Things are too hard and heavy around here, so I’m breaking it up with some music (always good)…I was getting my nails and toes done today and heard these songs on the radio and just melted…

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I guess you can tell that the Easy Listening station was playing…tee hee hee…but I was so relaxed and so in the zone that I didn’t mind one bit. Good music is good music, not matter the genre…

I first want you to go and take a look at this…shit: UCN

Now, let’s take a deeper look into why the hell Ashanti felt the need to set up a fake Web site and take it even further to film some useless ass video about a crime spree that has jumped off because of her song? If this no-talent singer had any ounce of pride, she would not be party to anything like this; and to do this just to sell records?

What has become of us, people? Will we do anything to become something that we are not? Since when is it okay to lose respect for yourself, let alone everyone else, to even conceive something like this? I realize that the music industry is a business, but there are still some that hold onto who they are and make it.

She is a pretty girl, with a not so strong voice. That hasn’t held back some of these more successful young ladies. Name one that can actually sing…I’ll wait. I didn’t think so. But it really is all about marketing and promotion, isn’t it? And this ploy, this little trick, is some bullshit.

With the way of the world today, why should anyone condone such idiotic displays of nonchalance? Shit like this infuriates me to no end, because it is so not necessary and only illuminates the fact that this girl’s small window of fame is closing fast. When she cannot stand on her own and garner attention, but has to resort to meaningless tactics to draw attention to an album that probably sounds worse than fingernails on a chalkboard, she just needs to find something else to do. Be honest with yourself, girlfriend…if you had to sit in a room and set up a flip chart and brainstorm ideas to get people to listen to you, it is OVER!

I first read this story on What About Our Daughters and I agree with the solution: don’t set up a protest, don’t stage a major boycott of Ashanti…just ignore it. What she wants is the attention and not giving it to her maybe will tell her what we already know…baby, your time is up.

Update: Per MTV, Ashanti and her record label have taken down the site and issued a statement…

“Following discussions with Ashanti, we have jointly decided to remove the TheWayThatILoveYou.com website that hosts the Gotchagram,” read a statement issued from the singer’s label Wednesday morning (June 11). “Ashanti and her music have always been about self-empowerment and addressing the issues that are most meaningful to her. We stand by our artist and her creative choices.”