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PrintableAshanti's debut was solid.
But 'chapter two' was awful. I liked 'roll wid u' and 'rain on me' though. She did have more creative videos than Beyonce IMO. | |
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SoulAlive said: Like others have said,Ashanti is nothing more than a pretty face.She has no stage presence at all.When she first came on the scene,they made a big deal about the fact that she writes her own lyrics,but come on....her lyrics aren't very deep or groundbreaking! On one of her songs,she repeats the phrase "Aww baby" over and over.She doesn't have what it takes to hold people's attention.
Okay, I have to admit that Baby is THE jam, that track was sick and the lyrics were actually cute. Love the remixes too.  | |
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SCNDLS said: SoulAlive said: Like others have said,Ashanti is nothing more than a pretty face.She has no stage presence at all.When she first came on the scene,they made a big deal about the fact that she writes her own lyrics,but come on....her lyrics aren't very deep or groundbreaking! On one of her songs,she repeats the phrase "Aww baby" over and over.She doesn't have what it takes to hold people's attention.
Okay, I have to admit that Baby is THE jam, that track was sick and the lyrics were actually cute. Love the remixes too. Oh,you mean the song with the exciting chorus that goes...baby,baby,baby,baby,baby? and contains the excellent line....get on my knees til they bloody red?  | |
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SoulAlive said: SCNDLS said: Okay, I have to admit that Baby is THE jam, that track was sick and the lyrics were actually cute. Love the remixes too. Oh,you mean the song with the exciting chorus that goes...baby,baby,baby,baby,baby? and contains the excellent line....get on my knees til they bloody red? Yeah, that one. 
Prince has had some dumb lines too. Matter fact don't he have a line almost exactly like the one above? I didn't say it was Shakespeare. But the beat was off the chain. I like bass in my songs and I can bump the shit outta that one. 
Just for that, I'm posting it. This not the bass-y version but that one's disabled by Youtube. | |
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| yeah,I guess "Baby" is the best of her singles.
What's the name of that song she did with JaRule,where she sings "I wanna be your chick"? In the video,they're on a big boat. | |
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SoulAlive said: yeah,I guess "Baby" is the best of her singles.
What's the name of that song she did with JaRule,where she sings "I wanna be your chick"? In the video,they're on a big boat. It really was. I couldn't STAND that Foolish-ness. I mean how you gon' straight up steal an entire Biggie song that's only a few years old??? 
And which one??? Isn't that the standard Hip Hop/R&B collabo theme and video? | |
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SCNDLS said: SoulAlive said: yeah,I guess "Baby" is the best of her singles.
What's the name of that song she did with JaRule,where she sings "I wanna be your chick"? In the video,they're on a big boat. It really was. I couldn't STAND that Foolish-ness. I mean how you gon' straight up steal an entire Biggie song that's only a few years old???
And which one??? Isn't that the standard Hip Hop/R&B collabo theme and video? I found it It's called "Down 4 U" and features the Murder Inc. artists.I remember hearing this ALOT in the summer of 2002 and thinking that it was an okay song.
http://www.youtube.com/wa...-0bDtz_Ls8 . [Edited 4/22/09 6:17am] | |
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SoulAlive said: SCNDLS said: It really was. I couldn't STAND that Foolish-ness. I mean how you gon' straight up steal an entire Biggie song that's only a few years old???
And which one??? Isn't that the standard Hip Hop/R&B collabo theme and video? I found it It's called "Down 4 U" and features the Murder Inc. artists.I remember hearing this ALOT in the summer of 2002 and thinking that it was an okay song.
http://www.youtube.com/wa...-0bDtz_Ls8 . [Edited 4/22/09 6:17am] See people trynta hate on Murder Inc and Ja Rule but for a few years there a lot of the joints they dropped were actually pretty good as far as danceable hip hop songs to bump in the clubs. I still think Ain't It Funny was the shit. And this one was kinda hot too. | |
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Ooooh baybay did..... | |
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SoulAlive said: SCNDLS said: It really was. I couldn't STAND that Foolish-ness. I mean how you gon' straight up steal an entire Biggie song that's only a few years old???
And which one??? Isn't that the standard Hip Hop/R&B collabo theme and video? I found it It's called "Down 4 U" and features the Murder Inc. artists.I remember hearing this ALOT in the summer of 2002 and thinking that it was an okay song.
http://www.youtube.com/wa...-0bDtz_Ls8 . [Edited 4/22/09 6:17am] Whitney and Bobby being in the video was on those random moments that make "what in the blue hell....." "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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SoulAlive said: yeah,I guess "Baby" is the best of her singles.
