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In November 2018, The Hollywood Reporter named Focus Features Distributor of the Year for its success behind the year's breakout documentary film Won't You Be My Neighbor? and Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman . The studio's most successful film to date is Downton Abbey , which garnered $194.3 million at the worldwide box office.

Focus Features (formally Universal Focus) is an independent division of Universal Pictures.

  • 1.1 Focus World
  • 2.1 Australia
  • 2.2 United Kingdom
  • 2.3 United States
  • 3.1 Upcoming
  • 3.2 Undated films
  • 3.3 In development
  • 3.4 Focus World

History [ ]

Focus Features was formed from the 2002 divisional merger of USA Films, Universal Focus and Good Machine. USA Films was created by Barry Diller in 1999 when he purchased October Films and Gramercy Pictures from Seagram and merged the two units together.

In March 2004, Focus Features revived Rogue Pictures as a genre label.

In 2014, FilmDistrict was merged into Focus and folded into the trade name High Top Releasing. In May 2015, Gramercy Pictures was revived by Focus as a genre label, that was on action, sci-fi, and horror films.

In February 2016, Focus merged with Universal Pictures International as part of a new strategy to "align the acquisition and production of specialty films in the global market".

In April 2017, Vine Alternative Investments re-acquired the pre-2008 Rogue film library from Focus Features.

Focus World [ ]

In August 2011, Focus Features launched Focus World, a label focusing on the video on demand market with initial plans to distribute 15 films per year, with one film being released per month.

Distributors [ ]

Australia [ ].

  • Roadshow Entertainment (2003–2009)
  • Icon Film Distribution (2004–2012)
  • Universal Pictures (2006–present)

United Kingdom [ ]

  • Momentum Pictures (now Entertainment One) (2006–2014)
  • Entertainment Film Distributors (2002–2008)

United States [ ]

  • Universal Pictures
  • Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (FilmDistrict/Insidious films)
  • Entertainment One
  • Alliance Films

As a distributor, Focus' most successful release in North America to date is Downton Abbey , which earned $84.5 million during its first weekend at the box office and surpassing Brokeback Mountain , which earned $83 million at the North American box office. However, this is not counting the domestic total of Traffic , which earned $124.1 million under the USA Films banner. The animated film Coraline (which Focus did not produce, but did distribute) was also highly profitable for the company. Although suffering its share of unsuccessful releases, Focus has been consistently profitable, and its international sales arm (unusual among studio specialty film divisions) allows it to receive the foreign as well as domestic revenues from its releases. Its DVD and movie rights revenues are boosted by cult classics including Wet Hot American Summer .

Filmography [ ]

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Focus Features LLC is an American film production and distribution company, owned by Comcast as a division of Universal Pictures, which is itself a division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal. Focus Features distributes independent and foreign films in the United States and internationally.

In November 2018, The Hollywood Reporter named Focus Features "Distributor of the Year" for its success behind the year's breakout documentary film Won't You Be My Neighbor? and Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman . The studio's most successful film to date is Downton Abbey , which garnered $194.3 million at the worldwide box office.

  • 1.1 Focus World
  • 2.1 Australia
  • 2.2 United Kingdom

History [ ]

Focus Features was formed in 2002 by James Schamus and David Linde and formed from the divisional merger of USA Films, Universal Focus and Good Machine, as well as the several assets of the Vivendi-affiliated film studio StudioCanal. USA Films was created by Barry Diller in 1999 when he purchased October Films and Gramercy Pictures from Seagram and merged the two units together. Universal Focus is the specialty film arm of Universal Pictures that was created in 1999 as Universal Classics, which was led by Paul Hardart and Claudia Gray, to replace the October Films label in order to get a group of titles to be distributed by USA Films, focused on the marketing of niche-based acquisitions by Universal Pictures International, Working Title, WT2 Productions, Revolution Films and DNA Films, and eventually rebranded into Universal Focus by 2000.

In March 2004, Focus Features revived Rogue Pictures as a genre label, which was once used by October Films in the late 1990s. Rogue Pictures would be led by the same team who led the standard Focus management.

