Tameka Foster: Don't blame me for last album

Recent Raymond divorcee' Tameka Foster says don't pin Usher's last album, "Here I Stand," on her. The followup to the 2004 smash "Confessions," didn't hold up well with Usher adapting the music and lyrics to a married lifestyle.
Foster says don't blame her. “People say it’s my fault he made all those songs,” she told the New York Times recently.
Foster, who's had to defend herself in different ways since the breakup became public, says the problem is with Usher's fans, who haven't grown with the singer.
“It was saddening,' she says. "For a man to find a mate and profess their love publicly, and then for fans to be mad at him just shows the immaturity in so many of them.”
Does she have a point? Usher has been taking his shirt off on stage and on videos since he was 14. When the sex appeal ran into a brick-wall-realization that he wasn't the same person, fans deserted him. But "Here I Stand" wasn't a disaster by any means.
The single "Love in This Club" proved popular to younger fans, and Usher actually sold 443,000 copies in the first week. But "Confessions" sold 10 milli.
Now, Usher hopes "Raymond v. Raymond" returns him to the raw, scandalized, bedroom secret success of "Confessions."
Foster probably wanted him to cater to older fans ala Brian McKnight, or Joe, but Usher's DNA screams otherwise. Since he just got a divorce, so will his wallet.


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Tameka Foster works it out

Former wifey of Usher Raymond knows the importance of keeping those gluts tight. Tameka Foster works it out at her place recently just in case she's got to make a few quick dashes to the bank, to cash those alimony stacks, or not.

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Let's get this all straight: Usher dates 1/3 of the greatest female group of all time (at the time), is unfaithful, dates a model who practically begs him to marry her, dumps her, marries his hair stylist, who promptly proceeds to give him two kids (right quick too) and now Usher's out?
I don't think for a moment that Ms. Tameka Foster-Raymond aka the Notorious T.O.M. is having any of that.
Foster is going to come hard, as a single mother should, and let's hope it doesn't get ugly.
Foster tweeted yesterday that she'd rather have 5 boys rather than "one dog" anyday. It was a direct and unexpected jab (not unlike Usher's filing for divorce), sent across cyberspace's loud arena, heard by millions.
Team Usher, who's name could be pronounced "USe-her" in some circles, has been tight-lipped, but they'll have to say something soon.
Usher's biggest album "Confessions" was borne out of his infidelities to Chilli, we can't help but wonder what his next record will sound like, now that the cat's out of the bag.
The two are due in court July 15.
But he better watch out, hell hath no fury like a woman (who just splat out two of your children) like a woman scorned.