Wednesday 20 October 2004

Ciara and Nivea back with two new singles

Five or ten years ago it was a rarity for an R&B singer to feature a hip-hop artist on a single - especially when the single was not a remix. Mariah Carey has to be given a lot of credit for merging the R&B and Hip-Hop genres. Mariah set off her 1995 single "Fantasy" by putting ODB on the track. Mariah went on to feature artists such as Jay-Z, P. Diddy, and Mase on singles.

Years later, merging hip-hop and R&B is commonplace and some of the artist out of the Dirty South are calling their new sound Crunk nB. Usher's "Yeah" is considered the first Crunk nB single and Ciara's "Goodies" is considered the first female Crunk nB single. Nivea and Ciara are both back with new singles that feature hip-hop/rap artists. Nivea's new single "Okay" features Lil Jon and the Youngbloodz and Ciara's new single "1-2 Step" features Missy Elliott.

(extract from Bella Online)



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