A Grown Ass Black Man’s Tribute Too…
…Ciara.
Yes that Ciara.
I have to admit something here. I was a Ciara hater. I didn’t get the appeal. I’m like who cares about her “Goodies” and really, “1,2 Step” was well, boring. I hated that people were comparing her more to Aaliyah than say, Ashanti. Because comparing her to Aaliyah was placing her into the stratosphere of female performers who provided that heat when you needed it. And she didn’t. She just didn’t have “it”.
You know the same “it” Beyonce has, but Ashanti doesn’t. Or that Whitney HAD, but Mariah didn’t.
It’s just that quality that makes you care.
[***Addendum to last statement about Mariah: You might care if you're mixed, unless you're Panama Jackson, in which case you just don't give a flying f**k.***]
That was until I saw…
“Oh.” Yes, the video for “Oh” changed my life. It was a Tuesday in March when I first saw this video. Partly cloudy outside and on the verge of rain. But then the video came on.
The clouds parted and the sun shone bright. The rain went away and the itsy bitsy spider continued successfully up the water spout, fearlessly, triumphantly…at last, SUCCESS.
All because of this video and its lovely siren, Ciara.
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First, let me just say that as far as I’m concerned, this is the best video to come out in the past 4 years. I have nothing to base that on, nor have I done an extensive review of videos of the past 4 years, however, I’m not only sexxy, I’m writing this, in which case, in Panama’s City, anything goes…as long as I say it!
Sounds like Bush logic doesn’t. New name: Bush-it.
In this video, Ciara does things with her body that I’m just not able to talk about around children. She moves so fluidly and so wonderfully that I just want to stand up, open up my window, and say, “Glory Day!!!”
I’m a dancer. Hmm…let me rephrase that statement because I don’t want to be taken as a funboy who wears tutu’s and tights. I like to dance and have a serious appreciation for folks who can actually dance well. Not just move to the beat, but actually do what people in some cultures would refer to as “dancing.” Ciara, is a dancer. Not ONCE in that entire video was I not captivated by her ability to control her derriere or upper body or gyrationisticus pelviticus.
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Basically, that video is pure amazement. Not only that, but for the first time ever, she doesn’t have her head cocked to the side everytime she says a word. That’s been one of my biggest problems with her. It seemed to me as if she had some sort of neck issue that required her head to remain at a 75 degree angle at all times, which explained why her hair was always covering one side of her face. Smoke and mirrors, friend.
Smoke and mirrors.
Aaliyah had that same problem if you remember, followed by the rumor that she was cock-eyed. She always had on those doggone huge sunglasses or had her hair covering her face. But after getting my Aaliyah calender I sifted through the pictures vociferously in order to determine if she was indeed cock-eyed and much to my enjoyment, she wasn’t. Glory day.
Well, in this video, Ciara has her hair pulled back, requiring her to maintain her head at a perpendicular 90 degree angle, flush with her shoulders. After seeing her hair pulled back, I became a believer. No longer was I required to hate her cock-neckedness because she didn’t have to do that. It was a choice!! And I’m pro-choice!
There’s one particular scene where she basically mounts a car. Good gracious people. Her arms look so toned and caramel as she works that moneymaker. I swear, if I didn’t know any better, I’d think she was discovered at a strip club audition that Jazzy Pha just so happened to judge. She moves so sensually and fluidly that I can’t help but be afraid to ever see her in the club. I can’t step down from a challenge like her, but I’d lose. She’d put that thang on me that I wouldn’t be able to handle. My pride would probably stop me just in time.
Add to the fact that the song is actually good AND that she shouts out Adamsville, my neighborhood in Atlanta (bigups to MLK Blvd, SW over on that WESTSIDE), and you just have a great song. We’ll just act like it ain’t the watered down strip club version of T.I.’s “Rubberband Man.”
And she’s right, cuz down south we ride “sloooooooooooow…”
So to Ciara I’d like to say I apologize for any hate that I threw your way. You are not a one-hit wonder and you are not Ashanti. Any comparisons to Aaliyah are fair and accurate and you only have one album out. And though I haven’t heard your album for fear that it might suck, I’m content with you never ever doing anything in life but paying somebody to keep “Oh” in my video rotation for the next 50 years of my life. You have made a fan out of me and have made dark skies bright and sunny.
You are the truth. You make me say, “Oh”. Not “O”, though a case can be made for that one too, except I’m not a woman in which case, the case has been closed.
However, you make me say, “Oh….”
So because I now love you with all that is me, and have bestowed the ultimate complement upon you of being Aaliyah-esque, do me a favor would you??
Stay away from 8-seater planes with luggage on them and pilot’s who don’t recognize you. The world already lost one angel…just take AmTrak or Boeing 757′s or even Concorde’s and make sure that the pilots know exactly who is on the plane.
So to Ciara…thank you. You make me say “Oh.”
