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S.G.R.: Yo, Where Did The Old Ciara Go??

Written by Gyant

Posted on March 25, 2009 12:30 PM

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I was talking to an industry friend today, and Ciara happen to come up. As many of you know the Atlanta siren is on the verge of falling into obscurity because she's been unable to find another hit that her fans can connect with. The old Ciara is long gone. And the new one leaves much to be desired, which is why I found the photo above to be an accurate representation to fit the tone of this blog.

She's trying her heart out with the new Justin/Ciara record "Love Sex Magic". And some is even saying that she's jacking Beyonce's swagger. And after watching Cici struggle musically over the past few months, I think it's time for her to get the memo.

Ciara stepped on the scene as a sexy tomboy who could could sing, dance and entertain us all. Her first album was AMAZING. She had an instant fan base of women and  men who loved what she was putting out. Ciara became an instant hit! But her follow up album "Evolution", in my opinion ruined her career.

Ciara decided to ditch her tomboy digs for much more adult/glammed up CiCi. Almost over night you saw her go from a cute little girl, to a full fledge woman, and it was clear that she trying to evolve into a diva. While the look was great initially, her fanbase began to pull away. See, dudes love the look, but DUDES DON'T BUY RECORDS.

You see Ciara is a very pretty girl, but nobody can deny that her frame is very lean and she does have some strong features. As sexy tomboy it's great; but as a sexy Beyonce-ish Diva it doesn't translate. Many of her fans feel abandoned by the new look. A few of Ciara's fans have told me that they feel like she lied to them with the sudden image change. Not to mention the music she's been putting out is lacking.

The cutesy innocent shots of Ciara the pop star have been replaced with Beyonara the "diva". I almost never see a shot these days of Ciara NOT having long strands of Ethiopian hair flowing down her back,  all the make up that Mac has made, and couture clothing. It's all just TOO much -again, not for me - for her fans who "bought" into a more simpler fun girl.

Nobody can deny her numerous push-backs, or deny that her label is rapidly running out of options
. Take her new single with Justin for example. Cici is taking her act to a whole new, more whorish level [not that I have problem with that, but for the nature of this blog - this is a negative]. In the video you can see our little princess grabbingJT's crotch, licking his ear and God knows what else before the video was edited down.

While I understand the notion that sex sales, I think even Stevie Wonder can see that Ciara has taken yet another mis-step. And with the Internet becoming a more dominate force to EVERYTHING with each passing day, people are able to smell an artist's gimmick, desperation and overall artistic struggles now more then ever.

The world sees Keri Hilon struggling to find her lane, we also see Janet Jackson fighting the inevitable. We see the Ricky Ross/50 Cent beef being nothing more then publicity to sale records.SOHH with that said people see Ciara trying anything and everything to keep herself relevant in the game.

I personally love Ciara.
Her attitude is always positive and she's ALWAYS been NOTHING but respectful and sweet whenever she and I get the chance to chop it up. But I fear if she doesn't get it right..and SOON she's gonna be put in the Cassie lane. You know where nobody cares one bit?

I think it's time to bring Jazzy and Phillana back [I'm just sayin], take the glam look down a notch and go back to the sweet "Princess of crunk&B"  because with all this money Jive is shelling out - in these trouble musical times - she might end up black sheep of the label.

Check out some pictures of Ciara recently:



Ciara just last night in NYC. And no she didn't go to Keri's NYC album release party.

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This is where it all started to go wrong.  Damn those red pumps.

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At this years BET Hip-Hop awards. Ciara doesn't have enough curves to pull this off. I'm just sayin'.




Ciara back in the day when she was doing it big.

Just my two cents.

Update from Twitter:

BigJewels@Gyant mumaf*cka you gay. the new ciara is flashin ass and titties. how you gonna complain bout that shit you flock of seagulls

missmykie@Gyant i knooowww..now we have the stripper ciara:

YoungDilla@Gyant CIara's 1st Was Her Fresh Off Block, Personally I Think This Is What She Wanted 2 Do/B A Long Time Ago Her Biggest Insp. Is MZ. JANET

teri_elizabeth@Gyant enjoyed the article on Ciara. I stopped being a fan after Evolution & I don't like the new song

itsmimibaby@Gyant idk maybe she grew up but i think the new ciara is killin the game! ::shrugs:: I like both singles. LOL

Stoosh22@Gyant Wow. That's a very hateful post dude. Who pissed YOU off?
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Talk to y'all lata,

--SOHH Gyant

Email: sohhgyant@gmail.com

20 Comments

I think this is a very accurate assessment of Ciara's career and the urge of many young songstresses to push for what's already out there vs. being different. Someone needs to CC Jive records, because sometimes it is the record company pushing for the assimilation...

