Track Listing

1. Where Did It Go Wrong?
2. Southern Stuff
3. Can't Let Go
4. Ain't Nobody Worryin'
5. The Truth
6. Preacher's Daughter featuring Tarsha McMillian
7. Pass Me Over
8. Everybody
9. Sista Big Bones
10. Change Your World
11. Never Love Again
12. I Know What Love's All About

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5522 in Music
• Released on: 2005-12-13
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
The voice is mellifluous, thick and soulful as hell; it seems to have time-traveled straight from a hot summer night in 1971. The songs are a funky retro soul with modern touches; the obvious nods to jazz, reggae and gospel never sound forced or cheesy. The sound is uncluttered, propelled by crisp beats that are the most modern thing here; damn, the whole thing just makes you want to dance in the street! The press release implores us not to call thirty-four year old Anthony Hamilton "neo-soul," but the dude has made a superb album that's part Bobby Womack, part Marvin Gaye. Hamilton's voice is sexier than a warm bathtub surrounded with candles, while his message is socially relevant in the best way. The title track is the sort of state of the union song that once filled albums such as What's Going On. The only thing the record could use is more hooks; this is pop music after all. In the end, though, Ain't Nobody Worryin' reminds us what an album can be–not two great songs with a lot of filler or some sorry excuse for twenty different guest spots from celebs–but an inter-related suite of songs that moves the listener deeply.–Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews

A real soul singer
'Ain't nobody Worryin'' has the hallmarks of a classic. The dynamic range of AH's voice is employed to the full here in such a diverse range of soul styles that you know that he knows and respects the history of Soul Music. In the pantheon of legendary soulsters; O'Neil, Womack, Gaye, Van Dross, AH can confidently take his seat.

The strength of this collection of songs lies, I think, in that the arrangements and production stays true to the songs and nowhere does that great soul voice become subordinate to mindless beats instead vocal harmony is used to carry songs along. Lyrically, too, AH's maturity shows in the fact that he doesn't yak about drugs 'n guns 'n sex 'n bitches.

I only received the CD the other day and I can't take it off.

Anthony Hamilton- Ain't Nobody Worryin'
Anthony was a victim of the music business for the first eight years of his career. He got dropped from one label, then the next label he signed to went bankrupt, recorded two albums all in this time, one never saw the light of day (and later became the Soulife album), and the other was called XTC and is pretty much none exisistent. Well now ten years later, after the then struggling musician, got signed to So So Def and released a decent album in "Comin From Where Im From" that gained him a strong fan base in 2003, well now he is not doing to bad. He released a sort of compilation album earlier in 05 called "Soulife" that consisted of previously unreleased songs from his first two canned albums, and now in December of 2005 he released the stunning soulful "Ain't Nobody Worryin" and now he cemented himself as a superstar. While he still isnt selling records in mass amounts, he now has a strong fan base. The thing i love about Anthony is that not only does he have the most gritty but yet smooth and soulful voice, he remains humble. He is unaffected by his recent fame that he has gained, he is still a country boy. And he is pround of it as you can tell after one listen to this album. Weather its the warm and summery breeziness of "Southern Stuff" or its the good old ghetto feel to "Sista Big Bones" this man is definetly a country guy. His best matireal is when he is singing about love weather its lost or gained. Like on the first single "Can't Let Go", it has that brassy thumping mid tempo clash feel to it that is similar to "Charlene". Or on the tear jerking and yet so- or in his case soul calming "Never Love Again" with its light piano touches. Either way, Anthony wont have to struggle no more after this legendary release, he won me over with his soulfulness.


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This man's voice just cries out!!! It hurts
I love Anthony. He is a great artist. I love this CD, I love his voice. This is a great buy!!!!