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!