cool performance, ush!

loves ashanti

LOVE,LOVE,LOVE Ashanti, and she sounded good! Dress was nice, I just cant get past that makeup, come on Shanti!

Can’t wait for the Janet tour!
Love Ya CL!

love usherrr :]

LOVE Janet!

Well….

Usher-Wonderful, smooth, thats my dude! His performance was great and I can’t wait for the album.

Janet Jackson-A splendid performance…just wish that she could really sing FORRRR REALLLL!

Ashanti-She has made a HUGE improvement since her debut way back when. I wish her continue success…if only she could dance.

Usher is a beast right now. I’m very disappointed by critics harsh reviews over his album. Not every artist wants to be like Prince … “Here I Stand” is definitely worth buying so please support that man !!!

P.S. And Janet too !!! LOL.

Usher’s back! I’m excited about this.

Step aside Chris Brown.

Daddy’s back.

Loved every clip…Ush performed well, Janet like always. Ashanti—–you finally have proven your worthy to stay in the game.

Everyone did a great job with their performances…looooves Ashanti’s shoes!

Usher was great last nite take that Chris Brown. I really loved the Yeah performance he is baaaaack and I can’t wait to get the cd next week.

I am pissed I missed Ashanti The Way I Love You is such a real song. That dress is hot too.

Janet nooooooo whyyyyyy

Ashanti performance was solid and im proud to say the chick has proven that she is here to stay… This shoes that hate can make you strive to be the best no matter what is thrown your way …
Usher I WAS A MAJOR FAN UNTIL HE FIRED HIS MOM BUT AFTER SEENIG HIM PERFORM IM COMING BACK TO BECOME NUMBER 1
Janet is my wife so is ashanti so shit ill just smile at janet and say no female can touch her performance wise……

I agree..Ashanti sounds really great, better than before. if only chrihanna would take the same notes and get a voice coach!

Janet in her 40’s doing it like that? Say it aint so….Go Damita Jo!

Okay. I religiously watched DWTS until they prematurely kicked off Mario. Usher is an excellent dancer & performer, but they need to get a better demographic going in their studio audience. Their studio audience is skewed much older than it should be. They were killing me softly with the cheesy clapping every 30 seconds. Either they need to lose the clapping track in the background or they need to make the audience hold their applause until something great truly happens.

That being said, all three did a good job on their respective performances.

I meant shows not shoes for the ashanti comment sorry

Why is it that Ashanti has the same on-stage mannerisms as she did when she first came out like 6 yrs ago? That same “hand on my chest” routine is getting tired. I could watch a performance of “Foolish” or something and see virtually no difference in her on-stage presence. Tho the song and video were a step up, the performance was not.

Ashanti has really came back and stepped it up.

Usher and Janet still got it in my opinion. I can’t wait for the Rock Wit U concert also. I know it will be sick as usual.

USHER HE WAS GOOD AND THE LAST DANCE HE DID WAS A CLASSIC HINT HE WAS WEARRING BLACK AND WHITE SUITE AND GLOVES.THEN TOOK THHEM OFF. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TO BAD JASON DIDNT GET THE TROPHY ITWAS THAT GIRL WHO SKITES DONT KNOW HER BUT SHE WON.

yea..ashanti’s gucci shoes are pretty hot..once again, I cant afford them! lol

I love Janet!

PLEASE EVERYONE GO GET THE ALBUM ON JUNE 3RD.. SHE IS HERE OUR GIRL IS BACK… I LOVE LOVE ASHANTI…..

LETS MAKE THIS THE NUMBER 1 ALBUM FOR ASHANTI… IN 2002.. SHE SOLD OVER 500k IN HER FIRST WEEK!
Ashanti will be making the following appearances and interviews:

June 2nd: 106 & Park
June 3rd: Interview on The Steve Harvey Show
June 3rd: Interview with DJ Clue on Power 105
June 5th: Regis & Kelly
June 5th: Interview with Angie Martinez on Hot 97
June 6th: Good Morning America at Bryant Park, New York

wasnt feelin it.

