OKAY. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD THE RUMORS ABOUT CHILLI AND USHER BREAKING UP? WELL, WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO THE MORNING SHOW IN MY HOMETOWN THIS MORNING THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW USHER AND CHILLI HAVE BROKEN UP AND IN HIS NEW CD, CONFESSIONS, WHICH DROPS IN MARCH HE SINGS ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH CHILLI AND PAST RELATIONSHIPS WHERE HE HAS CHEATED (YEAH, HE CHEATED ON CHILLI TOO) THEY SAID THAT IN ONE SONG HE SINGS ABOUT A GIRL WHO HE GOT PREGNANT AND SHE DECIDED TO KEEP THE BABY. EVERYTHING ON THE CD IS SUPPOSEDLY WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO HIM. THEY PLAYED ONE OF HIS SONGS CALLED "BURN" (IT'S HELLA TIGHT) YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT ON AOL BROADBAND. I CAN'T WAIT TO COP HIS CD. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, DID YOU REALLY THINK USHER AND CHILLI WERE GOING TO LAST AND DID YOU REALLY THINK HE WAS CHEATING ON HER?
YEAH I HEARD WHEN THEY INTERVIEWED HIM ON THE RADIO...AND THEY PLAYED THE SONG "BURN" AND IT IS TIGHT!! BUT YEAH I DO THINK HE CHEATED...ESPECIALLY ONCE SHE WAS SOMEWHAT PRESSURING HIM INTO MARRIAGE...BUT I DID ACTUALLY THINK THEY WERE GONNA MAKE IT...THEY WERE ADORABLE TOGETHER!!
I had a feeling that it wasnt gonna work out.Chilli is alot older than Usher and she had a kid.So somehow i knew that Usher would eventually decide to get out tha relaitonship .but i didnt think he would stoop that low & cheat.
MY THING IS BOTH OF YA'LL ARE GROWN...SO HOW LONG DO YOU WANNA BE GIRLFRIEND AND BOYFRIEND..I MEAN..OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE BEEN WITH THAT PERSON FOR __ YEARS...AND ITS NOT LIKE YOU WANT TO BE WITH SOMEONE ELSE..SO WHY NOT GET MARRIED? I THINK HE ONLY CHEATED BECAUSE SHE WAS READY FOR MARRIED AND HE WAS STILL IN THE "CHILD/****" MENTALITY AND NOT READY FOR COMMITMENT...SHE WAS READY FOR MARRIAGE AND HE WASNT READY TO GROW UP..
MY THING IS BOTH OF YA'LL ARE GROWN...SO HOW LONG DO YOU WANNA BE GIRLFRIEND AND BOYFRIEND..I MEAN..OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE BEEN WITH THAT PERSON FOR __ YEARS...AND ITS NOT LIKE YOU WANT TO BE WITH SOMEONE ELSE..SO WHY NOT GET MARRIED? I THINK HE ONLY CHEATED BECAUSE SHE WAS READY FOR MARRIED AND HE WAS STILL IN THE "CHILD/peeps" MENTALITY AND NOT READY FOR COMMITMENT...SHE WAS READY FOR MARRIAGE AND HE WASNT READY TO GROW UP..
Usher Lets Skeletons Out Of The Closet On Confessions
R&B singer addresses past infidelity, breakups on new LP.
"Yeah!," Usher's collaboration with Lil Jon and Ludacris, wasn't intended to be a proper single from his upcoming album, Confessions. Released to street DJs and mixtapes, the song was just meant to tease the appetites of Usher fans who've waited three years for the singer's fifth studio disc.
But quickly the appreciation for that song has grown — in the clubs, on the radio and in the streets. "It just sort of happened," Usher said recently. "You know, you get Lil Jon on a record — that's crazy. Ludacris? Bring him in. It's lights out, man."
"Yeah!" could be called the first consciously styled "crunk R&B" record. It's an ode both to the distinct grind of Southern rap beats and Usher's own signature soul croon. Even though Usher doesn't want to be known as a hip-hop artist ("Strictly R&B — we're bringin' it back," he boasted), he thinks he could be onto something with this mash-up of genres. "I think you're going to get more R&B/crunk records," he said. "I'm happy that I could be the one to kick it off."
Usher titled his album Confessions because he feels it's his most personal yet. He wrote more songs on this one than on any previous album. "All of us have our Pandora's boxes or skeletons in our closets," he explained. "I let a few of them out, you know. I've got a lot to say. I've got a lot of things and stuff built in me that I just want to let go of."
He was expressing the same sentiment back when he was in the studio (see "Usher To Share His Confessions In March"), and now Usher has the songs to prove it. On the track "Confessions II," he sings, "Got me talking to myself asking how am I going to tell you/ 'Bout the call I got from the girl/ That I was creepin' with, creepin' with/ Says she's three months pregnant and she's keepin' it."
"It wasn't a specific situation that happened in my life right now," he elaborated. "In other words, I wasn't in a relationship and got another girl pregnant — right now. But it is something I can relate to and it's something that has happened to me in the past. As I said, I have a few deep, dark ones that I've kept stowed away in a closet for a minute."
A window into his inner thoughts is also there on "Burn," a song about breakups and letting relationships flame out. Said Usher, "It's unfortunate when you have to let a situation go because it's not working. Although you may want to stay, you've got to let it burn."
His explanation has added resonance, since he just broke up with longtime girlfriend Chilli from TLC. "Yeah, I’m single," he smiled, sheepishly. "We're still friends. It's just something that happens in life."
Usher recruited a number of producers to work on Confessions, which drops March 23. Jermaine Dupri, the Neptunes, and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis have all written songs with him. Other producers include Vidal and Dre, Lil Jon and Rich Harrison.
Track list for Confessions, according to Arista Records:
"Yeah!"
"Red Light"
"Confessions II"
"Burn"
"Caught Up"
"Superstar"
"Truth Hurts"
"Simple Things"
"Bad Girl"
"Can U Handle It"
"Do It to Me"
"Take Your Hand"
"Sweet Lies"
"Follow Me"
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Dangit, can we wait and see what he has to say about this. There are always two sides to the story. For all we know she could just be a bitter woman out to damage his rep... ya never know :roll:
