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foolish 5\5

happy 5\5 i like it more than foolish though.

leaving (always on time part 2) 4.8\5

call 5\5

scared 4.8\5

rescue 5\5

baby 4.9\5

voo doo 5\5

movies 4.9\5

over 5\5

unfoolish 5\5

dreams 5\5

thank you 5\5


The Album That Began The Urban Music Scene...   March 15, 2003
 4 out of 5 found this review helpful

In late 2001 to early 2002, Ashanti (as with Alicia Keys, Ja Rule, and sadly the death of Aaliyah) has definitely changed the direction of the music scene from the Teen Pop Phenonema (early 1997 - early 2002) to the Urban Scene of Hip-Hop & R&B. Though unlike Alicia Keys, Ashanti's R&B competitor, Ashanti has changed the direction of Top 40 music of soulful R&B (with Alicia Keys in late 2001) to an urban blend of hip-hop and R&B (with hits of late 2001-early 2002 of Always On Time [with Ja Rule], Foolish, and What's Luv? [with Fat Joe]). Ashanti & Aaliyah seemed to have dominate the Top 40 music scene of 2002 with their hits....though because of Aaliyah's tragic death it leaves Ashanti left over to become, as Ja Rule would say, "the princess of hip-hop and r&b".

The lure of obtaining Ashanti's success and the change of the music scene to urban is clearly seen with "TOP 40" one-hit wonders like Tweet, Toya, Truth Hurts, and Angie Martinez and with transitions of reigning pop stars exploring R&B like N'Sync (Nelly Remix of "Girlfriend"....most definitely Justin Timberlake with "Justified"), Britney Spears (she remixed her last two singles "Overprotected" and "Boys" to a more "r&bish" beat), Christina Aguilera (well...Dirrty explains it all), and Jennifer Lopez (less Latin songs and more hip-hop songs in her "This Is Me...Then" album comapred to her previous albums).

But anyways about the album...

Ashanti has definitely set a new level in R&B in the music scene. Her lyrics and vocals definitely bring a smooth R&B sound but still her beats create a taste of hip-hop. Ashanti's wonderful talent is definitely shown and presented nicely with this album. With Ashanti's continued success, as shown in "Mesmerize"...we could see Ashanti dominate this new Urban music period (which shows no signs of slowing down...), similar to how Britney dominated the Teen Pop phenomena...


An excellent debut, I must say!   September 19, 2002
 3 out of 3 found this review helpful

This CD is great for people at all ranges. The CD has lyrics based on the on-going tales of love, and how it affects the average human. In many ways, Ashanti points out little details that I have not noticed about 'love' in the past. She has proven that she is a very talented Composer and Artist for that matter.

The long-awaited debut of Ashanti Douglas is worth the money! The genre she uses is a new creation, or at least not heard to the average ear. It has a big range of different genres that are combined into one. Some have fast tempo like "Happy," and "Baby" obviously telling a positive story of love. Where as "Over" and "Scared" show some of the negative points of love.

This is definetly a must for most R&B and Hip-Hop Lovers!


Go Ashanti   September 15, 2002
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This is a great album, the songs have great variety. I especially like the songs sung with Ja Rule, because their voices have great chemistry togther... This is a great album, though, and it is very well written. The songs are great for her voice, ... I would recommend you buy this album,...