When Usher felt that the album was completed with 40 recorded songs, he submitted the album to his record label, Arista however, he and the company's then-president, L. "You know what, there's like one or two more records that we just gotta get." Reid, who listened to the record, thought something was missing in it. Usher was displeased with the decision he felt returning to the studio was the hardest part and needed to re-motivate himself. He went on recording a few more tracks with help from fellow Atlantian's Lil Jon and Ludacris. Eventually, the team was able to produce songs like "Red Light" and "Yeah!". Diddy and The Neptunes during one of those sessions, but those songs were not released. One of Usher's first steps in recording the album was deciding to reveal "his own little secrets."įriend and former A&R rep named Kawan "KP" Prather thought the album would let the public know Usher personally. The more they know about you, the more they feel like they're there with you." Prather said, "The music has never been the question, but people tend to buy into the artist. Primarily because of the album's personal content, Usher said that this is his chance to be real. He named the album, "Confessions" because he felt it is his most personal record to date, saying: "All of us have our Pandora's boxes or skeletons in our closets. I've got a lot of things and stuff built in me that I just want to let go of." He wrote more songs than he contributed to his previous album. Several of the songs in this album were conceptually based on a situation for instance, "Burn" was built around the winding down of Usher's two-year relationship with Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas from R&B girl group TLC.ĭupri and Cox were talking and felt that there was a song in it, and started writing. Similarly, with the title track "Confessions Part II", they were conversing about an impregnated mistress, and its concept was written down. Usher recorded "Confessions Part II" during July of 2003 in New York City. When e sang the song's lyrics, the theme of cheating inspired him and Dupri to create two parts "Confessions Part I" and "Confessions Part II". "Confessions Part I" can be heard at the beginning of the video for "Confessions Part II". "Confessions" falls mainly in the R&B genre. Usher commented that he chose to work with collaborators who know ".
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