Does Ashanti Look Better Than She SIngs??

[Tempest]

You bet she does.

[Mike Johnson]

Like comparing apples to lug nuts - the beauty and the voice are incomparable.

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What was I thinking - the voice is NOT incomparable. I meant to say that the voice and the beauty are pretty far apart. She doesn't sound too bad. Just ask any seven year old. They think she's the bomb.

[ July 09, 2003, 09:26 PM: Message edited by: Mike Johnson ]

[Jamie 3:26]

C'mon man.That's like Aunt Esther winning a beauty contest.Ashanti is all body...no voice.

[Skip Intro]

Uh, I think she sings better than she looks. I like when 50 cent said something about her sideburns and beard. So true.

[older&wiser]

that can be said about 90% of female singers today. if you wanna be honest about it. i dont know if i would call most of this junk singing.

[Leslie]

She's made a whole career outta singing "Ahh baby" "Oohh Baby". The girl is fly, but she really can't sing - but then again most of the folks making records these days can't sing - its all maketing. The chile is a lousy dancer too. I ain't mad at her though - she's able to cash in on what's hot at the moment....although she may wanna look for another label given Murder Inc's current situation with the Feds...

[Jamie 3:26]

You be the judge.....

http://home.earthlink.net/~l_supreme81/ashanti.jpg

[BHouse]

Did anyone see Whitney and Bobby on the DIVAS concert on VH1? She lost her looks and sounds like her voice too. What was up with all the high stepping crap? And didn't she looking like one of the Feed The Children kids - all skinny, but her stomach looked swole. Can Crack do dat?!? graemlins/conf44.gif

[DJJM3.COM]

Actually her voice would sound better if had a better track to sing over....may sound crazy, but it's true...

[Digiman]

Ashanti and her ilk praise the lord for the invention of the Antares Auto-Tune plugin. If it wasn't for that piece of software, even tone deaf people would be complaining to their radio station every time an Ashanti track was on.

[Ronnie Ron]

She is cute but her and Jarule look like two cartoon TURTLES.....

R-R

[Leslie]

Originally posted by JAMIE 3:26:
You be the judge.....

http://home.earthlink.net/~l_supreme81/ashanti.jpg I'm sorry but that before picture resembles a drag queen - also, that picture is probably from when she was about 13 years old.

[SuzanneT]

Originally posted by RonnieRon:
She is cute but her and Jarule look like two cartoon TURTLES.....

R-R See... You ain't right! I honestly don know where you get this stuff from. graemlins/rofl.gif

[Digiman]

Originally posted by Leslie:
I'm sorry but that before picture resembles a drag queen - also, that picture is probably from when she was about 13 years old. If she's 13 in the pic, then her stubble will be a lot worse now.

[YUJI-SAN]

Originally posted by RonnieRon:
She is cute but her and Jarule look like two cartoon TURTLES.....

R-R haahahahaa

[YUJI-SAN]

haha jarule looks like a gecko

[Discogoddess]

Originally posted by JAMIE 3:26:
You be the judge.....

http://home.earthlink.net/~l_supreme81/ashanti.jpg Jamie, you are SO WRONG for posting that pic of Ashammy! graemlins/rofl.gif graemlins/rofl.gif graemlins/rofl.gif graemlins/rofl.gif

[JMJ]

Originally posted by JAMIE 3:26:
You be the judge.....

http://home.earthlink.net/~l_supreme81/ashanti.jpg Perfect example of the dreaded uni-brow in action......JMJ

[Alanda Marquette from DiscoLadyLand]

Here is a little fact about Ashanti:

She turned down a track scholarship to Princeton so she can pursue her career in singing (her real talent as she puts it)

[Ronnie Ron]

Originally posted by Discogoddess:
Jamie, you are SO WRONG for posting that pic of Ashammy! graemlins/rofl.gif graemlins/rofl.gif graemlins/rofl.gif graemlins/rofl.gif [/QB]graemlins/rofl.gif graemlins/rofl.gif graemlins/rofl.gif graemlins/scared.gif

[JMJ]

Originally posted by DiscoLady:
Here is a little fact about Ashanti:

She turned down a track scholarship to Princeton so she can pursue her career in singing (her real talent as she puts it) Thanks Miss Info Desk. Luckily for her, she didn't turn down the razor......JMJ ;)

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[DJJM3.COM]

Originally posted by JMJ:
Thanks Miss Info Desk. Luckily for her, she didn't turn down the razor......JMJ ;) Who said shaven women aint sexy........ graemlins/rofl.gif

[Brut by Faberge]

http://www.tultw.com/pics/Cecil084.jpg http://img.atpictures.com/jarule/jarule21.jpg

separated at birf?

