Of course it won't sell or be a spopular as confessions or 8701 bc the radio played so many big singles but overall this was a good cd.

I am a big usher fan and this album compared to the past ones is horrible....Trading places is a good song...moving mountains is good too(althought the video is horrible) I love Usher truly but I am very disappointed in the quality of music that was released after a 4 year break. I hope the next one is better because I expect more of him and I know he can do better.

I here a lot of negative things about this album, but i thinks it's really good. It's a much mire mature album than he has ever made before. And he has some really nice tracks on here. I think people should definitely sit and listen to the words he speak in this album.

It sucks best songs in the club remix and in the club the rest is trash.... bring back the confessions please.

I Love Usher.... His Album was so HOtT??? i have to one for the house and one for my car.

Lovely album from Usher. If we are just to talk about the stunning ballad Moving mountains then the album deserves a 10 for that track alone.

R&B artist Usher dropped his first release since his son’s birth, but nothing has changed. Sure, there’s the two minute interlude “Prayer for You” dedicated to “my baby,” but cut the first five seconds of a child’s moaning sound bite ¬¬and it’s any other Usher love song. What qualifies as an Usher love song? Well, with hit singles from his catalog to include “My Boo” and “Pop Ya Collar,” the names alone should give context to the depth of his lyrics. The first words sang on “Love in This Club,” an obvious single and summer club anthem, lays the premise of the album: “Do it for the ladies, gotta keep hood.” While the track blatantly rips off every German synth techno artist, the real offender is Usher’s game. No normal guy can ask a girl, “What’s your name, what’s your number?” and follow that bullet-proof pickup line with “on the couch, on the bar, on the table?” We all get it Usher – you’re young, famous, and on Forbes wealthiest list. For normal guys though, we actually need to put some thought into picking up girls, something Usher’s album seems to be lacking. The album is titled Here I Stand, but there’s an irking feeling that Usher has been lying or kneeling in bed rather than ever standing. Every song, even “This Ain’t Sex,” is, get this, all about sex. “I can’t wait to get you in my room, let me set up the moon,” sounds like a cheesy one liner taken from a Google query for “Worst Dating Lines Ever.” Couple that with the same porno-funk beat heard throughout the Superbad soundtrack and you’ve got yourself the most ironically titled track ever. With a CD this simplistic and generic, it’s a mystery how Usher can convince big-name stars to feature on such mundane songs. Somehow though, they’re there: Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Young Jeezy, and Will.I.Am (okay, no one really cares about the latter) all take their guest seats as Usher rides on their success. For Usher though, ‘featuring artist’ means “take over the track while I sit back and occasionally harmonize.” Maybe the guy rushed the album; maybe he’s too busy actually caring for his child. Perhaps someday, Usher will put out an album dealing with love beyond one-night flings and superficial hook-ups. But judging from his past career and Here I Stand, it’s nothing to be expected.… Expand