![]() She tied her experience in the music industry into her latest project as an actress in the movie Honey Girls. They would make me sit in front of them and write,” she admitted. “I was happy that as a young female, I was writing my own records. Knowing that her album has become a staple in the music industry and a must-have for R&B essentials, Ashanti briefly reflected on her nearly 20-year success since the release of “Foolish.” Ashanti said, “Just me being just a young girl from Long Island in SoHo writing records in the studio with a bunch of rappers, I never knew that this was going to be the end result.” As she thought back to her young adult headspace, which she described as “a little naive, a little green, and super vulnerable,” she is proud to see her success story come full circle.Īshanti described her younger self as “passionate” and continued to praise her growth with a smile on her face during the Zoom interview. You know, at a point in my life, I was 20 years old and writing about what I was really going through.” “All of those records touch me differently. “That’s like one of my favorite songs and it’s like seven minutes,” she laughed. The Long Island, New York native described it as an “amazing feeling to know that a record I wrote 20 years ago is scorching again right now in another generation.” She also expressed her love for the metaphors written in the lyrics of “Baby,” which became a top-ten charting hit, and the visuals created within the words of “Rescue.” She appreciates the love that she has received over the years including sampling in the “Wockesha” Remix featuring MoneyBagg Yo. “Obviously ‘Foolish’ is my biggest record,” she acclaimed to herself. While as an artist she’s in love with most of, if not all of, her own music, Ashanti admits to one specific record’s success. I don’t want to stray too far because I’m really proud of what we created, but I’m excited about it.” She continued to express how she believes that listeners will “have some great memories” to go along with the newly cut album. ![]() It’s an amazing feeling to sonically make it feel that same rawness, but with the 2022 spin on it – just sonically making it crispy. “I mean, it makes the most sense after being in the game for 20 years and having the rights to be able to go back and rerecord my first album. “The business side of me,” the “Foolish” singer laughed. When asked by Girls United editor D’Shonda Brown why she made the decision to re-record her RIAA-certified triple-platinum debut album, she responded by letting her entrepreneurial mindset take the reigns. Ashanti, which featured notable names in hip-hop and rap including The Notorious B.I.G., Ja Rule, and Irv Gotti, debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts while also earning three Grammy nominations. Ashanti‘s self-titled debut album Ashanti was released collaboratively on Apvia Murder Inc.
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