And from that point on I started watching Usher’s life closely. So, that conversation was the beginning of my head wrapping around, ‘How do I create a whirlwind around Usher and make Usher something to talk about? Make people want to go deeper into the person. People talk about your songs but they don’t really know Usher the artist.’” was saying to him, “Usher, all people talk about with you are your songs now. But we was getting a lot of resistance and even L.A. I couldn’t believe this, because we just came off “U Got It Bad,” and a bunch of big records and we felt like it was his time to turn into that superstar. When we were talking about Usher’s new album, the PR people at Arista were saying they’re not getting a lot of bites for Usher to shoot covers. JD spoke in detail about how the album came into play, Chilli’s reaction to it all, his personal connection to the songs and even revisited the million dollar topic of who the title track was really about.

Jermaine Dupri Speaks On The Meaning Behind Usher’s “Confessions”Ģ014 marks the 10-year anniversary of the release of Usher’s “Confessions” album and Complex recently caught up with ATL super-producer Jermaine Dupri to take a stroll down memory lane. JD talks that talk in celebration of the “Confessions” 10-year anniversary.

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