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When he wasn’t busy producing a new album for Justin Bieber, Usher found the time to record one of his own. Much like it’s hard to take teenage protégé Bieber seriously, Usher’s sixth record, “Raymond v. Raymond,” struggles to make a sophisticated and grown-up statement...
During the recording of “Raymond v. Raymond,” Usher filed for divorce from his wife Tameka. This event supposedly pushed his songwriting in a more personal, confessional direction. This is a similar formula to the one used on his fourth album, which was actually entitled “Confessions” and followed his separation from his long-term girlfriend, TLC’s Chilli. By reviving this formula, Usher may be hoping to return to the massive success he achieved with “Confessions.” However, “Raymond...
...Raymond v. Raymond” doesn’t contain anything as instantly and inescapably catchy as the hit single “Yeah!” from “Confessions,” but it certainly does have its strong points. Bonus track “More” is actually one of the album’s highlights, and its slick beats and self-assured air are certainly reminiscent of Usher’s past hits. Usher’s core aesthetic reamins intact: most songs feature strong electronic beats as well as an abundance of vocal...
...genre is crime fiction, which encompasses everything from [British] cozies to that romantic Raymond Chandler, slumming angel-type detective to Dashiell Hammett, who actually had hardboiled characters. Easy Rawlins is not hardboiled. He's around a lot of hardboiled people, but he himself is a family guy. He's domestic. He has some kids that he's adopted. I guess he has a real kid somewhere. He has a house and works in the garden, that kind of stuff. That's not a hardboiled character. (See TIME's weekend critic picks...
...original version of this article misstated that Raymond Sokolov had been the restaurant critic of the Wall Street Journal for 25 years. Though Sokolov did write often about food for the paper, he was only officially the regular restaurant critic since the fall...