Gyant, for once you are kind of dead on with this....I disagree about the pic w/the red pumps..She was still at her height when "Promise" was released and was all over the radio... But it seems like ever since she hooked up with Fif, that nobody has been paying attention....
I agree about the whole Tom Boy thing..She had a gang of fans ages 10-20...Everybody was riding with her, even the dudes...She was putting the fun back into R&B...Cause at the time, Beyonce took the fun out of R&B....She made it seem like, not a neh bitch can do shit while I'm on top..Ciara came in and proved her wrong.. I can give a fuck bout CiCi jacking Bey, cause Bey has jacked everybody else...My only thing with CiCi is, that yes, I believe now-a-days, she is trying to hard...She doens't need to be all glamoured up to sell...And your right, she doesn't have the body to rock certain outfits. She'll never have the body to rock a dress or a skirt in my opinion...Also, the latest 2 singles that I have heard with JT and Jeezy, are only subpar...Looks like this album will be pushed back yet again...

I just hope that they don't think that Lil Wayne will be that answer to all of their problems...Has she even done a record with him???? If not I'm fucking surprised!!!!!!

Please stop thinking you are an A&R. You're the same ghey dude that was hating Soulja Boy and the kid came back another Top 10 hit.

Where is Rock City those fag boys you hang with?

And B.O.B the fake Andre 3000. Gayant you stay posting about never-gonna-be artists because you DONT KNOW WHAT YOU"RE TALKING ABOUT! Your broke ass doesn't even buy music just looking for an invite to industry parties.

Just another ghey blogger with an opinion hating on a female. Go watch Oprah like you always little bitch boy.

Just think she's been lookin awfully Dike-ish? Anybody? Am i alone on that though? I don't care what yall say, she eatin broads.

Never was a fan of Ciara, but a few things in this article came to my attention.

"While the look was great initially, her fanbase began to pull away. See, dudes love the look, but DUDES DON'T BUY RECORDS."

And this is why music is in such a shit state right now. The coffers are catering mainly to WOMEN, and the artists are forced to adapt to this. They cater to men also, but the industry thinks of men as idiots who are easily swayed by the phattest ass and the perkiest set of titties, and they promote only female artist who adhere to this stereotype. Now you see the problem - MISANDRY (hatred of men). It's MISOGYNY also, since they only promote women making total prostitutes of themselves.

In general, the industry treats both its artists and fans as sheep, whom them believe to be completely gullible and willing to support anything that they put out. The longer we accept this without taking action, the longer they will continue to put us in our place.

Not to sound conceited, but this site should let me write a blog. But I don't know if people are truly ready for my knowledge. They were hating on me hella hard at AllHipHop.com just for saying things like this. But seeing how things only continue to get worse, I think it's worth a try.

We need to learn a lesson from AIG and the banks who received bailout money. It's time to stop allowing the record labels to profit from failure.

Unless you'd rather hear more Lady Gaga (*shudder*)

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I like Ciara and I will admit that I missed the old Ciara. I feel like she trying to take away what made her different from all the other singers in the first place. It's okay to be lady like but you are a better dancer when you are in sneaker. However, I do understand she is trying something new so I'm not gon knock it that much.

"Many of her fans feel abandoned by the new look. A few of Ciara's fans have told me that they feel like she lied to them with the sudden image change. Not to mention the music she's been putting out is lacking."

LOL.. Is this what music is all about? This whole article is about how Ciara changed the clothes she wears and somehow let millions of people down by doing so. "How could she? ... (ohyeahalsoidon'tlikehermusicnow) but back to that dress that doesn't work" .. You know, I've been coming here a long time.. and people have poked fun at Gyant's sexuality and I didn't really know why.. but this is straight girl on girl hate. lol

Anyway, let's keep it about the music folks.. and besides, she doesn't even look bad. You wanna say Ciara let her fans down by acting diva-ish all of a sudden, then base it on attitude, not cuz she's not rocking tomboy clothes.

