Ciara Covers Beyonce’s ‘Diva’

Published: Sunday 28th Dec 2008 by Sam

Keeping the momentum going in the run-up to the release of her new ‘Fantasy Ride’ project, Ciara has interestingly enough put her own unique spin on Beyonce’s ‘Diva’. Put simply, the cut, which is featured on Ciara’s ‘Fantasy Ride’ mixtape, sounds great. Similar to her take on Janet’s ‘Feedback’, Ci’s slant on the track injects new life into the already hot club banger. Bring on Ciara’s new album! Her official first single ‘Never Ever’ is set to debut within the next few days.

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  1. SparkD December 28, 2008

    Better than Bee’s. Did better than Janet’s.

    I still want to hear her own hit, and not a an improvement on remixes.

  2. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    I like the version by Ciara. It sounds good to me. I did not like the version by Beyonce, even though the beat is great. This type of song is not for a person in her class as i see her (Beyonce, that is). This type of song is more suited for Ciara because she is like a ghetto queen. Sorry if that term offends anyone. It is not meant to be a disrespectful thing only an observation.

  3. Dee December 28, 2008

    HIT!!!!!! Fantasy Ride 08′!!!!! but sam u been getting lazy on us ha ha u better have good plans for 09′!!! we want a new layout…hotter banner…more contests…surveys…stuff to make the site funner…when i first started coming to the site i thawt it was sooooooo kewl but you’ve been gettin so lazy that i have fallen in love with other sites…i still visit your site everyday but its sooooooo BLAH!!!!! 🙂 just tryna help!!!

  4. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    Beyoncé version is way better!

  5. mims December 28, 2008

    honestly, it sounds like there’s something missing in the song. i didn’t feel the ‘umph’ in her voice. i found beyonce’s one more interesting because of how well it goes with the beat.

    nonetheless, it is not a bad take on bey’s version, which i still think is better.

  6. Nick December 28, 2008

    I agree wth person above me, I mean it jst dnt grab me like Beyonce's version, I LOVE SUM CiCi, BUT BEYONCE SLAYED ALL THE WOMEN ON THIS SONG, its cute tho, a remix wth MISSY & LIL KIM would b hottttt tho–

  7. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    WTF IS THAT……that is the worst remix i have ever heard CiCi hop on WTF…her voice dont even match the beat like that and all the damn haters that be sayin Bee always jocking Ciara IT SEEMS TO ME that CiCi decided to return the favor by jocking Bee….and badly if she dont get her flat ass vocals off this track, her album should’ve stayed unreleased!!!! ugh

  8. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    Beyonce version of Diva is way way better than Ciara. Ciara I hope u not letting 50 get to ur head. Because just like him, how many can’t stand him because he tries to beef with everybody. I hope that u not trying to do the same. I respect u as an artist that can dance good on stage and get the crowd hype up. But u are no where near Beyonce level. U like on a rihanna level. U still got alot to learn child. What happen to u being all humble and sweet when u first came out, now u want to be all hardcore. I had like ur music when u first came out, but now I’m not really enjoying ur music like it used to be. It just seems as if that 50 is putting u up to do things that are very sneaky. But we as fans or others can see rite through u. Give ur fans ur hit new music, not these remix hits, this shows just how a female artist falls off.

  9. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    sam so much is happening in the music industry !!!
    and your posting sweet F.A. about it !!! I have to agree with the comment above you have become really lazy !!! this site is slowly going down hill !!!
    I hope you actually listen 2 what were saying, because in the long run were helping you !!!
    i come on this site everyday because i love it !!!
    nowadays you post about 3 things within a week !!!
    really not good enough samantha !!!

  10. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    Are people really saying this is better than Beyonce’s? hmmm, her Feedback was great, but this sounded like it could have been any random girl from youtube.

  11. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    Beyonce version is better than this s***** version. Ciara should’ve left this song alone. CiCi really need to stop remixing everybody songs. Honestly, girl make ur music and remix ur music not other singers music. This remix rite here is wikedy wack. I’m not hating, I’m just going to keep it real. I agree with the comment up top. This is just how female artist fall off.

  12. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    i always stand by u,sam…
    but this time..no..
    i luv “go girl”and some of the leaked tracks from “fantasy Ride”…
    but this one…lammmme………
    she dont hv a bitchy attitute when shes singing this one…thats why i think bee’s one way better than this……….

