^^^EXACTLY. And ppl like Ne-Yo and this whole "Stargate" production team responsible for:
"irreplaceable"
"with you"
"hate that i love you"
"take a bow"
"because of you"
"closer"

ALL sound the same! aND NOT MUCH IS BEING SAID. Ciara is innovative and her new album Fantasy Ride is a 3-disc compilation set with 3 separate moods: "Crunktown" (for the hype hip-hop club bangers), "Groove City" (for the ballads that yall claim she doesn't make enough of), and "Kingdom of Dance" (for the pop/dance/house-style dance cuts).

She's definitely trying new stuff and isn't trying to fall in line with this list of songs (WHICH IS REALLY THE SAME SONG WITH DIFFERENT WORDS PUT TOGETHER BY THE SAME WRITER--NE-YO!) WITH HIM WRITING PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING OUT, WHERE'S THE ARTIST'S FACE & PERSONALITY???

-Rihanna is faceless to me because she doesn't write SHIT. The first song she EVER had a hand in writing was "Disturbia" and she had help from 3 other writers and the lyrics sucked! I guess that's why.