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Young, pretty, sexy, stylish, and hip, Ashanti is everything a modern, post-hip-hop soul crooner should be. She looks the part, trucks with hitmakers -- at the time her eponymous debut was released, she was featured on a hit single by Fat Joe -- and even approximates Alicia Keys' visuals on the back cover. She can sing, but she's not showy; she never hyperventilates, she croons. Her first album sounds modern, with fairly fresh beats and lightly insistent hooks, and is just naughty enough to warrant a parental advisory sticker (though if you're just listening to this record, it's nigh on impossible to figure out where the objectionable lines are). So why doesn't Ashanti play as greater than the sum of its parts? Largely because it lacks distinctive material, in either terms of the actual songs or the production -- and when that's combined with a singer who is good, yet not distinctive herself, the entire production sounds as if its treading water or providing nifty aural wallpaper. It's not bad by any means, and it has its moments, but at 17 tracks, including skits, it all becomes a blur. A pleasing blur, one that shows promise, but a blur all the same.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Christopher Rios, ComposerLyricist - Jeffrey Atkins, ComposerLyricist - Joseph Cartagena, ComposerLyricist - Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Tiheem Crocker, ComposerLyricist - Andre Parker, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Vest, ComposerLyricist - Irv Gotti, Producer - Brian Springer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - 7, Producer - Ramel Gill, ComposerLyricist - Paul Walcott, ComposerLyricist - Taiwan Green, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Etterlene Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Mark DeBarge, ComposerLyricist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - 7, Producer, Unknown, Other - 7 Aurelius, ComposerLyricist - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti for Top Dawg Productions, Producer - Terry Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Raymond Calhoun, ComposerLyricist - Andre Parker, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Springer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - Chink Santana, Producer, Unknown, Other - Darwin Johnson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Heath, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Jeffrey Atkins, ComposerLyricist - Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Vest, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti, MainArtist - 7 and Irv Gotti, Producer
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Irv Gotti, Producer - Ashanti, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Vest, ComposerLyricist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Springer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - 7, Producer, Mixer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti for Top Dawg Productions, Producer - Terry Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Andre Parker, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Producer, Mixer, FeaturedArtist, StudioPersonnel - Brian Springer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - Chink Santana, Producer, Unknown, Other - Charles Heath, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Vest, ComposerLyricist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Springer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - 7, Producer, Mixer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Rob Bacon, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Irv Gotti for Top Dawg Productions, Producer - Terry Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris de la Pena, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Brad Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Andre Parker, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - 7, Producer, Co-Producer, Programmer - Chink Santana, Producer, Unknown, Other - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Heath, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael George Dean, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Vest, ComposerLyricist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Springer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - 7, Producer, Mixer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti for Top Dawg Productions, Producer - Terry Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris de la Pena, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Gerard Thomas, ComposerLyricist - Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Vest, ComposerLyricist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Springer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - 7, Producer, Mixer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Miller, ComposerLyricist - Reggie Wiggins, ComposerLyricist - DeMario Bridges, ComposerLyricist - Reggie Wright, Producer, Co-Producer - Irv Gotti for Top Dawg Productions, Producer - Terry Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris de la Pena, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jared Thomas, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Ashanti, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Andre Parker, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Producer - Brian Springer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - Chink Santana, Producer, Drums, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Heath, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris de la Pena, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Etterlene Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Daron Jones, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Vest, ComposerLyricist - Mark DeBarge, ComposerLyricist - Sean Combs, ComposerLyricist - Christopher Wallace, ComposerLyricist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Springer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - Robert Kelly, ComposerLyricist - 7, Producer, Mixer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Butch Smalls, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Irv Gotti for Top Dawg Productions, Producer - Terry Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris de la Pena, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Irv Gotti, Producer - Ashanti, MainArtist - Shia, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Eldra DeBarge, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Vest, ComposerLyricist - Irv Gotti, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Springer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - 7, Producer, Mixer, Electric Guitar, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Kenneth Crouch, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Trevor Lawrence Jr., Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Bacon, Guitar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Janae Huff, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Irv Gotti for Top Dawg Productions, Producer - Chris de la Pena, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Courtnie Cox, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Cox, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jasmine L. Morris, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin T. Green, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Brian Springer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, Producer, MainArtist - Asif Ali, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - 7, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremy Mackenzie, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris de la Pena, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Etterlene Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Mark DeBarge, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti, MainArtist - 7 Aurelius, ComposerLyricist - P.L., Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti for Top Dawg Productions, Producer - DJ Olabean, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - John "Nastiee" Davis, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Raymond Calhoun, ComposerLyricist - Charli Baltimore, FeaturedArtist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Springer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - Chink Santana, Producer - Young Merc, FeaturedArtist - D.O. Cannons, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Raymond Calhoun, ComposerLyricist - Andre Parker, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - L. Spencer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Ja Rule, FeaturedArtist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Producer - Brian Springer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - G. Bonnick, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Chink Santana, Producer, Unknown, Other - Naweed Ahmed, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Darwin Johnson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Heath, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Brad Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Andre Parker, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Irv Gotti, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Springer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - Chink Santana, Producer - Crooked I, FeaturedArtist - Michael George Dean, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Mike Dean, ComposerLyricist - Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Brad Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Andre Parker, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scarface, FeaturedArtist - Brian Springer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - Chink Santana, Producer, Unknown, Other - Michael George Dean, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Etterlene Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Mark DeBarge, ComposerLyricist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - 7, Producer, Unknown, Other - 7 Aurelius, ComposerLyricist - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti for Top Dawg Productions, Producer - Terry Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Raymond Calhoun, ComposerLyricist - Andre Parker, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Springer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - Chink Santana, Producer, Unknown, Other - Darwin Johnson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Heath, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Mike Dean, ComposerLyricist - Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Brad Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Andre Parker, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - 7, Producer, Co-Producer, Programmer - Chink Santana, Producer, Unknown, Other - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Heath, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael George Dean, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Vest, ComposerLyricist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Springer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - 7, Producer, Mixer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Rob Bacon, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Irv Gotti for Top Dawg Productions, Producer - Terry Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris de la Pena, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Vest, ComposerLyricist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Springer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - 7, Producer, Mixer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti for Top Dawg Productions, Producer - Terry Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris de la Pena, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 M.I. Records, LLC.
Etterlene Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Cynthia Loving, ComposerLyricist - Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Daron Jones, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Vest, ComposerLyricist - Mark DeBarge, ComposerLyricist - Sean Combs, ComposerLyricist - Christopher Wallace, ComposerLyricist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Springer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - Robert Kelly, ComposerLyricist - 7, Producer, Mixer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Bunny Debarge, ComposerLyricist - Butch Smalls, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Irv Gotti for Top Dawg Productions, Producer - Terry Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris de la Pena, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Etterlene Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Mark DeBarge, ComposerLyricist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - 7, Producer - 7 Aurelius, ComposerLyricist - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti for Top Dawg Productions, Producer - Terry Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Raymond Calhoun, ComposerLyricist - Andre Parker, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Ja Rule, FeaturedArtist - Ashanti, MainArtist - Chink Santana and Irv Gotti, Producer
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Vest, ComposerLyricist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Springer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - 7, Producer, Mixer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti for Top Dawg Productions, Producer - Terry Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris de la Pena, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 M.I. Records, LLC.
Etterlene Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Cynthia Loving, ComposerLyricist - Irving Lorenzo, ComposerLyricist - Daron Jones, ComposerLyricist - Ashanti Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Vest, ComposerLyricist - Mark DeBarge, ComposerLyricist - Sean Combs, ComposerLyricist - Christopher Wallace, ComposerLyricist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irv Gotti, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Springer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ashanti, MainArtist - Robert Kelly, ComposerLyricist - 7, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bunny Debarge, ComposerLyricist - Irv Gotti for Top Dawg Productions, Producer - Terry Herbert, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris de la Pena, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Murder Inc. Records L.L.C.
Album review
Young, pretty, sexy, stylish, and hip, Ashanti is everything a modern, post-hip-hop soul crooner should be. She looks the part, trucks with hitmakers -- at the time her eponymous debut was released, she was featured on a hit single by Fat Joe -- and even approximates Alicia Keys' visuals on the back cover. She can sing, but she's not showy; she never hyperventilates, she croons. Her first album sounds modern, with fairly fresh beats and lightly insistent hooks, and is just naughty enough to warrant a parental advisory sticker (though if you're just listening to this record, it's nigh on impossible to figure out where the objectionable lines are). So why doesn't Ashanti play as greater than the sum of its parts? Largely because it lacks distinctive material, in either terms of the actual songs or the production -- and when that's combined with a singer who is good, yet not distinctive herself, the entire production sounds as if its treading water or providing nifty aural wallpaper. It's not bad by any means, and it has its moments, but at 17 tracks, including skits, it all becomes a blur. A pleasing blur, one that shows promise, but a blur all the same.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 32 track(s)
- Total length: 02:04:22
- Main artists: Ashanti
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: I.G. Records, Inc. - Universal Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2023 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2023 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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