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Usher - Here I Stand Audio CD

A fair review of the Usher "Here I Stand" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Usher reviews here, or go back to the Usher tabs.

Usher Band: Usher
Title: Here I Stand
Rating:
Release Date: 2008-05-13
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Intro 2: Love In This Club featuring Young Jeezy 3: This Ain't Sex 4: Trading Places 5: Moving Mountains 6: What's Your Name featuring will.i.am 7: Prayer For You Interlude 8: Something Special 9: Love You Gently 10: Best Thing featuring Jay Z 11: Before I Met You 12: His Mistakes 13: Appetite 14: What's A Man To Do 15: Lifetime 16: Love In This Club Part II featuring Beyoncé & Lil Wayne 17: Here I Stand

Not As Good as Confessions
There are some good singles, but I was not as impressed as I was with Confessions. I just knew this one would be "bangin" just like Confessions, but the collection of songs are not as good to me.


"I'M HOPING THAT THIS IS AINT TOO HARD TO BELIEVE...
Once your have hit your ceiling, how do you stay relevant? Usher choose to reinvent himself. With any artist, it is hard to follow up a classic. On "Here I Stand" he shows a more grown up vibe. A married man with a new son. He stopped gyrating woman and humping the stage to deliver a softer more adult side.

When comparing this album, I ask that you not compare it to "Confessions". I'd compare it more to R. Kelly "12 Play". With songs like "Trading Places", "Love Me Gently" and "Love In The Club", Usher delivers sex reminiscent of the way R. Kelly did back in 93. Then Usher shows his more mature side on "Moving Mountains"," Something Special" and "His Mistakes" and the "Prayer For You" interlude is dedicated to his newly born son. But this is not a perfect album, "Whats Your Name" is horrible. I know its produced by will. i. am, but it should not have made the cut. And "Best Thing" misses the mark with a weak 16 from Jay-Z. But Usher bounces back with the outstanding title track. In it he shows growth that would never have been on his previous work.

Your only as good as your last album. That's the music industry motto. When Usher released "Confessions", he raised the bar on any of his previous work. It is his most complete work and highest selling CD to date. But what it failed to do was show much growth for Usher as an artist. Too me he just perfected what he was good at before. But I believe that if Usher can find a way to blend the hip hop vibe from "Confessions" with the mature side of "Here I Stand", we will be in store for another classic R & B album.
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Where I stand
I've grown up with Usher and have to say that this is his best album yet. I love the cd from start to finish. I guess you have to go through it all to like it.


Rihanna should've known...
" Unfortunately, that level is just beneath the streets: the sewer. Death metal superstar Usher takes the genre to a whole new level with his 2008 release "Here I Stand. "Best Thing" and "His Mistake" are the only songs that sound remotely like Usher's original and unique music that made him famous in Slovakia before he hit it big in the U. S. Instead of his trademarked grunge/metal sound, "Here I Stand" offers a mellower, acoustic vibe. Not good, as Usher couldn't sing a ballad to save his life.

Although he had a promising acting debut in Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, it appears that his acting career will be cut short, as now the only thing he'll be remembered as is someone who did Rihanna wrong right before the Country Music Awards. Better luck next time, Usher.
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My world
This is one cool cat Ithinks he going to be hotter them M Jackson l see it comeing and let me tell you he got some drum player and this is a great cd wait to you see his dvd its hotttttttt.


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