I agree with you “Dame” take that Chris Brown. Usher killed it not once but two perfomances. These younger cats after Usher need to hide for now because Usher is back.

Janet is going on tour? WELL ITS ABOUT TIME!!!!!

#16 I agree, and for some reason I think Dancing With The Stars is the cheesy-ist show for anyone to perform on because of the whack audience.

That being said, Usher did his thing on there. He also performed a jazz rendition of Yeah that was pretty good. Angel you should show that clip as well!

The Way that I love you is my jam! Ashanti is doing it real big with that joint.

Twenty or thirty years ago, you would have had a hard time finding people in their 30’s and 40’s keeping up with people in their 20’s.

Ursh was a lil’ stiff, but he still did his thing. I really liked the performance.

J.J. is a queen as far as I’m concerned. Every young chick out here trying to sing and dance (from Britney to Ciara) needs to bow down to Janet because there was no one doing it like her before she came along.

I like ‘Shani.

Janet…is the issh…cant wait for the tour

Ashanti..i think her album is gonna be fiyah…

Usher is the man.

Black people doing it..Holla!!!

Usher still GOT IT- Gotta love him, I love his swagger!
Ashanti I’m so glad you proved those haters wrong. I’ve been a fan from day one and still am. You are definitely a STAR:)
Janet - I hope I can you see you on tour. Love Ya! I’m patiently waiting 4 Rhythm Nation and All For You tours to be released on DVD. I saw you on Larry King and you said you will release those two on DVD. Can’t wait:)

Ohh, and leave Ashanti alone with her 2002 moves, lol.

Ush said C-Breezy, thats nice and all…but I’m back. Sit down, because the original Michael Jackson swagger jacker is here once again!

I LOVE ASHANTI, I’m her biggest fan, SHE LOOKS SEXY as usual, SHE SOUNDS GREAT as usual (lately)…..CANT WAIT TILL JUNE 3……and to whoever made the comment about her touching her chest and singing, either way it was great she could have been touching her ass it still was great…..I guess the hate will begin……I LOVE HER….like those idiots thats on the “beyonce crack” im on the “ASHANTI CRACK”

liked ashanti’s vocals, improvement from her past live perfomances. ashanti’s movements on stage didn’t match her style of dress or the emotional tempo of song. she sang the song and made hand gestures as if it was a dance song, which, would call for different attire and dancers.

janet’s dance performance was great. didn’t like the lip synching. if that’s to be expected at the concert, i’ll pass!

usher was ok. performance not classy enough for dancing with the stars, in my opinion.

Wow Ashanti.. ti was great!
Go girl!

Janet killed those performances and I was feeling her swagger on LUV go ahead Damita Jo and she was singing over the track. Alot of artist do that especially ones that sing and dance at the same time! Ashanti was a lil’ stiff but happy she is making a comeback with that song. Usher……pass not feeling the cd!

Usher looked terrible on DWTS.

#16
Mario stayed longer than he should have, actually. From day 1, he was salacious. With all the body bumping and scant dresses, he should have known he couldn’t be so overtly sexual. He was adding too much emphasis on his pelvic region throughout the competition, too…sounds crazy, I know…but if you watched his performances, he was quite literally “goosing” his partner. I think it was a mix of youth and inexperience…the lewd “rolling” you might do to an R. Kelly song is not conducive to ballroom dance. And, when the rumors started about the affair with his partner, his dancing became something you just couldn’t forgive.

I’m sorry, but Ashanti has the most MEDIOCRE voice in R&B…I never understood the hype. Not trying to be mean, I’m just confused….her singing always seemed like talk/screaming to me, and there’s no emotion behind it.

