Usher is working with JD on his upcoming November release. The pair have recorded a song, "The Realest", song Usher says his wife-to-be Tameka Foster inspired.
"...The music Usher is focused on, he said, is about six months away from being finished, and he wants to release an album around November. Being happily in love has definitely served as inspiration for at least one track.
"Most of the time with Usher it's about the magic," producer Jermaine Dupri said of working with his longtime friend and collaborator. "Even the concept of making records is different with Usher. For the first month or so of us being in the studio, it's all mostly conversation to drive me to that point where I go into the room and hear something that clicks.
" 'The Realest' is actually one of the first songs that we did," Dupri continued. "It was pretty much what he was on. He was like, 'I got the realest woman in the world. You ever had the realest woman in the world? You ever have a real one?' That was how he was talking to me. And within the hour, I heard what we should be saying in the hook, and he was like, 'Yeah, let's go.' "
Another muse for Usher's new album is the music game itself.
"Music is somewhat in a box right now, 'cause everybody is trying to follow the same thing," he said. "But then you have those artists that try to cut through — artists that really take a risk. Artists like Robin Thicke. Artists like Musiq Soulchild. I just heard great reviews about his album. Artists that are willing to take a chance and try to go into a new territory and not be afraid to do something different." [Read more over at VH1]
