Amerie - 1 Thing

also, she is HAWT

Harrison vs. Hongro in the world series of pop

I thought that, too!! It's great, she sounds like a turkey that swallowed a melodica!

Its already huge! I see this video every time I turn on the TV.

Not really here, either -- she's never cracked the top 20, at least.

I also love the subtle vibes at the tracks end and the slight scratchy quality of the vocals at the start that begins to loosen as the song continues.

There's a lo-fi mp3 of another new Amerie track 'Talkin' About' at http://www.ohamerie.com/

They also say they have a hi-res video of '1 Thing' at http://www.ohamerie.com/video/, but I haven't tried it yet (and the lo-res wmv one has no picture on my player).

and forksclovetofu = otm about the gushy ending.

Is this true? Amerie's voice is so pretty, and J-Lo's voice is fucking nails on a chalkboard. Give her ALL of J-Lo's songs from now on.

Is this true? Amerie's voice is so pretty, and J-Lo's voice is fucking nails on a chalkboard. Give her ALL of J-Lo's songs from now on.

-- billstevejim (billsteveji...), March 8th, 2005.

I heard Amerie say so in an interview, so yeah, it's true.

Have y'all heard this Bobby Valentino joint yet tho? Oh man.

I can't quite put my finger on what makes it so great - maybe how it seems like there's a Jay-Z-style guest verse right around the corner, but it never actually comes? (The Juelz Santana remix isn't bad, but I'll take the original every time.)

Amerie is so good. I have no problems with a scenario in which this song is "Crazy in Love"-level inescapable.

Ha ha - spot on.

the Bobby Valentino song is hot too, so swoonsome.

the official word is that Eve will be on the "1 Thing" remix.

super obvious answer = amerie 'talkin about' off the same album, hot as hell but too close to 1 thing to ever get some shine; or even better yet 'loves off the chain', a stupendous unreleased classic tacked onto the 'touch' promo, and with its own weird danny krivit re-edit 12. u can trawl thru the lost richcraft archives all day long for similar kicks, janet jackson - 'pops up', mary j blige's 'out my head'... jennifer lopez 'whatever u wanna do' as well, shadowing 'get right'....

non richcrafts to greater / lesser xtent

lil mo - dem boyz
nicole wray - if i was your girlfriend
rihanna - let me
yummy bingham from tha rayne/ jadakiss - 'come and get it' (sorta)

ummmm

'pimpin all over the world' as well, awesome! whatever will finney say

it's kind of a bummer that "Jiggle It" might cross over outside of Baltimore, I guess Young Leek is the new B. Rich.

ohh ok i didnt know that wz chucky thompson. yeah, his and faith evans 'mesmerized' cd fit in here too at a pinch, i'm not sure what else

Young Leek got signed last year after having that one song out for like a month, so people around here are pretty mad about it. but the producer of that track, Blaq Starr, has done a ton of Baltimore club hits.

Basically, it sounds kinda like "1 Thing", but less minimal and less good, but you probably already guessed that. Of course, there's a lot of room between "1 Thing" and "bad", and this falls somewhere in there. Rich Harrison is Rich Harrison, (or someone else is Rich Harrison, that's been happening a lot lately) big horns, extraneous percussion, etc. I like the dark surf guitar and the use of the male background vocals. (That whole pre-chorus section is a nice build.) Amerie's singing is more soul shouter-ly than usual (which in my book is a plus, though I realize a lot of ILMers don't like soul shouters, but boo to them). The best moment is at the begining of the second verse. "I gotta tell you how much I love it/ When you kiss my neck in public/ I try my best not to blush" and totally sings that last line with a blush. The song needs more a hook though.

"Rolling Down My Face" rips off Limp Bizkit lolololol

I like this!

http://www.rapradar.com/rb/update-new-music-amerie-qwhy-r-uq.html

still on the "uh-oh-ee-oh" tip and why not!

Nice.

omg this is so up my street! :-D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2QyDI6b9K0

listen semi-properly here: http://www.phonicarecords.com/product/view/67503

that's pretty grand

nice

yeah love it. i wish theo did more cheesy stuff like that, hes so good at balancing it w/ real skill & um ... weirdness? aggressiveness?

BIG FUCK OFF DRUMS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brzxkb5lx_Q

yup

great tracks

i kind of wish the sample was actually in tune with the track

ILX should be all over this already, amirite

https://www.stereogum.com/2019471/stream-ameries-2-new-surprise-albums-4am-mulholland-after-4am/music/album-stream/

Blimey

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0eJX_fBpOIM

Pretty good! (Ridiculous video, but whatever.)

Love it... I nominated / voted for the double EP in the albums poll (think it was my #2!); but I don't expect to see it place, due to apparent lack of interest here.

It's just, like, perfect modern R&B to me... somehow it hits dead-center of a sweet spot

The EPs felt like terrible joyless trend chasing to me :(

:( is right!

not just trend-chasing but devoid of anything that made her seem like such a unique and singular presence when she was first releasing music

she looks great in that video though

i've been listening to Because I Love It a lot lately and that's just emphasised how disappointing those EPs were

I can’t believe you guys are listening to the same EPs as me!!

(but I’ve gathered that my tastes don’t necessarily jibe with too many others on here, esp. when it comes to pop/R&B, so I won’t trip...)

h8 this song

truly you are tripping

"truly you are tripping" -- me at ilm every time this song wins a ballot poll

has it? this place is alright

won the 05-09 poll and the 00s decade poll

it's fun to think about how much less appreciated this song would be if jennifer lopez had successfully pilfered it

guess she wasn't there when they called

I fn hate that cheap tinny sounding sample and the song has the bossy joylessness of enforced fun. The other terrible song of this era I hate is that one with Kelly Rowland and Nellie.

I’m pretty ILX hivemind-ey but ngl I struggle to get into this one? The beat’s amazing but the chorus is a little too annoying.. “shrill” is the word that comes to mind

I will hear no bad words about nelly and kelly rowland’s dilemma though

ooh I just remembered the Eve remix is a thing. Her verse is lots of fun

“Dilemma” is cool because they tried to send a text using Microsoft Excel in the video. People were really really stupid with technology back in the day.

I figured that's just how things were done in Nellyville.

But I just Googled this and found that it almost started a class war. https://www.buzzfeed.com/ikrd/nelly-kelly-rowland-excel

I find it shrill and clattery and ugly in a bad way. maybe it'll grow on me

This song is good & iconic but not my favorite of the rich Harrison x Amelie songs or rich Harrison songs proper .... as a song “get right” by jlo is better to me even if Amerie is obv >>>>

“Rollin down my face” by amerie is 🔥

Otm

kinda the ‘countdown’ of the 00s