My favorite tracks are "Caught Up", "Superstar", "Follow Me" (the best song on the album), "Can U Handle It", and "That's What It's Made For", but the entire album plays so well from start to finish. Jermaine Dupri, Just Blaze, Dre & Vidal, and more contribute to the sound of the album, and it all flows fluidly through the duration as there are no skips on this album IMO. This album has such a major impact on the R&B world that it is hard to describe, as Usher would deliver classic after classic on this project. Both singles would become huge hits, as the album would debut with 1.1 million copies sold the first week. With audiences clamoring to hear more new music from him, Usher would debut his new material with a mega single featuring Lil' Jon and Ludacris titled "Yeah", followed by a single that seemingly addresses his breakup on "Burn". With the subject matter centering around the love life of Usher and many other themes involving relationships, things seemed to fall in place perfectly for Usher as his well publicized relationship to Chilli from TLC came to an end. For one, this album went diamond, which is an impossible feat in music for so many.
What more can you say about this album? I mean, 2004 was the year of Usher and he left little room for any other artists to come along and take the spotlight.
Perhaps the greatest R&B album of the 2000s.
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