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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"I do it cause I love it" She sure does!, 25 Jan 2008
I have been a big fan of Amerie ever since her debut album "All I Have" hit stores (yes Amerie has had 2 studio albums), almost everyone thinks "Touch" was her debut, when infact it was her sophomore. Now 2007, Amerie is back with her third album "Because I Love It".
Amerie gets a lot of flack for her albums, (mostly complaints about lack of originality, or her 'so called' trying to be Beyonce' mission), that most people sleep on her records, when infact all of Amerie's albums are far better than anything Beyonce has came up with so far. Beyonce's albums consist of songs with non stop repetitive choruses, now I admit Amerie did this on her 2003 hit "1 Thing" but that's just one side of her - on the albums, there is so much more.
This truly is Amerie's best work to date. She delivered a beautful, fun R&B album that all her fans will be proud of. The albums leading single "Take Control" is just a glimpse of how amazing the album gets. Her unique style and vocals make Amerie stand out from the crowd (finally). The great thing with Amerie is, even when it comes to ballads, she still manages to draw you in and keep you interested. I mean, we all know that on most R&B starletts LP's when it comes to the slow jams, they pretty much suck - but not Amerie's. Infact the slows are just as as good as the up-tempos!
Standout tracks include "Some Like It", "Make Me Believe", "Take Control", "Gotta Work", "Crush", "Crazy Wonderful", "Losing U", "All Roads". As you can see, there are your more than usual standout tracks on here. If you're a fan of Brandy, Christina Milian, Ciara, you will adore this album.
It's truly great to find an album with no dud tracks. Amerie deserves a lot for this great, rare gem.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
GREAT ALBUM FROM AMERIE, MUCH BETTER THAN TOUCH, 14 Jun 2008
I love this album, i have not listened to in this album in so long. when i first got this album, . i listened to it all the time.I was a bit appreisnve at first, because her second album in my opionion failed 2 deliver. There are no bad tracks on this album my personal favoutrites are:
The intro is great-great beats
hate2love u
some like it- This song starts off slow then them heavy beats come, one of my favourite songs on the album.
I ALSO FORGOT LOSING YOU GREAT SONG, A BIT LIKE 1 THING BEATS WISE, BUT ITS NOT A BAD THING.
make me believe is also a brillant track.
Her ballads are also great, my favourite ballads are
when loving was easy
paint me over- i love this ballad shows off her amazing voive.
All roads,another great ballad.
OH i almost forgot crush and crazy wonderful and thats what you are absolutley love this three songs.
crazy wonderful is about her lipstick range, i love this idea of her plugging her lipstick range in a song(GENUIS)
YOU NEED THIS ALBUM IN YOUR COLLECTION NOW
A GREAT RNB ALBUM, FORGET ABOUT TOUCH THIS IS THE ONLY AMERIE ALBUM YOU NEED.
GET IT NOW!
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
...close but no cigar..., 17 Jul 2007
Amerie has it all - looks, voice, musical chops and has now made two bona fide classic singles in 'Take Control' and 'Gotta Work', with the latter, definitely, the single of the summer. But can Amerie overcome the usual failings of albums in the r'n'b genre? Which is the inability to maintain the quality of its offcuts. Too many r'n'b acts fall into the trap of two good singles, 1 half decent ballad and some interminable guff padding it out to too many tracks.
And Amerie, despite a better than usual crack at it, doesn't quite manage to avoid the trap. However, there is half a great album to be found here, mostly in the first half of the album, which is full of cracking hooks and rhythms. And that is the biggest disappointment because it looks for a long time, like she's going to make it. But once you hit twee track number 7, 'Crush', then it's a rapid plummet downhill into the world of guff mentioned above.
From ' Hate2LoveU' through to 'Gotta Work', it's an absolute peach of a record, which anyone who likes modern r'n'b has to own. But the latter half of the album becomes so much r'n'b by numbers, that it's virtually impossible to determine which r'n'b clone is wittering on. Amerie has the talent and potential to produce a classic album, but quality control doesn't seem to be her strong suit. She has no-one to point the finger at either, as she co-writes and produces the whole album.
A classic case of so close and yet so far, this should have been better, but the first half of the album is worth the price of admission by itself. But I want more next time out.
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