Beef anyone

R&B star, Usher and super-producer Jermaine Dupri are at the beginning of a little beef - according to our spidey senses. Apparently, Jermaine Dupri feels slighted by Usher's not requesting him to be his executive producer. Here's what Jermaine Dupri told Vibe magazine about the issue:


There was some talk that you were going to executive produce Usher’s latest album Raymond v. Raymond. Why didn’t it happen?


Well, I didn’t really want to be executive producer of Usher’s projects after Confession. Me as a producer, it’s kind of hard for me to go back into people’s projects when I gave you your biggest album ever…you sold more records than any other artist in this decade based on that album and now I have to ask you am I the executive producer of your next album? That seems disrespectful to me.
Obviously, I’m looking at something different than everyone is looking at it whether it’s the label, the artist, management… whoever it is. I’ve had this same conversation with L.A. Reid, because I’m doing Mariah Carey’s album right now. And on her last album, I didn’t have one song on there. But I did Emancipation of Mimi and she sold more records than she sold in the last five years. What part of the game makes y’all not call me? But I’m not going to keep sticking my neck out. But I don’t feel like I’m supposed to ask to produce anymore. People are supposed to come to me and tell me that I’m the executive producer. That’s why I get more kicks working with younger artists.

courtesy of dimewars.com


In my opinion J Dupri sounds real salty, maybe his sound just aint hot right now. And i always wonder how people use their 15 mins to create controversy like this. This sounds like a convo him and Usher couldve had on their own. Did we need to know that you are emmotional right now? Sounds like someone just needed a way to make the headlines. What was the last hot song J.D. was apart of- no shots- just wondering.