May 31, 2012

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Ciara has revealed the titles of her new single and album.

The singer confirmed that her new single will be called ''Sweat'', while her fifth studio album will be named One Woman Army.

The release will mark Ciara's first album through Epic Records after LA Reid signed her to the label last year. Ciara told MTV that she's excited about the project and that fans can expect to hear new material in the near future, teasing: "You guys will be in for a treat very soon."

One Woman Army will be the follow-up to 2010's Basic Instinct.

Does anyone care, tho?

Her last album debuted at #44 with 37,000 the first week. If that wasn't the most embarrassing shit in life.

It's gotta be the biggest flop on record.

scriptgirl said:

Does anyone care, tho?

Yeah, LA Reid and execs over at Epic.

Identity said:

scriptgirl said:

Does anyone care, tho?

Yeah, LA Reid and execs over at Epic.

They're about the only ones.

scriptgirl said:

Does anyone care, tho?

No.

I give her credit for trying and somehow keeping a contract but I could care less and judging by her 3 years of relevance, no one else cares either.

She called the paps all last era to let them know where she would be and people still didn't care. Her fans thought that made her relevant.

Its kinda sad because Ciara is a really good dancer, she is the female best dancer that has came out over the last 10 years and of her generation... She should really search for her own creativity and shy away from the pop world if she wants to get serious with her music. Otherwise go independent...

She just need to quit trying toohard to please and quit taking off her damn clothes. Get back into the crunk and b / dance music and stay there. That damn "Ride" did her IN.

mjscarousal said:

Its kinda sad because Ciara is a really good dancer, she is the female best dancer that has came out over the last 10 years and of her generation... She should really search for her own creativity and shy away from the pop world if she wants to get serious with her music. Otherwise go independent...

I never really understood why people thought she was such a huge seller outside of album one, i mean yeah it was a big record but it wasnt like a "jagged little Pill" type debut, and then the second album basically rode on the first ones, which is the norm, then she hit gold and whatever, dont really get what big seller she ever was for people to think it was some sort of iconic fall from grace? people need to let go of the 90's already and that mindset. As for her dancing, shes good but MYA would clean the floor with her and all the other female dancers out there, MYA is basically the best in a long time in all styles of dance, and people need to check her indie release which blends alot of styles of music, very cool record.

lastdecember said:

mjscarousal said:

Its kinda sad because Ciara is a really good dancer, she is the female best dancer that has came out over the last 10 years and of her generation... She should really search for her own creativity and shy away from the pop world if she wants to get serious with her music. Otherwise go independent...

I never really understood why people thought she was such a huge seller outside of album one, i mean yeah it was a big record but it wasnt like a "jagged little Pill" type debut, and then the second album basically rode on the first ones, which is the norm, then she hit gold and whatever, dont really get what big seller she ever was for people to think it was some sort of iconic fall from grace? people need to let go of the 90's already and that mindset. As for her dancing, shes good but MYA would clean the floor with her and all the other female dancers out there, MYA is basically the best in a long time in all styles of dance, and people need to check her indie release which blends alot of styles of music, very cool record.

Yea I LOVE Mya and she is a very talented trained dancer in tap, jazz, etc. I guess I was speaking of the 00s not necessarily the 90s....

Im surprised she never really made it big. Shes pretty, very good dancer and I liked alot of her songs.

Yea Ciara was never really a huge seller but she needs to grow as an artist if she wants to garner interest. She should do what the likes of Mya, Amerie, Ashanti are doing and just go after the indie market and over sees if music is something she is really passionate about.

What exactly is the "90s mindset" to you?'

mjscarousal said:

lastdecember said:

I never really understood why people thought she was such a huge seller outside of album one, i mean yeah it was a big record but it wasnt like a "jagged little Pill" type debut, and then the second album basically rode on the first ones, which is the norm, then she hit gold and whatever, dont really get what big seller she ever was for people to think it was some sort of iconic fall from grace? people need to let go of the 90's already and that mindset. As for her dancing, shes good but MYA would clean the floor with her and all the other female dancers out there, MYA is basically the best in a long time in all styles of dance, and people need to check her indie release which blends alot of styles of music, very cool record.

