The-Dream: "I Won’t Be Producing Ciara’s New Album"

As Ciara plots her chart return, all eyes are on who the singer has enlisted to craft her comeback effort. One such figure many hope not to see is hitmaker The-Dream. Ironic, it would seem, as a ‘hit’ is exactly what the 25 year old’s career is in dire need of.

Yet, meaty combo of their patchy output and Dream’s detrimental comments, have left many a Ms. Harris fan with a salty taste in their mouth when it comes to the producer – real name Terius Nash.

A taste they won’t to worry about much longer, though. For, the ‘Single Ladies’ mastermind has revealed that he will not be contributing to Super C’s Epic Records debut – in any capacity.

Radio Maliboom Boom Concert Interviews Ciara

What could be more summer-licious than sipping fruity Malibu Rum drinks while grooving poolside to the Grammy-winning sounds of R&B princess Ciara, with DJ Skribble providing the party soundtrack in between? That's right - nothing! Head to Finnegan's on the River (401 SW 3rd Ave., Miami) Saturday night (July 16) in Miami from 8 p.m. to midnight to get your flip-flop on with the kick-off of Malibu’s Radio Maliboom Boom Station Invasion. Ciara - who's sure to perform hits including "1, 2 Step," "Oh" and "Goodies" - talked to Miami.com about the tour and its signature drink.


So you're heading down to Miami to kick off your tour. What do you think of the city?

Oh god, I love Miami, and it's so funny because I always used to dread having to travel to Miami, because it seems to be so much farther than everywhere else. And now it's the place that I, like, can't wait to go to. And so I'm ready to go and vibe with my fans - I haven't performed there in so long, so that's gonna be really fun. And with a tour like this, it's really sexy, so I'm just looking forward to having another great Miami experience.

New Music: Usher feat. Ciara - "Hot Tottie" (Original demo)

Ciara To Rejoin L.A. Reid At Epic With Usher, Mariah Carey And Jennifer Lopez?

'X Factor USA' judge Antonio 'L.A.' Reid has started his new job as head of Epic Label Group and is now looking to resign some of his most successful stars including Ciara, Usher, Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez.

It's likely that Ciara will be the first star to join him, as she is currently looking for a new label after leaving Jive Records earlier this year after the poor performance of her latest album 'Basic Instinct'.

Usher is also a target for L.A. Reid, who discovered him at young age, reports The Hollywood Reporter.

Mariah Carey could be coaxed from Island Def Jam to sign with the 55-year-old's Sony venture, as she released her album 'The Emancipation of Mimi' with Reid but her music career has suffered a number of setbacks in recent times.

Lopez is also a target, particularly after the success of her recent comeback album 'Love?' and her number one single 'On The Floor'.

Rodney Jerkins Plots Ciara's Comeback

Ciara Announces She'll Tour With Timbaland

Ciara has been laying low as of late, but that doesn't mean she plans to stay out of the limelight for long. The singer, who has recently been dealing with a bit of record label drama, announced her return to the stage, as she goes on tour this summer with rapper/producer/general superstar Timbaland.

Ciara's leg of the tour will begin at the end of May, with stops in South Africa and Zimbabwe to promote the ZAR (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, the dutch term for the South African Republic and an acronym by which it is commonly referred).

Currently there are only four tour dates that have been officially announced: Johanesburg, Durban, Nelspruit, and Harare. The chance for additional dates to be added, however, seems rather high, especially given that Lil' Kim and Fat Joe are also signed on to be a part of the mini-tour.

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Ciara in talks to sign with SRC/Universal Motown?

After months of hell over at Jive Records, it looks like Ciara may finally be close to finding a new label home.

Earlier today, CiCi had a business meeting with her manager Kenneth Creer and SRC Records chairman/CEO Steve Rifkind. Rifkind jumped on Twitter to spill the tea about the little get together, saying: “Just had a great meeting with Ciara and her manager. She is poised for greatness, really impressed.”

Rifkind specializes in R&B and Hip-Hop, so Ciara would be a perfect fit for either SRC Records, or Universal Motown, who SRC are a subsidiary of.

The Fly Guy Music blog also did a little digging around to find some things to further link CiCo to the Universal Motown camp, and he came up with good stuff. Producer Soundz, who has been working with Ciara on new music after they met while producing her mega-flop Basic Instinct, was just hired as an A&R agent for Universal Motown in February.

