Ashanti Virgin Times Square Photos
Ashanti was pictured at Virgin Megastore in Times Square,yesterday.Here is Thestar review of Ashanti new album The Declaration:
Ashanti:The Declaration (Universal Motown)(2 out of 4)
The idea here is that for her fourth disc R&B singer Ashanti has thrown off the shackles of her mentor Irv Gotti and The Inc.’s in-house production team in favour of hitmakers such as Babyface, Jermaine Dupri and Rodney Jerkins. But this album still doesn’t justify the 27-year-old New York native’s million-selling career. Her vocals are pleasant, but distinctive for only that they lack – Beyoncé’s power, Rihanna’s novelty, Keyshia Cole’s sass.
Halfway through the disc she morphs into Janet Jackson, cooing Prince-like eroticisms on “Girlfriend” and “Things You Make Me Do.”
There are only two songs worth downloading: “Body On Me” which features Nelly and Akon, reinforcing the notion that Ashanti succeeds best as a hook singer who came to fore on duets with Fat Joe and Ja Rule; and the bouncy, attitude-laden Dupri-produced “Good Good” which contains elements of Michael Jackson’s “The Girl Is Mine” and should’ve been the lead single
