That Grape Juice A&R: Ciara

Published: Friday 14th Mar 2014 by David
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With new albums from Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey and Rihanna set for takeoff in the months to follow, fans of R&B maestra Ciara can also look forward to a new LP from the star this year!

Announcing the arrival of a brand new studio set in January, the April 22nd release of her fiancee Future‘s ‘Honest‘ LP has gone a long way to whip up momentum for her project- the followup to 2013’s ‘Ciara.’

Now, ever grateful for the debates and ideas published in the ever-active comment sections, today sees ask you to share your thoughts on the matter!

Confused?

All will be explained below…

So, here’s the scenario:

You’ve just been handed your dream job as an A&R executive at Sony’s ‘EPIC’, home to Sade, Tamar Braxton, Andre 3000 and your favourite artist, Ciara.

Your first task? Work alongside the latter to create her strongest album to date, doing so with pressure from bosses LA Reid and Doug Morris in mind. Doing so, with the full understanding that your time at the label and the star’s legacy depends on the album’s success.

Up to the challenge but need a little inspiration? Peep our list of reference tracks below!

1. Disclosure – ‘White Noise’…

2. Elle Varner – ‘Only Wanna Give It To You’

3. Mya – ‘My Love Is Like…Whoa’

4.  Janet Jackson – ‘Call On Me (Ft Nelly)’

5. TLC – ‘I’m Good at Being Bad’

6. Coldplay & Rihanna- ‘Princess of China (Kiss Remix)’

7. SWV – ‘Use Your Heart’

8. Toni Braxton – ‘Why Should I Care’

9. Justin Timberlake –  ‘I Think She Knows’

10. India Arie – ‘Ready For Love’

11. Shanks & Bigfoot – ‘Sweet Like Chocolate’

12. Bruno Mars – ‘Treasure’

Join in below!

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  1. NikFerg March 14, 2014

    I Just Want Her To Re-Release The Last Album ”Ciara” With Some New Tracks & Promote It Right This Time,With Videos,Live Shows etc.

  2. MILA SLAYAGE J (@MilaJ) STAN March 14, 2014

    Sorry but Ciara is going to be replaced while she’s in maternity leave and forever! She had her last chance with her self titled album but now its OVER!

    Welcome her replacement, Mila J. Comes Friday 21st, Ciara’s weave will be SNATCHED!
    http://youtu.be/uYCbWfISM_k

  3. Iconic cici March 14, 2014

    Yall song choices suck as usual. Ciara doesn’t need to take advice from people like you.

  4. Iconic cici March 14, 2014

    Mila who?

  5. Omari March 14, 2014

    Honey she will flop whatever she does. Aint nobody checkin for her anymore. She had a good song (body party) which still aint platinum, she performed everywhere and no one wanted to buy her album.

  6. Iconic cici March 14, 2014

    People are obviously checking for her since body party was the biggest r&b song of 2013 basically putting r&b back on the map.

  7. ROSEGOLD March 14, 2014

    Lol yall want poor Cici to get dragged.

    Wait for it………

  8. Outofdabox14 March 14, 2014

    ……………………………B**** Who?

  9. Outofdabox14 March 14, 2014

    Ciara Is that Chick…..Mila J can never

  10. Rob March 14, 2014

    Have ya’ll heard that Kelly Rowland got dropped?

  11. Iconic cici March 14, 2014

    Kelly really got dropped? omg well maybe this time she can be a contestant on X Factor since she also got fired from being a judge kiiiiii.

  12. MILA SLAYAGE (@MilaJ) STAN March 14, 2014

    Ciara’s last album sucked tbh. Girl dont got that fire anymore. She’s been done since 2007. NOW BYE!

    Can’t wait to get my LIFE on FRIDAY 21ST “SMOKE, DRINK, BREAKUP”

  13. MILA SLAYAGE (@MilaJ) STAN March 14, 2014

    @IconicCici LMFAO! You might as well add your girl Ciara in there as well.

  14. My Forehead Tho March 14, 2014

    1. Ashanti – Never should have
    2. The Wanted – Show Me Love (America)
    3. Mya – Fallen
    4. Shakira – Can’t Remember to Forget You
    5. Mariah – Vanishing
    6. Janet Jackson – Where Are You Now

    Bonus:
    7. The Who – A Legal Matter

  15. ratedxx(love is beautiful) March 14, 2014

    so Kelly Rowland got dropped from her label?

    that’s what happens when you choose to live under some basic broad’s rock..