On October 2, 2013, James Schamus was fired from his position as CEO of Focus, with the New York offices being shut down in the process. He was succeeded by Peter Schlessel, whose company FilmDistrict would be merged into Focus and folded into the trade name High Top Releasing. This became effective in January 2014, and several titles developed under FilmDistrict would be released under Focus. Under Schlessel, the company began to acquire films with a wider commercial appeal, much like his previous company. In May 2015, Gramercy Pictures was revived by Focus as a genre label, that was on action, sci-fi, and horror films.

In February 2016, Focus merged with Universal Pictures International Productions as part of a new strategy to "align the acquisition and production of specialty films in the global market". Following this, along with several disappointing box office returns, Schlessel was let go from the company and replaced with Peter Kujawski.

In April 2017, Vine Alternative Investments re-acquired the pre-2008 Rogue film library from Focus Features.

Focus World [ ]

In August 2011, Focus Features launched Focus World, a label focusing on the video on demand market with initial plans to distribute 15 films per year, with one film being released per month.

Distributors [ ]

Australia [ ].

  • Roadshow Entertainment (2003–2009)
  • Icon Film Distribution (2004–2012)
  • Universal Pictures (2006–present)

United Kingdom [ ]

  • Momentum Pictures (now Entertainment One) (2006–2014)
  • Entertainment Film Distributors (2002–2008)
  • Alliance Atlantis/Alliance Films (2002–2013)
  • Entertainment One (2013–2016)
  • Universal Pictures (2016–present)

As a distributor, Focus' most successful release in North America to date is the 2019 film Downton Abbey , which earned $84.5 million during its first weekend at the box office and surpassing Brokeback Mountain , which earned $83 million at the North American box office. However, this is not counting the domestic total of Traffic , which earned $124.1 million under the USA Films banner. The animated film Coraline was also highly profitable for the company. Although suffering its share of unsuccessful releases, Focus has been consistently profitable, and its international sales arm (unusual among studio specialty film divisions) allows it to receive the foreign as well as domestic revenues from its releases. Its DVD and movie rights revenues are boosted by cult classics including Wet Hot American Summer .

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Focus Features LLC is an American film production and distribution company, owned by Comcast through Universal Pictures , a division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal. Focus Features distributes independent and foreign films in the United States and internationally.

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This is a partial listing of films produced and/or distributed by Focus Features , the arthouse motion picture production/distribution arm of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast.

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  • Rebro Adama (1990) (1992)
  • Tous les matins du monde (1991) (1992)
  • Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright (1992) (1993)
  • Un coeur en hiver (1992) (1993)
  • Bad Behaviour (1993)
  • The War Room (1993)
  • Dellamorte Dellamore (1994) (1996)
  • Le Colonel Chabert (1994)
  • Moving the Mountain (1994) (1995)
  • Pao Da Shuang Deng (1994) (1995)
  • Mécaniques célestes (1995) (1996)
  • Badkonake sefid (White Balloon) (1995) (1996)
  • Hollow Point (1996)
  • Natural Enemy (1997)
  • Kicked in the Head (1997)
  • 24 7: Twenty Four Seven (1997) (1998)
  • The Peacekeeper (1997)
  • Orgazmo (1998) [8]
  • The Death Train (1998)
  • Touch of Evil (1958) (1998)
  • Thick as Thieves (1998)
  • Testimone dello sposo, Il (1998) (1999)
  • Conte d'automne (1998) (1999)
  • The Best Man (1999/II film) (1999/II)
  • Trippin' (1999)
  • Detour (1999)
  • The Hours and Times (1991) — US distribution
  • Keep It for Yourself (1991) — coproduced with Allarts
  • Pushing Hands (1991) ― coproduced with Central Motion Pictures
  • Simple Men (1992) — coproduced with Fine Line Features
  • The Wedding Banquet (1993) ― coproduced with Central Motion Pictures
  • Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) ― coproduced with Central Motion Pictures
  • What Happened Was (1994) — coproduced with Genre Films
  • The Brothers McMullen (1995) – coproduced with Videography Prods.
  • Flirt (1995)
  • Safe (1995) — coproduced with American Playhouse and Channel Four Films
  • She's the One (1996) — coproduced with Marlboro Road Gang Productions and South Fork Pictures
  • Walking and Talking (1996) — coproduced with Channel Four Films, Zenith Productions, Pandora Film, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Makido Films (France), Electric, and TEAM Communications Group
  • The Ice Storm (1997)
  • The Myth of Fingerprints (1997) — Sony Pictures Classics
  • Office Killer (1997) — coproduced with Strand, Kardana/Swinsky Films, and Good Fear
  • Happiness (1998) — Good Machine Releasing
  • No Looking Back (1998) — coproduced with Polygram Filmed Entertainment Group, Marlboro Road Gang, and South Fork Pictures
  • Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (1998) — Good Machine International
  • The Lifestyle (1999) — coproduced with Swinging T Productions
  • Ride with the Devil (1999) — coproduced with USA Films
  • Trick (1999) — coproduced with Fine Line Features
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) — Good Machine International; coproduced with Asian Union Film & Entertainment, China Film Co-Productions Corporation, Sony Pictures Classics, Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Edko Films, and Zoom Hunt Productions
  • The Tao of Steve (2000) — Sony Pictures Classics
  • Buffalo Soldiers (2001) — coproduced with FilmFour, Grosvenor Park Productions, and Odeon Film
  • Human Nature (2001) — co-produced with StudioCanal
  • In the Bedroom (2001) — coproduced with Eastern Standard Film Company and GreeneStreet Films
  • Lovely & Amazing (2001) — coproduced with Blow Up Pictures
  • The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) — coproduced with Working Title Films, Gramercy Pictures, Mike Zoss Productions, and Constantin Film
  • Storytelling (2001) — coproduced with Killer Films and New Line Cinema
  • Y Tu Mamá También (2001) — Good Machine International
  • Adaptation (2002) — coproduced with Columbia Pictures, Intermedia, and Propaganda Films
  • The Laramie Project (2002) — coproduced with HBO Films
  • American Splendor (2003) — coproduced with Dark Horse Entertainment, and HBO Films
  • Hulk (2003) — coproduced with Marvel Enterprises, and Valhalla Motion Pictures

