Soulife (CD)

One of the most promising talents of the neo-soul movement, Anthony Hamilton was by no means an overnight success. After releasing 1996's excellent XTC to almost zero commercial response, Hamilton chose to work behind the scenes as a songwriter for various high-profile R&B and hip-hop artists. He reemerged in 2003 on Jermaine Dupree's So So Def label, and released a pair of excellent albums marked by an intelligent blend of his gritty vocals and thoughtful lyrics with classic Southern soul and contemporary hip-hop production.

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• Release Date: June 28, 2005
• Label: Atlantic (USA)
• UPC: 081227469528
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106393518
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Personnel include: Anthony Hamilton (vocals); Dolo Pichino, Macy Gray, Sunshine Anderson (vocals); Kelvin Wooten (guitar, organ, keyboards, vibraphone, bass instrument, drums); Eric Krasno, Shawn Cruise, Erick Walls (guitar); Ron Feenster (piano); Erick Coomes (bass instrument); Adam Deitch (drums); Mark Sparks, Swiff (programming).

Recording information: 1999 - 2001.

Despite a remarkably soulful voice somewhere between Teddy Pendergrass and Bill Withers, and a knack for penning breathtakingly original songs about love and life's misdirections, North Carolinian Anthony Hamilton spent almost a decade toiling in music's backlots. His critically hailed MCA debut, XTC, foretold the neo-soul movement, but came years before the genre's explosion in 1996. Seven years later, Hamilton finished his dues-paying and sold millions of records for Arista with the excellent COMIN' FROM WHERE I'M FROM.

In between, Hamilton landed at the independent Soulife Records. As evidenced by the recordings collected and remixed in 2005 on SOULIFE, the relationship agreed with the young singer-songwriter as he honed his singular style. Tortured love odes "Ol' Keeper" and "Love is So Complicated" show off Hamilton's malleable, soul-drenched voice, which has become famous for playing off others as he does here with Macy Gray on the sultry "Love and War" and with then-labelmate Sunshine Anderson on the old-school "Last Night." His storytelling skills are on full display on "Georgie Parker," which glides right into the exquisite island ballad "Day Dreamin'." SOULIFE captures an artist on the precipice of long-awaited success, bringing to deserved light some beautiful compositions.

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