Pale Imitation

Imitation they say is the sincerest form of flattery however it often pales to the original, checkout Ciara below trying hard to be Beyonce. I have already counted 3 Beyonce videos sampled - Upgrade You, Single Ladies and Diva. 

What made Ciara stand out in her debut days was her ability to dance, to me this is the key ingredient she should be selling, the market is deficient of ladies that are excellent dancers/entertainers and I believe that this could be a strong selling point for her.

In my humble opinion, this video should have been more of a dance off between Justin and Ciara i.e. taking a leaf (and not a blow by blow copy) of "Scream" featuring Michael and Janet Jackson.

I don’t know what is wrong with the music industry nowadays, everyone just wants to be "sexy", whatever happened to pure talent, pure entertainment, the business called show?

Compare the Ciara video to Beyonce's, can you see the similarities? In other sampling news, is it me or does "Love, Sex and Magic" sample “Rock Your Body”?

Love, Sex and Magic – Ciara and Justin Timberlake

Single Ladies - Beyonce


Upgrade You – Beyonce


Diva – Beyonce


Rock Your Body – Justin Timberlake (Youtube is restricting music video access, this is the best I could find)

Scream – Michael and Janet Jackson