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Focus Features LLC  is an American film production and distribution company, owned by Comcast through Universal Pictures, a division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal. Focus Features distributes independent and foreign films in the United States and internationally.

Focus Features most notably worked on films like 9 (2009 film) , Coraline, and many other films.

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Focus Features

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Focus Features LLC is an American film production and distribution company , owned by Comcast through Universal Pictures , a division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal . Focus Features distributes independent and foreign films in the United States and internationally. It is Universal's specialty label and a Comcast Company.

In November 2018, The Hollywood Reporter named Focus Features Distributor of the Year for its success behind the year's breakout documentary film Won't You Be My Neighbor? and Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman . [1] The studio's most successful movie to date is Downton Abbey , which garnered $96.9 million at the domestic box office. [2]

  • 1.1 Focus World
  • 2.1 Australia
  • 3 Filmography
  • 5 References
  • 6 External links

History [ ]

Focus Features was formed from the 2002 divisional merger of USA Films, Universal Focus and Good Machine . USA Films was created by Barry Diller in 1999 when he purchased October Films and Gramercy Pictures from Seagram and merged the two units together. [3] [4]

In March 2004, Focus Features revived Rogue Pictures as a genre label.

In 2014, FilmDistrict was merged into Focus and folded into the trade name High Top Releasing. In May 2015, Gramercy Pictures was revived by Focus as a genre label, that was on action, sci-fi, and horror films. [5]

In February 2016, Focus merged with Universal Pictures International as part of a new strategy to "align the acquisition and production of specialty films in the global market". [6] [7] [8]

In April 2017, Vine Alternative Investments re-acquired the pre-2008 Rogue film library from Focus Features. [9]

Focus World [ ]

In August 2011, Focus Features launched Focus World, a label focusing on the video on demand market with initial plans to distribute 15 films per year, with one film being released per month. [10]

Distributors [ ]

Australia [ ].

  • Roadshow Entertainment (2003–2009)
  • Icon Film Distribution (2004–2012)
  • Universal Pictures (2006–present)
  • Momentum Pictures (now Entertainment One ) (2006–2014)
  • Entertainment Film Distributors (2002–2008)
  • Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (FilmDistrict/Insidious films)
  • Entertainment One
  • Alliance Films

As a distributor, Focus' most successful release in North America to date is Downton Abbey , which earned $84.5 million during its first weekend at the box office and surpassing Brokeback Mountain , which earned $83 million at the North American box office. [11] However, this is not counting the domestic total of Traffic , which earned $124.1 million under the USA Films banner. The animated film Coraline (which Focus did not produce, but did distribute) was also highly profitable for the company. Although suffering its share of unsuccessful releases, Focus has been consistently profitable, and its international sales arm (unusual among studio specialty film divisions) allows it to receive the foreign as well as domestic revenues from its releases. [12] Its DVD and movie rights revenues are boosted by cult classics including Wet Hot American Summer .

