Crash - Usher

An Unfortunate Wreck

Usher used to be king of RnB and Pop and he still is very much in the game, I would to pay money to see him and some other people at a show for sure. Those days of creating new music are mostly over though, or at least with this song, it shows that Usher is running out of steam. He still has talent for sure, but this song is not a good show of it. Let’s break down why this song does not stand out at all. First, the bass of the song and throughout is a great sound, but it doesn’t really do anything, it feels like it is the same few notes and just long strings of synth pad. The other slight drums and various parts don’t stick out. If I wasn’t listening for them, I wouldn’t be able to recall that they are there at all. It isn’t like I haven’t listened to the song much, I listened to it at least 10 times from beginning to end, and I literally can’t recall any melody or and instruments specifically or any tune. After the bland hip-hop slowish music, let’s look at Usher’s singing. His falsetto is good, just like in other songs, but it loses any meaning after using it throughout the whole song and it becomes almost non-existent as it slips behind the other noise in the song. His other parts of the song are forgettable and just filler for the time. The song sounds like a bridge from another song, but just elongated for 3 and a half minutes. It isn’t really horrible, just bland and feels unfinished and blatantly unnecessary. I would recommend just listening to “Yeah” again and skipping this song altogether.   

Originality: 3.2

Instruments: 4.7

Vocals: 4.9

Longevity: 2.5

Red Score: 3.8