Apparently having her album pushed back to June 3rd gives Ashanti a whole lot of time to perfect her craft (lord knows she needed it too) as well as deliver her female fans with an album that it is in many ways about “womanhood and empowerment”. Not only has she been working on her album, but she’s also working on another book titled Ashanti Style which is a teen-centered lifestyle book. Folks, she’s not the same hoodbooger who used to ride hard for Murda INC, she’s all grown up now! Here’s what she had to say about her new album The Declaration:

“The Declaration” touches on those low points in life that determine whether you’re strong enough to go on. It reminds women that they can’t let things get the best of them.”

You guys can expect to hear two tracks entitled “Mother”, which of course is inspired by Ashanti’s close relationship with her own mother, and “Click”, which according to her is “a relationship record done from a female point of view. It’s about when you’re trying to get in contact with someone you’re seeing but he’s not answering, and by the time he calls you feel like, ‘I don’t want to talk to you now.”

Ashanti has definitely made it clear that she’s declared herself a grown ass woman! Damn, Nelly must be hittin’ her off with that serious pipe game. Anywhoo, I ain’t even gonna front. I must admit that I am feelin’ her first single titled “The Way That I Love You”. That joint is hard…sh*t the rest of the album better be too!