After the failure of last year’s Fantasy Ride, due to the gash of leaks, Ciara headed back into the studio towards the end of 2009 to record her upcoming fourth studio LP.
Fast forward two leaks and a few months later and we have the first official single from the project. Last week we were privileged to an exclusive listen of the first single entitled “Ride” which features fellow ATL native, Ludacris. Of course, we only could post the review today because of legal reasons. So go on to read two very different reviews from C & S.
C’s Review
“Ride” takes us back to 2004, the Goodies days when Ciara was the Princess of Crunk&B… Upon first listen, this was just another rehash of Ciara’s better days. Then it became clear that this type of music is Ciara’s rightful lane. The midtempo urban tune doused in a sophisticated “ghetto swagger” quickly becomes addictive and it will be a very weird occurrence if urban radio, at least, does not acknowledge this song. Oh, of course Ludacris lays down his signature style of rapping to take this song up a notch. C approves this CiCi track!
S’ Review
I find this song highly annoying. It shows no vocal growth or range. She is one of those artists that will make it on beats and being pretty and a good dancer. Ludacris, I cant say helped it, he was alright. There was nothing new or cool about the beat, it was typical Ciara. I can see the video of her dancing extremely sexy or riding some sort of electric bull but I will listen to it again. Maybe the song will grow on me.
Umm your reviewing a song poorly but to save face you say it might grow on me. Everyone’s not Whitney…SHIT whitney can’t even sing anymore…THIS SONG IS DOPE!
at least it’s not justin with her again..he almost janet jackson’d her career too
i dig the song
Last time I looked, it said S’s Review and not Trey’s or Rideme’s. If you like the song you like the song. Kudos to you. I dont. *click on the link* and go download it. Jam on my friend.
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Don’t sweat the small stuff S, that comes along with the blogging territory: bashing for a difference of opinion.
you’ll be singing the song next week when you hear it on the radio….
Ciara’s vocals on “Ride” are almost virtuosic, fluidly morphing from playful to lusty, and check the way her voice thickens with confidence in the second verse, as the coy fairy turns into an aggressive, bloodthirsty nymphomaniac. The passive implications of a chorus like “he love the way I ride it” are transformed into an inverse power game where she dominates through her submission: her vocals resume their weaker timbre when she assertively stretches the verse to its breaking point, pulling word after word out of the rubbery confines until it forcefully snaps back into the way it’s supposed to be and her vocals turn wispy and float away.
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