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| Anthony Hamilton |
Both of these excellent pieces are taken from Anthony Hamilton's latest release, Back To Love, which is quite a soulful, well-crafted product. Of all the cuts on this superb CD, "Pray For Me" & "Best of Me" stand out. The former (co-produced by Babyface), exposes a man's vulnerability to temptation & his deep, post-booty call remorse which prompts him to ask God to set things right again: “Thought I was something, really something/in the end who knew I’d end up with nothing? I was frontin’, truly, frontin’/Girl I really can’t be mad I had it coming.” This is grown folk music at its best! In my view, Anthony Hamilton is a cut above most R&B crooners in that instead of boasting about what he can do to the ladies after wining & dining them at the most expensive spots then taking them back to his yacht or suite (& possibly having them leave before the sun comes up), he sings of pain, disappointments, doubts & honest efforts to make a relationship work, and if the effort fails, absorbing the loss & moving on - that's real. He has that old soul vibe a la Major Harris or Bobby Womack which makes him stand out in a field of crowing balladeers who like to think of themselves as God's Gift to Women (they need to just quit). This brother keeps things sensible/believable & brutally sincere. Get the CD--Its' well worth it!
OneLove
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