

“We wanted the media to ask us questions,” the producer told Vibe in 2014, comparing their artistic license to that of Michael Jackson. II,” a saga about creeping and getting another woman pregnant, was based on Dupri’s life, not Usher’s. The album’s most salacious track, “Confessions Pt. A decade later, executive producer Jermaine Dupri said the song was indeed about her but admitted Confessions wasn’t just Usher’s experience, rather a compilation of its male creators’ infractions, promoted as one man’s expunging of sins. He said he co-wrote the album’s core breakup ballad, “Burn,” while he and Chilli were still together.

While it was true that he wasn’t entirely sold on marriage, he told Rolling Stone in 2004 that he did once buy Chilli a 10-karat diamond ring and proposed to her in the most R&B way: in the middle of sex. In constructing the narrative around Confessions, Usher omitted certain facts. Debuted at No.But the deception worked on multiple levels.Talk Money Entertainment, Empire Distribution Jet Life Recordings, Atlantic Records, Empire Distribution 4 on the UK Albums Chartįirst Generation Rich, HiPNOTT Records Ĭoncrete Records, Quality Control, Motown Recordsīread Winners' Association, Atlantic Records Slaughter Gang Entertainment, Epic Records Run-DMC to perform their final concert, at Madison Square Garden.On April 10, Tory Lanez is scheduled for his sentencing.On March 3, De La Soul's full discography became available on streaming services for the first time.Kelly was sentenced in Chicago federal court to 20 years in prison for child pornography and other sexual crimes involving minors, with 19 years being concurrent to his previous 30-year term handed down in New York. was sentenced to 60 years to life in prison for the murder of Nipsey Hussle in March 2019. On February 12, Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul, passed away at the age of 54, with the cause of his death remaining undisclosed.


