Anthony Hamilton - Comin' Where I'm From

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I heard this record over the weekend, really nice. Some of it's nice smoooove r&b, a lot of it sounds both classic and way more hip-hop than most of the neo-soul shit I've heard. The first track samples Jay-Z & Al Green. Apparently he was a backup singer for D'Angelo and some other cats...is this just something else that I missed out on that everyone else knows about?

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 16 February 2004 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

I've been saying FOR MONTHS that this was the best country album of the year! It's also the best R&B too.

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Monday, 16 February 2004 15:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I love the single - great piano lick - but I've only heard bits of the rest of the album. As good?

― LondonLee (LondonLee), Monday, 16 February 2004 15:51 (twenty-one years ago)

BETTER! "Lucille" kills so hard it's still bringing tears to my eyes. "I never woulda hit you baby..." and it just trails off

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Monday, 16 February 2004 15:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I like it a lot, his voice is silky and smooth and wonderful. Possibly too many contrived signifiers of authenticity though, he doesn't need to keep convincing us how REAL he is, but yeah... very impressive. The duet is particularly great.

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 16 February 2004 15:56 (twenty-one years ago)

The live rhythm section is killin too, like on a D'Angelo live...it fits in the production style and doesn't sound 'live', but they're hitting it hard.

Matt - country?!?

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 16 February 2004 15:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Hey, The Lex, what authenticity signifiers are you talking about? I'm curious.

Funny, Jord@n, I just mentioned AH on the best lyricists thread! Oh, yeah, country. The chorus jack of "You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille"; the pimpin' song called "Cornbread, Fish, and Collard Greens"; the Al Green/Jay-Z song being actually about his mama! I think his musical tastes are just as much 1970s/80s/90s country as they are R&B--can't disguise that with all the melisma in the world...

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, stuff like the constant talk about his 'roots', the fact that there's a song called "Cornbread, Fish & Collard Greens" which makes me cringe slghtly... it all reminds me of exactly the same things which Norah Jones, Jamie Cullum et al do to convince their audience that they're not manufactured, not mass-produced like all those pop stars are (albeit in a soul/R&B context rather than jazz). That said the stuff I like far outweighs the stuff I don't like on the album, and he's much more interesting than Jones or Cullum.

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:12 (twenty-one years ago)

it would be better if it were titled 'comin from where im comin from' in the grand old pop music tradition of grammatical redundancy

― amateur!st (amateurist), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)

The Lex: take another listen: it's a pimpin' song! That's what he's gonna fix for his woman so she'll do anything for him!

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll do that tonight... I can't remember who the duet is with either, and that's bugging me, but neither do I know offhand which pile of CDs it's in.

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I like the rmx w/ Scarface.

― Al (sitcom), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Ha, I actually thought it was called "Comin' from where I'm comin' from", I had to look it up (oh, I did get it wrong in the thread title anyway, damnit).

I see what you're saying about the country sensibility. I agree, not in a C&W sense, but that it's some DOWN SOUTH SHIT.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 16 February 2004 17:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Jordan: I actually DO mean C&W, in terms of song construction and singer's attitude towards his own position vis a vis the listener. But I'm not at leisure to explain why right now, other than to say that Otis Redding was country music, Al Green was country music, Ann Peebles was country music, and this is country music.

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Monday, 16 February 2004 17:14 (twenty-one years ago)

A bit of it reminds me of the Malaco-records style bluesy soul one can hear from DC down throughout the South and elsewhere. Anthony manages to combines the types of stuff age 30 and up African-American listeners like with that neo-soul and hiphop that appeals to younger listeners.

― Steve Kiviat (Steve K), Monday, 16 February 2004 17:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Anthony's gonna be in Alexandria, Virginia just outside DC Friday night although it may already be sold out.

― Steve Kiviat (Steve K), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 14:42 (twenty-one years ago)

two months pass...

ah, finally heard this cat on Chapelle's Show - what a great song! Downloading "Lucille" now...psyched to have a new r&b type dude to check out - haven't dug anything since Jaheim's "Fabulous"

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Sunday, 9 May 2004 00:33 (twenty-one years ago)

four years pass...

still a great amazing album esp 'lucille'

― deej, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 20:48 (sixteen years ago)

"i'm a mess"

― The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 21:04 (sixteen years ago)

10/10 classic album

― The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 21:04 (sixteen years ago)

man i gotta listen to this again.

― M@tt He1ges0n, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 21:05 (sixteen years ago)

Charlene still kills. Someday I will get drunk enough to try it at karaoke.

― milo z, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 21:58 (sixteen years ago)

This album is still a classic, listening to it right now. I love "Lucille", those lyrics.... I also love "Can't Let Go" on one of his other albums, that is one of my all-time favorite songs.

― youcangoyourownway, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 22:31 (sixteen years ago)

Charlene still kills. Someday I will get drunk enough to try it at karaoke.

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^^ good post

― and what, Thursday, 10 July 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago)

Yes, "Can't Let Go" is super underrated

― Tape Store, Thursday, 10 July 2008 00:22 (sixteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

This guy is drastically underrated in just about every way.