[MusicFilter]

Hell Yea! And if that girl sings "baby" one more time I'm going to graemlins/puke.gif

[Tempest]

Ashanti's new album track listing...
1. Aww Baby (Remix)
2. Baby Baby
3. My Baby
4. Baby, Baby, I'm Your Baby
5. Baby
6. Oooh Baby
7. Mmm Baby
8. Baby Can U be my Baby

[Jamie 3:26]

Ya'll forgot about er remix of..."Damn,baby..."

[Bold Soul]

So many day jobs. So much hate.

['Magic' Juan]

I can't front. Ashanti is kinda hot, but she is one dimensional. Her tracks are repetitive. She needs to drop those Murder Inc bozos and expand her horizons. Just my two cents .....

http://blazinbeauties.myphotos.cc/blazin/images/ashanti_pictures/ashanti2.jpg

magic_juan graemlins/cool_shades.gif

[Terri 447]

Originally posted by jj:
http://www.tultw.com/pics/Cecil084.jpg http://img.atpictures.com/jarule/jarule21.jpg

separated at birf? icon_rofl.gif icon_rofl.gif icon_rofl.gif

you made me cackle at work...

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[Djay Raare]

MAN THIS IS HOW I REMEMBER MY GIRL. CAN YA'LL SE ME IN THE GLARE OF THE SHINY BALL I TOOK THIS PIC LAST WEEK AT OUR H.O.U.S.E WHEN I WAS DOING HER I MEAN THE REMIX OF OH BAABY...... graemlins/cool_shades.gif

http://blazinbeauties.myphotos.cc/blazin/images/ashanti_pictures/ashanti2.jpg

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[Tempest]

Originally posted by JAMIE 3:26:
Ya'll forgot about er remix of..."Damn,baby..." Damn, baby(Remix) hmmm. just like the Unfoolish Remix of Foolish!!!!!

[Gojay]

Originally posted by Terri 447:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by jj:
http://www.tultw.com/pics/Cecil084.jpg [IMG]

separated at birf? icon_rofl.gif icon_rofl.gif icon_rofl.gif

you made me cackle at work...

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[Ronnie Ron]

Originally posted by jj:
http://www.tultw.com/pics/Cecil084.jpg http://img.atpictures.com/jarule/jarule21.jpg

separated at birf? Oooooooooh Shit i cant stop laughin ha ha ha ha ha!!!!! graemlins/rofl.gif graemlins/rofl.gif

[GrantB]

Originally posted by Bold Soul:
So many day jobs. So much hate. I agree. I would like to add that her stuff is WAY better than the song in the last "girl can't sing" thread that peeps were (weakly) defending. That was so lame I instantly forgot her name. Ashanti may or may not Autotune, but that girl couldn't even get it toghether to get a cracked copy of Autotune... and she NEEDS it in a bad way!

IMO, Ashanti songs are some of the only listenable material on that label for those of us who are not under the impression that we are some sort of thug supervillan. And the production, while not groundbreaking, is very well done. In specific, it has tonal balance and spatial seperation that the producers of some of the one-dimensional house records discussed on this page should take a lesson from.

I picked up the Happy and Foolish 12s as part of a concentrated effort to inject some recognizable and popular music into my live sets which are developing a tendency to get way to "deep" for most folks. (thanks in no small part to the DHP!) It was extremely successful in terms of dancefloor response. One of the things I've learned from talking to the DJs on this board is that your average Jane Notahead partygoer will eventually feel lost and go home if you don't throw her a radio biscuit every 8-10 songs, even if you're playing all "good music". When properly done, this technique enhances the overall deepness of the mix through musical diversity and prys open the ears of the listener to let in the music they don't know that you're mixing it with. Ashanti is PERFECT for this, at least in my neck of the woods.

I for one am looking forward to hearing her new album and seeing if there's anything on it worth using in the same context, since the old stuff is so played now.

For those of you who will no doubt pick apart this post and give me a bunch of opinion as to why I shouldn't be playing Ashanti, I would appreciate some constructive input also (for a change). Specifically, give me at least one recommendation of new popular music can I play in place of her records that is danceable and has musical value.