Here I Stand Review

Bad news, girls: Usher is packing up his penis. It started last summer, when he married his stylist-slash-babymama in Atlanta. Now it’s really official: It seems the unreconstructed R&B lothario has returned with an entire album about—gasp!—devoting your life to one special lady. “Ush, is this what it’s come to, man?” wonders fellow monogamist Jay-Z at the top of “Best Thing,” in which the two tamed tigers compare notes on sharing closet space. Ladies’ night at the 40/40 Club will never be the same.
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The original "Love in This Club," produced by Polow Da Don, sounds like it's built on stock samples from Apple's GarageBand software. And "Love You Gently" issues the least subtle come-on — "How 'bout some foreplay?" — before rushing into "Best Thing," where Usher and Jay-Z dream of populating the world with future players. That's the problem with babymaking ballads: Once they create actual babies, the romance is dead.
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Usher, what are you doing? Why isn't your best song to date - the brilliantly bonkers leaked single Dat Girl Right There - on your new album? Are you an idiot?
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