Rap-Up.com || New Music: Usher – ‘Looking 4 Myself’ [Album Snippets]

With a week to go before his seventh album Looking 4 Myself arrives in stores, Usher serves up a teaser with 30-second snippets. The standard edition features 14 tracks including the singles “Climax” and “Scream,” with appearances from Pharrell, Luke Steele, A$AP Rocky, and Rick Ross on the Jim Jonsin-produced “Lemme See.” The deluxe version includes four additional tracks. Find out what’s in store come June 12.

Looking 4 Myself Tracklisting

1. “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop”
2. “Scream”
3. “Climax”
4. “I Care for U”
5. “Show Me”
6. “Lemme See” feat. Rick Ross
7. “Twisted” feat. Pharrell
8. “Dive”
9. “What Happened to U”
10. “Looking 4 Myself” feat. Luke Steele
11. “Numb”
12. “Lessons for the Lover”
13. “Sins of My Father”
14. “Euphoria”

Deluxe Edition
15. “I.F.U.”
16. “Say the Words”
17. “2nd Round”
18. “Hot Thing” feat. A$AP Rocky

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56 Comments

anonymous
June 3rd, 2012 at 5:38 pm
Sounds dope!!!

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AustynKing
June 3rd, 2012 at 5:39 pm
Classic!!

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Roc The Life
June 3rd, 2012 at 5:43 pm
This is gonna be one of the best albums of 2012.
It’s so retro and innovative, Usher wasn’t playing. Not generic at all like the haters said it was gonna be.
Euphoria >>>>>
Take notes Chris.

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anonymous Reply:
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:17 pm
@Roc The Life, word! I bet THIS is why he pushed his album back!

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Deny Reply:
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:34 pm
@Roc The Life, Why does Chris need to takes notes? Because he released a pop single just like Usher did? OH. I wouldn’t judge a album if I haven’t heard the snippets yet. Keep your shit cute and enjoy Usher’s snippets.

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blessed
June 3rd, 2012 at 5:45 pm
sounds overproduced imo

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youdontneedtoknow
June 3rd, 2012 at 5:48 pm
boring!!!

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Mc
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:04 pm
I’m done with him. Climax was a red herring. His albums have been pretty bad for that past few years.

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Black Barbie's Cousin
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:11 pm
haters’ gone hate ! this album sounds BANGING..

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joe franco
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:17 pm
OMG Looking for myself song is amazing!!!! i love euphoria too !!!

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SE7ENINJAZ
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:18 pm
9 more days!!! I can’t wait!!!

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SeanDon
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:34 pm
i luv usher cuz he’s a legend but i’m a lil bit disappointed i expected more “true” RNB cuz i hate those “dance songs” like euphoria but there are some good songs and i think it will maybe grow on me…

like someone already said TAKE NOTES CHRIS & trey songz too!!!!

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Ice
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:35 pm
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, Twisted, What Happened To U are the only songs that stood out to me, besides the singles. The deluxe edition tracks are better than half of the album, but I guess that’s smart marketing for you. Overall, my expectations went from top of the top to bottom of the barrel. I wish we could have gotten at least one bedroom banger.

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Tina
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:36 pm
Chris on his own shit. 7/3/12

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Mark Reply:
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:46 pm
@Tina, Thank you! Usher’s album sounds great! Acknowledge that and keep it moving! Fortune, lego!

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. Reply:
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:56 pm
@Mark, Co-sign.

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Cranberry Reply:
June 3rd, 2012 at 7:01 pm
@Tina, a woman’s face?

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1-800-SlapThatDELUSION Reply:
June 3rd, 2012 at 7:34 pm
@Cranberry, Not your low life ass again. His past has NOTHING to do with his music. Hell, this post has nothing to do with Chris Brown. The jokes are old. He paid the consequences and never did it again. Where’s that credit? Oh yeah, a low life brings other people down to make themselves feel better. MY BAD! I’ll see you in stores to purchase Fortune July 3rd.

