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

Usher brings the funk on “Twisted,” his new collaboration with Pharrell off his upcoming album Looking 4 Myself, due June 12.

“‘Twisted’ is more of a nostalgic record, so when you think about the classic R&B record, we managed a way to modernize it, even though that’s very relevant,” the R&B crooner told MTV News. “You hear records like Cee Lo, you hear Bruno Mars and also Andre 3000, and that sound is very relevant in this time. So this was kind of our way to tie it all together and give you something different that you probably wouldn’t normally get from me.”

Listen to a snippet of the song, which was taken from Usher’s album listening event.

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35 Comments

sarah
May 16th, 2012 at 6:00 pm
love it

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Music Lover
May 16th, 2012 at 6:04 pm
loving the sound of this. cant wait to hear it in its entirety.

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Kemar
May 16th, 2012 at 6:23 pm
Omgggg I love it! This is the Usher we’ve been waiting to come back. I’ve never stopped adoring Usher. Can’t wait til June 12th! #TeamUsher all day.

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Replay
May 16th, 2012 at 6:24 pm
Sounds really good! Excited for looking 4 myself

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ALLENJ173
May 16th, 2012 at 6:28 pm
THAT JUST SOUNDS CRAZY

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Grandhunty
May 16th, 2012 at 6:55 pm
Throw Ashanti on this

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it's me letters Reply:
May 16th, 2012 at 7:01 pm
@Grandhunty, never! Leave her stank ass out of this!

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Treyy Reply:
May 16th, 2012 at 7:17 pm
@it’s me letters,

lmaoooooo

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Triniti Reply:
May 16th, 2012 at 9:49 pm
@it’s me letters, HAHAHAHAHAHA!

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bi##THCAS Reply:
May 16th, 2012 at 10:01 pm
@Triniti, I can she Ashanti that will be cute

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woww!! Reply:
May 17th, 2012 at 12:35 pm
@Grandhunty, I don’t think so!!! lmao!!

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Jay
May 16th, 2012 at 7:07 pm
Love it! I wouldn’t have expected this from either of them. Dope man!

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Jay
May 16th, 2012 at 7:08 pm
… I really wanna hear the whole thing! :)

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Ice
May 16th, 2012 at 7:10 pm
For some reason I immeadiately thought of Dedication to My Ex. This is so dope.

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pat Reply:
May 16th, 2012 at 10:57 pm
@Ice, i can see why actually…sound similar

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juAn
May 16th, 2012 at 7:20 pm
Holding my applause until I hear the complete song :)

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maya
May 16th, 2012 at 7:20 pm
cute, I’ll just wait to hear the whole thing…

Usher is cute AF tho.

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Kyle
May 16th, 2012 at 8:05 pm
This sounds awesome!!!

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phucku
May 16th, 2012 at 8:06 pm
Oh wow. I’m so excited for this album

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Triniti
May 16th, 2012 at 9:49 pm
Love it! Almost has a Motown feel to it…

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Goldmood
May 16th, 2012 at 10:03 pm
I do think Ashanti in Usher should do something together

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Marz Moodle Reply:
May 16th, 2012 at 10:28 pm
@Goldmood, yeah they should do a duet or Feat in each other song that would be Amazing

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Marz Moodle
May 16th, 2012 at 10:27 pm
Nice song

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nahomi
May 16th, 2012 at 10:56 pm
thank you pharell…this is what ive been waiting for !!!

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TheDreamer
May 16th, 2012 at 11:40 pm
This sounds great. Can’t wait to hear the whole thing.

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nte
May 17th, 2012 at 12:22 am
mmmmmmmmmmmmms sounds like a great record with pharell’s touch. u know that unique pharell touch?

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Nina Reply:
May 17th, 2012 at 7:28 am
@nte, It has a Diplo feel to it as well…Sounds good!

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Lord
May 17th, 2012 at 1:31 am
Why Haven’t him in Ashanti did anything together

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whitechocolate
May 17th, 2012 at 4:05 am
B-SIIIIIIIIIIIIIDEEE

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True Story
May 17th, 2012 at 5:24 am
Beyonce on this Track = perfect!

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DJInVincible74
May 17th, 2012 at 5:49 am
It’s nice to hear some uptempo R&B music for a change. I hope this is his next single.

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Jacky
May 17th, 2012 at 7:52 am
BEYONCÉ STYLE COME ON USHER PLEASE I LOVE YA BUT MAKE A DUETT WITH R&B QUEEN BEE I WANNA HEAR ANOTHER ”LOVE IN THIS CLUB II ”♥♥

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JLawls
May 17th, 2012 at 8:36 am
Garbage

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Yeahwhatever
May 17th, 2012 at 11:30 am
@JLawls, Likewise yourself

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DrakeandCiaraFan
May 17th, 2012 at 8:34 pm
Sounds horrible, maybe it’s cus it sounds live, maybe the album version will be better. Dedication to my ex is much better than this, I love that song. If this is a single, it’ll prob achieve moderate success internationally.. Dedication to my ex is better, and it reached the top ten in uk and Australia, but flopped in the us

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