![]() In 2021, after years of absence, Cita was redesigned and featured on BET Presents: The Encore. Tracye assigned her writers Cliff McBean, Monica "Monie Mon" Dyson, and Angela Yarborough and sometimes kittie topics as well as allowing them to generate their own ideas to create great entertainment.ĭue to the popularity of the show, BET published "Cita's World", which addresses the deluge of emails and letters sent to the show. to New York City to Hollywood, the shows content came from producer Tracye Kinzer, as well as kittie KaBoom and Writer, Cliff McBean. ![]() The voice and motion of the Cita character was performed by kittie KaBoom. I created the show seven years ago because I thought girl groups were a. In between videos, Cita would talk to the viewers, answer viewer mail and offer her unadulterated opinions on current events, celebrities and more. BET Presents: The Encore only premiered in 2021, but King had been trying to get it off of the ground much earlier. The show was originally named Jam Zone when it was created in 1997, which was just a wallpaper video show until 1999, when Cita emerged into the homes of millions. The show ran from 1999 to 2003 in television. It was co-developed, produced and sometimes written by both Tracye Z. 9 Stars, from girl groups of the past come together to bring us something new. The show would benefit from the relocation to Los Angeles with staff that was already proficient in visual effects workflows and techniques. Still from BET Presents The Encore (Photo: BET) Are Some Things Better Left in the Past BET Puts the question to the test with their new show The Encore. New optical tracking motion capture to acquire Kittie's performances, its own dedicated stage for the blue screen set, and a remodeled and designed Cita. The final year the show was moved to Burbank, CA, where the show was also given a major overhaul. The Cita's World set and technical infrastructure sat next to the 106 & Park set. The second year the show was moved to Harlem in BET's newly rented space. The first year, the show was produced and shot in BET's headquarters in Washington, DC. The show moved production locations 3 times. Senior VP of Programming at that time, & Corey Turner, concept designer and director. Cita's World was the brainchild of Curtis A. ![]() It was the first show to feature a virtual reality Black character as the host named Cita. “Anybody can copy TLC - either you got it, or you don’t.Cita's World is a video music show that originally aired on BET from Septemuntil January 3, 2003. “Look, this is how it is”, Lisa concludes. “But, it took me to watch the video of the girls in action, and they are adorable. ![]() The first time I saw the ad, I did think it looked like a JCPenney ad”, Lisa jokes. TLC have always been supportive and open to other girl groups doing their thing, as they never saw girl groups as competition - they would rather compare themselves to guy groups like Bell Biv Devoe and Boyz II Men!īack in 2001, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes told MTV News that she indeed was a fan of 3LW. The idea for 3LW was little women, that we are - we might be small, but we are mighty! We know our business”. “So, we definitely modeled ourselves after TLC, but still in our own little way. “We did it that way, rather than like with The Supremes model, where there is a lead singer and back up singers”, Kiely continues. “People sung, people rap, people danced, people did everything”. “We modeled ourselves after, I guess more TLC, with the idea that each person had their own individual style, and not having like, one main lead singer”, Kiely states about the magical formula that helped TLC stand out from the crowd. When the hosts asked Kiely about the 3LW influences from other girl groups before hers, Kiely proudly reveals that her group was very inspired by the style and the individual characteristics of the legendary TLC! She spoke with BET’s Noteworthy this week to talk all things girl groups, and admits that she has a real passion for 90’s R&B. Kiely has been most notably quiet since the groups ended, focusing on family life, but she has finally broken her silence this year, as she is one of the stars of ‘BET Presents The Encore‘, an experimental reality show to see how nine former R&B stars can come together to form a super girl group! ![]() Kiely Williams is a founding member of the R&B girl group 3LW, whose platinum self-titled debut album, ‘ 3LW‘, was released in 2000, with hits such as “ Playas Gon Play“, “ No More (Baby I’ma Do Right)”, and “I Do (Wanna Get Close To You)”, taken from the follow-up album, 2002’s ‘ A Girl Can Mack’.Īfter Kiely ended her time with 3LW, which also consisted of members Naturi Naughton, Adrienne Bailon, and Jessica Benson (replacing Naturi in 2003), she took the opportunity to join another girl group in 2002 with Adrienne - The Cheetah Girls - along with Raven-Symoné and Sabrina Bryan - for the Disney franchise, until 2008. ![]()
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