R&B singer LLOYD has cut ties with his high school pal CIARA because he’s convinced finding fame has changed her for the worst. The star befriended the Goodies hitmaker when they were both teenagers living in Atlanta, Georgia but Lloyd admits he has since lost touch with Ciara, hinting her ego has gotten the better of her.
Lloyd tells Hip Hop Weekly, “I don’t f**k with Hollywood b**ches and she’s like one of the chicks that’s just changed along the way with the fame and the money and all of that.
“I don’t really get down with her anymore on some real s**t. The truth hurts, but it will set you free. But I wish her all the best.”

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Ciara has been laying low as of late, but for good reason. The R&B singer is well into recording her fourth album and we’ve got the exclusive details.

Christopher “Tricky” Stewart and his songwriting partner The-Dream have been secretly spending the summer in the studio producing the entire follow-up to Ciara’s Fantasy Ride. Stewart broke the news to Rap-Up.com in an exclusive interview. “We’re doing the whole project,” he reveals. “We’re pretty good into it at this point. We’re about 14 songs deep right now.”

The 23-year-old ATLien relocated to the West Coast to work on the album with Tricky and Dream, who crafted “High Price” and “Like a Surgeon” off this year’s Fantasy Ride. “She came out to L.A. to work with us. We’re out here making this record ’cause it feels good and the vibe is good,” says the Grammy-winning producer.

The as-yet-untitled effort will feature danceable tracks that have become Ciara’s signature. “This record obviously is gonna have tempo to it, but I think it’s gonna have even more substance than the last record,” Tricky discloses. “She dances and we always want to bring out what she does that other people don’t.”

Although Fantasy Ride boasted collaborations with a who’s who of the industry including Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown, and Ludacris, the “Love Sex Magic” singer will be riding solo this time. “This album we wanted to take a few steps back and make it more about her, so the only feature is Dream. But the features that we do on this record will be remixes.”

The hitmaker even shared a couple song titles with Rap-Up.com. “I love ‘Speechless.’ I love this record called ‘Gifted.’ Those are two of my favorites. ‘Speechless’ is the record with her and Dream together.”

While there’s still the possibility of a release by the end of the year, it’s looking like 2010 will mark Super C’s return. “It’s a little up in the air, but there’s a chance that it might come this year. That was the goal, but at the same time, we didn’t want to rush anything. I think it’s looking more like a next year thing.”

Ciara is pulling out all the stops to make this her best work yet. “Right now, she’s on her grind, coming back, trying to make a better album than she made last time and get back to that mark where everybody knew that she was in the top tier of the female business.”
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I have just added 629 pictures to the gallery. They are split up in 4 diferent sets.

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Tickets are on sale now for JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AND FRIENDS CONCERT, a Special Evening Benefiting Shriners Hospitals for Children.

SATURDAY, OCT 17th AT THE MANDALAY BAY EVENT CENTER, LAS VEGAS.

As you know Ciara will perform :)

Buy ticket here.

Ciara will performing at LA County Fair on Saturday, 26 September! Click here to get informations about tickets.

Click here to watch Ciara’s first Ustream show. She’s soo cute! :-D

Ciara shopping on Robertson Blvd. – September 22 (HQ) Click here to watch video.

Finally, after some delays and re-shoots, ‘Mama, I Want To Sing!’ will make its world premiere as the closing night selection at the 13th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival.

Codeblack Entertainment has provided Black Voices with the first look of the trailer.

Presented by BET Networks, the highly-anticipated musical starring R&B superstar Ciara and Emmy Award winner Lynn Whitfield will screen on Sept. 26 in the heart at the AMC Loews 34th Street in New York City.

Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright with Jeff Clanagan, Marvet Britto, Holly Davis Carter, and David Pomier serving as producers of the film, the cast also includes Patti LaBelle, Prophetess Juanita Bynum (in her film debut), Hill Harper, Ben Vereen, Billy Zane, Marvin Winans, Kevin Phillips, Kim Porter, Ross Francis, Shonda Farr, and Mariah Roberson.

This film is based on the hit off-Broadway stage play by Vy Higginsen. It was loosely based on the career of her late sister, R&B vocalist Doris Troy, whose big hit was 1963′s ‘Just One Look.’ The musical ran for eight years at Harlem’s Heckscher Theater, making it the longest-running off-Broadway black theater musical in history.

In speaking to Black Voices, Randolph-Wright stated: “I am thrilled that the first screening of ‘Mama, I Want To Sing!’ will be at the Urbanworld Film Festival. The financial crisis placed the world on hold, especially independent films, but despite setbacks, we kept working on the film. What the audience will see is not yet the finished product, but it was extremely important to all of us to be involved in Urbanworld, because Urbanworld is OUR world!”

Urbanworld Film Festival runs from Sept. 23 through Sept. 27.

You can watch trailer here.

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