  13. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    Well I think any artist can’t make an original song that was a MISS into a HIT anyday! So yeah, this kinda song was NOT meant for Beyonce. Ugh, it’s so lame, I knew some1 would come with the “A Milli” knock off, and it had to be Beyonce… Not a surprise!

    And yes Ciara or now your callin yourself C, go get tah working on yo own shizzY!

    number1k9.b*******.com/

  14. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    Both versions sound good, but I prefer Beyonce’s version. Beyonce’s version had more attitude. Ciara’s voice seems too soft, light, or sweet for this type of song IMO.

  15. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    She just killed Beyonce. The song is garbage to begin with but Ciara’s version is listenable.

  16. julian kang December 28, 2008

    THIS IS WAY BETTER THAN BEYONCE’s!
    this song fits CiCi… and she would have a hit with this… Beyonce seems so much annoying with this song.

  17. antertain December 28, 2008

    Not better than Bee’s BUT i hope more females Jump on the banwagon and have various remixes like what happened with “A Milli”

    Cici being playful and i like her personality. Hope her track with Jeezy is fire

  18. soufian_y December 28, 2008

    SAM CAN WE GET A NEW FREAKING POLL

    DAMN

  19. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    Beyonce’s is way better, sorry Cici

  20. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    Cici stans are out and about because this is trash!!! Ciara fell off..

  21. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    B’s is better but I’d like to see more female artists jump on it too. Mary, Ashanti, especially. They get money.

  22. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    ^

    I agree, because uh, that’s hot sh*tty garbage.

    Fail Ciara.
    EPIC FAIL.

  23. T December 28, 2008

    BETTER THAN BEYONCE, HONESTLY!! SHE WENT HARD AND JUST SOUNDED NATURAL, BEYONCE WAS TOO HARD OVER IT LIKE SHE WAS PUSHING IT OUT!!

    GET IT CICI, SLOW DOWN WIT 50 IS HOTNESS TOO, DEF CHECKING HER NOW, been checking since ‘Go Girl’, that song would have been better WITH A BETTER BEAT!

  24. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    Ciara is actually from the hood so she has more grit to her version. Not a fan of the original song but this was good.

  25. T December 28, 2008

    and i’m farrrrrrr from a stan but she’s been C, CICI, since DAY 1, be serious ppl, if Britney Spears was called ‘B’ is she biting Beyonce, damn as much as ol’ girl steals, i still f*** with her, so fall back with that copycat s***

  26. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    Oh that song she did with 50 is actually hot. Ryan Leslie beats are so damn addictive.

  27. ND December 28, 2008

    BAG GYAL!!!!

    But Sasha’s version is BETTER!!

  28. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    didn’t beyonce said “no passengers on her plane”ciara need to get her own s*** in order and leave ppl s*** alone. Beyonce have Jay z ciara go after 50 nonsense, beyonce have sasha now ciara have super c. beyonce do diva she do diva . what next. single ladies remix. I know her ass won’t touch the “I AM” cd,because she would not be able to hold a not from those songs
    just imagine how the internet would be blowing up if it was beyonce who redo a ciara track. the swagger jacking argument would be all over the place

  29. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    Ciara, divas album don’t get push back. d list artist push their album back because of divas

  30. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    First she did Feedback and now Diva!!??!? This just proves that Ciara’s tryna take everybody else’s ideas and put her stank on it and it smells like s***! Ciara ain’t a diva no matter how hard she tries. And the whole comic strip thing was totally yanked from Christina Aguilera…That’s why she delayed her album, once she found out what Christina was doing with the whole comic thing, she wanted to do it too.

  31. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    BASICALLY BEY0NCE’S VERSI0N WAS THE ISH.YUH SEE CIARA IS 0N HER J0CK SH’ELL NEVER BE BEY0NCE A DAY IN HER LIFE.HER SWAGG DIDNT MATCH THE S0NG BEE’S SHXT IS INCREDIBLE.LIKE BEE SAID WATCHU SAY? CI AINT N0 DIVA

  32. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    neeeeh, Beyonce does it much better! i agree, ciaras voice aint diva enough.. I dont get this, just make your own songs girl, and stop remixing.. daaaah

  33. you already know December 28, 2008

    PERSONALLY I DIDN’T LIKE EITHER ONE OF THEM H***. BEYACKI IS TO DAMN OLD TO BE SINGING S*** LIKE THIS. HER ASS IS ALMOST 30 SO TRY SINGING S*** IN YOUR AGE GROUP. CIARA’S ASS DIDN’T HAVE THE VOICE OR THE RANGE TO PULL THE SONG OFF. SHE ISN’T A SINGER AND Y’ALL KNOW THAT. BUT IF I SEE A DANCE TO IT WITH CIARA I WOULD DEF GIVE IT TO CIARA. WE ALL KNOW HER ASS CAN MOVE.

