Sounds like Usher’s long-awaited follow-up to his multi-Grammy-winning 2004 “Confessions” CD will be an even more intimate look into the superstar singer’s life. “It’s very personal. Usher is in a completely different place than where he was on the last record. He’s married now. He’s a father. He’s definitely matured, and I think you’re going to hear that through the music,” reports Iz Avila, half of the Grammy-winning producing team The Avila Brothers, who masterminded several tunes on “Confessions” with his brother/partner Bobby Avila.

The new album, due May 27, is titled “Here I Stand.” “People keep asking, ‘Is it better than ‘Confessions’? It’s a great record overall,” says Iz “He’s taking the listeners on the adventure with him.” The brothers produced the tune “Play Me” on the new Usher album. Meanwhile, Iz and Bobby — who’ve worked with such heavy hitters as Mary J. Blige, Gwen Stefani, Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey and Missy Elliott, most recently winning two Grammys for Chaka Khan’s “Funk This” — continue to keep all burners going at once.

Now if you notice that I CAN’T WIN, Lights, Camera, Action, At The Time, Dat Girl Right There, The Realest, and Angel are not on this tracklisting. So they may have been scrapped, or maybe even held for a future re-release! Let’s wait and see what happens. Also UsherForever.com posted that Plies is on the remix instead of Lil’ Wayne.

Tentative Tracklisting (subject to change)
[Credit to UBG]
1. Intro
2. Love In This Club featuring Young Jeezy
3. This Ain’t Sex
4. Trading Places
5. Moving Mountains
6. What’s Your Name featuring will.i.am
7. Prayer For You Interlude
8. Something Special
9. Love You Gently
10. Best Thing featuring Jay Z
11. Before I Met You
12. His Mistakes
13. Appetite
14. What’s A Man To Do
15. Lifetime
16. Love In This Club Part II Usher featuring Beyoncé & Lil Wayne
17. Here I Stand

USW EXCLUSIVE!

I have not seen it anywhere else, on any other USHER site! So check it out here first. click on the cover to the right to see a bigger version of the cover! There are more exclusives on the way, so stay clicked.

URBAN BRIGEZ| Over the course of his career Usher has sold close to 26 million albums worldwide and won numerous awards. As an intimate body of work, Usher’s last studio album Confessions, took fans on his journey through romantic relationships, making commitments, breaking them and dealing with the consequences of his decisions. Here I Stand in stores May 27th, raises the stakes and is the next chapter in this ongoing story of Usher’s coming of age.

Here I Stand tells a story of growth; triumphant, reflective, somewhat defiant, and marks a new period in Usher’s life and creative expression. Through his music, Usher illustrates the tension and challenges of balancing a very public life with private decisions; of being a sex symbol and entertainer with being a faithful husband and father. Here I Stand finds Usher working with some of the best producers and writers around, including Polow Da Don, who produced the first hit single Love In This Club, Jermaine Dupri, Dre & Vidal and Dream & Tricky Stewart.