How Amerie’s career was hijacked by Beyonce and J-Lo

[#1 pick]

Ameriie had the crossover appeal and was headed in that direction with her 2nd album. But her in house producer/writer sold her entire sound out after “1 Thing” blew up.

Her and Rich didn’t talk for years. That’s why he didn’t do any work on her last two albums.

She could have blown up. She had the look.

Idk breh. It’s sad. She makes dope ass music.

Amarie had overseas appeal but she had no crossover appeal, she was barely liked by BW. Let's be real, she might be one of the only female artist with as big as a male base as a female base

 

[AAKing23]

Amerie is my dream woman

 

[Nemesis]

Rich Harrison style, not Amarie. That's like saying Keith Sweat style when it was Teddy Rileys style. Columbia make a decision. Beyonce and J Lo can sell 8-10 mil with the same beats or go Gold with Amarie. No brainer


Like Nike, LeBron or Durant can sell your shoe or get Dennis Schroeder to be the face. You take LeBron and Durant. If Amarie was that good, she would have sold like the others did.

sometimes it like these dudes dont have brain cells

did Teddy Riley only work with Bobby Brown?

did Quincy only work with Michael ?

did Jam and Lewis only work with Janet?


yet these stupid dudes seem to feel that a producer is only entitled to work with one artist ......

 

[Standing on business]

nikka, shut up. Nobody said she was a superstar. I said she could have been one because she had the formula down. Industry politics got in the way of her crossing over and it is what it is.

hoe ass, she was everything she was going to be, Nothing more.. it is what it is... now keep speculating on the should'ves

no it didnt .... chick didnt sell .... thats it

she came out in an era where if you didnt go platinum as an artist sooner or later you would get canned .....

anyone who thinks Amerie and Beyonce sound alike doesnt know shyt about music .... one makes RnB the other makes pop music .....

Exactly, her first two albums with huge budgets barely cracked gold, but somehow she had the formula to be a superstar

 

[#1 pick]

sometimes it like these dudes dont have brain cells

did Teddy Riley only work with Bobby Brown?

did Quincy only work with Michael ?

did Jam and Lewis only work with Janet?


yet these stupid dudes seem to feel that a producer is only entitled to work with one artist ......

Amerie was the first mainstream blasian, so she sits dear to these nikkas hearts

 

[TheDarkCloud]

sometimes it like these dudes dont have brain cells

did Teddy Riley only work with Bobby Brown?

did Quincy only work with Michael ?

did Jam and Lewis only work with Janet?


yet these stupid dudes seem to feel that a producer is only entitled to work with one artist ......

That went over your head all the way.

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

nikka, shut up. Nobody said she was a superstar. I said she could have been one because she had the formula down. Industry politics got in the way of her crossing over and it is what it is.

Ameriie & rich Harrison was no different than Aaliyah & timberland or kelis & the Neptunes.

The combo was a winner, but like you said politic start getting in the way & she disappeared.

 

[TheDarkCloud]

Ameriie & rich Harrison was no different than Aaliyah & timberland or kelis & the Neptunes.

The combo was a winner, but like you said politic start getting in the way & she disappeared.

Exactly.

But these nikkas know so much. I’m from the same area Ameriie and Rich hail from. These nikkas can’t say shyt to me about this chick.

 

[Standing on business]

Ameriie & rich Harrison was no different than Aaliyah & timberland or kelis & the Neptunes.

The combo was a winner, but like you said politic start getting in the way & she disappeared.

Two gold albums in this the early 2000's wasn't considered a winner in the music industry, that's a recipe for getting dropped. Aaliyah and timbo went multi platinum out the gate, bad comparison

People are having convenient amnesia up in here.

 

[TheDarkCloud]

Two gold albums in this he early 2000's wasn't considered a winner in the music industry, that's a recipe for getting dropped. Aaliyah and timbo went multi platinum out the gate, bad comparison

People are having convenient amnesia up in here.

Aaliyah already had star power prior to Tim because her debut was a success.

Ameriie was in a different boat because her and Rich were nobodies, on the come up together. Rich flourished after 1 Thing blew up and Ameriie went obsolete.

Why do you think that is?

 

[Nemesis]

That went over your head all the way.

no it didnt ..... dudes trying to shift the goalposts

original post was about Amerie not being a superstar because her steeze was hijacked by JLO and Beyonce ...

utter nonsense .....

anyone with half a brain can see that they sound nothing alike , and make different music


Its a stupid argument , it seems that any female artist that has fallen off or got dropped somehow behind it is the hand of Beyonce ......


The music business is exactly that.... a business . .... labels aint pumping millions into an artist just to see them fail .... and at the same time they aint going to continue pumping millions into an artist if they arent getting a return on their investment .... its that simple


Amerie made music for everyone

Beyonce makes music for chicks and gay dudes ........ and its chicks that buy records

 

[#1 pick]

Two gold albums in this the early 2000's wasn't considered a winner in the music industry, that's a recipe for getting dropped. Aaliyah and timbo went multi platinum out the gate, bad comparison

People are having convenient amnesia up in here.

Exactly, you gotta sell. Aaliyah is an once in a generation artist, Amarie wasn't. Columbia ain't dumb

 

[Standing on business]

Aaliyah already had star power prior to Tim because her debut was a success.

Ameriie was in a different boat because her and Rich were nobodies, on the come up together. Rich flourished after 1 Thing blew up and Ameriie went obsolete.

Why do you think that is?

Rich blew up to staredom after crazy in love, crazy in love released before 1 thing. and no he didn't flourish after 1 thing. He fell off the same time amerie did. He doesn't have any huge records after 06. The industry moved on.

 

[TheDarkCloud]

no it didnt ..... dudes trying to shift the goalposts

original post was about Amerie not being a superstar because her steeze was hijacked by JLO and Beyonce ...

utter nonsense .....

anyone with half a brain can see that they sound nothing alike , and make different music


Its a stupid argument , it seems that any female artist that has fallen off or got dropped somehow behind it is the hand of Beyonce ......


The music business is exactly that.... a business . .... labels aint pumping millions into an artist just to see them fail .... and at the same time they aint going to continue pumping millions into an artist if they arent getting a return on their investment .... its that simple


Amerie made music for everyone

Beyonce makes music for chicks and gay dudes ........ and its chicks that buy records

They make different music now because Beyoncé isn’t the same artist she was in 2005. But you’re out of your fukkin mind if you say B’Day doesn’t sound like some Ameriie leftovers.

 

[Karb]

All these Blasians look alike to me