It may have earned him many commercial points but it’s safe to say Usher‘s romantic ties to Electronic Dance Music have seen him chip away at his own credibility.
Not because the material wasn’t strong…but because his decision to genre-hop was more of a tactical one than a creative one.
This hasn’t gone unnoticed by his protege’ Justin Bieber who weighed in on the matter during an interview to promote his forthcoming album.
His words below…
Read what Bieber told ‘Complex’ and weigh in on it below.
I’ve done probably three or four albums that I haven’t released yet. I’ve gotten all of these different modes, and try to dive into different ideas, and I finally came up with something that was pretty genius. I have these collaborations with Skrillex and Diplo, like “Where Are U Now” that just took off. This is their first top 10 record. It just shows that we’re breaking barriers in the EDM world. I think people have been trying to do it for a while, making dance music, like Usher and all of those people, but I don’t think it’s been done in the right way.
It wouldn’t be the first time Bieber has been linked to an Usher diss.