Usher - "8701" (2001)

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His third studio album that was released on August 7, 2001. Producers included The Neptunes, Jermaine Dupri, Babyface, Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Mike City, Bryan Michael Cox, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. The album title "8701" is stemmed from Usher singing for the first time in his local church in 1987 and the album's release date of 2001. The album was inspired by artists such as Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and Michael Jackson.

The album debuted at #4 on the US Billboard 200 chart, with 210,000 copies sold in its first week. It has sold over 4.7 million copies in the United States, receiving a 4× platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); worldwide sales stand at over eight million.

What are your fave tracks from the album?  Mines are How Do I Say, Good Ol' Ghetto, U-Turn, I Don't Know, U Remind Me, U Got It Bad, U Don't Have To Call, and Can U Help Me. It's definitely my fave Usher album after "My Way" and "Confessions".

U Remind Me: #1 Pop, #1 R&B

U Got It Bad: #1 Pop, #1 R&B

U Don't Have To Call: #3 Pop, #2 R&B

U-Turn: #93 R&B

Can U Help Me: #57 R&B

[B-Boy]

It's an underrated album compared to My Way and Confessions. Usher was on fire with three major hit singles, which still go hard to this day, especially "U Don't Have To Call". My favorite album tracks are "I Don't Know" (with Diddy), "How Do I Say", "Hottest Thing" and "Good Ol' Ghetto".

[Jay D83]

I will forever be pissed that "I Don't know" wasn't released as a single. I played the piss outta that one.

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[back2blk]

I mean he released the best songs as singles and boy did it pay off.

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