Usher Getting Closer to Releasing New Album

It's been four years in the making, but it looks like R&B sensation Usher is finally prepping the follow-up to 2004's 'Confessions.' The project will include contributions from Usher's usual helm of big name producers, including longtime collaborator Jermaine Dupri. "I was speaking to him the other day, asking him when he was gonna start putting singles out," Dupri told MTV. "He said, 'Soon.' So it's coming."

So far, two new tracks have already leaked onto the Internet. The dramatic ballad 'Moving Mountains,' which was produced by Timbaland, is making its rounds while another song dubbed 'Love in This Club,' featuring Young Jeezy, is already getting radio play in Atlanta.

Usher has stayed under the radar in recent years, but the crooner and his wife, Tameka, made news in November when the couple celebrated the birth of their first child together.