March 23, 2009 @ 6:24 pm

Rated C for Ciara

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VIBE plays the role of MPAA for some of CiCi's most well-known videos

Yes, that is Ciara licking Justin Timberlake’s ear, straddling a pole and offering up her, um, assets to JT’s open palm in her latest video “Love Sex Magic,” and we’ve gotta say, we thought we were the only ones with such privileges. Still, the clip got us thinking. Just how would the all-legs R&B girls other videos stand up if they were given the Motion Picture Association of American treatment? AKA, is this one the one that’s rated X or do they get much, much worse?

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Viewed: “My Goodies,” feat. Petey Pablo (LaFace, 2004)

Rated: PG-13. Light fast-girl grinding and some suggestive jailbait lyrics from Petey Pablo (“So damn hot but so young…”) make this one a hit with the teens but a little too toasty for the tots. 

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­Viewed: “1, 2 Step,” feat. Missy Elliot (LaFace, 2004)

Rated: G.
You can’t go wrong with cutesy kid-friendly dance routines.

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Viewed: “Oh,” feat. Ludacris (LaFace, 2004)


Rated: PG-13
. If that old-school were anything but a car, this one would be rated X. The roof of that Cutlass hasn’t been the same since.

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Viewed: “And I” (LaFace, 2004)


Rated: G.
The white, fairy-tale dress and a cheesy love story jacked straight from Whitney Houston’s pre-rehab Bodyguard (Warner Bros., 1992), make this a video the whole family can enjoy.

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Viewed: “Promise” (LaFace, 2006)

Rated: R. All the girls get down on the floor… and the wall, and the mic stand, and the chair, and whatever else CC and her back-up dancers could get their pretty little hands on. Prince, and Prince fans, would be proud.

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Viewed: “Like A Boy” (Laface, 2006)

Rated: PG-13. The little ones can’t see cross-dressing!

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Viewed: “Can’t Leave ’Em Alone,” feat. 50 Cent (LaFace, 2006)


Rated: R. Overtly sexy summer outfits and brief nudity from Ciara and Fitty are for adult eyes only

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Viewed: “Go Girl” feat. T Pain (LaFace, 2008)

Rated: PG-13. Suggestive lyrics (“I'm the energized PlayBoy bunny, I keep going and going”), a sexy secretary look, and a futuristic dominatrix fantasy, kick this one up a notch.

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Viewed: “Never Ever feat. Young Jeezy (LaFace, 2008)

Rated: PG. The swerving hips in work-out clothes keep this out of the kiddie bin, but, still, thumbs up to the wife beater and daisy dukes!

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