- contemporary r&b, blues, hip hop, r&b
- 57 min
- 15 tracks
- Arista
8701 is the third studio album by American singer Usher, released in the United Kingdom on July 9, 2001, and in the United States on August 7, 2001, by Arista Records. Recording was handled by several producers including The Neptunes, Jermaine Dupri, Babyface, Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Mike City, Bryan Michael Cox, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis.
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Character
Spare, grave, character-led and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
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Metacritic 67/100
- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Blender4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB−
- NME4/5 ★
- Q2/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- Slant Magazine3/5 ★
- Vibe3/5
- Yahoo! Music UK7/10
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Tracks
- 1Intro‐lude 87010:44
- 2U Remind Me4:26
- 3I Don’t Know4:26
- 4Twork It Out4:42
- 5U Got It Bad4:07
- 6If I Want To3:46
- 7I Can’t Let U Go3:28
- 8U Don’t Have to Call4:29
- 9Without U (interlude)0:53
- 10Can U Help Me5:35
- 11How Do I Say5:39
- 12Hottest Thing3:49
- 13Good Ol’ Ghetto4:00
- 14U‐Turn3:09
- 15U R the One3:56
15 tracks, 57 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Usher
- Label
- Arista
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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