Versus (EP)

***Versus EP*** is the first extended play by American singer Usher. It was released on August 24, 2010 on LaFace Records and Jive Records. It was produced by Polow da Don, Jim Jonsin, Rico Love, Drumma Boy, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Tha Cornaboyz and Max Martin. _Versus_ was the "last chapter of _Raymond v. Raymond_". The songs talked about Usher being a single father.

The EP debuted at number four on the _Billboard_ 200. It sold 46,000 copies the first week. It became Usher's sixth top-ten album in the United States. The album released two singles. These include "Hot Tottie" and "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love". _Versus_ reached the top-20 in Canada, top-30 in France, top-40 in Germany, Belgium, and on the Dutch Albums Chart. Many music critics did not like that album was a "pop" album. However, it was given most positive reviews.

## Personnel

Credits for _Versus_ from Allmusic.

- The Avila Brothers - Producer
- Bobby Ross Avila - Synthesizer, Bass, Guitar, Strings, Composer, Vocoder, Fender Rhodes
- Issiah J. Avila - Composer
- Walid Azami - Photography
- Marc Benno - Composer
- Charlie Bisharat - Strings
- Benny Blanco - Drums, Keyboards, Programming, Remix Producer, Remix Engineer
- Heather Bright - Composer
- Al Burna - Vocal Engineer
- Shawn Carter - Composer
- Dru Castro - Harp
- Lysa Cooper - Stylist
- Tom Coyne - Mastering
- Ian Cross - Engineer
- Lisa D. Dandlinger - Strings
- Paul Dawson - Composer
- Ester Dean - Composer
- Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine - Engineer
- Aubry Delaine - Composer
- Lamar Edwards - Keyboards
- Lauren Evans - Vocals (bckgr)
- Bernard Freeman - Composer
- Serban Ghenea - Mixing
- Christopher "Drumma Boy" Gholson - Composer, Programming, Producer
- Matty Green - Assistant
- John Hanes - Mixing
- James Harris III - Composer
- Jennifer L. Heilig - Strings
- Patrick Hewlett - Assistant
- Sam Holland - Engineer
- Bob Horn - Mixing
- Hot Sauce - Keyboards
- Jimmy Jam - Strings, Producer
- Jaycen Joshua - Mixing
- Jamal Jones - Composer
- Jim Jonsin - Keyboards, Programming, Producer
- Josh Mosser - Engineer
- Savan Kotecha - Composer
- Songa Lee - Strings
- Jeremy "J Boogs" Levin - Remix Production Coordinator
- Terry Lewis - Composer, Producer
- Giancarlo Lino - Assistant
- Rico Love - Composer, Vocals, Producer
- Ryon Lovett - Composer

- Marjan Malakpour - Stylist
- Rob Marks - Engineer, Mixing
- Matt Marrin - Engineer
- Max Martin - Composer, Producer, Instrumentation
- Thurston McCrea - Assistant
- Andrew Mezzi - Assistant
- Danny Morris - Composer, Keyboards
- Dwayne Nesmith - Composer, Keyboards, Programming, Producer
- Alec Newell - Engineer
- Anthony Palazole - Assistant
- Joel Pargman - Strings
- Alexander "Prettyboifresh" Parhm, Jr. - Composer, Producer
- Nicole Patterson - Make-Up
- Jonnetta Patton - Artist Development
- Armando C. Perez - Composer
- Mark Pitts - Executive Producer
- Polow da Don - Producer
- Shawn Porter - Groomer
- Usher Raymond - Composer, Executive Producer
- Jeremy Reeves - Composer
- Tim Roberts - Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
- Frank Romano - Guitar, Composer
- Ray Romulus - Composer
- Leon Russell - Composer
- Lisa Rydell - Art Direction, Design
- James Scheffer - Composer
- Shellback - Composer, Producer, Instrumentation
- Rob Skipworth - Engineer
- Brian Stanley - Mixing
- Mark "Spike" Stent - Mixing
- The Stereotypes - Vocal Producer
- Jay Stevenson - Composer, Engineer, Mixing
- Jeremy Stevenson - Engineer
- Keith Thomas - Composer
- Usher - Vocals (bckgr)
- Jason Wilkie - Assistant
- Tremaine Williams - Engineer
- Evan Wilson - Strings
- James Wisner - Engineer
- Emily Wright - Engineer
- Christine Wu - Strings
- Andrew Wuepper - Assistant
- Jonathan Yip - Composer

## Charts

|Chart (2010)|Peak position|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Belgium Albums Chart (Flanders)|style="text-align:center;"|27||
|Belgium Albums Chart (Wallonia)|style="text-align:center;"|55||
|Canadian Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|12||
|Dutch Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|40||
|French Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|26||
|align="left"|German Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|35|
|align="left"|German Downloads Chart|style="text-align:center;"|7|
|Greek Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|60||
|Italian Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|91||
|align="left"|Mexican Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|92|
|Swiss Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|53||
|US _Billboard_ 200|style="text-align:center;"|4||
|US _Billboard_ R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|style="text-align:center;"|3||

### Year-end charts

|Chart (2010)|Position||
| --- | --- | --- |
|US _Billboard_ 200|align="center"|186|

## Release history

|Region|Date||
| --- | --- | --- |
|United States|rowspan="2"|August 24, 2010|
|Canada|||
|Germany|October 1, 2010||
|France|October 25, 2010||
|Brazil|November 15, 2010||

## Other websites

- _Versus_ at Metacritic

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Versus EP
- **type**: EP
- **artist**: Usher (musician), Usher
- **border**: yes
- **released**: August 24, 2010
- **recorded**: 2008–10
- **genre**: Contemporary R&B, R&B, dance-pop
- **length**: 37:51
- **label**: LaFace Records, LaFace, Jive Records, Jive
- **producer**: Usher <small>(executive producer, exec.)</small>, Mark Pitts <small>(exec.)</small>, Alexander "Prettyboifresh" Parhm, Jr., Max Martin, Shellback (songwriter), Shellback, Polow da Don, Rico Love, Dwayne Nesmith,  Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Jim Jonsin, Benny Blanco, Drumma Boy, Christopher "Drumma Boy" Gholson
- **prev title**: Raymond v. Raymond
(2010)
- **next title**: Looking 4 Myself
(2012)