Mommy Knows Best

Posted on July 7th, 2008 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: News, Tameka Foster, Usher

Posted by Bossip Staff

Usher may be crawling back to his mom soon enough:

Usher is said to have been disappointed that it sold 433,000 in its first week, compared with his last CD, 2004′s “Confessions,” which had sales of 1.1 million in its first seven days. “Usher was livid!,” claims an insider. “He threatened to fire everyone.”

“People have been telling Usher to listen to his mother,” says a source. “Nobody knows how to sell him better than she does. Usher can be stubborn. But he may be ready.”Some claim Usher pink-slipped his mom because she failed to show proper deference to his stylist-turned-girlfriend-turned-wife, Tameka Foster. But now that Foster has given her a grandson, the two ladies are said to be getting along better. Usher, for one, denies he fired his mom. Rather, he tells Vibe, “[I paid her] the ultimate compliment – to retire her to be a full-time grandmother.”

Patton has actually been busy running her own record label and managing other artists, including Usher’s brother, Jlack. But sources say that if Usher cries momma, she’s there for him.

Tsk tsk. This should come as no surprise. Perhaps Usher was a little too hasty in “retiring” Mommy Dearest. SMH.

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  • S

    1st!!!

  • LdyK

    Lord jesus!

  • ThatGirlLinda

    I know I didn’t buy that crappy album.

  • LdyK

    Thats what he gets…we all have to fall to learn sometimes…he didn’t “fal from grace” but his attitude was a bit disrespectful when it came to Mama. Yes he needs to learn how to be a husband but someone who’s een helping you for years and (you had no real input)suddenly is gone you are very luck you din’t get put out to pasture URSHER….

    I certainly didn’t buy your CD and I won’t …I used to LOVE you and your music…not a big fan anymore. I will however buy the bootleg or download the songs that i like.

  • tone

    the last two cd’s are good from begining to end, but this one totally sucks

  • Trace

    Too late, his time has passed. Justin done stole his crown and shat all over him this year with all the success from his album. Nobody cares for Usher anymore. People care for Chris Brown now before they do Usher, LOL!.

  • lil latte(had her puppies on 4th of july)

    Now that he is marrried and has a kid,he isn’t going to sell anything like he used to. It’s so funny how fast people fall…drama doesn’t get you too far

  • CadillacLove

    Mom knows best most of the time. It is a shame the way he let things go down just because he feeks he has to prove how much he “loves” Tameka to everyone. “Retiring” the one person that was there from the start, lies! Usher needs a reality check, quick, fast, and in a hurry.

  • CadillacLove

    oop…*feels

  • Doagae

    asshole….that is what he gets….you never choose some broad over your mama….women come and go and that is just life…but your mama????

  • apple

    He is playful,right? he is a hot member of “”"” CA SUAL SEE K. CO M “”"” which is for casual encounter for romance. he has dated several hot girls on that club.

  • http://www.myspace.com/thegameoncw Bird

    It’s too bad they couldn’t work this out before the firing. Jonetta has to understand that she can’t be putting down his woman. She needed to be concerned with his business affairs only. That being said, his career and even his music was better off when she was in the picture and now both are falling off in my opinion.

  • statim08

    Too little too late. He topped out already. No one can help him get back to Confessions’ level, but put momma in there and give it a try.

  • I’m Just Me (NOT WITH REDBONE N*GGAS)

    Wasn’t impressed with the album and I didn’t buy it. Ursh since you got married man something about you seems ultra cocky and ultra played. Maybe that is why. I don’t know. But uh either way you don’t fire Mommy. Now you look stupid coming back with your tail between your legs. SMDH…Foolio :(

  • http://www.myspace.com/thegameoncw Bird

    Doagae

    asshole….that is what he gets….you never choose some broad over your mama….women come and go and that is just life…but your mama????

    **************************************************

    She’s not some groupie, she is his wife and as such, yes, she comes before mama. The Bible says so. Any man worth his salt is not going to put up with anyone, including mama, constantly talking sh*t about his wife.

