I got to review this soul-fuelled album during my time working as a music journalist in Vancouver for the website www.mvremix.com. I'm still a massive fan of Hamilton, and an even bigger fan of the Canadian city - GO CANUCKS! (hockey, it's not football, but it's f**kin well entertaining):
Anthony Hamilton – Southern Comfort
This is as fresh as soul music can get, delivered by a 36-year-old who has said goodbye to the days of being a minor back-up singer for the likes of 2Pac and D'Angelo. Step up, Anthony Hamilton — today's answer to the much-missed grooves of Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding and Co.
The platinum artist's third album, Southern Comfort (released on April 3) consists of previously unreleased material written by Hamilton somewhere between 2000 and 2002, when the Charlotte, N.C. born star was still struggling to find his place in the music industry. The result: a stunning culmination of funky beats, soulful love songs, painful honesty and old-school storytelling.
From the first song on the album, "They Don't Know," Hamilton takes a stand against the prejudices that still face today's men, as he sings straight from his Gospel roots: "They don't know about the things I've been going through/And I won't let them get the best of me and my soul." Religious or not, one is compelled to clap their hands to the hallelujah-praise-the-Lord vibe as Hamilton preaches his words supported by catchy trumpets, a bouncy bass line and back-up singers repeating: "Good God almighty!"
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