♪ i said ♪ ♪ i said baby ♪ ♪ you my apex we could do it real big bigger than you ever done it ♪ >> drake took the kanye west blueprint. i'm going to bare my soul and my feelings on a record. ♪ best that i ever had ♪ ♪ best i ever had ♪ ♪ best i ever had ♪ >> it wasn't just hip-hop. you know, richard branson had been you know, r&b had been doing this for a long time. ♪ these are my confessions ♪ ♪ just when i thought i had said all i could say ♪ >> usher's "confessions" was deeply personal and relatable. he just laid it all out there. ♪ i got to tell it all ♪ >> he has the moves and the style, and i think that he is a big hope for people at that time, that like here's a brother that's really doing it. ♪ i think that you should let it burn ♪ >> we had trey songz and chris brown, usher. but the superstars of r&b are the women. absolutely.