Track Listing

1. Intro
2. Shany's World feat. Chink Santana
3. Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)
4. What Are They Gonna Say Now (Skit)
5. Breakup 2 Makeup
6. I Found Lovin'
7. Rain On Me
8. Then Ya Gone feat. Chink Santana
9. Living My Life
10. Black Child (Skit)
11. Feel So Good
12. Carry On
13. The Sugar Shack (Skit)
14. The Story Of 2
15. Ohhh Ahhh
16. Shany Shia (Skit)
17. Sweet Baby
18. U Say, I Say feat. Gunnz
19. I Don't Mind
20. Outro feat. Chink Santana
21. I Know (UK Bonus Track)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8447 in Music
• Released on: 2003-06-30
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 70 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Chapter II, the second album by 2002 hip-pop debutante Ashanti, is aimed squarely at the mainstream portion of her audience. She made her name with radio-ready duets featuring Ja Rule and Fat Joe, but Chapter II goes light on the rap, opting for only a small handful of cameos by co-producer Chink Santana. The mostly mid-tempo tracks are pleasant, but much of the album feels like an unfinished structure that'll only be fully built when the songs are remixed for the airwaves. Still, with the star's assured (and nicely undersold) vocals front and centre, it amounts to a breath of fresh air from production company Murder Inc. Note: "Breakup 2 Makeup" once more updates the Chaka Khan/Mary J Blige classic "Sweet Thing." --Rickey Wright

CD Description
Second album for Murder Inc. by Grammy award winning R&B vocalist and songwriter, Ashanti Douglas. The New York born artist shot to fame with the 2002 single, 'Foolish'. Included here is her 2003 single, 'Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)'.

Customer Reviews

She is lovely
This album is a step up from her last one as her sophmore album she has indeed shown her maturity.She goes from being heartbroken to empowering herself and asking questions. Then she delivers the solution to the problem breakup 2 makeup.Unlike other artists she doesn't dwell on being a child for too long and appreciates being a young woman.

Keep pressin on Ashanti!!!!
I must admit Ashanti gets on my nerves with her irritating prissy ways, but I still buy and listen to her music anyways. I have both of her albums and I think that both of them are hot. I think "Chapter II" is definitely a step-up from the first album. She can sing and I must give her props for that. She writes all her own music, so of course it's going to be unique. She's not Mary J. or Whitney, but she is very talented. So, Haters please quit hating on her singing abilities b/c that's something that she can do.

Chapter Eleven.
Despite a million-plus selling debut, a handful of top ten singles, and being hailed as the new princess of r&b, Ashanti Douglas still has a lot to prove. Like Madonna, Kylie, and J.Lo, Ashanti suffers from an affliction common among most young and pretty female artists: success without the respect. The criticism isn't unwarranted: her 2002 self-titled debut was a collection of trendy hip-hop r&b that's high on gloss but low on substance. What's more, her vocal range is limited to a pretty light whisper that lacks the muscle and grit of many of her peers. It'd be refreshing to expect "Chapter II" to represent a mature step forward from her seriously flawed debut, but you'd be setting yourself up for disappointment. The problems with this CD begin right at its very foundation: the songwriting. Actually, "songwriting" is too questionable a term to use since everything here sounds borrowed, stolen, and sampled. Hooks are few, and the beats lack bounce. The lyrics are trite, juvenile, and vapid tales that fall mainly into one of two categories: puppy love and "he-did-me-wrong." Take a sample from "The Story of 2": "Baby I'm just thinking about what I wanna do / just wanna do / I don't care if I'm wrong / think I'm in love with you." Producer Irv Gotti works overtime to conceal Ashanti's strained voice by coming up with stale rhythms and recycled ideas. This is especially evident on tracks like "Living My Life," "Feel So Good," and the tragic "Breakup 2 Makeup." "Chapter II" does have one guilty pleasure of a single: the infectious "Rock Wit U," which has a hook so undeniable you almost forget how empty-headed it is. The rest of the album would succeed if the other cuts were as interesting, but, in the end, Ashanti has released a second album that's all sizzle and no steak. She could have fought back at critics with a tough album that would justify her commercial success. Instead, she and Irv Gotti slavishly follow the very formula that made her a multiplatinum star in the first place, and they take virtually no risks. That's progress?