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Def
Jam/The INC
9-4
“Don’t Leave Me Alone”
PAR1⁄2
On the
album’s intro, Ashanti claims that Concrete Rose,
her third album is her best album thus far. I wouldn't be
so quick to jump to that conclusion if I were her, the previous
two albums were both pretty good. One thing I can say about
Concrete Rose is that this is by far Ashanti's strongest
vocal performance. This is also her most diverse album.
The 24 year old tried everything from edgy beat driven tracks
like Only You and Turn It Up to Love Ballads like Every
Lil’ Thing. The album is packed with disappointing
throwaway songs and four skits (way too much for an R &
B album) but she does her thing on songs like Don't Leave
Me Alone which help make up for it. Ashanti also gets help
from Seven Aurelius (produced Hush, LL Cool J) who produced
most of the album, T.I. and fellow I.N.C. label mate Lloyd
who joins her on Take Me Tonight a Southside type duet.
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