

“So, yeah, I’m going to release an album this year, hopefully,” he explained. I was able to really be reflective and find out what things matter and really have some true, honest, deep conversations with people and myself, to take some ownership of some of where my life has gone and some of the things that I’ve come through. “While we have been in quarantine, my ideas changed,” he told PEOPLE in February.

Usher Reveals His Son Was Born To 50 Cent’s ‘In Da Club’ Though the artist hasn’t released a studio album since “Hard II Love” in 2016, earlier this year he teased that a new album is forthcoming. Usher Confesses He Wanted To Ask The Late Aaliyah OutĪs Billboard notes, the hitmaker and father of four brought his band with him to the “Tiny Desk” space, including vocalists Eric Bellinger and Vedo, bassist Dmitry Gorodetsky, trombonist Lemar Guillary, trumpeter Brandyn Phllips, saxophonist Jay Flat, keyboardist Darek Cobbs, guitarist Erick Walls and drummer Ryan Carr. This office party that we’re having,” Usher, 43, said with a chuckle before he kicked off his concert with a silky performance of “You Make Me Wanna…” “I’m hoping to just really have fun today. On Thursday, NPR posted video of the singer’s 24-minute set that included live versions of “U Don’t Have to Call,” “Nice & Slow,” “Confessions Part II,” “My Way.” Best avoided.Usher busted out a bevy of hits for his performance on NPR’s “Tiny Desk” concert series. None of this, however, can compensate for a lack of decent songs, or the fact that Usher's hip-hop schtick has lost whatever charm it once had. Not that this sort of behaviour seems to have affected his pulling power - he spends much of the rest of the album boasting about how he's having to fight them off with a stick. On the title track, for example, he casually tells us that he's got one of his two girlfriends pregnant but is now determined to do the 'manly' thing and let the other know what he's done. Reportedly furious that Justin Timberlake has overtaken him in the credibility stakes, the baby-faced soul merchant has dropped the nice guy image on his fourth album - with pretty disastrous results. Perhaps it's not too surprising - just like the blond Essex bombshell, there's now a lingering suspicion that Usher's best days are behind him. If you've ever suspected that David Beckham is, well, not too bright, then you won't be too shocked to hear that his favourite musician is Usher Raymond.
