Let's have a thread for Rihanna's LOUD

I suspect there is a vacuum of demand for the sort of mid-00s style lite-carribean pop that Rihanna rode in on in the first place that only she has figured out needs filling.

this rings true - i remember how the dancehall-lite summer jam used to be a summer staple, even when it wasn't the years when sean paul was everywhere, and they were rarely from "name" acts - but the past 5 years really saw a drop-off there (i guess gyptian's "hold yuh" brought it back this year).

as well ive always loved the rihanna version of this style over pretty much any other artist of the 00s

(i guess gyptian's "hold yuh" brought it back this year)

which i'd never heard before this moment, so not sure how well it really did that. (this song is great tho)

yeah i thought that was just gonna be an underground hit but it appeared in the uk top 20 this week

(if you like it, check out lady chann's "feel calm" on the same riddim too!)

not that much of a fan of recent pop but cheers is definitely the best thing on this.

yeah, i'm pretty sure the comedy "don't let de bastuhds get u dunnn" number isn't the best anything on anything. think some of you need to double check what her old stuff actually sounded like before you congratulate her for hamming it up in 2010.

anecdotes anecdotes etc etc but that gyptian joint was one of the biggest radio joints in miami last year cross all contemporary stations -- swear i heard it like 3 or 4 times a day + DJs would drop other dudes going over the riddim during mix shows all the time

v good song

you may have noticed miami is much closer to the carribean than seattle is.

I KNOW -- i was just giving an anecdote -- i wasn't all "OH MY STARS HOW COULD THE REV HAVE MISSED THIS GYPTIAN JOINT"

just sayin

k i havent actually heard this so bear that in mind but still. I think we rarely acknowledge on these threads the extent to which we are just vibing off a partic aesthetic. Like I think that surm was kindof primed to like this from the promo shots of her w/ the bright red hair. Ive had similar experiences, and i feel like that partic. *aesthetic* context of how shes pushing her visuals for eg. right now is framing the singles that is making me really responsive to them (xcept for girl in the world which come on is srsly blech)

basically i am telling you that i saw some pretty photos of rihanna and decided that i like that song w/ drake as long as u ignore drake.

srsly he just sounds like someone talking

The SNL performance of "What's My Name" was not a good introduction to that song; the recorded version is way way way WAY better and now I understand better why people are digging it.

I love love LOVE the "What's My Name" video - so cute!

thats really the extent of my criticism here

xp I actually really like Rihanna's image this go around as well (though I guess the Rated R era's dark/industrial/monochromatic theme was more my preferred aesthetic for her), it kind of gives me mid 90s club kid of vibes

well i think it kindof emphasises the increasing lushness of the synths (which thankfully havent gone all whooshy as a consequence)

i like most of this album, esp. "man down"

Man Down and Cheers are still my favorites, but I'm warming to S&M and What's My Name as well. Still like the whole thing, short of CKB (seriously, how did this song clear the threshold?).

xp I actually really like Rihanna's image this go around as well (though I guess the Rated R era's dark/industrial/monochromatic theme was more my preferred aesthetic for her), it kind of gives me mid 90s club kid of vibes

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yeah this is what i've been saying since the beginning - i love that sound.

Tape Store and i did some research. turns out it actually is a tyra diss in Cheers (sorry if this was mentioned already).

Tyra had Rihanna on her show once and asked her about jay-z sexy-times rumors, to which Rihanna replied that it was BS and that she and Beyonce had never even discussed it. Tyra said that if there was any truth behind, Rihanna would be makin a different record with a different label or something -- because B is a "very powerful woman, you know." Rihanna responded "You're very funny today."

it's gettin coyote ugly up in here, no Tyra
it's only up from here, no downward spiral

well-deserved diss, tho b4 i knew the story i was defensive for tyra.

the level of excitement i have 4 cheers right now is unparalleled. i got a jameson last night in her honor.

the first time i hear it at a bar i will kind of die inside

i forgot to be thankful for this album at thanksgiving. i will be thankful for it now.

It's strange how I have gone from actively hating Rihanna to reckoning she is actually quite OK.
She has probably been just as much pop as RnB from 2007 though, now has stylistically more in common with Lady Gaga than with Beyonce.

i know that justifying ur taste w/ weirdly racialised pseudo music theory is yr "thing" but that is not gonna fly

oddly enough, i thought a lady gaga song was rihanna when i heard it coming out of a bar once recently

u aiight geir

i'm on repeat w/ this now, the whole thing. the "you're not easy to love" hook in "complicated" is greatness. and "only girl" literally brought down the house at the holiday party i went to last night (not surprising).

ps i weirdly like s&m now. i always like it when my bf likes songs, and he was pulled in by this one. i just wish the lyrics were different.

s&m!??

funnily enough, California King Bed kind of gets me. it's like a soap opera, and sort of triflingly, hilariously (too) epic, but it's beautiful, too. that voice!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtBeobpTcmk&feature=player_embedded

Awesome.

i would respond to that but my stupid computer at work does not let me see video links for some reason (what is it?)

SKIN is so good!

and s&m is the perfect pace for walking in new york. i literally do not miss a beat.

It's a cover of "Only Girl" with a guy beatboxing all the parts of the song, and singing.

...except it may be more processed than the original

...except it may be more processed than the original

i'mma go get the papers

Yeah, but so what?

not to be picky but shouldnt you be rihanna rennavated my dick for consistency

Good call.

Fuckin skin ... And the fadin song ... some remarkable cuts

ayyy i love how even the shoddiest rihanna project will eventually be redeemed via the medium of dancehall remixes. "what's my name?" minus drake, plus vybz kartel!

http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2010/12/whats-my-name-federation-remix-f

love this album. nice counterpoint to the darkness of Rated R.

overall think her last two albums have been more consistent in quality even if I think Good Girl Gone Bad (the third re-release with Take a Bow and shiz on it) had higher highs like "Breaking Dishes" and stuff.

i need to give Loud another listen, i loved GGGB and Rated R but the new one hasn't clicked yet :/

i think rihanna's fantastic, but i haven't bought any of her albums yet. i need to change that asap

i'd rate them

rated r >>>>>> music of the sun > a girl like me > good girl gone bad >>>>>> loud

<3 <3 loud <3 <3

rated r >>>>>> good girl gone bad > music of the sun > a girl like me > good girl gone bad >>>>>> loud

apparently i need to get rated r!!!

um, YES

good girl gone bad has like 4-5 unfuckwithable singles, she's never gonna do that again :(