Ciara - Basic Instinct (2010) (prod. The-Dream)

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think this deserves its own thread really - it's certainly my most anticipated r&b release of 2010 so far. i've ended up obsessed with everything i've heard so far - tonight it's the lush slow jam, "i run it" - the way the chorus swells is so triumphant in its sensuality. "i'm gon do it til i've done it, and the next time they ask yoouuuu - you tell 'em that i run it!"

4 those not up 2 speed yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wzjb9Cxyw4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV6bKK8-JJA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTmJbO2_RMo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u3iLdLTRgQ

لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 3 June 2010 22:11 (fifteen years ago)

let the games begin!

i fake it so real, i am beyonce (surm), Thursday, 3 June 2010 22:21 (fifteen years ago)

I really dig "Speechless" -- haven't given the others enough time to let them work their magic. But I will.

I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 3 June 2010 22:24 (fifteen years ago)

That fourth link is one of the least convincing displays of anger I have ever heard in a pop song and if as a pop star you can't fake being fucked off about something that someone's said about you on the internet then you've got a problem.

Matt DC, Thursday, 3 June 2010 22:29 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah I know she's thriving off the attention as well but really getting up in your face is probably not her forte.

Matt DC, Thursday, 3 June 2010 22:35 (fifteen years ago)

i love the title track. it's playful and the song structure is weird. seems to be about the interplay of anger/inspiration, so i don't think it's straight anger she's going for.

i fake it so real, i am beyonce (surm), Thursday, 3 June 2010 22:35 (fifteen years ago)

i dunno, i don't really recognise this Ciara, these hard edged Los/tricky(?) joints arent really what i want from her, she's sleeker than this like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ0pe691q_Y

plax (ico), Thursday, 3 June 2010 22:38 (fifteen years ago)

"i run it" and "speechless" are two of the softest songs she's done!

لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 3 June 2010 22:44 (fifteen years ago)

synths are still too buzzy or something, i dunno, i'd prolly be freaking out if these were leaked demos by a new kid at the party but Goodies was way too classic an album for me maybe

plax (ico), Thursday, 3 June 2010 22:58 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah, this is my most anticipated album of the year!

Tape Store, Friday, 4 June 2010 04:36 (fifteen years ago)

Have we talked about the "Ride" video being banned from BET?

Tape Store, Friday, 4 June 2010 04:40 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhQ4D-5v0d4
^^^Some awesome news in this

e.g. only two features--luda and -dream--on the album and, regarding the second single, "get ready to dance off the freakin' roof"

Tape Store, Friday, 4 June 2010 04:48 (fifteen years ago)

Have we talked about the "Ride" video being banned from BET?

really? why on earth...

i don't actually like the "ride" video that much, i mean she goes hard and it's a bit O_O and all that but it's pretty unimaginative

لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 4 June 2010 08:09 (fifteen years ago)

ride video and song are my favorite things of the year so far, surely. her moves are crazy, not to mention the way she looks. and the way the choreography is syncopated with the lyrics is ace. like, the first time i watched it, i actually heard every single word she was singing pop like a ring pop. from the very beginning when she's slamming the floor, to her marketing her bathing suit and fur coat, to the janet/michael inspired ATL hat and leggings moves, the package is an all around jaw-dropper. the imagination of the video lies in its purity of purpose -- no, these aren't new concepts, but they're presented like they're the most fresh, bold ideas out there. i have never seen the delta of sex, advertising and gender economics represented so well in my whole life. plus the whole song makes me weak in the knees.

i fake it so real, i am beyonce (surm), Friday, 4 June 2010 10:48 (fifteen years ago)

i think 'basic instinct' is fun and that ciara goes in extremely hard

hoes on my dick cos my groceries bagged (tpp), Friday, 4 June 2010 10:56 (fifteen years ago)

i run it sounds nice but a bit limp.
though might just be the youtube video.

truffle-flavoured french fry (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 4 June 2010 11:58 (fifteen years ago)

it sounds like it was already a song to me, in a good way

these bitches need to be put in their places (surm), Friday, 4 June 2010 13:15 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9v50i_MqL4

Tape Store, Friday, 4 June 2010 18:40 (fifteen years ago)

YES

so appropriate that i'm hearing this while getting ready to go out

لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 4 June 2010 18:53 (fifteen years ago)

i like the letter S wit the line down the middle

these bitches need to be put in their places (surm), Sunday, 6 June 2010 19:46 (fifteen years ago)

this song is kooky

these bitches need to be put in their places (surm), Sunday, 6 June 2010 19:47 (fifteen years ago)

ok i have changed my mind abt this!

