I loved Rihanna back in those days, so I use it and her masterpieces Pon De Replay, If It's Lovin That You Want and her magnum opus, There's A Thug In My Life.
Maybe. I won't consider it a "stain" because no one sees it and no one knows it's there. A Girl Like Me is far from a stain, top 5 album, 1.3 million in the US, 3 million WW, 2 worldwide hits, 3 top 10 hits.
It's the beginning of her career and what makes her so great is her evolution so no. It's part of it in the way the that it should be, plus is has knocks!
No, because it is her first album. Now if it was like her 4th or 5th it could be considered a stain since it would represent a considerable decline in commercial success.
No, it's not. Both, AGLM and MOTS, are great. They are not as strong as her later albums but yeah... those were here debut days. It's great to see how she grew as an artist! Good Girl Gone Bad was great as her 'emancipation' album.
Britney - HBOMT/OIDIA, Madonna - TFA/LAV, Rihanna - AGLM/MOTS ^^
