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Celeb News: 6 videos that prove Rihanna's vanguard status
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6 videos that prove Rihanna's vanguard status
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Her flaming-red hair circa Loud. Her oversized denim jacket in FourFiveSeconds. Her Spring Breakers-esque gangster posturing in Needed Me. Rihanna has always been an artist who's recognized that to be a pop icon, the visuals accompanying her various eras are just as important as the music.
That's why, this Sunday, MTV's Video Music Awards will present Rih with the Video Vanguard award, a lifetime achievement honor-of-sorts that celebrates stars whose videos have helped define pop music's modern narrative.
In honor of Rihanna's onscreen legacy, the USA TODAY Life team spotlights six of Rihanna's most unforgettable clips.
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Needed Me:
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Rihanna creates indelible characters in each of her videos
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Umbrella:
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Rihanna gave us the bop of 2007 with Umbrella, and the music video cemented her place in pop music history
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WFL:
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she tapped into the ultra-hip fashions and bleak urban exteriors of Skins
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BBHMM:
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Yes, that reading uncomfortably reduces the accountant’s wife to a pawn in Rihanna’s subsequent struggle for justice. And no, no one’s humanity should ever be reduced to that. But women of color know the feeling all too well, which made this subversion work for me
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But never were the two stars (who've also courted rumors of their real-life romantic involvement) as endearing as they are in What's My Name, playing two strangers who embark on the hottest trip to the bodega we've ever seen.
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45S:
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The black and white video is not as flashy as RiRi’s others, but it’s absolutely timeless.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/e...ward/89272330/
Would USA Today lie?
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Umbrella is the music video of my childhood tbh 
EDIT - Wait mess they didn't include Disturbia. Flop website 
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Queen of Umbrellas, Needing Me, Finding Love, Having Money from her Bitches, Not Knowing Her Own Name, and Small Periods of Time stays winning!
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Needed Me, Umbrella, WFL, BBHMM, WMN?, 45S
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Close this.
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Where the hell is the iconic Disturbia though? 45S over iT and WHYB? 
Yes, clearly they would.
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Swap WMN with S&M
and 45s with Disturbia
and you have the tea
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Needed Me, 45S and What's My Name ain't got no business in that list
Replace them with Where Have You Been, Disturbia, S&M, Man Down, Only Girl, Hard, Russian Roulette etc
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Rihanna gave us the bop of 2007 with Umbrella
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which hunty is working at USA today?
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Where is the controversial and social commentary masterpiece Man Down?
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Originally posted by Teen Idle
which hunty is working at USA today?
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No WHYB or Rude Boy? 
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Originally posted by Truth Teller
Needed Me, 45S and What's My Name ain't got no business in that list
Replace them with Where Have You Been, Disturbia, S&M, Man Down, Only Girl, Hard, Russian Roulette etc
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!!
I knew this list was flawed as soon as i saw Needed Me.
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Originally posted by Truth Teller
Needed Me, 45S and What's My Name ain't got no business in that list
Replace them with Where Have You Been, Disturbia, S&M, Man Down, Only Girl, Hard, Russian Roulette etc
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This, and your replacements are top notch. Also Rude Boy is really, really great, perfectly executed vid.
S&M, Man Down and BBHMM especially are the controversial trinity. They deserve a place for sure.
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the only answers are:
Umbrella
Disturbia
Rude boy
Only girl
We found love
Where have you been?
Stay
Btch betta have my money
Needed me
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45S is definitely a top 5 single/visual, would a newspaper that's been reporting on this decade since 1989 lie?
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I don't see the legendary and iconic Disturbia on here?
List CANCELLED
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Originally posted by Truth Teller
Needed Me, 45S and What's My Name ain't got no business in that list
Replace them with Where Have You Been, Disturbia, S&M, Man Down, Only Girl, Hard, Russian Roulette etc
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