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Thread started 03/15/09 8:45am

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Amerie Album - Summer Release


Amerie's Def Jam debut is due for release this summer. The Take Control singer has been hard at work flying to and from Miami , LA, Atlanta and New York to work with various big name music producers. Thus far Salaam Remi , Dallas Austin , Sean Garret, Bangladesh ,Tricky Stewart, Chad Beatz and Adonis have been confirmed. The set will be executive produced by grammy award winning producer Bryan Micheal Cox. Def Jam reps. claim that things are in place to take Amerie's career up a notch using a marketing scheme similar to that used to make Rihanna the household name she is now.The first single will primiere in Sring 2009



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Reply #1 posted 03/15/09 10:23am

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My guess is since Rihanna is down it's easy to market her this time around...
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Reply #2 posted 03/15/09 11:40am

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I have never gotten her. She's pretty weak IMO.
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Reply #3 posted 03/15/09 1:27pm

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As long as they dont get her to conform to their ways, Def Jam is good for lousy marketing and getting female singers to be nothing more than puppets for their producers, (ex..rihanna,mariah,milian) but Amerie has to me always been a step above the normal routine, she has the class, the style, the natural sex appeal of a 70's singer, Amerie makes you think, she doesnt throw it in your face.

As for the producers im just glad to not see the norms like Akon,Tim,Tpain etc..

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Reply #4 posted 03/15/09 1:33pm

Cinnie

lastdecember said:

As for the producers im just glad to not see the norms like Akon,Tim,Tpain etc..


Some of the producers are still predictable but at least it wasnt THE most obvious ones. Hopefully the songs are tight.

I don't expect to be as impressed as I was with her 2007(?) album though.
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Reply #5 posted 03/15/09 1:39pm

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She's not neccessarily a ground breaking artist in any way but i did
like a few tracks on her first album and 1 thing. I wasn't impressed
with her second album. It sounds rushed. Never heard the album that got
shelved. She is one sexy mutha#@$@%%.
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Reply #6 posted 03/15/09 1:40pm

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Cinnie said:

lastdecember said:

As for the producers im just glad to not see the norms like Akon,Tim,Tpain etc..


Some of the producers are still predictable but at least it wasnt THE most obvious ones. Hopefully the songs are tight.

I don't expect to be as impressed as I was with her 2007(?) album though.


It all depends on her input, most of the 2007 record was her doing, but her "strength" and "push" is what got her tossed from Sony in the USA, she was making alot of friends there. But to me you gotta be that way, you have to seperate yourself from the pack, and to me Amerie did that with the last 2 records, mainly the last one, i mean she was breathing some life into the female RB scene, that had no life at all. So if she keeps her strength as "opinionated" person than im trusting her.

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Reply #7 posted 03/15/09 1:43pm

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phunkdaddy said:

She's not neccessarily a ground breaking artist in any way but i did
like a few tracks on her first album and 1 thing. I wasn't impressed
with her second album. It sounds rushed. Never heard the album that got
shelved. She is one sexy mutha#@$@%%.


it only got shelved here, though some tracks made into her "playlist" cd that Sony threw together after they parted ways. I wasnt feeling her album one, because it was all too lightweight, i like her when her grooves are heavy sounding.

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Reply #8 posted 03/15/09 1:50pm

Cinnie

lastdecember said:

Cinnie said:



Some of the producers are still predictable but at least it wasnt THE most obvious ones. Hopefully the songs are tight.

I don't expect to be as impressed as I was with her 2007(?) album though.


It all depends on her input, most of the 2007 record was her doing, but her "strength" and "push" is what got her tossed from Sony in the USA, she was making alot of friends there. But to me you gotta be that way, you have to seperate yourself from the pack, and to me Amerie did that with the last 2 records, mainly the last one, i mean she was breathing some life into the female RB scene, that had no life at all. So if she keeps her strength as "opinionated" person than im trusting her.



To be honest, there is something about that list of producers that make me think they would appreciate Amerie's individuality and input on the songs.
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Reply #9 posted 03/15/09 1:54pm

lastdecember

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Cinnie said:

lastdecember said:



It all depends on her input, most of the 2007 record was her doing, but her "strength" and "push" is what got her tossed from Sony in the USA, she was making alot of friends there. But to me you gotta be that way, you have to seperate yourself from the pack, and to me Amerie did that with the last 2 records, mainly the last one, i mean she was breathing some life into the female RB scene, that had no life at all. So if she keeps her strength as "opinionated" person than im trusting her.



To be honest, there is something about that list of producers that make me think they would appreciate Amerie's individuality and input on the songs.


I agree, thats probably why you dont see the most used ones, i think most of the ones listed are a little more receptive and are more what she is looking for, i think they have a little more identity than the normal

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Reply #10 posted 03/15/09 2:09pm

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I agree about Def Jam. Rihanna is probably the most successful female act (other than Mimi and I don't count her because she didn't originate from them) to come from their camp in a while. Let's hope Amerie has some success with them.
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Reply #11 posted 03/15/09 2:15pm

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daPrettyman said:

I agree about Def Jam. Rihanna is probably the most successful female act (other than Mimi and I don't count her because she didn't originate from them) to come from their camp in a while. Let's hope Amerie has some success with them.


