April 18, 2024 • 9 mins
Usher stops in to talk about his career, Superbowl performance, marriage, and even help Otis get out of the doghouse with his wife. Plus! We play Fast 5 questions with Usher
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(00:00):
Lose control, Teddy Swims Power oneO five point three. It's the O
show. My name's otis h.If you didn't get that thousand dollars keyword
happy, happy is what you wantto put in at poweratl dot com so
you can win a thousand dollars.But I couldn't be more stuff, more
excited, more beside myself that oneof my favorite artists of all time,
especially in R and B, theking of R and B and Atlanta legend
(00:22):
Usher is in the studio right now. Just thank you for the music you've
given me my entire life and growingup, and just help me find my
voice through your music. Hush Man, You're welcome. I've also got another
order of business that's kind of personalthat I want to run by you.
That's first. Second. Up,I really screwed up early on in my
relationship with my wife. Man,So I got it. Yeah, I
(00:45):
am. Well, I'm gonna layit on you. I'm lay on me.
Had to do with an Usher concertand another girl, and I'm gonna
need you to help me here.In just a few minutes, we're gonna
play all Usher stuff this hour likethis DJ got us falling in love and
Usher Takeover is on Power one Ofive point three. Husher good good,
Power one O five point three.It's the Usher takeover on the O Show.
And that keyword for Taylor swist vaultand one hundred five thousand dollars just
(01:08):
a few minutes away. But Usherhimself take it over the O Show right
now helping me out with my wife. I told you had to kind of
get me out of the doghouse here, Usher, So I need you to
shout out, Brittany, what's up, Brittany, And then you're pussing it
right now. Whatever he's going todo today, tomorrow and next weekend the
year after that, please forgive him. I'll explain why because I took another
(01:29):
girl to an Usher concert in Charlotte. It was when we first started talking
and I had already gotten tickets.I knew I was going, and a
good, real good friend of mine. It wasn't like a girl like that.
It was just like, she's like, I want to see Usher.
So I'd already promised her, soI took her to the concert. We
got a picture with you, andshe's never let me live it down.
But we're coming to the Atlanta showin August so well, you gotta rebound.
(01:53):
She's excited. Man, She's saidyou couldn't be here, but I
appreciate you for all that. Sowe could go through your trophy case all
day, talk about thirty years ofmusic you put in. We could talk
about the biggest selling artist worldwide thatyou are. We could talk about the
biggest watch the super Bowl halftime performance, the eight Grammys, the nine albums.
But when the Usher leaves this world? What do you want to be
(02:14):
known for? A man of passion? I was a storyteller. I was
a man that shared my truth thatmay have helped people, that may have
changed your perspective, that may havecreated or at least established a standard.
I would want to be remembered assomebody who was passionate, honest, committed,
and created and created a standard.If you got a change my audition
(02:37):
that was like my voiceover audition.I like it. That's gonna be into
like a little clip in the documentaryright Atlanta Superstar Mega Worldwide, Superstar Usher
on the Oh Show takeover Right now. I know you want that Taylor Swift
keyword. I'm gonna get you that. We've got more Usher on the way,
Like OMG, loving his club,and of course we're going to talk
(02:58):
about the big Super Bowl perform twentyreped the A in such a huge way.
That's all coming. Next, UsherMy Way power one on five point
three, the song started it allout. First. Number one for Usher
is the Takeover Right now, thelegend of Atlanta is in here, thirty
years in the industry. Now lookingback at fourteen year old Usher, it's
about to drop the self titled album. What do you tell him to look
(03:21):
forward to to not do just aboutthe path that he's about to go on.
You know, fourteen year olds arevery cocky, full of themselves.
The first thing I would say is, bet you can't do it like me.
Me, knowing how determined I was, I would just tell my younger
self, enjoy it more. Youare going to have to work hard for
(03:43):
every bit of accolade that you get, more harder than actually other people.
But the reality is this is agood commitment. You've made the right decision.
Stay committed to it, love it, but really enjoy it. Yeah,
when you're like in this moment,now who you're getting legend status?
