On Growing Pains, Ashalei Nickole is able to deftly link together rap, pop, and rhythm and blues styles. Ashalei’s alluring vocals and considerable charisma are what will draw fans in, while the backing beat is able to rise and fall at all the right points. Listeners will be able to find something that they can identify with on Nickole’s latest. Growing Pains is able to refresh trap and 1990s R&B genres with a track that shines from its opening notes until Nickole’s last lyric. Making waves with her latest, Ashalei Nickole has something special on her hands with this one.
Ashalei Nickole “Growing Pains”
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