This is how it should of gone..
Overdose and Sweat should of been serviced as Hype singles. Simple but effective.. Overdose for Pop, and Sweat for Urban. I say Overdose as its a departure from the norm for Cici and would got alot of attention and introduced a new audience to a new and improved Ciara.. - remember the hype from the snippet? Sweat sent to urban..
They would of been like buzz singles only treated abit better.. Both with videos and performances. interviews. etc..
Then a couple of months later Sorry as the first official single. The song is IMMENSE, her best song since Promise (and we all know how that went). Perfect lead single IMO! Video. Remix. Performances.
Then a new song. Boy Outta Here or One Woman Army as the second single. Something more urban but still abit Pop..
That would of been a FAR better strategy and would of put Cici in a much better position then what she is in now.. Not saying its all bad. Sorry stil has massive potential.. It sounds fresh as ever and Ciara sounds dope as FUK on it.
If LA Reid was REALLY serious about Ciara, he would of had her first ever performance on Xfactor US, to debut Overdose as the introduction into this new Ciara.. and then the singles thereafter.. I wouldnt of been surprised if Overdose, even as a hype single would of blown.. and set up Sorry and the era perfectly..
DUMB DECISIONS. BAD MOVES. STUPID PEOPLE
CIARA SLAYS!
rant done.