Amerie - In Love & War

[Invité RiriFan]

Amerie donne des détails sur son album (désolé c'est in english ^^):

 

"Album concepts: “This album is very personal, whether I’m talking about my own past situations or situations the people close to me went through. I really wanted to make sure that everything I was writing wasn’t too far from myself”.

 

Creating beats: “Usually I’d get a raw instrumental, and from there I’d pick out parts and sounds, and then format them to create the arrangement of the song. Once I wrote and vocaled, I’d talk to the producer again about adding additional instrumentation I felt was necessary, like strings, additional keys, building the bridge, just basically formatting the record”.

 

Diversified sounds & direction: “For this album, I told people I needed music that was really heavy, something with knock. Nothing too pretty; I wanted something that sounded ‘70’s-ish, when rock had a lot of soul in it, and it was still so related to the blues. And of course it needed that hip-hop element”.

 

After the jump, you can also read about some of the album tracks and producers she worked with on ‘In Love & War’.

 

 

Tell Me U Love Me: “I didn’t really have to say much to Teddy. I told him I wanted something signature ‘me’. He knew exactly what to do. It was like magic. I wrote that record freestyling in the vocal booth after hearing it for the first time. Killer”.

 

Higher: “I told Warren [Campbell] I wanted a live, hard, rock sound, something mean, something with swagger. I wanted the intrumentation to have a strong personality before I even opened my mouth. He started playing the bass guitar, and I was sitting there creating the lyrics and melody and it all came together really organically. That’s what I mean when I say that this album, in addition to being an extension of my first, is also an extension of ‘1 Thing’ because ‘1 Thing’ has its go-go roots but it’s also very soulful, ‘70’s rock. I went from that and took it all the way live”.

 

Why R U: “[The song] is about being in a relationship and hating that you’re so attached to this person. A lot of the songs on this album deal with wanting to be done with a relationship but you’re just not really ready to leave, so you hang around and wait for a person to change. I really wanted the lyrical content to be real conversation. I didn’t want anything to be sugar-coated”.

 

Different People: Amerie enlisted the Australian producer M-Phazes who tracked a mid-tempo backdrop for the songstress to explain how important it is to accept your partner for who they are.

 

Pretty Brown: (also produced by M-Phazes) Amerie hooks up with Trey Songz to sing about a relationship that is quickly approaching the breaking point.

 

More Than Love: As well as In Love & War’s head-nodding first single ‘Why R U’, Amerie also linked up with the Buchanans for this riotous track.

 

Heard ‘Em All: On the sexy, catchy ladies anthem, Amerie let her long locks down over Sean Garrett and Eric Hudson’s up-tempo club track while challenging a prospective lover to bring something different to the table."

 

 

J AI HATE!!!! J AI HATE!!!!

[1-Up]

Malheur, elle semble s'être énormément investie dans sa production ! Ca fait plaisir à voir !

Higher et Heard 'Em All sont particulièrement alléchantes !

[Invité RiriFan]

Je me méfie beaucoup des artistes qui donnent des détails sur leurs albums, c'est alléchant au possible, et à la fin, grosse déception.

Je n'aime pas ce premier single en plus.

 

Pourtant "Why R U" est 1 bombe. Si t'aimes pas, c'est que t'aimes pas Amerie...

[The-BeeBoy-Fierce]

D'un côté je comprend ce qu'il a dit car cette chanson est l'une des représentation de l'univers de Amerie. Donc ce qui n'aime pas n'aime pas vraiment l'univers d'Amerie

[Invité RiriFan]

D'un côté je comprend ce qu'il a dit car cette chanson est l'une des représentation de l'univers de Amerie. Donc ce qui n'aime pas n'aime pas vraiment l'univers d'Amerie

 

[The Mad King]

la chanson est efficace, mais le clip non. j'espère quand même qu'elle aura du succès avec

[Invité mehdi59300]

j'ai hâte, si c'est dans la même veine que Tell Me You Love Me ... ! Je Kiffe

[Invité RiriFan]

Voici la cover officielle de Why R U:

 

 

Le single est désormais disponible sur iTunes.

 

Et voici une nouvelle interview d'Amerie qui parle de la soul music ici.

[Invité RiriFan]

Il y a une rumeur qui circule sur le net comme quoi L.A. Reid (le boss de Def Jam) songerait à se séparer d'Amerie..

J'ose pas y croire..

 

Edit: "Why R U" débarque sur iTunes le 30 juin.

[Flocon]

La pochette est d'une laideur

[cebri]

je necoute pas trop amerie mais j avais vraiment kiffer One Thing et Take Control

la j ai listen le single car j ai vu que les producteurs du son sont les mm que ceux qui ont fait une song de Jay Z que j adore.

Et Why R U est geniale,vraiment,j aime beaucoup son interpretation et j espere que les radio le soutiendront

Ici a New York,je l'ai entendu que 2,3 fois dans la semaine.

[Invité lau972]

le clip est une bombe aussi !

elle est habillé divinement bien

[Famous_girl]

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[Tchoutchou]

La pochette en plus grand:

 

 

On peut voter pour le clip sur BET.com, mais je vous conseille pas parce que ce clip c'est d'la merde.

 

2 petites nouvelles images.

 

 

La première devait être utilisée pour la pochette de That's What U R, qui devait être le 1er single Américain de Because I Love It.

[Love-Rnb]

De Take control ?? De Because I Love It