I mainly want more of the same from Amerie, its been growth since day one, Album 3 was the best thing in Mainstream RB for a female since Aaliyahs final cd, its very rare for me to be able to go back and still listen to a RB mainstream females cd months and years after its first release, but Amerie nailed it.

"We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F
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Reply #12 posted 03/15/09 4:18pm

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lastdecember said:

daPrettyman said:

I agree about Def Jam. Rihanna is probably the most successful female act (other than Mimi and I don't count her because she didn't originate from them) to come from their camp in a while. Let's hope Amerie has some success with them.


I mainly want more of the same from Amerie, its been growth since day one, Album 3 was the best thing in Mainstream RB for a female since Aaliyahs final cd, its very rare for me to be able to go back and still listen to a RB mainstream females cd months and years after its first release, but Amerie nailed it.

I don't remember her last cd being available in the states. Was it?
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Reply #13 posted 03/15/09 4:41pm

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daPrettyman said:

lastdecember said:



I mainly want more of the same from Amerie, its been growth since day one, Album 3 was the best thing in Mainstream RB for a female since Aaliyahs final cd, its very rare for me to be able to go back and still listen to a RB mainstream females cd months and years after its first release, but Amerie nailed it.

I don't remember her last cd being available in the states. Was it?

naw I don't think it was.
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Reply #14 posted 03/15/09 4:51pm

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missfee said:

daPrettyman said:


I don't remember her last cd being available in the states. Was it?

naw I don't think it was.


It wasnt domestically released but alot of places like Virgin and Best Buy stocked it as an import, depending on your location, most places actually had it cheaper than the regular cds they carried, i got this import for 15.99 brand new while other cds there were 16,17

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Reply #15 posted 03/15/09 5:06pm

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omg excited
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Reply #16 posted 03/15/09 5:09pm

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Her voice kinda gives me an "ice cream headache." A little too shrill for my tastes. She's pretty, though..
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Reply #17 posted 03/15/09 5:22pm

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bettybop said:

Her voice kinda gives me an "ice cream headache." A little too shrill for my tastes. She's pretty, though..

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Reply #18 posted 03/15/09 5:43pm

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daPrettyman said:

bettybop said:

Her voice kinda gives me an "ice cream headache." A little too shrill for my tastes. She's pretty, though..

BRAINFREEZE!!!!! LOL!!!!!

Yes, that's what I meant. lol...couldn't think of the phrase. lol
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Reply #19 posted 03/15/09 6:15pm

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phunkdaddy said:

She's not neccessarily a ground breaking artist in any way but i did
like a few tracks on her first album and 1 thing. I wasn't impressed
with her second album. It sounds rushed. Never heard the album that got
shelved. She is one sexy mutha#@$@%%.



Her 3rd album is available as an import. They just didn't release it in the US.
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Reply #20 posted 03/15/09 6:21pm

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I like Amerie and I think she has a pretty voice. I heard a few songs from her last album and was impressed (I especially loved "Paint Me Over"). Too bad the album wasn't released in the U.S.

I wish her well though and hope she has better luck with the new album.
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Reply #21 posted 03/16/09 4:06am

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WHAT!!!!!
NO RICH HARRISON TRAX?????
eek eek eek eek eek
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Reply #22 posted 03/16/09 4:52pm

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as long as LITTLE BLUE CORVETTE remembers that Amerie is my girl, then we're ok. We had a 'spirited' discussion about this a few months ago. cool
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Reply #23 posted 03/16/09 11:45pm

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mrpunkfunk said:

as long as LITTLE BLUE CORVETTE remembers that Amerie is my girl, then we're ok. We had a 'spirited' discussion about this a few months ago. cool

^^^forgot that Amerie is MY girl lol
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Reply #24 posted 03/17/09 12:04am

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phunkdaddy said:

She is one sexy mutha#@$@%%.


Don't let blaqueknight hear you say that. She's too much like the girl next door for him. biggrin

God, the things I'd do to that girl... lol wink
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Reply #25 posted 03/17/09 12:41am

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You know what this thread needs.,,,,,









PICTURES!!!!



















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Reply #26 posted 03/17/09 9:25pm

musicman

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WHAT!!!!!
NO RICH HARRISON TRAX?????
eek eek eek eek eek



They parted ways before her last album. I think she stopped trusting him too because he started giving Beyonce songs and got in bed with Sony.
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Reply #27 posted 03/18/09 9:43am

woogiebear

OOOOH!!!!! SHE REMIND ME OF "DARLENE"
ICE-T'S EX-WIFE!!!!!
LIKE HER LIL' SISTER OR SOMETHIN'!!!!
JUST NOT AS DEVELOPED AS DARLENE!!!!!
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Reply #28 posted 03/18/09 10:15am

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papaaisaway said:

phunkdaddy said:

She is one sexy mutha#@$@%%.


Don't let blaqueknight hear you say that. She's too much like the girl next door for him. biggrin

God, the things I'd do to that girl... lol wink
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Hey, I LIKE the "girl-next-door" types. She's not a glam chick. To me, that's a good thing. Its just not that much of an asset as pop entertainer. lol
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