Usher

Submitted by Kas Report on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 20:28

Usher's "Mommy Dearest" Issues Cause Album Release Delay #3! Loses His Last Mojo?

Usher’s “Raymond vs Raymond” album release has been pushed back to March 30th. This is the 3rd or 4th delay… the reason? Why, Mommy Dearest Jonetta Patton, who came back to manage Usher after he ended his marriage to his 2 children's mother Tameka Raymond to please the public and his mother, decided to quit once again as his manager because allegedly Usher newest “older” arm piece Grace Miguel had ideas for Usher's album release or something....... his mother didn't think much of that so decided to hightail out of there once again.

All this is according to the NY Daily News:

“She walked away from the project because Usher had his girlfriend [and former Def Jam executive] Grace Miguel was all in the mix,” says the source. “She felt as though if she didn’t end things when she did, it would permanently affect their personal relationship,” continues the source. Usher had apparently declared that he would manage himself, with the help of Miguel, but the label felt that “there was chaos in the camp.”

Usher is a grown man, yet his mommy dearest wants FULL control of her son's career and no say from anyone else; girlfriend, wife or otherwise. Usher having been in the music business for long at the end of the day decides and has to agree on any advise, suggestions from management, label, family etc no? I suspect Beyonce, Jay-Z and others have management but at the end of the day they make their own decisions on what they want to do. Usher's mom can surely do her job even with others involvement without 100% say no?

This story for us reads for something much bigger; Usher and his relationship with his momager. Does Usher's mom want full control of her grown son so much so that she wants or has a say on his women and what those women are allowed to say and not to say on her son's life and work? Would her ideal women for her son be the ones that are the trophy girlfriends or wives? The look pretty and say nothing kind? The evidence so far reads this way, Jonetta liked Chilli – who by the way IS the same age as Tameka Raymond and HAD a child when she and Usher started dating. Did Jonetta like Chilli more because she didn't offer her opinions on Usher's career? or was it that she was deemed prettier or “lighter skinned” than Tameka hence more ideal? Clearly Usher loved Tameka some to be with her, to have married her, and fathered 2 kids with her within 2 years, I mean he wasn't blinded and forced to father those two kids was he? Or did he “fall accidently” into Tameka twice leading to kids being born?

Grace Miguel is the 3rd OLDER woman for Usher, apparently she too has 2 children … and is “light skinned” as AA's like to call it, so what's the common thread?

Tameka being a stylist to the artists for more than 15 years, must have had thoughts on how Usher could do things, Usher's mom hated that, so much so she refused to attend her only son's wedding, severed her relationship with her son that even with 2 grandchildren, she still could not accept Usher's wife, leading Usher to choose to leave his wife and kids for his career or was it for his mother?… In the process throwing Tameka Raymond under the bus for good measure… for the sake of sales… “Papers” anyone? Here's what Ush's “papers” lyrics contained

I done damn near lost my mama, I done been through so much drama
I done turned into the man that I never thought I'd be.

Really? So once again because of Grace........ Usher has chosen to “lose” his mother.. again? What does that say about Usher and what he thinks of his mom? or what he truly wants? Might Raymond vs. Raymond now speak to him vs his mother as opposed to him vs his ex-wife or him vs himself?

Grace is claimed to be a music industry executive (how good or not is not relevant here), of course she has clearly spoken up about her “ideas” and again Usher's mom hates that so she quits again. 2 out of 3 makes a pattern, that shows the problem lies with Usher and his relationship with his momager, she's unwilling to let go of her grown son and I suspect guilt's her only son by quitting him any time she doesn't like his choices, that guilt leads Usher to end up going back to his mother to please her and the cycle continues. Is he ever going to come out from under his mother and her wishes to be his own grown ASS man?

Will Usher man up or will he remain a man child? At this point people can't blame Tameka or Grace or any other woman in his life; Usher can and should make his own choices on advise he gets and what to do with it for his career.

All that said, Raymond vs Raymond leaked fully a few weeks go, its not the standout album it could have been, at least not to Usher's previous standards, its not doing well, not getting the buzz he and his label could have wished for, could that be the driving the delays? The first single, “Papers,” which was released last September, hyped using his “divorce” and throwing his children's mother under the bus in the process, only reached No. 31 on the Billboard Hot 100, was quickly down graded to a “buzz single” buzz indeed it was but not for the reasons they thought, ended up with a negative effect..... the label then released, “Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home)” (video below) which is so far not doing exceptionally well yet, and next will be “More.”

Lastly is Usher still viewed as “hot” or “sexy” anymore, if yes those women and men aren't coming out in full force to support his music just yet. Does that mean he's lost his final mojo? What would he need to do to get his mojo back?

“Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home)” Music Video

Submitted by Kas Report on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 15:59

New Music Video! Usher's "Daddy's Home". His Mojo's Not Back Yet?

