Rap-Up.com || New Music: Usher f/ A$AP Rocky

Usher ignites the club on the Pharrell-produced “Hot Thing” off his seventh album Looking 4 Myself, due June 12. A$AP Rocky comes through with a cool verse, name checking Christian Louboutin, Murciélago, and Nicki Minaj.

“I really wanted to create something that I felt would work in both our worlds, a fun record that would be a little bit irresponsible,” the R&B superstar told MTV News. “You gotta just let it go. No apologies, fuck it.”

The song was originally recorded by Pharrell’s i am OTHER artist Maxine Ashley, with a feature from Lil Wayne.

In addition to A$AP, other guests on Myself include Rick Ross (“Lemme See”), Pharrell (“Twisted”), and Luke Steele on the title track.

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30 Comments

Ha!
June 5th, 2012 at 11:15 am
smh..Usher please keep looking for yourself..this is not it..find the old you or something

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King Size Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 11:49 am
@Ha!, Sounds good to me for a bonus track

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2011k Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 12:18 pm
@Ha!, I listened to the snippets the other day, and if they are indicative of the rest, his album will pretty good this go round. I don’t really like this song, but it is a bonus track, so whatevs…

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Jrizzy
June 5th, 2012 at 11:44 am
What the fuck… Garbage

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Blahhhh
June 5th, 2012 at 11:51 am
I bump 2 this… 4 Usher? ummmmm… But I can pop-it to it.

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Nicole
June 5th, 2012 at 11:58 am
…..

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Okyeah
June 5th, 2012 at 12:00 pm
This song reminds of his song “Hot Tottie”

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ovoxo
June 5th, 2012 at 12:01 pm
This sounds exactly like Hot Toddy! Please get back to your original roots like usher, 8701 and confession. I understand going in the new trend of music but its not all that great. I hope the New album is well.

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Cranberry
June 5th, 2012 at 12:08 pm
One thing I hate is close minded music listeners who have the audacity to tell an artist to “go back” to their old sound, their “true” sound, as if they know them personally.

Do you even know what being an artist is? GROWTH and CHANGE. Keywords.

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Edd Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 3:02 pm
@Cranberry, No, an artist is expressing emotion and knowledge through your art form as its life-line (in this case music) with what is going on in his life and such like other fans i would expect something more in-tune with his old-style RnB or like how Climax was which is in fact his strong suit and in this generation sets him from the generic crap fed to us through the radio. I personally find it painful when artists differ from their strong suits to be in line with what is “hip” right now. Thing is the artists carved into history never changed and thats why they are remembered.

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Ice
June 5th, 2012 at 12:10 pm
I usually buy Usher albums, but not this time. Sorry, this isn’t the Usher I love.

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True Story Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 5:59 pm
@Ice, you say it! The title rnb king is gone back to rkelly

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king usher Reply:
June 6th, 2012 at 5:29 am
@True Story, Oh F**k YOU ICE GO BACK LISTENING To your 106&park music

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CarlosBonegro
June 5th, 2012 at 12:20 pm
this is bad and not in a good way smh

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King Size
June 5th, 2012 at 12:22 pm
It’s funny dat y’all judging a bonus track but whatever and for the person who said get back to 8701 or confessions. I hate to break it to u but it’s 2012 not 2001 or 2004

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Triniti
June 5th, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Not feeling it.

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Face
June 5th, 2012 at 12:53 pm
!!! @ the comments that mentions this is year 2000 and fucking 12 and growth and change is needed and inevitable.

If anyone was REALLY listening, this sounds like an updated 8701.

But this is why Usher, and many other artists, can’t be great now. Stop asking them to revisit days that are long gone. I don’t want another Confessions or 8701. Artists aren’t supposed to rehash!

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The Real B[randy]
June 5th, 2012 at 1:26 pm
Usher just worked with Rocky cause he’s cute. #HOTTHING

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Edd
June 5th, 2012 at 3:04 pm
No one is oppossed to change but there is a difference between evolving to be better and completing differing to make mediocre stuff

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DJInVincible74
June 5th, 2012 at 4:15 pm
IMO, Usher’s last 3 albums have been his best to date. He’s tried to some new sounds and broke some new ground as an artist. My favorite songs from his last 3 albums include “OMG”, “Hottie Toddie”, and “More”(Jimmie Joker Remix).

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DJInVincible74
June 5th, 2012 at 4:15 pm
PS: This songs rocks as well as that other song on the album that Pharrell produced with the 50s vibe to it!

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bonbon
June 5th, 2012 at 4:17 pm
Really nigga? Really?

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phucku
June 5th, 2012 at 4:56 pm
haven’t listened yet but the album is getting great early reviews.

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True Story
June 5th, 2012 at 5:58 pm
Flop i hatee the new dancetracks from usher the title rnb king is gone back to One and only r.kelly

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vik
June 5th, 2012 at 6:38 pm
i personally had to fast forward to the part where the rap came in bc the song was taking too long… :( i’m sad about that.. i’ll listen to climax again.. luv that joint!

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Hugh
June 5th, 2012 at 7:09 pm
Not the best song ive heard from the album

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Jay
June 5th, 2012 at 7:57 pm
I’m loving this joint!!! It’s so different. I can jam to this fasho! :)

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ponce
June 5th, 2012 at 8:08 pm
garbage

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TheDreamer
June 5th, 2012 at 11:42 pm
Bad!! What happened to the R&B Confessions Usher? I love Climax..best song so far on the album.

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king usher
June 6th, 2012 at 5:30 am
this song is another banger.

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