I’m really grateful, and I’m just really excited for the next part, the next chapter. “I’m so excited about the new projects coming up - the new music coming up, the new television stuff coming, the new films coming.

“I would put myself in the lane of being extremely focused and about to embark on even more greatness,” she says. Nelly says, quote, I’m dating something unbelievable. He tells that he’s single right now because his focus is on that record. Nelly is getting ready to release his new album in November, and says that’s where his heart belongs. It’s been 15 years since her debut album, but Ashanti is exited about her future agenda. Nelly Says, Who Said Him & Ashanti Were A Couple + New Album. She co-stars in the drama Stuck that’s currently in post-production and has “three or four television projects that are in the works,” two of which she’s executive producing. Whenever I’m out there I go super hard.”Īshanti is equally busy on her acting front, too. I catch a really great vibe out there for some reason. I was only supposed to be there for a week and ended up staying for a month each time. I was just thinking about my favorite records and who did them,” Ashanti says. This is where we are in life, with everything.’ I’m ready to do that.”Ī self-described “workaholic,” Ashanti has been recording primarily in Los Angeles and working with Ty Dolla $ign, DJ Mustard, J-Roc, Hit-Boy, L.T. “There are certain things that five years ago there’s no way anyone could’ve gotten me to say certain things, but this time around it’s like, ‘Hey, we’re in 2016 going into 2017, and this is how I feel. “I can really say in time that you grow and you learn and you just become more comfortable,” she notes. 10): Ashanti has been in the studio creating new music all this year but we are yet to hear a new single or news about an album. Throughout ‘PREY//IV’, Glass shows us that being hurt doesn’t have to define or deplete you, and for some it can become the stepping stone to more fertile creative ground.And she’s comfortable with the idea of maybe being more personal in this batch of songs. Going solo means everything is now on her own terms, with the album even coming out on her label Eating Glass Records. Ashanti TheBLACKMedia Novem0 Multi-platinum, Grammy award winning recording artist Ashanti returns to the music scene after her last album Braveheart in 2014 with her new single Say Less. 1 spot on three other Billboard charts (Top 40 Tracks, Rhythmic Top 40, and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop). The album's lead single, 'Foolish,' topped the Billboard Hot 100 and also reached the No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of more than 500,000 in the U.S. They are breathy and delicate before an explosion of raw emotion by way of guttural screams, with cuts such as Suffer and Swallow melding the two states into a whole.Įverybody Else offers some respite with clearer vocals and a trap-esque recurring riff that sounds like a music box from a twisted lullaby, luring you into a false sense of security and allowing Glass to truly take centre stage. In 2002, Ashanti's self-titled Def Jam album debuted at No. Glass’s vocals often recall the vulnerability and power of QueenAdreena’s Katie Jane Garside in their push and pull, moving between attack and defence. The Hunted, meanwhile, sees Glass take a more defiant stance: “You took a shot in the dark, but you missed my heart, watch the hunter be the hunted.” The track’s skittering beats, animal roar samples and dramatic strings only up the emotional ante. Pinned Beneath Limbs reads like a shopping list of signs to look out for from potential abusers, as does Fair Game, a song that flips perspectives and is told through the eyes of an abuser. The decade-long trauma and the Canadian artist’s recovery have understandably bled into the record. In 2017, Glass released a statement alleging abuse by Ethan Kath, her former bandmate in Crystal Castles. Witch Hunt is another Trojan horse, where the dancefloor beats of the verse belie the track’s dark subject matter, which is a recurring theme.

Love Is Violence strips back the aggression to leave chart-ready vocal melodies behind, and Baby Teeth is, at its core, saccharine pop with added bite.

Throughout there are sections that lean towards outright pop, cutting against the overarching style in effective fashion. Here Alice Glass delivers disarming industrial backdrops that eviscerate one moment and segue into unexpected territory the next. ‘PREY//IV’ offers none of those things, in the best possible way. Watch out Keri and Rihanna, the R&B princess is ready to maker her return to music. Some albums are easy listens, with melodies that wash over you and lyrics that play it safe. She's finally back Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter Ashanti is about to take over 2012.

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