Amerie “Why R U”
Leggy R&B beauty Amerie achieves a nice, What’s The 411 throwback feel on new single “Why R U”, an early 90′s hip hop-soul-baked number that casts her as a woman edging on sanity’s end in her inability to shake some no-good fellow out of her system.
“What’s the reason, that I’m here again this crazy?/ I keep waiting, but I’m foolish cause you’ll never change,” she opens, her coo pleasantly bridging the track’s intriguing dichotomy of old-school rap edge and sultry R&B midtempo. On the hook, her continuous self-analyzing boils to a frustrated peak as she gets all hoarse trying to figure out “Why r u the only thing that I care/ think about”, sounding like she’s lambasting the heavens above for leaving her in such a pitiful predicament.
After losing so much commercial ground trying to replicate the manic thrills of ’00′s highlight “1 Thing” through several fine, but ultimately forgettable, follow-up records (and the fact that Beyonce kinda-sorta stole homegirl’s thunder when she basically started making Amerie-like cuts of her own probably didn’t help much), Amerie feels like she’s going back to square-one here, but that is in no way a bad thing. Basking in a similar R&B warmth of pre-”1 Thing” breakout “Why Don’t We Fall In Love”, “Why R U” has all the makings to potentially set the singer’s stalled career on strong footing again.
i love this DAM N SONGG OMGG
This song is dope. And Amerie’s debut single still jams today. Bey is the queen of swagger jackin’ its ridiculous.
This song is seriously hot. Love the emotion her emotion on that hook. Wish it didn’t hit so close to home though in my case. Non the less big fan of your site and look forward to hearing more dope tracks.