Here's Usher Raymond‘s new video for his new song “Daddy’s Home”

the start of Usher's “Daddy's Home” song has a lot of subtle similarities to Beyonce's “Sweet Dreams” they were produced by the same producer Rico Love, with Sweet Dreams definitely being the better song, more catchy and even better video.

Has Usher got back his mojo? Not to me, nothing about this video (boring, uninspiring story line) or the song/single has longevity or “radio play” written all over it, will it work? time will tell…

Usher's album “Raymond vs Raymond” will be release March 30th.

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Submitted by Kas Report on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 23:31

Grammy Awards: Michael Jackson Tribute Will Be In 3-D

Michael Jackson continues to lead the way in groundbreaking ways once again. MJ's London “This Is It!” shows were meant to have a 3-D mini-movie for his song “Earth Song” shown to fans attending the shows. The shows are no more however MJ's vision and wishes will come true at the Grammy's, it will be the first time the Grammy's will feature 3-D technology at the show… MJ would have been the very first artist to feature 3-D during a live show.

Grammys executive producer Ken Ehrlich has announced that a 3-D mini-movie created MJ and his team for “Earth Song” will be presented as part of a tribute performance featuring Smokey Robinson, Usher, Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson and Carrie Underwood.

MJ will be honored posthumously with the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award.

This year, Jackson will be a focal point of the show, with an unprecedented posthumous tribute. The Grammys will broadcast a 3-D clip the singer made for his hit “Earth Song,” a video that was to be integral to his comeback concerts in London in July 2009
Usher, Celine Dion, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson and Smokey Robinson will perform alongside the clip, which Ehrlich says will be the first time an awards show will feature 3-D.

“Whenever we would do a show with (Jackson), the first thing he would say to me was, `How can we do something that we (have) never done before?' And now we're doing something that hasn't been done before,” said Ehrlich, who worked with Jackson for almost 30 years, in an interview Tuesday.

Ehrlich produced the televised memorial to Jackson last year. He was with the singer the night before he died — and that's when he first saw the 3-D clip of “Earth Song,” a call to action about the destruction of nature and animals by man.

“There are these incredible images of the beauties of nature, and then they are seen through the eyes of a little girl, and that girl falls asleep and when she wakes up, she is witness to the destruction of nature,” said Ehrlich. “It's all about questioning what our values are.”

While a part of the clip was shown in the recent movie documentary “This Is It,” Ehrlich says the Grammys will show the full piece in 3-D. When he saw it with Jackson that night, Ehrlich said the singer was moved to tears.

“It was pretty emotional for him,” Ehrlich said. “Afterward he said to me that that song and that piece and that portion of the concert was as important to him than anything else in the show.”

He also went on to say viewers (the ones that will attend the show in LA) will be able to get free 3-D “Grammy” glasses from Target stores nationwide from Jan. 26 through Jan. 31. The Grammy Awards will air live on CBS Jan 31st. TV viewers will miss out on the 3-D effect but will see the video anyways.

Way for the Grammy's to get their ratings up.

Will you be watching the Grammys? We'll sure be watching, we love MJ and wouldn't want to miss seeing his vision and what meant so to him.

Submitted by Kas Report on Sat, 01/02/2010 - 18:16

New Years Performances! Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Black Eyed Peas & more

Rihanna rocked a 2 Million dollar New Year’s Eve Concert In Abu Dhabi

RiRi ~~sang~~ performed for over 10,000 fans who had paid $110 each to crowd onto the lawns outside Abu Dhabi's Emirates Palace to watch the two hour gig.

During the concert, RiRi sang all her big hits, including SOS, Don't Stop The Music and Hate That I Love You, she closed the show with her mega-hit Umbrella.

You can watch some fan taken videos of RiRi's performance here

It also seems RiRi's Rated R is doing quite alright sales wise; the album sold 209k worldwide this past week bringing the album sales to the 1 million mark, having been out for only five weeks thats quite the accomplishment given that the singles she's released so far didn't do as well as her ealier album singles did. Her next single is rumored to be “Rude Boy”.

Lady Gaga's had a New Year's party in Miami that outsold all other celeb bashes according to the NYpost.com. Well Duh, LG is currently THE HOTTEST act in town so that's to be expected for now until someone else emerges in a few months? a year?

Anywho, LG's party had all the usual young Hollywood in attendance that don't warrant mentioning here..... Gaga sang 4 of her mega hits that included Bad Romance from her Fame Monster album

She is special. Quite EXTRA.

Beyonce also had her own 2 million dollar(?) performance at Nikki Beach Restaurant on St Barts for the Roman Abramovich's party which apparently for the Son of Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Among the crowd watching Bey's show were her husband Jay-Z, Usher, and Jon Bon Jovi.