  • Lauren

    Morning All…

    I don’t believe Usher should have cosen Tameka over his mom when she was just his girlfriend, but now that they are married Momma’s gonna have to fall back!

  • Blondee

    the couple of songs that I heard I wouldn’t pay for.

  • Aunt Viv

    Awww, now lil’ Usher wants his mommy. He was blinded by his wife’s na-na, but now he’s learned his lesson.

  • http://www.myspace.com/thegameoncw Bird

    What I find interesting is that several of the blogs stated that Jonetta was fired and Tameka became his manager. I have just learned that is not true. Benny Medina is his manager. I wonder if these blogs even try to get correct info before they start lying.

  • sniper

    He shoulda paid Polow, Pharrell, and timbo on EVERY Track.

    No more of this Moving Mountains ish. – that’s song’s like acid on my ears.

  • Aunt Viv

    @sniper,

    I hate that song too!!! Pure Garbage!

  • Miss. Rissa

    HIS ALBUM IS WHACK.

    I DNT THINK HE HAS IT ANYMORE. I KNOW YA’LL SAW THE BET AWARDS? HIS PERFORMANCE WAS TERRIBLE. I THINK HE SHOULD RETIRE HISSELF.

  • BB

    You get what you pay for. Even if Benny Medina is his “New” manger, Ms. Tameka has a very large say in his career choices now, and I’ll say this, what the hell a stylist know about managing an artist at Usher’s level. 1 Diva down, 1 more to go when Beyowulf album drops in November.

  • http://youtube.com/fifitrooper {{ The INFAMOUS }} Ms. Sugar Walls

    SEEN HIS

  • RICBLEU34

    What this jackass knows now is that he is expendable. Chris brown can sing and dance(better than him), Ne-Yo is very credible and churns out hits, you disrespected your mother pubicly, file sharing is rampant(to hell with original..I want the remix), and you married a transexual looking gold digger…The world has moved on..get out the game now have some more kids before your old lady gets too damn old!

  • Miss. Rissa

    LMFAO @ MS. SUGAR WALLS.

  • abc

    Make an Extra $600-$800 Online

    http://www.rellcash.com

    Make sure to put correct address cause checks go out every month.

    http://www.rellcash.com

  • pm

    I got that album it wasn’t that bad. It was no Confessions but then again what is nowadays, they use the same songwriters and beat makers and producers all the RnB sounds the same. I’m kinda glad they are going to the international sound now. But i’m sure that will be overdone soon.

  • LdyK

    HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH@ miss sugar walls! my cousin said the same exact thing! LORD I am dying in tears! he’s supposed to be a gentleman…so they wear tailored suits…LOL that was a good funny!

  • http://youtube.com/fifitrooper {{ The INFAMOUS }} Ms. Sugar Walls

    MISS RISSA

    4 REAL! HE SUCKS SO BAD!

  • Lady Architect

    The album was wack so I’m sure when the first 443,000 people bought and heard how wack it was they all told their friends not to buy it.

  • Miss. Rissa

    @ Ms. Sugarwalls I love Ne Yo but that was a good laugh lol.

  • sammie gurl

    ush baby get back on track

  • pm

    “Something Special” is the best song on the album and it has not even hit the radio yet.

  • http://youtube.com/fifitrooper {{ The INFAMOUS }} Ms. Sugar Walls

    NEGRO

    HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAA..BUT TRUE! NEYO IS GAY

  • LdyK

    LOLO@ negrodamus beieves!

    YOU HAVE A POINT THERE. but he (NE-YO) doesn’t want to show his balding head/ along with his receeding hairline.

  • Just_Wanna_Know

    Ha, that’s what he gets. He should have never ‘retired’ her in the first place. I don’t know that she can help him now. His new CD wasn’t up to par. Usher just needs to go back in the studio and try again. And maybe let ole girl go in the process.

  • WordzOfaProphet (I wudn’t say it if I aint mean it)

    Shud’ve listened to mama and Here I stand jus dont hold up to Confessions. Sorry Ush, but you might be loosing it.

