Back in the days, female R&B singers played it safe Ciara was making stank face and really going in with the booty popping, jerking, gyrating and even twerking. Especially in videos like Goodies (Crib walking/Matrix), 1,2 Step (2 Step dance), Oh (Ciara was jerking), That's Right (twerking), Get Up, Promise (Cry baby), Work (Twerking), Gimmie Dat (Wall Twerking) and Ride (popping ass cheeks).

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Cici will never be a trendsetter

Genuinely iconic. Still a British club staple after 12 years.

No offense, but that's not considering ratchet, that's just being trashy.

Ciara may have done it first, but she certainly did not popularize it.

No. She had to popularize herself first

Ciara can dance her ass off.

She did back in 2004 with her #1 hit single Goodies, back when Rihanna was stills scrubbing toilets for Jay Z

ratchet & trashy

i dont see the difference

Ruthless

I think she contributed a lot to it. Especially with the fact that her music was crunk&B at the beginning of her career, so it was nothing no one had ever done before, because it was a new genre.

Oh the same year she snipped her tool to feel like a natural women ?

You can tell she's a street dancer. That's one thing I like about her because that can't be taught.