Usher Speaks On Knowing When To Drop His Ex, Tameka, & His “Career Rebound”

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Usher is on the cover of the October/November issue of Vibe.  They released some excerpts of their interview with him.  Below he speaks on when he knew it was time to drop Tameka like a bad habit, and weather or not Raymond V Raymond was a career rebund.

  • On how long he was thinking about divorcing Tameka
    During our disagreements, that’s when I really began to contemplate marriage and if this is someone whom I’m compatible with. Anytime we had a disagreement or an argument, I began to contemplate: Wow, is this really gonna work out? I’m going through hell right now, given the fact that people have an opinion about our relationship. I can’t be unhappy at home and fighting the wars or the opinions outside… ‘You should’ve handled things this way,’ ‘I wish you would’ve said this,’ ‘You’re handling me wrong,’ ‘I don’t like the way I’m feeling about this’-it could be anything, man.

    On “Raymond V Raymond” being a career rebound

    I don’t think it was a rebound at all. Some people in my organization felt like it was a rebound, but for me it was business as usual. Were there hard times in the process? Absolutely. I think it was the first time that doubt was ever amongst the opinions. Like, Can he do it again? Is it possible that this can happen? When you have 15 years of a legacy built, it shouldn’t be questionable with one album.

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