'Usher' Releases His Next Album 'Looking 4 Myself' on June 12

Written by Bob Suggs Thursday, 07 June 2012 09:18

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On his seventh studio album -- his first for the RCA label -- Usher offers up what he terms "revolutionary pop." It's not so much a style as a mixture of modern, pop-oriented R&B and European dance-pop -- not all that different in makeup from what he offered on 2010's Raymond v. Raymond. Looking 4 Myself features the steamy, low-key ballad "Climax" (co-produced by Diplo) and the storming dancefloor track "Scream" (co-written and co-produced by Max Martin). Usher's other collaborators include the Neptunes, Rico Love, Salaam Remi, and Swedish House Mafia.

"On this album, different things inspired me," says Usher. "Normally, I'm pulling from personal relationships and from older musical styles, but the things that motivated me this time were sounds and music that were very new and indie, like going to the Coachella festival or to Ibiza. I’ve traveled the world, toured nearly every continent—this phase of my life and my career is very open to exploring."

"I felt the creative freedom to be daring," he says. "There's a moment where you question, is this something that my audience is ready to accept? But I listened to artists like the Beatles and Prince and Marvin Gaye at pivotal moments, where they really spoke how they felt, and I took that liberty to be as creative as possible."

Judging from the reaction to the first single, the simmering, atmospheric "Climax," Usher need not have worried. The song's video was viewed more than eight million times in less than a month, earning rave reviews from Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, and USA Today.

Category     Rock/Pop, R&B, Contemporary R&B
Label     RCA
Orig Year     2012
Discs     1
Release Date     Jun 12, 2012
Studio/Live     Studio
Personnel     Rick Ross, Pharrell Williams, Luke Steele, A$Ap Rocky
Additional Info     Deluxe Edition

Looking 4 Myself (Deluxe Version)

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Artist: Usher Binding: Audio CD CatalogNumberList: EAN: 0886919717723 EANList: Feature: Record Label: Rca Feature: Catalog#: 88691 971772 Feature: Country Of Release: NLD Feature: Year Of Release: 2012 Feature: Notes: Deluxe Edition Incl. 4 Bonustracks IsAdultProduct: 0 IsEligibleForTradeIn: 1 ItemDimensions: Label: RCA Languages: ListPrice: Manufacturer: RCA NumberOfDiscs: 1 PackageDimensions: PackageQuantity: 1 ProductGroup: Music ProductTypeName: ABIS_MUSIC PublicationDate: 2012 Publisher: RCA ReleaseDate: 2012-06-12 SKU: ST0886919717723 Studio: RCA Title: Looking 4 Myself (Deluxe Version) TradeInValue: UPC: 886919717723 UPCList:

Product Description On his seventh studio album, LOOKING 4 MYSELF, Usher works with a host of top-notch collaborators including Salaam Remi, Diplo, Rico Love, Jim Jonsin, and Max Martin, among others.LOOKING 4 MYSELF comes on the heels of his two multi-platinum chart-topping collaborations "Without You" by David Guetta which held the #1 spot on the Pop charts and "Promise" with Romeo Santos which held the #1 spot on the Latin charts.Usher has been ranked by the RIAA as one of the best-selling artists in American music history, having sold over 43 million albums worldwide. He has won numerous awards including seven Grammy Awards and was recently named the number one Hot 100 artist of the 2000s decade. Billboard named him the second most successful artist of the 2000s decade, with his career-propelling 2004 album Confessions being ranked as the top solo album of the 2000s decade. Usher has attained nine Hot 100 number-one hits (all as a lead artist) and has attained seventeen Hot 100 top-ten singles.

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