With his album release date on unsteady terms, another song has surfaced from the studio sessions of R&B singer Usher. The track, entitled ‘She Don’t Know’, which was produced by Hip-Hop hit makers Bangladesh, is reportedly going to be featured on the crooner’s forthcoming LP, tentatively entitled ‘Raymond vs. Raymond’. The first ‘buzz’ single from the album, ‘Papers’, has failed to enter the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100after stalling at #31, despite the controversial nature of the track.
This is a nice song but no where near the level of material that an artist of Usher’s status should be generating. In an era where there is a lot of fresh talent emerging on the charts, more seasoned acts need to improve their craft or be pushed aside. Hopefully this song is not the best that Mr. Raymond has to offer because I doubt he can handle being outsold by his younger peers (Chris Brown especially) two years in a row.
I smell a push back…
DOB – it already has been “pushed back” – but actually, it was never even scheduled to come out before 2010, the site that originally reported 2009 was mistaken and took it down but ThatGrapeJuice never picked up on the change.
Also kind of weird – Papers is up to 20 on the billboard radio airplay chart. It is getting better airplay than the new Chris Brown! Odd that its sales are so poor, that’s the only reason it isn’t a bigger hit.
(Chris Brown hasn’t entered the top 20 yet either, btw)