Yea I LOVE Mya and she is a very talented trained dancer in tap, jazz, etc. I guess I was speaking of the 00s not necessarily the 90s....

Im surprised she never really made it big. Shes pretty, very good dancer and I liked alot of her songs.

Yea Ciara was never really a huge seller but she needs to grow as an artist if she wants to garner interest. She should do what the likes of Mya, Amerie, Ashanti are doing and just go after the indie market and over sees if music is something she is really passionate about.

What exactly is the "90s mindset" to you?'

the 90's mindset is something i see mainly here on the org and im it exists quite a bit in mainstream media and culture and thats the thinking that everything out of the gate SELLS 100-200 thousand or more week one, its just not the way of the world anymore, i think people are so used to that "SELLING BUBBLE" and stuck in it, the years of Mariah Carey and Celine Dion selling 8 million copies or Backstreet Boys selling a million in a few days, its really never gonna be like that again, sure there will be the occasional 250-500 thousand seller week one, but if you look after that its very rare to keep those kind of numbers, and i think artists are cool with it, but fans arent, im perfectly ok with it mainly because the artists that i follow are beyond that place, im just glad when they have a record out, i mean the MYA record i have pretty much worn out, even bought the autographed disc of her site, but im not stressing the fact that it was just a blip for a few weeks on the RB chart, she aint losing sleep so why should i. And thats the thinking i just apply to everyone i like, by not caring. So the ? was the 90's mindset and that like i said was this "praying to the sales god" i mean we had a huge thread a week ago about Adam Lambert having a number one record with the lowest albums sold ever, and im sure most of the people pointing out how it sold the least ever for a number one ever even heard the record, and now the record fell and people are on to the next topic. SO all in all that thinkiing is really why the industry is where it is, and the talent pool is what it is.

lastdecember said:

mjscarousal said:

Yea I LOVE Mya and she is a very talented trained dancer in tap, jazz, etc. I guess I was speaking of the 00s not necessarily the 90s....

Im surprised she never really made it big. Shes pretty, very good dancer and I liked alot of her songs.

Yea Ciara was never really a huge seller but she needs to grow as an artist if she wants to garner interest. She should do what the likes of Mya, Amerie, Ashanti are doing and just go after the indie market and over sees if music is something she is really passionate about.

What exactly is the "90s mindset" to you?'

the 90's mindset is something i see mainly here on the org and im it exists quite a bit in mainstream media and culture and thats the thinking that everything out of the gate SELLS 100-200 thousand or more week one, its just not the way of the world anymore, i think people are so used to that "SELLING BUBBLE" and stuck in it, the years of Mariah Carey and Celine Dion selling 8 million copies or Backstreet Boys selling a million in a few days, its really never gonna be like that again, sure there will be the occasional 250-500 thousand seller week one, but if you look after that its very rare to keep those kind of numbers, and i think artists are cool with it, but fans arent, im perfectly ok with it mainly because the artists that i follow are beyond that place, im just glad when they have a record out, i mean the MYA record i have pretty much worn out, even bought the autographed disc of her site, but im not stressing the fact that it was just a blip for a few weeks on the RB chart, she aint losing sleep so why should i. And thats the thinking i just apply to everyone i like, by not caring. So the ? was the 90's mindset and that like i said was this "praying to the sales god" i mean we had a huge thread a week ago about Adam Lambert having a number one record with the lowest albums sold ever, and im sure most of the people pointing out how it sold the least ever for a number one ever even heard the record, and now the record fell and people are on to the next topic. SO all in all that thinkiing is really why the industry is where it is, and the talent pool is what it is.

You are so right and make good points. The industry is missing out on good talent because it is so concerned with record sales..... WHO CARES? Nobody is NEVER going to sale like how artists in the 80s, 90s etc did. I just wish the industry just focused on creativity and music instead of image and who can produce the most sales. The funny thing is even if artist did sale like back in the 90s it wouldnt mean anything because the music isnt there... we have to turn the focus back on true talent and music instead of all these other things that dont mean anything in a different industry. I think if the pop industry did that it would be so much broader than what it appears now.

