Comin' from Where I'm From

Comin' from Where I'm From is the second studio album by American singer Anthony Hamilton. It was released on September 23, 2003, by So So Def Recordings and Arista Records. The album debuted at number 33 on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 33,000 copies, while peaking at number six on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Comin' from Where I'm From was certified platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on December 2, 2004, and as of December 2005, it had sold 1.2 million copies in the United States.

Comin' from Where I'm From
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2003 (2003-09-23)
Recorded2002–2003
Studio
  • Southside, Atlanta
  • Axis, Philadelphia
  • Allustrious, New York City
  • CedSolo Productions, New Rochelle, New York
  • Cherokee, Los Angeles
  • The Studio, Philadelphia
Genre
Length52:05
Label
Producer
Anthony Hamilton chronology
XTC
(1996)
Comin' from Where I'm From
(2003)
Soulife
(2005)
Singles from Comin' from Where I'm From
  1. "Comin' from Where I'm From"
    Released: October 14, 2003
  2. "Charlene"
    Released: August 3, 2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Robert Christgau
Entertainment WeeklyB+
The New York TimesFavorable
PopMatters9/10
Rolling Stone
USA Today
Village VoiceFavorable
The Washington PostFavorable)
Yahoo! MusicFavorable

The album's second single, "Charlene", peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number five on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming Hamilton's most successful single to date. The album earned Hamilton three Grammy Award nominations in 2004Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Song (both for the title track), and Best Contemporary R&B Album—and one in 2005Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for "Charlene". British DJ Ben Pearce sampled vocals from the song "Cornbread, Fish & Collard Greens" for his 2013 song "What I Might Do".

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