"Why Don't We Fall In Love" was the best direction for her. Christina Millian could do songs like "Crazy Wonderful" and Brandy could do "Talkin' To Me". Beyonce's people have already ripped off Amerie, proving that songs like "Green Light" and "Crazy In Love" can be done by someone other than Amerie - you know those should be her songs.
I could easily hear Kelly Rowland doing "Take Control" or "Gotta Work" and Teairra Mari doing "Touch". E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator When I say subtle, I don't mean plain, I mean work the mild to the fullest. She needs a strong identity - strongly her own but subtle. She sounds good but I can name 3 or 4 other singers that can sing in a similar style as Amerie and you could interchange them with her material and no one would know. Trying to knock Beyoncé out the spotlight just ain't gonna happen, especially not from her. From there, she can blow up and branch out. She needs a hit like "If Your Girl Only Knew" and people would respond to her better (I believe). Who she is trying to sell herself to the public as may be who she is but its not what the public wants. Also to her discredit, she has Pappa Knowles stealing ideas and holding back CD releases and shit so that his daughter can rise above her, so it kinda sucks to be Amerie right about now. She's trying to work the pop princess thing ad its not working. I called this when they dropped their first single and look at her now.Īmerie needs to learn to work subtle.
It pains me to say that because I like Amerie but Beyoncé was a star from the jump. If these two were auditioning for A&R at a label for the top spot, Amerie would lose. She's nowhere close to being the performer that Bey is, she doesn't have the voice that Bey does and she doesn't have the presence that Bey does. Since she was doing it in her show as a nod to her musical influence, its a bit different and an understanding circumstance.Īmerie loses to Beyoncé in the general scheme of things, though. The idea of "I'm Coming Out" fits Amerie better because Beyonce IS out. See what Twitter University had to share and what Amerie herself thinks of all this love.Well, in all fairness a live performance compared to a studio recorded track is an improper comparison. Rolling Stone would eventually name the song one of the best songs of the 2000s decade. It went on to earn Amerie a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. We know it as “Get Right,” which was initially meant for Usher. desperately wanted the song because she had Harrison produce one with a similar sound. Later, it was featured in Will Smith’s romantic comedy Hitch. Columbia tried to suppress the success of the song. And given her penchant for putting her name on the work of Black women, Amerie made the right decision. But also because Jennifer Lopez, who was Amerie’s label mate, was interested in the song. In 2004, Amerie and Rich leaked the song, hoping to force the label’s hand.
Columbia, her label at the time, wasn’t convinced the song was a hit. It was the only single from the album because Amerie and her writing partner Rich Harrison had to sneak and release it. Influenced by go-go rhythms and sampling The Meters’ “Calcutta,” it rose to number 8 in the Billboard Hot 100 that year and number 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop charts. While people might argue about the relevance of this song, “1 Thing,” which debuted on her second album, Touch, was a certified hit. Sony was hesitant to release it and some other interesting tidbits. Turns out there was another artist who wanted it. F*ck the numbers.Īnd in sharing their admiration for the song, there were some interesting facts revealed-like how and why the song was released. And even though Amerie’s song is four years too old to be included in the conversation, Black folk wanted to acknowledge it as culturally significant. But now, with the onset of 2020, people are reflecting on memorable moments of the past decade. Shortly after that, Amerie’s career would fizzle a bit. Not to mention the dance-ability of the song was remarkable. At the few parties I attended, the song we most wanted to hear at house parties, birthday shendigs and on our self-created mixes, was Amerie’s “1 Thing.” With the sound of blaring horns, kicking drums and a groove that couldn’t be denied, it was a jam.
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