I mean I already put you there. Do you walk by that plaque that
you got in the studio in yourhallway just occasionally just stopped. I'm just
(04:04):
now starting to do that. Throughoutthe process of building in my career,
I didn't really look at my awardsas the goal. I just was like,
Okay, next thing, next thing. Yeah, Usher taking over the
O Show. Right now, Iwant to talk about that big super Bowl
where you repped Atlanta. Next.Okay, let's go love in this club
right now, Usher takeover on Powerone on five point three, Usher kissing
(04:28):
strangers his newest on Power one onfive point three. It's the O Show
and Usher himself taken over. Rightnow, we're talking about your accomplishments,
you know, residency in Vegas SuperBowl, that's one of the most watched
halftimes ever. Hell of a wayto represent Atlanta. Man. We were
in our living room doing the Usherdances. I wish I would have had
my roller skates ready because I wasabout to get in it. I was
(04:49):
doing a little bit earlier before youcame in, because I was a roller
skater too. When I get totake my kids to the skating rink in
Beauford, yeah, I throw alittle like backwards and they hate it.
First off, they're like, Dad, would you stop? I'm the only
parent doing it, but that can'thelp it. But let's but when you
were at the Super Bowl and youwere doing the roller skating, I know
(05:10):
you do it in your Vegas show. Have you ever busted your ass at
a point when you like, maybetried something new or well, I mean,
the only way you get better isto fall down and get back up.
So yeah, I failed a lotman before I finally figured out,
you know, how to how todo it. Skating is a metaphor for
life, you know what I'm saying, And the more you work at it,
the better you get at it.But yeah, I busted my ass
(05:33):
on stage actually in Las Vegas,and it was a quick moment, but
my recovery was crazy. Well that'swhat it's about. It. It's how
you get up right. That's ametaphor for life as well. Yeah,
yeah, all right, So you'veyou've done all these crazy things in life,
You've hit all these milestones. I'msure there was a bucket list after
(05:53):
bucket list, So what's the nextone? To do? More storytelling?
You know, I think I reallyhave enjoyed, you know, the respect
that I have had and I wantto leave. You know, I'd love
to develop furniture. I'd love todevelop a hotel, I'd love to develop
an entire space. When I sayI want you to understand what the Atlanta
(06:14):
experience is, to be able tobring and experience it. No matter where
people come from, they're like,oh, this is what Atlanta feels like.
Yes, I really want to bringin the world today. Rather it
is a nightclub or a restaurant,or a piece of clothing or a product
or whatever it might be. Ushertaken Over the O Show right now.
Just got married recently. We're goingto talk about that next and play a
game with you. OMG is onnow Power one O five point three.
(06:38):
Usher. Yeah, Power one Ofive point three is the Usher takeover on
the O Show right now. Congratulationson getting married recently. Thank you.
That's amazing. I've been married forten years, been with her for twelve.
This marriage gets a golf clap.You're probably still in that newly web
pased But is there anything that maybeyou do that you know, which just
(07:00):
gets undernerves. Yeah, but petpeeve and also to have one, and
I'm pretty certain is something that issignificant for most men. We don't leave
the seat down right, Yeah,and that becomes a real problem. Yeah,
pet people, mind has always beenreally say what you mean when you're
in the moment. It's a petpeep of mind to later on say,
well, I would have told you. I would have told you not to
(07:21):
do that. Why did you saysomething? Communication? Definitely key and all
of it. All right, Usheron the oh show. Right now,
let's play a game called Fast five. Next and Confessions Part two is on
now, Power one on five pointthree. Confessions Part two, Power one
on five point three. It's theshow and the Usher takeover. Last thing
(07:42):
I want to do. Play alittle game with you called fast five.
So the first thing that comes toyour mind, quick questions. Okay,
favorite atl spot when you get backhome you've been in Vegas forever you've been
on two or forever, the spotyou gotta hit when you miss the most
when you come back to eleventh.Let me see, there's a little spot
off of eat mine called non stopStop NonStop. Yeah, non stops like
(08:03):
my favorite little spot to jump inand have have something to eat, all
right, dope, something you nerdout on that's not music? Oh,
board games? Okay, it's theone games and cards and stuff like that.
I love like connect for you know, you're super competitive too, super
competitive. Favorite place or country you'vetoured. I love Parish, I love
(08:24):
no you know what I think.Australia. Australia I love more. Okay,
I enjoy a lot of stuff cankill you in Australia. That was
that's what fears, my fear ofAustralia. That's true. That's true.
