Amerie - 1 Thing

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I heard this track about 12 times over two days in a recent trip to SF on the rental's radio. Need more like this, plz! Is there any live acts with this sound (diva- ladyvox over breaks)? And are my ears/ipod headphones deceiving me or do the gypsies have no homes here, no bass? I guessed the Beyonce connection pretty early on, it's the same structure just the samples have been switched. The ping/pong bits are ace.

― caspar (caspar), Saturday, 19 March 2005 18:20 (nineteen years ago) link

Love the song more with every listen. And I just realized what the drums remind me of: Jade's "Don't Walk Away."

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Saturday, 19 March 2005 20:01 (nineteen years ago) link

And are my ears/ipod headphones deceiving me or do the gypsies have no homes here, no bass?

Nope, no bass. It's a perfect mp3.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 21:13 (nineteen years ago) link

Yes, this song is gorgeous and wonderful.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:12 (nineteen years ago) link

I said this song was gonna be hot like 2 months ago.

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:13 (nineteen years ago) link

Actually that was Al. There's always someone more on the ball on ILM.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:22 (nineteen years ago) link

True. In fact I didn't say it til a little over a month ago, it looks like. But I was *thinking it* two months ago ...

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:28 (nineteen years ago) link

S'alright, didn't mean to be policing yr claims! I kinda enjoy discovering stuff and then finding out how long it's been since someone initially mentioned it on ILM (usually about six months).

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:33 (nineteen years ago) link

I knew we would all be talking about music here on ILM when I was 5. I was THAT GOOD.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:35 (nineteen years ago) link

I just thought I had an edge thanks to a supposed "Hot 97 Exclusive"

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:37 (nineteen years ago) link

yeah I kinda wish I'd been so bold as to put money on the fact that everyone would be talking about the new Amerie (and the new Ying Yang Twins) when I first heard them both 3 months ago, because I'd be collecting big right now.

― Al (sitcom), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:38 (nineteen years ago) link

I also predicted that "Candy Shop" would be a big flop. So I owe someone a lot of money.

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:42 (nineteen years ago) link

I should have assumed that a song that allows people to mouth nasty innuendoes to each other while they're dancing would be a hit.

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:43 (nineteen years ago) link

I heard the remix with Eve last night. It's OK.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 08:20 (nineteen years ago) link

I like the song, but I think her vocals suck. She sounds like she's straining just a little too hard.

― Jeff Sumner (Jeff Sumner), Saturday, 26 March 2005 23:05 (nineteen years ago) link

maybe how it seems like there's a Jay-Z-style guest verse right around the corner, but it never actually comes?

over at turntablelab.com, they're listing a remix with jay-z on it. want it.

― jermaine (jnoble), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 16:55 (nineteen years ago) link

I've heard that on the radio--Jay doesn't add too much, but he still fits very snugly within the time he's given. Good choice.(50's verses on the "Turn Off Da Lights" remix are still better)

Side note that I don't think has been hit on too much in this thread: the vid for "One Thing" is great. Not too flashy, but good integration of the Hitch clips, great set design and Amerie looks fucking PHENOMENAL in her various outfits. Not quite this year's "Dip it Low" but close.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 20:43 (nineteen years ago) link

it might've been mentioned upthread already but the Jay-Z remix is not official and also kind of fake, just an old verse put on the beat (although it fits it like a glove so who cares)

― Al (sitcom), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 20:55 (nineteen years ago) link

does this song sound like "Poison" to anyone else?

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Thursday, 7 April 2005 20:20 (nineteen years ago) link

BBD?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 7 April 2005 20:27 (nineteen years ago) link

yeah.

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Thursday, 7 April 2005 20:27 (nineteen years ago) link

I can see why you'd say that. But the "Poison" drum pattern -- the most unmistakeable part of the song -- isn't as loose and careening as the "1 Thing" drum pattern.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 7 April 2005 20:35 (nineteen years ago) link

This song is great. I love what he did with the Meters sample here, it's unique and spot-on.

― Keith C (kcraw916), Thursday, 7 April 2005 20:45 (nineteen years ago) link

Take Amerie off the track and what you have is so DJ Shadow-by-numbers

Ha, for all intents and purposes, '1 Thing' is in fact a slowed 'Let The Good Times Roll' by RJD2 without the 80s breakdown.

This was the tune that made Marianna, Alex and I dance alone in a roomful of people on Saturday. The chorus vocals hurt, but the rest is badass and I get to do my JB thing.

