![]() Then she called him while he was in the studio. Dupri says that the girl “got him really upset, and then she left. Usher and Dupri were trying to work together in the studio, but Usher “couldn’t get his performance together.” Usher had brought a girl to the studio, and her presence was distracting Usher. In Fred Bronson’s Billboard Book Of Number 1 Hits, Jermaine Dupri says he got the idea for “U Got It Bad” because he saw that Usher had it bad. “U Got It Bad” isn’t un-horny, but it’s more about being helpless before your own sense of longing. Lyrically, though, the two songs work on different levels. Both go heavy on drum machines and ultra-processed acoustic guitars, and both rely on Usher’s ability to skate over a track - sounding almost, but not quite, like he’s rapping. Both tracks are digital-era versions of the slow jam. Later on, Dupri said that “U Got It Bad” was essentially his attempt to remake Usher’s first chart-topper, the 1998 smash “ Nice & Slow.” In 2013, Dupri told Complex, “‘U Got It Bad’ was basically just another version of ‘Nice & Slow,’ with me trying to repeat and just make a better version.” Musically, the two songs have a lot in common. Usher recorded “U Got It Bad” with Jermaine Dupri, his favorite collaborator. ![]() “U Got It Bad” is what happens when the sensitive-player thing stops working - when, despite your best efforts, you catch feelngs. “U Got It Bad” exists in conversation with “U Remind Me” in ways that go far beyond the Prince-esque stylization of the titles. It’s Usher attempting to walk a line - to remain single but to let this poor lady down easy through the magic of soap-opera psychodrama. On that “U Remind Me,” sensitive player Usher does his best to carefully explain that he can’t see you anymore because you remind him too much of his ex, who cheated on him and hurt his soul. Usher released “U Got It Bad” right after “ U Remind Me,” the first single from his 2001 album 8701. I told my friends back home I saw 35.“U Got It Bad” was Usher’s second consecutive #1 hit. At the time, a dollar was 35 times an Indian rupee, so I had to multiply my depression. But, even finding an apartment was turning out unaffordable. I had arrived in Melbourne hoping that the money I had brought might last until I found a job and a place to live. ![]() The ongoing rental crisis has amplified student concerns, but the challenges remain similar. And nirvanic, if both parents knew where the other set lived. Ideal, if they shared the dietary restrictions. Preferable, if they spoke the same language. Like me, most folks who had travelled from overseas stuck to people from their part of the world. I am yet to see an international student arrive in Australia and jump into a healthy mix of ethnicities. “Menial being the operative word,” a friend had told me.Īlso, how about we fix those multicultural covers for university brochures. The permissible hours are designed specifically so you can only get menial work. Working 20 hours per week means you cannot apply for full-time jobs. But they should at least tell them that in a job market, an international student is a first-time golfer playing with a single-digit handicap. Brochures do not tell would-be international students that a 20-hour-per-week job is hard to find unless it is cash-in-hand.
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