Word on the street is that pop/R&B singer Ciara has been dropped from Jive Records after struggling with album sales for her fourth studio album ‘Basic Instinct’, which has sold between 40,000 and 50,000 so since its debut in December 2010. Apparently her single “Turn It Up” featuring Usher was scheduled to hit the radio airwaves on March 8th but was later pulled for some reason:

Reports are now beginning to surface that Jive finally pulled the plug on Ciara. Insiders say the singer is a drain on label resources because she does not know her artistry and is unable to pin down a unique sound. One insider said that “the label would rather invest in someone like Chris Brown who is proving successful on multiple formats”…Ciara and Jive executives are said to have reached mutual terms to end their partnership, effective immediately. [ SOURCE ]

On the other hand, it is also rumored that she has been visiting the Universal Records offices and may be in talks with Interscope Records about a possible deal…

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Her deal is up anyway, she is probably shopping around for a label that actually might make it through 2011.

I didn't know Jive still existed. The last record I bought from them was Code Red by Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince in the early 1990's. I mostly remember Jive Records from Billy Ocean and Whodini records from the 1980's.

MickyDolenz said:

I didn't know Jive still existed. The last record I bought from them was Code Red by Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince in the early 1990's. I mostly remember Jive Records from Billy Ocean and Whodini records from the 1980's.

Those were the best.

I remember seeing an interview with Whodini in the late 90's after

they signed with So So Def and Jalil referred to Jive Records as

Jive Ass records.

We all saw this coming two albums ago.

ABeautifulOne said:

We all saw this coming two albums ago.

I'm surprised she wasn't dropped a while ago.

Timmy84 said:

ABeautifulOne said:

We all saw this coming two albums ago.

I'm surprised she wasn't dropped a while ago.

Me too, but damn that is sad. "Promise" is my jam, idc what anyone says.

Timmy84 said:

ABeautifulOne said:

We all saw this coming two albums ago.

I'm surprised she wasn't dropped a while ago.

mte. She's been flopping for a long time now.

Oh well mcdonalds is hiring.

babybugz said:

Oh well mcdonalds is hiring.

I don't know how her 1-2-step ass ever got signed to begin with

mynameisnotsusan said:

babybugz said:

Oh well mcdonalds is hiring.

I don't know how her 1-2-step ass ever got signed to begin with

Oh I liked Ciara when I was in highschool (I’m 23) but she never evolve to anything so now she’s a flop. Artists like her don’t last though.

MickyDolenz said:

I didn't know Jive still existed. The last record I bought from them was Code Red by Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince in the early 1990's. I mostly remember Jive Records from Billy Ocean and Whodini records from the 1980's.

Jive Records still exist. They're part of BMG.

And by now, we all know Sony Music Entertainment brought out the entire BMG catalog.

mynameisnotsusan said:

babybugz said:

Oh well mcdonalds is hiring.

I don't know how her 1-2-step ass ever got signed to begin with

At one time, Ciara was hyped to be the next Janet Jackson. This kind of (over) media hype was enough to get a recording contract.

omigod, like do you see this look on my face. total shock...no, really, RUHLLEEEE i can't believe it, it's such news that like i can't fucking get over it

phunkdaddy said:

MickyDolenz said:

I didn't know Jive still existed. The last record I bought from them was Code Red by Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince in the early 1990's. I mostly remember Jive Records from Billy Ocean and Whodini records from the 1980's.

Those were the best.

I remember seeing an interview with Whodini in the late 90's after

they signed with So So Def and Jalil referred to Jive Records as

Jive Ass records.

That's probably similar to what James Brown thinks about Polydor and Run-DMC about Profile.

babybugz said:

Oh well mcdonalds is hiring.

[img:$uid]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/VirtuosoIntellect/blah-o.gif[/img:$uid]

Micky, where have you been? Britney, Nsync, R Kelly and Backstreet were all on Jive

MickyDolenz said:

phunkdaddy said:

Those were the best.

I remember seeing an interview with Whodini in the late 90's after

they signed with So So Def and Jalil referred to Jive Records as

Jive Ass records.

That's probably similar to what James Brown thinks about Polydor and Run-DMC about Profile.

I know Tribe Called Quest felt the same way about Jive too. QTip said their record deal was

so bad it created a lot of stress. I know Jive originally was distributed by Arista during the

Billy Ocean-Whodini days and by the time Tribe got on they were distributed by RCA.

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scriptgirl said:

Micky, where have you been? Britney, Nsync, R Kelly and Backstreet were all on Jive

I've never listened to any of them, so don't know what label they were on. I do like that song N*Sync did with Nelly and maybe a couple of others. The only Britney Spears song I've heard is Toxic. Backstreet, don't know. I've never paid attention to R. Kelly. I like She's Got That Vibe, and that's it. The only time I hear the radio is if I'm in a car with someone else, or it's on at work or in a store. If I happen to turn it on, it's only the oldies station or maybe jazz or classical.

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Chile, I knew something was up when I saw her ass at Taco Bell. She was trying to sell Fantasy Ride and Basic Instinct in the drive-thru.

MickyDolenz said:

I didn't know Jive still existed. The last record I bought from them was Code Red by Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince in the early 1990's.

I feel that way about Jive and Ciara.

Layzie said:

babybugz said:

Oh well mcdonalds is hiring.

[img:$uid]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/VirtuosoIntellect/blah-o.gif[/img:$uid]

I just cant get into Ciara anymore. I lost interest after "Promise" came out. She just can't find her own sound. Pussy poppin on stage and doing "the matrix" will only get you so far

as a recording artist,Ciara is over.She's about as relevent as Ashanti is these days

babybugz said:

Oh well mcdonalds is hiring.

and so are the strip clubs She would do really well at those places

TonyVanDam said:

MickyDolenz said:

I didn't know Jive still existed. The last record I bought from them was Code Red by Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince in the early 1990's. I mostly remember Jive Records from Billy Ocean and Whodini records from the 1980's.

Jive Records still exist. They're part of BMG.

And by now, we all know Sony Music Entertainment brought out the entire BMG catalog.

i was gonna say the same thing... you beat me to it.

SoulAlive said:

babybugz said:

Oh well mcdonalds is hiring.

and so are the strip clubs She would do really well at those places

?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? NO, NO... NO! that is the wrongest thing ever!

ive never even heard this girl's music. but that photo was scary. what has the world come to?