I mean the bitch was pretty much flawless and at the top of her game this era. Sure she served some generic teas but let's not pretend she was the only one doing that.
I mean starting from the single cover of Only Girl(In the World) to the album cover and its name,everything was just being top notch. Bitch was even serving us videos left and right. She was also heavily relying on twitter to decide regarding which singles to release. Sure CKB underperformed, but i couldn't be more happy she went ahead with it and gave some beautiful live performances along with a stunning video(yas i stan for it).
Chart success was present in both the singles and album segments. People usually pick on her for having inferior album sales compared to her digital power with single sales,but this era she had the support of both. Let's also diss/praise the collaboration with cold-infected Britney on S&M. It did cause a lot of controversy but you can't deny that it was pure entertainment.
Even though i personally never got into Mandown the song,the video on the other hand was powerful if anything.
Finally the cherry on top was the Album of the Year nod. She lost but then again no one in their right mind can even think about it topping 21.
Whilst i love TTT era whereas majority whine about it,LOUD surely raised the bar for Rihanna Overall.
Now for the most part of this thread,i want you all to post all the good,bad and the ugly parts of the LOUD era. Lets relive it again.
It is her worst era since being a force in the industry (GGGB), but WFL is her biggest hit song, YDO will most likely go 2x platinum when it's all said and done, and TTT is peaking at Top 30 most likely. But the Loud era was just fantastic. It was the Rihanna reign we all missed from GGGB. I loved going to the mall and hearing CKB and Whats My Name played in every store. A once in a life time perfected era. 
They played Only Girl at the club yesterday and I think I ended up shedding a tear cuz I was so excited 