11/29/2022 0 Comments Amerie albums![]() Her voice grates and she hits several notes off key throughout the song. She doesn't have the range to pull of a song like this. "All roads lead to you" does Amerie no favours. It sounds incomplete, badly mixed, has no direction, no appeal and is just a ragged mess of a song. I wish I could say that Amerie in full on 80's mode can do no wrong, but it does backfire on a couple of occasions. ![]() The song is such a hot throw back tot he 80's that what could easily have come off as cheesy ends up as hotness. Amerie on a bed with her red bakelite phone, whilst some n***a with a Jheri curl kicks it on the other end of the line in his shell suit and Reebok high tops. You could imagine a cheesy arse music video to this. "Crazy wonderful" sounds like something off of a Prince record. It is the epitome of what made 80's records so great and sounds as though it was dug out of an old 80's vinyl archive. The track "Crush" is the best example of this and is Amerie on top form. Her soft vocals and girl next door tone is a perfect match for the bubblegum sound of the 80's. The 80s tracks are the highlights, because not only do they showcase Amerie best - but they show more of the side to Amerie we didn't hear on heavily 60s, 70s funk and Go-Go inspired Touch. It's her angle, her style and "Gotta work" is a hot song. Amerie unashamedly tried to capture the magic of 'that song', but you can't hate on her. Frenetic Go-go percussion and loud horns that chicks can knock knees, shake their booty and thrash a weave to. "Gotta work" teeters right into "1 thing" territory head first. A nice song, with hot production and one for the car on a sunny day. Plus, I can't believe The Clutch wrote the song. My liking for this song is hit by the fact that Le'Che Martin used the same beat for a different song "Get away" which yielded much better results. ![]() "Hate 2 love u" hits with it's funky drums, horn sections and organs. If it ain't broken, why fix it.right?Īmerie hits with the familiarity of "1 thing" on several of the albums cuts. Not the best way to prove your biggest hit wasn't a fluke. The 70's numbers all rely on what made "1 thing" a huge success: Heavy percussion, sharp guitar licks, horns and harmonised wails. Amerie's vocals suit both styles and not once does it feel contrived and gimmicky. Amerie's third studio album Because I love it is a complete throwback to the 70s and 80s and it works great for the most part. ![]()
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