R&B singer Usher hosted a party at the Playboy Club at the Palmos Hotel Casino & Resort Friday night (Aug 7) in Las Vegas to celebrate his cover feature in the July/August 2009 issue of Vegas Magazine.

Be on the look-out for his sixth studio album, Monster, to hit stores very soon as Usher has announced that the album is near completion! He’s been recording the album since the fall of 2008 and spent most of his time preparing the LP in the Las Vegas area.

“I came here to Vegas to close out the album and we did our last few sessions last night,” Usher told the Las Vegas Sun. “Within the next few weeks — few days — we’re going to be finished with it. … On this album, the influences came from places I’ve gone myself, the reality of circumstances of choice.”

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