Ciara Defends Fantasy Ride Duet With Chris Brown

Ciara defended her decision to keep Chris Brown on her album to MTV News. We can understand Ciara's decision because her first Fantasy Ride album was delayed and scrapped. She's happy to have a product coming out and didn't know Chris Brown would turn out to be a notorious woman beater. Ciara's album is released today.

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R&B star CIARA has defended her decision to include a duet she recorded with disgraced singer CHRIS BROWN on her new album, because she likes the way it sounds.

Brown is facing two felony charges related to his alleged assault on Rihanna in February (09), and Ciara admits she did consider re-recording their duet, Turntables, but quickly realised the song wouldn't sound the same without the Kiss Kiss singer.

So the duet, produced by Danja, will be among tracks on new album Fantasy Ride, which hits stores in the U.S. on Tuesday (04May09).

She tells MTV News, "I wanted to focus on the music and leave it at that, because it's a record that I've had for a while, I love the way it sounds and it's one of my most favourite records on the album. [source]