  34. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    BEYONCE’S VERSION GOES HARD CICI NOT SO MUCH…SORRY YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE CUS WE DON’T BELIEVE YOU. WE KNOW BEY GOT THE ISH SHE TALKING…CIARA UM NO. BEY’S PUNCHLINES WERE MUCH HARDER AND I DON’T KNOW WHO CAN COME WITH IT. LEAVE DIVA TO BEYONCE…

    CIARA ALSO JACKED FEEDBACK AND DID NOT DO A GOOD JOB AT IT. GUESS SHE’S MAD CUS BEY’S BOY SONG WAS BETTER THAN HERS. SORRY CICI

  35. shannon♠ December 28, 2008

    CiCi is Ciara’s alter-ego? LMAO. Since when?

    –anyways, this is a mess. I mean, she is in no position to ask “Where yo’ boss at?” Where is your boss at Ciara? It’s taking your BOSS forever to put out that album.

  36. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    Ciaras is much much much better than Beyonces!
    Cannot wait to buy Fantasy Ride!!

  37. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    this verson is very LAZY!

  38. Dawon December 28, 2008

    THIS VERSION HAS NOTHING ON BEYONCE’S VERSION! WHOEVER THINKS SO HAS HORRIBLE MUSIC SENSE…LOL!

  39. Otis P December 28, 2008

    They need to get Kelly Rowland on the joint… Just so the world knows shes a diva too!

  40. Corey December 28, 2008

    B- Wait whats her name?
    Oh yeah Mrs. Carter version is WHACK! Comapre both of their 1:25-45 secs of the track and tell me Ciaras aint better! ( Cause thats all Ci did)
    Her effortlessly Flow, and high airy vocals is so SOOTHING and PLeasing Yet hard. CONGRATS CICI! You killed it!
    A Mega hit and Better then she did on Feedback Remix!

  41. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    This is terrible…her vocals are not good at all. Beyonce should whoop her ass!!!

  42. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    Ciara killed that song but in a very bad way. Honey leave that to Beyonce because we already know you aint a diva in no way shape or form. These other singers don’t have that effortless swag like Bey that’s why Ciara could never pull something like this off. Go work on your own album that should have been released and leave other people already made songs alone with them terrible sounding vocals.

  43. Really? December 28, 2008

    This version is so lame. If you jack another’s swagga, you have to go full out. And Ciara doesn’t. Although, I’ll give her some credit for finally copying someone besides Janet.

  44. The Truth! December 28, 2008

    Beyonce stop blogging on the site really its sad!
    Dont be mad Ciara flows better then you and her little 2 secs of her song RIPS your whole Diva song. LOL
    Ci stans LOVE it, Anti-Bey Stans LOVE IT, 1st Listeners LOVE it!

    Beyonce and her stans HATE IT!

    LOOKS LIKE YOU WON Ci!

  45. The Truth! December 28, 2008

    B- Wait whats her name?
    Oh yeah Mrs. Carter version is WHACK! Comapre both of their 1:25-45 secs of the track and tell me Ciaras aint better! ( Cause thats all Ci did)
    Her effortlessly Flow, and high airy vocals is so SOOTHING and PLeasing Yet hard. CONGRATS CICI! You killed it!
    A Mega hit and Better then she did on Feedback Remix!
    *****************************************************
    Couldnt have said it better!

  46. The Truth! December 28, 2008

    Keeping the momentum going in the run-up to the release of her new ‘Fantasy Ride’ project, Ciara has interestingly enough put her own unique spin on Beyonce’s ‘Diva’. Put simply, the cut, which is featured on Ciara’s ‘Fantasy Ride’ mixtape, sounds great. Similar to her take on Janet’s ‘Feedback’, Ci’s slant on the track injects new life into the already hot club banger. Bring on Ciara’s new album! Her official first single ‘Never Ever’ is set to debut within the next few days.
    *********************************************************
    AGREED SAM! Again Couldn’t have said it better! Except its hotter and bit of Corey’s comment and my previous one (2 post above).