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Cranberry Reply:
June 4th, 2012 at 10:59 am
@1-800-SlapThatDELUSION, LAWL. He’s paid no consequences. But whatever honey. Be deluded. Make sure to make a pit stop by the battered woman’s shelter when you, and trust me, only you, purchase that dusty old CD. :)

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Kiyah Reply:
June 4th, 2012 at 4:28 pm
@Cranberry, CHILEEEEEEEE!!!!! If you want to appear thirsty and not like Chris Brown, DO THAT; but that guy HAS paid consequences unlike these other niggas. Come with correct shit if you’re trying to build yourself up by bringing another down. Go color in a corner.

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mistwalker Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 8:28 am
@Cranberry, public back lash and stereo typed as a woman beater plus the scape goat for the incandescent aint enough pay ? O-0 next time grown folks talk shut ur mouth and hold a corner both will sell who sang more about sex than usher in his younger days than r kelly and both are grown in time chris will move out that zone

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Triniti Reply:
June 3rd, 2012 at 7:35 pm
@Tina, Okay…but this isn’t about Chris. It’s about USH.

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Tina Reply:
June 3rd, 2012 at 8:17 pm
@Triniti, Exacly. And who brought Chris into this? A USH fan.

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True Story
June 3rd, 2012 at 6:36 pm
Wheres the Beyonce Duett??

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gemini dominica
June 3rd, 2012 at 7:04 pm
I love this track its dope

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RomanReloaded
June 3rd, 2012 at 7:45 pm
I love Usher, but I don’t know how to feel about these. I’m going to wait until I hear the whole album before I decide if I like it or not.

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kiwi
June 3rd, 2012 at 9:08 pm
Had me when the first song dropped! Oh yeah this goin in the car for sure! :D

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Will
June 3rd, 2012 at 9:15 pm
The Deluxe Edition Bonus tracks are the only ones that sound dope to me besides Climax and Lemme See. The rest is just ok honestly

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Dave
June 3rd, 2012 at 9:17 pm
It sounds great. I’m buying. Everybody should’ve known Usher wasn’t just gonna be a R&B sound, so you for those, you made yourself disappointed.

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phucku
June 3rd, 2012 at 9:56 pm
sounds dope

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TheDreamer
June 3rd, 2012 at 10:32 pm
Twisted, Dive, What Happened To U, Lessons for the Lover and Say the Words are the only few songs that sounded good. The others i’ll just wait to listen to. I hate those dance tracks though.

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manuUSH
June 3rd, 2012 at 11:21 pm
MASTERPIECE!

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@mfkntahj
June 4th, 2012 at 12:12 am
I like “What Happened to U” x “Looking 4 Myself.”

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MonkeyMan
June 4th, 2012 at 1:17 am
Very Dissapointed! Usher had lost it. I give up on him.

Oh well at least Chris Brown’s album will have decent RnB. His free songs are better than Ushers album. Thats sad but truth!

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Foxx Reply:
June 4th, 2012 at 3:25 am
@MonkeyMan, I mean you really can’t compare 30 seconds of songs to full songs and like Usher said, this wasnt going to be an RnB album.

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King Size Reply:
June 4th, 2012 at 12:09 pm
@MonkeyMan, ur kidding rite? U talkin bout da free songs dat were sex, sex, and more sex? And by the way Chris gonna have jus as much pop/dance songs as usher. He already got 2 out as singles

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.......... Reply:
June 4th, 2012 at 4:25 pm
@King Size, Chris doesn’t have more than four pop songs on a album. Get your shit correct.

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Sally1985
June 4th, 2012 at 3:46 am
Whats with these pop music? Sounds too generic, not good enough. I blame the fans. We are getting used to settling for ‘average’. This is low standards compared to the old Usher.

NOT GOOD ENOUGH!

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Max
June 4th, 2012 at 4:29 am
I’ve been listening to Usher since 8701 era and I’m also strong fan of R&B. But despite these facts I absolutely love most of what I heard from the snippets. It’s gonna be Usher’s strongest tape since Confessions. Brave, unexpected, experimental Usher.

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84656
June 4th, 2012 at 8:00 am
Despite what Usher fans think a lot of CB fans like Usher still. They are friends, but they have different views on music and life. They’re people, not clothes at a clothing store. Stop comparing like it’s gonna make you any difference. I swear people argue over these celebs like they care what they think. They’re both somewhere throwing up money either way you spin it.