I wish I could see what other people see in her, but she’s just not doing it for me. Some of her songs were cute though (production-wise I mean), but her voice….what’s the big deal?? Can someone please ’splain? LOL
She’s pretty though…

Janet is going to tour, I am there!!!!! #31 All For You is on DVD you can go to a Best Buy or Circuit City. Janet said she was in the process of releasing Rhythm Nation and the Janet tour on DVD. #34 Then don’t go because that’s why she’s the greatest female entertainer of all time and it makes up for her singing ablility.

sorry but usher looked bored and sounded like he was lipping (not saying he was but saying he sounded it). didn’t like it at all

Usher is a very talented man. Ashanti sounded and looked great. I love Janet and she is one of the best performers of our time.

Yo Ashanti tore it up last night, I was flipping through channels and saw her, she looked good in that skirt and it was a good performance…..a lot of props, plus she looked good…..

Usher, Usher, Usher….. Whewwwwww that was a PERFECT performance… I guess I need to buy your CD… Not a Tamika fan but I’m loving you as a performer.

Ashanti… GREAT, Love the dress and the performance too… Hate the hair… Lets take it back to the Foolish days with the straight black hair… Love that look…

Didn’t watch Janet (yawn)

to number 39!

You dont understand Ashanti hype? Why not… she sold over 500K albums in 2002 and her three number 1 albums.. I guess you dont understand her hype, but a lot of people do…. she is a songwriter… can you name one female RB chick that wrote they entire album? I heard on an interview - when she went to LA and heard the beat for ‘TITWIU” she wrote that entire song!

Her Lyrics are amazing…

yes i am an STAN for life

Im sorry but Ashanti sounds a PICKLE! She never sounds good to me, but thats just my opinion.

# 38, many of the dances on the show are very sexual. I am a fan of the show, and the dancers’ styles are a matter of opinion. I was reading an article yesterday that discussed how the producers pair the partners a certain way to up the sex appeal, make the audience wonder if the partners are dating each other, & keep the ratings up. Mario is not the first or the last person on the show to grind his partner on the dance floor. Some of the married contestants have been just as sexual or more sexual than Mario was. My main point is that Mario is a much better dancer than Marissa, who was safe the week that Mario was eliminated. My other main point is that the audience is inappopriately skewed regarding age for some of the performances. The last point is there is too much clapping going on during the performance. It sounds like a clap track instead of natural applause.

There is a fine line, which may be up for debate itself but I can only go by what I’ve seen from every other celebrity on that show… There is a line you cannot cross…Mario’s dancing was lewd and low-browed and it’s not because he didn’t have an ability, but merely because he CHOSE to come acrose that way. The lip-biting in the behind-the-scenes moments, which he knew would be televised?? He made every moment with his partner some extended sex scene and that is NOT what the show has been about.

Well excuse me Miss Ashanti. Girlfriend definitely threw down in that performance. And the shoes are on fiyah!!!! I really like that single she has out. It definitely hit home for me. I have been there and done that. Overall, she did a very good job.

I love Usher’s smooth dancing, but I can’t stand the lip synching stuff. It’s getting old and it’s time for usher to learn how to sing and dance all at once.

I’m glad Janet is going on tour. I wanna see it because She dances the whole time and I saw her Velvet Rope tour and it was amazing!

Ashanti. I wish her much success, but I really wish she could’ve been a writer cause I’m still not a fan of her voice, but she has fans so good luck to her.

Usher’s performance was great.
Love to see him dancing.

-Usher did his thing!
-Janet did her thing, mostly!
-Ashanti’s voice is much better! She needs to work on her breathing and singing at the same time so that she doesn’t run out of breath. It is time to also incorporate a routine with her songs. Take it to the next level, so that she will be able to tour successfully. But, I must say she gets an A for most improved singing.

I really liked Usher’s performance. I think that he reminds me a lot of Michael Jackson. Ashanti just doesn’t do anything for me musically. I just think that she is struggling to have a career after Ja Rule doesn’t have one.