    Kelly had many chances to become a huge superstar, but no she had to put her sister first before her own career

    I don’t feel bad for her

  16. Iconic cici March 14, 2014

    @RatedXX exactly she spent her life more worried about beys career then her own.

  17. Iconic cici March 14, 2014

    and how many times has mila tried out and got rejected from those shows? She’ll NEVER take my Cicis place.

  18. ratedxx(love is beautiful) March 14, 2014

    please lets keep it real,
    people are definitely checking for Ciara…especially the ones who claims she’s a flop..

    every post Ciara’s name is brought up….brought up by people who cannot stand her..

    every post on here has something to do with Ciara..if yall so obsessed with the broad, buy her album or shut the fugg up

  19. Rosie March 14, 2014

    White Noise is better than anything Ciara has done or ever will do, please don’t bring it to this s***** ass blog.

  20. Comptons Finest March 14, 2014

    Ciara just needs some up to date club bangers, love making slow jams, and crossover R&B mid tempo track and she will be fine.

  21. Dirty Laundry March 14, 2014

    @Rated X is doesn’t reflect in her sales.

  22. RICHIE_RICH March 14, 2014

    That Basic bish,is always on you’re mind. YOU ARE THE BASIC BISH!!!!!!

    A recent development has some wondering whether Kelly has been dropped from Universal Republic. PopDust.com reports that Kelly’s no longer listed on the labels roster of artists.

    This comes after her last album, Talk a Good Game, sold only 215,000 copies around the world. Supposedly there had been plans to re-release the album with some additional tracks. It’s not clear if that idea has been scrubbed in the wake of news that Kelly was cut from Universal.

    Neither Kelly nor Universal have made any statement on the rumors at this time.

  23. RICHIE_RICH March 14, 2014

    The only reason Ciara names is bought up is due to her stan throwing shade at others fav. That’s the real T. No shade but who’s really checking for cici?

  24. Molly March 14, 2014

    Never should have – Ashanti
    Radar- Britney spears
    Stay – Rihanna
    Partition – Beyonce
    The Worst- Jhene Aiko
    Oh yeah – Chris brown

  25. Molly March 14, 2014

    @Richie_ Rich yawn.

  26. Molly March 14, 2014

    Oh and also brandy acapella.

  27. Shawdy March 14, 2014

    RIGHHHHT! Thats Wat Im Sayin. Such A Waste Of A Great Project

  28. RICHIE_RICH March 14, 2014

    @Molly, it’s no shade or anything, but it’s the truth. I’m rooting for cici to be real with you. I feel she has the talent, but her drive seem as if it’s gone.

    I think she needs to go back to her roots with a modern twist. Ever since she went hollyweid, it’s been down hill for her sis. I want her to win so bad.

  29. SLAY_RIAH March 14, 2014

    Dying at the idiot who said “Vanishing” by Mariah Carey. Ciara doesn’t have a third of the vocal ability required to deliver that song. Girl bye!

  30. Antonio March 14, 2014

    Lol y’all are so funny. They said Ciara was done after Fantasy Ride, Basic Instinct and Ciara and yet she’s still here at the same events, working with the same writers and producers as Beyoncé, Rihanna, Katy, Gaga etc… Last time I checked, she’s the only flop that can get IG, Twitter and all the blogs in a frenzy whenever she does anything.

    So back to the topic, Ciara’s next album should NOT have a tired EDM sound, she should go with a minimal/industrial/progressive sound with a few R&B tracks like Body Party, DUI and Backseat Love. Ballads similar to Climax, Sins of My Father, I Care for U and Lay You Down by Usher would sound great with Ciara’s voice on them. Something that would add a lot of fuel to the release of her 6th album would be a E! documentary type series that shows the wks/months up to her child birth while also showing her in the studio recording songs. October/November would be an ideal release date for the album if she’s reportedly due in April/May. A nice mid tempo song in August, radio deal for it to be a hit on radio, promo tour in September/October and appear/perform on every major daytime and primetime talk show, major magazine articles and a big endorsement with something like Revlon or Olay or a baby/maternity product that’ll attract new fans. Ciara still has the potential to be a huge superstar… But only she if works with the right ppl and she and her team market her outside the Urban community and US and into broader (white) markets and the international markets too

  31. Janice March 14, 2014

    Ciara is everything yall h*** will be on her again once she has a massive hit this year

  32. Jhene stan March 14, 2014

    death! Ciara does not have the vocals or musicianship to pull off Brandys “accapella” she should stick with the cute ratchet whispery nursery rhymes

  33. Janice March 14, 2014

    Jhene who?

