Rare Gem: Usher “Separated”

Rare Gem: Usher “Separated”

Originally, the follow up to Usher’s sophomore album “My Way” was supposed to be called “All About U” which was led by the single “Pop Ya Collar”. However, due to various songs from the album leaking months prior to its...
Rare Gem: Usher “Echo” (Produced by Bryan-Michael Cox)

Rare Gem: Usher “Echo” (Produced by Bryan-Michael Cox)

This is B. Cox produced track is from the recording sessions for Usher’s “Here I Stand” album but never made the album lineup. In my opinion, the song is “Confessions” era worthy and even features Usher making reference to his iconic album with the line “I did my...
Rare Gem: Chris Brown – You

Rare Gem: Chris Brown – You

Somewhere in between his classic self-titled platinum plus debut album and his hit multi-platinum “Exclusive”, a jewel got lost amongst the recording sessions and has yet to see its proper placement on a studio album. Yet when many hear of a song titled “You” by Chris...
Rare Gem: Olivia “Never Too Far” (written by Brandy)

Rare Gem: Olivia “Never Too Far” (written by Brandy)

Even though G-Unit was able to give Olivia some shine commercially via her collaborations with 50 Cent, I feel she was never able to showcase her vocals like she does songs like this unreleased track, which ended up appearing on her mixtape Under The Radar.