Prior to the album’s release, Chilli placed the blame for their split on Usher’s cheating ways. However, both inspiration and attention surrounding the album would come as the result of the break-up between Usher and his ex-girlfriend, Chilli of TLC. While he created his playboy records with frequent producers Jermaine Dupri and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, the recording process this time around had a more mature air surrounding it, focusing on less transparent subject matters and letting people into Usher’s world for the first time. But, boys have to grow into men one day, and it was that basis that moved everything forward in creating Usher’s fourth studio album, Confessions.įrom its bold title, you could almost feel like it would be Usher’s most telling-album to date. Whether he was dropping his trousers in the video to “You Make Me Wanna,” providing the lover’s anthem with “Nice & Slow,” or exposing his washboard abs in “U Don’t Have To Call,” Usher was gaining ground as the leading young R&B act in the post-90s environment. Prior to the release of Confessions, Usher had certainly taken on the role of R&B playboy. Initially it was just expected to be Usher’s fourth studio album, but over the past 10 years it’s been regarded as one of the best R&B albums in history, and still remains the highest selling R&B title of the modern era. But, perhaps his most notable accomplishment to date was the release, and subsequent accolades of his album Confessions - which will celebrate the 10th anniversary of it’s release on March 23rd.
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The man has continued to show on several occasions that he is one of the hardest working artists in entertainment, currently assuming his role as host of NBC’s ‘ The Voice’, filming for the role of Sugar Ray Leonard in the upcoming movie Hands of Stone, and working on his anticipated eighth studio album, also expected to be released this year. If R&B superstar Usher decided to step away from the revolving chair and retire tomorrow, there’s no question that he would have a legendary career to look back on.