Its funny how this stuff gets lost to history.
Beyonce had no real identity at that time. She was making jumpoff/hood-rat songs at the time with destiny's child and Ameriie was making songs that Beyonce would come to be known for. Beyonce just had the stronger team, but Ameriie was definitely the "IT"
Hood rat songs aint an identity now

Those songs are the reason she could transistion into doing records with that Amerie sound....Amerie wouldnt have blown up because she tried to bypass the "hoodrats",and that just dont work in female rnb






