some real weird grim vibes there minus the kinda shitty em verse
― one bish two bish red bish blue bish (fadanuf4erybody), Saturday, 8 December 2012 22:33 (eleven years ago) link
i think i am the only person whose favourite song on this, by a very long waym is "phresh out the runway" :/
― lex pretend, Friday, 4 January 2013 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/seanib-com/rihanna-in-the-jungle-seani-b
http://i.imgur.com/omzyn.jpg
― r|t|c, Friday, 4 January 2013 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
kind of bummed that "Pour It Up" is pulling ahead of "Loveeeeeee Song" on urban radio
― some dude, Friday, 4 January 2013 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
the victoria secret show performance of 'phresh out the runway' was really awesome
― Jacques_Lamure, Friday, 4 January 2013 18:40 (eleven years ago) link
"phresh out the runway" is dope but "numb" is the real banger off this. i like "pour it up" more than "loveeeeee song"
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 January 2013 18:43 (eleven years ago) link
numn when that man comes in on the chorus
chills
― surm, Friday, 4 January 2013 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
Stay videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF8BRvqGCNs
― skeet-skeet-gate (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 22:12 (eleven years ago) link
Mykki Ekko confuses me. Why is some completely random unknown moany white boy on a big Rihanna single?
Terrible song with or without him though
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 13 February 2013 15:59 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah who is this guy?
― skeet-skeet-gate (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 13 February 2013 16:04 (eleven years ago) link
He co-wrote/-produced it, I guess? I don't really have any problem with the song, seems like a weird choice for a single tho.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 13 February 2013 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
So weird, right? Songwriters singing and producing their own songs...ON A RIHANNA ALBUM?!! GTFO!
― Cousin Slappy, Wednesday, 13 February 2013 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
i think i like stay a lot, seems like a weird song to call terrible but i have to listen again i've only heard it like once
― surm, Wednesday, 13 February 2013 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
xp Terius should've been her duet partner (not really, but anyone other than Chris) on "Nobody's Business" at any rate.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 13 February 2013 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
I assume no songwriter as hitherto unknown (and unremarkable) as Ekko would end up with a featuring credit, a substantial vocal part, a video appearance and his song being pushed as a single if a big push in his own right wasn't being planned. Which is ominous, because on the evidence he's shit and this is nothing to look fwd to
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 13 February 2013 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
perhaps i've developed a degree of paranoia after years of being comprehensively gainsaid by rih's fiendishly clever handlers but i think of 'stay' as kind of a muted trojan horse just to keep her name in the air until the (spring/summer)time is right and punters' patience is more temperate
contrary to what i had idly assumed it appears there is in fact a substantial difference between mykkis blanco and ekko. i'm actually looking at pictures of ekko now trying to see into his soul but all that comes to mind is "john mayer needs a haircut"
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 13 February 2013 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
Found myself enjoying this on the radio recently which is more than I could say for Diamonds.
Still never heard Unapologetic in full.
― monotony, Thursday, 14 February 2013 04:29 (eleven years ago) link
Despite a couple barely forgivable moments it's possibly her best album? Which isn't saying a ton but it's good.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:09 (eleven years ago) link
nah, 'good girl gone bad' is wayyyyy better
that's an out-an-out great pop album
― d'eejban (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:10 (eleven years ago) link
I'd say they're on par. I haven't listened to GGGB in forever tho and should probably revisit.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:14 (eleven years ago) link
seems like a weird choice for a single tho.
