If you’re going to defy Def Jam, you’d better be proven right. Bajan songstress Rihanna took on an edgier persona with her third album, Good Girl Gone Bad, which paid off nicely. Fellow singer Amerie attempts to do the same on her fourth release, In Love & War. While she blasts the R&B-factory sound for a rawer, organic feel, producing some good songs, Amerie drops the ball on a wholly good project.