As a hardcore fan Usher listen to his music since 1997. I was very excited about Here I stand by all the negative headlines you've heard in the last 1.5 years so. The fact is that it is in my opinion very different from the music of her 8701 and Confessions and it definitely is a disk that you have to listen more often I find. Nevertheless, and perhaps because I give her 5 stars, because the plates are that you have heard in 10 years. I think that he has never been as honest as on this album and if you read what the panel says to Usher is quite clear that he has made this album for themselves and it is him really care what the critics think. That used to something different and I expect him to very high, Mr. Raymond has become definitely grown. My personal favorites so far are: Before I met you, His Mistakes, Appetite (in my opinion one of the most honest Usher songs he's ever written), Whats a man to do, Moving Mountains (probably the next single) and Will Work for Love (one of the most unusual Usher songs of all time). Furthermore, I like that he has worked for a change of pretty much the rest of the music world is not with Timbaland, but rather are known by lesser-known people rather only diehard RnB fans and some of the songs co-written by his brother are , Usher is definitely still number one and no Chris Brown in the world ranges ran at him.