She is about to FLOP soooooooooooooooo hard…but she’s pretty.

Dont like any of the songs I’ve heard so far.

she’s a beautiful girl, but she never really seems to go anywhere or sell too much, but i don’t know why. other people seem to like her music so idk. maybe this album will do better.

so sick of hearing “she’s a beautiful girl”. beauty does not equal talent and that definitely goes HARD in this case. Sit ur ass down Amerie and use your college degree. This ain’t working for you boo.

She doesn’t have to sell records. Her loyalty to the baphomet will keep money in her pockets.

Def Jam fucked up. What’s the point in signing artists if you aren’t going to promote them?

Clearly they are only putting money behind a select few. That will cost them so dearly in the end.

I’m not a fan, but good luck to Amerie. I hope she gets what she needs.

DEF JAM IS SOO WRONG REALLY YOU DON’T HEAR NOTHING ABOUT HER THANKS TO THIS BLOG .

AND THEY JUST GAVE HER ANY SONG SMDH

DEF JAM SUCKS

SHE IS VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN

Amerie album is real nice just like all her albums she is very underrated but in the UK she top charted she got some hot remix tracks out wit rick ross nas and more,real R&B thank god she hasnt gon pop on us like all the others..

@ #3 SHAKING YOUR A@SS DOESN’T EQUAL TALENT EITHER AND NEITHER DOES SOUNDING LIKE EVERYONE ELSE ON THE RADIO! GET YOUR FACTS TOGETHER THIS GIRL IS BEAUTIFUL NOT CAKED UP WITH MAKE-UP LIKE MOST CELEBS, SHE WRITES HER OWN MUSIC AND ARRANGES THE VOCALS VS BUYING SOMEONE ELSES SONG AND LYING ABOUT WRITING IT, SHE IS A TRUE RNB HIP HOP HEAD AND DOESN’T NEED TO BE A PUNK ROCKER OR A SPLIT PERSONALITY OR WEAR BUTT PADS TO MAKE IT!!!!!

I LOVE AMERIE AND SO DO MANY OTHER PEOPLE. THIS CD IS BETTER THAN MOST FEMALES ALBUMS THAT CAME OUT THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR!

The album is great people need to give it a listen and support, if not you will keep hearing the same crap that radios force on you day in and day out.

Amerie (along with some other artists Im not going to name) needs to STOP depending on her label to promote her brand! If you plan on being successful you have to get out and get your hustle on!… HELLO? You are signed to Def Jam, & you are not their top priority.

Nowdays you gotta get connected to your fans on a personal level. She’s been too quiet. Youtube yourself, go on luch dates, be seen… something!

Give it up girl!

Like I told Angel you don’t need a record company to sell records. Amerie just has to hustle. There are plenty of people who have sold records without even being on a major label. So I don’t feel sorry for her.

I love amerie….I think the issue with her is she needs to go back to Rich Harrison!

This situation with her album promotion has nothing to do with Amerie as an artist its the wack ass promotion coming from Def Jam. I swear that record label is only good for artists that are already establish very well like a Jay Z, Kanye ect. Also up and coming artists…Def Jam will ruin their careers.

Amerie will sale-in Europe and beyond.The US is not really open to her sound.She’s not pop enough.I don’t know how well she did with her last album, but I know they love her in UK/Japan.I can’t really say if Rich Harrison made her sound because she hasn’t really done anything outside the box.

I LOVE THIS DAMN ALBUM!!!! it’s a banger from beginning to end. forreal y’all. go to best buy and pick it up! “more than love” is my shit!

@ 8…..it’s clear who you are tryin to compare her to, but the difference is when BEYONCE sings live, she can actually sing. Can’t say the same for Amerie. And she is jus as pop, made-up, and sex driven as every other artist.

Solange had all the promotion in the world and only sold 40K her first week out so sometimes it’s not all about promotion.

And yall keep sayin she is sellin good in the UK…WTF?? Why are yall getting these fact.

That’s always the first thing that is said when an artist can’t sell in the us..

Its such ashamed how little backing Amerie’s project has gotten compared to that other piece of trash on her label. And as a result of that, her album sales will fail miserably. The bar has been set by mainstream American media, and brainwashed Rihorrid & Beyonce fans on what a singer should look, act and perform like and now all these other talented female artist are falling short; ultimately their careers are suffering. I wish her the best; Def Jam will be releasing her from her contract following this album.

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Its a shame she got her own sound ..luv the live percussion… but her fans will buy it and like it the way things goes these days we will soon be getting music via the artist personal website. Folks are selling pretty low numbers across the board. IDK how Jay-Z is still in the top 10 his joint was ight… Its a sad time for music but thank-god for I-tunes i get to explore new artists and revist others. Good luck Amerie

@Dude-N-Htown Ooooooh you are so wrong for thinking that Amerie can’t sing live… Watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUO8_UnM-Pw

And watch it til the end!

