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Post by think pink. on Dec 4, 2020 22:26:27 GMT -5
Billboard peaks are irrelevant in these battles to this audience. Keyshia may only have 3 top tens but to R&B fans she has many classics.
Ashanti’s features are going to carry her in this battle. Solo wise, Keyshia beats her easily.
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Dec 4, 2020 23:06:12 GMT -5
I'm rooting for both even though Keyshia is my personal favorite! Chartwise, Ashanti in fact has more Top-10 hits. She was bigger among the general public from 2002-04: "Always on Time" #1 "What's Luv?" #1 "Foolish" #1 "Happy" "Down 4 U" "Awww Baby (Rock Wit U)" "Rain on Me" "Mesmerize" "Into You" "Wonderful" Keyshia only has "Let It Go", "Give It Up to Me" and "Last Night". None of her solo materials reached Top 10 outside genre charts. Her commercial peak was between 2006-08. So I never really see them as contemporaneous acts. Anyways, look forward to hearing them perform this together once again! I'm rooting for them as well, but personality wise, I prefer Ashanti more.
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Dec 5, 2020 0:11:54 GMT -5
Ashanti is going to rely heavily on features and songwriting credits, but Keyshia has main credit TKOs from her first three albums. Whew... Trust is going to be my favorite drop. I do expect a performance of Woman to Woman.
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Post by Caviar on Dec 5, 2020 1:34:45 GMT -5
Chile if she does deep album cuts like “Same Thing”, “You’ve Changed”, “Brand New”, and “Give Me More”! God I could list so many more. Keyshia is going to KILL it and remind the mainstream not to sleep on these hits! “Heaven Sent” will leave Ashanti brain dead! This will be good.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Dec 5, 2020 5:45:48 GMT -5
We need a rank down ASAP! My good sis Ty already hosted it!! It was a hot mess but a lot of fun.
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Post by Ty on Dec 5, 2020 7:13:13 GMT -5
Chile if she does deep album cuts like “Same Thing”, “You’ve Changed”, “Brand New”, and “Give Me More”! God I could list so many more. Keyshia is going to KILL it and remind the mainstream not to sleep on these hits! “Heaven Sent” will leave Ashanti brain dead! This will be good. We need a rank down ASAP! I need her to insert "Give Me More" into that damn playlist cuz it still slaps!!
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Dec 5, 2020 11:41:01 GMT -5
Chile if she does deep album cuts like “Same Thing”, “You’ve Changed”, “Brand New”, and “Give Me More”! God I could list so many more. Keyshia is going to KILL it and remind the mainstream not to sleep on these hits! “Heaven Sent” will leave Ashanti brain dead! This will be good. We need a rank down ASAP! I need her to insert "Give Me More" into that damn playlist cuz it still slaps!! I want Superstar and for a feature she has to toss in Last Night because that song was a moment.
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Post by Caviar on Dec 5, 2020 14:52:36 GMT -5
I need her to insert "Give Me More" into that damn playlist cuz it still slaps!! I want Superstar and for a feature she has to toss in Last Night because that song was a moment. ...and to pile on regarding features she should absolutely do “I’ve Changed” with Jaheim.
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Dec 5, 2020 15:21:24 GMT -5
I want Superstar and for a feature she has to toss in Last Night because that song was a moment. ...and to pile on regarding features she should absolutely do “I’ve Changed” with Jaheim. Which was another bop. Ashanti def had a run, but I feel Keyshia's was longer?(I know the Irv Gotti case fucked things up for Ashanti)
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Post by Ty on Dec 5, 2020 19:58:02 GMT -5
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Post by SHOOTER on Dec 6, 2020 5:32:24 GMT -5
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Dec 12, 2020 18:21:12 GMT -5
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Post by SHOOTER on Dec 12, 2020 18:32:40 GMT -5
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Post by Caviar on Dec 12, 2020 18:55:20 GMT -5
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Post by Rican@ on Dec 13, 2020 17:53:51 GMT -5
I was doing a comparison of these two’s hits the other day. While Ashanti has hits, Keyshia was on another level with her songs. Keyshia gave us a couple of classic albums, IMO. While Ashanti was the Britney Spears of R&B during her time and nothing against that because I definitely jammed back then. If I put any of the two on a playlist, Keyshia will go on a quick. I was a huge fan of hers from 06 to 09. I remembered playing debut and Just Like You like crazy during those times. I haven’t heard an Ashanti album in full.
