CIARA
Jackie
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Another R&B upset.
Starting an album with the chant: I am a bad mother-f***er is probably a prelude to how bad things will get on Jackie. .
That’s How I’m Feeling is a happy clap-along song that features Pitbull and Missy Elliot. It’s one of the main attractions on this rather directionless album.
If you know your R&B then you will realise that Lullaby is a mix of songs like Mariah Carey’s We Belong Together and Nelly and Kelly’s Dilemma. The execution leaves the song sounding so familiar, you wonder where you have heard it before.
Most Ciara fans are going to be disappointed when they get to I Bet because it is obvious how good the singer can be. Three things that we know about Ciara are missing on this album: the break-up with her child’s father Future, life as a mother and a proper tribute to her own mother since this album is named after her. – Munya Vomo