― Deerninja B4rim4, Plus-Tech Whizz Kid (Barima), Thursday, 7 April 2005 20:56 (nineteen years ago) link

Who wasn't dancing?

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 7 April 2005 20:58 (nineteen years ago) link

dear lord this song is good. I could listen to the drum loop forever.

― tylero (tylero), Friday, 15 April 2005 19:12 (nineteen years ago) link

here is the original meters' break. you can loop it and listen to it forever if you so desire.

― stirmonster (stirmonster), Friday, 15 April 2005 20:31 (nineteen years ago) link

this is insanely good. and will be the summer jam. i swear. so fucking good.

― breezy, Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:04 (nineteen years ago) link

too early?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:11 (nineteen years ago) link

i hope not. cuz it's got summer jam written all over it. has it already peaked? see I'm so out of it I JUST heard it a few days ago. I never watch MTV or listen to the radio, ...I heard it at a party and was instantly hooked

― breezy, Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:14 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.cocaineblunts.com/blog/blog.html
Coke-blunts did a quick blurb on the album...! I need to find it.

― Lethal Dizzle (djdee2005), Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:32 (nineteen years ago) link

ha that was quick. slsk's been flooded though, get it quick before its too late.

― Lethal Dizzle (djdee2005), Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:33 (nineteen years ago) link

jk i dont advocate stealing.

― Lethal Dizzle (djdee2005), Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:34 (nineteen years ago) link

Looks like the remix of 1 thing on the album features Eve.

― Lethal Dizzle (djdee2005), Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:42 (nineteen years ago) link

the album is seriously great.

― f-a-b-o-l-o-u-s (adamwest), Thursday, 21 April 2005 15:26 (nineteen years ago) link

So far I agree totally!

― Lethal Dizzle (djdee2005), Thursday, 21 April 2005 15:26 (nineteen years ago) link

"Rolling Down my Face" oh!

― Lethal Dizzle (djdee2005), Thursday, 21 April 2005 15:27 (nineteen years ago) link

I can't wait to hear this! But my slsk appears to have totally fucked itself and is NOT WORKING AARGH.

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 21 April 2005 15:46 (nineteen years ago) link

hehe I'm so glad I beat everyone else to the punch in reserving rights to review the album for Stylus.

― Al (sitcom), Thursday, 21 April 2005 15:55 (nineteen years ago) link

it's all about the lady's legs! and that wicked drumloop...i love the video, and how at the end she gets down with the drummers on stage, sorta headbanging like she's really into the music. unlike the video for get right, where j.lo can't give up one second of camera time to anyone but her thousand incarnations...

― Rachel S (rachels), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:07 (nineteen years ago) link

yeah. Vid is seriously hot.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:09 (nineteen years ago) link

I can't wait to hear this! But my slsk appears to have totally fucked itself and is NOT WORKING AARGH.

If you use BitTorrent, you can d/l it from Torrent Reactor and The Pirate Bay.

― the todster (the todster), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:17 (nineteen years ago) link

The vid for the single to her last album was hot (and there were a lot more shots of her legs). This vid is ok. Why do we need clips from hitch?

― Lethal Dizzle (djdee2005), Thursday, 21 April 2005 19:48 (nineteen years ago) link

Because Kevin James is hot.

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 21 April 2005 19:51 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm really starting to worry about you, Daver.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 21 April 2005 19:55 (nineteen years ago) link

Al, I'm looking forward to your review! I love this album so far, I'd be daunted to write about it.

― Lethal Dizzle (djdee2005), Thursday, 21 April 2005 21:14 (nineteen years ago) link

I still haven't heard the whole thing (and probably won't til the release date next week), I just figured it was worth calling dibs on.

― Al (sitcom), Thursday, 21 April 2005 21:19 (nineteen years ago) link

i am so so so so so so so glad this doesn't suck. it is the opposite of suck. it is awesome. rich harrison is a fucking genius. and wtf omg she is so hot in some of those interior booklet photos.

― strng hlkngtn, Monday, 25 April 2005 15:28 (nineteen years ago) link

even the lil jon beat is good! (it sounds like dancehall and he only throws the eurorave stabs in at the very very end.) the red spyda beat kinda does suck though.

― strng hlkngtn, Monday, 25 April 2005 15:29 (nineteen years ago) link

i just got this late last night and i've only briefly scanned it, but is there a track near the middle that samples "1 thing"?

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 25 April 2005 15:53 (nineteen years ago) link

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