Yet she wasn't the only artist Jay had brought on the label? And they could've bought her out of her contract just like Mariah was in 2001. They could've dropped her if they really wanted

not the OP already being banned. the video was more vile than risky.

I really don't care, where's the album. .....

This.

When has Rih ever done something similar to TVR?

He let the people in this thread get to him

How was it vile I mean this type of stuff is all over tv netflix and video games

It was a simply a figure of speech, however, Madonna, Janet, and Beyonce have all used similar themes though before from death to explicitly expressing sexuality.

Why is it that you only seem to believe that risk, controversy, and being talked about can only come in the form of being offensive and obscene? Each reason I already stated ARE risks and just because they aren't the stereotypical pop music fan's idea of risk doesn't invalidate them.

And if the hugely successful Mariah could be dropped in 2001, then that means just about any person signed to a label is at risk of being dropped.

+1
At least she's getting hype with this single.

Madonna is the blueprint.

Bye.

Gaga paid for G.U.Y and look how it performed on the charts. Beyoncé financed her album and look how it did ?

Do you not see how financing videos can be a risk when there is NO GUARENTEE it'll help the songs chart success or that the said artist will make money back off that investment ? If that was the case MOST artists on labels would finance their own ****. You sound foolish.

S&M's video was flagged on YT for explicit content. It was relegated to Nightime AirPlay in the United Kingdom which is Rihanna's biggest market. The song is cute but the negative attention for the video could've hurt the success of the song.

Releasing Collabo's doesn't mean you will be as successful with your OWN MATERIAL(See Christina Aguilera, who I like).
Christina, Ke$ha and Shakira aren't very successful right now on their own they have to do Collabo's because they're fighting to regain fame they once enjoyed. Different artists.
Why did you bother quoting me ?

She's proven that people will always pay attention to what she does, no matter how much a bunch of teenage twinks on an irrelevant pop music forum try to discredit her. We already knew this though. She's achieved too much, she has too many hit songs, she's beautiful, she has so many different looks/eras and she's still so young. People will always pay attention.

She's a superstar and she's here to stay until she gets fat and/or noticeably old, whichever comes first. I doubt she'll get fat though.

I thought you were discrediting Janet's reputation as a risk taker and for that I am sorry for jumping to conclusions.

The G.U.Y. video was for the fans she didn't put it for the charts, she picked 3 fan-favorite tracks from ARTPOP and put it in the video and G.U.Y. was the single that the fans wanted all along, that's why the label refused to pay for it and she payed for it herself, it was for the fans.

That's my whole point! People are saying she had a multi album deal in 2005 so she was safe . That's NOT true. Labels can buy out contracts if they feel the said artist won't help them make money. They had no reason to believe that after If It's Loving That You Want Rihanna would be even more successful with future releases.

the only thing rihanna has proven tonight is that she has officially jumped the shark

Just because things like this are plastered everywhere doesn't make it less vile. It is indeed vile. I still like the video, don't get me wrong but the video is vile.

So you have no exact examples of videos where these themes have been done to link in reference to Rihanna's video ? Ok.

And I'm not trying to invalidate your opinion but to suggest Rihanna who started off as a Teen Pop, Reggae artist who mainly appeals to teens and young girls isn't taking a risk in her career is a fallacy.

I think she's risky, but like it's also what she does so it's not shocking to anyone.