  • Lou in the Chi

    This will probably go down as one of the top news stories of 2008 that you’ve never heard about. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) presented articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush on June 9, 2008. (It’s amazing that as Kucinich is presenting the articles of Impeachment in this C-SPAN video, his colleagues are not just ignoring him, they’re carrying on in conversation as if he’s not even speaking!)

    Mainstream media gave very little attention to it – if any at all – because as the Fourth Branch of the United States Government their job is to control what you think and what you are exposed to. The Democrats and the Republicans are not interested in initiating impeachment proceedings against Bush though for different reasons.

    The Republicans, naturally, wouldn’t want a sitting Republican President to undergo the scrutiny that comes along with the process – doing damage to the party and its future prospects of political leadership.

    The Democrats, strangely enough, don’t want to support impeachment of George Bush because with his historically low approval rating, participation in war crimes, inattention to domestic programs, and general malfeasance in office, he has become a political pinata that the Dems can hold up and rally the masses toward the polls with. They wish to use him as a springboard for their return to power and are less interested in being faithful to their constitutional duty. Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has even said as far back as two years ago that impeachment was off the table.

    Which reminded me of a conversation that Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance clergy had with a popular Maryland Congressman last summer. When one of the clergy mentioned the prospect of impeachment against Bush, the Congressman laughed in our faces. Therefore, they are culpable in this mess as well.

    I caught up with Troy Johnson from 105.7FM (Baltimore) this past Saturday at the African American Men’s Health Conference and he let me know that Congressman Kucinich may be joining him on his radio show on Monday, June 23, 2008 10AM – 12NOON on 105.7FM to discuss his plans to impeach Bush. I will be tuning in and I hope you will as well.

  • glok9n

    I DONT CARE WHAT ANY PERSON THINKS OF ME AFTER THIS COMMENT …..ID BANG MZ PATTON, SHE HAS THE MOST LARGE & JIGGLIEST BREAST KNOWN TO MANKIND, I SEEN HER IN PERSON AND… MMMM THATZ A SWEET AZZ MILF!

  • I’m Just Me (NOT WITH REDBONE N*GGAS)

    @ Lou in the Chi

    Dang! I didn’t even know about this. Thank you for the information.

  • Lou in the Chi

    Yes, yes yall. Keeping black folks informed.

  • LdyK

    lol Yuk @glk9n

  • tamaka raymond not usher wife lol

    WILL I BE DAME USHER IS GOING BACK TO HIS MOM WILL THATS GOOD HE DID WILL BUT NOT TO WILL USHER GO BACK TO YOUR MOM TALK TO HER ANDASK HER TO BE YOUR MANGER AGIAN AND STAYYYYYYYYYYYY AWAY FROM HIS WIFE BUT THERE IS HER GRANDSON SO THEY CAN GET ALONG FINE DONT KNOW WHY HE FRIED HER IN THE FRIST PLACE SHM. WILL GOOD LUCK USHER.

  • http://www.rihannasucks.blogspot.com Opinion Distributor

    Ohhh Usher Usher Usher!! Didn’t WE the FANS tell you don’t do it!!? But did you listen to US? No!! Did you listen to your mom??? Nooo!!! It was all about your “boo”. Now look!?! Let that horse fix your career since she was so “special” that you had to FIRE your own mother.

  • DeLaRoCkA

    Sisqo can’t even get arrested these days … and have anyone take notice.

    Turns out the Thongster — whose real name is Mark Althavan Andrews — got popped for DUI back in December. No one was hurt — but at least he was wearing his seat belt, according to court records. He was sentenced to probation and $1700 in fines.

  • Chaka

    @negro

    You are right about the state of the music industry. No one sells 14 million records anymore because the masses are downloading one song at a time from the internet. A close friend of mine was in a popular band in the 80′s that sold millions of records. He said recently the checks have stopped coming because of illegal downloads and low radio play.