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Post by Caviar on Dec 13, 2020 20:51:08 GMT -5
Keyshia definitely eats her but I did like Chapter II A LOT summer 2003, particularly ”I Found Lovin’”.
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Post by back2blk on Dec 16, 2020 15:33:13 GMT -5
I remember being so disappointed with this release. I never spin this. Playa Cardz Right and Trust were really the only keepers.
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Post by Ty on Dec 16, 2020 15:59:10 GMT -5
"Playa Cardz Right" is my least favorite. This album could have been a bigger success imo. My favorite cuts are:
Trust No Other You Complete Me Please Don't Stop This Is Us Oh-Oh, Yeah-Yea
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Post by think pink. on Dec 16, 2020 16:05:46 GMT -5
The intro was the best thing about the album. Whoever made the decision to not have that be a full song is a bozo.
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Post by Caviar on Dec 16, 2020 16:11:57 GMT -5
I loved how polished this album was. "Brand New" and "Playa Cardz Right" were some of my most played songs of all time according to iTunes.
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Dec 16, 2020 17:14:50 GMT -5
Love "A Different Me". It's my second fave from her. My fave tracks from the album are "Oh-Oh, Yeah Yea", "Playa Cardz Right", "Brand New", "Trust", "This Is Us", "Beautiful Music", "No Other", "Please Don't Stop", and "Make Me Over".
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Post by Rican@ on Dec 16, 2020 19:40:04 GMT -5
I need to play that one again. It has been a while.
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Post by mrricx on Dec 16, 2020 20:36:55 GMT -5
Erotic is great too.
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Post by SHOOTER on Dec 17, 2020 1:04:37 GMT -5
Not here for this Thought You Should Know erasure!!
RE: Ashanti vs. Keyshia - Ashanti definitely had more instant, mainstream success and high-profile collaborations but Keyshia had more consistency in the R&B realm. Ashanti pretty much peaked with Only U in 2004 and all the label drama really threw a wrench in her career after that; The Declaration got her one last R&B hit but the entire rollout and promo for that era was sloppy AF and she’s only dropped ONE album in the TWELVE years since. Meanwhile, Keyshia had mild crossover success but maintained a consistent output in R&B since 2005; her last album still cracked the top-20 and produced a top-20 R&B hit. Ashanti’s rested on her legacy while Keyshia has continued to build on hers and I think that makes the key difference
And this is no shade to Ashanti but, as a fan, I’ve been frustrated for years at her not having more of an active interest in her own singing career.
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Post by vithor on Dec 17, 2020 17:13:31 GMT -5
Erotic is one of my favorite Keyshia songs period.
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Post by Caviar on Dec 23, 2020 20:22:56 GMT -5
I’ll never forget my BF surprised me with getting me this album at work. I bumped the shit out of this.
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Post by Rican@ on Dec 23, 2020 21:33:06 GMT -5
Forgot I Ain’t Thru was lead off this until I read the article. Honestly, I always think about the real gem Long Way Down. One of her best, up there with Heaven Sent. This is when I was off the Keyshia wagon until her next lead with Wayne.
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Post by Ty on Dec 24, 2020 1:25:27 GMT -5
Such an underrated album!
I keep going back to "What You Do 2 Me". It's one of her best ballads.
Also love love the deluxe-only track "Confused in Love" - it gives me strong The Way It Is vibe.
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Post by Ty on Dec 24, 2020 1:27:12 GMT -5
Not a big fan of the song ("Better Me") but Keyshia totally slayed this performance at BET Honors in 2011.
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