Usher IS a sellout.

1) Black artists making dance/pop is unbecoming in the first place.

2) Usher didn't start his career mixing in dance/pop with R&B. From 1995-2008, ALL his music was R&B - w/o a single drop of pop/dance. It wasn't until after Bieber and after Gaga that suddenly Usher decided to do that shit. For the first 15 years of his career Usher didn't do pop music at all. So yeah, it IS pandering to what he thinks is popular.

3) Black artists making dance/pop is unbecoming. I can't stress that enough.

This song is better. It's classic Usher. It's remembering who his core audience is and giving them what they want and expect...but I'm still disappointed in him.