So we're both nineties kids. Sosomething you missed from the past that we
used to have but we don't gotit? No break knick freaking freak nick
(08:46):
all right. I haven't watched thatspecial yet, but I definitely want all
right, last one. Your songnice and Slow is my go to karaoke
song everything every single time. Sowhat's your go to karaoke if you had
to get up and do it rightnow? What's the one you're you're putting
in? Man, I don't knowif I can say this on radio,
but when I met you, Yeah, that's my that's a doctor Dre record
(09:09):
the heck. Yeah all right.Appreciate you Usher, Thank you so much,
man. Appreciate you being on theO show Power one oh five point
three Superstar in the building. Thankyou
Lose control, Teddy Swims Power oneO five point three. It's the O
show. My name's otis h.If you didn't get that thousand dollars keyword
happy, happy is what you wantto put in at poweratl dot com so
you can win a thousand dollars.But I couldn't be more stuff, more
excited, more beside myself that oneof my favorite artists of all time,
especially in R and B, theking of R and B and Atlanta legend
(00:22):
Usher is in the studio right now. Just thank you for the music you've
given me my entire life and growingup, and just help me find my
voice through your music. Hush Man, You're welcome. I've also got another
order of business that's kind of personalthat I want to run by you.
That's first. Second. Up,I really screwed up early on in my
relationship with my wife. Man,So I got it. Yeah, I
(00:45):
am. Well, I'm gonna layit on you. I'm lay on me.
Had to do with an Usher concertand another girl, and I'm gonna
need you to help me here.In just a few minutes, we're gonna
play all Usher stuff this hour likethis DJ got us falling in love and
Usher Takeover is on Power one Ofive point three. Husher good good,
Power one O five point three.It's the Usher takeover on the O Show.
And that keyword for Taylor swist vaultand one hundred five thousand dollars just
(01:08):
a few minutes away. But Usherhimself take it over the O Show right
now helping me out with my wife. I told you had to kind of
get me out of the doghouse here, Usher, So I need you to
shout out, Brittany, what's up, Brittany, And then you're pussing it
right now. Whatever he's going todo today, tomorrow and next weekend the
year after that, please forgive him. I'll explain why because I took another
(01:29):
girl to an Usher concert in Charlotte. It was when we first started talking
and I had already gotten tickets.I knew I was going, and a
good, real good friend of mine. It wasn't like a girl like that.
It was just like, she's like, I want to see Usher.
So I'd already promised her, soI took her to the concert. We
got a picture with you, andshe's never let me live it down.
But we're coming to the Atlanta showin August so well, you gotta rebound.
(01:53):
She's excited. Man, She's saidyou couldn't be here, but I
appreciate you for all that. Sowe could go through your trophy case all
day, talk about thirty years ofmusic you put in. We could talk
about the biggest selling artist worldwide thatyou are. We could talk about the
biggest watch the super Bowl halftime performance, the eight Grammys, the nine albums.
But when the Usher leaves this world? What do you want to be
(02:14):
known for? A man of passion? I was a storyteller. I was
a man that shared my truth thatmay have helped people, that may have
changed your perspective, that may havecreated or at least established a standard.
I would want to be remembered assomebody who was passionate, honest, committed,
and created and created a standard.If you got a change my audition
(02:37):
that was like my voiceover audition.I like it. That's gonna be into
like a little clip in the documentaryright Atlanta Superstar Mega Worldwide, Superstar Usher
on the Oh Show takeover Right now. I know you want that Taylor Swift
keyword. I'm gonna get you that. We've got more Usher on the way,
Like OMG, loving his club,and of course we're going to talk
(02:58):
about the big Super Bowl perform twentyreped the A in such a huge way.
That's all coming. Next, UsherMy Way power one on five point
three, the song started it allout. First. Number one for Usher
is the Takeover Right now, thelegend of Atlanta is in here, thirty
years in the industry. Now lookingback at fourteen year old Usher, it's
about to drop the self titled album. What do you tell him to look
(03:21):
forward to to not do just aboutthe path that he's about to go on.
You know, fourteen year olds arevery cocky, full of themselves.
The first thing I would say is, bet you can't do it like me.
Me, knowing how determined I was, I would just tell my younger
self, enjoy it more. Youare going to have to work hard for
(03:43):
every bit of accolade that you get, more harder than actually other people.
But the reality is this is agood commitment. You've made the right decision.
Stay committed to it, love it, but really enjoy it. Yeah,
when you're like in this moment,now who you're getting legend status?
I mean I already put you there. Do you walk by that plaque that
you got in the studio in yourhallway just occasionally just stopped. I'm just
(04:04):
now starting to do that. Throughoutthe process of building in my career,
I didn't really look at my awardsas the goal. I just was like,
Okay, next thing, next thing. Yeah, Usher taking over the
O Show. Right now, Iwant to talk about that big super Bowl
where you repped Atlanta. Next.Okay, let's go love in this club
right now, Usher takeover on Powerone on five point three, Usher kissing
(04:28):
strangers his newest on Power one onfive point three. It's the O Show
and Usher himself taken over. Rightnow, we're talking about your accomplishments,
you know, residency in Vegas SuperBowl, that's one of the most watched
halftimes ever. Hell of a wayto represent Atlanta. Man. We were
in our living room doing the Usherdances. I wish I would have had
my roller skates ready because I wasabout to get in it. I was
(04:49):
doing a little bit earlier before youcame in, because I was a roller
skater too. When I get totake my kids to the skating rink in
Beauford, yeah, I throw alittle like backwards and they hate it.
