Rap-Up.com || New Music: Usher f/ Jay-Z

Usher serves up a “Hot Toddy” with a shot of Jay-Z. The mid-tempo jam was produced by Polow Da Don and will appear on Ursh’s upcoming album Versus. Ciara is not featured on this version, but you can hear vocals from songwriter Ester Dean. D.C.’s WPGC premiered it earlier today and Rap-Up.com has the radio rip for you first. King Hov, copy.

Download: Usher f/ Jay-Z – “Hot Toddy” [Radio Rip]

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61 Comments

Antonio
July 27th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
It Doesn’t Sound Like The Finish Version
@nandamedeiros_
July 27th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
Jay-Z is rhymin about Beyoncé, so awesome!
Dizzle
July 27th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Ermmmmm i Love Ester dean buttttt no no no i want to hear Ciara’s Version! lol & im not hating just saying :)
math_
July 27th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
FIRE AS HELL, but i want the Ciara’s version asap
ItsCiaraHoez
July 27th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
Ciara version plz, #JustSaying but this song is HOTNESS!!!
An0thrDream
July 27th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
Imma need to hear ciara’s vocals instead of esther deans. N a verse too! I think this songs good, but ciara will add a whole nother edge to it, she’ll be able to match usher’s sexy vocals
GETEM'
July 27th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
CIARA’S VERSION IS DEF NEEDED AS-SOON-AS-POSSIBLE…….I DONT WANNA HEAR NOBODY ELSE SINGING THE HOOK BUT HER!!!!!!
chicchica
July 27th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
I like Ester Dean and respect her she is a great songwriter but this song is…not that hot maybe the finished version will sound better idk I don’t think it will make a difference if Ester is singing in it, Ciara, or Beyonce it still is only a okay song at best to me
mike
July 27th, 2010 at 4:49 pm
this song is straight up fiyah
seems like Usher finally saw the light, he should’ve waited a bit more with Raymond V Raymond and release only 1 album full of hits instead of what he’s done
lover and fighter
July 27th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
I agree with Antonio

it doesn’t sound finished at all, but i also agree with chicchica it dont seem like number one to me #justsayin
Taylor Payne
July 27th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
This song is fire but i think me aswell as alot of ther people were anticipating Ciara being on this song. I was definitely looking forward to the music video, if ciara was going to be on it because this is a dance song and Usher & Ciara dance battle has been long awaited….
Tyler
July 27th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Jay-z ripped it. Can’t wait to hear Ciara’s vocals mesh with Usher. It’s going to be a steamy video.
CiaraGotTheMoves
July 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
WHAT?? Ciara’s not on this! Well then I could care less!
Yezzir
July 27th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
Ciaras version isnt even gonna be on the album thank god cause the bitch is wack. Ester Dean said it via her twitter its Usher Featuring Jay-Z written by Ester Dean.

I told yall nobody want her on there song. Nuff said lol
will
July 27th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
Ciara isnt gonna be on the album version either. Yessssssss. Ester Deans vocals are wayyyy better anyway so why would Usher want ciara on the song. Im glad it didnt make the album.
galaxy
July 27th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Yeah its now just Usher featuring Jay-Z which made the Versus album. Ciaras vocal just werent good enough i guess lmao could care less.
Laugh Out Loud
July 27th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
This track is fire just with jay-z they made a good move to take ciara off the track cause she really wouldnt have done anything special to it.

