"My Boo" is a pretty decent single, but "Red Light" and "Seduction" have "filler" written all over them. So, the question begs, are these 4 songs strong enough to make a wise consumer buy the same album twice? No. In a transparent attempt to double-dip into the pockets of consumers, they take Usher's album (which, by the way, is a good record on its own merits), repackage it with new photos (for those who savor the sight of Usher's torso), and slap on 4 tracks that include the recent hit "My Boo" (with Alicia Keys). For Arista (the parent company of LaFace Records), it's not enough that Usher's "Confessions" shot to Number One, went multiplatinum, and spawned back-to-back hits. But to reissue a CD roughly seven months after its original release date smacks of naked corporate greed. Reissuing an album is acceptable for a 40 year old album, a 30 year old album, a 20 year old album, or even a 10 year old album. They're a great way to introduce a time-tested classic to a younger, uninitiated audience, and most record labels often remaster the original recording for a fuller and superior sound. I'm 100% for reissuing and re-releasing albums. That's not a bad thing, but the disc would have been better served by a few more muscular tracks. This tracks shines all the more since it's the only club track, but you find yourself pining for more, since most of the other songs tend to get bogged down in his lush, feverish balladry. But other than a guilty conscience, it seems unclear why Usher feels compelled to disgorge his secret life, as he documents his infidelities, transgressions, and emotional perfidy in the album's prodigious seventeen songs that range from insinuating sultry R&B grooves to the decidedly crunky "Yeah," which pairs an insistent keyboard romp with Lil' Jon's assertive beats and Ludacris' rather humid rhymes. It would be more accurate to call this Usher's coming of age record, bridging the gap from boy to man, as he navigates the emotional fallout from the disintegration of his relationship, and the events that led up to it-real or imagined.
The Atlanta singer's string of hits over the past decade have been decidedly PG-13 rated, almost veering towards teen pop, but he's changed all that on this co-produced offering, which he claims is "the real him." It would be too simplistic to just brand this record a break-up record, chronicling his public split with TLC's Rozonda "Chili" Thomas it is that, but so much more. A tweet from Complex asked their followers the top three songs of the album.Īlicia Keys jumped to Twitter and put her own collaboration song ‘My Boo’ in the top three.A CD is always more compelling when you know it's lifted from the artist's autobiography, and that's certainly the case with Confession, Usher's first record since 2001's 8701. However, Alicia Keys had a funny way and reaction to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the album.
“To my oldest teenager … you almost grown. To boost sales amidst smuggling threats, Usher made a duet with Alicia Keys featuring the song ‘My Boo.’ Usher won several awards, including a ‘Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album.’
‘Confessions,’ produced by Jermain Dupri and Arista Records, was commercially successful, selling 1,096 million copies in the United States in its first week of release. R&B singer-songwriter Usher celebrated the 15th anniversary of his fourth studio album ‘Confessions’ with a post he shared on his official Instagram page.
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