1 song "U Got It Bad," as well as two Grammy Award–winning singles, "U Remind Me" and "U Don't Have to Call." More than 4 million copies of 8701 were sold in the United States alone. Usher released Usher Live in 1999, followed by 2001's incredibly successful 8701, which included the No. He also became known for incorporating sexual undertones into his songs, performances and music videos. Usher was quickly lauded for his fluid vocals and addictive melodies. The album-including singles "Nice & Slow" and "You Make Me Wanna?"-skyrocketed the young artist to fame, selling more than 7 million copies. Following Usher (1994), he released his second album, My Way, in 1997. He's moved across several different musical genres, including R&B, blues and pop. At least listening to it now filled me with a sense of nostalgia from my early 20s.For more than 15 years, Usher has been a dominant player in the music industry. I’ll never understand how this album was so massive. Finally, ‘Do It To Me,’ reminded me a lot of a Prince slow jam but without the magic.
That makes total sense to me that it pricked my ears up. I see it was written and produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, frequent Janet Jackson collaborators.
I quite enjoyed ‘Truth Hurts,’ but not enough to listen to the album again. Inescapable), but then immediately shuts it down and trudges along until the semi-upbeat hit, ‘Caught Up.’ ‘Bad Girl’ sound promising, but once again, doesn’t go anywhere. Lil Jon & Ludacris)’ starts the party (that song was everywhere in 2004. The album is smooth and sultry, slow and sexy and 16 years later it still drives me nuts. Many of the songs are about the breakdown of his relationship with Chilli from TLC. The album was nominated for 8 Grammys and won 3. It broke multiple sales records which resulted in its being the second best selling album of the 2000s. In the States, this album sold 1.1 million copies in the first week. I remember having to go to Receiving multiple times a day to see if we’d received new stock of the record. That’s not because I loved it, it’s because I was working in a CD store at the time, and this album was flying out the door faster than we could rack it.
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