Random Pop Thoughts

[JadeFan]

Ashanti was the worst thing to ever happen to music.

BraveHeart ft. Crayola & Na'vi has been delayed until 2013.

[DirtyPornStar]

I don't care about Ashanti.

But, holy shit is "Only U," a tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuune. To this day I still love it.

[SunshineConcubine]

Only U is her greatest moment. Admittedly she has about three good songs across all of her albums, but at least she will always have that, and Gaga stealing hairstyling tips from her Good Good video.

[playboy69]

Yeah well Gaga's career will be over just as quick as Ashanti's!!!

[HYSTERIA]

They're still using that lost , amazing Boyfriend video that was never released in the adverts for Bieber's album. Surely this is just rubbing it in our faces now ?

[playboy69]

Don't worry mate it's only bloody Justin Beiber!!

[HYSTERIA]

It's the principle goddammit ! We can't have popstars running around thinking they can get away with stuff like this, it's as if Britney teased the Slave 4 U video, and then unveiled a completely family friendly "hugs by the warm Christmas fire" video.

Come to think of it, that sounds like an amazing concept for Slave...

I forget my orginal point.

[PantoponRose]

^ Clearly a Cobain stan. Pfft.

[PantoponRose]

My pithy comment is in the wrong place :(

[Robsolete]

I'm sorry but the '90s had amazing music, it was the decade that Björk and Madonna were at their peaks, it was incredibly diverse, shoe gazing, alternative, grunge, dance music, hip-hop was all amazing, and not the same LMAOPOP goop that has been served by the charts in the past few years.

Then again, it's pointless for me to argue because I know that half this board thinks good music only existed after 2005. *shrugs*

I agree with this. Fair enough there was also some crap in the 90s. But it's not like there isn't plenty of absolute rubbish around these days that all sounds the same.

[Mushroom3]

'Only U' is one of those songs that's so good I feel the shit artist behind it has no right to have delivered it to us. It's not that I want somebody else to have sang 'Only U' because it's basically perfect as it is, I just don't know how it came into the hands of such a shit artist (I have no idea how much of a hand she had in """""co-writing""""").

See also: Cheryl's 'Promise This' and Justin Bieber's 'Boyfriend'.

[RJF]

I'm sorry but the '90s had amazing music

Oh, I agree completely. I was talking about the glut of "LOOK HOW SQUEAKY CLEAN I AM! LOOK HOW PERFECTLY IN SYNC THIS DANCE ROUTINE IN FRONT OF MY LOCAL MILKSHAKE BAR IS! LOOK HOW MY SWEETHEART IS PICKED OUT AN A&F CATALOGUE!" kind of pop that was just all kinds of awful. I would actually blame that for my coming rather late to the pop party in my life.

[KhiaShamone]

Ashanti was the worst thing to ever happen to music.

Really? I mean, ok, Ashanti Shequoiya is now synonomous with being basic/a victim of Beyonceitis, but she did serve up some good tunes back in the day.

"Only U" and "Foolish" plus features on "Always On Time" and "What's Luv?".... all four great songs. The rest of her music not so much, but still.

[EnsnareTheSenses]

Oh, I agree completely. I was talking about the glut of "LOOK HOW SQUEAKY CLEAN I AM! LOOK HOW PERFECTLY IN SYNC THIS DANCE ROUTINE IN FRONT OF MY LOCAL MILKSHAKE BAR IS! LOOK HOW MY SWEETHEART IS PICKED OUT AN A&F CATALOGUE!" kind of pop that was just all kinds of awful. I would actually blame that for my coming rather late to the pop party in my life.

NOOOO!

I don't give a shit whether this sounds awful or not, but I am so glad that I had all of that wonderfully cheesy pop as a child. It was phenomenal!
All of the birthday parties... the jelly and ice-cream, with Steps, S-Club, Britney and the Spice Girls all booming in the background. I don't think I would've preferred to have been a child in any other era! The 60s would've been quite fun, but even still.

I don't care if the time produced the cheesiest, most artificially-happy pile of manufactured, gaudy music the world has ever seen. It made me feel so damn happy, and is so deeply engrained into most of the best memories from my childhood that I will not have a word said against it. Completely wouldn't work today - today's children have 'S&M'.

As a teenager, I perhaps would've hated it. But I wasn't. I was the perfect audience for it, and completely lapped it up. And I don't even mind, because some of it was actually great music, with or without the perfect Americana diners.

I shall now drift off to sleep, humming 'Say You'll Be There', and thinking of tight, red catsuits and more crop-tops than you can shake a Gameboy Colour at.

[Mr Telephone Man]

Yeah, I'm glad I was apart of the teen-pop wave, when it was happening it didn't seem cheesy, it just was a natural reaction to the time. I mean look at what the younger generation of stars get away with today, Britney, Christina, Mandy etc couldn't even wear a crop top without causing controversy. They sang and presented themselves in a manner that was deemed appropriate, it may comes off as cheesy now, but back then it was fucking amazing.

[fancygreen]

I don't care about Ashanti.

But, holy shit is "Only U," a tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuune. To this day I still love it.

Correct. 'Only U' is, against all odds, amazing. Even more amazing is its "intro" ('Message to the Fans'). She basically makes this Darth Vader-meets-sub-Marilyn-Monroe voice, and effectively finds a way to both make me laugh hysterically and creep me the fuck out.


"kaaaaah i want to thank u .... love... ASHANTIIIIII kaaaaah, etc."

[Mr.Arroz]

What do you think of Ashanti's voice fancygreen?

I think she definitely grew in her later years.

[Blob]

Ja Rule and Ashanti 'Always On Time' is flawless. And Fat Jo's 'What's Luv'.

[jinzo]

Oh come on, Ashanti's continued contribution to pop music is something we can all appreciate. I mean, her latest album cover for instance:



fff;;f;f;;ffff....it's the random-ass braid through the forehead that gets me.

And Foolish is a 10/10 jam, let's not beat around the bush.

[SunshineConcubine]

I like how Ashanti's albums contain random tracks from other artists on that Murder Inc label, and clips of her little sister screaming her head off. So selfless.

Plus Good Good is so good they named it twice.

[miklc]

"Foolish" 9/10
"Happy" 6/10
"Baby" ?
"Rock wit U (Awww Baby)" 7/10
"Rain on Me" 6/10
"Only U" 10/10
"Don't Let Them" 7/10
"Still on It" (featuring Paul Wall and Method Man) 8.5/10
"The Way That I Love You" 6/10
"Always on Time" 9/10
"What's Luv?" 10/10
"Down 4 U" 8/10
"Mesmerize" 4/10
"Wonderful" 5/10
"Pac's Life" 9/10

[BML]

Baby and Rain On Me are flawless. Foolish, Rescue Me, Still On It and Only U are Ashanti's only other decent songs.

[Sinful]

What's Love and Always On Time, albeit are Ashanti features, are still to this day, mah jamz.

[SloMover]

What's with the wonky eyes? Has she been taking make-up tips from Phi Phi O'Hara?

[jinzo]

What's with the wonky eyes? Has she been taking make-up tips from Phi Phi O'Hara?

Seems more Jiggly Caliente than anything.

And the blue lipstick, the old lady earring from Argos, the look of confusion on her face, the desk fan wind machine...all priceless.