Usher

8701

Pretty Damn Good

Review Score:

(8/10)
I must be one of the last to jump on board with Usher. For his previous works, I was able to bypass them after becoming unimpressed in stores which allow you to preview the music before you buy it. The mediocrity of his earlier efforts, his public put downs of counter prodigy tevin campbell, and the seeming force feeding of his music by urban radio stations was enough to make me cool to usher as an entertainer. I heard "I Don't Know" and thought I have got to get that. I was trying to determine who the dynamic dua of alternating rap and smooth singing were. I t was reminescent of babyface or raphasel sadique of tony toni, tone'. I soon found out that it was usher. I could tell from the online snipets that I liked every song on this cd. The best compliment I can give is to say that while both Babyface and Brian McKnight abandoned their silky styles for adventuresome experiments that hit and miss, Usher has used the same year to fill their void and leave us with harmonizing that we can treasure.

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