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Originally posted by Sugar_N_Spice
Man, at this point if I was Ashanti, I would release the following comment: "Thank you, Soul Train for attempting to bestow upon me this prestigious award...yada yada yada...but I gracefully choose not to accept it...yada yada yada...b/c I feel I do not deserve it....blah blah blah....etc" and state that she feels that such-and-such female singers, who (whom?--I always get these two confused; at least my grammar's better than the writers' employed by Soul Train) she considers her role models and inspiration, are deserving and well-earned candidates for this award...
That would be the mature (and she's the same age as me--21 so if I can think of this so can she) and honorable thing to do...
However, I don't think she has the guts to actually do it...
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do you mind if I ask who you think should receive the award? It seems as though everyone's complaining specifically about Ashanti winning this award, but no one seems to think any specific woman deserved it and was robbed...who do we think should've received the 2002 (note, 2002, not last year, or the year before) Lady of Soul Award?
Take a look at the Billboard top 100. Ashanti's album(at #17 even though it was #1) is the highest R/B female album on there. The 2nd highest is Mary J. Blige at #77 and that's been out for over a year! It's unfortunate that some really talented artists can't even get decent airplay, but as long as people shell out $$ for Ashanti can we really blame Soul Train for giving the public what they ask for? Can we blame Ashanti for accepting an award when she WAS on point this year?
http://www.billboard.com/billboard/charts/bb200.jsp