I simply LOVE this album! Higher, Swag Back, More Than Love, The Flowers, Different People…. awesome songs!!

@19 Check YOUR facts, it’s true.She did well in the UK.

Overseas money is better money than domestic $$$.

@ #17 back in reference to #3 SHE IS AN ARTIST the other is just an ENTERTAINER what is your point? AN ALBUM IS AN ALBUM, YOU BUY THE ALBUM BECAUSE THE MUSIC IS GOOD. I DONT BUY ALBUMS BECAUSE SOMEONE CAN PERFORM GOOD ON STAGE. ITS ABOUT ——–CREATING MUSIC——- PERFORMING ON STAGE DOES NOT EQUAL ——CREATING MUSIC OR CREATIVITY, PLUS WE ALL KNOW SEVERAL ARTIST JACKED AMERIE’s DELIVERY/SOUND AND STILL JACK OTHER ARTISTS SO PLS

From what I listened too I didn’t like it.. Sorry maybe she does need to work again with Rich cause all I hear is a bunch of scream or singing at the top of her voice.. Good Luck Amerie..

BEYONCE BEYONCE BEYONCE. I AM…YOURS …. “VideoPhone” premieres Thursday!

Anyways. Yes Im a Beyonce Stan. but I will admit after downloading the album weeks ago and listening to it, I do love it. Good job Amerie. “TheFlowers” and “RedEye” are my jams.

wow you guys are so right about the promotion

Have you guys noticed her music it STILL great with out Rich. This is not album of the year, but damn near in the top 5 R&B albums of this year!

MY HEADD IS CLEARR I’M SOUL SURVIVING!
CAUSE YOU NOT HEARRRR, BUT I’M NOT CRYINGGG NO….
I FINALLY GOT MY SWAG BACK
DON’T NEED THAT BROKEN HEART NO MO U CAN HAVE THAT!
CAUSE BABY I GOT MY SWAG BACK

yall n!ggas don kno
epic

^^^^^Wow! Are you serious with both of those screamers and whiners in your avatar?

Amerie’s first album was spotless…her second effort was right up there with her first LP. The third release was not that inviting and definetly needed some guidance (some Rich Harrison guidance).

I think Amerie suffers from the same syndrome Janet Jackson suffer’s from. They both left the producer’s that understand them vocally and artistically. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis understood Janet Jackson as an artist…simple things like knowing what key an artist sings in (best) can make a huge difference. I believe Rich Harrison pulled the best out of Amerie. He understood her voice and how to stretch her vocally without it sounding forced.

Amerie, please get back with your man hun’. Settle your differences and return to making music that fits you as an artist. Don’t follow all these other artist(s) that continue to name chase and make mediocre LP’s. Why would you wanna sound like everybody else?

Ciao!

This album should be called I am…….> I am…..Sasha Mess! or Good Girl Gone Made Some Good Music!!

OBJECTION at jaye berry

Amerie never sounds like everybody else. Even when she worked with Sean Garrett she still had her own sound. You like the old Amerie, while some of us like how she is expanding and doesn’t stick in one genere of music. In this album she gave us all sides of her last 3 albums so I think you would be satisfied, but o well if your not.

This album is a bore, she needs to go back to the first when it was good music and less about style. This s like the last two.

Its too bad Def Jam didn’t promote this album she has some hitters on here. IDK what their problem is but they need to get it together…real talk.

She went to Gerogetown and graduated with a degree in English and Fine Arts. Im sure she will be fine. Unlike most artists at least she has something to fall back on.

It’s because they over saturate us with Beyonce’s crappy music that nobody else can shine. I don’t think that is good because, there is other music out here that needs to be heard.

Facts. Amerie + Rich Harrison= winning formula. Amerie + overseas= EUROS. hallo? US fame does not equal dollars. Honestly, being a star in Europe is actually more beneficial financially. Amerie + Def Jam= terrible promotion. Why? Because Rihanna has an album coming out, and she’s way more newsworthy. She’s got a “story/scandal” to promote/capitalize on. Amerie is talented. She just needs to get her swag back!

