“Scars” was also a step up from a waste of time. The only highlight – if it can be called that – is “Never Should Have.” The song proved that Ashanti can belt if she cares to. And unlike Carly Rae Jepson’s hit “Call Me Maybe,” the chorus wasn’t one to be deemed as catchy. Her song “Runaway” is a mash of the same words wound into a ballad.
Trying a softer voice, similar to Alex and Cierra’s cover of “Toxic”, she even missed out on the R&B aspect of the “Love Games” featuring Jeremiah. Although Ashanti promised that the album would delve deeper into her on-again, off-again relationship with rapper Nelly her voice seemed more than reluctant, hiding in the background of the ricocheting beats.Īlmost every song was sung alongside another vocalist, whose voice outshined Ashanti’s. None of the titles followed the sugary, bubbly pop theme in her original hits. Released on March 3, “Braveheart” features a cacophony of similar – no, identical – hip-hop beats roaring over weak vocals. After listening to “Braveheart,” an original album produced by pop singer Ashanti, whose 2000 hit “Foolish” raged the charts, I felt that she missed the memo. When an artist releases an album, it’s expected that their voice is prominent in at least one of the songs.