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Usher is back with a new track. We like the song. We're still not feeling the fantasy killer that is his wife, Tameka Foster. We hope that Tameka has fully healed and recovered from her lipo suction plastic surgery scare. Click here to download secrets mp3.  Enjoy!!!

USHER IN D.C ATTENDS CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON VOLUNTEERISM

R&B superstar Usher Raymond testified at a hearing in Washington D.C on the importance of volunteerism and renewing America through national service. This is his first major public appearance since his wife Tamek Foster suffered a medical emergency from plastic surgery.

Usher was in Washington, D.C. yesterday, February 25th to meet with politicians. The singer, along with Shawn Wilson, president of Usher's nonprofit New Look Foundation, talked with Rep. George Miller and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy.

The four had a meeting before a hearing about the importance of community service and volunteerism. The four talked at the House Education and Labor Committee Hearing Room.

It appears Usher takes the importance of volunteerism to heart. Just last month, he and a group of about 200 young volunteers made over Simon Elementary School in Washington, D.C.

There have been no reports on what progress was made in yesterday's hearing.

Usher was most recently in Sao Paulo, Brazil after his wife, Tameka Foster-Raymond, suffered a cardiac arrest. She was in Sao Paulo to have liposuction after the birth of the couple's second son.

USHER HAS BABY #2 BECOMES A FATHER AGAIN WIFE TAMEKA FOSTER HAS ANOTHER BABY BOY

Usher is a father again. His wife Tameka Foster just had baby #2 on Wednesday. Congrats to Usher.

We don't understand the whole Tameka Foster thing but he will definitely have more time to spend with his kids because the Tameka Foster marriage and relationship has turned off fans, lowered his sex symbol status and cooled off Usher's career.

It's a boy – again!

Sources confirm to PEOPLE that Usher and his wife Tameka have a new addition to the family: a baby boy born on Wednesday.

The new Raymond (whose name has not yet been released) joins older brother Usher Raymond V, who turned 1 on Nov. 26. The couple married in 2007. Tameka, 37, also has three sons from a previous relationship.

A source says Usher was at his wife's side during the delivery.

Last month, he told Access Hollywood that his soon-to-arrive baby was "one of the best Christmas gifts there is to have."

"I'm so proud to be a father by the time I'm 30," Usher (who hit the big 3-0 in October) told PEOPLE back in August. "I'd hate to be 80 years old and not be able to run with my kids. I need to still be able to do flips when they're in high school! source

USHER HUSH MUSIC VIDEO

Usher gets political in his new music video "Hush". We like the music with a political message.

USHER DUMPS MANAGER BENNY MEDINA REHIRES HIS MOMANGER

Usher has dumped his powerful manager Benny Medina and run back to his mommy who he fired on Mother's Day.  Usher's mom Jonetta guided his career for 15 years before he gave her a pink slip and walking papers . Usher had claimed he never fired his momager but merely freed up her schedule so she could play with her grandkids.

In 2007, word spread that he axed her as his longtime manager because she did not get along with his wife Tameka Foster.

But the new dad, 29, tells July's Vibe, "I decided to not fire, not get rid of, but to give [my mother] the ultimate compliment — to retire her to be a full-time grandmother.

"My mother and I decided to change her situation, together," he adds. "There was a conversation. I didn't write her a letter or pink slip her."

He faced criticism when he proposed to Foster, his former stylist, in 2007 (some speculated it was just a publicity stunt). Their first wedding was canceled at the last minute (the two later tied the knot in Atlanta).

"Am I so much of a bad guy because I decided to get married?" Usher says. "Am I so much of a bad guy [because once I got in the situation] I decided to stand for something, build a foundation and think about my future? As a man, you would respect me for not turning my back on it." source

Usher is rumored to have parted ways with Medina after the hitmaker blamed  Medina for disappointing album sales. Usher should really be looking at himself to blame for poor sales. Ursh is alienating himself from his fan base and repeatedly telling the whole world off on TV shows like TRL about his wife Tameka Foster. He has also admitted in interviews that he is "trying hard to stay faithful to his wife." Watch Usher flip out and go crazy on TRL during his promo tour for "Here I Stand" if you missed it.

