Should we even bother wearing panties tonight? Because we know they’re gonna drop the second Mr. Hamilton hits the stage. Shit, if we can refrain from throwing our drawers onstage for the first two or three songs we’ll feel like we’ve exercised enormous restraint. For the better part of the past decade, this R&B crooner has been cranking out the sexiest damn songs, and we aren’t afraid to admit that it gets our juices flowing. Gets ’em flowing like the mighty Mississippi! OK, maybe that was a bit graphic, but you get the point — tracks like “Woo” and “I’ll Wait (For Love),” from his latest
Back to Love, are made for making love. It’s a love thang, and as long as the most explicit portions of that love are saved for the bedroom — rather than The Ryman’s church pews — it should be fun for everyone. Fuck it, we’re not wearing panties.
— Sean L. Maloney