Fantasy Ride
Fantasy Ride is the third studio album by American singer Ciara, first released on May 3, 2009, by Jive Records, LaFace Records and Sony Music Entertainment. The album was recorded between 2007 and 2009. Ciara was executive producer on the album along with co-executive Mark Pitts and, Ciara worked with several record producers, including Blac Elvis, Benny Blanco, Blade, Jasper Cameron, The Clutch, Darkchild, Danja, Dr. Luke, Jason Nevins, Jim Beanz, Los da Maestro, Ne-Yo, Osinachi Nwaneri, Polow da Don, The-Dream, Tricky Stewart, Justin Timberlake, T-Pain. The album featured several guest appearances from several different R&B and hip hop artists like Timberlake, Ludacris, Chris Brown, Young Jeezy, The-Dream, Missy Elliott. Musically, Fantasy Ride is a departure from Ciara's crunk sound, which was on her first two albums and features a mixture of R&B, hip hop and dance music in the album's overall sound. For the album, Ciara created a super hero character called "Super C" who "is a character that people will learn more about on this record. That is my alter ego. Super C doesn't hold back. She is definitely aggressive. She goes hard. Super C can do some magical and funky things. She works hard. She dances to the 10th power. She does everything to the 10th power."