BTW Usher’s performance was TERRIBLE! His lipsynching was off and i dont think he can dance like he use to…he needs to hang it up imo.

ashanti tore it up!!! she finally FINALLY discovered how to sing and perform im sooo proud of her she’s come a long way from her “baby, baby, baby” day’s lol fa real she rip it…and her vocables were bomb (yes vocables is a word. means the same thing as adlibs) lol

I think Ashanti did a great job!She actually sounded like the radio version. I never understood why people hate on her so much. She is very talented. She is a better songwriter than anybody in the game(tied with Alicia Keys). Also why don’t nobody hate on Rihanna(non singing ass), keyshia cole, brandy. Anyways, I wish her the best of luck, and yes, I do think her album is going to be hot. I will be going to get it on June 3rd.

Give it Ashanti, you just can’t sing and her stage performance is just horrible. She always look like she just started out singing. And most improved singer ( who)? If that’s improved she was just horrible. And she isn’t the only woman to write her own songs. Research.

There is something off about Usher. I saw him on SNL and he just didn’t look as smooth as he usually does. I’m beginning to believe that she’s all over him and he can’t break away enough to rehearse. He can dance, of course…but his voice was weird…his dancing was weird at times too… I would NEVER say he should hang it up…but he needs to get better. If he releases that song where he sings about her, he’s definitely going to flop…You ppl hate that woman like she’s wronged you.

usher performed a second song. a very jazzed up version of “yeah.” IT WAS CORNY, angel!!! FULL OF CORN - straight up!!! and it sounded as if he was lip syncing.

ALL DID WELL, CNT WAIT 4 USHERS new album-JANETS TOUR & ASHANTI rokd it, BUT IDK if im buyin hte album (if tht switch & hey baby oin there) -HELL NAWW, hahaha….

To #45 Donald

Yes, I don’t understand the hype because her voice is simplistic…but that could be part of her appeal. Especially since most die-hard Ashanti fans seem to be under the age of 22.

I usually like singers that have a unique and / or exceptional quality to their voice, but maybe that’s just me. The appeal for Ashanti fans may be that her songs are attainable and they can sing along with her and sound like her…
For instance, I can’t sing, I mean I can carry a tune, but not sing…and when I sing along to Ashanti songs, I sound almost exactly like her…that is weird to me. Her songs are catchy though.

Now with an Aretha song, or even a Fantasia or Beyonce song, I won’t sound like them no matter how hard I try….they have great range, and there’s something unique about their voices. Whenever I hear Ashanti, her singing voice just sounds like a controlled extension of her speaking voice.

And about the song writing…how old are you? If that’s amazing sobg writing to you…you need to open your mind up a little….

In any event, Ashanti strikes a cord with many people, I don’t understand it, but more power to her. No “hate”, lol, I’m just flabbergasted.

It’s actually a little sad because it seems people don’t expect much in the way of lyrics or vocal ability that much anymore. Oh well…

Please Please Please will Ashanti’s Publicist, family and promotions team..please stop hogging these threads with “Ashanti is amazing, most improved voice, etc..” That performance on BET yesterday was absolutely HORRIBLE! Ashanti has been in the game for 6+years and performed as if this was one of her first times on stage! She looked more like Tiffany Evans than a veteran in this business. Her performance went like this sing/screaming, hand on her head, a little winding of the hip, 2 steps forward, pumping of the fists (as if it were a rap song) and gestures of driving a car and reading a book! R U SERIOUS! how on earth do you expect anyone to take you seriously when you make the Danity Girls look better than you! All of you who said her performance was amazing must have been asleep at the wheel of the car she was gesturing! We are not fools and all the posts (note to Donald Meyers) on her appearance schedule is very transparent! We know majority of you are on her payroll! Maybe CL is her own personal blog site! Who Knows but please stop with the Ashanti accolades because trust, her album is going to brick. She has a solid first single, but one hot song from an artist who’s widely viewed as mediocre and has a solid base of Anti-Ashanti supporters will not drive album sales! Universal Motown/ The Collective and every other company on Asshanti’s payroll, SIT DOWN PLEASE! You guys are like HIllary Clinton Supporters……. enough is enough already!