  • WhatsYoursIsMine

    Whatever-His mother pimped him out like all of the other child stars, and it’s time for him to make more mature music. He fired her because he was tired of her, just like other musicians/actors leave their parents behind. If he goes back to her, it will just be to keep the peace in their family.

    And to be honest with you, I don’t think this is really true. She had him singing about sex when he was just 15 years old, she knows how to use him to make money, and is probably enjoying the “controversy” of the mother vs daughter-in-law thing.

  • http://yahoo.com intuitivepisces

    I could listen to Confessions from start to finish and back again. I haven’t been impressed by the tracks I’ve heard from this latest album. Usher’s appeal has seemed to weaken. I’m not sure if it’s because of bad press or the marriage to his wife. Chris Brown is just as talented as Usher but he has two things going for him:

    1. He’s YOUNG

    2. He’s attractive

    Yes, Usher is a good singer/dancer, but I have always thought he’s a bit strange looking.

  • Rebecca

    That’s right crawl back to momma. As black people we were always taught that you only got one momma. Usher’s momma stood by the boy thru thick and thin and made him into what he is today, he better “RECOGNIZE” His momma became a momma for his millions of fans and without his momma his fans said goodbye…………

    Can I get a WOOP! WOOP! FOR USHERS MOM………

  • Jojo69

    Morning All…

    I don’t believe Usher should have cosen Tameka over his mom when she was just his girlfriend, but now that they are married Momma’s gonna have to fall back!

    —————————————

    I was going to respond to that also. The fact that the problems started before she was his wife. I agree once she became the wife mom would need to step back but we do not actually know everything that was going on between them so I will now keep my opinion to myself.

  • glok9n

    YALL CAN SAY YUK AND ALL THAT YOU WANT….I FUKS UM 18 TO 80 BLIND, CRIPPLE AND CRAZY!…. IF THE BYTCH CANT WALK ILL DRAG HER AZZ!….SPREAD THE LOVE, MOMZ NEED LOVE TOO…..HEY USH! ID TAKE HER AZZ ANYTIME!

  • http://youtube.com/fifitrooper {{ The INFAMOUS }} Ms. Sugar Walls

    WHATYOURISMINE

    WHATEVER! SHE WASN’T LIKE LINDSAY LOHAN AND BRITNEY SPEARS PARENTS…SHE STAYED IN THE BACKROUND AND IF SHE WAS IN THE SPOTLIGHT..U BETTER BELIEVE USHER WAS RIGHT BY HER SIDE! SO STOP HATING! SHE MADE THAT MAN AND SHE MADE GOOD DECISIONS AND IT IS WRONG TO DO YOUR PEOPLE LIKE THAT OVER SOME OUTSIDER! I DON’T CARE HOW GOOD THE COOCHIE/PENIS IS! IF HIS MOTHER WAS MENTALLY UNSTABLE AND WAS MAKING BAD DECISIONS..THEN IT WOULD OF BEEN OK TO GOOD WITH HIS OWN, BUT LOOK WHAT HAPPEN WHEN HE DID?

  • GotFaith?

    Seen this coming never bite the hand that feeds you.

  • glok9n

    YOU CANT SEE THOSE HUGE JUGGZ CUZ URSHER IS COCK BLOCKING ..BUT TRUST, THEM PUPPIES SCREAM… “SUCK ME PLZ”!

  • http://youtube.com/fifitrooper {{ The INFAMOUS }} Ms. Sugar Walls

    10:44

    GO WITH HIS OWN

  • WhatsYoursIsMine

    @Sugar Walls-

    Not all of those people’s parents were in the spotlight with them at first. His mother has been getting a lot of press lately over this “drama.” As I stated earlier, she knows how to make money, and I guarantee you palms are being greased to keep this being talked about.

  • http://youtube.com/fifitrooper {{ The INFAMOUS }} Ms. Sugar Walls

    NEYO..BIT SO HARD OFF OF MICHAEL JACKSON…IT SICKENS ME!

