Article: Ashanti & family.

Article: Discs: r&B: HHIII Ashanti Concrete Rose the inc
The Independent on Sunday;  December 12, 2004 ;     371 words ... ... to prove a point, Ashanti is nothing but a vessel, a mannequin. Albums like this are all about the producers, and on Concrete Rose, main man of The Inc, Irv Gotti, is treading water. Amid the mandatory guest appearances (notably Ja Rule) and meaningless ...

Article: Virgin Mobile 'First Dibs' Locks Exclusive Ringtones from ...
PR Newswire;  December 20, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Virgin Mobile customers exclusive access to Superphonic (a.k.a. real music) ringtones from Ashanti's new release Concrete Rose, which is in stores now, as well as Ja Rule's R.U.L.E., fresh off its smash release this November. These albums ...

Article: ASHANTI CONCRETE ROSE DEF JAM/THE INC.
The Boston Globe;  December 17, 2004 ;     427 words ...It's best not to read too much into the title of Ashanti's third album. While it seems to imply that the R&B songstress is revealing a grittier musical side here, mostly this CD is packed with the kind of radio-friendly tunes that have made her a reliable hit-making machine in recent years. Ashanti

Article: ADVISORY/Best of British Campaign Continues As UK ...
Business Wire;  July 25, 2002 ;     647 words ...Entertainment Editors ADVISORYfor Sunday (July 28) ENTERTAINMENT WIRE) Who: As part of the Virgin Megastore Best of British campaign, Julia Fordham, one of Britain's celebrated singer/songwriters, will be on hand to showcase songs from her latest album "Concrete Love" just released, and to sign

Article: SOUND & VISION
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  December 16, 2004 ;     468 words ... ... Crosby, the Ramones and James Taylor all appear. CD 'Concrete Rose,' Ashanti The soulful Mary J. Blige she is not ... and finesse. Ja Rule and Santana both guest on "Concrete Rose." Club shaker "Turn it Up" is a strong point ...

Article: Ashanti: answers critics & doubters.(Interview)(Cover Story)
Ebony;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... artist is back on the record charts with a superhot CD, Concrete Rose, and lighting up the silver screen with her pretty ... She laughs heartily. "I'm so excited about Concrete Rose. I love the album. The feedback has been positive ...

Article: Ashanti tries her luck on the Hollywood screen
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  January 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Luv" and "Always on Time" prompted fans to dub her "The Princess of Hip-Hop/Soul." Ashanti's third CD, "Concrete Rose," hit stores in December. Named after a Tupac Shakur lyric, the recording is a mixture of rhythm and blues ...