NEW MUSIC FROM ASHANTI!
Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Ashanti - Hey Baby (After the Club)
After “Switch,” the “buzz single” Ashanti put out featuring her boyfriend Nelly was leaked, people in Ashanti’s camp saw it wasn’t as well received as they thought it would be. Even though the song had potential, they immediately withdrew and waited to leak the new sinlge, “Hey Baby (After the Club).” Ashanti’s new single is produced by Mario Winans and 7 Aurelius (who also produced and sang on the buzz single “My Number, Babe”). Although I’m a lot more pleased with this song because of the sampling, I am a little worried about how this will sound on radio. It’s not ground-breaking or so left-field that people can’t get into it, it’s just a little different than what we’re hearing right nw on the radio.
Ashanti’s new song is taken from her album, Declaration which is set to be released December 4. We’ll see what else Ashanti’s got in her bag of tricks. She’s still signed to The Inc., and she’s one of their most successful artists. So let’s not hope that after the whole airing out with Irv Gotti on Wendy Williams (find out more here) will put a damper on the release of this project.






258 Comments
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151.
dina
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
Ashanti Irv is taken vengeance of you please don’t listen to him! Why you didn’t relies switch as your first single
I like the song because she have show a grow and great vocally but that’s it I’ am a big Ashanti fan so a I’m gone copy the album anyway but seriously you better have potentials singles on your album if not is the last one that I will bay
152.
Peaches
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
Sounds a lil like Diddy.Maybe it’ll grow on me but not feeling it now!
153.
Anonymous100
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
the song sucks and it’s definitley not a hit so i think she pretty much fell off
154.
STANDARD
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
WOW - so much hate to go around on this site. I don’t even like Ashanti, but man the hate is crazy.
People just like to hate cause its so much easier than giving a compliment. GET UR CAREER in line before you tell Nelly to get his girl. Cause checking this site every 10 mins to find something new to hate about is pathetic.
BTW - 1st and Last Post so don’t bother responding. PEACE OUT -
155.
aka
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
sounds a little “last night” to me
156.
dime5000
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
this is wack as hell. First LL put out a song with a beat and she’s like let me take that and sing over it. Today…puff and ya girl keisha put out a song and she jumping on the beats again. Just because someone put out a dope ass record don’t mean it’s going to work for you if you cop the same beats for your own track…with your wack ass.
157.
Dame
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
Nope sweetie try again
158.
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159.
reessezz j.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
fuck all yall i STILL love ashanti everything she say ii been thru…get em ashanti ii will ALWAYS b buyin ya albumsssssssssssssss
160.
Tiffany
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
It’s an okay song. Nothing great, but okay. Stop hating people! A whole lot of people are popular right now for putting out garbage records, so I don’t understand all the Ashanti hate at all!
161.
Drea
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
This sounds like diddys bullshit song…Last night..I couldnt even get an answer–tried to call–blah blah blah blah blah Dial.
162.
Jeremiah
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
Everybody screaming WACK to this but we got songs like a bay bay on the radio? Wow I am shocked. It is a cool song. Not as terrible as everyone is making it out to be.
163.
CARLISSIA
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
see everybody wondering why millions love beyonce cause she is talented and people know that …ashanti aint got a chance in hell for a comeback but she might go gold .. but if beyonce takes this long ass break ya’ll want her to take it aint go be no good music to hear from a female entertainer .. and artist like ashanti proves my point !!!!!
164.
Jeremiah
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
Oh please leave Beyonce out of this because B-Day was WACK with capitals letters. That album sold because it was Beyonce. And Deja vu was not all that either. But i got to give it to her. She sold it to people because she performed the he!! out of it. But do not act like her album was a masterpiece because the last album dangerously in love saved her from getting bashed for this one.
165.
Tisse
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
Dag how come all her post be going to three pages lol. She get a lot of replies to be a “Nobody” oh well. Still like the song but I want to hear a slow song too.
166.
Have Not Thought of a New User Name
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
@162&164
I agree with you that’s why I don’t listen to the radio. I am no Beyonce fan but one thing she can do is sing (acting and dancing IMO is on the same level as Ashanti, actually Ashanti is a better actress) that’s why people buy her records and although she takes credit for stuff she dosn’t write, she at least gets a hit song to get people to the store. Ashanti needs to let other people write for her for a while or stop singing because nothing is living up to her first album or even close to it.
