Originally posted by MJ Boston

Belt often? You mean belt EVER? When has Rih ever belted anything? And no, I did not say she was talentless. She's kind of close to that though in my honest opinion. She's a gorgeous girl who works her ass off, but she works WITH hitmakers and songwriters that are almost guaranteed to get her a good chart performance. She plays the pop game, causes controversy and uses sex appeal. Much like some other pop stars. She simply has a good work ethic and refuses to take a break. I guarantee you that if I had the time/money, I could probably find a gorgeous girl on the street who could sort of hold a tune and turn her into a mega pop star by way of hitmakers, studio magic and sex appeal. Does not mean she'd be all that talented.

Originally posted by Glam

Where did I bring success? Rihanna's albums have been better received than Kelly's and there are plenty of receipts for that. If Rihanna has yet to release a good album then so does Kelly and I'm sure Madonnas agrees.

And she won a Grammy for Only Girl.

Originally posted by MJ Boston

Those aren't really even that good. Sure, they aren't bad, but can she hit or sustain a high note of any kind? I'm waiting for that.

Originally posted by MJ Boston

Those aren't really even that good. Sure, they aren't bad, but can she hit or sustain a high note of any kind? I'm waiting for that.

Originally posted by MJ Boston

Belt often? You mean belt EVER? When has Rih ever belted anything? And no, I did not say she was talentless. She's kind of close to that though in my honest opinion. She's a gorgeous girl who works her ass off, but she works WITH hitmakers and songwriters that are almost guaranteed to get her a good chart performance. She plays the pop game, causes controversy and uses sex appeal. Much like some other pop stars. She simply has a good work ethic and refuses to take a break. I guarantee you that if I had the time/money, I could probably find a gorgeous girl on the street who could sort of hold a tune and turn her into a mega pop star by way of hitmakers, studio magic and sex appeal. Does not mean she'd be all that talented.

Originally posted by lpd446

Breakaway isn't listed on metacritic and that is Kelly's most critically acclaimed album, fortunately for you so you can continue to use that excuse

But let's stay in topic...
Kii at the people saying Rih needs to take time off to "prove" herself. What kind of ********? You can keep praying that she takes a break so your faves can have a chance

Originally posted by Giacobbe

A #1 debut is still a #1 debut, a major accomplishment. I'm almost positive she can do it, but because she always does November releases, she always misses out on those good award show promos to debut your song. We Found Love would've debuted at the top of they released it at the Grammys tbh.



I mean like acclaimed, which in Metacritic terms is in the 80's. I don't know any major pop girl to do that yet, so they're all still lacking

Originally posted by thaMONSTERkid

nobody cares about that besides the girls here on ATRL

Originally posted by Katamari

Originally posted by atrlster

And you think people care about the rest of the stuff that's being discussed here more? A big reason people look down on artists like Rihanna is because they have the impression that they are puppets who can't create their own music or play their instruments. Like it or not, if she did some of that kind of stuff it would give her more cred

Originally posted by vuelve88

John Mayer.

Originally posted by Fenty'sHeaux

Rihanna doesn't have to prove anything to anyone.

Originally posted by liberalmusiclover

I've never seen anyone praise Katy Perry or Ke$ha as being talented because she can play an instrument though. Haters are just gonna hate.

Originally posted by vuelve88

John Mayer.