Hitting the My Top Rated tab last night on iTunes meant it wasn't long before Felix da Housecat cropped up.
Cue wiki trawl and this odd statement: Outside of that genre, the use of electronic Eighties backings on R&B hits such as Amerie's "1 Thing", shows the wider continuing effect of this album. [citation needed]. Gotta love the citation needed death mark.
But I didn't need a second invitation to crank up 1 Thing. A stupendous slab of mid-noughties R'n'B, it's one of the last great records of commercial urban music experimentalism before everything went David Guetta.
I remember hearing Chris Moyles slag this off when I was sat on the X91 in Cardiff Central Station, which is another reason to love this record.
[Right click and "Download Document" for an mp3 of 1 Thing by Amerie]