I'm looking forward to it. Her last projects weren't that bad. She just wasn't heavily promoted which is what a lot of black female singers who can drop it like its hot have experienced. Its hard to be in the shadow of Bey.

Ciara is also a lot like Chris Brown in that the dancing is awesome but the vocals are weak. Difference is that audiences like a man that can crunk and break but a woman that does it is not as appreciated.

My advice to her would be to find a formula that works and stick to it. Have an album that's one side dance/club hits like Ride and the other side slow jams along the lines of Speechless or If That Boy Don't Love You. Forget that Love/Sex/Magic shit and Gimme Dat because those songs sucked.

mjscarousal said:

lastdecember said:

the 90's mindset is something i see mainly here on the org and im it exists quite a bit in mainstream media and culture and thats the thinking that everything out of the gate SELLS 100-200 thousand or more week one, its just not the way of the world anymore, i think people are so used to that "SELLING BUBBLE" and stuck in it, the years of Mariah Carey and Celine Dion selling 8 million copies or Backstreet Boys selling a million in a few days, its really never gonna be like that again, sure there will be the occasional 250-500 thousand seller week one, but if you look after that its very rare to keep those kind of numbers, and i think artists are cool with it, but fans arent, im perfectly ok with it mainly because the artists that i follow are beyond that place, im just glad when they have a record out, i mean the MYA record i have pretty much worn out, even bought the autographed disc of her site, but im not stressing the fact that it was just a blip for a few weeks on the RB chart, she aint losing sleep so why should i. And thats the thinking i just apply to everyone i like, by not caring. So the ? was the 90's mindset and that like i said was this "praying to the sales god" i mean we had a huge thread a week ago about Adam Lambert having a number one record with the lowest albums sold ever, and im sure most of the people pointing out how it sold the least ever for a number one ever even heard the record, and now the record fell and people are on to the next topic. SO all in all that thinkiing is really why the industry is where it is, and the talent pool is what it is.

You are so right and make good points. The industry is missing out on good talent because it is so concerned with record sales..... WHO CARES? Nobody is NEVER going to sale like how artists in the 80s, 90s etc did. I just wish the industry just focused on creativity and music instead of image and who can produce the most sales. The funny thing is even if artist did sale like back in the 90s it wouldnt mean anything because the music isnt there... we have to turn the focus back on true talent and music instead of all these other things that dont mean anything in a different industry. I think if the pop industry did that it would be so much broader than what it appears now.

Not to get off topic but Richard Marx in a recent interview NAILED this subject down 100% and had the perfect explanation for whats going on. He said that "music has lost its value to peoples lives because it has to fight with so many media forms, also, its shrunk to where U cant see it anymore" and thinnk about it, when say someone like Richard was growing up THE ALBUM was his source, then when he was big and his kids were born they had THE CD about half the size, and now its a little square on your iPod if even that. He said "I know when the new FOO FIGHTERS is coming out because im a fan, and i'll buy it day one, but i may not listen to it, because its not there in my hands" so freaking true!

scriptgirl said:

Does anyone care, tho?

Yeah i do smartass

paisleypark4 said:

She just need to quit trying toohard to please and quit taking off her damn clothes. Get back into the crunk and b / dance music and stay there. That damn "Ride" did her IN.

I used to clown on her during that "skrippin'" period and thought "stop being a Janet clone" but y'know, I looked at her buckit naked again...and I have to say I was quite impressed with the way she was workin' it. Phunkdaddy claimed first dibs though so I can't pounce on it.

Timmy84 said:

paisleypark4 said:

She just need to quit trying toohard to please and quit taking off her damn clothes. Get back into the crunk and b / dance music and stay there. That damn "Ride" did her IN.

I used to clown on her during that "skrippin'" period and thought "stop being a Janet clone" but y'know, I looked at her buckit naked again...and I have to say I was quite impressed with the way she was workin' it. Phunkdaddy claimed first dibs though so I can't pounce on it.

