“1 Thing” is a dope Break from the very lovely Amerie:
Amerie’s (@itsameriie) “1 Thing” is a rare gem in the realm of contemporary breakable R&B, and the 2005 album Touch was full of Funky breaks and the double vinyl spent a lot of time in my crate at AKA Lounge’s Monday nights.
From a Pitchfork review of the track:
When Amerie’s “1 Thing” finally hit radio this March, it sounded like the arrival of spring. The song jumped and wriggled and moved like nothing else on the radio: a huge, loose-limbed, roiling, sweaty, berserk drum break, greasy guitars stabs exploding like fireworks. Rich Harrison, who produced Beyonce’s “Crazy in Love”, made the track, and it has the same sense of dizzy sunkissed freedom. But its greatest asset is the voice that cut through the drums like a sword, yelping and gasping and screaming for joy.
Can you spot the sample source in “Oh, Calcutta” by The Meters?
Dig this dope and jazzy remix by Kid Atlaas:
And last but not least, Househeads will be pleased with the work of San Francisco’s Chris Barbour:
