has the new Amerie track, “Take Control,” produced by Cee-Lo. Since Amerie’s “1 Thing” will go down as one of the greatest singles of the ’00s–if not of all time–we were a little disappointed that “Control” finds her veering into Beyonce territory. It’s not a bad track, mind you (the looping guitar squiggle is fantastic), but after listening to “1 Thing” over and over again for the past year and a half, we were expecting something revelatory. Judge for yourself:
Amerie – Take Control [MP3, link expired]
Amerie taking control [Discobelle.net]
I dig it. Especially the bassline.
excellent. she does beyonce better than beyonce does at this point. one thing was a big ole stupid exuberant bunch of awesome… as was the energetic dj payroll mashup of one thing and modest mouse’s float on:
http://www.ezarchive.com/afreelander/AlbumSpace/8EV9M8WCCQ…
(originally seen here: http://thelawshavechanged.blogspot.com/2006/04/five-more-m…
(the a-ha/jay-z mashup from the above link is pretty funny too)
sorry, were we talking about amerie??
it’s great. that bass line is just about identical to Tom Ze’s “Jimmy, Renda-se,” off the fantastic recent Tropicalia compilation. Random, I know… I wonder if it was intentional…?
It’s pretty neat.
Damn! B better watch her back, that shite is The Heat!