Seems pretty obviously an attempt to capitalize on some Gotye hangover. I don't think this will have a ton of top 40 success, but it's definitely one of those THIS IS DEEP AND MEANS SOMETHING TO ME songs for teenagers.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:16 (eleven years ago) link
the whole album is pretty downtempo compared to other Rihanna records (maybe even Rated R?), so it kinda figures that this would be the time that they'd venture a piano ballad single for the first time since "Unfaithful" (which this is at least way way better than)
― BIG REUSS aka the fun.driver (some dude), Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:21 (eleven years ago) link
I was thinking Adele, rather than Gotye.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:23 (eleven years ago) link
I'll put Music of the Sun up with GGGB and Unapologetic. It's kind of a perfect Caribbean-pop trifle in a way.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:24 (eleven years ago) link
A little of both maybe? The duet reminds me of Gotye, the accompaniment is all Adele.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:25 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i get nothing Gotye out that other than 'for the first time ever, white boys can help Rihanna dominate pop radio'
― BIG REUSS aka the fun.driver (some dude), Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:34 (eleven years ago) link
out of that
yea as far as downtempo goes Stay is leaps and bounds ahead of Diamonds and Unfaithful jeez louise
― surm, Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:50 (eleven years ago) link
both of those songs are like jackhammers in your brain
― surm, Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:51 (eleven years ago) link
'for the first time ever, white boys can help Rihanna dominate pop radio'
please
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSjFam_dQL85wCHZVi3jd-TCcUxhtItAFozAI5Of2W9AdByjbiEtA
― The Reverend, Thursday, 14 February 2013 07:20 (eleven years ago) link
eh i meant as performers obv
― BIG REUSS aka the fun.driver (some dude), Thursday, 14 February 2013 11:58 (eleven years ago) link
lol
well idk i kinda like this song actually, it sounded 'right' when i first heard it on the radio on a cold night
― teledyldonix, Thursday, 14 February 2013 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
totally
― surm, Thursday, 14 February 2013 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
One thing I've noticed about Rihanna as a singer is that she has started emoting more convincingly as she's gotten older; I cringe to think of what she would have done to this song had it come out at the same time as "Unfaithful".
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Thursday, 14 February 2013 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
it would have been very sad :(
and yes i've heard people comment similarly about her recent performances
― surm, Thursday, 14 February 2013 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
she's pretty fantastic on "Loveeeeeee Song" imo
― weed, tumblr whites and wein (some dude), Thursday, 14 February 2013 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
ur pretty fantastic
― surm, Thursday, 14 February 2013 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
ur pretty
― The Reverend, Thursday, 14 February 2013 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
thx surm happy valentine's day
― weed, tumblr whites and wein (some dude), Thursday, 14 February 2013 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
blushin
― surm, Thursday, 14 February 2013 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
favourite riri album for me is a tossup between GGGB and Rated R, Loud and Talk that talk both had shining moments but felt tossed off and lazy. Everything I read about this album made it sound even lazier + i guess i still find the whole chris brown thing pretty icky, but then I listened to "stay" about four times yesterday so now i don't even know.
― monotony, Thursday, 14 February 2013 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
vin diesel is feeling "stay"
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4256755106383&set=vb.89562268312&type=2&theater
― weed, tumblr whites and wein (some dude), Friday, 15 February 2013 04:26 (eleven years ago) link
haha wtf
― skeet-skeet-gate (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Friday, 15 February 2013 04:27 (eleven years ago) link
totally come round to "pour it up" now, her delivery is fucking amazing
i want a video asap
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 18 March 2013 09:12 (eleven years ago) link
she sounds so...sober
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 18 March 2013 09:13 (eleven years ago) link
I don't know where this should go, because there a million Rihanna threads, but this is so good I have no problem linking to bu**feed.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/a-rihanna-meet-greet-vs-an-avril-lavigne-meet-greet
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 5 May 2014 18:25 (ten years ago) link
yeah that was pretty hysterical
― some dude, Monday, 5 May 2014 18:51 (ten years ago) link
those rihanna pictures are so beautiful!like richard renaldi portraits, http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117208/touching-strangers-richard-renaldi-surprisingly-moving
― schlump, Monday, 5 May 2014 19:19 (ten years ago) link
awesome
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Monday, 5 May 2014 20:02 (ten years ago) link
is Rihanna way taller than I realized?
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Monday, 5 May 2014 20:25 (ten years ago) link