Why does it seems like a sin to like or listen to more than 1 female artist? Come on black people, no wonder we crabs in a bucket and most of us are getting pink slips!

fuck the haters

FUCK

THE

HATERS

I love Amerie to death. The girl is beautiful, talented, the whole nine yards. Its really a shame that people would settle, and spend their money on gimmicky artist with no talent what so ever. Praising them because they where nice clothes, and make “catchy” music, not good music, but “catchy” music. I bought her album on my way to school and listened to it in my 5TH period computer class, and I loved it to death. Truly one of the top 5 RandB albums of the year. Even with the amazing music on her album, I’m prepared for her album to not do that good. But I wish her all the best, and hope she has success. She deserves it….And by the way, I’m new to CL, and let me just say, I love it. Espically the background work.

Amerie will be on the Wendy Williams show today.

@ #10, thats true but Amerie is not a new artist and Def Jam really did her wrong with the promotion. Her album should have been out way before they decided to push that other girl. They couldnt even promote Janet Jackson properly for that one album she did with them, and Mariah Carey’s album didnt even go #1 for a week. They should just have you know who on their label and thats it.

And then Rihanna video come out, same day.Oh well.

WASNT THERE ALREADY A POST ON HER AND HER CD………I GUESS SHE NEEDS SOME MORE PROMO I LIKE THAT “RED EYE” SONG…….HOWEVER I WONT BE BUYING HER CD I DONT HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST HER………..I JUST ONLY LISTEN TO THE MUSIC SHE PUTS OUT N IF I HERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT I LIKE I WILL DOWNLOAD IT.

Pretty brown eyes is my favorite song off that dc.

I love red eye, the flowers, prettybrown, more than love, dangerous, and different people

Def Jam definitely dropped the ball. BUT, honestly, this isnt the best material I have ever heard, either!

@19 are you stupid? do you even check your facts? Amerie does in fact sell well in the UK/Europe/Asia. That’s why Because I Love It was only released in those country.

I’m sick of hearing the comparisons between Amerie and Beyonce and Rihanna.

Personally, I am not impressed with Rihanna. She doesn’t have any hand in making her music; no writing, no productions, nothing.

Beyonce is good. I’m not going to deny that. I’m pretty much over her though. She’s just too typical I guess, I don’t know.

Now Amerie, I love her. Give me an artist who writes her own songs, has a hand in productions, and can actually make good songs without working with the biggest producers right now (yes, that’s a diss to beyonce and rihanna, and I love the-dream) any day.

I LOVE In Love & War. It is probably one of the best packaged albums I’ve heard all year. The album has a real theme, an understandable theme and not just some songs thrown onto an album. That’s why I love Amerie; she’s original, she doesn’t do what everyone else is doing. I don’t care if she sells as long as she keeps making great music. Definitely check out her new album if you haven’t heard it.

@ 25…so in your eyes Beyonce isn’t an artist…really??? So what makes Amerie and artist?? What has she done different from Beyonce besides flop 3 time…oh now 4 times in a row.

And I dont like bringing Beyonce names into other post, but hate when ppl discredit Bee to try and make an artist look better.

And Amerie is NOT a hit overseas…..and if she is, WHAT THE HELL IS BEYONCE?? She sells better than her in US and overseas.

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Don’t blame the label. I just think listeners are not feeling her anymore. Competition is steep these days, and if you aren’t getting beat up, in a sex tape, or nude on-line, you can’t be on top unless you’re the absolute total package.

Examples

Ciara = Flop
Rihanna = Success
Mya = Flop
Beyonce = On top

Either Def Jam have played it too safe or she’s just not made for this industry.

She writes her own song…(is this the not the same girl who said “Gobble gobble gobble” on “One Thing”..)…And Beyonce does write some of music.

Now, dont get me wrong, I’m not hating on her, but the singles suck, her video sucks, and her album will indeed flop.

And again, I dont like bringing Bee names up, but I jus hate that some mentioned her in the post as to compare her to Amerie…GTFOH. They’re on 2 different levels. Im sorry

i had to give this shit a second listen, b/c i initially didn’t like it.. but it’s an OKAY album, if she’s fortunate to release another one..i hope it’s better

good luck with the album sales..

WOW I HEARD NOTHING ABOUT THIS ALBUM ! DAMN NO PROMO NO NOTHING BUT HERE IS RIHANNA EVERYWHERE ALL OF A SUDDEN AND HER ALBUM ISN’T DROPPING TIL’ LATE THIS MONTH SAD MOVE FOR HER AND DEF JAM I LOVE ME SOME AMERIE HOPEFULLY SHE’LL DO GOOD IN OTHER COUNTRIES ! WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THEM SIGNING HER IF THEY WEREN’T GOING TO SUPPORT HER? LAME

All I gotta say is f*ck Def Jam. There’s no reason why this talent it being slept on while big forehead goats are getting praised for their gimmick image and mediocre songs. Amerie deserves better. Despite the album might not score to the top doesn’t mean it’s a bad album. People tend to confuse quantity with quality. She has quality. I’ll be getting your album Amerie. At the end of the day, you’re the real artist with the real talent, alot of artists can’t say that.

