Blog: Mixtape Maestro

Missy Elliott and producer Danja help guide Ciara back to her electro-crunk & b roots on (the somewhat under-performing) Fantasy Ride 's second international single "Work", an overtime-working futuro-runway strut built on club-aimed inspiri-chants ("You better shake that thang like a donkey/ And go hard for it bitch, you better work...") and one of those manic galactic grooves any normal, non-Ciara person would probably find difficult to keep up with on the dancefloor. But while it provides a much better artist-to-track fit than Ride's previous singles, the slightly limp midtempo [...]