  34. Janice March 14, 2014

    Ciara actually has a range unlike Rihanna Brandy and Jhene.

  35. Janice March 14, 2014

    Ciara can sing these songs with no issue imo

    Firework
    Man down
    Prayer
    Drunk in love
    #Beautiful

  36. Zendaya stan March 14, 2014

    LMAO CIARA HAS RANGE WHERE?????????

  37. Zendaya stan March 14, 2014

    CIARA SHOULD STICK TO MONOTONE SONGS WHERE SHE CAN SHOW OFF HER FLAT LIFELESS VOCALS

  38. Ciara QUEEN Harris March 14, 2014

    The girls are so pressed over the queen! I need more body party, tell me what your name is,and sophomore bops tbh

  39. SLAY_RIAH March 14, 2014

    Janice… Bye!

    Ciara would struggle to sing Gangnam Style.

  40. cassie lover March 14, 2014

    Zendaya is nothing but a Cassie/Jhene wanna be is vocals are thinner than janets.

  41. cassie lover March 14, 2014

    whose*

  42. Vee March 14, 2014

    Death @ My Forehead Thos shady ass

  43. Yes Girl March 14, 2014

    LMAO at My Forehead Tho,..LOL that shade.

  44. fyi March 14, 2014

    The Biggest problem is after a decade,Ciara doesn’t have a signature sound or a large enough fan-base.
    Besides that, the true blade in the heart of her career occurred during the hiatus between Evolution and Fantasy Ride.
    The general public lost interest during that time and for her return single she chose “Neva Eva” and the rest is history.
    Ciara has never recovered from that and honestly I don’t think she will.I don’t hate Ciara, as I have all 5 albums.I just think people need to be realistic about things. After 3 commercial failures she is lucky to still have a deal. Just look at Kelly Rowland,technically had only one album flop on her and she was dropped from Columbia Records(Simply Deep did ok)

    Maybe she needs to go indie if she can’t manage to sell 500,000 worldwide

  45. BEYAWNCE March 14, 2014

    You go Gurl, 1, 2, 3 CIARA dayummmm

  46. BEYAWNCE March 14, 2014

    Ciara is talented chick, no wonder YAWNCE obsessed with her and copied A LOT from Ciara. YAWNCE = Swagger Jacker = Biggest copy cat in Hollywood. Dont forget YAWNCE also copied Mya, Janet, Rihanna, Mariah, Xtina, Britney and the list goes on…………

  47. BEYAWNCE March 14, 2014

    Iconic cici is disgusting, Ciara must be ashamed for having a stupid stan

  48. credits March 14, 2014

    Call jazze Pha and lil’ jon. Oh and how about a collaboration with Keri, it worked for brandy and Monica back in the day.

  49. CARMEN March 15, 2014

    “Doing so, with the full understanding that your time at the label and the star’s legacy depends on the album’s success.” probably should just hand in my resignation instead

  50. christine March 15, 2014

    There are billions of people in the world, with only a few hundred stars performing, so why would someone have to TAKE ciara’s place to be successful. Only a small minded dumb fool would think that they have to take another stars place to be successful. No one can ever replace ciara, because no one can out perform her in dance or song. She is unique and in a class all by herself.

  51. donnie March 15, 2014

    Shut up jealous fool. You know more about Ciara’s career than she does LOL LOL ONly a jealous hater would know all that stuff. Ciara will be around forever. You told the same lies before her last hit CD was released. You have no power to stop the greatest stage act since Michael Jackson. that act is the great ciara. She could do the same as others and just remake old songs, but she shows genius every time she creates new music that others try hard to copy.

  52. onelove1814 March 15, 2014

    It would be nice if she could do a song with Rihanna or Janet or even producers like Disclosure or Timbaland for a RnB sound. I dont stan for Ciara but I do want her to start taking her future and not the one she’s engaged to.

  53. onelove1814 March 15, 2014

    *her future seriously

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