Oh by the way basic flopstinct was pushed way back like a receding hairline to october 5th. Damn so so desperate wasnt the album supposed to drop in august O_o? #EPICFAIL
sarah
July 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
OMGOSH HE TALKING ABOUT BEYONCE!!!
chicchica
July 27th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
Ester Dean vocals are better than Ciara?…you must really dislike Ciara because if you have ever heard Ester live you would take that back Ester is okay asnd Ciara is good neither top quality singers but who is now? No one really, especially not anyone in the mainstream pop and urban pop crowd
Laugh Out Loud
July 27th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
@chicchica Obviously if they didnt keep ciaras vocals on the song. If it was hot they woulda kept it. Ester Dean wrote this song and she confirmed on her twitter that its just Usher ft Jay-z now.
sarah
July 27th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
You were born a Goddess, I made you my Queen, which mean we upgraded to Louis the Thirteen.
Bang !!
July 27th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
Finally here ! And I don’t listen to it yet
dillon_68
July 27th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
This is FIRRREEEEE, will be better with Cici on it though!
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Apples
July 27th, 2010 at 6:21 pm
I think Bey can ride these beats perfectly to make this song sizzle. It is fire though…
Rawr
July 27th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Sounds sloppy :P
chicchica
July 27th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
@Laugh Out Loud that means nothing the final say of who is on the song is up to Usher’s label Laface/Jive. Honestly anyone voice can work with any song with the proper direction and production unless it’s a soulful ballad. If they choose to have the version with or without Ciara could be because they couldn’t make it work on the song with her or a million other reasons you will never know the truth! So don’t assume or to try to, if you dont like Ciara for whatever reason no one cares.

Most people in the music industry that reads these blogs laughs at the sh!t ya’ll say because it’s so stupid ya’ll hate Ciara or Beyonce or Rihanna or whoever else so much that you try to pick at just anything that you know NOTHING about. It so much that you don’t know nor understand if you ever found out one day you would feel like such an idiot!
hugs
July 27th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
ciara wouldnt of added anything special to the song…now the video is a different story a dance battle between usher and ciara would be interesting, but ciara’s vocals just dont cut it :( sorry!
Maravish95
July 27th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
here the CDQ version ! http://usershare.net/le4pakzr1p58 it just released
chicchica
July 27th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
@hugs and Ester’s vocals cut it?…Sorry I love her but her voice is mixed, chopped, auto tuned, and pro tooled to the limit on this song. I can understand editing it to make it sound clean and neat and give it a bit of funk but damn it makes the song even cheaper than it already does.
@jayabelardiza10
July 27th, 2010 at 7:27 pm
Wtf that’s fuck up….. why was ciara on the album list ???? Becuz why mad ppl wanna do ciara now I fucking hate usher!
hugs
July 27th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
@chicchica

i didnt say ester dean was all that great either…i havent heard her live and all i heard from her was on “drop it low” and ” i love you” with chris brown, but ester sounds alright on this, not saying ciara would sound worse.if i had to be honest usher should just pick someone else to sing on the track and that’s not hatin
Ciara4evaeva
July 27th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
CIARA NEEDS 2 B ON IT SHES THE BEST LUV HER…DAM THEIR R HATTERS!!!!
112
July 27th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
sounds unfinished not loud enough killer song tho
chet
July 27th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
damn! they’re coming hard!!! shit sounds really good, especially when you’re blazed. the best part is when the beat switches and turns into alien synths and the beat kicks back in. eargasm!!!
Trey
July 27th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
This goes hard so far, it sounds a bit unmastered though, Usher’s vocals sound a bit sloppy as does the production, I know it is a premature version.
Can’t wait to hear CiCi’s version, and I hope she sings more but Ester’s vocals were even sloppier and you could barely makeout, and I hope they cut out the random music and get Ciara a verse, or ad-libbing more.
CIARA'S #1 "RIDE" BITCHES!!!!!
July 27th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
I LOVE HOW THOSE WERE THE SAME PERSON HATING UNDER DIFFERENT NAMES…..#FAIL IF CIARA WAS ON THE SONG IT WOULD CHART BETTER!!! #FACT !!!
imhailing
July 28th, 2010 at 12:27 am
cute i love
ciaras version/ the final mastered is gawna shit
LANDON DONOVAN
July 28th, 2010 at 1:40 am
THIS IS FREAKING HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT AS FLAMES PORUING DOWN EVERYWHERE!! FIRE AT ITS BEST.
#notgood
July 28th, 2010 at 1:53 am
Damn Beyonce fans so pathetic!! Then Jay talked about B on LAST ONE too?? haha. because that truth ya dont like to admit!
Song is a fail..once again. JAY & USH aint doing good music together..
lies
July 28th, 2010 at 6:23 am
Omg Beyonce has got to make an appearance in this video. That would be EPICCC!
shingie
July 28th, 2010 at 8:04 am
ciara dont need to be on this song cause its wack. usher can do better so can ciara. if nooone wanted to work with Ciara how did Enrique work with her, trey songz wanted her, nelly got her,gucci etc n some people we dont know
stop hattinh
July 28th, 2010 at 9:32 am
yall need to shut up cuzz this is not even the album version this the unfinished version plus on uhers track listing it said hot toddy wit ciara & jay-z this is just a teaser this is the original ver the mixed & mastered version which will be the official single & which will be on the album will have ciara
MB92
July 28th, 2010 at 10:52 am
Im a big fan of usher but this just isent it. ITS NOT SINGLE MATERAIL, and i dont think ciara being on it would have made it better and im a stan of hers i believe she would have done better than ester dean but it really wouldnt have made a difference. this is one of those song that help you go to sleep at night cause im about now. might make for a great video though
MB92
July 28th, 2010 at 10:53 am
well i hope this just isent the finished version
WOW
July 28th, 2010 at 11:11 am
This isnt the final version. Some radio station leaked this yesterday but the version with Ciara hasnt been released yet. Itll be sent to radio officially on August 9th. So Ciara WILL be on it. U madd haters?
sagb
July 28th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
i like it!
Phoenix_Wright
July 28th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
LOL @ Jay-Z addressing the illuminati rumors again!!! TELL EM JAY!