plax (ico), Sunday, 6 June 2010 19:48 (fifteen years ago)

hasn't she done like 3 songs called "get it girl" already?

what it feels like for a goon (The Reverend), Sunday, 6 June 2010 19:57 (fifteen years ago)

i market it so good

plax (ico), Sunday, 6 June 2010 20:27 (fifteen years ago)

i can never really get over how shes called Ciara

plax (ico), Sunday, 6 June 2010 20:27 (fifteen years ago)

?

what it feels like for a goon (The Reverend), Sunday, 6 June 2010 20:37 (fifteen years ago)

it is like top five most popular irish girls name (real traditional, there was like three in my class in primary school) only you say it like Keera

plax (ico), Sunday, 6 June 2010 20:38 (fifteen years ago)

i can never really get over how hes called plax (ico)

I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Sunday, 6 June 2010 20:39 (fifteen years ago)

hasn't she done like 3 songs called "get it girl" already?

― what it feels like for a goon (The Reverend), Sunday, June 6, 2010 2:57 PM (40 minutes ago) Bookmark

lol

gonjasufi smacker (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 6 June 2010 20:41 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUNtMXdVEAU

plax (ico), Sunday, 6 June 2010 20:42 (fifteen years ago)

btw this is my second most anticipated album of the year after terius himself

gonjasufi smacker (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 6 June 2010 20:42 (fifteen years ago)

i guess it was "go girl" that i was thinking of

what it feels like for a goon (The Reverend), Sunday, 6 June 2010 20:42 (fifteen years ago)

also she got an insane amt of press in ireland circa goodies (and 95% of it was "omg look what she's called!") ppl were p. disappointed when it turned out she pronounced it "wrong."

plax (ico), Sunday, 6 June 2010 20:50 (fifteen years ago)

i know this makes me tuomas

plax (ico), Sunday, 6 June 2010 20:50 (fifteen years ago)

Ciuomas

gonjasufi smacker (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 6 June 2010 20:51 (fifteen years ago)

i like ireland.

these bitches need to be put in their places (surm), Sunday, 6 June 2010 21:05 (fifteen years ago)

yet you almost never vist

plax (ico), Monday, 7 June 2010 10:11 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_blNZLoe1k

لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Monday, 7 June 2010 10:31 (fifteen years ago)

Chorus of "I Run It" is a little weak to me, but the verses are soooooooo astonishingly sexy it more than makes up for it.

rim this, fuck that (Eric H.), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 05:28 (fifteen years ago)

i run it = !!!. i want to listen to it on big headphones looking out to an unspoilt vista from inside a grand designs house with bespoke windows while smelling cedar.

no fear, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 09:34 (fifteen years ago)

i think the chorus of "i run it" and "ride" burn nicely and purposefully slow to smooth out the verses

these bitches need to be put in their places (surm), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 13:32 (fifteen years ago)

what the choruses to "i run it" and "ride" lack in words, they more than make up for in sheer voluptuous feel

how could i ever have been underwhelmed by "ride"? i have to listen to it thrice daily now.

i market it so good
they can't wait to try-y-y-y-y me-e-e-e
i work it so good
man, these niggas tryna buy-y-y-y me
he love the way i RIIIIIIIDE it
he love the way i RIIIIIIIDE it
he love the way i RIIIIIIIDE it
he love the way i RIIIIIIIDE the beat like a muhhfukkin freak - ohh!

لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:43 (fifteen years ago)

i heard it at the strip club the other night. the way she enunciates "try me" kills

these bitches need to be put in their places (surm), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:47 (fifteen years ago)

another R&B song with shit, garden variety 'freaky' sex lyrics.

cant wait.

truffle-flavoured french fry (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:48 (fifteen years ago)

" i market it so good " is def not a garden variety lyric but whatevs

these bitches need to be put in their places (surm), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:48 (fifteen years ago)

i heard it at the strip club the other night. the way she enunciates "try me" kills

the stutter so jolting in the middle of all the griiiiinding going on

لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:49 (fifteen years ago)

" i market it so good " is def not a garden variety lyric but whatevs

ok fine, another 'freaky' sex lyric awkwardly mixed with corporate sales speak.