  47. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    hahahahah ” diva albums dont get pushed back” lmao i know right? it was a ok version…bey killed it but i would love to see them perform it together…..and oh yea would def love to see other females jumo on it…kelly, ashanti, mary, keri, rihanna, keyshia, brandy, monica, hell a lot of the females cuz i kno some of them would be hot…..bey version is better but i kinda like that someone tried it out

  48. Dawon December 28, 2008

    “THE TRUTH”….YOU STUPID! LMAO!!!! A FLOP JUST LIKE YO GIRL!

  49. Anonymous December 28, 2008

    Cici is a fool for doing this. she is a late artist and she know’s better than to release her album while Beyonce is slaying the scene. I thought she would be above mixtapes but i guess the late queens have to do something to keep them occupied. her voice doesnt even match the song, nor is she a diva. and she need to give t-pain the boot, all the tracks i’ve heard have been late just like t-pain’s style. yack!!

  50. Rob [YKYDAW] December 29, 2008

    The truth you an CiCi need to sit the hell down gurl like really LOL. First of all what kind of diva gets her album pushed back to Neveruary. I stan for both Ci CI and Beyonce but both versions in MY opinion was awkward just Beyonces was less poison than Cicis… i mean really CICI w/e you call this talk singing… needs to stop stay in your lane and “phone s**” sing your damn song. And whoever talks about Kelly rowland popping on this joint needs to stop too divas don’t get kicked out of their country for bad sales.

  51. Rob [YKYDAW] December 29, 2008

    But to be honest… I think CiCi is one self hating beyotch cause really her management sucks (FIRE THEM!)- go girl was a hot song… just not catchy i hated the single till i saw the video. and to all you CiCi stans STOP your not helping her she needs to know the truth you supporting her through all the s*** she does (aka n*** mag cover…. saying 09 is hers) when you KNOW the 60% of the leaked songs were garbage. she probably leaks them herself and prays some hoodrat says “this s*** is tighter than riyawna” but comes and sees shes associated with garbage. Yes i know shes playing around with the track but its come to a point wheres shes just flat out a JOKE almost Khia Level,

  52. Anonymous December 29, 2008

    ok 1st of all she sounds absolutly DREADFUL!!! and she kinda disappointed me, i thought she was gonna come harder then that. i dont know wut Ciera’s deal is but she’s really feelin herself these days, not that thats a bad thing, shes definitly hott…but she needs go hard or go home!

  53. knox December 29, 2008

    this is a hot ass mess!!!

  54. rihanna sucks December 29, 2008

    MISS!!!!

  55. MRSJONES December 29, 2008

    SOME PEOPLE MUST REALLY JUST HATE BEYONCE, BECAUSE THIS IS THE MOST HORRIBLE REMIX I EVER HEARD. CIARA’S LITTLE TINY WEAK VOICE. BEY SHITS ON ALL THESE H***

  56. Anonymous December 29, 2008

    Like every time are some bey stans here to tell THE TRUTH….hahaha
    Ci killed it and yall know it this was just 2 minutes and not even full.. so I guess we know who killed that
    don’t like that s*** though

  57. Anonymous December 29, 2008

    CiCi did good. the song fits her.

  58. kvs December 29, 2008

    HIT!!!!!!!!
    burk
    beyonce version is better!

  59. Anonymous December 29, 2008

    this remix is horrible. not in the rythm, she has a voice????? no seriously, bey version is so much better.

  60. Anonymous December 29, 2008

    HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT! and then some
    go CC
    see a lot of ppl on this b talkin ISH
    buh we dont giv an ISH!!
    09 belongz to CIARA !!
    u go GIRL
    haterz FALL BACk
    all aboard for the FANTASY RIDE
    WHOOP WHOOP!

  61. Jamie December 29, 2008

    Ciara verses are miles better then Bey’s the flow is no question better then Bey’s. The length and production of the song on Bey’s is way better thus it made the album and is a single. Which you would expect from an artist. Looks like Ci just had some fun with this not a lot of time and its better then bey’s that sad!

  62. Anonymous December 29, 2008

    Ciara did what she was suppose to do with the track and give it some fresh air and she kilt the track in a good way…. Its not better than Bey’s because Ciara stepped in another lane and rapped. So singing and rapping aint no competition From a rapping perspective she clowned on the track especially the last verse, Im Far From Boogie But Im A Diva.. Get Em Ci….. I Love Ciaras Version…

  63. Anonymous December 29, 2008

    it wasn’t made to compete with beyonce or outshine her…it was just a damn freestyle! just like chris brown or ne-yo or anybody else doin a freestyle to AMillie! No different!

    SHE DID KILL IT THO!!!! GO CICI!

