"I'm the Energizer playboy bunny," Ciara sings on "Go Girl," the Auto Tune-filled single off her third album. True to her claim, the Atlanta native — who boasts beats from Danja and Tricky and songwriting assists from Ne-Yo and the Dream — churns out hyperspeed tunes. "Of course I wanna keep the clubs rockin!' " says Ciara, who mixes Latin-flavored bangers ("Work") with cooing love songs ("When I"). The weirdest track is "High Price," a synth-backed freakout that features Ludacris rapping over Ciara's opera-style falsetto. "When people bounce around to that, you don't wanna be in that space," says Ciara. "That music is crazy."

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