Usher

Confessions

Horrifyingly Bad! Possibly The Worst Music Ever Made!

Review Score:

(2/10)
Confessions(2003). Usher's Latest Album.

Back in the early new millenium, a teenage R&B/Rap artist named Usher broke through to American artists with the release of 8701, and more importantly, the song "You Remind Me Of A Girl". Anyways, when Usher released Confessions, the album surged to #1 and has stayed their off and on, partly because of the successes of the songs "Yeah!", "Burn", and "Confessions". In other words, Usher is the hottest musician on the market.

Enough of the history, here's my review:

First off, Usher claims to be an R&B artist, but much like Beyonce and Alicia Keys, real R&B is not simply talking for five minutes. Back in the 70's, R&B artists like Marvin Gaye, George Benson, and KC & The Sunshine Band were good, even great musicians. I don't profess to being big fans of those bands, but they did release good songs, with instruments to back them up with catchy melodies. Now, on to Usher. He doesn't sing R&B(if you can call his nasal pitch singing), he just sings...well, some form of music. It's not R&B.

On to the instruments and the musicians. Well, Usher's strong point is clearly his back-up musicians, which consist of a dry piece of cheese and a smelly toupee.

Now, I have a few questions. Why is Usher popular? From all I can see, his music is incredibly annoying, repetitive, boring, and seemingly the opposite of what I'd expect to be popular. I can imagine Britney Spears, who combines catchy melodies with decent vocals to be popular(Not to say I like her, I despise her), but this sad loser? No way. Why is Usher considered to be the best musician on earth? He's obviously the worst. "Musician" is quite possibly the last thing I'd call him. Is the man a woman? Usher, as many people have noticed, sounds like a *GIRL*, and he sounds scarily like Barbara Strieshand with helium injected into his voice. People, he doesn't sing, he basically just raises his voice to incredibly nasaly and stupid levels. How anyone can imagine this guy is more than a horrible singer is beyond me: I cannot stand his voice, and that's basically Usher's entire music.

It's painfully obvious, from "Yeah!", that Usher is a moron. The guy hired Lil' Jon and Ludicrus, quite possibly the two worst rappers on the face of the earth. Lil' Jon's entire vocabulary consists of "YEAH!", "OKAY!", and "WHAT?!". Quite a lyrical genuis in my opinion. Want to hear about naked women and getting high in Atlanta? Pick up Ludicrus's new album Chicken N' Beer. "Yeah!" contains the singular worst, and painfully annoying beat, ever laid down to music. Not to mention Usher just repeats the word "Yeah" over and over, and he sings about "hanging with his homies". It's sad. "Burn" and "Confessions" are even worse. Sometimes, when you're locked in a room, isolated from the world, you would get bored. In any case, you wouldn't get nearly as bored sitting in a padded cell than you would listening to "Burn" and "Confessions", which find Usher singing like a weasel for 4 minutes about burning and cheating on his girlfriend.

Maybe I wouldn't complain so much about Usher if his image wasn't plastered everywhere. TV, Radio, Movies, Books.... Usher's a media prostitute. I can't help but see the guy once a day, and usually, when it's on TV, it's accompannied with either "Yeah!" or "Burn", so once again I'm painfully reminded about how sad today's popular music is. Also, Usher is considered by most of my friends to be "one of the best musicians" out there. Anyone see a problem with that statement? Clearly, Usher is the worst musician I've ever heard. I can take Eminem, 50 Cent, Linkin Park, etc., but whenever Usher, Master P, or Fat Joe comes on, I will immediately mute the TV/Stereo, or if somebody's playing it, immediately destroy their musical device.

Overall, if you like Usher, you should either be below the age of 12 or you just don't know anything about music. If you want good R&B music, once again, look at Marvin Gaye, George Benson, or Lionel Richie. If you want *good* rap music, even though that's something that hardly ever happens, check out the early Beastie Boys or Public Enemy. If you like Usher, I'm sorry if I've offended you, but if you give this review a "Not Helpful" vote, that means you believe Usher is one of the most talented and influential artists of our time. If you think that, you are beyond the point of no return, you might as well admit you have no taste and just not listen to music. On the other hand, if you like Usher, and read my review with an open-mind, and are willing to take my recommendations seriously, then I applaud you for trying something new.

THANKS FOR READING! NOT RECOMMENDED UNLESS YOU ARE GETTING THIS FOR A BIRTHDAY PRESENT FOR SOME 9-YEAR OLD GIRL!

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