Most importantly Touch has a better batch of songs than All I Have, and it seems to have ears both young and mature in mind at the These days – unless you count the Eve verse on a bonus remix. To further emphasize the album's reliance on Amerie's talent, there are no guest MCs – a rarity for a mainstream R&B album Blige influence that will serve Amerie wellĪs she struts her way toward serious musician status. Tucked in are Whitney Houston-esque pop pleasersĪnd collaboration with Carl Thomas, Can We Go, that feels friendly and unforced other songs hint at a Mary J. Pop place into rockier territory, and Touch taunts Amerie's more amorous disciples with an expert sexiness. Two tracks on this disc grab hold instantly: I Thing forges its way from an R&B-spiked ThereĪre many highlights but more than anything 1ĭown My face, Touch and All I Need are the standouts. Style, voice and persona – this album is highly slick, sassy and sexy. In past few years, highlighting the skilled Amerie's One of the best albums to come out of the R&B scene This artist has evolved into a skilled andĬan have diversity throughout their music. In fact, she had a hand in the penning of all but one track on Touch. Most talked-about producers around, so the time became right for Amerie to On this second album a producer/songwriter Rich Harrison has written most of the songs again, just like on her debut. With Touch she pulls through for a second With her exotic looks and draw-the-shades sound, the smoky-eyed chanteuseĬame by her frothy fan base fairly. She grew up on bases from Alaska to Germany, meanwhile gainingĪn appreciation of the classical arts from her mother and of R&B music from herįather. The daughter of a Korean mother and an African-American father who was a career With Nas, and ignited a cult of cool around black-Korean culture.
Tangled up in the question of "Why Don't We Fall in Love?" It I Have, found tough guys and urban sophisticates alike See what Twitter University had to share and what Amerie herself thinks of all this love.After a nose job (it is very obvious if you look at her both album covers), Amerie Rogers 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. Ten years ago, R&B upstart Amerie (now Ameriie) teamed with Crazy In Love producer Rich Harrison on 1 Thing, an absolute sledgehammer of a song that pushed Harrison’s deconstructed.
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