в†‘ Gil Kaufman: Usher, Alicia Keys Win Big At Soul Train Awards.In: Billboard, Nielsen Business Media, Inc, February 14, 2005. в†‘ Jonathan Cohen: Charles Tops Grammys With Eight Trophies.The music video premiered on American television on September 16, 2004. In the end, they confess their love for one another. They both then walk and go to Times Square together, where they cuddle and hug, show emotions and kiss. Then Usher takes to the streets of New York and Keys drives a car, after a short time they meet and fall in love. Then Usher and Alicia are seen in different rooms singing their sections of the song. After a brief moment of calm he begins to introduce the song. A short time later he turns off the television and lies down on the couch. The music video begins in a living room where Usher is watching the music video for his song Bad Girl. The music video reflects the content of the song. The music video for My Boo was filmed by Usher and Chris Robinson in New York City. Rolling Stone's Jon Caramanica described the duet as 'pleasant'. OMH Media's music critic Azeem Ahmad criticized My Boo for seeing the song as a competition between Usher and Alicia Keys to see who sings best on the 'R&B hip-hop beat'. Towards the end of the song Usher and Keys sing together and at the end Alicia ends the song by repeating her rap verse with which she introduced the song at the beginning. She also sings the second verse and Usher follows in the chorus, where Keys finally takes over the backing vocals. Next, Keys sings the first chorus and puts the song into dialogue form. Usher begins the introduction to the song, then Keys starts with her rap verse, Usher acts as a background singer during Alicia's rap and then finishes the first verse. The lyrics are in the verse-chorus-verse-chorus form. My Boo is a typical contemporary R&B song with hip-hop and slow jam influences. 'When you meet new people, you still remember the first person who you really felt for, or who you really loved.' For Keys, the song is about the first person you felt real feelings for.

According to Dupri, Usher and Keys sing about how their love and feelings came about and how they feel about them now. The song was written from the perspective of Keys and Usher and is about their relationship in the past. However, Jermaine Dupri, who wrote the previous number one hits for Usher, thought of Alicia Keys as a singer and was sure she and Usher would work well together, and Keys and Usher were friends after working together on the remix version, so it finally became Keys selected as Usher's duet partner. However, her singing is often confused with that of her older sister BeyoncГ©. A demo recording of the song, which Usher recorded with Solange, was published on the Internet. During the production of Usher's fourth album Confessions, the producers thought about a few singers who could accompany him on a song, including Solange Knowles on their wish list. Usher and Alicia Keys previously worked on the remix version of Keys' 2004 hit If I Ain't Got You.

Confessions usher lyrics wiki