Why Don't People Want Usher To Grow Up??

[Super Lex]

Madonna been well over 30 and she continues to make pop music so what's the issue? MJ made Pop songs when he was well over 30 as well. Janet still does. Why does it matter that someone does Pop when they're 30 or almost 30 even if it sounds good. I'm not seeing the issue if he's making the music he wants to make.

 

[usmarin3]

How did this nigga go from selling 10 mil to barely going platinum, are his female fans really that shallow (the fact he got married and had a kid)?

 

[Miltown Marauder]

how did this nigga go from selling 10 mil to barely going platinum, are his female fans really that shallow (the fact he got married and had a kid)?

exactly!!!!!!

 

[rip.dilla]

Justin stole his thunder with LOVESEX... (Bringing Sexyback LOL)

After dropping the monster hit that was Confessions... he sort of ran out of ideas...

And nigga has a thing for older women...Not very good judgement...

 

[Nthngis4vr]

How did this nigga go from selling 10 mil to barely going platinum, are his female fans really that shallow (the fact he got married and had a kid)?

That last album was trash.

He sounds like someone trying to sound like Usher now. I haven't given up on him yet but he's making bs music. I have no issue with a Grown & Sexy Usher. I'd love for him to hook up with Donnel Jones.

OMG Usher? Realfareal???

 

[divorcecourse]

That last album was trash.

He sounds like someone trying to sound like Usher now. I haven't given up on him yet but he's making bs music. I have no issue with a Grown & Sexy Usher. I'd love for him to hook up with Donnel Jones.

OMG Usher? Realfareal???

C/S. Albums straight wiggidy wiggidy wack! Word to Kris Kross nah mean. We all know the best R&B/Hip-hop/Rap music is from independent artists.

 

[YungHeartLess5]

the album isnt nearly as bad as reading some of these posts would lead you to belive... Pro Lover is amazing, timeless, etc. etc.

 

[rapmastermind]

"Confession" was the last male RnB album to go DIAMOND since MJ did it in the 80's. That album was so Big that he will never live up to those expectations again. I also think sadly once he got married and had kids the females did turn on him. Girls can be so shallow sometimes it was like in their fantasies they wanted Usher and now he's not theirs. Plus it's common knowledge in the industry most male pop and rnb stars must be single cause the females are buying the albums. So it's not that they don't want him to grow up it was that they just wanted him to be single. It's sad what happen to Ushers' career cause he was just trying to live life and it back fired and hurt his sales. He will only be going Platinum the rest of his career. He won't see Confession numbers again. Also Justin did not steal his thunder cause "Confessions" outsold Justin's solo career 3x's over.

 

[rip.dilla]

Also Justin did not steal his thunder cause "Confessions" outsold Justin's solo career 3x's over.

I'm not talking about record sales...

Everyone knows these two were in competition with each other...

He just couldn't find that magic that worked on Confessions...

 

[Miltown Marauder]

"Yeah" was THE song of 2004. Dude singles were getting ridiculous amount of airplay, but the album was just garbage imo...8701 destroys it. Matter a fact, he was single with that album.

 

[rip.dilla]

"Yeah" was THE song of 2004. Dude singles were getting ridiculous amount of airplay, but the album was just garbage imo...8701 destroys it. Matter a fact, he was single with that album.

8701 >>> Confessions... but ain't no way Confessions is garbage

 

[Miltown Marauder]

yeah it was. Only good songs where Confessions 1, That's What Its Made For, and Can You Handle It..the rest sound like he was still trying to do "My Way 2

 

[rapmastermind]

8701 >>> Confessions... but ain't no way Confessions is garbage

No, "Confessions" is one of the best RnB albums of this generation. Again how many male RnB albums have gone Diamond? See MJJ cause he was the only one to do it. As well as Prince but that was a soundtrack. From this era, "Confessions" is the RnB album that suprasses many. He had it all on that record. "8701" was good also, actually Usher 3 albums after his debut were untouchable. But "Confessions" is the album that will stand the test of time. That album is why people say he's the heir to MJJ crown (Even though MJJ's crown is still on his head).

 

[Miltown Marauder]

your comparing sales to quality. Test of time? That album is very forgettable!

 

[rip.dilla]

No, "Confessions" is one of the best RnB albums of this generation. Again how many male RnB albums have gone Diamond? See MJJ cause he was the only one to do it. As well as Prince but that was a soundtrack. From this era, "Confessions" is the RnB album that suprasses many. He had it all on that record. "8701" was good also, actually Usher 3 albums after his debut were untouchable. But "Confessions" is the album that will stand the test of time. That album is why people say he's the heir to MJJ crown (Even though MJJ's crown is still on his head).

To me its a bit like MJ's Off The Wall and Thriller...

In Sales, Thriller >>> OTW

but musically, OTW >>> Thriller

 

[still-SBP]

Why do people equate boring with being grown???Because that's exactly what Here I Stand was boring nothing grown up about that shit.

 

[still-SBP]

To me its a bit like MJ's Off The Wall and Thriller...

In Sales, Thriller >>> OTW

but musically, OTW >>> Thriller

I strongly disagree there aint a song on OTW better than Human Nature or Lady in My Life.

 

[south4life]

@still-SBP
I agree with u, Thriller only had 9 songs on it and 7 of the songs became successful singles.
How many people can say that basically their whole album was hit singles?
That is crazy, only 9 songs and 7 singles go platinum, nobody can say that and nobody ever will.
"Wanna Be Startin Somethin", "Human Nature", "Lady In My Life", "Thriller", "Billie Jean", Beat It" and "P.Y.T." went platinum while. "The Girl Is Mine" and "Baby Be Mine" went gold.

But people do need to let Usher grow up, he can't be a player forever, unlike Diddy, Usher wants a wife.
He did take to long to come back out and that was the only problem because while he was out Chris Brown, Trey Songz, Omarion, Marques Houston, J.Holiday and Justin Timberlake were putting out hits, so the audience that was Usher fans got older and started to go after R.Kelly more, Raphael Saadiq more, Charlie Wilson more, Musiq more and Joe more. So when he came back, it was a whole new audience and he wasn't getting to them.
That's why he came out with more Pop sounding music for this album, it's working I see so many girls loving his songs, my lil female cousins love "Lil Freak", "There Goes My Baby", "More", "Hey Daddy", "She Don't Know", "OMG" and "So Many Girls", they sang that shit all day long!
He knows that he has to keep up but, some people need to let him grow up and mature, dude has 2 sons now.

 

[Yung_Souf_Money]

theres nothing wrong with usher making pop songs, i like the new usher,but he's not making the songs,he use to make like in the confessions era.

usher use to make them albums fuckin the game up,now he's making albums,people questioning him

does he still got it?

 

[Nthngis4vr]

Confessions is a classic album.