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Producer Rico Love on Usher: 'He's sounding the best he has ever sounded'

Singer Usher may be working as a coach on 'The Voice' in the USA at the moment, but the superstar has also been working on brand new material with producer Rico Love, who has revealed that he's in the best vocal condition possible. 

Rico Love told MTV News that Usher's voice matures with every project he works on and his new album is no exception: "He's in a great place and sonically, he's sounding the best he's ever sounded. But he always gets better vocally with each album. I always noticed that about him."

"Got in the studio with Usher, we did some really amazing records — really amazing records. Me and Usher are really like brothers. Me and Usher will fight, we'll beef and won't speak for a while. We got in the studio and made something very amazing; we've been speaking every day since. And that's, like, my real family — he put me on. Usher gave me my opportunity. I always say, 'It's God and Usher who are responsible for my career.'"

Love added that his friendship and professional relationship with Usher means that working with him is always a great experience: "It's always a good time when I'm in the studio with Usher, but we really did some classic sh**. Everybody says that, but I feel like I've earned the right to be able to say that and [have] it mean something."

Watch Usher's video for 'Lemme See' here: