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Here I Stand is R&B singer Usher's fifth album, scheduled to be released May 27 2008.[3] The first single from the album,[4] "Love in This Club", was released in February and debuted on Billboard magazine's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at number 51.[4] The single also debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 83 and in its third week on the chart became his eighth number one single.[5]. The album's second single is a remix of the first, but since the track is very different from the original it is credited as "Love in This Club Part II". "Love in This Club Part II" debuted on the "Billboard Hot 100" at #79 and on the "R&B/Hip-Hop Songs" chart at #14 for the chart week of May 10, 2008. "Love in This Club Part II" will be available for download on iTunes May 6th 2008 with the pre-order of "Here I Stand".
Background
Usher originally hoped to release it in November 2007;[6] it will finally see release on May 27th, 2008.[3] The album's cover shows a license plate 1126, the date of his son's birth.
Songs for the album have been recorded with Jermaine Dupri,[6] T-Pain,[7] Dre & Vidal,[8] and Polow da Don. Other producers he may have worked with but aren't yet confirmed include Kanye West, Timbaland, and Ne-Yo.[9] Lil Jon, with whom Usher has had great success in the past, has not yet worked on the album. He said in an interview with MTV News that he's trying to find Usher a new sound.[8]
In an April appearance on MTV's TRL, Usher stated that Beyoncé and Jay-Z will appear together on his album.[10]
In an interview with MTV News, Jermain Dupri claimed that although Usher had said that second single would be "Moving Mountains", it might be replaced by a newer song—"The Best Thing"—recorded with Jay-Z.[3]
Dupri also talked about the album: "Usher's album is more about teaching men [that] at some point, you gotta grow up. And growing up is respecting a woman and having a woman in your life and taking care of your woman. That's his definition of growing up."[3]
Track listing
- This is a tentative tracklisting and could change before the albums release.[11]
| # | Title | Producer(s) | Featured guest(s) |
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| 1 | "Intro" | ||
| 2 | "Love in This Club" | Polow Da Don | Young Jeezy |
| 3 | "This Ain't Sex" | R. Kelly and Jazze Pha | |
| 4 | "Trading Places" | Bryan-Michael Cox | |
| 5 | "Moving Mountains" | Tricky Stewart | |
| 6 | "What's Your Name?" | will.i.am | |
| 7 | "Prayer For You (Interlude)" | ||
| 8 | "Something Special" | ||
| 9 | "Love You Gently" | ||
| 10 | "Best Thing" | Jermaine Dupri | Jay-Z |
| 11 | "Before I Met You" | ||
| 12 | "His Mistakes (I Can't Win)" | Stargate | |
| 13 | "Appetite" | ||
| 14 | "What A Man to Do" | ||
| 15 | "Lifetime" | ||
| 16 | "Love in This Club Part II" | Soundz | Beyoncé and Lil Wayne |
| 17 | "Here I Stand" | Dre & Vidal |
Confirmed tracks
- "Love in This Club" (featuring Young Jeezy, produced by Polow da Don)[4]
- "At the Time"(produced by T-Pain)[12]
- "Dat Girl Right There" (featuring Ludacris, produced by Rich Harrison)[13][9]
- "The Realest" (produced by Jermaine Dupri)[6]
- "Here I Stand" (written by Rell, produced by Dre & Vidal)[14]
- "The Best Thing" (featuring Jay-Z, produced by Jermaine Dupri)[3]
- "Moving Mountains" (written by The-Dream, produced by Tricky Stewart)[3]
- "Love in This Club Part II" (featuring Beyoncé and Lil Wayne, produced by Soundz)
Other Leaked/Rumored Tracks
References
- ^ http://usherhereistand.com/
- ^ http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0016J839E/ Template:Ja icon Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
- ^ a b c d e f "Jay-Z Jumps On Upbeat Mariah Carey Remix, Mature Usher Song For Jermaine Dupri", Shaheem Reid, MTV News, April 18 2008.
- ^ a b c Flor Rida's 'Low' Continues to Rule Hot 100, Jonathon Cohen, Billboard online, February 14, 2008.
- ^ "Love in This Club (Hot 100 chart) at Billboard, March 1, 2008
- ^ a b c "Usher Finds 'Magic' with Jermaine Dupri on New Songs", Shaheem Reid with Sway Calloway, MTV News online, April 12, 2007.
- ^ "T-Pain Busy With Production, Label, Touring", Antony Bruno, Billboard, October 19, 2007.
- ^ a b "Usher Gets Things Poppin' With Two New Songs; Album Is 'Coming,' Jermaine Dupri Swears", Shaheem Reid, MTV News online, February 6, 2008.
- ^ a b "Usher’s New Album Set for Spring", Stephanie Ng Wan, Soulshine, November 12, 2007.
- ^ http://allhiphop.com/stories/rumors/archive/2008/04/12/19637858.aspx
- ^ http://www.urbanbridgez.com/wire.htm
- ^ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp? vnu_content_id=1003695501 "Dupri: Usher 'Itching' To Release New CD"], Clover Hope, Billboard, January 11 2008.
- ^ http://www.djbooth.net/index/tracks/review/usher-ft-ludacris-dat-girl-right-there/
- ^ a b c "Usher's New Album Deals With Loss, Married Life And Making Intimate Home Videos", Shaheem Reid, MTV News, March 13 2008