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Here he stands

Advantages: great artist, great voice, great vocals, great dancer
Disadvantages: None

I am a huge Usher fan from back in the days of from his first few albums with 'My Way', 'You Make me Wanna', 'Nice n Slow' plus 'You Remind Me', 'You Got it Bad', 'U-Turn and Yeah that made him the popular artist. I thought 'Here I stand' was different from what he has done previously and showed him in a new light, grown up along with what has gone on in his personal life, finding love, getting married and having a son - all reflected in his tracks ...
...'Prayer for you' for his son. The most hyped up track was 'Love in this club' which is the most popular single from this album with a great video to match although we do not see so much of Usher's popular dance moves like in previous videos 'Yeah' and 'U-Turn' that made him ever so popular with his fans. My favourite tracks off 'Here I Stand' are 'Moving Mountains', 'What's a Man to Do' and 'Will work for Love'. The tracks on this album showcase ...

marina321 27.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Here I Stand - Usher

8701

Advantages: GREAT MIX OF SONGS; NOT ONE POOR SONG; BUDGET PRICE;
Disadvantages: NAME OF ALBUM?? BUT WHO CARES

Great album!! I bought this album years ago when it first came out and I loved it. To this day I will still listen to the album on my Ipod in the car. This album consists of 16 songs and an intro so 17 tracks in total. It features hits such as 'U Remind Me', 'U Got It Bad', 'U-Turn', 'Pop Ya Collar', and many that haven't been released. The tracks on the album are as follows; 1. Intro-lude 2. U Remind Me 3. I Don't Know (feat. P. Diddy) 4. ...
...Ya Collar 7. If I Want To 8. I Can't Let U Go 9. U Don't Have To Call 10. Without U 11. Can U Help Me 12. How Do I Say 13. Hottest Thing 14. Good Ol' Ghetto 15. U - Turn 16. T. T. P. 17. Seperated All in all the album is a great mix of love songs and catchy R & B with a great beat. If you enjoyed Usher's more recent album 'Confessions' like me, then I can assure you that this would be a great purchase for your collection, especially seen ...

danielfudge 12.06.2008 · Read full review
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Review of 8701 - Usher

Usher: 87-01

Advantages: All his best singles
Disadvantages: Some weak tracks

"8701" is the third studio album from the R&B superstar Usher. The name of this comes from the the years which Usher's career had been entertaining, from 1987-2001, at that time. This album managed to achieve a #1 in this country as well as five singles of which none did worse than a top-twenty. I believe that this album was the peak of this performers career however, many would say that the LP following this, "Confessions" was greater due to its ...
...from what was seen later on in the 2004 album as it contained many less slow songs, all about relationships and such, this does have a similar theme but, he sings about it differently here as the music is funkier, something good to dance to. 1. "Intro-Lude 8701" (intro) 2. "U Remind Me" **Five Stars** This is an example of a track which would have been done to a slow tempo in his newer albums, this was however a great song with a lot of appeal. ...

XICripZ 11.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of 8701 - Usher

He's Been Doin' This Music Biz

Advantages: Lots of big tunes
Disadvantages: Standards slip towards the end

The R&B singer Usher made his debut when he released a self-entitled album in 1994 at the age of 15 (four years after debuting as part of a short-lived local R&B/Hip Hop act). The Atlanta-based artist wasn’t able to make a significant album until the album after this, but here he was able to set-up what would go on to be a reign over the R&B world by 2004. In this case, where the beats are concerned we have input from the likes of Puffy, DeVante ...
...Markie and Jazz sampling-single from Usher here. You see that Donell Jones and Faith Evans have a role in writing this big tune that does even more for the artist and gives him the chance to do more of the kind of things that he had opened up the album with as he stays current and does so without being forced into having to sing as a Pop act (to put him at a disadvantage for the rest of his career). **Five Stars** 5. “Crazy” We get another track ...

XICripZ 15.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Usher - Usher

Beats, Lyrics, Voice. [Usher's Confessions] Classic or what?

Advantages: Every song has its own way to love.
Disadvantages: Theres nothing to dislike.

...with there powerful albums, Usher's Confessions is memorable, always. I personally think that this is one of the best albums to get out there, one of the truest artist there is.In my opinion people MUST HAVE this album. Every song is brilliant in its own way. [Beats] - must say, its all very different - just hearing the instrumentals, you can tell it's a part of Usher's album.. [Lyrics] - The way he sings each song, you cannot forget the lyrics, ...

rokrmvi 22.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Confessions (Special Edition) - Usher