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Comin' from Where I'm From
Studio album by Anthony Hamilton
Released	September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23)
Recorded	2002–2003
Studio	Southside, Atlanta Axis, Philadelphia Allustrious, New York City CedSolo Productions, New Rochelle, New York Cherokee, Los Angeles The Studio, Philadelphia
Genre	R&B neo soul
Length	52:05
Label	So So Def Arista
Producer	Mark Batson Junius Bervine Jermaine Dupri Anthony Hamilton James Poyser Cedric Solomon
Anthony Hamilton chronology
XTC (1996) Comin' from Where I'm From (2003) Soulife (2005)
Singles from Comin' from Where I'm From
"Comin' from Where I'm From" Released: October 14, 2003 "Charlene" Released: August 3, 2004

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Robert Christgau
Entertainment Weekly	B+
The New York Times	Favorable
PopMatters	9/10
Rolling Stone
USA Today
Village Voice	Favorable
The Washington Post	Favorable)
Yahoo! Music	Favorable

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.

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 2004—Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Song (both for the title track), and Best Contemporary R&B Album—and one in 2005—Best 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".

Track listing

Sample credits

• "Mama Knew Love" contains samples from "Blueprint (Momma Loves Me)" by Jay-Z and "Free at Last" by Al Green.
• "Lucille" contains re-sung lyrics from "Lucille", written by Roger Bowling and Hal Bynum.

Charts

Certifications

Release history

Notes

1. Track 1
2. Tracks 2, 9 and 12
3. Tracks 3, 4 and 6
4. Track 5
5. Tracks 7, 8, 10 and 11
6. Track 9

References

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4. Pareles, Jon. Review: Comin' from Where I'm From. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2009-11-09.
5. Cibula, Matt. Review: Comin' from Where I'm From. PopMatters. Retrieved on 2009-11-09.
6. Hardy, Ernest. Review: Comin' from Where I'm From. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2009-11-09.
7. Jones, Steve. Review: Comin' from Where I'm From. USA Today. Retrieved on 2009-11-09.
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External links

• Album Review at City Pages

• 2003 albums
• Albums produced by James Poyser
• Albums produced by Jermaine Dupri
• Albums produced by Mark Batson
• Anthony Hamilton (musician) albums
• Arista Records albums
• So So Def Recordings albums