Filmography [ ]

See: List of Focus Features films

See also [ ]

  • FilmDistrict
  • Sony Pictures
  • Stage 6 Films
  • Parlophone Communications
  • Aurora Productions

References [ ]

  • ↑ How Focus Features Rediscovered Its Knack for Making Award-Winning Films .
  • ↑ ‘Downton Abbey’ Becomes Focus Features’ Highest-Grossing Pic At Domestic B.O. With $84M+, Unseating ‘Brokeback Mountain’ .
  • ↑ Diller gets back into movies . The Telegraph-Herald . Retrieved on April 1, 2015.
  • ↑ Universal Adds Division for Specialty Films . Los Angeles Times (September 28, 1999). Retrieved on September 2, 2013.
  • ↑ " Focus Revives Gramercy Pictures Label For Genre Films ", May 20, 2015. Retrieved on May 20, 2015.  
  • ↑ " FOCUS FEATURES AND UNIVERSAL PICTURES INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONS TO MERGE OPERATIONS UNDER FOCUS FEATURES BANNER ", 2016-02-04.  
  • ↑ " Focus Features Shake-Up: Peter Schlessel Out ".  
  • ↑ " Focus Features Shake-Up: What's Behind Peter Schlessel's Abrupt Exit ".  
  • ↑ New Village Roadshow Co-Owner Vine Acquires Manchester Film Library (April 27, 2017).
  • ↑ Focus Features Launches VOD Premiere Label Focus World (August 23, 2011). Retrieved on October 3, 2016.
  • ↑ ‘Downton Abbey’ Becomes Focus Features’ Highest-Grossing Pic At Domestic B.O. With $84M+, Unseating ‘Brokeback Mountain’ (October 17, 2019).
  • ↑ Claudia Eller, "Positive cash flow through hits and misses makes Focus Features an attractive asset" , Los Angeles Times , May 25, 2010.

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These are the logo variations seen throughout the years by Focus Features, with more to be added overtime.

Hollywoodland (2006): The logo turns sepia.

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Coraline (2009): The logo is a still shot and is peach on a reddish-brown background. The "O" is in orange, and isn't blurred.

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Taking Woodstock (2009): The background animates like a psychedelic kaleidoscope and has a rock version of the Focus Features music.

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ParaNorman (2012): The logo is in a grungy red font and it has an old film effect on it.

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The Boxtrolls (2014):

  • Opening: The logo is light brown and appears on a box in a dark room. After a few seconds, a Boxtroll runs past it, and the camera moves down to reveal the Laika logo the same format.

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  • Closing: The logo is light brown, in 3D, and is on a black background. Also, it isn't animated.

Kubo and the Two Strings (2016):

  • Opening: Blue origami paper forms the logo. Just like the Coraline variant, the "O" isn't blurred.

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  • Closing: Same as the movie itself, but it is already formed.

Nocturnal Animals (2016): The logo is tinted in red.

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The Holdovers (2023) : A 1970s-style custom logo is used, to fit the film's setting.

  • Audio: A funky horn fanfare accompanied by drums, ending in a short horn hit when the byline appears

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All Ships And How To Get Them

Every pirate needs a ship and Skull and Bones features a vareity of different options to choose from. Each ship has its own different pros and cons, with some of the better options locked behind high-quality materials and Infamy Ranks. Each ship also has a base level that they start at, with the level increasing as you deck it out with better weapons and equipment.

Below you can find a list of every ship, along with their cost and where to find each blueprint. Each ship also has a checklist option next to it , so you can keep track of which ships you already have.

The starting ship is the Dhow, a small ship that doesn't have any weapons or furniture slots. This ship is given to you as part of the tutorial and while it won't be your go to for sailing the high seas, it does serve a purpose outside of the tutorial.

