"1 Thing" In Review

Every other place has been talking about it so why can't I?

That is the correct title up there. "1 Thing." Not "One Thing." Regardless of how the title is put this track is so sick. If ye do not thinketh the same, I knight ye stupid. Everyone agrees this is the hottest track around and all you stupid peopel I just knighted will join the bandwagon saying "It just needed to grow one me." Everyone also seems to agree that it is a rehash of Beyoncé's "Crazy In Love." Wrong. No rehashing. And had this song come first, "Crazy In Love" wouldn't be a rehashing of this. These are two very different tracks. Both good. Both different. You people need to stop being so ridiculous and tune your ears. Give the girl her credit damn it. Although, most of the credit has to be given to Rich Harrison for this. Don't know why he didn't get all the credit for "Crazy In Love" when he basically wrote the whole thing on top of producing it. All Beyoncé wrote was the bridge if I remember correctly. You can even tell the difference by comparing the lyrics to anything she has written.

Back to the track. This is a stright Go-Go track, so I know DC is loving it. This beats just gets you every time. (It's on repeat as I am writing this.) Rich Harrison is amazing, both in writing and producing, and I was one of those people saying this before "Crazy In Love." The man produced Amerie's whole debut album All I Have and that album was straight classic. Slept on, but classic.

This track actually appears on the soundtrack for Hitch starring Will Smith and Eva Mendes. I don't know about the movie, but the song is smartly produced and the vocals are great. Amerie can sing. I don't see where the Mary J. Blige comparison's came in, but the girl can blow. This is one of those track that has "hit" written all over it that should've been a single for her album and not the soundtrack. Another example would be Aaliyah's "Try Again." (::sigh:: R.I.P.)

Urban radio is eating the track up quickly and Rhythm is catching on it too. It's just the beginning of 2005 and it looks to be a good year in music. Listen to the track here. It's the version on the radio with extra ad-libs on the bridge. 5/5