Brown Sista

Above is the cover to Ashanti’s new single, “The Way That I Love You”. The singer’s official website unveiled the cover last night and I love it. Ashanti has always photographed beautifully- just check out her gallery on BrownSista.net for proof. Word is the video shoot for the new single will be happening in a few days and look for Ashanti’s new album, which has been pushed back, to drop sometime in early spring.

Album push backs are becoming extremely popular as Ashanti can now add her name to the growing list of female singers having their album release dates either pushed back or postponed indefinitely. Appearing on the Doug Banks Show today, Ashanti confirmed that her “Declaration” will not see the light of day until sometime in early 2008. No actual release date was given however. Ashanti also confirmed that no video for her first single, Hey Baby, has been shot as previously reported. And though Ashanti probably won’t admit it, I think her label is re-evaluating their decision to release Hey Baby as the first single and rightfully so. The song is too similar in sound to that of Diddy and Keyshia Cole’s “Last Night”, and because of that radio will most likely not play it. By new years a new single will most likely be chosen, and fans will have long since forgotten about Hey Baby.
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Singer/Actress, Ashanti, will be featured on the November Cover of King Magazine. The “Hollywood Issue”, as it is being dubbed, will feature not only a pictorial by Ashanti, but actress Elise Neal, who has also graced the cover in the past. As many of you know, Ashanti recently released her first single, Hey Baby, from her forthcoming CD, Declaration. The single was sent to radio stations on September 25th, so we should all expect to see a lot more of Ashanti in the coming weeks, as promotion for Declaration gets underway. You can check out Ashnati’s beautiful cover to your right and head on over to King’s official website to see exclusive behind the scenes footage of the cover shoot.
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Singer Ashanti stopped by 106 & Park yesterday to talk about her upcoming movie, Resident Evil: Extinction, as well as her new single, Hey Baby, which has now officially been confirmed as the first single from her upcoming album, The Declaration. I listened to the single earlier today on Ashanti’s MySpace Page and honestly, I do not like it. I don’t think it is suitable as a comeback track and a comeback is excatly what Ashanti is trying to do. Her last album was released three years ago and it did not sell as well as her previous two albums. Since then the musical landscape has changed quite a bit, with singers like Beyonce, Ciara and Rihanna now occupying the throne Ashanti once shared with singers like Brandy and Monica.
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