First off, they're like, Dad, would you stop? I'm the only
parent doing it, but that can'thelp it. But let's but when you
were at the Super Bowl and youwere doing the roller skating, I know
(05:10):
you do it in your Vegas show. Have you ever busted your ass at
a point when you like, maybetried something new or well, I mean,
the only way you get better isto fall down and get back up.
So yeah, I failed a lotman before I finally figured out,
you know, how to how todo it. Skating is a metaphor for
life, you know what I'm saying, And the more you work at it,
the better you get at it.But yeah, I busted my ass
(05:33):
on stage actually in Las Vegas,and it was a quick moment, but
my recovery was crazy. Well that'swhat it's about. It. It's how
you get up right. That's ametaphor for life as well. Yeah,
yeah, all right, So you'veyou've done all these crazy things in life,
You've hit all these milestones. I'msure there was a bucket list after
(05:53):
bucket list, So what's the nextone? To do? More storytelling?
You know, I think I reallyhave enjoyed, you know, the respect
that I have had and I wantto leave. You know, I'd love
to develop furniture. I'd love todevelop a hotel, I'd love to develop
an entire space. When I sayI want you to understand what the Atlanta
(06:14):
experience is, to be able tobring and experience it. No matter where
people come from, they're like,oh, this is what Atlanta feels like.
Yes, I really want to bringin the world today. Rather it
is a nightclub or a restaurant,or a piece of clothing or a product
or whatever it might be. Ushertaken Over the O Show right now.
Just got married recently. We're goingto talk about that next and play a
game with you. OMG is onnow Power one O five point three.
(06:38):
Usher. Yeah, Power one Ofive point three is the Usher takeover on
the O Show right now. Congratulationson getting married recently. Thank you.
That's amazing. I've been married forten years, been with her for twelve.
This marriage gets a golf clap.You're probably still in that newly web
pased But is there anything that maybeyou do that you know, which just
(07:00):
gets undernerves. Yeah, but petpeeve and also to have one, and
I'm pretty certain is something that issignificant for most men. We don't leave
the seat down right, Yeah,and that becomes a real problem. Yeah,
pet people, mind has always beenreally say what you mean when you're
in the moment. It's a petpeep of mind to later on say,
well, I would have told you. I would have told you not to
(07:21):
do that. Why did you saysomething? Communication? Definitely key and all
of it. All right, Usheron the oh show. Right now,
let's play a game called Fast five. Next and Confessions Part two is on
now, Power one on five pointthree. Confessions Part two, Power one
on five point three. It's theshow and the Usher takeover. Last thing
(07:42):
I want to do. Play alittle game with you called fast five.
So the first thing that comes toyour mind, quick questions. Okay,
favorite atl spot when you get backhome you've been in Vegas forever you've been
on two or forever, the spotyou gotta hit when you miss the most
when you come back to eleventh.Let me see, there's a little spot
off of eat mine called non stopStop NonStop. Yeah, non stops like
(08:03):
my favorite little spot to jump inand have have something to eat, all
right, dope, something you nerdout on that's not music? Oh,
board games? Okay, it's theone games and cards and stuff like that.
I love like connect for you know, you're super competitive too, super
competitive. Favorite place or country you'vetoured. I love Parish, I love
(08:24):
no you know what I think.Australia. Australia I love more. Okay,
I enjoy a lot of stuff cankill you in Australia. That was
that's what fears, my fear ofAustralia. That's true. That's true.
So we're both nineties kids. Sosomething you missed from the past that we
used to have but we don't gotit? No break knick freaking freak nick
(08:46):
all right. I haven't watched thatspecial yet, but I definitely want all
right, last one. Your songnice and Slow is my go to karaoke
song everything every single time. Sowhat's your go to karaoke if you had
to get up and do it rightnow? What's the one you're you're putting
in? Man, I don't knowif I can say this on radio,
but when I met you, Yeah, that's my that's a doctor Dre record
(09:09):
the heck. Yeah all right.Appreciate you Usher, Thank you so much,
man. Appreciate you being on theO show Power one oh five point
three Superstar in the building. Thankyou
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