Usher has sent out a warning to all those ‘imitating’ his style and not acknowledging his influence. He told MTV News:
“You got your artists who find their way through the circuit and are following and are not giving the respect where the respect is due. “If you know (you’re) following and biting, then, hey, give the respect. You can’t come around here and think that you’re really starting the game. Understand, when I came up in the game and I found a trail, I was cool. “Bobby Brown went this way, Michael Jackson went this way, Marvin Gaye, he created his little profile and he held to it. I didn’t step on those toes. “What I did was find a way and my thing and created my thing. Now you have my thing being built. So I look up, and I’m like, ‘OK, I see you all. I see you all in the videos. I see you moving, I get it, but pay the respect.
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He needs to go sit-down somewhere with that talk. Yes, he is very talented and set a standard for male R&B, but he’s yet to reach the levels of influence Michael Jackson and Marvin Gaye have. If anything, I think he’s threatened by these artists he’s calling out. The careers of Ne-Yo, Chris Brown, Omarion etc are booming and I think Usher is worried his place is being taken.
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He got so bigheaded after Confessions blew up. hes a fool now
He does have a point thou. There are a ton of artists that are biting. I’ll listen to an artists song and there will be a bridge that sounds almost the same as Ushers with their own twist. Usher has gotten his material from other artists but at least he’s acknowledging them.
you have to realize Usher isn’t talking about Chris Brown, NeYo Or Omarion…he has done collabs with these artists recently. He is just speaking vaguely and trying to humble some…
lol this is funny. how is usher going to even comment on someone taking his “style” when his “style” is just about all influenced by michael jackson..
At least he acknowledges Bobby Brown and Michael Jackson as his main inspiration. The new cats coming off like oh they were inspired by Michael but that is not true when u see their videos today all u see is an Usher lookalike. Justin more than all these cats. They don’t give Usher respect cuz they are being compared to him so they don’t want that on their resume. And why are the videos looking very much similiar to Usher’s if they are not biting his style? And for your information why would Usher who sold 1.1 million in the first week setting history for an RnB artists be jealous of these new cats? U gotta be kidding me…Usher got everything moves, personality, drive, looks, and most important the voice.
Ne-yo the first time i saw that cat me and my roomate was in our dorm like who is this fake Usher ass dude lol. Now Chris Broen to me has his own style and has even said when he first came out that he looks up to Usher and that he influenced him even though i dont see Usher when i look at Chris Brown or even Omarian for that matter. But that Ne-yo is a damn biter f*** what anyone else says and i cant wait for Usher to come back and put b****** in their place and hes not half as arrogant as that asshole Justin Timberfake who steals our music and wants to be considered a r&b artist now. Newsflash sweety you cant go from being in a damn boyband to trying to be soulful lol. Now that Robin thicke is the true white boy out with soul. The last one was Jon B i kno yall remember him lol
hey usher is dead on, he’s been doing this s*** for like 10 yrs
Hey, Usher is the first to pay his respect to those that came before him and he is not being bigheaded by saying what he said. Chris Brown himself has come out and said that he would try to imitate Usher’s “My Way” when he was a kid. Therefore, Usher has been the influence for these newbies (Ne-Yo, CB etc) rather than Michael and people from that generation. So Usher should be recognised as an important influence/pioneer. He has it all and thats what these new guys want to acheive…Just like Usher wanted to achieve the level of Michael and Marvin!
I don’t think Usher cares that ppl are imitating him. It’s more the fact that they then go on to say that it’s all their own style, their ideas. Thats what gets him annoyed.
Even if these folks gave “proper respect,” it wouldn’t mean they would give it to Usher because Usher is just a combination of all those other people.
To be fair chris brwon was on the radio speaking out of turn. Like Usher need to watch out crap.