And actually, Ashanti’s fans used to be under the age of 22! That’s part of her problem, she’s out of touch with who her fan base is! Her fan base has grown up! and they are wise enough to know that she was just a passing phase and as they’ve grown up, they see she’s shown no growth at all! Girls under the age of 22 have no idea who this girl is and couldn’t name a song of hers if you paid them to! Ashanti is still playing to the young girls and they are not her primary audience any more! I know because i have an 18yr old sister in college who if you were to ask her who wouldn’t put Ashanti in her top 15 singers. Ashanti is truly a misguided artist! Everyone handling her career is not helping her, starting with her mother who if she could trade places with her daughter, would! Even Michelle Williams has improved and stepping out into her own lane! Ashanti…..same ol’e same ol’e

Lol 61 and 62.

I agree with you both and won’t elaborate since you guys pretty much said it all. I do think she will sell though cause she does have a solid fan base who will buy her album no matter how bad her vocals her because it is easy to sing a long like Sanaa said. I’m not really sold on the radio version either cause I don’t like the vocals on that either. I like the way the song was written though just wish someone else would sing it. Also I really want Ashanti to embrace this song as a ballad so she should try sitting in a chair and singing it without all of the movement and the “what what, yeh yeh”

#56 I’d say Ashanti is better than Rihanna, but you really can’t compare her to keisha cole or Brandy. They are not the Arethas of our time, but they sing better than Ashanti. I’d say Ashanti is a step up from tierra marie.

Usher is back! He did it big!

Janet- You still got the moves and everything and you don’t have to dress like a ho. That is amazing! Janet is real talent. I’m going to your concert even if it costs me two paychecks. lol

Ashanti- Still not impressed, but I do really like your song.

@45 Mariah Carey did it to each and every album.

Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys.

@45 Just beause she sold 500k on her first album doesn’t mean anything. Souljah Boy single was #1 for for almost 5months and that song is nothing special. Her last albums have tanked and that the truth. I’m not hating i’m just telling the truth.

Actully I 27 and a tru fan but Stop hating and go get that album you haters know you’ll love some Ashanti if not you wouldn’t even click the post so get over it she will not stop b/c of you ok so stop hating.

AND GO GET THE ALBUM HATERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ENJOY

usher did good i love all the dancing they were gettin it!

ashanti did her thang to she was hitting all the notes she was really into it.
i enjoyed her performance she had the crowd moving as well can’t wait to cop her new album. i hope ashanti keeps doing what she loves she’s done good for herself and she never gave up, these hoodrat tricks always hating on ashanti but she’s doing more then yall sorry asses are doing shut the hell up haters!

janet next her time is up!

Usher is a talented brother — he can work a performance.

Janet is still one of the best dancers out there. Her precision is crazy and she’s always been particular about her backup dancers! Can’t wait for her tour.

@56 wrong for comparing Keyshia Cole to Ashanti, Ashanti will never win that contest. I think our standsrds are really low if we think Ashanti has “improved”, I mean Ciara can’t sing but at least she can dance. But there is nothing that Ashanti does that makes me want to watch her performance. The fact that she has a grammy and acts like Chrisette Michelle and Ledisi don’t is a sign of the times.

I would have to agree, Usher was looking a little stiff, and he was lip singing, you could tell! I dont think he needs to hang it up, but I do think he needs to step it up! There are alot of new people coming out and he needs to step it up!!

USHER pretty much quieted all haters in that performance and definitely reminded us that Chris Breezy still has a bit of catching up to do. That was just FAB!!! This new album is pretty decent too…not as great as 8701 or Confessions but definitely a GREAT LISTEN~