Well get used to it, when the CD comes out thats all anyone is going to say. But Amerie is a little too "nice" to just say i got ripped off, i think she realizes that kind of talk will end up hurting her more than anything, so she knows the real deal, as do the Harrison-Knowles duo.

I think its also a testament of how Producers are working right now, basically whoever writes the bigger paycheck gets the "beats", even if it means "stealing" someones work, which is the case, since Amerie did write and co-produce those tracks.

Back on subject:

I always knew that Matthew Knowles couldn't be trusted with anyone but his little girl.

I love that track that is playing in the background at the beginning of her new video...

ABeautifulOne said:

praying it is a loop of "between the sheets" (it's been a year or two)

TonyVanDam said:

I think we all knew that ever since they kicked out Letoya and Letavia without telling them

Janfriend said:

This is one reason why i am anti beyonce. It just seems that daddy knowles had
his little girl's best interest and flicked off other girls in the group unless
they were willing to play second or third banana to beyonce. That is why farrah
franklin left too. Daddy knowles supposedly had glenn lewis signed to the label
but strangely enough it has been over two years and nothing has been released
yet. I'll agree that beyonce is a talented young lady but her material just
doesn't make me say wow but the topic of this thread does not surprise me.

Well just caught some of an interview with Amerie, who I love, and mostly the interviewer was bating her into saying something bad about any other RB females, but of course she is mature unlike the interviewer or the magazine. But when she was talking i realized that there are alot of shady things going on with her former producer and Mr.Knowles. Now in case you all dont know, a few years back Rich Harrison and Amerie put together "1 thing" and "Talkin Bout" two very fresh sounding tracks at the time in the RB climate. Well Rich took them to Sony and they were turned down, the reason being was that Sony wanted a full album not 2 tracks, but AMerie at the time wasnt finished fully, so rather than rush the rest of the tracks they sat on them, and leaked them underground, clubs, mixtapes etc.. Well somehow these tracks got back to Mr. Knowles, possibly from Sony execs, who suggested a change of sound for Beyonce, Boom, there came " Crazy in Love" and then when Ameries "1 thing" was released after, she mainly looked like a follower, despite doing the track first and having a hand in alot of the sound. To this day i thought there was some sort of problem between Amerie and Beyonce but its not the case, the too have actually recently worked together, however, though Amerie doesnt state it, there is an issue with Producer Rich Harrison, who may have "lifted" her sound and given it too Beyonce for a bigger payday, which is why Mr. Harrison is gone from Ameries new cd and any tracks he did with her. Amerie's new cd will be out Jan/Feb and she has been leaking tracks all over the place on Mix tapes, and one song is said to be a "Green Light" sounding song, as a shot at Mr. Harrison. But dont think you will catch Amerie talking trash in interviews, she is approaching 30 now and she doesnt roll like that she says, life's too short and "Beefs" are immature and stupid.
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Amerie is a very sweet person. Sometimes too sweet for the music industry it seems but I think she’s a bit tougher than she may appear.

I also heard her just a few weeks ago in an interview and it seemed very similar to what you described about being baited into talking about—well specifically Beyonce. She said she has no beef with Beyonce but a lot of people seem to think so. The interviewer said that some people think that Beyonce stole some of her Amerie-isms especially on B’Day.
Amerie basically said I don’t think she stole them. People that know me know what I do and what I sound like. She then went on to sing Lose Control flawlessly.

It didn’t sound like she had beef with Rich and I think they may work together in the future but right now they’re apart and probably more for the reasons you described. Anyway, her mix tape is hot.

Yeah actually in the interview they tell her that she has done the first Non-Rap mix tape and she was surprised and even said "No one did this before" im betting she was being little sarcastic with that. And the funny thing is that BET isnt even playing the video at all, i think it was on once, i had to see it on YouTube, so nothing has changed really.

Amerie is a very sweet person. Sometimes too sweet for the music industry it seems but I think she’s a bit tougher than she may appear.

I also heard her just a few weeks ago in an interview and it seemed very similar to what you described about being baited into talking about—well specifically Beyonce. She said she has no beef with Beyonce but a lot of people seem to think so. The interviewer said that some people think that Beyonce stole some of her Amerie-isms especially on B’Day.
Amerie basically said I don’t think she stole them. People that know me know what I do and what I sound like. She then went on to sing Lose Control flawlessly.

It didn’t sound like she had beef with Rich and I think they may work together in the future but right now they’re apart and probably more for the reasons you described. Anyway, her mix tape is hot.

Its funny how both Mya and AMerie are in this magazine, all they needed was Christina Milian and they could have the trio of ladies who have been screwed by labels, producers, and so called divas.

phunkdaddy said:

What's that got to do with Beyonce? Sounds like Daddy's the jackass not her.