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Usher (Entertainer)

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Top 7 goes Gaga, and Jessica Sanchez is still around, but probably won't be past tonight

    Last night's episode of American Idol saw the Top 7 tackle a new set of songs -- one produced between now and the turn of the century and one school classic. Some performances worked, some didn't, but there was certainly a lot of Lady Gaga and Alicia Keys for one episode.

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    As Black History Month comes to a close, we reflect on the influential Sounds of Blackness

    Black History Month 2012 has been a doozy. Beginning with the tragic and shocking death of Don Cornelius to dealing with equally troubling news of Whitney Houston's passing as the month wore on. Most interesting about this time is the ways in which the music healed us. When Whitney died, DJs played ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    Boy-band resurgence: One Direction and the Wanted try to fill the void Justin Timberlake left

    Pop music is cyclical. With the absence of one niche pop artist arises another: Look at what Lady Gaga did when Madonna was absent from the scene for so long. What has pop music been missing recently? Boy bands. 'N Sync, the world's most revered boy band -- bar the Beatles, pop's first boy band, w ... More >>

  • Film

    January 12, 2012

    Joyful Noise is a holy hot mess of the sacred and inane

    Pop music is cyclical. With the absence of one niche pop artist arises another: Look at what Lady Gaga did when Madonna was absent from the scene for so long. What has pop music been missing recently? Boy bands. 'N Sync, the world's most revered boy band -- bar the Beatles, pop's first boy band, w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    Nicole Scherzinger's debut album delayed again, plus a breakdown of this week's charts

    Despite being a judge on the American version of X Factor, Nicole Scherzinger has had a rough go in the music industry ever since leaving the Pussycat Dolls. This week, word came down that the release date for her debut album Killer Love, originally slated for November 15, has been pushed back to so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Madonna's new single leaks: Does it deserve any love? Plus a breakdown of this week's charts

    Madonna wants all your love, but does she deserve any of it?​It was a big week for female pop music. Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Madonna were all in the spotlight this week. Perry's new video for "The One That Got Away" garnerd hit six million YouTube views over the weekend. The song is her sixt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    Microsoft rumors update: Janet Jackson and Usher at Red Rocks on Friday? Not so much.

    ​Update (07/22/11): So here's the very latest word that we've heard. After Arts & Venues Denver spokesperson Kristin Rust debunked the rumors earlier this week that Janet Jackson, Usher and Red Hot Chili Peppers would be performing at Red Rocks tonight, there's word that Christina Aguilera and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    What's killing the music industry? Auto-Tune? The Internet? American Idol? All of the above?

    ​The music industry has been marked for death for a long time now, but amazingly, nobody has managed to come up with a concrete reason as to why. Sure, it's easy to assign blame, but the real reason the music is dying is still a mystery to most people in the industry. Thankfully, plenty of sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    5 things the Qaddafi family could've spent $1 million dollars on

    ​Mariah, Usher, Beyonce and 50 Cent? Not the MTV video music awards. Definitely not the Grammy's. No, these are all artists that were paid approximately one million dollars to perform for Muammar Qaddafi family functions. The Libyan ruler has been the leader of Libya since 1969, and judging by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    Diagnosis: Bieber-phobia. We'll never see Never Say Never. Never ever, if we can help it. Ever.

    No, Justin. Please stop.​ On this eve of the release of Justin Bieber's movie, Never Say Never, I felt it would be an appropriate time to discuss how I feel about him. Simply put, Justin Bieber makes me uncomfortable. This is not a dislike of him as a person or a hatefulness toward his music, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Drake at Wells Fargo Theatre, 11/02/10

    Eric Gruneisen​ DRAKE With Tyga 11.02.10 | Wells Fargo Theatre It seems Tyga -- last night's opener -- got the memo: Donning a puffy vest in Colorado makes you automatically likeable. We have braved decades of trends in those things, and nothing makes you look native quite like sleeveless bo ... More >>

  • Music

    July 8, 2010

    Justin Bieber

    Thursday, July 8, 1stBank Center, 303-830-8497.

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    What would the industry do without Glee?

    For the second week in a row, album sales reached their lowest point in the history of the SoundScan era. "Indie" bands, meanwhile, continue to chart unexpectedly high: This week, The Black Keys are number three, Band of Horses is number seven and LCD Soundsystem is number ten. But these are fl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    Album Sales Are In The Crapper, But The National Is Doing Just Fine

    This week's signs of the music industry's apocalypse: 1. The National had the highest selling debut album in the country this week, good for number three overall (behind Justin Beiber and Lady Antebellum). 2. This was the worst week for album sales since SoundScan started keeping track in 1991. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    B.o.B. (sort of) wins the week

    As expected, B.o.B.'s Adventures of Bobby Ray is the number one album in the country this week. Of course, it only needed to sell 84,000 copies to do it. As Billboard notes, this is the first three-week run of no albums breaking 100,000 since February of last year. Cue alarm bells, death of The I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Who'd have thought Justin Bieber's My World 2.0 would prove an accurate title?

    There you have it: Fourteen-year-old Bieber's debut full-length is on top of the Billboard album chart. His debut EP, meanwhile, is at number five. That one's called My World (get it?) -- can't argue with either title. This makes him the youngest chart-topper since Stevie Wonder, yet something te ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    Nicki Minaj's debut single "Massive Attack" is pretty disappointing

    Given the quality of her string of featured appearances in the last year, we're pretty pumped for Nicki Minaj's debut album, due in no hurry later this year. Above is probably the album's lead single, and it's just alright. Somewhere between guest verses on Robin Thicke's "Shakin' It For Daddy" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    We Are the World 2010: List of performers seems a little underwhelming -- the idea is to get people to buy the song, right?

