I think people of "this" fast generation are just that... fast. You're quick to follow trends. Ne-Yo, Chris Brown are what's HOT now and 10 years later, who knows where they will be. None of them have really laid a foundation for a career. They've had quick success with singles and have built up a type of "singles" following. Thus, they are only as good as the next SINGLE that they release.. the same way Rihanna is. If they were to have an oops, wuh-uh moment like Usher supposedly has had with Here I Stand, I doubt that their album in the midst of negative feedback & bad reviews would still go platinum. For the simple fact that Usher has a legacy which Ne-Yo & Chris Brown are still trying to achieve. I don't get why people are ready to write folks off based on ONE album they may not like.

Just the same as Mariah Carey had the Glitter album that no one liked, she came back with a banger. Usher has fans of his whole discographies, Chris Brown & Ne-Yo have more fans of single albums.

Anyway.... I agree with someone above who said if he does the whole "worldwide" thing it's somewhat jumping on a trend. I hope that by "worldwide" he means he is just working with different producers to create something NEW and not this euro-pop crap we have to have shoved down our throats.