Who am I to write a review on anything considering I don’t even buy most of the items I use for enjoyment. Usually they are borrowed or pilfered. Yeah that’s right, I ganked that ish! With that being said thankfully I ganked this Here I Stand album from the Boy Usher. Now since it did not come in the cellophane wrapping there is a good chance that I don’t have the official official so my review would be a moot point but this dude still recorded these tracks and that leaves me about as impressed as I would be to see a backshot of Ally Mcbeal after a celery and rice cakes shake off during a seaweed wrap puff puff pass session @ Bette Midlers crib. Basically I was rubbin' my eyes, and scratchin' my stomach saying Wha the FUDGE???

Aight lets get to it; its just not that good. This is supposed to be a home run or at least an And1 and it just doesn’t do that. This album SHOULD be the got damn to your R&B catalog but instead it’s the filler for your mix CD and not even a sweet love making mix CD but a cleaning the bookshelves or riding an elevator mix CD. That’s not to say it’s a bad album. Here I Stand’s title track is a polished ode to grownmaness(3^rd cousin 2wice removed to bitchassness) it would just be even more dope coming from a singer with some baritone to his voice. The 2^nd Single Moving Mountains takes some getting used to. Daughtry could sing this track, Tom Petty could move a few million units singing this track, but to an “Urban” ear it just doesn’t register well. “And lately I've been sleeping with a ghost
My stock is down and out, I used to be worth my weight in gold
That was before a great depression kicked in and rocked us”

Is a real lyric and in fact I’ve been there before, its just going to miss its audience as this risk wasn’t clichéd enough to come out in the end.

• The track with Will.I.Am.. Uneccesary who’s song is it again?
• The Jay track… I’ll pass. Jay aint got the juice no more
• Appetite… not bouncy enuf. But again a true story
• Trading Places… that right there… the subject matter just makes me upset to my stomach. U gon let her do WHAT to you? See… that ish right there [walks out of the post] [/walks out of the post]
• Puff cheeks and blows air in frustration.

[flava flav]WOoooooooWwwwww.[/flava flav]

If I were to grade it against his previous monster that carried tracks/singles for 3 plus years this would get a 2 out of 5 on an Usher scale. But as a stand alone album I give it a 3 or a C+. It’s ok, but its just not great. Make ur own impression and cop it yourself… but I cant disclose my bootleg storage facility and supplier. U gotta move some Mountains to get that info. True story

Resox!