On the 24th edition of After Dark, we explore the naughty, risquรฉ & utterly sexual vibes behind, โRideโ by Ciara.ย
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nnuendo? More like full-on sexual vibes! Welcome to After Dark ๐ ๐, a column featuring songs that are best suited for nighttime, specifically, the bedroom.ย Like Controversial Tunes ๐๐ถ, the records featured here raise eyebrows.ย The difference between the songs of CONTROVERSY and DARK? These songs specifically focus on the universal topic of S-E-X. The dark records gracing After Dark are old and new alike, with all genres of music welcome.ย On the 24th edition of After Dark, we explore the naughty, risquรฉ & utterly sexual vibes behind, ๐ต โRideโ by ๐ Ciara.ย ยTheme & Lyrics โ
โHe love the way I ride it, He love the way I ride the beat / Like a freak, freak, freak.โ The โrideโ that the ๐ Grammy-winning ๐ต โGoodiesโ singer ๐ Ciara references involves the joystick ๐น๏ธ, and Iโm not talking video games! ๐ต โRide,โ which appears on the 2010 album, ๐ฟ Basic Instinct, is naughty, raunchy, and risquรฉ. C enlists ๐ Ludacris for the assist, which seems to be a match made in heavenโฆ maybe hell โ God probably isnโt a fan!ย I mean, Luda should probably get down in his knees and pray, particularly when it comes to lines like, โShe ride it like a roller coaster / As soon as I get her to the top, she screams.โ
Part of the raunchiness can be attributed to the songwriting/production team, comprised of ๐ผโ ๐ Christopher โTrickyโ Stewart, ๐ผโ ๐ Terius โThe-Dreamโ Nash, and ๐ผโ ๐ Kuk Harrell.ย The-Dream, specifically, has been known for his fair share of dirty songs, so, itโs not surprising his pen plays a role on this โhot and botheredโ cut. Ciara is lustful โ horny โ and likewise, gets the boys horny too. She claims to be a gymnast at one point, but the only gymnastics sheโll be competing in are in the bedroom, or, wherever her and her man enjoy โmaking love.โ
Music Video ๐ถ๐ผ
The music video ๐ถ๐ผ, as youโd expect, is sexy as H-E- ๐- ๐. Ciara is a beautiful woman, and her dance moves are on-point.ย Of course, she also rides a bull, which symbolic of that, um, well-endowed joystick, we assume.ย That said, Iโm not certain this music video would be enough to damn anyone to hell.ย Since โRideโ arrived in 2010, weโve had more risquรฉ, NSFW videos that involved more skin and sex. Still, hot ๐!
Final Thoughts ๐ญ
This slow jam runs north of four-and-a-half minutes.ย Itโs worth every titillating second of the โ wait for it โ RIDE! Vroom, vroom ๐๏ธ !!!
Also appears on ๐ฝ:
๐ ๐ง Ride: 3BOPS No. 47 (2021)
๐ Ciara โข ๐ฟ Basic Instinct โข ๐ท LaFace โข ๐
2010
Ciara, โRideโ: After Dark No. 24 [๐ท: Brent Faulkner, cottonbroย fromย Pexels, KoolShooters fromย Pexels, LaFace, Luan Queiros fromย Pexels, The Musical Hype]
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