Morby doesn’t just mention Memphis on nearly every song on the album, but he also actually pieced the record together and recorded some of it in the Tennessee metropolis. Whether Photograph is Morby’s best album is hard to say just now, but it certainly ups his already stellar batting average. So it’s fitting that Memphis is the backdrop for Kevin Morby’s new album This Is a Photograph, in which a series of highs and lows blur against the very American sounds of folk, rock, gospel and blues, plus Morby’s own je ne sais quoi. But it’s like any other place, really-both good and bad, beautiful and grotesque.

A climbing crime rate and an ugly civil rights history give it a bad rap. It’s a place that has endured much pain, too. Diddy and Loon (2002)ġ1.Memphis makes beautiful music. 'Lovers and Friends' f/ Ludacris and Lil Jon (2004)ġ4. This DJ Got Us Fallin' in love for sure.Ģ2.

Can you deny you still don't scream out when Yeah comes on in the club? Didn't think so. These are our confessions: We've got it bad, but hopefully not wrong. It wasn't easy-it's never easy-but the Complex music team has poured over the artist's albums and have come up with the 25 best Usher Songs List in honor of his birthday. Given the way hip-hop and pop have changed over the last two decades, you have a variety of styles to select from, too. It's worth mentioning that he's been making mixing music since he was rocking baby fat and ribbed turtlenecks on the cover of his debut album as a 16-year-old-he's grown up while we've grown up with him.Īt 36, Usher can count seven albums among his many accomplishments, which means you have a large body of work to consider when selecting his best songs. Usher is a master in the art of love and girls. We can guarantee you listened to his tracks at your early school dances, then college make-out sessions, and, later still, breakups and make-ups and everything in between. For 20 years, Usher Raymond has brought out the best of pop music in R&B, creating Billboard single after Billboard single. The music of Usher is all about you-er, U.

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