May 27, 2008
by 2008co2008

The R&B hitmaker has dumped Hollywood power broker Benny Medina and rehired mom Jonnetta Patton as his manager, E! News has exclusively learned.

"With an artist like Usher, the bar is set really high," Medina tells E! News. "Whether it was management, marketing or the music, we achieved a No. 1 single and a No. 1 album...I had a great time and we parted ways amicably."

The behind-the-scenes shakeup also saw the voluntary departure of publicist Patti Webster. "I was not fired," she tells E! News.

Sources say the Medina split is a direct result of disappointing record sales for the team's first and only collaboration, Here I Stand.

"The record is pretty stiff, and nowhere nearly as successful as Confessions," an insider says, referring to the singer's 2004 blockbuster.

Confessions was a worldwide sensation, selling 19 million copies under the supervision of Patton. After debuting at No. 1 in June, Here I Stand, Usher's fifth studio album, has chalked up a comparatively paltry 2 million in sales worldwide. This, despite the radio success of the single "Love in This Club (Part II)."

Adds Medina: "It is a completely new day and time in music now.  In four years, his audience, demographic, and musical direction has changed.  Records like Lil Wayne's 'Lollipop' are the type of phenomena that 'Yeah' was in 2004."

There was no immediate comment from Usher or Patton.

Usher dumped the momager for Medina last year amid reports of tension between wife Tameka Foster and Patton—and considering his previous remarks, it might be tough going home again.

"This is great for me because it means I now get to have my mother strictly as my mother, with no added pressure," the one-named wonder, whose last name is Raymond, told the Associated Press in 2007, when he and Patton parted ways.

And just last month, the 29-year-old entertainer was quoted in Vibe magazine calling his mom an "aggressive person" who made his decision to part ways difficult. source

USHER APPEARS ON COVER OF ESSENCE WITH BABY SON USHER RAYMOND V

Usher appears on the cover of Essence with his adorable little nine month old son Usher Raymond V. We wonder what made Usher change his mind about taking the new baby pics. Read an excerpt from his interview with the magazine below.

HILL HARPER: In the last year, you got married and you've had a baby. Which has changed you more? USHER: They're both linked�I can't have one without the other. But the one thing that changed me the most is having a wife. Our child is an extension of that union.

HARPER: Why?

USHER: Because now I represent what he is to become. He's gonna admire me, he's gonna look up to me. He's gonna say, "I wanna be"�or he should say� "I wanna be like my father. I wanna be a man of valor. I wanna possess what my father has as a man." To get married was a choice. To have a child is a responsibility.

HARPER: Does that new responsibility challenge you to make music that is more responsible?

USHER: I started making Here I Stand before I had my son and before I was married. It was a deliberate choice to make music with substance, not just about the things that we're accustomed to�music about being the celebrity, the player, or having the car, the girl and the bling.

HARPER: Your father wasn't around to raise you. How do you plan to be different for your son than your father was for you?

USHER: Just simply being there. I don't judge my father because I forgave him for anything he'd ever done to hurt me unintentionally. My father and I had a very short amount of time together throughout my entire life, but the most valuable time was during his final days. He asked me to forgive him for not being there. He asked me to give him a chance, give him a shot because he loved me, and he had always loved me. But it was very difficult for him to be in the situation he was in and be the example he wanted me to follow. So he intentionally stayed away. And he was kept away from me too. He didn't like it, but he didn't fight it because he knew he wasn't living right. source

USHER ON HOT 97 WITH ANGIE MARTINEZ INTERVIEW TALKS ABOUT TAMEKA FOSTER AND ALBUM HERE I STAND

Usher talks to Angie Martinez about why he thinks no one likes him as a married man and everyone keeps hating on his wife Tameka Foster. Usher's new album Here I Stand is out now.

USHER IS FIGHTING HARD TO STAY FAITHFUL TO WIFE TAMEKA FOSTER

It sounds like Tameka Foster is in trouble because newlywed Usher is "fighting hard to stay faithful to her." Tameka has been trying to keep her studly hubby on lockdown from the ladies but it doesn't sound like it's working.  We just hope Usher doesn't go crazy again and flip out like he did during his TRL interview rant . Is it just us or does it seem like everytime Usher goes off about how much he loves his wife Tameka he's also trying to convince himself at the same time?  Maybe there is some truth to the Usher Tameka Foster breakup rumors.  YBF alleges Usher is floating the stories himself and maybe filing for divorce.

