All I Have by Amerie (CD, Jul-2002, Columbia (USA))

Album Features
UPC:	696998595927
Artist:	Amerie
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2002
Record Label:	Columbia (USA)
Genre:	Contemporary R&B, R&B

Track Listing
1. Why Don't We Fall in Love
2. Talkin' to Me
3. Nothing Like Loving You
4. Can't Let Go
5. Need You Tonight
6. Got to Be There
7. I Just Died
8. Hatin' on You
9. Float
10. Show Me
11. All I Have
12. Outro

Details
Producer:	Rich Harrison
Distributor:	Sony Music Distribution (
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Personnel includes: Amerie (vocals); Rich Harrison (various instruments).Principally recorded at Cue Recording Studios, Falls Church, Virginia and The Hit Factory, New York, New York.Audio Mixers: Angela Piva; Axel Niehaus; Tony Maserati.Editor: Angela Piva.Blessed with a sweet vocal style and a sophisticated stylistic presence, Amerie stakes her claim as a contender for her generation's go at the hip-hop soul crown. Teaming with Mary J. Blige producer/songwriter Rich Harrison, the 22-year-old D.C. native serves up ALL I HAVE, a dozen cuts whose subject matter is steeped in the vagaries of life and love. Prior to this impressive debut, Amerie took a path akin to fellow divette Ashanti and collaborated with a number of hip-hop brethren including Nas and Royce da 5' 9". This apprenticeship served the former military brat well as her silky delivery fuses well with Harrison's harder-edged beats on the percolating "Got To Be There," off-kilter "Hatin' On You" and jittery ambiance of "I Just Died" (which Amerie describes as being about "a passion that is like no other").Slow jams are equally impressive as Amerie sensually unwinds throughout "Nothing Like Loving You," the airy "Float" (and its abundance of vocal melisma), and the acoustic guitar-dappled title cut. In a field crowded with the likes of the aforementioned Ashanti, Monica, and Brandy, Amerie makes her mark with a debut that makes her stand out amongst a field vying for Mary J. Blige's hip-hop soul throne.

Editorial Reviews
3 stars out of 5 - ...A smooth R&B album...Her skills lie in the delivery...
Q (20021001)