Amerie is a really good singer, it’s a shame she doesn’t get as much attention compared to other artists. She has class, dignity and a personality. I wish her the best with this album! Love the cover art and promo pictures.

I actually enjoyed her new album she did a good job but she really gets no promotion

am diggin More Than Love and Higher!

Brian ITA, read that interview in the Wash Post this Sunday and I am glad she realizes Rich and her created the magic, the winning formula with go go influenced beats and beautiful yet urgent ballads, their chemistry is sorely missed…..I did cop this effort to support as I have been a fan since All I have…. tracks like More than Love, Flowers, Swag back stand out here

AMEN…PLEASE GO BACK TO RICH!!!! EVERYTHING HAS BEEN LACKLUSTER SINCE….

IF TREY SONGZ CAN PROMOTE HIS CD WITHOUT ANY BACK UP FROM HIS LABEL…AMERIE HAS NO EXCUSE!!! PROMOTE YOUR DAMN SELF…I THINK SOMEONE IS GAS HER HEAD…

GET OUT THEIR AND PROMOTE YOUR DAMN SELF…TV, INTERNET, RADIO…WHAT THE HELL IS SHE WAITING ON!!! DON’T PUT ALL THE BLAME ON DEF JAM!

I think this album was well put! I brought it today from BestBuy good luck Amerie you deserve it

Def Jam didn’t really promote Ghostdini The Wizard of Poetry either and thats the best release of the year by far, that cd is THE sh*T..but those of us who know, KNOW and spreaded the word……

DARKAQUA thats what I’m saying GHost promoted his dayum self, he was everywhere LLS…….I cannot say enough about how dope that Cd is tho, its grown folk hip hop/R&B, with almost nostalgic old school R&B feel…Production on that thing is A++++++++++++…I’d like to see Amerie on his next forray into R&B, that would be a spicy HAUTE collab!!!!

YO HER ALBUM IS HOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT HER SONGS ARE HOTTER THAN RIRIS AND DEF JAM IS NOT PROMOTIN HER I AGREE HER TWO SINGLES ARE AMAZIN AND DIFFERENT TOO BAD

Amerie is sooooooooooooooooooo UNDERRATED….People stop hatin…the album is really good. Def Jam jus Slackin…thats sad

love the album, its a banger,definitely one of the better R&B releases this year. For the next album, she should go back to Rich but I dont want him to do all of the tracks. Sometimes, you will have chemistry for one or two albums with the person (i.e. Amerie-Rich Harrison, Brandy-Rodney Jerkins). Then, when you reunite with the person, the chemistry is not there anymore because the producer and artist have grown (i.e. Brandy and Rodney with Human).

anyone else notice how the people at concrete loop do not know how to write reviews? i would not call this a review.

It is a really good CD, she is doing something different which I respect

thats a good point Ja, but Rich only did the entire ALL I have cd, he just did a track or two on Touch..including One thing……

AMERIE’S MUSIC IS FOR THE GROWN AND SEXY, IT REALLY RELAXES ME AND I ALWAYS ENJOY IT. GOOD LUCK TO HER!

I went through a debacle just to get this album! They were sold out at Best Buy so I had to cop it at Target. I just got through listening to the album now and I must say that it’s a phenomenal effort! The tracks seamlessly flow right into another which was very much appreciated by me because nowadays “artists” just throw a collection of songs together without making it a cohesive.

Some say Amerie can’t sing because she “sounds like she’s screaming,” but I think otherwise. She has a VERY distinctive sound, very raspy and in your face. I swear I hear a young Michael when she sings. She’s very versatile. Just youtube her.

It’s a damn shame that she is so underrated. Here is an artist who is original, loves, lives, and breathes music and she can’t get any shine. It’s a crying shame. Her music is more sophisticated and for the grown and sexy anyway. What do these kids know about good r&b music? Oh wait, that’s right… just take a look at billboard, that says it all.

i really love amerie..i just think she is unlucky in the sense that she is never promoted that well. anyway, my favorite songs on this album
1.why r u
2. pretty brown eyes
3. red eye
4.more than love
5. heard em all
6. swag back.

Completely agree with #30 re: Rich Harrison. I wrote this last week- Amerie should reunite with Rich Harrison. Though he got a lot of press and acknowledgement with “Crazy in Love”, I felt that both his and Amerie’s greatest work were on “All I Have.” They have great chemistry. That said, I listened to the preview of the album in its entirety and I enjoy it much more. It is much better than I originally thought. It’s a fine effort by Amerie, and I hope she has the opportunity to collaborate again with Rich Harrison on the next one (if there is one).

