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Poll: ‘4’ VS. ‘Rated R:’ Which era was riskier?
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‘4’ VS. ‘Rated R:’ Which era was riskier?
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There was no clear consensus in the other thread on whether ‘4’ or ‘Rated R’ was more successful. The votes were split. Which era do you think took more risks? Take into consideration not just the music, also image, themes, lyrics, videos, as well as how different they looked and sounded from their past hits.
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Music, image, lyrics, themes, videos, differs from past?
Definitely Rated R.
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Nothing about 4 was risky, the Beyoncé stans just use that to try and excuse the flops.
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Just look at the first single and we get a winner. Rated R.
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Rated R, hence the named Rated R
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Rated R >>>>>>>>> 4
Sound: she went for a darker theme with her music which doesn't usually do well... e.g Kelly Clarkson - My December, Lindsay Lohan - A Little More Personal.. both flopped compared to there previous albums
Image: she shaved half her hair off and went blonde.... Bey just did the blonde thing
Lyrics: she went alot darker on some of her album tracks e.g. Fire Bomb
Video's: Rihanna went a lot more artistic with each video.... each videos theme fit the song perfectly whereas Beys vids were kinda all over the place... except Run The World
Rihanna looked completly different during the Rated R era compared to the GGGB era whereas Beyonce didn't look any different whatsoever
Overall Rihanna took more of a risk than Bey did
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Rated R had generic hit 'Rude Boy' to fall back on, obvious hit-ballad 'Russian Roulette' and another hit in the form of 'Hard'.
Beyonce released 4 with no obvious hits at all, 'Run The World' was a massive risk, releasing 'RR' wasn't a huge risk for RihRih.
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Rated R, and I don't like Rihanna or that album really.
I don't think either album is truly risky, but 4 is hardly different from previous Beyonce or typical R&B. Bey's vocals shine on the slow R&B songs, which make them good but there's nothing "risky" about the lyrics, production, beats, melodies, or vocals on there. It's all run of the mill- just lacking in "super smash" singles that her previous albums had 2-3 of.
Rated-R is pretty much the same situation but there are a handful of songs on that record that were different for RIHANNA, not different in general, but different for her. Plus, she tried to change her image for the lead single and video, along with the artwork and promo videos so that's why I pick her.
People need to stop using risky to describe these records, though. It's not a cute euphemism for flop.
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Rated R for sure. NO ONE saw that lead single coming.
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Quote:
Originally posted by lewis.turrell
Rated R had generic hit 'Rude Boy' to fall back on, obvious hit-ballad 'Russian Roulette' and another hit in the form of 'Hard'.
Beyonce released 4 with no obvious hits at all, 'Run The World' was a massive risk, releasing 'RR' wasn't a huge risk for RihRih.
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So RR is an obvious hit and RTW is risky? 
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Originally posted by Jennifer
Rated R, and I don't like Rihanna or that album really.
I don't think either album is truly risky, but 4 is hardly different from previous Beyonce or typical R&B. Bey's vocals shine on the slow R&B songs, which make them good but there's nothing "risky" about the lyrics, production, beats, melodies, or vocals on there. It's all run of the mill- just lacking in "super smash" singles that her previous albums had 2-3 of.
Rated-R is pretty much the same situation but there are a handful of songs on that record that were different for RIHANNA, not different in general, but different for her. Plus, she tried to change her image for the lead single and video, along with the artwork and promo videos so that's why I pick her.
People need to stop using risky to describe these records, though. It's not a cute euphemism for flop.
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it's not a euphemism, it's a cause 
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Quote:
Originally posted by lewis.turrell
Rated R had generic hit 'Rude Boy' to fall back on, obvious hit-ballad 'Russian Roulette' and another hit in the form of 'Hard'.
Beyonce released 4 with no obvious hits at all, 'Run The World' was a massive risk, releasing 'RR' wasn't a huge risk for RihRih.
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Russian Roulette was a massive risk. Everyone was expecting it to be an uptempo dance track and it turned out to be her most subdued ballad to date.
4 has BTINH, Countdown and End of Time and countless other obvious urban hits. The album is not too far off from what Beyonce has done in the past.
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