LOL@ you people wondering why people syaing Gayant is gay! It's not only because he writes B.S. about all hot looking chicks and make sure of the tact that he writes about one if they caught on a bad day, it's beceause he his. He got into a fight at a gay party and someone posted his arrest report on this site. Alos, He was outted by another much more popular blogger over a year ago. But really, just read the mans articles - he's gay than a muthafucka.

Gyant..or Lloyd or whomever you might be..how many times must you get flamed(pun intended) on your own blog before you stop with the hating, especially on beautiful ladies. I know you jealous of their success and ability to pull the guys you want but don't be so obvious homie.

"Ciara stepped on the scene as a sexy tomboy who could could sing, dance and entertain us all" this had me LMFAO!! SING seriously ciara SING! you must be out of your mind!
I loved Ciara in the beginning because she was the only one with a diffrent swagg! rihanna & amerie & cassie & t.mari were all Beyonce wannabe! but she had a style of her own she reminded me of Aaliyah but now times have changed & she become a Beyonce wannabe too! I want the old Ciara back!

DAMN THIS INFORMATION LANDED RIGHT ON THE MARK

Anyone who says that Ciara is facing the same fate as Cassie needs to check the charts more often. "Love Sex Magic" is a top 10 download on Itunes & is rising the American Top 40 charts rapidly.

I agree the old Ciara was the shit and I have not paid attention to her since her first album, first she was on the whole Janet weird in black look, then she tried to look like Ashanti in red pumps and now she's trying to hang on Jeezy's shoulder in a gold rope chain like Beyonce on Jay-Z, It's true she is trying to hard and it shows I'm glad somebody said it, don't hate on Gyant's sexuality that's not the point and so what whos gay or straight thats getting old too but it is wrong to hate on her body type not everyone is perfect and atleast she has two legs two eyes two arms and so on...

GYANT DID HIS THING HERE! This is so right on not the image but the whole way she ran from Crunk @ B ! She had that title and threw it and Jazze away. She need to make songs like goodies and "oh"(my ish) and yeah change the image back to pants

SIGNS the WORLD IS COMING TO AN END!!! A HIP HOP SITE that is writing about & R&B Singer. WHat You Say Hammer Proper? Rap is Not Pop and If You call it that you Stop!!! THat is True Gyant, Wassup talk to me about Soulja Boy Gyant? THe Bashing of Soulja Boy proves Gyant aint Worthy. We Must Stop Letting the corny part of the Lunch table write on these websites and have an opinion. Gyant hangs with R. City. TImothy and Teron are my boys so WE will cross paths, and I will test your knowledge.

I call it the curse of 50.

Well this post proves that Gyantt is indeed gay.., I never understood at first why a grown man like you, walks around with his shirt tucked in now I do.. And please Ciara is not struggling. LSM is a hit.. Just because you and the other queens don't like don't mean shyt.. It's funny that bloggers think their opinions matter more than they really do..

I agree with some of what was said, but not all. I think you are going too far, just like some other fans. First I would say, Ciara was never innocent. I don't know where people get that from. From day one, she can't out pop, lock, and dropping it in the Goodies video. Her dancing has always been "edgy", so I don't know why people are acting like it's something new now. She has always showed skin. Folks need to understand, Ciara is growing up. Remember, she was 15 yrs old when she first started working on her first album; she is now 23, why won't people allow her to grow up? It happens.

lol @ her trying to be like Ashanti. Yall are reaching with the comparisons.

If you miss the old Ciara then just direct your attention to Keri Hilson. Because her people are def marketing her the same way.

I think she's just growing up! Let's not forget Rihanna going from the sweet girl on "Pon de Replay" to the girl in a leotard with an Umbrella and then the girl talking about sex on Shut up and Drive. no gimmick in becoming so rockish and stylish? She def. changed her wardrobe too

Plus it seems to be working... Keep up with the charts and such. #1 video on iTunes right now and #4 overall song on iTunes at the moment

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