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CD Review: Tisdale more Raven than Timberlake in Disney hierarchy

Jeremy Carmona

Issue date: 3/8/07 Section: Entertainment
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03/08/07 - It's such an annoyance to see Disney Channel actors and actresses coming out with songs and records and trying to make it big in the music world. Maybe these stars are looking for an escape from the clutches of the dreaded Walt Disney emperor, as Mickey Mouse takes orders from his cryogenically frozen head.

Or maybe these actors think they can attain the same status as the former members of The Mickey Mouse Club. X-Tina has achieved success, along with Timberlake. Britney was in her prime during the early 2000s, but after getting knocked up twice, marrying K-Fed and flashing the world her junk, she has gone completely overboard and shaved her head.

Hopefully Ashley Tisdale, a typical blonde bombshell built for commercial success, doesn't fall into this devastating path. Deciding that she might have a knack for the music world, the girl who once played Madeline on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody magically grew some music chops and hit the studio to create Headstrong.

Not to be confused with LL Cool J's Headstrong album, Tisdale's has a bit more pop music than the LL Cool J's.

Surprisingly, Headstrong actually did well on the Billboard U.S. Charts, reaching No. 5 in its first week, its peak position.

Tisdale's album is nothing more than a cheesy pop album. Like the rest of the Disney Channel stars who try and make it big, they never do. The lone exception is Raven Simone, who had Bill Cosby for a grandfather.

"He Said, She Said," the album's single, is a knock-off version of Lindsay Lohan's "Rumors." The content is about people accidentally saying horrible things about each other and not having the correct story, thus creating a rumor.

The song sounds like your stereotypical pop song: the airy chorus, catchy lyrics and a singer who in no way, shape or form can relate to the song in real life.

"Be Good to Me" another single, is Tisdale's "club banger" song. This song has three different versions: Disney Channel, Wal-Mart and mature. Tisdale is always thinking of a way to accommodate her younger and older fans. Such a sweetheart.

Overall, the album is just not showing Tisdale's true colors. She abandons her innocence and takes up sexual, mature essence to try and attain new audiences. Tisdale's new self sounds like a fusion of the Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys, but spicier.

Eventually Tisdale is going to end up with the rest of the rejected Disney stars and end up picking up another show to do. I mean, Raven still's doing well after being on the channel for about eight years, and she seems content with her life.
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