The one overriding characteristic of this album is the level of production, which outshines Usher in a couple of instances.
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Songs like There Goes My Baby, Mars vs Venus, Pro Lover, Foolin’ Around and Papers are very well written and produced, with Usher seeming to put all of his talent and charisma into each song. There were tracks that I felt very ambiguous about, including OMG, She Don’t Know (featuring Ludacris), Guilty (featuring T.I.) and Lil Freak (featuring Nicki Manj) and there were songs that I immediately took too. Now he’s released Raymond v Raymond and, after all the listening and reflection, the only thing I was sure of when I started listening to it was that I wasn’t sure of how I felt about the album. I heard the Love In This Club track and, while it was catchy, it did not do much for me so I never took the time to listen to the whole album. The Here I Stand album in 2008 just passed me by. His music is never going to change the world or evoke the kind of emotion that icons like Michael Jackson have, but it has its place and I have been a fan from Usher (1994)and My Way (1997) through to 8701 (2001) and Confessions (2004).
This is an artist who was able to carve a space in the world of R&B and stay relevant for over a decade. I still remember being fascinated by how a teenager could sing wonderful songs with feeling and emotion, yet still retain his youthfulness. I’ve gone back and listened to the Usher of old, submerging myself in what I consider classic Usher, songs like Nice & Slow, You Make Me Wanna, U Remind Me, Confessions Pt II and U Got It Bad. I have listened to the new Usher album Raymond v Raymond, countless times, letting it run till the end and then starting it all over again. I’ve been working on this post for about two weeks now.
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