Usher already admitted in an Entertainment Weekly interview that he was a "man whore."  Usher also revealed to RWDmag.com that since he's been married more women are throwing themselves at him.   "Maybe you’ll start to see more artists taking that plunge and really getting serious in their relationships. Hey, the world doesn’t stop on account of you getting married. You actually become more attractive – I think I got more women trying to get at me now than I did before – sh*t!”" source

Reformed womaniser USHER fights a daily battle to stay faithful and true to his wife TAMEKA, because he's "not good" at being in love.

  The singer married the stylist last September (07) and two months later she gave birth to their first child, Usher Raymond V.

And while Usher insists marriage and commitment have changed his life for the better, he admits monogamy doesn't come naturally to him - and he has to fight his wandering eye.

The star tells Cosmopolitan magazine, "I'm good at making love, but I'm not good at being in love. It's a conscious decision every day to love the person you're with." source

 

USHER HERE I STAND ALBUM REVIEW

It’s been a good 4 years since Usher’s last LP blew us away with its string of smash hits. We’ve watched Usher grow in his life and career and now that he’s a husband and father, many may wonder if he still got "it." Well, the verdict is in and Usher’s new album "Here I Stand" doesn’t disappoint when you know what to expect from it. That’s to say, think of it as a return to smooth R&B with mature conversation.

Usher kept the collabos limited. There’s "What's Your Name?" with Will.i.am, the Jay-Z featured "Best Thing" and the first single "Love In This Club" produced by Polow Da Don featuring Young Jeezy which is a sexy party song with a touch of hip-hop. We think the remix, "Love In This Club, Pt. 2" with Beyonce and Lil Wayne, adds a new dimension to the song with a sistah hollarin’ back on the track and will catch on quickly. We would have liked to have seen more dance joints to get us movin'.  We can see "This Ain’t Sex" also gettin’ you out on the dance floor ‘cause it’s pretty cool and has a disco vibe. Some of the other more up-tempo tracks we're really feelin’ that are full of real talk are "What’s A Man To Do," "Appetite" and we also like "What’s You’re Name."

All in all, the album maintians a pretty mellow pace.  It has a grown ‘n’ sexy vibe with a hint of swagger. The song "Lifetime" is on that real R&B tip.  Also included in this slow jam role call is "Love You Gently." This formula works for Usher as he handles his grown man biz.

Usher uses great melodies to talk to the ladies on behalf of the fellas. When it comes to the selection of songs, the balance of material is refreshing to listen to. He definitely has a knack for hooking up with the right producers and songwriters that bring out the best of him and he delivers. 

One thing we did notice is that Usher seems guarded and distant.  We think it would have been nice to hear him open up a bit more to his fans. The most personal song, "Prayer For You," is actually a short interlude for his newborn son that we would have liked to have heard a full length song here.

What we enjoyed most about "Here I Stand" is Usher’s unique sound although it doesn’t quite take up where his previous albums "8701" and "Confessions" left off.  Ursh is really be coming with that fiya! Every song on the previous albums were bangers that took you to a place with Usher and each note was delivered with much more passion and intensity.  With Usher, you expect greatness and while this falls shy of that mark, we believe the more you listen to "Here I Stand" and become familiar with the songs, the more they'll grow on you.

For more on Usher, check out his official MySpace page.  His album "Here I Stand" is in stores now!

USHER "GOOD MORNING AMERICA INTERVIEW " LOVE IN THIS CLUB GMA PERFORMANCE VIDEO

Usher stopped by Good Morning America to perform songs from his new hit album "Here I Stand".  Usher gave an interview with Good Morning America's Robin Roberts about his wife Tameka Foster and their relationship. We're thankful Usher didn't flip out like he did during his recent appearance on TRL.

We just don't want to hear anymore talk about his wife.  It's not personal we just prefer for Usher to  focus on his music and his career. His rants about how much he loves his "woman"  can hurt his career and alienate his female fan base.