He’s had monster jams like “OMG” and songs that reminded you of just how much of a talent he is like the Diplo-produced, “Climax.” Now maybe, nothing ever could come close to impacting the social consciousness the same way, but it’s just a point of note. Since the release of Confessions, he has had very good records, but no album has come even close to resonating or landing the same way as Confessions. ![]() You know what I think makes Usher such a legend? It’s the fact that Usher is still actively relevant today, with a Las Vegas residency, able to still headline festivals (like Something In The Water) and comes in nearly every R&B conversation with regularity and his most crowning achievement is almost two decades old. Greatness I only attained from hopefully attempting to copy Usher. And then, of course, you have what I believe to be arguably Usher’s greatest song of all time, The Neptunes produced jam, “U Don’t Have to Call”-from his 2001 8701 album-a song so good that it almost convinced a 21-year-old Panama Jackson to buy a banded collar brown leather jacket and some Heelys so I could bust out my video-dance moves on-demand and wow any crowd that would, of course, assemble around me to witness my greatness. This song is, of course, “ Nice & Slow.” That song is over 20 years old and is still as much of a jam today as it was then. That nine-track album-technically it’s 10, but the last song is just “You Make Me Wanna…” extended-featured a song that is not only still one of the GOAT-level R&B jams but also doubles as a viable and legitimate Black Jeopardy question in various form: “What and where was Usher at 7 o’clock on the dot?” Or “What time was, specifically, was Usher cruising the streets in a drop-top?” For instance, Usher mentioned a few times that we’re coming up on the 25-year anniversary of his sophomore album, 1997’s My Way (released on Sept. But there was a reminder in there somewhere. Now, one six-song setlist performed at a literal desk in the offices of NPR does not a legend make.
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