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Originally posted by WeFoundWill
American Oxygen got trashed by the critics. bye.
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The Guardian
the single features more "serious" Rihanna then the persona on her previous singles, "it's hard to tell exactly what Rihanna is trying to say – but maybe that’s the point." Further more, he praised the producers Alex da Kid and West and the "layered" production that they have done on the song.
Huffington Post
Yet even with the keen awareness of Rihanna's ability to constantly transform, the latest music video for her newest single American Oxygen took me by surprise. There is a heavy focus on Martin Luther King Jr., notably his funeral at the end of the video, and the struggles of African Americans throughout the United States' history. But it does not single out this sole piece of America's past. There is a shot of hundreds of immigrants riding the top of a train; images of proud astronauts and rockets launching into space; there are bull riders, the Beatles excitedly exiting from a plane; the stock market in the midst of the day and mobs with signs clamoring to "occupy Wall Street"; there are shots of homeless men on the streets and football players snagging a touchdown in the end zone. Clips of the Twin Towers smoking on September eleventh is even dotted throughout the video.
Doesn't sound like they all bashed her. Even still Rihanna's never been here to please the critics and as a fan you should know that very well.
