In reply to s.a.

What? Usher has done nothing but try and be the forefront of everything that's in mainstream music already. It's a little contradictory to want him to work with current producers that everybody's using, yet be distinctive at the same time. He has Diplo for "Climax" (wasn't good enough on the mainstream), and Max Martin for "Scream" which was a top 10. He always has Jimmy Jam & Tyler Lewis for his album R&B tracks as well as Dupri etc Good Kisser should have been a hit, it combined elements of the dance wave, had a good balance of sounding both classical, yet contemporary, lyrically up to par, was soulful and involved back-up vocalists...personally, the only thing missing is the R&B fans to actually acknowledge the work.