With efforts focused on the record to demonstrate his vocal ability to listeners, songs such as "Superstar" and "Follow Me" exhibited Usher in a type of "crooner mode." The ballad-oriented "Burn" also showcases his vocal aptitude. Andre "Dre" Harris and Vidal Davis listened to "8701" and felt that "Usher really needs to sing hard and let people know his vocal ability." The album also includes various slow jams and also introduces a new style for Usher, focusing on his voice and technique.
Usher said, "'Yeah!' could be called the first consciously styled "crunk R&B" record." When Lil Jon came on the scene, crunk was introduced to the R&B-centered album, specifically on the Sean Garrett-penned song "Yeah!". While he wanted to do R&B, Usher also wanted his fans to experience hip hop at the same time: "I try to think outside the box." With producers and Usher set to produce such an album however, other musical genres including hip hop were incorporated.
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how to interpret R&B from a jazz standpoint, an old school throwback standpoint, a new school point, a traditional classic standpoint. Usher commented that he chose to work with collaborators who know ". "Confessions" falls mainly in the R&B genre. "Confessions Part I" can be heard at the beginning of the video for "Confessions Part II". When e sang the song's lyrics, the theme of cheating inspired him and Dupri to create two parts "Confessions Part I" and "Confessions Part II". Usher recorded "Confessions Part II" during July of 2003 in New York City. Similarly, with the title track "Confessions Part II", they were conversing about an impregnated mistress, and its concept was written down. Several of the songs in this album were conceptually based on a situation for instance, "Burn" was built around the winding down of Usher's two-year relationship with Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas from R&B girl group TLC.ĭupri and Cox were talking and felt that there was a song in it, and started writing. I've got a lot of things and stuff built in me that I just want to let go of." He wrote more songs than he contributed to his previous album. He named the album, "Confessions" because he felt it is his most personal record to date, saying: "All of us have our Pandora's boxes or skeletons in our closets. Primarily because of the album's personal content, Usher said that this is his chance to be real. The more they know about you, the more they feel like they're there with you." Prather said, "The music has never been the question, but people tend to buy into the artist. One of Usher's first steps in recording the album was deciding to reveal "his own little secrets."įriend and former A&R rep named Kawan "KP" Prather thought the album would let the public know Usher personally. Diddy and The Neptunes during one of those sessions, but those songs were not released. Eventually, the team was able to produce songs like "Red Light" and "Yeah!". He went on recording a few more tracks with help from fellow Atlantian's Lil Jon and Ludacris. Usher was displeased with the decision he felt returning to the studio was the hardest part and needed to re-motivate himself. "You know what, there's like one or two more records that we just gotta get." Reid, who listened to the record, thought something was missing in it. When Usher felt that the album was completed with 40 recorded songs, he submitted the album to his record label, Arista however, he and the company's then-president, L. The album features productions by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Just Blaze, R. You gotta look for something different."ĭupri also invited his frequent collaborator Bryan-Michael Cox. In spite of his vision, Usher stated, "With this album I chose some new producers who I figured would definitely allow me to really articulate myself in a different way. The production began between Usher and Jermaine Dupri (who produced his last two albums "My Way" and "8701"). When Usher began recording the album in 2003, he claimed he did not want to work with any new producers.
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