  • http://youtube.com/fifitrooper {{ The INFAMOUS }} Ms. Sugar Walls

    :(

  • http://braibrai@yahoo.com ms braidedbeauty chicagos own no.1 stepper

    Good mornig… ms sugar walls!!

  • http://braibrai@yahoo.com ms braidedbeauty chicagos own no.1 stepper

    Thats Good morning Ms sugar walls!!!!

  • http://youtube.com/fifitrooper {{ The INFAMOUS }} Ms. Sugar Walls

    HEY MISS BB

    I WASN’T IN THE ROOM! BUT HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOO! LOL

    WHAT IS BEEN SHAKIN? WHERE HAVE U BEEN?

  • Jody

    His sales have nothing o do with his mother. The music business has changed for one thing and for another that song ‘love in a club’ is stupid

  • jane

    I am just a bit curious..the magazine HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP reported his

    profile was found on the famous rich men seeking affairs site ^^^ ukblackfriends. co m ^^^^ last week and he was seeking his sugar woman there.

    wow!!

  • WhatsYoursIsMine

    @Jody-

    THANK YOU! I thought I was the only human alive that doesn’t like, “Love In the Club”….

  • sammie gurl

    Ms. Sugar Walls you say that Neyo is gay. I kinda wonder that about him but how are you sure?

  • BLUNTBLAZER

    USHE NEED TO HIT UP HIS MOMS CAUSE HE FALLIN

    THE BET PERFORMANCE WAS COO THO

    http://www.myspace.com/thagrindaholic

    CHECK THA NEW TRACK “SUISIDAL”

  • squomp

    dummy.

  • And…..(with 5 dots)

    Usher is in the same category as Janet—either transition to music that mirrors your life or step the hell off. Nobody wants to hear a grown ass married man with kids talking about “Love in the Club”, or a 41 year-old grown ass woman talking about “Bust it Baby”. And if Beyonce’s new CD comes out with titles like “Freakum Dress” her days will be numbered too.

  • KD305

    Wake up yall. Ushers album Here I stand would be seen as a great album if it wasnt being compared to Confessions. What gets me is that people talk about ushers mom as if she is Kanye, Timbo, or Dr. Dre. Confessions sold purely because of media publicity when him and chili was together, and they where all over TV. Not that it wasnt good music, but when you have so much media hype, its hard not to sell like that. Truth is, Chris Brown, and Neyo will never sell as many albums as Usher has, unless they pull of a grand scheme of dating a famous person and putting their problems out in the media then using it as a publicity tool.

  • KD305

    @And…..

    LOL! I hear you! Which brings me to this point. Did marraige ruin Usher? Do you think it had anything to do with his sales? Do any artist keep that kind of momentum once they get hitched, females maybe, but men?

  • as seen on t.v.

    mediocre album = mediocre album sales…

  • Til You Do Right By Me….

    Ummmmmmmmm, I think the Chili factor had a lot to do with the sales of the previous album. Usher you need another Chili factor and perhaps this album will sell just as well.

  • Sharie

    maybe he should just realize his time may be up…. He is not attractive anymore, and at the BET awards his performance sucked. Then he is very arrogant….

  • Ghost

    I don’t think his time is up. He just might have to step back from music and do other things for awhile. Nothing wrong with doing soap operas or have a reoccuring role on a tv show to stay in the public eye while reinventing yourself.

    Hell call Tyler Perry and ask if he can write a play for you. Or better yet go to the casting call for Meet the Browns: The TV series that is coming next year.

  • najeeba

    They look just a like!

    http://www.theceelist.com

  • najeeba
  • And…..(with 5 dots)

    @And…..

    LOL! I hear you! Which brings me to this point. Did marraige ruin Usher? Do you think it had anything to do with his sales? Do any artist keep that kind of momentum once they get hitched, females maybe, but men?

    ____________

    I don’t think marriage ruins anyone career, but they need to evolve. Usher is not the same guy he was 5-10 years ago, yet his music is still trying to tap into the kiddy market. Usher is not a newcomer to the game. Same thing for Janet. She is stuck doing the same thing she was back in the day, and its not working anymore.

