Yeah, the album is solid. No worse than any of the other albums that "hit" today. Ashanti needs strong management. That's the first problem I see with most black/urban acts...Kmart management. If she's going to insist on trying to go at it as an independent act, God bless her...but she needs a skilled and rock solid manager/promoter behind the scenes to compensate for the lesser push her music will inevitably get because of how it's being released. 106 & Park is cute. Try to get on MTV, Fuse, Entertainment Tonight and at least a presenter role at whatever big music award show is coming next.