EVEN BETTER.

truffle-flavoured french fry (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:54 (fifteen years ago)

she should talk about going door to door, pitching and cold calling in the remix.

truffle-flavoured french fry (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:54 (fifteen years ago)

you see, ciara could actually make the words "cold call" sound sexy

لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:58 (fifteen years ago)

yea, i would actually really like to hear that remix. are there a lot of songs that ft corporate sales speak? can you name a few?

these bitches need to be put in their places (surm), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 16:00 (fifteen years ago)

haha that is in no particular order except which ones came to my jetlag-addled mind first

lex pretend, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 11:43 (thirteen years ago)

how can one rank her 16 perfect songs anyway, like choosing between your children &c &c

lex pretend, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 11:44 (thirteen years ago)

i would take heavy rotation over any of my sixteen children

Genre Fiction › Men's Adventure (schlump), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 11:52 (thirteen years ago)

"pick up the phone"!!

that song just kills me. the first ciara album truly redeems jazze pha's whole existence.

gucci mande (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 15:34 (thirteen years ago)

yeah ciara first album is v. good - "thug style" is another great one.

y'all are sleeping on "keep dancin' on me" though, I never see that song get any props but it's definitely my fave from Fantasy Ride.

DO NOT CALL (The Brainwasher), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 15:36 (thirteen years ago)

I have a soft spot for "Ciara To The Stage"

Number None, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 16:28 (thirteen years ago)

"i would take heavy rotation over any of my sixteen children"

otm

Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 17:35 (thirteen years ago)

i think "echo" is my favorite cici song

gucci mande (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 19:38 (thirteen years ago)

well, after "promise"

gucci mande (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 19:38 (thirteen years ago)

the "fantasy ride" demos staying as demos/bonus tracks is one of the great tragedies of pop music IMHO

gucci mande (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 19:41 (thirteen years ago)

i was just reading the old posts about those in the promise thread and realized i'd never heard em--which all should i track down?

Jacques_Lamure, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 19:51 (thirteen years ago)

i'm not the expert on these (alex in mtl, lex & others know more) but definitely

echo, click/flash, supernatural, rattla, i'm on

i think alex made a zip once actually, i may be missing some

cherry pick the best joints from the actual fantasy ride + the best stuff from the demos & you have an out and out classic

gucci mande (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 19:53 (thirteen years ago)

j0rdan basically named the best ones, but also check:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npPpx8EQYg8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1sQPBYoXaQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELO2SWKOy38
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYLTBoS9zzU

writing down my vagina’s sorrows for all the world to see (The Brainwasher), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 20:07 (thirteen years ago)

"echo" is tops though, should have been the first single from Fantasy Ride tbh... the fact that it's a bonus track is ridiculous. Definite top 10 ciara joint

writing down my vagina’s sorrows for all the world to see (The Brainwasher), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 20:09 (thirteen years ago)

been into 'turn it up' on this album

johnny crunch, Thursday, 14 July 2011 02:32 (thirteen years ago)

holy shit echo is sublime

Jacques_Lamure, Thursday, 14 July 2011 03:13 (thirteen years ago)

ride is like a mirage now, it was so good

also u can get it

j lol (surm), Thursday, 14 July 2011 04:34 (thirteen years ago)

yeah i remember the "echo" crazy fondly

bros -izing bros (k3vin k.), Thursday, 14 July 2011 04:35 (thirteen years ago)

you both forgot "go girl" !!

bros -izing bros (k3vin k.), Thursday, 14 July 2011 04:36 (thirteen years ago)

put all this shit on a playlist tonight & "go girl", even tho i like it, really stuck out... it's just so unassuming & quiet for a lead single -- it should've been an album track but it was a bizarre choice for a lead single, even allowing for the t-pain feature

gucci mande (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 14 July 2011 06:13 (thirteen years ago)

yeah "go girl" totally underwhelmed as a single and i only started to like it when i realised they were going to go stalin on it

lex pretend, Thursday, 14 July 2011 12:54 (thirteen years ago)

i feel so cheated of an "echo" video/dance routine

lex pretend, Thursday, 14 July 2011 12:54 (thirteen years ago)

echo ft. young jeezy = absolute classic. regular echo is pretty awesome too, though.

Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 14 July 2011 18:48 (thirteen years ago)

weird, i always thought the jeezy version was superfluous

J0rdan S., Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:06 (thirteen years ago)

this is the first i've even realised a jeezy version even exists

he seems entirely the wrong rapper for it, not that anyone else is really needed

lex pretend, Thursday, 14 July 2011 23:25 (thirteen years ago)

ciara 10/10s:

goodies
oh
promise
like a boy
c.r.u.s.h.

incredible sequence

The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 July 2011 23:30 (thirteen years ago)

did we mention I'm On? Because I'm On is really awesome, also.

Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 14 July 2011 23:37 (thirteen years ago)

i got my
right hand
in position
so i can get back
wit cha

lex pretend, Thursday, 14 July 2011 23:42 (thirteen years ago)

i don't need nobody else
i can do damage by myself
walk in the club everybody like
DAMN!
she can do damage by herself.

Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 15 July 2011 01:56 (thirteen years ago)

still think "Ride" is a clunky piece of shit

some dude, Friday, 15 July 2011 02:18 (thirteen years ago)

i love "Ride"

in 77 everything is fine (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 24 July 2011 05:51 (thirteen years ago)

one year passes...

damn, Jacques Greene looped the opening horns for like a full minute before he dropped this last night and I went hamilton vs burr at that shit

The Reverend, Thursday, 26 July 2012 16:41 (twelve years ago)

err "this" being the duet version of "speechless"

The Reverend, Thursday, 26 July 2012 16:42 (twelve years ago)

am glad someone in the world is playing that, i thought the solo version on the lp had replaced it out of existence

, Blogger (schlump), Thursday, 26 July 2012 16:47 (twelve years ago)

MMJG. <3

Was this opening for The xx? Or somewhere else? I got tickets for the gig long before Frank Ocean announced a show the same day which promptly sold out. :(

I mean. Excited for xx and JG but Ive seen them before. So glad to hear its a good show.

twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 26 July 2012 16:48 (twelve years ago)

the solo version doesn't exist on my version of the album

Number None, Thursday, 26 July 2012 16:48 (twelve years ago)

Back when he and some friends of mine had a weekly Thursday club night he once dropped that, Gimme That and Yamaha all in the same set, which also included (I think) Ryan Leslie's Addiction and closed out with Cassie's Skydiver.

twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 26 July 2012 16:50 (twelve years ago)

the solo version doesn't exist on my version of the album

― Number None, Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:48 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

!
will dig out & play again, maybe my mistake

, Blogger (schlump), Thursday, 26 July 2012 16:54 (twelve years ago)

no i mean i replaced it

Number None, Thursday, 26 July 2012 16:55 (twelve years ago)

oh ha. good move.

, Blogger (schlump), Thursday, 26 July 2012 16:56 (twelve years ago)

Just dropped everything to play that song twice. The solo version is great—it feels like it could have become a standard, if the album would've had more reach—but the duet is just next level. So much more intense, and Terius gets so many great lines that were just cut from the solo take.

Evan R, Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago)

Man I forgot how much I love this song

Evan R, Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago)

Alex: he opened for the xx at a theater and then headlined a small club later in the evening, I went to the latter. He also played Kirko Bangz "What Yo Name Iz", an amazing remix of Amerie "That's What U R", a Weeknd/2 Chainz joint that I refused to dance to until I heard Tity Two Necklace, and a lot more house than I would have expected. Did not play "Another Girl".

On another note, I did manage to get my CD into his hand.

The Reverend, Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:51 (twelve years ago)

also played Evian Christ "Fuck It None Of Y'all Don't Rap", which goes v v hard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLBXuTkSDls

The Reverend, Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago)

The What U R remix is his own off his white label I think, which also includes his Motivation mix.

One of his mixes is how I found out about Drank in My Cup so I'm not surprised he played Kirko.

Glad you got him your EP. <3 I think I mentioned that I sent a few of the tracks to our mutual friend/DJ Seb Diamond a couple months back (?), but I don't know if he ever passed them along.

twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago)

I still haven't come up with overall feelings about that Evian Christ album but that track bangs.

twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago)

I am not v impressed w/ the non-FINOYDR Evian I've heard, but that track is something else

The Reverend, Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago)

two years pass...

i am finally listening to this album in full. i like it, and i like the title track.

surm, Monday, 8 June 2015 05:49 (ten years ago)

My favorite album of hers.

The Reverend, Monday, 8 June 2015 06:21 (ten years ago)

six years pass...

Revisiting "I Run It," and it's probably my favorite slow jam of the last decade. (Well, 11 years now.)

i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 13:41 (three years ago)


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