The Point Of It All

Anthony Hamilton - The Point Of It All

The Point Of It All
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Artist: Anthony Hamilton
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-12-16
Music Label: La Face
Soundtracks:
  1. News
  2. Cool
  3. The Day We Met
  4. Diamond in the Rough
  5. I Did It for Sho
  6. Hard to Breathe
  7. Soul's on Fire
  8. Please Stay
  9. The Point of It All
  10. Fallin' in Love
  11. Prayin' for You/Superman
  12. Her Heart
  13. Fine Again
  14. She's Gone [*]

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Music Review: "The Point Of It All" is that Anthony Hamilton is a bad man.
Rating: 4 Stars

I have been a fan of Anthony Hamilton since I heard the title track to the first album that I was familiar of from him entitled Comin' from Where I'm From. Once the acual album was released, this CD was in heavy rotation for a long time. My favorite tracks included "Mama Knew Love", "My First Love" w/Latoiya Williams, "Charlene", and "Since I Seen't You". 2 years later in 2005, Anthony released Ain't Nobody Worryin'. The first single was entitled "Can't Let Go", which was a song about staying in love regardless of what other people may think about the relationship. My other favorites included "Change Your World", "Never Love Again", "Southern Stuff", "Where Did It Go Wrong?" and the title track which was produced by Raphael Saadiq.

This time around, Anthony has returned once again with "The Point Of It All". The first single, "Cool", at first sight, would seem like a mismatch made in heaven with Anthony Hamilton featuring David Banner on the track. However, this midtempo track about being in love, works just fine and the two artists are able to make things work. The album's opening track "The News" reminds me of the track that Anthony Hamilton had on the "American Gangster" soundtrack entitled "Do You Feel Me". The track definitely has a 70s soul sound to it and Anthony is able to tell us what has been happening in the streets instead of letting us know what the current weather report is. "The Day We Met" has Anthony talking about meeting a woman who showed him what real love is like. He was able to appreciate that because of the past realtionships that he was in that didn't work. "Diamond In The Rough" is a nice slow jam that has Anthony talking about meeting a woman who had been through hard times with men and Anthony is willing to show her what a real man should treat a woman like. My personal favorite track on this CD is clearly "Hard To Breathe". Anthony describes a situation where he gets caught up with a particular woman and things didn't work out. However, he was caught so deep into the relationship, he isn't able to comprehend trying to move on with a new love, because his feelings and emotions are still caught up in the woman that he just left. It almost seems as if she put Anthony in that position on purpose, so he would feel that way if the relationship didn't work out in the end. Most men, including myself, can atleast relate to this song once in their lifetime. "Please Stay" has Anthony trying to convince his woman to give him another chance and not to leave him for good. This will be another stellar slow jam in the Anthony Hamilton collection. The title track has Anthony talking about how being with his woman makes him feel and he wants her to realize how much she means to him by saying that he loves her. "Prayin' For You/Superman" starts off as an uplifting uptempo track that is pretty good but ends up into being a stellar track that you would hear in one of the blues clubs from back in the day. "Superman" is definitely the better track but you'll have no choice but to listen to both tracks since they are put together into one track. "Her Heart" is a song about Anthony realizing that he had let his woman down for too long and also recognizing the fact that his behavior is taking a toll on her. However, through it all she still finds a way to stay with him. "Fine Again" is a feel good track that has Anthony dealing with the hard times and recognizing that there can only be better days ahead for him.

Overall, this is another nice effort from Anthony Hamilton. However, since we were spoiled by "Comin' From Where I'm From" and "Ain't Nobody Worryin'", it will be obvious once you listen to this CD in its entirety that "The Point Of It All" isn't as good as those 2 efforts, in my opinion. However, if you enjoyed those 2 efforts, this CD isn't too far behind them. If you are a fan of Anthony's previous work, then I would definitely recommend that you pick this up. "The Point Of It All" is you just might enjoy this CD even more than I do.

James' Top 5


1) Hard To Breathe
2) The News
3) Cool w/David Banner
4) Please Stay
5) Diamond In The Rough

Honorable Mention:

The Point Of It All
The Day We Met
She's Gone
Prayin' For You/Superman
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Description of The Point Of It All

2008 release. There is a tradition in classic Black music that goes back to the smooth crooning of Sam Cooke, the earthy gritty sound of Otis Redding, the lyrical beauty of Curtis Mayfield and the unfiltered intensity of Donny Hathaway. It's a combination of church-rooted hallelujah praisin' and tell-it-like-it-is storytellin'. Few contemporary artists are equipped to carry the torch with any sense of authenticity. Anthony Hamilton may be the sole-indeed, soulful-exception. Simply put, Anthony has proved to be the real deal, as audiences discovered during his countless road treks performing night-after-night before packed crowds of -as he puts it-'young thugs, white and black, mothers with babies on their knees, old school G's and kids looking for something they could feel and relate to.'

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