Not only can Dhow reach some hidden materials in small waterways that the larger ships cannot fit in, it is also the only ship that allows you to hunt sea creatures with a spear. Some animal skins are used in crafting, so you will need to go out on the Dhow occasionally. Once you obtain multiple ships, you can swap between them whenever you go to set sail at a dock.

The Bedar is a small, DPS class ship. It is also the first combat ready ship you will gain access to and is practically gifted to you as part of the early game quests. Once you reach Sainte-Anne after the opening sequence, you will need to have this ship built in order to get to plundering. The blueprint is purchased from the Shipwright for 660 Silver. Once you have the blueprint, you will still need to provide the Shipwright with the necessary materials, along with a small fee.

The Bedar features three weapon slots, two furniture slots, and one armor slot. It's designed for pirates looking to get up close and personal with enemy ships, as it's perk offers 25% extra damage when ramming and reduces the slowing effect of torn sails by 50%.

The Defender is an early game Tank class ship, meant to be able to take a ton of damage during battle. It offers a starting health pool of 30,000, which makes it perfect players looking to conserve their Repair Kits during the heat of battle.

Its perk Ironclad reduces the Brace Strength depletion by 20% when being hit by enemy fire, allowing you to reduce the damage of attacks before needing a break.

The Defender's blueprint can be purchased from the Fara Warrior in Scared Tree. You need to reach Infamy rank Rover 1 to build this ship.

The Sentinel ship is an early game Support ship and features one of the best perks in Skull and Bones. It starts with a base level of 2 and its perk heals Severe Damage and Hull Health by 0.5% per second, both in and out of combat. You can also maximize your healing by equipping furniture and weapons that provide healing to both you and any other ships in your party.

The blue print for the Sentinel from the Lanitra outpost to the Northwest of Saint-Anne, costing 1,080 Silver and requiring a Rover 1 Infamy level. To craft the Sentinel you will need Bronze Ingot x6, Iroko Plank x6, and Fine Jute x12.

The Firebrand ship is a base level 3 DPS ship, designed for anyone looking to set fire to enemy ships. Its Wildfire perk allows you to apply the Ablaze affect to nearby enemy ships, spreading within 125 meters of the initial ship hit. It also increases the damage of Ablaze by 20%.

Burning damage increases the Ablaze charging speed by 150%, so naturally you will want to deck out the Firebrand with fire-enhanced weaponry, like Fire Bombard and Sea Fire, to take advantage of its proficiency in fire.

The Firebrand blueprint can be purchased at the Kaa Mangrove outpost in the Coast of Africa, found west of Sainte-Anne, for 4,950 Silver. You will need to be at Infamy rank Buccaneer in order to purchase the blueprint.

The Sloop is a base level 3 DPS class ship focused on explosives and taking down structures, letting it excel at plundering outposts. It's perk adds a 50% chance per explosive hit to trigger an additional explosion dealing 1,500 damage to a random enemy within 150m radius. It also does increased damage to structures, like guard towers, and increases any explosive damage done by 15%.

Decking the Sloop out with explosive weapons will maximize the amount of destruction you can cause. The Sloop blueprint can be purchased for 4,950 Silver from the Sunken Goldmine in the Coast of Africa, Northwest of Sainte-Anne. You will need to have reached at least Buccaneer Infamy level.

The Bombardier is good for two things: dealing massive amounts of damage and carrying more loot than any one pirate could ever need. This massive DPS ship, with a starting rank of 5, has similar explosive perks to the Sloop, but offers much more fire power. Its perk has a 75% chance to deal 1,000 explosive damage to enemies within 125m whenever you land explosive hits. The effect is increased by 100% if the enemy is Ablaze and it deals extra damage to structures.

The Bombardier is also a difficult ship to build. The blueprint can be purchased for 5,280 Silver from the Shipwright in Telok Penjarah, requiring an Infamy rank of at least Brigand. The materials for this ship require you to sink a ton of enemy ships to collect, which can be difficult if you are playing solo or underleveled.

