Usher featuring Jay-Z - "Best Thing"

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

Hear it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J9HWmptfYw

Listen: Usher and Jay-Z Team Up, Settle Down

Usher [ft. Jay-Z]
"Best Thing"

Across their illustrious careers, both Usher and Jay-Z have spent plenty of time going on about their myriad romantic dalliances. They have sex with lots of different women — that's what rock stars do. But now that the pair are all settled down, they're trying to turn to the corner. That's right: "Best Thing" attempts to make marriage sound cool. It's not an easy task, which Jay acknowledges at the start: "I mean, even grass grow, baby," he raps, preemptively semi-apologizing for the grown man business to follow. No need to say sorry, though. Jay-Z manages to sound like the Jay-Z we know and love while repping for rings and things as he compares tying the knot to "two broads menagein'." Usher wails about how he lost his "best thing," but he's ready to change his ways: "No more trickin' and kissing' miscellaneous chicks, actin' like a jerk/ Woman, I've been to church!" With God (and yet another killer track) on his side, we say he's got a better-than-average chance of getting his girl back.

I like this overall- but I was expecting and hoping for something with more punch and less horns.

[Grenade]

I like it, but I hope it isn't a single.

[Franck]

I like this song a lot, the beat is cool.

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

This is a grower. Probably Top 5 on the album for me.

With Usher's new album, Here I Stand, due on May 27, the singer is in full promotional mode. Last night he performed two songs on the season finale of Dancing With the Stars, and he also spoke to MTV about his collaborations and inspirations on the record. The new album will feature a song called "Best Thing" with Jay-Z that the two recorded with producer Jermaine Dupri during the Atlanta stop of Jay's Heart of the City Tour. Hov starts the song by rapping about a bachelor who has reservations about getting married, and then Usher sings of trying to reconcile with the girl he lost.

"We got together on his album, got back together on this one," Usher told MTV Base. "Of course, with the talk of both of us now being newlyweds, there is a question as to why, and is it real? Well, if you hear that [song], you'll understand what [Jay] meant when he says, 'Seeds becomes plants/Boys become men/You've got to grow up, not down.'"

"talk of both of us now being newlyweds" ROFL

[Grenade]

Okay, I LOVE this now.

[Grenade]

Added at Power 105.

[Franck]

This is my favorite song on the album, this one is addictive. The melody is nice too.

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

I take back what I said earlier. I wouldn't mind if this were a single at all. I think it's sooo good now. It also reminds me of late 90's R&B which is pretty awesome.

[Be Real]

This is actually one of the best songs on the album. This album wasn't as good as Confessions.

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

This is getting airplay on 36 Urban and 18 Rhythmic stations already, many of them major markets and often high power rotation. Looks like radio wants this as a single.

[Grenade]

#99 on iTunes.

[Grenade]

#72 on iTunes.

[backintime]

Debuts at #92 R&B.

[angeltimes]

I think this is blah. I dont like how he mentioned Chilli.