{"id":120549,"date":"2024-02-08T04:09:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T04:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/08\/usher-cursed-out-by-l-a-reid-for-refusing-to-record-yeah-says-rico-love\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T04:09:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T04:09:22","slug":"usher-cursed-out-by-l-a-reid-for-refusing-to-record-yeah-says-rico-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/08\/usher-cursed-out-by-l-a-reid-for-refusing-to-record-yeah-says-rico-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Usher Cursed Out By L.A. Reid for Refusing to Record &#8216;Yeah!&#8217; Says Rico Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-68805973b6d642604331cfdcea8f660f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--hip-hop  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20240207_e483967880de4226af31637013c1bcc6\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:6e54c4ad-823b-4b78-bf53-8c22dd7b0535\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/e4\/4by3\/2024\/02\/07\/e483967880de4226af31637013c1bcc6_md.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Lil Jon  usher LA Reid\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-68805973b6d642604331cfdcea8f660f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2d4e0b17e1c52af23a26b74cfb25bf38\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/usher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Usher<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s greatest hit single, &#8220;Yeah!&#8221; virtually did not occur, if not for his label boss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/l-a-reid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>L.A. Reid<\/strong><\/a> threatening him like a mob boss &#8230; a minimum of, that is how producer <strong>Rico Love<\/strong> remembers it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2d4e0b17e1c52af23a26b74cfb25bf38--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-19a14b011d58a22b3a3bedaa257b2cd8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The adorned singer\/songwriter was a current visitor on Home Grown Radio the place he regarded again at his first huge break &#8212; writing the &#8220;Throwback&#8221; track on Usher&#8217;s chart-topping &#8220;Confessions&#8221; album, which celebrates its twentieth anniversary this yr.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-19a14b011d58a22b3a3bedaa257b2cd8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8270dcc0f471081070240ed12fef19da\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-18c1facc-031c-4390-baea-ea89a01e810c-713967305-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-18c1facc-031c-4390-baea-ea89a01e810c-713967305-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/86\/16by9\/2024\/02\/07\/862bc3de0f274ca7a4d06d68e4eee094_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Home Grown Radio<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8270dcc0f471081070240ed12fef19da--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b305fa4a6bc932f6d39ae7fe2d9819da\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Rico says he was available when Usher first heard the demo to &#8220;Yeah!,&#8221; written by Sean Garrett, which initially did not impress the R&amp;B megastar &#8230; who flat-out refused to report the observe.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b305fa4a6bc932f6d39ae7fe2d9819da--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e6ec449eee74f7fb427159ca859530b5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e6ec449eee74f7fb427159ca859530b5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d01a2bbff7d5330edbe8716a452b3def\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Rico admits he additionally thought the track was corny &#8212; he says the opening lyrics, &#8220;Up within the membership with my homies\/Tryin&#8217; to get somewhat V.I.\/Keep it down on the low-key&#8221; &#8230; made him fall on the ground laughing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d01a2bbff7d5330edbe8716a452b3def--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f2014ecf6c84121e2e0a29c3c2fd6d1a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--hip-hop  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240207_8a6386c496b94b8fb7629a59edaf54a1\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:6e54c4ad-823b-4b78-bf53-8c22dd7b0535\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/8a\/4by3\/2024\/02\/07\/8a6386c496b94b8fb7629a59edaf54a1_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"usher la reid\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f2014ecf6c84121e2e0a29c3c2fd6d1a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2d733239090a780a21509228c5b547c0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>On the opposite hand, Reid &#8212; who was the President of Arista Records on the time &#8212; heard successful and demanded Usher push the track out forward of the unique first single, &#8220;Burn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2d733239090a780a21509228c5b547c0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8f984e6eeec79872f436c641a626ff46\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-08143bcc-ebb2-4245-bf61-17616af5796f-925920294-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-08143bcc-ebb2-4245-bf61-17616af5796f-925920294-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/14\/16by9\/2024\/02\/02\/146d40289eb04361bff0a631015163ce_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ Studios<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8f984e6eeec79872f436c641a626ff46--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ae9b2b1bf300c131176a54e7bcd1047c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>When Usher pushed again additional, Rico says Reid did not give him a lot of an possibility and advised him to &#8220;do the f***** track&#8221; and hung up on him instantly after!!!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ae9b2b1bf300c131176a54e7bcd1047c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2dc7d6be48dba299c8be0f3050cd6c25\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-code-block canvas-code-block-permalink canvas-code-block--default  \">\n        <iframe allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *; fullscreen *; clipboard-write\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"450\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:10px;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.music.apple.com\/us\/album\/confessions-expanded-edition\/386153476\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n      <\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2dc7d6be48dba299c8be0f3050cd6c25--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3abc934b5568d62c609169c5ab0a5f5d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The robust love paid off in plaques &#8230; &#8220;Yeah!&#8221; topped the charts for 12 weeks straight, and &#8220;Confessions&#8221; went on to be licensed Diamond. Rico calls it nice A&amp;R&#8217;ing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3abc934b5568d62c609169c5ab0a5f5d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-84ffc1344c5157db7711855cc5618e50\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-84ffc1344c5157db7711855cc5618e50--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-15d88289d229468ef6af143c665c0c8b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>This Sunday would be the final told-ya-so second when Usher (and presumably Lil Jon and Ludacris) rock the track for hundreds of thousands through the Super Bowl!!!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-15d88289d229468ef6af143c665c0c8b--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Usher&#8216;s greatest hit single, &#8220;Yeah!&#8221; virtually did not occur, if not for his label boss L.A. Reid threatening him like a mob boss &#8230; a minimum of, that is how producer Rico Love remembers it. The adorned singer\/songwriter was a current visitor on Home Grown Radio the place he regarded again at his first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-120549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}