You definitely should’ve posted The Flowers..It’s the best song on the album imo..

I swear this chick is the most slept on in the industry and most kudos to her still wanting to make music for her fans. This album is the business its one of my favorite since her 1st and her last previous effort Because I Love it. This is a MUST HAVE

For some reason I dislike Amerie. she has SUCH a boring personality and her music never excites me. She’s talented though- gotta give her that. I agree that she should be promoted way more. If it wasn’t for some blogs, I wouldn’t have even known she had a song/album out.

Real talent is being pushed to the back burner while fashion/mediocrity is being promoted.. what a world we live in.

I don’t care if people don’t like Amerie or her music and I am such a fan! I love and adore her so much and I have been with her since I first heard “Why Don’t We fall In Love.” Face it, people are going to have different opinions with music artists and that’s something that people just gotta understand. I only have a problem with those who support these bubblegum manufactured artists because they feed into the hype and don’t give Amerie the time of day ONLY because she’s not big right now.

Anyway, Amerie is extremely creative and talented. She has a very beautiful and unique voice, it’s just that she’s singing too HIGH! She doesn’t sound like how she did on her “All I have” album. Whoever told her to sing higher needs to be punched! Her lyrics are relatable and cleverly written, but her beats are outta date. All of those horns and that 60’s-70’s bass is what turn people away. I know it comes from that GoGo feel in DC, but it needs to be more up to date.

Amerie makes me mad because I’ve been waiting for her career to take off, but she doesn’t have the right promo team around her or the right producers; he can definitely keep B. Cox. Rich Harrison knows how to have a nice GoGo feel to music, but still keep it upbeat, modern, and maybe she needs to go back to him.

I love it!!!

I ain’t even gonna spend no time defending this album. It’s hot, and that’s that. Ya’ll are some haters who probably havn’t even heard every song on the album. People think Amerie’s music is wack, yet the same people are the ones listening to crappy ringtone hip hop like Soulja Boy. Enough said.

Amerie will never be as popular as other chicks out there because 1) she has no public drama 2) she isn’t in a high profile relationship and 3) she doesn’t hop on “what’s hot” just to sell records. While people are watching Rihanna’s every move and stalking Beyonce, good girls like Amerie get no attention and slip through the cracks. It’s a damn shame.

This album is one of the best I heard this year. Thank you Amerie!

and fck promotion…the artist have all the promo in the world, still have trash albums.
It’s the really good artist who don’t get as much promo

Amerie is amazing and Def SCAM sucks azz for the lack of promotion IN LOVE & WAR is getting!
They are too far up Rihanna’s ass releasing her garbage music, when they should be focusing on Amerie who is releasing great quality music.

Blah blah blah, poor Amerie. She needs to use that Georgetown degree, cuz honey, this music thing ain’t workin. The exotic look is ‘in’, so scoot on over to modeling. And NOTHING stands out about her singing. I can name at least five people that I know personally who can sing better than this child. And yes, she cakes on the makeup, just like everybody else…I’ve seen here in person….ANOTHER FLOP….

Booo…that’s all I have to say about this mess. Amerie - GO SIT DOWN…

OKAY - For me the gripe basically comes from the fact that she attempted to recreate the RICHCRAFT(Rich Harrison) sound and didnt succeed. To distance yourself completely away from the sound that made you famous is idiodic and she needs to call him now and start working on album number 5. As far as Def Jam… HAVE THEY LEARNED NOTHING ABOUT HIRING LA REID. Im sorry hes the reason LAFACE went into the ground, why Arista was suffering for all those years, and now he’s brought his cancer to Def Jam. LAReid is not the great business man people claim he is. He’s too busy golfing, shopping, and doing nothing. Since he’s been the CEO Def Jams sales have declined, and its not the market, part of its these whack as songs that sound more like Amerie wanna be’s than Amerie and the other part is LA REID not doing his damn job making sure his artist are eating. ALSO REMEMBER DEF JAM was about to DROP Amerie before ‘Why R U’ was recorded

def jam to business promoting rihanna!

why the hell u gonna release rihanna video on the same day as her album?

ppl really just dont kno that her album and ryan leslie new sh!t go hard. I got them ALREADY!!!

I love Amerie her last two albums was off the chain and i know for a fact this one will be also this girl is not playing at all she is hitting them hard she is also 1 of my favorite R&B singers out right now DO YO THING AMERIE !!!!!!