Care to share what you're referencing sir?

Ciara Will Show Vulnerability on New Album

June 1, 2012

Ciara revealed the title of her fifth album while promoting the comedy That’s My Boy earlier this week. Now she’s sharing a fewmore details on One Woman Army, which she calls her most personal project yet.

“This is the most vulnerable I’ve ever been in my life and career,” the 26-year-old singer told MTV News. “And I’m so confident with being vulnerable. At one point in time, I was very afraid to be as vulnerable as I am.”

She poured her emotions into the album, but made sure to include the dance tracks that have become her signature. “This is almost like a journal, my own personal journal,” she explained. “There are some very, very, very personal moments, and of course, you’ve gotta have the fun dance moments.”

Her first single “Sweat” could be coming any day now. “I just love to make you sweat in all kinds of ways,” she teased.

One Woman Army is Ciara’s first album since parting ways with Jive and signing with L.A. Reid at Epic Records.

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Timmy84 said:

paisleypark4 said:

She just need to quit trying toohard to please and quit taking off her damn clothes. Get back into the crunk and b / dance music and stay there. That damn "Ride" did her IN.

I used to clown on her during that "skrippin'" period and thought "stop being a Janet clone" but y'know, I looked at her buckit naked again...and I have to say I was quite impressed with the way she was workin' it. Phunkdaddy claimed first dibs though so I can't pounce on it.

I'm sorry I just have a small spot in my heart for this girl and hope she pulls through, even though I cringe when she tries to get all overly-sexy in full Beyonce mode.

I don't think it's her. She should be her hard dancing self.

CynicKill said:

I'm sorry I just have a small spot in my heart for this girl and hope she pulls through, even though I cringe when she tries to get all overly-sexy in full Beyonce mode.

I don't think it's her. She should be her hard dancing self.

Thats how I feel.... Im not even close to being a Ciara fan but I do think shes a very talented dancer. Her style is not overly sexual but I feel she went that route in order to sell. She seems to have a attractive image without having to do that... I hope she pulls through...

Musicslave said:

Timmy84 said:

I used to clown on her during that "skrippin'" period and thought "stop being a Janet clone" but y'know, I looked at her buckit naked again...and I have to say I was quite impressed with the way she was workin' it. Phunkdaddy claimed first dibs though so I can't pounce on it.

Care to share what you're referencing sir?

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I used to own that issue.

No sense in denying she ain't got one helluva fine body, but those nudes did little to advance her singing career. As the old saying goes, some things are better left to the imagination.

Identity said:

I used to own that issue.

No sense in denying she ain't got one helluva fine body, but those nudes did little to advance her singing career. As the old saying goes, some things are better left to the imagination.

Me, LBC and phunk (and bboy I think also) were joking that she should do porn.

Timmy84 said:

Identity said:

I used to own that issue.

No sense in denying she ain't got one helluva fine body, but those nudes did little to advance her singing career. As the old saying goes, some things are better left to the imagination.

Me, LBC and phunk (and bboy I think also) were joking that she should do porn.

I wasn't joking ...

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Timmy84 said:

Me, LBC and phunk (and bboy I think also) were joking that she should do porn.

I wasn't joking ...

Yeah Timmy's right. I claimed dibbs on her since the first time i saw the

Goodies video and i had no idea who she was. I was damn this a fine mutha

right here. Musically she hasn't had anything good since the first two albums

and the first one was miles better than the second.

phunkdaddy said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I wasn't joking ...

Yeah Timmy's right. I claimed dibbs on her since the first time i saw the

Goodies video and i had no idea who she was. I was damn this a fine mutha

right here. Musically she hasn't had anything good since the first two albums

and the first one was miles better than the second.

Whatever man, you can have all them other young broads like Cassie or Tierra Marie (who is looking real nice in a vide I seen of her with 2 Chainz.)

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Timmy84 said:

Me, LBC and phunk (and bboy I think also) were joking that she should do porn.

I wasn't joking ...