its hard for me not to root for ashanti. shes worked very hard on her craft. her vocals from foolish to now are night and day. but why isn't she handling her business? the whole situation has just been so sloppy. she should do an album of mid tempos and try and appeal to urban ac. she just doesn't feel current enough to compete with the rihannas and beyonces of the world. but its easy to carve out a fairly low profile but also fairly lucrative lane in the urban ac market. plus her voice/timber is well suited to ride bid tempo beats. she should work with babyface.