Two things…
1)thanks for the shout out! Great minds think alike….
and
2)back up off my woman!!! Ciara is mine. I’ve already stated that I would fight a bear head up for her, so you KNOW I’ll take you on too!!! I challenge you to a duel!! *whippow*
I think yours might be the second P-Diddy defense I’ve read lately. While I think nobody needs that much per month to raise a kid, and that bitch is definitely scamming, I also think a fool needs to be held responsible for his actions. None of this would have been a problem if he hadn’t had a child with the woman. And short of that situation with the crazy heffa who blew a guy, kept his jizz in her mouth, froze it and inseminated herself later (which is not only fucking crazy, but well, really crazy) Diddy could have taken steps to prevent it. How many kids does he have now? Isn’t it ’bout time he got fixed? I mean, he must realize he would be a good target for that kinda isht. Take some precautions, nucca.
that’s all. I know, I should just perish.
I’m just sayin’.
LMAO! dude…this entry is too funny…I do like the Oh video but that car scene it made me go hmmmm. I thought it was a lil’ too much…her climbing on to the car just looked odd.
Her CD is great
and while we’re at it Christina Milian has a nice CD too….
The video is cool but she lost points for the little girl watching it in the beginning. That wasn’t necessary…probably her little cousin Shakadisha.
…I was planning on writing the exact same thing about ciara in my next entry…like, seriously, the EXACT SAME THING…I’m just gonna link to this entry instead of devoting a paragraph to her…I’ve never turned quicker in favor of somebody before in my life…several months ago I was ready to group her in with the other beyonce-lites (read: christina milian) and now I’m on fuse on demand ordering “oh”…damn
Make me say OOooooh OOOooooh nah nah nah nah
I must admit I hated on Ciara’s dancing skills until I saw “Oh” as well. I mean, folks was talking about she could beat Janet in a competition and I just wasn’t having it! I thought she was just anotha chick from round da way who had a couple of moves. However, I must admit, homegirl can get down…she’s nice wit hers.
However, she still ain’t no damn Janet…
not too hate on Ciara, but I will give her props when she sings a song that doesn’t feature a famous rapper. She does have nice arms and she can break it down though. I would kill to be able to pop my ass like that.
BUSH-IT!!!!!!
lol thats what it is right now!
that and cock-neckedness
lmao gotdamn
P, there’s something seriously wrong with you. Seriously wrong. Stay that way, puhleeze! LMAO
I already wrote my take on the Puffy thing… which is “Oh” so similar to Sid’s. *shrug* Hey… you know how vulnerable your half-a-billion-dollars-in-assets-having-ass is!!! Why not use… “Oh” I don’t know… maybe a PROPHYLLACTIC??? Hmm??? Just my .02. I think Justin is entitled to live in the same lap of luxury he would be able to live in if he lived with Puff… just a thought. I’d like to give a personal shout out to Misa’s attorneys!!! *CLAPPING WILDLY*
“Oh” and I saw that video and I give props to her myself. She can dance her ass off. I will give her that. But Aaliyah??? FUCK NO!!! TAKE IT BACK!!!! TAKE IT BACK!!!! *SLAM*
I never commented at your site. I have just been silently stalking you for like the past 984984928493849 years. After readin’ this entry though and gettin’ hooked on We The Voices, I just had to come out of hidin’. You are a damn fool! You always have me laughin’ and like spittin’ up my Orange Sunkist soda thru my nose and shit.. You are truly hilarious.. And I don’t find many men funny. well except like Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock.. and Ben Stiller.. I like him too…:P *muah*
Ya know? Every time I watch that video I ALWAYS wonder 3 things. (A) who the hell owns that car that was rented for the video that she’s dancing on the hood of? And (B) who ever that car belongs to…was that brutha (or sista, ’cause you NEVER know these days, lol) even compensated? B/c the way she was moving on the hood of that thing, I just KNOW she made a couple of dents on that mofo. lol.
Oh and (C) why does the pop-locking dude, with the corn rolls and white tee (dancing in the background during and after Ludacris’s slight intermission), look just like his twin from a-far. B/c I swear when I seen that video for the 1st time, I had to do a double take. Literally. I even fooled a couple of my friends at first to, and told them that that was really Luda popping and shit like that…and they actually believed my ass! LOL. I couldn’t believe it! LOL. That’s how much I think they favor each other.
Anyway, I liked how you actually disected the video like that though. VERY funny!!
lol@Dayrell… I thought the SAAAAME THING! I was all amazed at Luda’s dancing abilities, then I got shamed
Ciara’s album is actually pretty good. She has songs that people can actually relate to
I’m not mad at Ciara. She “gets her man” in that Oh video.
But enough about her. How the fugg did the Ying-Yang Twins manage to do a rather tasteful video for the Wait (whisper song)?? Can you please address the pure braintasticness of that video director?? A porn song with a not porn video. A-freaking-mazing!
