Ciara: Basic Instinct - review

(Sony/Jive)Shifting release dates and patchy promotion have played a large part in hampering the prospects of the fourth studio album from Ciara, making it her lowest-charting LP to date. That is unfortunate, because Basic Instinct is a strong return to her slick crunk origins, with solid production courtesy of The-Dream and Tricky Stewart. Speechless and You Can Get It breathe silken-voiced romance into the crunk&B ballads that have previously been prone to losing their warmth amid the piston-...

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