Basic Instinct
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Basic Instinct
Basic Instinct - is the fourth studio album by American singer Ciara. It was released on December 10, 2010, by LaFace Records and Jive Records. Executive-produced by A&R agent Mark Pitts, Ciara, Tricky Stewart and The-Dream, Basic Instinct returns Ciara to her urban roots with mid-tempo R&B cuts and bass-heavy pop and dancesongs. Aside from production by Stewart and The-Dream, Ciara collaborated with production by Soundz, Infinity and T-Minus. Frequent collaborator and friend Ludacris makes a guest vocal appearance, as does labelmate and fellow Atlanta-native, Usher. After her previous album, Fantasy Ride, suffered numerous leaks and pushbacks, information about Basic Instinct was kept confidential until the first single was released and album was complete. - Wikipedia
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BBC
It’s come late, but Basic Instinct is one of the best RnB albums of the year.
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Slant Magazine
Color me impressed. It’s pretty rare that a singles artist decides, seven years into her career, to make her first concerted effort at an album that works as a front-to-back listen.
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Washington Post
Throughout "Basic Instinct," the usual superstar producers with the usual results, only less so.
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The Guardian
Basic Instinct sees Ciara grasping the wheel of crunked-out R&B pop with authoritative ease.
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LA Times
Humility isn't a trait often addressed in pop and R&B, and if the rest of "Basic Instinct" -- or anything else on the 11-song release -- were as honest and human, good news would lay ahead.
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NY Daily
Soft-voiced R&B singer turns to mush on badly produced album
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Random J Pop
Basic instinct is an album which wreaks of outside influence affecting the final product.
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That Grape Juice
In the end, Ciara has put forward a mild yet respectable body of work with ‘Basic Instinct’.
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All Music
They cover each base with great accuracy; there’s a bombastic intro, a sleazy club track, some playful pop, and a ballad with a feather-light touch among them.
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Sunday Express
Even if it does come dangerously close to offensive language on the title track, Ciara's voice and her vibe are generally rather sweet.
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Amaru Don TV
Most of the album reflects this; the songstress concentrates on delivering the magnetic simplicity of her original brand of Southern-tinged hip hop and R&B with a mature twist.
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HOT 963
This is an album for young ladies to vibe to.. and it’s nothing wrong with that.
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Tuscon Weekly
Basic Instinct doesn't reinvent the wheel, but it's a damn sturdy R&B/dance album.
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