Ushers music is primarily in the R&B genre, but it also incorporates pop and other genres). According to Elias Leight of Rolling Stone, Ushers strength lies in catching pops waves, whether that means collaborating with Lil Jon when crunk was going mainstream or charging into EDM). Ushers narratives have an autobiographical nature with an emphasis on lifestyle, relationships, and love, resembling "an R&B Casanova"). Lee Hildebrand of San Francisco Chronicle assessed that Ushers chest tones have a ringing, Gaye-like quality, and his high head tones suggest Princes falsetto, but his frequent use of syllable-splitting curlicues owes much to Wonder). Usher is an old-school showman who has been performing since childhood: a dancer, a singer, five feet and seven inches of raw charm and taut musculature).