Is Usher this generations Marvin Gaye?
 

Marvin Gaye is a legend,a Motown legend but Usher I mean I dont know its like comparing Soulja Boy to 2pac,or the pussycat dolls to the Supremes.Is Usher worthy of being a legend?he does do love songs sorta like Marvin and his personal life has problems.

I find both of them pretty boring so, for me, maybe.

wait, Did i go back in time to the mid 90's here? People are still talking about Usher? Has he even done anything in this generation?

Oh snap!


But seriously...why would this comparison even come up? Usher? Really?

Thanks, that pretty face helped me come back down to the current day.

If anything though, Usher will be remembered as a poor mans Micheal Jackson at best.

Usher is this generation's Tammi Terell

i so agree on this one

Usher is no where even close to Motown. He's rubbish.

In the whole commercial R&B spectrum of things from the 90's til now, the only guy even remotely comparable to Marvin, Al Green, etc. would be be Maxwell. And...maybe D'Angelo.

Raphael is pretty good.

Which one's Usher again? He's the guy who had that song that goes... Um.. Yknow with that beat that's all... Uh... And he did that track that was like... Er...

I think we're all forgetting just who is going to be representing tomorrow's popular music opinion...

Who the frig is Usher? Seriously. I have heard the name but that's the fella at a wedding who is not quite good enough to be a best man so he gets all the crap jobs instead isn't he?

Maybe they are both not the best at what they think they can do?

Now I remember who Usher is...


...and "no" to answer the question.

Why in the Hell does each generation have a 'so and so'? I've always been bothered by this. There are influences, and knockoffs yet not some sort of magic system of reincarnation where somehow figures now embody figures of the past.

I can't make a comment cause I've never been that big of a modern R&B fan but still...

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Your racism is very offensive, this sort of hatred should be banned.

trust me, I've already tried getting him banned

the mods want a lengthy reason, which I can't be arsed to do

how can i be racist when i just said i also find another black man hot?

Calling a black man a monkey is extreme racism no ifs and or buts. This is the kind of hate people need to stand up against.

a lot of insults has been posted against Usher in this thread and you think i drew the line just because i called him a monkey? ridiculous.

you called him a "black" monkey

the 'black' word is not meant to be deregatory, it's the monkey.
if i called ashton kutcher a white monkey, most people would think that the emphasis is on the animal rather than its color.

None of the other insults were racist in nature though. Calling black people monkeys, on the other hand, has a long racist history. I'm going to assume that this is simply a cultural specific thing that you're unaware of because of where you live, but if you're going to post message boards filled with people from place like the US and UK it's something you should be aware of.

it's funny how i keep posting about my fascination towards black people being hot and sexy and just downright gifted with big penises, and a simple comment against someone i really don't like, musically, which happens to be black, makes me now a racist. i'm done with this crap. i'm gonna leave this thread. it's getting me nowhere.

uh leave this board as well, please

and pls don't ever come back

It funny how I just tried to give you the benefit of the doubt and you insist on continuing with the racist troll.

he's probably too dense to understand the evolutionary principles behind that insult

Comparing Usher to Marvin Gaye? That seems kinda ridiculous if your familiar with Marvin Gaye's music. Marvin Gaye had something to say with his music, being political or concerning society in general. He also had the knack for writing about love, sex, and all the good things that go along with the relationship between a man and a woman. Songs like Trouble Man and Inner City Blues are just a few of his classics to mention, not to be compared with anyone in my opinion.

in all due fairness, only two or three albums dealt with that

the majoirty of Gaye's output is pure pop

So, your suggesting that Gaye was just an average pop star, and nothing more? No more than Usher is anyway.

I thought we already discussed this...Usher is this generations Bob Dylan!

or was that Akon? Yeah, it might have been Akon.

I just ask, because two or three albums seems like a lot of material for an artist to have, in the first place.

I can go with Akon.

Oh you agree? that Akon is this generations Bob Dylan?

i mean come on The Temptations under Whitfield had at least 10 albums dealing with society

Stevie Wonder had at least 5

and Gaye's best known song (arguably Sexual Healing) had lyrics that weren't written by him

his other well-known song (I Heard it Through the Grapevine was a better cover by Gladys Knight or CCR

Gaye in marginally better than an average pop star, but not by much

Akon is this generation's Lennon and McCartney

That's all blasphemy in the face of Marvin Gaye :D (I always thought that Marvin Gaye lived and died the kind of life he would sometimes sing about in his music). Creating more argument for the sake of arguing will not change my views (which may be a little bias). Even though I don't agree with you, I can respect an opinion. ;)

I agree with this completely. Marvin Gaye was just an amazing vocalist with a vision. Whats Going On, is an amazing take on society of the day and completely blew me away with its insight and overall stellar vocals.

Usher is pop fodder. He does what he does well and people love to dance to his stuff in the clubs, but he will never have the vision or ability to sing that sets Gaye apart from him. Also Marvin Gaye's version of the star spangled banner at the nba all star game was pretty riveting and touching.

The Temptations were also very much a pop act such as you descirbed Gaye. Gayes best known song is What Going On and that song is exactly what Vocals was describing.

Gladys Knight and CCR can't touch Gayes version of Heard It Through, not even sorta kinda, i couldn't disagree more. Although i like all three versions.

Gaye was an exceptionally talented vocalist and i put him on a par with all the motown greats including Stevie Wonder.