ANTHONY HAMILTON Vinyl Records and CDs

Hailing from Charlotte, North Carolina, Anthony Hamilton began singing in churchand local talent shows before moving to New York in the early 1990s and signingwith Uptown Records. After the label folded, he bounced to MCA and released hisdebut album XTC in 1996. Sporting a classic vocal style different fromthe neo-soul crooners who were then coming into vogue, the LP got good reviewsbut failed to generate much hype. He soon started writing songs for artists likeDonell Jones, toured with D'Angelo and sang on records by Eve and Tupac, amongothers. He finally hit the big-time in 2002 after teaming up with Nappy Rootsfor their single "Po' Folks" and earning a Grammy nomination in the process.Hamilton then hooked up with Jermaine Dupri, who signed him to So So Def andproduced his next album.