Chris Brown is the biggest male R&B artist of his generation. None of his contemporaries have reached the heights he has reached, not even Trey. But statements like this makes him look insecure as an artist. There is nothing wrong with pay homage to someone that influenced you as an artist. Like many other young male r&b artists, there would be no him without Usher. He’s stated that twice on Vibe Magazine that he was inspired by Usher, everyone and their mamas know that he is a product of Usher. It’s obvious with his sound, style, dance moves and image. It’s the same way Usher is a product of MJ & Bobby Brown. That doesn’t mean he’s not a legend or he hasn’t influenced others. Usher was the biggest male R&B male artist of his time as well and he achieved much more heights than Chris did in his time. At some point, the man literally became biggest artist in music. At the end of day, Chris Brown just benefitted from a blueprint that was laid by, MJ, Usher, R.Kelly and Bobby Brown so he should be thankful that he’s in the position to be mentioned in the same breath as Usher.