#ANTHONY HAMILTON MY FIRST LOVE CRACKER#
Hamilton partnered with Cracker Barrel Old Country Store to release a deluxe version of the album sold online and in stores across the country. On March 25, he released his 9th studio album "What I'm Feelin", which he describes as an "emotional" cleanse reflecting on some of the hurdles he has faced. On February 24, 2016, Hamilton performed at the last "In Performance at the White House" hosted by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle as part of a tribute to iconic singer Ray Charles. In 2015, Hamilton made a guest appearance on the song "That One", the first single from Teedra Moses' second album Cognac & Conversation.įurther demonstrating his diversity, Hamilton made a cameo appearance on the hit Fox show, EMPIRE, where he performed "Point of It All" as part of main character Luscious Lyon's proposal to his girlfriend. British DJ Ben Pearce sampled vocals from Hamilton's song, "Cornbread, Fish & Collard Greens" in his 2013 song, " What I Might Do". Later on in 2012 Hamilton was featured on the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained in the track "Freedom" in a duo with indie soul singer Elayna Boynton. The track spent 19 weeks at the number one spot on the Urban AC charts.Ģ012 found Hamilton on two successful Def Jam releases: Big K.R.I.T.'s Live from the Underground and Life Is Good by Nas, which debuted at #1 on Billboard 200. In July 2011, Jill Scott released her hit single "So In Love" featuring Hamilton. Later in 2008, he was featured on The Recession the certified Gold selling album by Young Jeezy. During the 2008 BET Awards, Hamilton performed Al Green's " Tired of Being Alone" during a tribute to Green's career. Hamilton made a cameo as a soul singer in the film American Gangster, to whose soundtrack he contributed. He made a guest appearance on the UPN show All of Us in Season 2. Comedian Dave Chappelle had Hamilton as a musical guest on his show Chappelle's Show in episode 6, Season 2 that premiered on Comedy Central. He made a guest appearance on blues singer-guitarist Buddy Guy's 2005 album Bring 'Em In, contributing vocals to a cover version of Bob Dylan's 1969 " Lay Lady Lay," which featured Robert Randolph.Īt the 2006 BET Awards, Hamilton won the BET J "Cool Like That" Award. He appeared on Angie Stone's "Stay For A While" in 2004. Hamilton was featured on a track from The RH Factor's 2003 album Hard Groove called "Kwah/Home". Ain't Nobody Worryin', his gold-selling third studio album, was released on December 13, 2005. These previous works were released in June 2005. Hamilton's first compilation album, Soulife, was composed of songs recorded during the early part of his career. Hamilton contributed to 2002's "Thugz Mansion" (7" remix) and 2006's " Dear Mama" (Frank Nitty Remix). Hamilton was featured on Jadakiss' 2004 hit "Why" (which was nominated for the "Best Rap/Song Collaboration" Grammy in 2005) and two of 2Pac's remixed songs. Nappy Roots and Hamilton have a song together called "Bluegrass Stain'd" with Mark Ronson that was released through Elektra Records. Hamilton followed up with three collaborations on Nappy Roots next Atlantic Records release Wooden Leather with "Sick & Tired", "Push On", "Organic" and then one feature on The Humdinger on the single "Down N' Out". " Po' Folks" is the second single from the multi-platinum Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz album. Hamilton was first introduced to mainstream audiences with his singing of the chorus of Nappy Roots 2002 single "Po' Folks" which earned a Grammy Award nomination for " Best Rap/Sung Collaboration" in 2003. Hamilton works with the background singers the HamilTones, often performing soul renditions of hip hop tracks. After one week, the project ranked number two on the Billboard R&B chart, representing his highest career debut. and Vince Gill with tracks produced by Mark Batson, Salaam Remi, and James Poyser. On March 25, 2016, he released his ninth studio album What I'm Feelin' featuring guitarists Gary Clark, Jr. In 2000, he joined soul singer D'Angelo's international tour in promotion of the Voodoo album, on which he was a backup singer. Hamilton co-wrote the 1999 hit " U Know What's Up" for singer Donell Jones. In 1992, he met producer Mark Sparks who encouraged Hamilton to leave Charlotte and head to New York City where he signed with Andre Harrell's Uptown Records. He attended South Mecklenburg High School where he sang in their award-winning choir under the direction of Mark Setzer. Hamilton started singing in his church's choir at age 17.
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