― forksclovetofu, Friday, 25 July 2008 17:09 (sixteen years ago)

new album in the fall ^_^

― bnw, Friday, 25 July 2008 17:43 (sixteen years ago)

He seems to be only thing holding together the new Al Green album.

― viborg, Friday, 25 July 2008 17:56 (sixteen years ago)

I always thought he was saying "Shorty" not "Charlene". Go figure.
'Magnolia's Room' kills me.

― forksclovetofu, Friday, 25 July 2008 17:59 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

god this guy is good

― y tu mama ambien (Tape Store), Sunday, 10 January 2010 00:59 (fifteen years ago)

one year passes...

Feel so stupid for not listening to this album when it was first released. I think he was marketed as a "neo-soul" artists and at that time I was fatigued with listening to too much "neo-soul" and "backpacker" rap at the time. This music is not "neo" at all to me. It has that southern open and honest approach lyrically with the scenarios of various lower class men struggling. This seems more appropriate now as I hear of the decline of my hometown.

Also Anthony does not under sing (which is a problem with most modern r&b male singers of today). He gives the songs enough where I found myself relating to the words he was singing rather than judging how good he was singing. This is a good thing obviously as it shows he is singing effectively.

― “Complete masculinity and stupidity are often indistinguishable (lilsoulbrother), Sunday, 27 March 2011 16:47 (fourteen years ago)

Anthony Hamilton Talks New Album‎
RTT News - Mar 6, 2011

(RTTNews) - "Can't Let Go" crooner Anthony Hamilton is currently at work on his forthcoming seventh studio release and says he's making great progress

― curmudgeon, Monday, 28 March 2011 14:37 (fourteen years ago)

one hell of a record

― Bleeqwot the Chef (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 28 March 2011 15:37 (fourteen years ago)

Currently listening to Anthony's unreleased album XTC from 1996. It has some productions from Teddy Riley and Rich Nice. This album is more of a "lover's man" persona going on rather than the "every man" persona of Coming From Where I'm From. I'm kinda glad this didn't get released then people would call him out for jumping on the neo-soul bandwagon because this album is more polished.

However his voice works fine on this album. Once again, he gives a good amount even though it can be a little out of place at times.

― “Complete masculinity and stupidity are often indistinguishable (lilsoulbrother), Monday, 28 March 2011 19:12 (fourteen years ago)

one hell of a record

― Bleeqwot the Chef (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, March 28, 2011 3:37 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― lex pretend, Monday, 28 March 2011 19:47 (fourteen years ago)

'coming from where im from' is one of my fav R&B records ever but man heard one lp youve heard em all

― they reminisce over dayo (D-40), Monday, 28 March 2011 21:41 (fourteen years ago)

I disagree but I'm a r&b fanatic so whatever.

― “Complete masculinity and stupidity are often indistinguishable (lilsoulbrother), Monday, 28 March 2011 21:46 (fourteen years ago)

i think the point of it all is at least as good an album

― lex pretend, Monday, 28 March 2011 21:48 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah I get tired of r&b being seen as only a singles-based genre rather than album oriented. I guess that's harder to see as we are moving to a more singles oriented musical market but I feel like the mindset has been going on for a long time.

I'd rather not go all sociological on it but I feel like people miss out on other artists' works after the "OMG this is great or sold 10 billion copies" album.

― “Complete masculinity and stupidity are often indistinguishable (lilsoulbrother), Monday, 28 March 2011 21:57 (fourteen years ago)

i liked the one after too, but whenever i think about pulling it out i just pull out the debut instead

― they reminisce over dayo (D-40), Monday, 28 March 2011 21:58 (fourteen years ago)

lol im a total R&B fanatic!

― they reminisce over dayo (D-40), Monday, 28 March 2011 21:58 (fourteen years ago)

Aah ok then. Didn't mean to sound nasty if I did. I don't remember people's usernames and what genres they post about in correlation. My viewpoint still stands as I see it a lot about r&b as a whole.

― “Complete masculinity and stupidity are often indistinguishable (lilsoulbrother), Monday, 28 March 2011 22:02 (fourteen years ago)

yah i think u are right overall no butthurt

― they reminisce over dayo (D-40), Monday, 28 March 2011 23:36 (fourteen years ago)

must also put my hand up and admit my a-ham knowledge is not up to snuff

think i probably like 'everybody' above all else, total jam

― r|t|c, Monday, 28 March 2011 23:54 (fourteen years ago)

have at this tho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9hILnbv2cg

― r|t|c, Monday, 28 March 2011 23:56 (fourteen years ago)

remix...still belongs to Anthony

― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 12:05 (fourteen years ago)

nine months pass...

New album is pretty good, at least a step in the right direction from the last one. But again, another example of deluxe version bonus tracks that are better than half of the album proper.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 21:56 (thirteen years ago)

The Jill Scott duet on her album was one of my favorite singles of the year.

― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 22:02 (thirteen years ago)

Apart from its late seventies Bill Withers vibe, it creates the illusion that these two singers are in the same room; it's got an erotic frisson.

― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 22:03 (thirteen years ago)

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