I'd agree if Work, Desperado, Consideration and Kiss It Better weren't on it. It's my least favourite Rih album excluding her first two, but it's not all bad.
"The ultimate impression the album leaves isn't just that of an artist who failed to follow through on her vision, but who never bothered to conceive one in the first place"
Omg the lashings New York Times gave her in their review intro
Basically,- we have pop stars with killer Vocals, pop stars who are visionaries with their image and sound, pop stars who work hard to just keep improving their craft then we have Rihanna who is none of those things but somehow got lucky
"The ultimate impression the album leaves isn't just that of an artist who failed to follow through on her vision, but who never bothered to conceive one in the first place"
OUCH!
I can see how this makes sense. I don't think she knew exactly what she wanted, hence the delays in finishing the album.
