Ciara has finally delivered the first televised performance of the ‘Basic Instinct’ era! The entertainer hit the stage on ‘The Ellen Degeneres Show’ to perform the Soundz-produced ‘Gimme Dat’. Look below for all the action:

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Ciara visited BET’s ‘106 & Park’ last evening. The singer/songwriter spoke about her recently released ‘Basic Instinct’ album and even did a short freestyle of ‘U Got Me’ for the audience. Check out the footage below via Ultimate-Ciara:

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R&B star Ciara cranked up the promotional efforts for new LP ‘Basic Instinct’ (out tomorrow), today stopping by ‘The Wendy Williams Show’. Her first time on the show, there the Grammy winner talked everything from the album push-backs, the banning of the ‘Ride’ video, moving to Los Angeles, and much more. As ever, Wendy doesn’t hold back.

Check out the interview after the jump…

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Check out these new promotional shots for Ciara‘s fourth studio album ‘Basic Instinct’ (due December 14th). Thus far, the project has been quite the roller-coaster; spawning Urban smash ‘Ride’ earlier this year, only to go on to suffer numerous push-backs, and non-charting singles (‘Speechless’ and ‘Gimme Dat’ really deserved to be hits!). {Pic credits: Ultimate Ciara}

Tidbit: While many scratch their heads at the undeniably shabby handling of the project, That Grape Juice has received reliable word about the drama behind the scenes which has caused for it. All we can say is that the next few months will be very interesting.

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Continuing along the promotional trail for her ‘Basic Instinct’ LP, Ciara stopped by MTV’s Buzzworthy studios for brief chat.

Check out what the ‘Ride’ singer had to say in her Q&A after the jump…

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Ciara has experienced several commercial struggles during the last 2 years. Her 2009 release, ‘Fantasy Ride’, performed poorly on the charts, selling less than 200,000 units in the US to date, despite producing the top 10 hit ‘Love Sex Magic (Ft. Justin Timberlake)’.

Additionally, instead of being praised for attempting to diversify her sound, Ciara endured a backlash from her listeners who argued that she had abandoned her Urban roots. So how has Ciara decided to respond to her critics? By giving them exactly what they want – a return to basics.

‘Basic Instinct’ features the Atlanta entertainer unleashing her sexuality over 11 bass-heavy tracks crafted by the likes of Tricky Stewart, The-Dream, Kenneth ‘Soundz’ Coby, Ester Dean, Tyler Williams, Nelson Kyle and Hilton Humphery. However, Ciara’s attempts at reclaiming her title as the Princess of Crunk N’B prove to be more lukewarm than the audio fire that some would desire.

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The official Urban Bass Remix of Ciara’s ‘Gimme Dat’. The song was produced by none other that Soundz who also worked with Tricky Stewart on the original composition. Give it a listen below:

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That Grape Juice received our press copy of Ciara‘s ‘Basic Instinct’ LP this morning. While we conjure up our review for the opus here at TGJ HQ, you can now preview 30 second snippets via Amazon.

Listen after the jump. Look out for our review any time from now…

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Peep Ciara posing it up in this outtake from her VMAN Winter 2010 issue feature. {Source}

The ‘Ride’ singer is gearing up to hit the televised promotional trail in support of her ‘Basic Instinct’ LP, which hits stores on December 14th via Jive. Confirmed performance spots (so far) include The Monique Show, Lopez Tonight, and The Ellen Degeneres Show. Needless to say, it’s about time!

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It looks like Ciara is finally getting the wheels turning on her ‘Basic Instinct’ promotional wagon. The high energy entertainer sat down with MTV’s ‘The Seven’ to discuss the the album’s latest single, ‘Gimme Dat’, and even spoke about her fitness plan. Peep the footage below courtesy of Ultimate-Ciara:

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Ciara hosted a listening party for her new album, ‘Basic Instinct’, last evening. In attendance was none other than Omarion who sported yet another of his interesting fashion choices. ‘Basic Instinct’ will arrive on December 14th.

Peep more images at Ultimate Ciara.

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Here is the official tracklist of Ciara’s new album, ‘Basic Instinct’. Expected to finally hit stores on December 14th, the project includes collaborations with Ludacris and Usher as well as executive productions from The-Dream, Tricky Stewart, Mark Pitts and Ciara herself. The entire lineup can be seen below:

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