The Vanguard is one of the more powerful Tank class ships you can get in Skull and Bones. As the class implies, this massive ship is excellent for getting into the heat of battle and withstanding whatever is thrown at it. The Tenacity perk recovers 4% of Brace Strength per second while Bracing, allowing you Brace for longer. It also increases Brace Strength by 50% and Brace Strength recovery by 150%

It has a base level of 5. The Vanguard blueprint can be purchased at the Khmoy Estate in the East Indies, to the Northwest of Telok Penjarah. It costs 10,560 Silver

Hullbreaker

As the name implies, the Hullbreaker is a base level 5 DPS ship that specializes in ramming enemy ships. Its perk Bullhorn increases ramming damage by 45%, letting you knock enemy ships to the bottom of the ocean without firing a single cannon. The duration of the Torn Sails effect, which slows down your movement, is reduced by 80%. Ramming an enemy ship inflicts the Flooding effect, which reduces movement speed.

The Hullbreaker blueprint can be bought in the Ruined Lighthouse in the East Indies, to the South of Telok Penjarah. It costs 15,840 Silver and requires the rank of Cutthroat.

The Pyromaniac is one of the best ships in the game for dealing damage, but it is also one of the hardest to acquire. The main reason it's difficult to get, is that is costs Pieces of Eight and not Silver. Pieces of Eight can be acquired only from completing missions for the Helm and taking over outposts in the endgame.

The Pyromaniac's Scorched perk deals 5,000 burning damage to anyone effected by Ablaze and Ablaze is applied to enemy ships within 150m. It also increases Ablaze damage by 50%, making it a perfect fire-breathing vessel to rule the seas with.

It costs 5,000 Pieces of Eight to purchase the ship from the Black Market in Telok Penjarah or Sainte-Anne from the Shipwright.

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From that point on, everything was loose, unburdened fun. H.E.R. played some thrusting guitar, and shifted into the silky funk of “Bad Girl.” Soon, the stage was cluttered with dancers on skates — an embrace of Atlanta’s Black roller rink culture. Usher himself, now wearing a glittering black-and-blue motorcycling get-up, was on skates, too, and nimbly at that.

An Atlanta party had commenced. He did a tiny bit of “OMG,” a collaboration with Will.i.am that mostly served to underscore the common threads between pop-EDM and the Atlanta crunk music that preceded it by almost a decade. Lil Jon arrived for some motivational shouting, and then transitioned into “Yeah!” That 2004 collaboration took some of the most serrated textures in hip-hop and made them inescapable pop. Ludacris was there, too, managing to sneak in a few of his bawdiest lyrics on this most sanitized of stages.

This finale was a halftime show bonanza: a 20-year-old hit that still sounds like it’s from the future, a rip-roaring party of hundreds, a link between Black college marching bands and the hip-hop and R&B that they often interpret on the field. Everyone onstage did the A-town stomp, the muscle, the thunderclap, the rockaway. “I took the world to the A,” Usher chanted, reminding everyone that in his hands, the global and the local are one and the same.

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You Make Me Wanna... (1997)

The first single from his earliest collaboration with the producer Jermaine Dupri, “My Way” shows the hallmarks of their decades-long partnership: a mid-tempo, bouncing track about relationship woes that leaves room for a dance breakdown that defined the song’s video. Full track

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Yeah! (2004)

Usher featuring lil jon and ludacris.

Usher’s longest-charting No. 1 hit, “Yeah!”, which spent 12 weeks in the top spot, was a late add to “Confessions” after the Arista label boss L.A. Reid asked the artist and Dupri to craft a lead single for the album. The result was this eminently danceable Crunk-n-B track with fellow Atlanta artists Lil Jon and Ludacris. Full track

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Confessions Part II (2004)

Usher wrote this magnus opus of cheating alongside Dupri and Bryan Michael-Cox, weaving a soap opera of infidelity over a sparse drum loop, programmed handclaps and a lilting guitar riff. The single became the third of four No. 1 hits from the album “Confessions.” Full track

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Love in This Club (2008)

Usher featuring young jeezy.

This paean to the bottle service era sees Usher delivering silky R&B seduction over synth-driven production and 808 drums, presaging his later forays into electronic dance music. Jeezy’s cocksure cameo verse turns the smoothly libidinous invitation into a full-on dare. Full track

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Climax (2012)

Though it wasn’t the first of Usher’s pop-leaning EDM collaborations – “OMG” featuring Will.i.am and “Without You” with David Guetta came before – “Climax” was his best marriage of the form, featuring a powerhouse vocal that swells and dives as he laments a love that’s “going nowhere fast.” Full track

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