Throwback Thursday: Amerie || All I Have

Picture Summer 2002, I'm fresh out of 8th grade and with a pocket full of allowance money entering the hottest mall in my area at the time- PG Plaza. I enter through the food-court and see mountains of people and make my usual stop at "The Station" normally because they have decent sales and most of the time are playing hot videos and that day was no different.

I was excited by the song's horns...it reminded me of a similar song- which later proved to be "I've Got You Where I Want You" by Dave Grusin. I was immediately in love with the girl singing- her voice was fresh, unlike the many one-hit-wonders breaking onto the music scene at the time. Why Don't We Fall in Love quickly became locked in my mind- I had to have the cd.

I didn't get to see the credits but I remembered alot of the lyrics, I found out who it was.....Amerie

and the title of the cd I brought the day it came out...All I Have.

Image Credit: Wikipedia

All I Have is the debut album of American R&B recording artist Amerie, released on July 30, 2002, by Columbia Records. It was recorded at Cue Recording Studios in Falls Church, Virginia, and at Lobo Studios and The Hit Factory in New York City.[7]


The album debuted and peaked at number 9 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart in August 2002, remaining in the top twenty for two weeks only and dropping off the top one hundred in its fourteenth week. Nevertheless, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Americaon October 3, 2003,[8] and earned Amerie a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist in 2003.


According to Nielsen SoundScan, as of July, 2009, the album has sold 661,000 copies in the United States.[9]