Man on Music: Ciara The Evolution, Finally!

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The rating:

2 and 1/2 stars (out of 4) Slightly Trying It

Well the CD has Leaked and it has set the Internet afire! But does it deliver HEAT or is smoke and mirrors...The Young Black Man is on it! Here is a play by play, song by song First Listen just as I heard it...

1. That's Right - It starts off Jumpin with the catchy crazy club song with Lil Jon bringin a down south type feel (This will bring ass popping in the clubs to new levels gay and straight).

2. Like A Boy - She slows it down a bit but brings some new vocal (brandy sounding background) treats on the hypnotic Like A Boy. With those nasty hermaphrodite rumors I am surprised she would title a song that way...

3. Evolution Of Music, The (Interlude) - The first evolution interlude is where she kind of turned me off...skip!

4. Promise - Promise is slow and sexy as I skip this (because they have worn it out on radio) I hope she brings me more slow music she has the capacity to hold my attention with a slow beat (that's one hell of an evolution).

5. I Proceed - A funky old school type beat comes on and Ciara is cooing (VERY Janet-esque) Ciara what the hell?!? this beat could have been used way more effectively...SKIP!

6. Can't Leave 'Em Alone - (with 50 Cent) 50 blasts through my speakers I love his sound on this beat! Ciara comes in and steals it...this is my song...Nice mellow groove I can see ridin to this on the highway.

7. C.R.U.S.H. - C.R.U.S.H. comes in and i am nodding my head, not bad not bad.

8. My Love - The next song has these crazy (MJB breakthrough) sounding vocals...nice song

* the way the songs are arranged is already gettin on my nerves. How we go from crush to hatin him Ciara Imma need u to stop playin with my musical emotions!

9. Evolution Of Dance, The (Interlude) - Interlude 2 another disappointment SKIP

10. Make It Last Forever - Darkchild comes in with the old school sample from "Whoo Yeah, It takes two to make a thing go right". Ciara sounds great over this beat, Rodney pushed her vocally this is the first song I can say she is singing on a very nice one.

11. Bang It Up - Bang It Up can only be looked at as ciara's rap-singing answer to everyone elses rap-singing lately...nice beat not impressed by ciara on this one not a skip tho it has a nice bridge

12. Get Up - (with Chamillionaire) Now we come to the song that turned the tides and brought me on board...This song is catch infectious and can still pack a dance floor months later! I am looking for an equal for this...remeber this is a soundtrack song.

13. Evolution Of Fashion, The (Interlude) - Ciara interlude 3 - ok I'll just say it out loud "shut the f*ck up!"

14. Get In, Fit In - Get In Fit I a bit out of reach for cici "tried so hard to copy my style..." girl sit down somewhere an ok song it lags when she decides to to cheer type calls that we have all ready heard from her...Sigh

15. Evolution Of C, The (Interlude) - Janet you are not with the interludes...Shut up already!!!

16. So Hard - Finally a Slow Beat...now I can so relate to this song...dayum I am loving it...Yesss!!!!

17. I'm Just Me - I'm just Me I love when people sing a song proclaiming just to be them (MJB's just mary, Fantasia's just me) I love this one "I'm just ghetto...I'm just me" nice one

18. I Found Myself - The acoustic sounding "I found myself" is where Ciara truly shines even with those vocal imperfections hear I can understand this song...I remember when I was your age...

Overall its an OK CD. I guess its so much hype and anticipation around this I was expecting a giant then a regular dude showed up...Truly feel it doesn't live up to the title The Evolution. Thinking of the sludge like musical dirt she sprouted up from (goodies), she had nowhere to go but up. Even the differences between her now and then are very apparent. But is it an evolution? We met her in a homemade cut up shirt...on her new CD cover she presents an expensive (probably designer) cut up shirt...Does that constitute an evolution? I think not. Truly there is a growth from the juvenile tone that she initially had in her music, but has she evolved...My exclusive musical evolution Chart has the answer.

1. Subject is very primitive in musical nature
2. Subject grooms (new weave) and brings a new element into her repertoire a good Guest Missy Elliot she is now walking musically instead of crawling around showing "goodies"
3. Subject re-grooms (better weave style, new clothes) and delivers a rapper again but she brings in a new tool...SEXINESS subject has seemed to find a sex appeal that is broader than a booty pop.
4. Subject takes strides evolving 3 stages with this single. She is sexy, can dance her ass off and subject now has broad appeal. Subject is almost at the top of her game. Note the jackhammer subject now carries she is about to bust the game open
5. Subject returns with Promise and shows she still got it. Great video everyone is expecting an evolutionary breakthrough the next time we see or hear the subject. Subject has the music community anxiously awaiting her next move.
6. Subject has taken a step back in her evolutionary growth. While she had the tools to be on top ultimately she wasn't able to use them. A good try from the subject, we are just glad subject did not revert back to "goodies".