    Our friends over at CNN just posted a partial list of performers appearing on the "We Are the World" remake. From the looks of it, we put more thought into this whole thing than the organizers did. Okay, sure, there were a handful of bona fied stars that took part -- and we're assuming they've be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Over the Weekend: KS-107.5's Summer Jam

    Luda. KS-107.5 Summer Jam Fiddler's Green June 12 By their very nature, hip-hop radio station festivals like KS-107.5's Summer Jam (the station's twelfth consecutive sell-out) tend to promise more than they can deliver. The lineups are generally stellar -- proof that despite changes in the music i ... More >>

  • Music

    April 16, 2009

    You can leave your (cowboy) hat on at Stampede

    Luda. KS-107.5 Summer Jam Fiddler's Green June 12 By their very nature, hip-hop radio station festivals like KS-107.5's Summer Jam (the station's twelfth consecutive sell-out) tend to promise more than they can deliver. The lineups are generally stellar -- proof that despite changes in the music i ... More >>

  • Music

    March 12, 2009

    When it comes to production, the men of MSTRKRFT live up to their name

    Luda. KS-107.5 Summer Jam Fiddler's Green June 12 By their very nature, hip-hop radio station festivals like KS-107.5's Summer Jam (the station's twelfth consecutive sell-out) tend to promise more than they can deliver. The lineups are generally stellar -- proof that despite changes in the music i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    The Jukebox Effect

    Photo: Claudia LopezI deejayed a Valentine's Day party at the Horseshoe Lounge on Saturday. The bar had a great vibe, as always, and the ample crowd was in the mood for a good party. It was the first time I ever had to play music for four and a half straight hours, and I was initially worried that I ... More >>

  • Music

    January 8, 2009

    From Akon to Usher, today's R&B is a shadow of its former self

    Photo: Claudia LopezI deejayed a Valentine's Day party at the Horseshoe Lounge on Saturday. The bar had a great vibe, as always, and the ample crowd was in the mood for a good party. It was the first time I ever had to play music for four and a half straight hours, and I was initially worried that I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    Busted Rhymes: The Top Ten Most Preposterous Rap Songs of 2008

    Over the next couple of weeks, Backbeat will feature some Top Ten lists from around the Village Voice Media chain. Click here for previous year-in-review coverage from Backbeat and VVM. Hip-hop A-listers including Rick Ross, Akon and Plies were caught grossly exaggerating their gangster credentials ... More >>

  • Music

    July 3, 2008

    Usher

    Here I Stand
    LaFace/Sony BMG

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2008

    Friday Rap-Up: Frank E, Xzibit, 50 Cent, Slick Rick

    Here I Stand
    LaFace/Sony BMG

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2008

    Vintage Q&A With Lil Jon

    Here I Stand
    LaFace/Sony BMG

  • Music

    December 6, 2007

    Mini Reviews

    Mini Reviews

  • Music

    December 8, 2005

    Various Artists

    In the Mix: Music From the Motion Picture (J Records/Lion's Gate Films)

  • Film

    December 1, 2005

    Fall of Usher

    In the Mix can't keep up with its likable star.

  • Music

    July 28, 2005

    Sound Bites

    In the Mix can't keep up with its likable star.

  • Dining

    June 9, 2005

    Drink of the Week

    Ciclón & OJ

  • Music

    March 3, 2005

    Omarion

    O (Sony Urban Music/Epic)

  • Music

    January 27, 2005

    The Beatdown

    In which yours truly auditions for Gimme the Mike.

  • Music

    December 30, 2004

    Trend-Spotting

    In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote.

  • Music

    December 30, 2004

    On the Down-Low

    Shovel away all that Usher, Prince and Lil Jon you've been jamming and dig this year's buried black-music treasures.

  • Music

    December 9, 2004

    Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz

    Crunk Juice (TVT Records)

  • Music

    December 9, 2004

    Season's Bleatings

    Thanks to these CDs, it's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas.

  • Calendar

    September 23, 2004

    Rock and Gold

    Olympic stars swoop in for the 2004 Rock and Roll Gymnastics Championships Tour.

  • Music

    August 12, 2004

    Crunked Up

    Beneath his deranged exterior, Lil Jon is a man with a plan.

  • News

    May 27, 2004

    The Stations Remain the Same

    The hits just keep coming on radio.

  • Music

    April 15, 2004

    The Beatdown

    We built this city on rock and roll.

  • Music

    April 8, 2004

    Usher

    Confessions (Arista Records)

  • Calendar

    December 11, 2003

    Hip-Hoppin' Holiday

    The beats don't stop in Toyz

  • Music

    June 26, 2003

    The Beatdown

    The second coming of the Lord.

  • Music

    July 25, 2002

    Playing It Cool

    When it comes to hip-hop career longevity, LL Cool J knows that size matters.

  • Music

    October 7, 1999

    Playlist

    Puff Daddy, Leo Kottke, Prince, Garth Brooks as Chris Gaines

  • Music

    October 22, 1998

    Getting Big

    Ex-Denver DJ Big Jon Platt on how to succeed in business by really, really trying.

  • Music

    December 25, 1997

    Feedback

    Ex-Denver DJ Big Jon Platt on how to succeed in business by really, really trying.

  • Calendar

    October 25, 1995

    THRILLS

    Ex-Denver DJ Big Jon Platt on how to succeed in business by really, really trying.

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