Two of the best happen to be collaborations with Jam and Lewis and the Avila Brothers. (The combination is as wrong as Eugene McDaniels' вЂњCompared to WhatвЂќ and a soft drink commercial.) Otherwise, the slow jams and the few moments when Usher sounds as if he's having actual fun win out. (Either way, itвЂ™s evident that long-term relationships might not be for him.) The sleek dancefloor track вЂњSo Many Girls,вЂќ one of a few songs in which Usher sounds dead in the eyes, going through the motions, desensitized by the bounty of women at his feet, is followed by the sarcastically titled вЂњGuilty,вЂќ where he whines вЂњI guess IвЂ™m guilty for wanting to be up in the clubвЂќ - which warrants a response like вЂњYes, attached 31-year-old man, thatвЂ™s correct.вЂќ A few songs before that is a quasi-redemptive ballad вЂњFoolinвЂ™ AroundвЂќ he humbles himself, seems to take responsibility for his actions, then casually drops вЂњGuess thatвЂ™s just the man in me, blame it on celebrity.вЂќ The albumвЂ™s catchiest uptempo song, вЂњLil Freak,вЂќ featuring Nicki Minaj, is effective despite itself, swiping the synthesizer line from вЂњLiving for the CityвЂќ - a classic containing Stevie Wonder's most angered social commentary - for the sake of UsherвЂ™s lesbian tryst. Many of the songs on the album have to be taken on their own, stripped of context otherwise, determining what applies to UsherвЂ™s real and fantasy lives can be problematic. He pours himself into that song more than any other on the set, and breakup lyrics donвЂ™t get much more specific than вЂњYou donвЂ™t think I know whatвЂ™s up, but sweetheart thatвЂ™s what ruined usвЂќ or вЂњI done damn near lost my mama.вЂќ The song was awarded the top spot on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart, most likely for its lyrical uniqueness since the song does not break out of an exceptionally repetitive twiddle. вЂњPapers,вЂќ the early buzz single for Raymond V Raymond, bears the closest relation to the turbulence he experienced. The making of UsherвЂ™s sixth studio album was inevitably affected by the end of his marriage and its aftershocks.

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