Amerie - Take Control Video

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"Take Control" Video Review

The line on Amerie is she's a second-tier R&B diva, yet somehow she always manages to put out singles that Beyoncé would, and probably has, killed for. "Take Control" is another one. While B was busy sobbing in videos and making the campiest record since the Hedwig soundtrack, Amerie went subtle. Co-produced with Cee-Lo, the guitar riff admittedly bites Cake, but by the time Amerie's tied-up-in-silk singing darts around those licks, you hopefully won't be thinking about bald white dudes, unless that's your jam. Amerie isn't treading new ground lyrically, but I don't think anyone expects that from her. She's making a hot little 80s funk throwback concept record, her voice and the production both feigning the strain of submission for fun instead of channeling neuroses through melisma.

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