This music industry is so dead these days. Remember the days when an artist would release a single, and within a month or two, the album would come out as planned, and everything is all good. Columbia and Def Jam records are two in particular that choose their favorites and toss the rest. The fucked up part about it (sorry CL for profanity, but I am mad), many of the top artists out there put out nothing but garbage and make it to number one, and the lesser known artists can write such great material. This is why I listen to so much music before my time, cause I honestly wish I could travel back in time when music actually had substance. It is too much about SWAG these days, men & women, and putting on a front.

..Pretty sure she went to Howard not Georgetown. Not that it makes a difference, school is school but still.

PRETTY BROWN EYES and MORE THAN LOVE are the best chill tracks on this cd honestly.

PLEASE! Let this no-talent bitch fail so we can move on with our lives, her voice, and her choice in clothing are synonymous with a blind/dead mouse on crack, and I’m tired of her being up-played by people today, this is why the industry is failing creatively.

Brian, I would have to respectfully disagree with your assessment of this album. It is not the electronica-acid-pop that everyone of late has used on their album, its hard-hitting hip-hop beats, guitars riffs, and funk - all in all it quintessential Amerie! It is clear that Rich Harrison is not on this album, but I dig Amerie for her artistry and not who she’s working with. The album goes hard from track one to the end, so it surprises me that this review claims that her album is lackluster. Don’t get me wrong, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I would have to disagree Brian.

In regards to many of the comments, apparently many have not listened to the album, and have resolved to join the “roast-Amerie-fest” by saying she needs to use her college degree to sit down. Credit given where credit is due, the girl does have a degree from Georgetown, and its that intelligence that is apparent in her interviews and in her control over the album. If Amerie was not worth signing, trust me, L.A. Reid would have passed.

I really enjoyed this album, and will be bumpin’ it in my car for weeks to come. So before people write her off, please listen to the music first!!! Peace

WTF? WHY ARE PEOPLE IN HERE BLAMING RIHANNA FOR AMERIE NOT GETTING ANY SHINE?? THAT IS HER OWN FAULT FOR NOT GOING OUT AND HUSTLING. Y’ALL CAN SAY RIHANNA ONLY WALKED AROUND THE STREETS OF NY DOING NOTHING BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE SHE STAYED IN THE SPOTLIGHT AND MADE SURE PEOPLE TOOK NOTICE! SHE PROMOTED HER SELF AND THAT’S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO THESE DAYS.

AND WHAT ABOUT ALL OF AMERIE’S OTHER FLOPS??? RIHANNA WASN’T EVEN DOING BIG THINGS THEN. SO WHO ARE YOU GOING TO BLAME FOR THOSE??

SHE HAS NO ONE TO BLAME BUT HERSELF, NOT DEF JAM, NOT RIHANNA. THERE ARE MANY OUTLETS TO GET YOUR NAME OUT THERE THESE DAYS. GET OFF YOUR A$$ AND PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE. OTHERWISE STFU.

i like about two or three songs off the album….the first 4 or 5 songs started so sound the same…the track order didn’t help. sorry but maybe she or whoever runs her camp need to re-evaluate the track listing so there’s diversity.

Love Amerie and I will support her music. We don’t have many true R&B artist left in the industry. Love Pretty Brown Eyes, More Than Love, Why RU

I bought amerie’s album and i must say she did her THANG! im proud of her and wish her the best of luck!

It’s obvious 95% of the people on this board have no idea how this industry works… everybody’s saying she’s going to flop… she’s already flopped. The industry doesn’t consider 40,000 for first week sales a flop anymore. There’s a reason why we hire and pay our accountants and statisticians $50… 60… $70,000 a year so we know how many copies to press, how much of an advance should be paid, etc.

No other country sees album sales, or has a market like the United States does… if an entire album sells 75,000 copies over the course of it’s life cycle in almost any European country that is a HUGE success. BPI certifies an album silver after 60k, gold after 100k, and platinum after 300k.

On top of all that, advances aren’t a million dollars anymore, there maybe a low 1xx,000 and almost always recouped after a month or two of live performance touring. Get with the program… read a text book… apply to NYU’s Music Business program, learn something then bitch about it with the proper facts.

92 - No one is blaming her, were blaming Def Jam. I understand why they’re up Rihanna’s ass, but it’s still bullshit……. ON DEF JAM’S so yeah… I love the song w/Trey, but I think she needs some more collabs w/more popular artists to get things going. I dunno I think she has a lot of talent. And whoever said it, she’s too short to model anyway.

I love the songs I heard, she’s great, I love that her style is sickening and u dont see her jocking anybody sound or style. These songs i heard go hard I hope she get what she wants from this album she’s very underated.

I dont think Brian spoke for all of her fans. I missed her collaborations with Rich on the last album, because that album was weak.

