Review
Comin’ From Where I’m From
Release Date: 09/23/2003 12:00
Reviewed by Dorian Lynskey
Anthony Hamilton is the kind of person who finds a dime and loses a dollar. In the decade since he traded North Carolina for New York, he has suffered two record-label collapses and has released just one album, 1996’s XTC. Following collaborations with D’Angelo, Xzibit and Eve, and a deal with Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def, his luck has finally changed — even if his quality control still needs work. Half of this album plods like it’s wearing concrete boots, hobbled by torpid beats and gooey backing vocals. Hamilton’s voice has the grit and yearning of early Bill Withers, though, and such rich vintage soul numbers as “Lucille” and the title song suggest that this time, he might find his audience.
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