    Take Mary J Blige for instance. MJB has been successful because she knows who her market is and her music has grown with her fan base. When she dropped What’s the 411, as a young 20-something, I could relate to that back then. Now as a 30-something woman, I can still relate to her because her music appeals to me still.

    These singers that try to “stay young”, end up making themselves look like old fools.

  • And…..(with 5 dots)

    @Da Truff Hurts—that’s true too, especially for men sex symbols that women fantasize being with. If Maxwell EVER got married, my heart would shatter. When he’s singing, he’s singing to me. LOL!

  • Just Sayin

    @ DA TRUFF HURTZ!!!

    You hit the nail on the head!

    Take Michael Jackson for instance…
    :-)

  • 4 real

    @ Da TRUFF HURTZ you are so right. people hate to see the good looking sex symbol guys get married because we want them and this is why Michael did not date he cared about his fan base. I love me some ush and cant wait if he do leave her

  • INOCENTbiSTANDR

    His album suffered simply because he was trying to prove a point to his mother that he is a “grown ass man”. But the joke’s on him. He still needs to suck that tity every now and then and I aint talking bout Tameka’s.

  • INOCENTbiSTANDR

    heyyyyy where is my gravatar

  • P

    LOVE IN THIS CLUB

  • P

    LOVE IN THIS club is complete garbage

  • DA TRUFF HURTZ!!!

    LOVE IS THIS CLUB…

    IS WHAT PEOPLE FANTASIZE ABOUT DOIN’!!!

    SEX IN PUBLIC GETS ALOT OF PEOPLE GOIN’!!!

  • DA TRUFF HURTZ!!!

    @ AND.., JUST SAYIN.., 4 REAL…

    RIGHT, RIGHT, TRUE!!!

    YA’LL FUNNY WIT DAT MICHAEL STUFF THO!!! LOL

  • aqueenwaits

    Smart kids listen to their smart mothers (only)………..the dumb ones eventually end up coming home sooner or later. Grant it, his mother didn’t have anything to do with the actual sales of his albumn, however, if the management skills are not there and backed up with “knowing” what’s best for the artist, then the artist eventually ends up broke busted and disqusted. Usher is a good singer and performer with a great deal to work with. So Usher go back to your real mama. I’m sure that if you ask nicely, she’ll take you back despite the fact that you married someone her age. That should tell you something right there. I’m just sayin’…………..

  • Hannibal

    DAMN, I DON’T KNOW WHO IS UGLIER, THAT WHALE HE CALLS A MOM, OR THAT TRANNY HE CALLS A WIFE!

  • mrslaadee

    Usher needs to get over himself!

    Nobody is buying “Here I Stand” b/c it’s not as good as the “Confessions” album. Confessions is a clasic album. So no matter who promotes Usher and his albums, he may never be able to top it.

  • Tbeenitsince87

    allllllllllllll im concerned about is what kinda name is JLACK? was that a typo or did she really name both her kids somethin off the wall?

  • DIAMONDCHEERS

    i’m glad his mom will b there 4 him, trying 2 b tough but ain’t nothing under there but a momma’s boy

  • Kori

    I like the song moving mounains, but I downloaded. Sorry Usher.

  • http://deleted CriticXtreme::

    Is it just me who see this? But his mom look like his wife?

  • http://deleted CriticXtreme::

    Is it just me who only sees this? His mom looks like his wife?

  • Casper

    So sweet couple!!do they still play on free interracial dating site interracial chatting . c o m ? I heard that from many friends who play on that site, but i did not believe yet until i saw their hottest photos on that

  • Your Momma

    Jlack is James Lackey

  • Me

    His New music Sucks Baddddddddddd

  • LaLaLaLovely

    Hmm… This Must Mean Him and Tameka Are 1 Step Closer To That Inevitable Divorce! No Surprise Here… And I Damn Sure Didn’t Buy That CD!! Better Luck Next Time Buddy Boy Ursh!

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