Word: ashantis
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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When reviewers compare new artists with established ones, it's often not because they lack adjectives. It's probably because the new artists lack originality. So let's just say that hot-selling R.-and-B. singer Ashanti, 19, combines the hip-hop delivery of Mary J. Blige with the modulated control of Alicia Keys. Both are fine singers to emulate, but Ashanti needs to find her own voice. It doesn't help that the album's breakout hit, Foolish, is built around El DeBarge's keyboard sample from Stay With Me, a sample made famous by the Notorious B.I.G...
...might not have been as confident. That year Kyerematen was crowned the Ashanti regional champion, a title he held until 1960, when he earned a berth on Ghana’s national table tennis squad—only 10 years after first picking up a paddle in 1950 at age 13. He says his talent for the sport developed further in high school, where he always carried a ping-pong ball tucked into his shirt in case he happened on a game...
...know me, it’s probably from partying,” said the boa-clad Ashanti A. W. Decker, “All I do is hang out.” Apparently confused about the nature of the presentations, Ashanti said she had a sheet of paper full of nice things people wrote about her; she read one which was written by her roommate. It was indeed nice...
...Ashanti Decker’s common room is a model of modern comfort, with seating for twenty, plush, fluffy pillows, a coffee table cluttered with candles and ashtrays, and a silvery blue curtain adorning her window. “Sorry it’s such a mess,” she says, explaining that she spent the previous night (Monday) clubbing and was still a little out of it. At first glance, Decker appears the modest girl from Phoenix, Arizona, well on her way to a career in I-banking. But she’s sweet, ambitious and a whole...
...Ashanti, the novice of the group, is still growing accustomed to the idea of mugging for the camera and the culture that accompanies it. Her first few shoots have revealed a lot about the profession. iI worked with one guy who was a student and he had me do a lot of fun poses, but then I had this guy who was real weird and dirty,i she remembers. iI was like, eYeah. Get away from me.ii She admits the situation was disturbing, but sheis excited to branch out into other aspects of the industryoparticularly runway work. Her manager...