The album's second song is "Yeah!," Usher's monstrous collaboration with Lil Jon and Ludacris. But as the next track begins, the energy does a 180 that would make Vince Carter proud. You see what I did there, right?Ĭonfessions starts in a calm, yet suspenseful way thanks to the intro.
Once the track ends, it's clear that Usher has a lot on his mind *DRAMATIC PAUSE* and he's ready to confess. Usher strengthens this connection with his ad-libs, as his voice echoes in a way that calls Marvin Gaye to mind.
He then speaks over production that's reminiscent of old soul music. Usher opens the song with a deep sigh, so it's safe to say he doesn’t have good news to share. The LP's intro is a short offering, but it still sets the tone for what's to come.
But in a weird way, the breakup afforded him the world's gaze and that's exactly what his album deserved. I doubt Usher wanted to endure a public breakup for the sake of his career. From strong vocals to meaningful lyrics, great production to smart sequencing-pretty much everything you could ask for in an R&B album is present on Confessions. But thankfully, the album itself saved Usher from being just a tabloid star. Some may see the drama that surrounded Usher's album and think it was all a cheap ploy to sell units. This sentiment remained as Usher and Dupri began the recording process, and it manifested in a song titled "All Bad." The singer had to ramp up interest in who he was outside of music. Reid and Usher himself had a solution in mind. But for Usher's team, there was still another level for him to reach.
CONFESSIONS PART 2 USHER ZIPPY TV
He had Platinum albums, high-charting singles and big TV performances. Usher was already one of R&B’s biggest stars prior to Confessions. But few would dominate a chapter the way Usher did with his breakthrough LP. If R&B was a story, lots of characters would be involved. This understanding helped to shape Confessions, the fourth album by Usher. Topics that strike a chord, characters that you root for, anticipation of what’s to come-these elements can make us rewind an album or turn the page all the same. Music and novels are decidedly different artforms, but they both demonstrate the power of a good story. Jermaine Durpi took to Twitter and shut down rumours that Usher was referring to him having herpes by writing: "I see y’all trippin.Happy 15th Anniversary to Usher’s fourth studio album Confessions, originally released March 23, 2004. however Jermaine Durpi later cleared up the rumours, The song suggested that the rumours were true. Many fans believed Usher was singing from his perspective, referencing the incident where he was accused of having herpes. “Its not my confession that made part 3, she had something to tell me~ ☕️ /5p0JKMA2vd- kingcakestopher February 25, 2020ĭuring the performance, Usher sings “Remember that time I was sitting up sick, couldn’t sleep in the middle of the night? / You said, ‘Babe, let me take you to the ER’ / I said, ‘Nah, Ima be alright’ / Well, the next day I found out from f**kin’ around that the sickness I had was life / And I was fixed to keeping the decision to keep it / Knowing I had to get rid of it.”Īfter singing, Usher told the audience “You thought what you put on me from Part 2 was the realest s**t” before asking the crowd, “You realize what I just told you? You don’t realize it, huh?” In the video Dupri uploaded to Instagram, Usher is in the studio, listening back to a track he has recorded. On Tuesday (Apr 27) Jermaine Dupri let fans know that Usher's upcoming album will be "coming soon" in a new video clip.
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