It doesn’t matter if Ciara is on the other version the song is just eh to me. That 1st single on the EP and this 2nd single is a huge step down from what he put out on Raymond vs. Raymond, but w/e still one of the best favorite artist
filisha
July 28th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
can’t wait to hear ciara part. she is going to kill it.
10 is ciaras
July 28th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
Ciara hasn’t recorded it yet. She wants to, but shes working on her own album. Thats why she always says she hopes to work with Usher one day. He wanted her on it, but it hasnt happened yet.

Ciara – Basic Instinct – October 5
Ciara Tha Diva
July 28th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
The song is ….. Ok but I want to hear Ciara Part …
philly11
July 29th, 2010 at 12:14 am
This shit is pure FIREEEE! And from what I read on twitter the people have spoken. Another classic verse from Hov and this song is sooo catchy…Lovin it!!
CiaraAndNickiTeam!!!
July 29th, 2010 at 5:56 am
CIARA WILL NOT BE ON IT … IT WAS SAID ON “ULTIMATECIARA.COM” =( IM SAD I WANTED TO SEE THE VIDEO !!!!
CiaraGotTheMoves
July 30th, 2010 at 12:01 am
Somebody please tell me why Ciara wont be on this song! I doesn’t make sense for them to keep Ester Dean’s vocals when she sounds horrile PLUS Ciara is a way bigger name than her sooo…it only makes sense to keep Ciara UGH!! whatever! Im so over this.
JhuntdaProdigy
July 30th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Lol, Hova murked his verse, and the song sounds pretty cool, I couldn’t imagine this doing no OMG type sh*t on the charts though
Foxx
August 1st, 2010 at 5:54 pm
i heard the final version alreay and theres quite a few changes, Ester is on it and Ciara got dropped from it possibly cuz of her manager. Ester’s voice is slightly better and theres added instruments in it. Its a real hot song now. You can hear it at Youraudiiofix.com
Foxx
August 1st, 2010 at 5:56 pm
If ciara was on it she wouldnt have a verse cuz Ester fills in for her and she aint sayin a lot
filisha
August 2nd, 2010 at 9:48 pm
ciara is the best for this song. ursher is just kissing jay-z ass but ursher claims to be from the atl thats not being a atl team player ursher.
filisha
August 2nd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
ursher is just fake ass hell anyway look how he did his wife.
edwin
August 4th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
so everyones talking about ciara and no ones talking about jay’s verse?!

hes talking about how he dont fuck with the illuminati
thats way more important than a small ass part in a song
cway
August 19th, 2010 at 6:00 am
ciara is garbage