Usher was featured on VH1's "Behind the Music" last night and the show briefly touched on his time with Diddy. The full episode can be found below. Start at about the 10:30 clip for the portion concerning Diddy.


What I find interesting is that time is generally referred to as negative. Yet, it doesn't seem like that is fair. L.A. Reid admits that he was close to dropping Usher, before sending him to spend time with Diddy. While Usher says that the album content was too adult for someone of his age at the time, he then says that when his mom took the management role in his career, he remembers performing at strip clubs.

And there's no doubt that Usher's music is largely driven by love, sex and relationship-based themes. So, I don't think it would be crazy to say that his time with Diddy helped to, in some way, lay the foundation for his artistry.