For the artist who broke records with the number of singles in the top ten at one time, and with one of the biggest selling albums in 2002, Ashanti has a lot riding on her sophpmore album. The intro is simply a medley of her hits from her debut album, and then there is the second track. Its titled "Shany's World" featuring producer Chink Santana, and it is simply Santana going on and on for three minutes and five seconds about Ashanti's (Shany) world, her CD, and then about himself how people call him....God. Why this is included as a track beats me...at least cut the man off after forty-five seconds or something! Something about skits bother me also, are they really necessary?

But some of the REAL tracks are actually pretty good. There is an update to Chaka Khan and Mary J. Blige's "Sweet Thing" called "Breakup 2 Makeup" which is enjoyable. Her two singles off this album, "Rock Wit U" and "Rain On Me" are actually the songs that I'm not too fond of. Some others like "Then Ya Gone" and "Carry On" have catchy beats, and "Story of 2" is a nice listen, but "I Don't Mind" puts me to sleep.

Overall, get rid of the skits and you got yourself a decent album with some skippable tracks.

Grade: B-