Also, both Universal Motown and SRC don’t seem shy about signing fallen urban-pop divas: SRC are currently trying to revive the career of Playboy model Aubrey O’Day after recently giving her a post-Danity Kane solo deal; and last year Universal Motown took Kelly Rowland off the scrapheap and temporarily revived her career in the US with the hit single “Motivation”. Also, Ciara was spotted this past March having dinner with Kelly Rowland during a girls’ night out with Kim Kardashian — coincidence?

It’s all speculation at this point, but it’s worth keeping an eye on the situation.

A few months ago I would’ve written off my girl Ciara as done and dusted, but if Jennifer Lopez and Kelly Rowland can return to the charts after years of exile, then there’s a small glimmer of hope for CiCi, too.

Since February when Ciara infamously took to her Facebook and publicly begged Jive Records to drop her, she’s been trying to keep busy with an Australian tour, a one episode guest spot on Hellcats, and a new romance with Knicks’ basketballer Amare Stoudamire.

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Sources Say Britney Spears Has Scheduled Bay Area Coheadlining Concert

Britney Spears has been causing near heart attacks for weeks as fans in the Bay Area tried to figure out exact details about her Good Morning America performance in the Castro. Between yesterday’s sudden venue change and this morning’s ticket frenzy, the highly anticipated show has proved frustrating for many fans. If you weren’t able to get your hands on tickets for this Sunday’s GMA show, we’ve got some good news. Sources are telling us that Spears has scheduled another performance in the Bay Area!


Sources say that Britney has already scheduled another concert date in the Bay Area as part of an all out tour in support of her album Femme Fatale. The exact date has not been released, however, they assure us that you don’t want to miss this next tour date. She’ll be hitting the road with a very high-profile co-headliner. All the info is expected to be announced very soon. We’ll have the information for you first, as soon as it is released.


Hogg & Pease speculate on the potential coheadliner below.

Ciara backs Kim Kardashian pop career

Ciara has revealed that her close friend Kim Kardashian is planning a new career in pop music.

The singer confirmed various rumors linking the reality TV star with a move to pop, saying that Kardashian is "fascinated" with the music business.

The 'Goodies' star told MTV: "I told her if she needs me, I'm here. She really, really is fascinated with the music video process and stuff like that. She's a very, very glamorous girl.

"She really loves that whole idea, and so she joked about it like, 'I wanna shoot a music video, but I don't want people to take it too serious. I would just like to have fun with it'."

Kardashian recently praised her latest E! reality show Kourtney And Kim Take New York!.

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Tracklisting: Ciara – ‘Basic Instinct’

Ciara follows her Basic Instinct on the tracklisting for her fourth album, hitting stores December 14. The 11-track set features the Ludacris-assisted single “Ride,” sensual “Speechless,” and dance floor-ready “Gimmie Dat,” plus a collaboration with her labelmate Usher (“Turn It Up”). Tricky Stewart and The-Dream serve as executive producers.

“Now it’s time to go back, it’s time to throw on my sneakers, it’s time to just really get bossy for a couple of seconds,” CiCi previously told Rap-Up.com of Instinct, which marks a return to her roots.

The tracklisting is below per Amazon.com.

1. “Basic Instinct (U Got Me)”
2. “Ride” feat. Ludacris
3. “Gimmie Dat”
4. “Heavy Rotation”
5. “Girls Get Your Money”
6. “Yeah I Know”
7. “Speechless”
8. “You Can Get It”
9. “Turn It Up” feat. Usher
10. “Wants for Dinner”
11. “I Run It”

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Ciara - Gimme Dat Music Video

Debut for Ciara's "Speechless" Music Video

Ciara Will Perform at the VMAs

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Club Mansion was so much fun, my night couldn't have eneded any sweeter! Off 2 LA to shoot Gimmie Dat, Speechless, and Perform on the VMA's!

Ciara Pushes Back Album Release…Again

UrbanBridgez.com has exclusively learned Ciara’s new album ‘Basic Instinct‘ has been pushed back yet again! We first broke news in July that the new album had been pushed back from the original August date to October 5th! Now we’ve learned the album will now be released in late October on the 19th! However we’re also told the final date may end up being October 26th! An official announcement on the new date is expected from Jive/LaFace later this week!

Why the push-back? Ciara is gearing up for massive promotion for her highly anticipated new release, including shooting two new videos for the next two singles ‘Gimme Dat’ & Speechless.’ Not to mention various live performances and TV specials scheduled around the release!

So no worries Ciara fans, the album is coming & you can expect to see alot of Ciara once it’s released!

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