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Nice & Slow by Usher

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Usher

Nice & Slow

Release date: 15th September 1997

From My Way
Track 3
3:48
R&B/SoulMusicDanceHip-Hop/Rap
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About This Track

Released in January 1998 from Usher's second album 'My Way', 'Nice & Slow' marked a commercial breakthrough for the singer, becoming his first number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart the following month. Co-written by Usher alongside Brian and Brandon Casey of Jagged Edge, Jermaine Dupri, and Manuel Seal Jr., the track established the template for the unhurried R&B seduction that would define much of late-Nineties slow-jam radio.

The production favours space over density, letting Usher's vocal runs and ad-libs breathe across a minimal groove. Lyrically, the song maps a familiar journey from anticipation to arrival, the narrator cruising across town in his drop-top whilst the object of his attention waits. Usher spells out his own name in the bridge, a playful assertion of ownership that doubles as a kind of signature.

The song's success lay in its restraint. Where contemporaries might have leaned harder on tempo shifts or layered harmonies, 'Nice & Slow' holds its pace, trusting the central hook and Usher's delivery to carry the weight.

"Nice & Slow" is a single by Usher, from the album My Way, released 15th September 1997. The track is 3:48 long. It's filed under R&B/Soul. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Usher.

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Usher

Usher

Lyrics

Nice & Slow

What you doin'?
Really?
You know I'm coming over, right?
(Now baby, tell what you wanna do with me)
Now, you got it hot for me already, baby?
Okay
I'll be there in about, uh
Gimme ten minutes
Be ready
Ay, wear that little thing I like
(Now, baby, tell what you wanna do with me)

It's seven o'clock on the dot
I'm in my drop top
Cruisin' the streets, oh yeah
I got a real pretty, pretty little thing
That's waiting for me

I pull up
Anticipatin', good love
Don't keep me waitin'
I got plans to put my hands in places
I never seen girl, you know what I mean

Let me take you to a place nice and quiet
There ain't no one there to interrupt
Ain't gotta rush
I just want to take it nice and slow
(Now, baby, tell what you wanna do with me)

See I've been waiting for this for so long
We'll be makin' love until the sun comes up
Baby
I just wanna take it nice and slow
(Now, baby, tell what you wanna do with me)

Now, here we are
Drivin' 'round town
Contemplatin' where I'm gonna lay you down
Girl, you got me sayin'
My, my, my (My)
I wish that I (I)
Could pull over
And get this thing started right now

I wanna do something freaky to you, baby
I don't think they heard me
I, I wanna do something freaky to you, baby
So call out my name

They call me U-S, H-E-R, R-A, Y-M, O-N-D
Now, baby, tell me what you wanna do with me
Got a nigga from feenin' like Jodeci
Every time that you roll with me, holdin' me
Tryin to get control of me, nice and slowly
You know, never lettin' go
Never messin' up the flow
This is how the hook go

Let me take you to a place nice and quiet
There ain't no one there to interrupt
Ain't gotta rush
I just wanna take it nice and slow
(Now, baby, tell what you wanna do with me)

See, I've been waiting for this for so long
We'll be makin' love until the sun comes up
Baby
I just wanna take it nice and slow
(Now baby tell what you wanna do with me)

Now tell me
Do you wanna get freaky?
'Cause I'll freak you right, I will
I'll freak you right, I will
I'll freak you like one has ever made you feel
I'll freak you right, I will
I'll freak you right, I will
I'll freak you, freak you like no one has ever made you feel, yeah

(Now baby tell what you wanna do with me)

(Now baby tell what you wanna do with me)

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Track details

From My Way

3:481997Single
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Album
My Way
My Way
Usher
16th September 1997
Track number
3
Release year
1997
  1. 1You Make Me Wanna...
    3:39
  2. 2Just Like Me
    3:27
  3. 3Nice & Slow
    3:48
  4. 4Slow Jam (feat. Monica)
    4:43

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Brandon Casey, Brian Casey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, USHER
    Producer
    Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    Brian Frye, John Frye
    Background Vocals
    Jagged Edge, Jagged Edge (2)
    Executive Producer
    Babyface, Jermaine Dupri, L.A. Reid
    Mixing Engineer
    Jermaine Dupri, Phil Tan
    Recording Engineer
    Phil Tan
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