167.
nasia
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
That pic is from the Ashanti album and the song is not that bad….yall always bring up Beyonce….like “Freakem Dress” and “Get em Bodied” is any better when it comes to using vocabulary
168.
Alvin
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
LOL !! It sounds like P Diddy’s song “Last Night”. I know Mario Winans is more creative then that.
169.
Jeremiah
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
Yeah you right. Her first album was a classic. And it was mostly slow songs. And I guess she is trying to get into the club music now which is not her. But if you produce something that everybody is not feeling right now then a lot of people will ignore it. Like Mario and how can I breathe. That song was the best yet then you got Chris Brown with wall to wall which is good but not as good as Mario’s but Chris gets noticed more because everybody is into the dancing thing and not slow songs too much right now.
170.
unh unh
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
This sounds so nineteen nineties
171.
jae
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
wow, keyshia cole’s “last night” much? errbody’s gon think she a biter now, hahahaa
172.
pathfinder
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
Pathfinder film
173.
CECE
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
For a sec..I thought it was diddy and Keysha… Ashanti, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!!!!! But she still look fly on that cover.
174.
Lula Pear
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
Didn’t listen, but not surprised… She is, and always has been, subpar… That’s why when Lil Mo came out saying they promised her the deal, I felt so sorry for her… They should have signed Lil Mo, they didn’t, obviously, because Irv has a certain “look” he likes… He said he only signed Vita because Hype Williams liked her look and said she came across really well in videos… And, Charlie Baltimore (who I have lots of respect for) could write, but her delivery was not great…it was bad, actually, really bad… And, he signed her… But, I think he first heard her on that Mixed tape dissing KIM on the song with Foxy…
Anyway, Ashanti should have never been a star… I remember cringing at her song “Foolish,” I LOATHED it…
175.
EnoughwiththeBABY
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
Okay…is ever first single going to include baby!?!?!? I don’t get it. I don’t even want to click play because I’m sure baby would be said 30 times in one hook. NEXT. Try again!
176.
Da HotTeSt cHiC iN da GaME
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
………tried to call, but my phone wouldn’t let me diallllllll
177.
kluv
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
dam she still looks good with some meat on her bones.
178.
imsoicy
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
Can we say Last night Part 2
179.
Alexis
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
This song is wackalicious!
180.
Torenay
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
I love Ashanti soo much and I was so worried about this sample, when I first heard it but after a while this became ma shit. She made this song her own forreal and it sounds better than Diddy’s, I aint like all da pauses in his. This is different for her and I think this album finna be snappin. She got JD, BabyFace,Pharell all of them on “The Declaration” . Im diggin this feel wit Ashanti and Alicia Keys new songs, both are so Winter songs lol, and Im lovin both.
181.
kells
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
okay can we say “LAst Night”? Sounds like it
182.
NetworKing
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
LAst Night! This is a blatant copy! Whhhyyyy!????!?!?! Keyshia Cole, get you’re part back!
183.
jscene
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
This is a nice song…a club banger
This sort of sounds like diddy and keyshia cole.
184.
Torenay
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
Watch Ashanti make her song wit diddy betta and out sell her, wit da same beat. Da Princess is back!!!!!!!!
185.
Lady Architect
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
not feelin it sorry…
186.
jscene
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
I knew someone would bring up beyonce and use her as the standard again……and so what she can sing….five bars into any song she sings, her voice becomes irritating and ghetto and country bumpkin as they come, no matter what she sings. Her voice can only be taken in small dosages, all that darn screaming, please…. her voice is no basis in which is measure other people’s talent.
Ashanti has her own style, own voice, and hopefully she still has her fan base. She could probably broaden her fan base with a big ass blonde wig, a popular camel, and wild movements. Cause let’s be real, what’s really setting these singers apart.
187.
blah
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
i didn’t like this or switch…she needs to go to timbaland or something cuz whatever she’s been doing lately ain’t cuttin it. and is nelly on this track too?? sounds like him yelling in the backround. i hope their not tryna be like B & Jay. @ least when B&Jay make a song it’s legit.
188.
