Five months after the release of Raymond V Raymond -- shortly after the album went platinum -- a deluxe edition containing a second disc was released.
Containing eight songs and dubbed Versus, the second disc was also spun off as a separate release, sparing devout Usher fans from the irritation of buying Raymond V Raymond a second time.
(Perhaps LaFace learned a lesson when they pulled that stunt with the deluxe edition of Confessions).
With the peculiar addition of Raymond V Raymond's “There Goes My Baby,” the number one R&B song at the time of release, the stand-alone Versus technically contains nine songs.
It mostly resembles a batch of leftovers from his weakest album, even though it functioned as a momentum maintainer.
Two other songs, the Euro-pop club track “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love” and the sleazed-up “Hot Tottie” (featuring a Jay-Z guest verse), were on the R&B chart before the disc was issued.
For the most part, Versus falls in line with its parent release’s mix of detached hedonism and pleading heartache.
Just the same, no matter its success, it’s laced with innocuous Euro-pop, merely passable contemporary R&B productions, and Pretty Ricky-level couplets like “I’m tryin’ to get you home and get your clothes off/Skeet-skeet a couple off and then you doze off.”.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Love 'Em AllEster Dean, Aubry Delaine, Usher Raymond IV, Alexander "Prettyboifresh" Parhm, Jr., Jay Stevenson, Keith Thomas | Usher | Play | 03:48 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 2 | DJ Got Us Fallin' in LoveSavan Kotecha, Max Martin, Armando C. Perez, Shellback | Usher | Play | 03:40 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 3 | Hot TottieShawn Carter, Paul Dawson, Ester Dean, Usher Raymond IV, Jamal Jones | Usher | Play | 04:59 | 11 MB | 35 MB |
| 4 | Lay You DownUsher Raymond IV, Rico Love, Dwayne Nesmith | Usher | Play | 04:03 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 5 | LingerieBobby Ross Avila, Issiah J. Avila, James Harris III, Usher Raymond IV, Terry Lewis | Usher | Play | 04:13 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 6 | There Goes My BabyRico Love, Danny Morris, Frank Romano, James Scheffer | Usher | Play | 04:43 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 7 | Get in My CarMarc Benno, Ester Dean, Bernard Freeman, Usher Raymond IV, Jamal Jones, Leon Russell | Usher | Play | 04:09 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 8 | Somebody to LoveHeather Bright, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus, Jonathan Yip | Usher | Play | 03:28 | 7 MB | 25 MB |
| 9 | StrangerChristopher Gholson, Usher Raymond IV, Ryon Lovett | Usher | Play | 04:48 | 11 MB | 36 MB |
| 37 mins | 87 MB | |||||
| 37 mins | 266 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Avila Brothers | Producer |
| 2 | Bobby Ross Avila | Bass, Composer, Fender Rhodes, Guitar, Strings, Synthesizer, Vocoder |
| 3 | Issiah J. Avila | Composer |
| 4 | Walid Azami | Photography |
| 5 | Marc Benno | Composer |
| 6 | Justin Bieber | Featured Artist |
| 7 | Charlie Bisharat | Strings |
| 8 | Benny Blanco | Drums, Keyboards, Programming, Remix Engineer, Remix Producer |
| 9 | Heather Bright | Composer |
| 10 | Bun B | Featured Artist |
| 11 | Al Burna | Vocal Engineer |
| 12 | Shawn Carter | Composer |
| 13 | Dru Castro | Harp |
| 14 | Lysa Cooper | Stylist |
| 15 | Tom Coyne | Mastering |
| 16 | Ian Cross | Engineer |
| 17 | Lisa D. Dandlinger | Strings |
| 18 | Paul Dawson | Composer |
| 19 | Ester Dean | Composer |
| 20 | Aubry Delaine | Composer |
| 21 | Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine | Engineer |
| 22 | Lamar Edwards | Keyboards |
| 23 | Lauren Evans | Vocals (Background) |
| 24 | Bernard Freeman | Composer |
| 25 | Serban Ghenea | Mixing |
| 26 | Christopher Gholson | Composer, Producer, Programming |
| 27 | Matty Green | Assistant |
| 28 | John Hanes | Mixing |
| 29 | James Harris III | Composer |
| 30 | Jennifer L. Heilig | Strings |
| 31 | Patrick Hewlett | Assistant |
| 32 | Sam Holland | Engineer |
| 33 | Bob Horn | Mixing |
| 34 | Hot Sauce | Keyboards |
| 35 | Jimmy Jam | Producer, Strings |
| 36 | Jay-Z | Featured Artist |
| 37 | Jaycen Joshua | Mixing |
| 38 | Jamal Jones | Composer |
| 39 | Jim Jonsin | Keyboards, Producer, Programming |
| 40 | Savan Kotecha | Composer |
| 41 | Songa Lee | Strings |
| 42 | Jeremy "J Boogs" Levin | Remix Production Coordinator |
| 43 | Terry Lewis | Composer, Producer |
| 44 | Giancarlo Lino | Assistant |
| 45 | Rico Love | Composer, Producer, Vocals |
| 46 | Ryon Lovett | Composer |
| 47 | Marjan Malakpour | Stylist |
| 48 | Rob Marks | Engineer, Mixing |
| 49 | Matt Marrin | Engineer |
| 50 | Max Martin | Composer, Instrumentation, Producer |
| 51 | Thurston McCrea | Assistant |
| 52 | Andrew Mezzi | Assistant |
| 53 | Danny Morris | Composer, Keyboards |
| 54 | Josh Mosser | Engineer |
| 55 | Dwayne Nesmith | Composer, Keyboards, Producer, Programming |
| 56 | Alec Newell | Engineer |
| 57 | Anthony Palazole | Assistant |
| 58 | Joel Pargman | Strings |
| 59 | Alexander "Prettyboifresh" Parhm, Jr. | Composer, Producer |
| 60 | Nicole Patterson | Make-Up |
| 61 | Jonnetta Patton | Artist Development |
| 62 | Armando C. Perez | Composer |
| 63 | Mark Pitts | Executive Producer |
| 64 | Polow da Don | Producer |
| 65 | Shawn Porter | Groomer |
| 66 | Usher Raymond IV | Composer, Executive Producer |
| 67 | Jeremy Reeves | Composer |
| 68 | Tim Roberts | Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant |
| 69 | Frank Romano | Composer, Guitar |
| 70 | Ray Romulus | Composer |
| 71 | Leon Russell | Composer |
| 72 | Lisa Rydell | Art Direction, Design |
| 73 | James Scheffer | Composer |
| 74 | Shellback | Composer, Instrumentation, Producer |
| 75 | Rob Skipworth | Engineer |
| 76 | Brian Stanley | Mixing |
| 77 | Mark "Spike" Stent | Mixing |
| 78 | The Stereotypes | Vocal Producer |
| 79 | Jay Stevenson | Composer, Engineer, Mixing |
| 80 | Jeremy Stevenson | Engineer |
| 81 | Keith Thomas | Composer |
| 82 | Usher | Primary Artist, Vocals (Background) |
| 83 | Jason Wilkie | Assistant |
| 84 | Tremaine "Six7" Williams | Engineer |
| 85 | Evan Wilson | Strings |
| 86 | James Wisner | Engineer |
| 87 | Emily Wright | Engineer |
| 88 | Christine Wu | Strings |
| 89 | Andrew Wuepper | Assistant |
| 90 | Jonathan Yip | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |