He's been teasing Confessions 2

And JT has been teasing FSLS 2

Kinda sad really

Kinda, but he's still rich and famous with the status of an OG in the game that newer singers look up to, so he's fine.

yeah that was kinda my point initially in the sense that he doesn't feel like he has to make some cultural defining album given he's done that already but obvs only he knows

Confessions is a top 5 R&B album OAT tho so he gets a pass

OGs keep trying to follow trends.

Chris Brown has the WOAT catalog of any R&B singer. He's decent at performances and features and that's about it

Usher's catalog is pretty straight. Not the best but far from bad. I actually enjoy My Way more than Confessions though.

It is what it is, for most successful singers and rappers you have your prime years and then as the mainstream interest in you starts fading, music turns into a side hustle and your main hustle becomes business ventures, investments, participating in reality shows and all that s***.

Love You Gently is better than any song on Confessions 🤷🏿‍♂️

Rnb fans are conservative and anything that doesn't sound like the 70s/80s/90s is deemed as trash and soulless

That's what happened

very good point, as long as he can eat and support the fam that's most important

Maxwell's last album didn't follow any trends and it was pretty damn great too and it still flopped. At that point you can either make music for yourself and your core fan base, or try to chase the current trends in hopes to get lucky enough to reach a wider audience.

that’s a hot take. Looking for myself and Mars vs. Venus are amazing songs too though. Def to me prime usher lvl

Crine imagine thinking Raymond v Raymond and here I stand aren’t at least 8/10 albums.

Everything else has had hit or misses and when the Man has missed he’s missed bad but still he’s that nigga

Why continue to make music when you can pimp out your biggest cash cow

He's kinda inconsistent with that. When he hits, he hits hard. but when he misses, he misses har. He has barely any in between tracks.

Usher made Yeah.
he don't need nothing else

Yeah, but his last record didn't have hits like Pretty Wings, Bad Habits, and Fistful of Tears.

It was a better album overall.

"Lake by the Ocean" and "1990x" sounded like very strong singles imo, catchy and memorable, but that type of music simply has no mainstream reach anymore.

Then a couple years ago he also released "Shame" which was an amazing single that could've been a hit if it came out a decade earlier.

I disagree fam. Those new singles just ain't touching his old singles even though the music is good. Pretty Wings would def do numbers if released today. That song hits across all demographics.

Maxwell did better numbers without a hit than Usher did with No Limit

Chris Brown Indigo?

Absolute facts

He got lucky with that album

Usher and chris brown been trash

When was the last time a song like Pretty Wings blew up? Lol

Shame is up there with his GOAT singles..

It's not fair and true to claim that if you make great music it will necessarily blow up.