Soulife

Infobox Album
Name = Soulife
Type = compilation
Artist = Anthony Hamilton


Released = June 27 2005 (UK)
June 28 2005 (U.S.)
Recorded = 1999–2001 at
Chung King Studios
(New York City, New York)
Larrabee North Studios
(North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California)
Mama Jo's Studio
(North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California)
Ocean Studios
(Burbank, California)
Reflection Sound Studios
(Charlotte, North Carolina)
Right Track Recording
(New York City, New York)
Westlake Recording Studios
(West Hollywood, California)
Genre = R&B, soul
Length = 57:14
Label = Atlantic, Rhino
Producer = Anthony Hamilton, B.C. 3 Ent., Mike City, Doug Mayhem, Mark Sparks, Walter Stewart
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dxfexq9sldke link]
*Okayplayer Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.okayplayer.com/reviews/index.php/weblog/more/soulife/ link]
Last album = "Comin' from Where I'm From"
(2003)
This album = "Soulife"
(2005)
Next album = "Ain't Nobody Worryin'"
(2005)

"Soulife" is the first compilation album (third overall) by American R&B/soul singer Anthony Hamilton. Released in June 2005 (see 2005 in music)—on the heels of the success of "Comin' from Where I'm From" [cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000937655 |title=Rhino Revives Hamilton's 'Soulife' |accessdate=2007-05-05 |work=Billboard |date=May 27 2005] —on Atlantic Records/Rhino Records, the album consists of previously unreleased songs. It debuted and peaked at number twelve on the "Billboard" 200 and number four on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums the week of July 16 2005, but soon dropped off the charts.

After leaving MCA Records, which released his debut album "XTC" in 1996, Hamilton found a home at Soulife Records, a small, independent Los Angeles-based record label, where he recorded tracks for what was supposed to be his second studio album. Soulife Records went bankrupt before it could release the material, leaving the album unreleased. [cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dxfexq9sldke |title=Soulife > Overview |accessdate=2007-05-05 |work=Allmusic]

Track listing

#"I Used to Love Someone" – 5:51
#"I Cry" – 4:25
#"Clearly" – 4:05
#"Georgie Parker" – 3:55
#"Day Dreamin'" – 4:21
#"Ball and Chain" – 3:39
#"Ol' Keeper" – 4:40
#"Love and War" (featuring Macy Gray) – 5:22
#"Last Night" (featuring Sunshine Anderson and Dolo Pichino) – 4:11
#"Love Is So Complicated" – 5:03
#"Icing on the Cake" – 4:49
#"Exclusively" – 6:39

Charts

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