This is exactly what everyone seems to gloss over, the girl CAN'T SING.
People confuse "Liking a Song", with the person actually being able to sing.
I like some Keith Sweat songs, but Keith Can't "Sang"...
Made some nice songs though
When has talent ever truly really mattered though? Hell, Aaliyah couldn't sing, but people now swear she was this huge superstar. Rihanna can't sign either.
Amerie was attractive, put out great music that dudes also fukked with, and had an aura about her. However, it wasn't a superstar aura. Her modern-esque New Jack Swing music was great, and gave off like 80s/early 90s feel good music, with a jazzy vibe. She was never going to be Beyonce, but she should have been bigger than she is. All evidence points to the machine not backing her. Hell, she was a hook singer for too long. I think her style is a victim of timing. At that point, R&B was going more Pop, and she was giving a throwback type of music. It was never going to really catch on mainstream. Ironically, I know more dudes that fukk with her album than chicks.