What's the name of that song she did with JaRule,where she sings "I wanna be your chick"? In the video,they're on a big boat. Though she totally ripped off Scarface's "Mary Jane" for "Baby", lol. Sorry, couldn't really get behind that. | |
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bboy87 said: SoulAlive said: I found it It's called "Down 4 U" and features the Murder Inc. artists.I remember hearing this ALOT in the summer of 2002 and thinking that it was an okay song.
http://www.youtube.com/wa...-0bDtz_Ls8 . [Edited 4/22/09 6:17am] Whitney and Bobby being in the video was on those random moments that make "what in the blue hell....." I was like "what are these crackheads doing in a hip-hop video?" | |
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SCNDLS said: I would say Ashanti's voice was the perpetrator.
 This is very true, but I also think the thugs she was working for had a big part in it too. | |
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Timmy84 said: SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: How do you go from pure Talent like Chaka Khan to the current messes that rule the industry?
From Ella to Dinah to Aretha to Diana to Chaka to Whitney to Mary J. to Ashanti to Beyonce... Excellent way to break it down...How about this From the Beatles to the Stones to Led Zeppelin to Queen to Pearl Jam to Nirvana to Nickelback to Fall out Boy "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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Ashanti is a fine non surgery version of Janet Jackson. | |
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lastdecember said: Timmy84 said: From Ella to Dinah to Aretha to Diana to Chaka to Whitney to Mary J. to Ashanti to Beyonce... Excellent way to break it down...How about this From the Beatles to the Stones to Led Zeppelin to Queen to Pearl Jam to Nirvana to Nickelback to Fall out Boy Good breakdown. | |
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BlaqueKnight said: Ashanti is one of the few contemporary R&B singers that has actually improved. Its "too little; too late" but I will give her credit where its due. The site vets know I couldn't stand this chick's voice and was pissed that everybody seemed to be giving her all of those unwarranted props she got when she first dropped. I actually stopped watching the Soul Train Awards because they gave her a "Lady Of Soul" award. I think something happened after she sang the National Anthem. Something seemed to inspire her to get better after that performance. She went from just a little above Cassie to marginally decent. Of course, like Rob and Fab from Milli Vanilli, once the general public says "you suck" its hard to prove that you don't suck as much as they think you do. Her biggest problem was that she was underdeveloped and she had dudes around her who didn't have talent themselves nor did they know what to do with talent. Her whole label was of the hype mindset, so they just wanted her to "fake it till you make it" when they should have been encouraging her to do better and develop her voice. I think Murder Inc going under was the best thing that happened to Ashanti.
Why do people think Beyoncé can't sing? Are you people deaf? I guess pop hate makes you despise a person and by default everything they do. Oh, by the way...Beyoncé wouldn't put Ashanti's career in a coffin...Matthew Knowles would.  
Yeah Beyonce is actually not bad at all...but her personality is Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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paisleypark4 said: BlaqueKnight said: Ashanti is one of the few contemporary R&B singers that has actually improved. Its "too little; too late" but I will give her credit where its due. The site vets know I couldn't stand this chick's voice and was pissed that everybody seemed to be giving her all of those unwarranted props she got when she first dropped. I actually stopped watching the Soul Train Awards because they gave her a "Lady Of Soul" award. I think something happened after she sang the National Anthem. Something seemed to inspire her to get better after that performance. She went from just a little above Cassie to marginally decent. Of course, like Rob and Fab from Milli Vanilli, once the general public says "you suck" its hard to prove that you don't suck as much as they think you do. Her biggest problem was that she was underdeveloped and she had dudes around her who didn't have talent themselves nor did they know what to do with talent. Her whole label was of the hype mindset, so they just wanted her to "fake it till you make it" when they should have been encouraging her to do better and develop her voice. I think Murder Inc going under was the best thing that happened to Ashanti.
Why do people think Beyoncé can't sing? Are you people deaf? I guess pop hate makes you despise a person and by default everything they do. Oh, by the way...Beyoncé wouldn't put Ashanti's career in a coffin...Matthew Knowles would.
