Stream Ciara’s self-titled new album, feat. Future, Mike Will, and Ciara both producing and rapping
Ciara‘s new album, Ciara, finds the r’n’b singer at an interesting point in her career.
Originally titled One Woman Army, it’s Ciara’s first album for Epic following a contractual dispute with Jive that seemed to last forever, and sees her reunite with L.A. Reid, who’s acted as a mentor of sorts for Ciara since the ‘Goodies’ days.
That’s not the only reason Ciara‘s interesting, however: Ci Ci is now shacked up with Atlanta rapper Future, who co-wrote lead single ‘Body Party’ (one of the tracks of 2013 so far, judging by FACT’s recent contributors’ poll) and may well contribute more writing to the album – he’s also, quite possibly, the reason for hitmaker Mike Will Made It’s involvement, as Future and Will work together frequently at both a production and songwriting level.
Elsewhere on Ciara, Nicki Minaj, who absolutely slaughters the album’s opening verse on ‘I’m Out’, a healthy dose of dancehall samples (a running theme of rap albums this Summer, eh Yeezus?) and a track called ‘Super Turnt Up’, which features Ciara producing and rapping – and unless we’re mistaken, a neat backing shout from big man The-Dream.