This time around, she sounds comfortable being without him. And being that she wrote and co-produced the majority of the album, I think its safe to say she’s not mimicking someone elses style, just being true to herself.

There was another chick writing reviews for ConcreteLoop, and I appreciated her more. Less bias. Brian Michael-Cox contribution to the album was NOT a stand-out…

I’m really trying to like Amerie but she just doesn’t do it for me. She doesn’t have the vocal prowess to stand out from other artists. I didn’t even know she had that many albums. I can’t name one song that I like. Maybe she needs to have someone else write her songs or get new producers.

i still love AMERIE, even though promo was sub par. “In love & war” is hot of coarse! yall make sure yall go cop it!! best wishes and prayer 4 Amerie with this album that is takes off and does well!

bump the haters! shes different and so is her music. jus because somebody isnt all over tabloids or on gossip websites doesnt make then boring. ppl really have that confused!

Amerie is a very underestamatied artist. Her vocals are out of this world and her music is so soulful and filled with lots meaning. I dont know why she hasnt recieved the reconition she deserves. So for all the haters blogging about her not having talent KNOCK IT THE FUCK OFF HATEZ!

comment # 10 and others that agree, you are sooo right. thats what i’ve been saying. Amerie’s been busy but she cant expect the label to do all her promoting. She needs to get out, be seen in crowded events. Stop by some clubs and events (just out of the blue) and get on the mic and say hey everbody, remeber me, i’m Amerie and if you liked 1 thing, i have a new album coming out, be looking out for me. Do some ribbon cuttings, audition for some product commercials if she has too. just get out and be seen and tell crowds of people bout her music in the process.

Yep she needs to get off her azz and promote herself and stop thinking she’s too cute to get her hands dirty. If def jam isn’t making a way you have to make your own way.

I’m going to support it like I have all her others (including the one that wasn’t released here in the states 2 years ago), but I think it basically boiled down to her thinking she was a star because she had a semi-cross over hit with ‘1 Thing,’ then she started thinking she was at the top of her game when she really wasn’t. Dropping Rich, being photographed everywhere at events, I mean she just showed out and her music suffered because of it. Amerie to me is just like Rihanna, a singles girl…there’s never much effort or direction put into her albums to make them all-around quality works, therefore it always sounds all over the place. Her only decent album to me was the first.

Amerie stans need to come together and Amerie needs to do more on her part. #1 if you don’t come with it music wise YOU WILL NOT SELL!! I have not heard a song from Amerie that really made me go wow that is a hit. Her fans/stans are not buying her album. You can’t blame Rihanna for what she is lacking. I’ve seen Amerie on this site a lot lately and only a few people talk about buying it. Amerie knows she doesn’t have a big fan base she needs to hustle. Like someone else says there are people with no major label and they sell millions and even make it on the Hot 100. She can’t expect her label to do everything especially if she’s not a big star. You can’t drop a single and album with no kind of promotion or SELF promotion and expect people to drop whatever they are doing and buy it IF YOU NOT ANY WHERE NEAR BEING A BIG STAR. Idk who she think she is that she feels she don’t need to hustle and idk why people are not seeing that the girl does not try hard enough.

love the album! and i do wish amerie the best…. ppl are too focused on image these days to regc. talent and good music . . . support amerie!!…. and melanie fiona!!

@ 104

Exactly!! She needs to get off her ass and do what she has to do. If she has to move to LA and walk her ass up and down the street like Rihanna to get the paps and the white folk to notice her then that’s what she needs to do. She does not promote herself at all. She releases an album then goes on vacation. You never see her perform and she barely goes to events. You HAVE to be seen EVERYWHERE.

Love Amerie I hope this album goes far. Does anyone know who made that white lace

dress she’s wearing?

She needs to do a bit more dancing and bring a bit more energy to her performances. A lot of her songs stay sounding like “One Thing”.

I just purchased this cd on itunes and I absolutely love this cd. My favorite songs are Highrer, Swag Back, Pretty Brown, More Than Love, and Red Eye just to name a few. People please go out and support real music for a change. And please stop passing judgement before you even hear her cd!

She needs to give it up.

Whats with that half as*ed album review., are you serious? I’ve seen you give longer and more in depth reviews for albums that down right sucked and for artist with half the talent of Amerie. This review was filled with snarky disdain. Yes you have dedicated your website layout to her album but come on man you could have broken down the album track by track a little more.

