Not at all. Whomever her writers an ‘crew’ are. they are not giving her something to make her open up like we KNOW she can. Instead of schoolin an showing how it could be done… she is too busy “tryin to keep up wit the youngins”…an we see how that shyt works. As Janet why she knockin on Jimmy Jam n Terry Lewis door again…
I think it’s the fact that JD seems to have a knack for setting her up where she doesnt have to be a monster and can still be successful. i wouldnt be suprised if she recorded her last 4 lbums over a weekend.
i read it was all clive davis that created the image of AKeys…on the keys. she’s not talented, at least not close to being what she was presented as. most of her hits aren’t even originals. she can sang though.
@Unreal. that’s the no budget hiphop videos nowadays.
Her last album…no LA Reid…
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I was glad AK did that song with Bey, but while I didn’t like her last album, I’m not blaming anyone, its just the sonic direction she went, it wasn’t edgy, it wasn’t new. I don’t want her to go back to the piano because while that was ‘critically’ her best album, it had less to do with the piano, nad more to do with the melodies and writing (IMO). “Woman’s Worth” was Genius Music in terms of writing, as was Fallen. I’d rather her hit a stride sonically between her second and third album…live instrumentation from the third album, with drums by Timbaland and Rich Harrison - mixed with the melodies of her second effort, and the writing from her first effort. Her fourth album should just be used as a footnote…we’ll forever refer to this dark part of her career as “The Swizz Years” :arazz:.
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Oh, not trying to play on recent events but Clive saw her as Whitney Part 2, he did embelish her image and make her marketable, but she was/is a real piano player. Now how much of the actual MELODIES did she come up with verse cuz she used to roll with ‘Pre-Swizz’…thats up for debate.
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Oh you havne’t SEEN low budget…haha but you will muahaha. Hopefully I’m droppin a trailer before March is out…been working on some stuff, trying to get a couple/few beat CDs together while working on my solo stuff. Like a dumbass though Ieft my tripod and monopod back home. :sigh:
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JD has no skill at the RnB level… Babyface… yes… LA reid… absolutely. JD… no. Stick to a single, crossover, remix…nuff said.
Clive simply knows his artist an knows NOT whats hot but what he sees as YOU creating a image that is LONG lasting. AK came in on the tom-boy im just that girl from the bodega/corner store that walk past you spittin out sunflower seeds…Clive killed that shyt an made her a lady…pure an simple. No more ‘is she lesbian’ talk an she is fine and can take breaks and return…
Busta got the treatment as well… unfortunately he is not patient an we all know he jumps teams fast as fuck…
Speaking of Busta Rhymes,Ashanti confirmed what we thought all along about Busta collabos…he sets up shop next door with his ear to the wall trying to hear who’s in the next room…waits for u to come out the room and runs up on u like he hasn’t seen u in 15 years "HEY GOD WHATS GOOD!!!,IM JUST DOIN MY THING TRYING TO LEAD THE NEW SCHOOL NAM SAYIN…BUT AYO…how about I jump on that track?
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I’m still sorta caught off guard after listening to his Aftermath release several times last week. It wasn’t a classic, but IMO it was his best overall effort short of “The Coming”, yet he never released a second effort on AM. I’m still tyring to piece together the CMR thing…have they released anyone who isn’t Wayne/Baby/Minaj/Drake? I think Tigga dropped a lil suttin before folks knew Wayne had a record label…and got more noise for a chain snatching. I mean will Busta actually drop something? Mysitkal? they are collecting music acts like Pokemon cause its a buyer’s market, but they are IMO just holding them until the market recovers a bit and going to resell them IMO…ala Lil Flip GAME OVER
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MY GAWD she got Thundah Thighs…I know she ran track but good lawd have mercy…
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You can’t front, when was the last time he DIDN’T come correct on a guest appearance?
ashanti sounds great…her sound sounds so stronger now…i dunno if its just cause she had to mature physically or its sumtin you develop as an artist. but im kinda excited to see what other stuff she brings.
im happy to see Ashanti coming back strong,i thought she would’ve been a wrap after Murder Inc thinks about the sweet summer days of 03 when Rock With U dropped…i lost so many kids to that video,may the wind raise them
son, is the pm function not working for anyone else?
Speaking of 2003, WTF happened to Lil Mo?
She signed to Cash Money…exactly my point…
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Damn…that’s what happened? She entered the void and never came out alive.
She gets the best everything of this generation as far as I’m concerned. A real pure artist from every angle.
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Ashanti been fine, I always thought she could sing. We used to have the what singer would you want to go on a date with discussion back in middle school. Everybody(who was black.) said Beyonce, I said Ashanti. She used to be my ultimate woman, I still think she’s gorgeous. She’s probably the blue print for the type of woman I’d want to marry, a tall version of her would be omg…
And she got that accent…and energy…and she ran track…but Irv Gotti was there first…then Nelly…
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