Well, isn't it?

Ain't heard it yet, but I have read that it is good

I bought this chick's first album based on a review and the album was total and complete trash. I fucking hated it

CynicKill said:

First time I heard it (which was a loooong time ago) I thought it was hot to death and still think it is. Even more now that I've seen the video.

I dig that track tremendously.

Amerie is slept on. "Why Don't We Fall In Love?" and "Talk To Me" were hot lil' jams.

But she favors this girl I was in love with once, so she's lovely to look at. In limited doses.

It's telling that the same guy that produced this track also produced J Lo's "Get Right" for the fact that he saved the stronger track for the better singer. Imaging J Lo singing "1 Thing". *shudder*

I went back and reviewed tracks on CDNOW.com from the album "All I have" and seriously, I don't think she's that great of a vocalist. I was so disappointed in this album.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

She always reminded me of Mary J Blige, and "Why Don't We Fall In Love" sounds as if it were on outtake from "What's the 411".

Its not bad

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Not a GREAT vocalist (rare in contemporary R&B these days), but she's not terrible either. She's Janet-esque in the sense that she can make a few tracks really "work."

And she happens to be fine.

namepeace said:

I agree. Who do you think really is a Great vocalist in these days of
image over skill??

thekidsgirl said:

Erykah Badu!

her first album was okay, although, I do have to admit that all the songs sounded alike...she's better than ashanti anyday...but not better than Whitney or Aretha

CynicKill said:

I love her, I just wish she would release something new

I just sorta recall Amerie as being an R&B singer that hip-hop heads weren't ashamed of name-dropping a couple years back, and there was one song I heard and the beat was tight... I slept on her though

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Oh come on Supa LOL When it comes to R&B tend to never stray from the "neo-soul" artists But....

As far as the mainstream R&B chicks(ashati, Beyonce ect) go shes my favorite. Her production is tight (thanks to RIch harrison) and her 1st LP was great. The Drum progamming on 1 thing is serious.
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thekidsgirl said:

Good question! I can't think of many truly transcendent voices in the Ella/Aretha/Chaka mold, but here are a few that are as good as they get:

Jill Scott
Ledisi (indie sista from the Left Coast, very, very good)
Cassandra Wilson (does jazz as as well as rhythm and blues.
Beyonce (she's got some chops, the one post-Janet female superstar who CAN sing)

ohh, I haven't heard of Ledisi
and I like Jill Scott I just wish she would show her
range more often.

thekidsgirl said:

girrrrrl me eitha

CinisterCee said:

we'll have to google her then

I'm not that big into R&B but I liked Amerie's first album, All I Have. It had it's own sound altho some of the songs did start to sound alike but still not like other stuff that was out. She and Rich Harris basically helped each other to get into the door. She, his first project and he producing her entire album.

Her voice also reminds me of MJB but with less flatness and cigarettes. I also like that Amerie isn't wildly popular and overexposed (yet) and she doesn't come off with a lot of attitude or ghetto styling (yet). I've seen and heard her in a few interviews and she's almost too 'nice' for the industry but she's survived for a sophomore effort.

Her new album Touch is due in May and she's working with many a few other producers and unfortunately has a duet with Carl Thomas but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it's solid.

thekidsgirl said:

While not a purely consistent album, Yahzarah's "Black Star" smokes this chick's album out of the water. Some of these tracks fuckin slam, especially "Baby Love". Girl has the voice to back it up.

CinisterCee said:

I have

Somebody tell me why everybody's in my business
telling me what I can and cannot do.
He say, she say, they say that's what they play
when you need to be worrying about you.
Who are you to judge, when you hold a grudge?
I get tired of hearing you talk about who I'm with.
You know you got some nerve, when you're to the curb
and you got no man, talking all that shit.
Get out of my Kitchen, telling me how to cook.
It aint none of your business, aint no need to look

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Damn, I love Yahzarah but no one ever knows who she is so she's my private joy. I wouldn't even think of Amerie in the same category/league--I like both but you're right, Yahzarah has some hot tracks.

JackieBlue said:

Tell me, doesn't her song "Baby Love" just kick your damn ass? I think many black artists are pigeonholed by their skin and that song just proves that some people were born to rock

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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Yazarah's Lp is great but how do you like N'Dambi? she has more of a jazzy voice like Ledisi but her grooves are smokin.

Blackstar is what sold me on her. That and Baby Love. I wish I could see her perform live. I'm gonna have to dig that CD out wish makes me think... is anybody hip to Conya Doss? I discovered her and Yahzarah around the same time. I've only heard a little of N'Dambi but I think I need to check her out because her name keeps coming up. I think the album cover deterred me a bit but I'll add her to the list.
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JackieBlue said:

While your at it check out: Lizz Fields (jill Scott back up singer), goepele, Clara Hill.

Soulchild82 said:

N'Dambi is the freakin bomb. Little Lost Girls Blues is a killer album