This album isn’t bad, it’s not bad at all actually. Yes there are some tracks that should have been left off, Heard Em All and IMO Pretty Brown. This albums shows that Amerie is sticking to her signature sound, yet evolving as an artist by working with other people, hence her sound is evolving. Which you can clearly hear on “Higher” and “Dangerous” with the incorporation of guitars over her classic horn sound. “The Flowers” recalls “Float” from her All I Have album with the piano driven melody. My mian and only gripe about this album is that the latter songs sound like Mariah Carey tracks beat wise(Red Eye and most of all Dear John), but lyrically they are Amerie.

I’m not worried about whether or not her album flops or is #1 because Amerie has never been that type of artist. It’s about the music with her. While other girls focus on trying to create radio friendly hits, she actually works on her craft and enhancing her already impressive catalog. I feel when you look back on this decade her albums will actually stand the test of time as tangibale R&B along with Mary J Blidge, Floetry, Brandy, Jill Scott, Keyshia Cole, Tweet and others.

And like some others have said already this album will do better in the UK than in the US. Which is why her last album Because I Love It wasn’t released in the states but in the UK.

ANOTHER FLOP under her belt! good job AMERIE! :SIKE!!!

@ Gia and Nicholas Ryan, a review is not always going praise an artist. Its supposed to be honest. Brian and the other chick that do reviews usually do good reviews. CL is one of the few blogs that actually does its own reviews and they also include other related stuff (like Def Jam sleeping on this album)

@ 113

I don’t think Amerie is focusing on her craft. In fact Amerie has gotten weaker and weaker as an artist. Girlie has not evolved..at all. The album is slightly better than the previous album, and that’s not saying much. “Heard ‘em Say”, is way too repetitive and there’s too much screaming going on. The strongest song on the album was “Why R U”. I agree with everybody’s comment about Amerie needing to reunite with Rich.

More than Love is the joint!!!!!!!!!!!! I don’t understand why I don’t hear it on the radio more often. Its better than that stupid wasted song by gucci dumb mane. Her music is a breath of fresh air (and letoya luckett) from the stale mess on the radio. Def gonna cop the album.

all her songs sound the same to me sorry

It’s a shame she’s flopping again, but her music just doesn’t have that spark. Couple that with Def ‘We only support Rihanna’ Jam and she was screwed the second she signed the contract. Maybe she should go the independent route like Solange is. She must have enough money from her One Thing hit.

Bought her album yesterday, and I love it. We have to return to the era of supporting real and true talent. Amerie is part of that field. I am really feeling this album, and highly recommend it. Love Pretty Brown, More than Love, Swag Back, Why R U, among others. Go get that album!!!

@ 115, I wouldn’t of had as much of a problem with the negative tone of his review if were more detailed. My biggest problem was that the review was so short. The album reviews are one of the things I love about CL and how they go into depth about who the artist worked with, the differnet tracks, I just expected more.

@116, your entitled to your opinion about her music. I may not agree with it, since I feel she keeps getting better with every album. I agree about Heard Em All, it’s pretty much in the same vein as “Touch”, it seems like it was just thrown on for commercial effect. I think their are songs on the album just as good if not better than “Why R U” though. And although I would love to see her get back with Rich, I can understand her wanting to venture out and work with other people instead of working with the same guy over and over again. Now when she goes back to Rich she will be able to bring something new to the table because of her experience with other producers. But your opinion is your opinion and I repsect that.

Putting on my Flip FLOPs.

She’s boring and her music sounds empty.

I think she’s trying to go the ‘unique’ with this album but it sounds like little effort was put into this project. Amerie seriously tries to hard to be ‘different’ and it doesn’t come of right, just awkward. Hell! Even Rihanna has more personality then this girl.

LMAO @ 122 FLOPALICIOUS!!!

I loooove Pretty Brown Eyes. Whooo With Trey on it too.

I loooove Pretty Brown Eyes. Whooo With Trey on it too.

Amerie is the truth! Concrete Loop is a breeding ground for idiots!

people dont know what there talking about on here, i agree with Tjack25, i really really really lve amerie but in the u.s she’s wack she is so beautiful but i heard the album and the only song i really liked was, red eye, and it’s NOT THE RECORD LABEL FAULT ITS HER FAULT SHE NEED TO PROMOTE HER OWN SHIT,,,,,,,,
ALONG TIME AGO THERE WAS A RAPPER CALLED MASTER P HE DID NOT WAIT ON HIS ANYBODY TO PROMOTE HIM THE MAJOR RECORD LABEL CAME LOOKIN 4 HIM SO WHAT IM SAYIN IS………U I MEAN U GOT 2 GET YOUR OWN SHIT OUT THERE IN THE STREETS ….. AS A ARTIST

Def Jam aint shit ! It went down hill when Jayz got there ! He care about himself only, trading in friendships for money will come back and bite u n the ass !!!!