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This reviewer doesn't like the new Ashanti album.

It’s never a good sign when the interludes/skits are sexier than the songs. On “Concrete Rose Intro,” Ashanti, responding to interview questions, explains her artistic goals for the CD (the gist: she thinks the new disc is deeper than her previous work), but from the interviewer’s mellow-as-shit probes to Ashanti’s mmmm-yummm answers, the Q&A session is as titillating as good porn. On “Message to the Fans,” a twenty-three second interlude, Ashanti offers up a sensual valentine for her listeners.