PRETTY BROWN
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
@186,
DAMN, I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT FELT THAT WAY ABOUT BEYONCE. I CAN ONLY STAND LISTENING TO BEYONCE IN SMALL DOSES OR ELSE ALL THE OVERLY DONE AD-LIBS AND YELLING BECOME SUPER ANNOYING!!
189.
the real cookie
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
Boo!
I’ll always remember how cocky she was when she was the “princess of r&b” and how she thought she was soo unstoppable. Well, now she has to compete with a sea of just as mediocre talent. Only difference is - they’re younger. I’ll be curious to see if people are still feeling her.
190.
SCchemist
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
The song, “eh”. Vocally she sounds better. Switch sucked ass. She should just find something she is good at…………….. jury is still out on what that is.
191.
ChokLitFactory
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
B Real (#6) got it right. Its just “Last Night’ with worse singing. I don’t know about B saying she has no competition…she would never say that to the press lol! Shanti, ask Mario Winans for yo money back cuz this is a RECYCLED beat!! LOL
192.
Kenyanpebbles
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
am i the only one who’s freaked out by this? it all began when madam what’s her name started making wax figures of people who were beheaded. OKKKAAYYYYYYYYY CREEPY
193.
Kenyanpebbles
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
UM..wrong post lol
194.
JJ650
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
Its a little much like diddy and keyshia coles song.. not so much the singing but the production. Ashanti should step it up fo real.. I’m sorry but she could never top her first album!! THAT WAS ASHANTiIIIIIIIIII to me.. Shes not the best vocalist but that cd fitted her skillz and what she actually can do!!
195.
Lula Pear
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
188.
PRETTY BROWN
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
@186,
DAMN, I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT FELT THAT WAY ABOUT BEYONCE. I CAN ONLY STAND LISTENING TO BEYONCE IN SMALL DOSES OR ELSE ALL THE OVERLY DONE AD-LIBS AND YELLING BECOME SUPER ANNOYING!!
nah, there’s a lot of others who agree… I can’t even listen to a Beyonce slow song…I just can’t take her voice… The only Beyonce slow song I’ve ever liked was “Speechless” and that’s only because I’m a die hard Tweet fan and it’s a rip off of “Come over to my place.”
196.
bklyn-bella
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
I would not have mario winans touch any of my tracks if I was a singer…do we even remember any of his songs??
197.
Nickey
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
LOL @ # 10!!!!!!!!!!
198.
maria
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
I like it, can’t wait for the album to drop.
199.
bbb
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
ASHANTI…..but them haters where back there…do ya thang girl, last time I look you last cd went platinum and you release ONE song…who’s does that!…..get your grind on and you money right…HOLLA…supporting black women across the globe. Hell if Umbrella can make it to number 1 what cant?
200.
Sean
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
i think the song is hot!!! so what she sampled the beat.. obviously it was okay with diddy!!!! its not like she used the same exact lyrics she made it unique and thats what i like about her she dont give a fuck what people think.. she know that people are gonna have something to say and all of yall are.. besides she beautiful she doing her thang and im going to see her fight off zombies in resident evil on friday!!!! do ur thang ma and meet me after the club babe!!!!!!!!!!!
201.
bbb
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
Yaw just hate her cause you aint her….go some where and kick rocks you mark ass low life…..to talk about repetitive “Keyshia Cole” can that bitch sing a happy song, all she talk about is heartache and heartbreaks…Babyface said enuff she has a lot of pain in her voice..so can she SING?, someone give that bytch a prozac…and as far as overrated ass bouncey goes let not go there….that bitch ain’t right ONE word, She uses the crap ass effect very efficiently..step on these bitches so I can look right.
202.
ahsatar
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
Shit shit shit this song has so many elements of it. This is ridiculous thats it I’m suing for noise pollution!!!
203.
Tay2
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
I luv it & u haters goin crazy!!!
204.
riri
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
this songs sounds too much like p diddy’s!!!!!!!
205.
DESTINY
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
I have never been a huge Ashanti fan, but usually she does have catchy beats that make you sing along. Sounds waaaaaaaay to much like the Diddy song. Even though I dont like her that much, her and Nelly do make a cute couple, BUT from the song I heard on satelite radio the other day, he needs just as much as help as her!
206.
ef48
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
THIS SOUNDS TOO MUCH LIKE “LAST NIGHT”! BY DIDDY
207.
TheMastermind
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 /
I just think this girl is sexy…thats about it…
208.
