Usher gave a dope interview to Ebony magazine. He spoke on everything from his first marriage, family, social issues to his one career regret:
βSo thereβs one thing in my career that I definitely regret, one thing. And to this day I battle with it which is why I always show support of this artist whenever he asksβ¦So his manager comes inβ¦They show him to meβ¦I was working on an album at this time, they wanted him to perform on this albumβ¦I was like okay coolβ¦Then I went to my team and they was like βI donβt think you should work with this artistββ¦Then he leftβ¦Chris Brown."
That explains all the collabs...and Usher also spoke on a hit from back in the day that was meant for him:
ββ¦when I first signed to LaFace Records, I wanted to do an album with Babyface and LA Reid, right? I signed specifically for that reason. So LA Reid wanted Babyface to work on me and they were going through, you know, a lot of drama at the time. They were kinda severing their tiesβ¦he got madβ¦And he built an entire album for me, and he gave the whole album to somebody elseβ¦Tevin Campbell! βCan We Talkββ¦was my songβ¦βRead more at EBONY http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/exclusive-usher-gets-candid-on-questlove-supreme#ixzz4aZH3ui6D Follow us: @EbonyMag on Twitter | EbonyMag on Facebook