Only thing Chris really needs to work on is learning how to actually sing live and also learning how to ignore all the hate he knows he’s always gonna have. This whole “I’m not doing interviews” thing is BS. He knows he needs the promo. That’s why they had to push the album back. Releasing all theses singles with little promo. He should at least interview w/ people he already trusts. He should know how ignore that hate by now. 4 years later and he’s still reacting like this. If he can’t master that, then I guess it’s always gonna get to him.

Anyways Numb, What Happened To U, and Show Me sound awesome to me. I can’t wait to hear Usher’s album in full. Got mine pre-ordered.

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OnMyMusic Reply:
June 4th, 2012 at 8:03 am
@84656, Real talk. I’m getting both albums as well. Can’t wait for either of them.

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t4k
June 4th, 2012 at 9:16 am
Sounds sick caint wait to listen in full and chris brown doesent have **** on usher

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Yaya
June 4th, 2012 at 9:29 am
This album sound interesting and different, unlike most music coming out today. I kills me people think this is a more pop album. It has like 3 dance tracks on the whole album. The reason R&B is dead is cause of fans. They didn’t buy Here I Stand cause they hated Tameka, which that is a great album. Usher decides to go half R&B and half Dance with RvR, only the dance tracks do good. R&B fans whine about that. They could of pushed Hey Daddy and There Goes My Baby further, but didn’t. Now he is fusing both together and they can’t get with that. No wonder MIguel ignored by the Grammys. R&B fans want that something that does exist, because it’s not like Trey Songz is burning up the charts.

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Foxx Reply:
June 4th, 2012 at 10:57 am
@Yaya, I totally agree with you…people always want RnB from Usher and when he gives it, fans don’t accept it and help it blow up. The reason RnB is not mainstream is because people don’t want it

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@JLawls91
June 4th, 2012 at 10:25 am
What a load of rubbish! The old Usher with 8701 and Confessions is what he does best. Not this pop dance bullshit! This has ruined so many artists for the sake of getting on the music channels.

Too many Rnb/Hip-Hop stars have ‘sold their soul if you like e.g. Akon, Usher, Chris Brown, Flo Rida, Ne-Yo and it sounds TERRIBLE!

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King Size
June 4th, 2012 at 12:15 pm
I can’t believe ppl are really complaining about the pop/dance songs when its only like 4 (including scream) out of 18. Y’all act like he is not a mainstream artist, he has a pop fanbase. I wonder did u ppl complain and criticise him for “Yeah” because before dat he never did anything like it. If u like the snippets good if u don’t shut up and go away

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RoyalTprod
June 4th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
Okay…look i still dont like the over use of todays electromic sound but usher your singing with soul…i can dig tht….im gonna buy a few tracks lk dive euphoria and definitly climax ss lmao…im gonna see his live show on youtube the night before his album drops

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VitiNhow
June 4th, 2012 at 12:32 pm
amanzing !!!!!!!!! niggaa .. apiCCC

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iem-blog.com
June 4th, 2012 at 1:08 pm
Didn´t excpect that!
This is definetly the best work since confessions!
So glad damn…I care 4 you and Hot Thing etc. godddd damnnn!
Thx Mr. Raymond!

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justinAngel
June 4th, 2012 at 7:02 pm
I like what I’ve heard with the snippets & it sounds pretty good. I don’t think R&B is dead, it’s just not selling like it was around 7, 8 yrs ago because it’s 2012 & pop is what’s selling now mainstream wise. & like what @Yaya said above, Here I Stand was a very underrated album. One of my favorites from Usher. The only artists who have stayed true to the R&B roots without crossing over are ppl like Anthony Hamilton, Keith Sweat, Joe, Brian McKnight, MJB, Johnny Gill etc. Nothing wrong with crossing over though but I like that Usher’s still kept his R&B sound on this album.

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dkfjdlkfj
June 5th, 2012 at 4:09 pm
I’m a big fan of the “old” usher, but I have to say that this album is banging. Its a whole new sound and when an artist is going out on a limb to experiment you have to appreciate the risk being taken.

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June 11th, 2012 at 4:08 pm
I like. the cd is fire. I will be buying it.

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