When HHDX caught up with 34 year old Anthony Hamilton to talk about his upcoming album Ain’t Nobody Worryin’ (So So Def) one thing was as clear as day – the man is in love, and wants everybody to know! Not on some Tom Cruise type shit, but it was hard to ignore his beaming smiles from across the table. Having paid his dues in the industry and achieved recognition with three Grammy nominations, his music has always been embraced by both the R&B and Hip Hop community. Now, with his newest release, Anthony Hamilton talks about life, love and reveals who the Michael Jordan of music is…

Tell me about your upcoming album.

Ain’t Nobody Worryin’ is a continuation of Comin’ From Where I’m From. You can tell the maturity in the music, and that the man is grown up and in a different place now, and has experienced love and certain things have turned around – but he’s still conscious of what’s going on around him. The last album was more simple, in terms of production, soulful, but simple. This one has more strings and horns, and stuff like that. It’s a nice treat. There’s a little Reggae in there too.

What made you decide to have Reggae on it?

It was just when I heard the music. The producer, James Poyser, he’s amazing, and his family is from Jamaica. He had this original roots track, and I was like, “wow” and I just started singing to it. It just came out amazing.

In your music, you come across as both a storyteller and an observer of your surroundings and conditions. What are some of the things you’re reflecting on these days?

Just me being happy, finding someone I can love and then growing. Also, being more conscious about what’s going on in the world. There (are) still diseases, and welfare and medical things that we need. There’s still poor education in schools and kids are running crazy. Families are suffering. Men are still afraid to fall in love, so they run behind every panty and skirt just to cover up that loneliness.

That’s not something many artists talk about.

Yeah, you have to. It’s crazy. We just keep getting weakened and weakened. As the years go by, the man becomes not as strong. He just doesn’t have the backbone like back in the day. Relationships used to withstand an argument or two. It was a man’s duty to love and build a family. But now, it’s like there’s so many options. Everything’s a quick fix, if it don’t work out. And the man doesn’t even stand for anything like he used to.

So you’re in love now. Do you want to talk about that? Continued on page 2 »