Amerie: the Story of a Stolen Sound

With her debut single, Why Don't We Fall In Love, Amerie seemed destined to be another fresh face on the female R&B scene. But, less than a decade later, it seemed like Amerie disappeared form music altogether. In her prime, Amerie and her producer Rich Harrison helped bring the gogo sound to the mainstream. Soon, the sound was desired by other female R&B stars at the time, the biggest being J Lo and Beyonce. Harrison used the same sound on Beyonce's Crazy In Love, as well as J Lo's Get Right. Amerie reclaimed the gogo sound with her smash 1 Thing, but after that, she seemed to fizzle out. So, what happened? Between issues at Columbia, Beyonce releasing BDay, a series of commercially unsuccessful releases, and an alleged Bey diss track, it seemed that Amerie wouldn't be able to recapture the success of one thing. Sadly, it seemed that success would go to her peers, as BDay went on to win a Grammy for the very gogo sound Amerie had helped pioneer, but hadn't been able to capitalize off of in the same way. Still, Amerie continues to work on music and write, so it seems she's made peace with her career and is comfortable with keeping a lower profile.

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SOURCES:
Amerie YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/AmerieOnYoutube/videos
Because I love it (Amerie): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfscYdfm1v4

Amerie Thread (PopHeads):
https://www.reddit.com/r/pophe....ads/comments/4msie2/

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