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Usher is officially done. Seriously. After his last disastrous release. Raymond v. Raymond needed to be a groundbreaking piece of R&B-tinged pop perfection. Instead he delivered a tepid collection of semi-catchy but generally soulless songs.

There are, of course, a few bright spots on the album. But there's a problem when all of the standouts are "guilty pleasures." Little Freak is one of the albums most alluring cuts. Polow Da Don and Esther Dean's production and songwriting respectively, combined with one of the most unlikely Stevie Wonder samples you could ever imagine make an all-around great track.

But from the first listen, something about the song struck me as disconcerting.

There's the chorus.