  64. Anonymous December 29, 2008

    *Cough* why is ppl saying that she is stealing from her and stuff? umm if you didnt check Halo the video the water scene…geez ppl these day ppl cop each others sometimes its normal its not like the world is gonna end. Like Jamie said she is only having some fun and its for a mixtape thats what some people do cover tracks and change them around. To me when she covered this track it probly means she likes the track Diva from Bee so stop hating.

  65. Anonymous December 29, 2008

    to the person that said that kelly rowland shouldnt get on the track is outta their mind…i love bey and she is the s*** but face it kelly is about the only b**** in the industry that can give bey a run for her money when it come to performing and everything that bey is talking about on that track kelly can relate to it so please….name on artist that can jump on stage dance…i mean really give it their all and still stay on key….nobody but beyonce and kelly!!!! get wit it

    oh and yea cici w/e u want to call urself please sit down somewhere…someone that says that “they are a bigger star than beyonce” lmao thats really funny to me lmao please….should not be puting any songs out that sounds like this hot ass mess…wtf was u thinking??? u sound like a ghetto mess and u really showed how u cant sing…really cant sing like really cant sing….u should of thought before you leaked this and try to get ur label to release that damn ablum like the posts above me….”divas dont get their albums pushed back” lmao

  66. Anonymous December 29, 2008

    I loves it! Keep it coming CiCi. Her voice fits this and actually makes the song believable. Bey’s just sounds fake and overly done…..

  67. Anonymous December 30, 2008

    It’s a TRASH!
    Please Ciara, sing Happy Birthday.
    Di-va Beyonce sing.

  68. Anonymous December 30, 2008

    I DONT THINK THIS IS CIARA PPL!!
    its too s*** to b cc… :S

  69. tastelikecandy December 30, 2008

    THIS SONG WAS MADE FOR CIARA.

    STANS JUST CAN’T ADMIT BEYONCE HAS NO DAMN BUSINESS SINGING THIS GANGSTA TRACK. SHE’S REACHING SO FAR I’M SURPRISED HER ARMS ARE STILL ATTACHED.

    CIARA PUT IT DOWN AND HER LYRICS MAKE MUCH MORE SENSE THAN BEYONCE’S WACKNESS.

    STICK UP STICK UP. IS THAT CORNY OR WHAT!!

    KUDOS TO CIARA….GREAT SWAGGER JACKING!!! GIVE WASHED UP BEYONCE A DOSE OF HER OWN MEDICINE!

  70. Anonymous December 30, 2008

    Okay first off . . . Beyonce’s non-fans said the song was whack from the beginning and now that Ciara has nothing better to do than jump on the bandwagon . . . now it’s supposed to be okay . . . . WTF ever . . . Ciara’s version is horrible and you knoe it!!!!

  71. Anonymous December 30, 2008

    ^^^^^^agreed…its ashame that ppl have so much hate towards a person that they dont even know and what did she ever do to u anyway….i dont get it….smh

  72. Anonymous December 31, 2008

    Their Both great, but Ciara is the “Hood” chick. So her version is a lil better. Thats what i think. but they both did their thang. I think it also has to do with the hype around Ciara finally giving us the official single.

    -T.Payne305

  73. Julian December 31, 2008

    Not really a comparison its just a damn mixtape…….yall act like the gurl called beyonce out……..I tolerate ciara’s version cuz her flow is sick…..the song is a hot ghetto mess..and the meaning is dumb……..heres an insight real quick
    ******************************
    If a diva is a female version of a hustla……..and a hustla is a gay male prositute, why would she invent this mess in the first place, both them h*** is some lesbos
    ^-^
    LMAO just kidding wit tha lesbo comment

  74. Anonymous December 31, 2008

    Ciara’s is much better, much more listenable. Also, Ciara has A LOT of her own songs. So she wants to try something different, it doesn’t mean she doesn’t own her own style. A style which, I might add, is infinitely better than Beyonce’s.

  75. Anonymous January 1, 2009

    please b****^^^^ bey would whoop ciara/cici/supr c ass anyday best beleive that

  76. Anonymous January 2, 2009

    I love Cici
    but Beyoncé version is too much better

    The Princess can’t beat the Queen

  77. Anonymous January 4, 2009

    If she's the sh1t… why is she doing mixtapes??? Why are her songs flopping? Why T Pain couldn't even help her on that No Girl garbage? Makes no sense to me. I mean her being a diva & all.

    Supermercado C? Never ever baby. Never Ever.

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