Ashanti - Braveheart (2014)

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Ashanti - Braveheart (2014)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | Tracks: 13 | 00:52:36 | 111.9 Mb
Genre: R&B | Label: Written, eOne

BraveHeart is the fifth studio album by American entertainer Ashanti. It will be the singer's first album since The Declaration (2008), and the first album released since setting up her own record label titled Written Entertainment. BraveHeart will be independently distributed through eOne Music. Alongside working with record producers Lil Ronnie, Mansur and Cool & Dre. The lead single, "Never Should Have", was released on March 25, 2013. The second single, "I Got It", featuring rapper Rick Ross, was made available for purchase as a digital download on November 26, 2013.

Ashanti spoke on the influence of the album saying she also explained how the Oscar-winning film Braveheart inspired her album title. “The metaphor that I took was basically in the movie you have the Europeans, you have the soldiers from London and the U.K.,” she said. “They have the big horses, they have the shields, the guns, the weapons… They’re all armored up. And then you have the Scots. They’re all raggedy, homemade weapons, and paint on their faces. It’s not an even playing ground, so I feel like with the [major labels], they’re bossed up. They have the big engine and all the artists signed to them and with the indies, it’s depending. It’s homemade, it’s homegrown. It’s a lesser engine. So the metaphor I was using was being brave and putting your blood and guts into it and fighting passionately to win.”

"She Can't" was produced by Mansur, which was described as a sexy mid-tempo number with a chaotic beat. "Never Should Have" which was also produced by Mansur, sees the singer cooing of a former lover she now regrets over a marching band-driven beat that could easily sit on the pop charts. "Paradise" details an unhealthy relationship. Rico Love co-wrote the guitar-laden track "Perfect So Far". "That's What We Do," which features R. Kelly was produced by Lil' Ronnie. "R.I.P.," is a departure for Ashanti, who said it was first time she recorded with live instruments. The grown-up ballad rides the concept of finally putting a relationship to rest, with a burial, black dress and roses included.