CLEARMINDED
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 /
WOMP WOMP WOMP!!!!
This girl is in a time warp. It ain’t 2000 no more Ashanti, and all your junior high school fans have grown up and ain’t checkin for your silly non-singing ass no more!
209.
la tyrant
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 /
are you serious.
sounds just like last night. not impressed.
210.
Im the only polar bear up in this bitch
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 /
I stopped listening when the beat started & it sounded like the diddy keysia cole song.
211.
Shani G.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 /
lol i’m surprised ashanti still has stans. i find it funny for some reason.
anyway this song sorta kinda sucks. she should go back and try again if she’s serious about making a comeback.
212.
dontmatta
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 /
i kind of like it. it’s catchy. it’s not musical brilliance … it’s just catchy!
213.
lexhotone718
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 /
I really think its over for her 4real ashanti is wack!!!!!!!!
214.
Suno
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 /
6.
B Real
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
LAST NIGHT!!! COULDN”T EVEN GET AN ANSWER!!!!! Doesn’t this sound like Diddy’s beat? You can dance to it but they sound too much alike.
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Co Sign
215.
Vanessa
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 /
Damn yall some haters!
216.
NoirFemme
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 /
I hope her work with Babyface does Ashanti some good. This hip-hop ‘n’ b obviously isn’t working for her anymore. Time to “switch” sounds.
217.
the real cookie
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 /
Ashanti has haters? Wow, now I’ve heard it all. Some of the you stans are really reaching…lmao
218.
AnalogueGirl
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 /
Uh - I agree with the majority of you - - it sounds just like “Last Night” - - She needs a real producer that assists with creating a signature sound and providing a direction thats best for an artist like herself with weak/poor vocal ability. I mean take Cassie for example - - she can’t sing but her first single was PERFECT for her voice - - it wasn’t difficult singing involved and showed she has a nice sound and can deliver only with a certain TYPE of song. Ashanti has NEVER had the proper song for her voice - -she can’t sing so her best bet is to kinda talk-sing and/or get songs much like Cassie’s!!!
219.
shantifan
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 /
Fools. Yall can hate all you want. Cause Ashanti once said in an interview that she KNOWS she has plenty of haters but they only make her stronger. So go ahead. Hate. Cause youll only be doin Shany a favor.
220.
Adrienne J.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 /
Sounds like Last Night…I didn’t even listen past 20 seconds…I’m not feeliln it
221.
southern_queen
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 /
SHE NEEDS TO BE STOPPED NOW……….
THIS JUST CONFIRMES WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW-SHE CAN’T SING AND SHE IS WACK-AND I CAN’T STAND HER; “WACK ASS,ASS”-LOL! (not my quote-*all credit for this quote goes to Larissa “Bootz” from FOL-2) every time I think about her saying that a can’t help but laugh!
-OPEN LETTER-
ASHANTI,
At this point, you should just think about settling down , “hang out” and be “eye candy” or a “arm piece” for Nelly. Maybe, get yourself a good acting coach and work that out. You weren’t that bad in Coach Carter *rolls eyes! *. Leave the singing to those that can sing. Keep trying to work your other endorsements. (MUDD jeans-Delicious Curves-althrough I haven’t personally seen them in stores) or what about the fragrance. *crosses fingers behind back* LOL!
http://www.adrants.com/20...unches-fragrance-line.php
http://www.prnewswire.com...005/0004211716&EDATE=
I mean that’s plenty to work on-because let’s face it ,the song(s)you are singing we have heard them before! STOP WHILE YOU CAN ! It’s okay-graciously bow out now!
NOT A FAN-But someone that knows when enough is a enough
ps-please drop the pharse “it’s bananas” from your vocab-ASAP
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JERZEYGURL
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 /
#187 PREACH………. AND ADD THAT IT’S AMAZING HOW HER TOPICS ALWAYS HAVE THE MOST COMMENTS. AS IF THEY’RE TELLING ASHANTI TO HER FACE HOW THEY FEEL……………
223.
JERZEYGURL
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 /
SORRY I MEANT #186……….
224.
4Real
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 /
221 since you dislike her so much, how the HELL do you know everything about her? Undercover stan? =)
225.
Tiffany
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 /
People are hating so hard on Ashanti, that she gets over 200 posts! That is funny!
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