. How is this legal?

Prince really should sue just so these kiddies know he came up with that hypnotic music first. I'm so surprised Usher got away with this. That's a crime. It's bullsh*t.

this is insane ....if you follow the charts all over the world... ushers been number one like everywhere!


http://top40-charts.com/charts.php

I used to dig Usher and I won't take anything away from his songs. I think he's talented but I don't like his attitude as of late. He's just becoming too arrogant for me and when I hear him talk, I get so turned off by him. I hope he calms it down before something or someone does it for him.

u call it arrogance i call it confidence give him a break number 1 album smash single hits to come the man is doing well cant we be happy for him i always had mad props 4 him as a dancer and now after hearing the song burn i got mad respect 4 him as a singer wow what a great song i bet its the next single

okaypimpn said:

that is hil-arious!!!

Ya gotta give Usher da benefit of da doubt you guyz!! He's like da first person to admit to his abundant usage of the expression "yeah" by singin a song called "YEAH!"
[This message was edited Thu Apr 29 7:14:38 2004 by lilmissmissy]

Usher is just the majority of modern R&B/Pop artists...he puts out a decent club or ballad song every few years and, backed by ridiculous amounts of industry promotion, he seems to be hotter than he actually is (especially when you buy a CD and are quick to be disappointed). Whatever happened to people making a CD with GOOD music on it, one that you don't have to skip around on? This is one of the reasons I love Prince so much. His albums all have a unique vibe and flow that keeps you listening (and even if a song is weird, it's usually entertaining ). Usher can dance, I'll give him that, but his moves aren't anything original. It's just kinda lame to see how people egos get so over-inflated when they aren't really doing much. Now Prince, Prince got ego problems, but at least he plays his own instruments, sings, dances, writes his own music, you name it. Usher even shits on Justin Timberlake for jocking his style, which is pretty funny considering people like Prince, James Brown, Michael Jackson, etc. originated his "style" before the kid was even born. It's a silly business.

his song 'burn' makes me think his gurl
(a.k.a. yeastie, flame-on) has a yeast infection
or bladder infection or something...

"Burn" sounds like a reworked version of " U Got It Bad"