I can’t believe the dude that would STOP dancing when Goodies came on is now a Ciara fan!!! Really, have we gone into an alternate universe without my knowledge! I have liked Ciara’s songs from the start and sista girl can dance! She’s no Janet but I’ll take Ciara’s moves any day.
@Calvin: I’ll see your bear and raise you a steroided up Barry Bonds for her attention!
@Sid: yes…just perish. Panama says Just Perish. You’re fun!!! I do agree in principle on some of that, but I’ve found that it just breaks down over gender lines so I’ll just leave it alone. It will…just perish.
@Edwige: No…her climbing on the car looked great…not odd!
@Indian Flute: Ulp…do we have another christina milian fan?? I’m not alone anymore!!!!!
@Belle: Kids named Shakadisha need to learn how to be strippers young since their name leads them right into that path. What better way than from your role model, you’re older sister.
@dyoung: Brilliant minds think alike. And this aint the first time we’ve had the same thought around the same time.
@Geekbird: Hmm…LOL! I see she got to you too.
@Aries: No Janet?? You’re right, but give her 5 years…she’ll be better. Unless she gets knocked up by Lil Bow Wow in which case she’ll be Ashanti.
@Vagitis: Hate..hate..hate..she’s a hiphop r&b singer…thats what they do!!! It aint like her actual songs alone are that good.
@OJ: I liked cock-neckedness myself.
@Yolie: I’m more than glad to oblige…I just hope that I don’t…just perish!!!
@X: yes…Aaliyah, you’re just gonna have to suck that up like your last name is Hoover.
@Tee: Well I’ve been stalking you for all those years plus 1. It killed me when you shut your site down the first time (or the first time when i started reading) THEN when you started back up and recently shut it down again…dammit!! And thanks for the compliment…im flattered.
@Dayrell: Similar to Calvin, I’d like to BE that car in the video. Whoever owns that car needs to have her autograph it and sell it on eBay. LOL!
@Deah (and Dayrell as well): That dude dont look jackshit like Luda!!! All lightskinnedededed men dont look alike. But if so, I’d like to choose to look like Boris…women seem to love him.
@Kajuana: You know, I love that video for “Wait”. And I love that song. As far as I’m concerned its the best song I’ve heard in a long time. Those Twins..i swear they never cease to amaze me cuz both that song and the video are just downright faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan-tastic!!!
*Dude…I responded to every comment so far…no more…Just Perish…Panama says just perish!!!*
Lindsay…it was the principle. They played that song too damn much and I pretty much HATE the song “Goodies.” But I have been reformed. Ladies and gentlemen…
…hell has frozen over.
All I can say is a-fuggin-men….
She broke my resilience to cookie cutter R&B bitches with that song AND that video….
She now is in a class apart from the rest of them hoes….
And by the way, I cracked the fuck up at: “You make me say, “Oh”. Not “O”, though a case can be made for that one too, except I’m not a woman in which case, the case has been closed.”
Hmm. I don’t think the video or dancin in the video is that extra. Honestly, it barely made a blip on my radar besides the car humpin. Just said to myself, “oh look, its another ciara video.” I’m not hatin. I like ciara and like her dancing and her songs. I’m just sayin this doesn’t stand out as being one of the best music videos in the past 4 years, or even this year for that matter. Furtherlymore, the wardrobe on this video is rather drab.
I loved Ciara from the moment I SAW her. Not heard..she can’t sing to save her life *that is without extensive production work* but her dancing is definitely something that can truly be appreciated from an actual dancer. Her movements are so tight and gatdamn precise. I was in love..I really was. If I ever get my body to be able to do what she does so perfectly Im taking that ish on tour.
After I read this post, I went to Launchcast and watched the video. (Shhhh, don’t tell no-body. No video streaming at work.)
Anywayyyy, after watch the video, I can’t even hate on the girl anymore. She was dancing her butt off. If she taught a dance class or put out a Ciara’s Dance Grooves video, I would pay my money. It just looked like so much fun.
Mr. Panama sir…what is with all the women sweating you so hard. Don’t make me let them know. (wink, wink. LOL)
As always I enjoyed reading your post. You are so animated…keeps me laughing. Luckily I have an office and a door I can close at work. Otherwise, everyone would know I was reading your posts and not working…LOL
You have not changed a bit…Miss a month and I pick right back up…Like I never been gone a day…I’ll keep you posted
RE: Well, hey, from a-far. lol. Dude, I know I was fooled. lol.
Dude…
Even I was intrigued by the dance on the car. I was like, “Damn! Look at Ciara go!” Had me over here trying to hop on my bar doing the Ciara/Luda murder remix dance. hahahaha Yeah…the girl is good at what she does. She said that dancing is her number one love. She does it well.
we she crawls upon the car it is kinda weird. she slick looks like the girl from the ring crawlin up outta the well…but i love her anyway, although goodies had to grow me. wasn’t feeling that singing pattern.
ok…. gd post…. u need not compare her to aalyiah….u went tooooooo far. Ciara is a good dancer and the song is str8 fire!!100