Yeah Beyonce is actually not bad at all...but her personality is Beyonce's a little weird, lol... Mathew scares me tho, lol. | |
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SCNDLS said: SoulAlive said: Oh,you mean the song with the exciting chorus that goes...baby,baby,baby,baby,baby? and contains the excellent line....get on my knees til they bloody red? Yeah, that one.
Prince has had some dumb lines too. Matter fact don't he have a line almost exactly like the one above? I didn't say it was Shakespeare. But the beat was off the chain. I like bass in my songs and I can bump the shit outta that one.
Just for that, I'm posting it. This not the bass-y version but that one's disabled by Youtube. Absolutely horrifying she would ever give any of those dudes the time of day 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: SCNDLS said: Yeah, that one.
Prince has had some dumb lines too. Matter fact don't he have a line almost exactly like the one above? I didn't say it was Shakespeare. But the beat was off the chain. I like bass in my songs and I can bump the shit outta that one.
Just for that, I'm posting it. This not the bass-y version but that one's disabled by Youtube. Absolutely horrifying she would ever give any of those dudes the time of day Yeah, this video SUCKS! The original is much better it even features Nia Long. I never understood why she'd have Nia in it looking hotter than her when Ashanti's sposed to be the star. That's diva rule number one: All other bitches must look a hot mess compared to you. 
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SCNDLS said: SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: Absolutely horrifying she would ever give any of those dudes the time of day Yeah, this video SUCKS! The original is much better it even features Nia Long. I never understood why she'd have Nia in it looking hotter than her when Ashanti's sposed to be the star. That's diva rule number one: All other bitches must look a hot mess compared to you.
http://new.music.yahoo.co.../--2155677 I think Nia Long directed that video 
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MsMisha319 said: SCNDLS said: Yeah, this video SUCKS! The original is much better it even features Nia Long. I never understood why she'd have Nia in it looking hotter than her when Ashanti's sposed to be the star. That's diva rule number one: All other bitches must look a hot mess compared to you.
http://new.music.yahoo.co.../--2155677 I think Nia Long directed that video
Smooches;) Yes she did. | |
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Ashanti was already in the coffin before beyonce reached her peak. MICHAEL JACKSON
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Timmy84 said: MsMisha319 said: I think Nia Long directed that video
Smooches;) Yes she did. I still never got the concept. Why is Ashanti a guest in her own shit? | |
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SCNDLS said: Timmy84 said: Yes she did. I still never got the concept. Why is Ashanti a guest in her own shit? That's what I don't get! Even in her own shit, she was overshadowed by her mama, Terence "Hawaiian Silky" Howard, Ja Rule, Whitney Houston, Larenz Tate and a damn camel. | |
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Timmy84 said: SCNDLS said: I still never got the concept. Why is Ashanti a guest in her own shit? That's what I don't get! Even in her own shit, she was overshadowed by her mama, Terence "Hawaiian Silky" Howard, Ja Rule, Whitney Houston, Larenz Tate and a damn camel.  | |
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Timmy84 said: SCNDLS said: I still never got the concept. Why is Ashanti a guest in her own shit? That's what I don't get! Even in her own shit, she was overshadowed by her mama, Terence "Hawaiian Silky" Howard, Ja Rule, Whitney Houston, Larenz Tate and a damn camel. What I meant to say is . . . Nia got herself laying up with the hot guy, wearing the hot clothes, ridin' in the hot ride, damn she even lipsynching the words to the gatdamn song. WTF is this??? Shit, Ashanti did her own self in allowing shit like this.
Bey didn't share the spotlight with Michelle OR Kelly and them chicks were actually IN the group.
Diva rule #2: Step on a bitch throat if you think she even THINKING about getting some of your shine. | |
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SCNDLS said: Timmy84 said: That's what I don't get! Even in her own shit, she was overshadowed by her mama, Terence "Hawaiian Silky" Howard, Ja Rule, Whitney Houston, Larenz Tate and a damn camel. What I meant to say is . . . Nia got herself laying up with the hot guy, wearing the hot clothes, ridin' in the hot ride, damn she even lipsynching the words to the gatdamn song. WTF is this??? Shit, Ashanti did her own self in allowing shit like this.
Bey didn't share the spotlight with Michelle OR Kelly and them chicks were actually IN the group.
Diva rule #2: Step on a bitch throat if you think she even THINKING about getting some of your shine. Where is that animated GIF where Michelle tripped at the BET thing? [Edited 4/22/09 18:31pm] | |
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