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Discussion: What happened to Rihanna?
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Originally posted by Rigalo
And I love the bitches in here that have the inside scoop over at Death Jam or something, with all of their "She only writes one or two lines", "she only gets that creative director title because Def Jam buys it for her" Like honestly, I wish I had the bug you guys have.
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Well, you can just look at the linear notes of her albums. And when she was credited for songwriting, it was with several other songwriters. So, it's really not hard to tell that Rihanna doesn't have primary control over her music. Some, perhaps? But she's not a dominant factor. That's just based on the credits on her albums.
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Lord, threads like this are filled with co-signing and irrelevant gifs. 
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Can we PLEASE close this thread!
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Member Since: 5/3/2010
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Originally posted by KoreanDream
She doesn't hate Loud at all. She just said what ManDown posted in the screesnhot because she likes the new album better than Loud and probably finds Loud repulsive in comparison. She's made it obvious in both interviews and on Twitter that she likes every album she releases more than the previous one.
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I took what she said as her just being saying that she would never want to recreate Loud and that she want's a new sound, not something just like the last record.
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Member Since: 6/9/2011
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Originally posted by Rico Shameless v2
For me personally, it doesn't even have to be a "deep" or "mature" record. She is young. Britney recorded and put together In The Zone at 23. The album is nothing but about ****ing and clubbing, appropriate for her age you'd say - but it actually sounds like a mature album she put her all into. In terms of the production, her inclusion in actually being involved in the writing (i.e. not listed last in every song credit), and exploring with producers about the ideas and concepts she had at that time in her life.
Rihanna just seems so unrelated and impersonal to the music she's making. Bar Rated R, of course. But if she has to get abused to make something like that, then ch.
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Co-signed. 
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Originally posted by KoreanDream
She's extremely popular and successful in the United States - maybe not as astronomically successful as some of the other girls - but she is. She's a force in the U.S. But not even just that, but I found it curious how he refused to acknowledge any other countries EXCEPT the U.S. when Rihanna has become a force nearly everywhere else.
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These statements are easy to make. You clearly are an intelligent member, so I think you should understand that Rih should be selling tour tickets in the US by now. And quite funny how you avoided Brazil. But I guess that's just not one of those countries where Rihanna is like totally famous.
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Member Since: 6/4/2010
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Originally posted by ManDown
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Member Since: 8/10/2010
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Originally posted by KoreanDream
How many times do we have to say that writing is not the be all, end all for creativity and involvement? |
It's not. I never said it was. But it's evident that rihanna is the yes man....she's a puppet at this point. She's gotten lazy, she's not really contributing to her work. It's like she listens to the demo of a song already written for her, and slaps her vocals on it. I just think rihanna is capable of doing more than that......
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Member Since: 5/18/2011
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Originally posted by Rîh.røx.
Can we PLEASE close this thread!
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Why? 
I think we're having a pretty good discussion.
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Member Since: 11/11/2010
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Originally posted by Cheers
But girls....who is forcing you to stan for Rihanna? If you don't like her music, move on. You aren't tied down to her  |
Yeah, I never really understood that either. In the past, I've reached the point where, as a stan, I could no longer support what the artist was releasing and so I just quit stanning and stopped bitching about it.
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Member Since: 6/9/2011
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Originally posted by Rico Shameless v2
Bringing up other artists isn't going to change reality. Rihanna's gotten lazy way too early. She's enjoying the fruits, rather working harder to really implement herself for real. That's why it was so easy for Katy & GaGa to come and take her sales when they did - because she didn't work hard enough during her prime. She doesn't dance, seemingly has no desire to learn to allow herself to gain the respect of having a stage presence. She isn't a songwriter. I'll give her thumbs up on her vocals improving since she came out, though.
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No lies here. 
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Originally posted by Rîh.røx.
Are you joking? Shes implemented choreography in her tour for the first time since...ever.
Have you seen either LGOE Tour or Loud tour? If you saw both you would see the VAST improvment of her movement skills.
She has been on tour and promoting other singles for the past two albums. It would be impossible to also write all her songs, do tons of choreography and release an album, she'd....die. |
I've seen a lot of her tour videos. Sorry, I'm not impressed. She did more movement in the "Lovin'" & "SOS" music videos, so it's almost like she had began to learn and stopped.
And that's her own issue. If she cared a bit more about improving herself as an artist, she'd lobby against the label from wanting her to release albums so consistently. As long as they want their Holiday cash, she'll never have a break to do anything!
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Member Since: 6/9/2011
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Originally posted by Rîh.røx.
Can we PLEASE close this thread!
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Because the tea is being spilled on your fave? you stans can stay after to clean up the mess with a mop but until then, the thread stays open.
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Member Since: 12/22/2009
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Nothing is Happend with Princess Ri RI.... SHes #MAJAH #BOOM #RIhannaNAVY #**** #****U #LOUD #CHEERS
.....the only thing that happened to Princess Ri Ri was TWITTER haha
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Rihanna is being sarcastic with that tweet. Saying "ewwww as ifff" the album will be good and perfect!
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Originally posted by i spit on haters
I love my fellow Britney stans.  |
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Co-signed. |
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Cute. 
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Member Since: 6/7/2011
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Originally posted by Jolie's Lips
These statements are easy to make. You clearly are an intelligent member, so I think you should understand that Rih should been selling tour tickets in the US by now. And quite funny how you avoided Brazil. But I guess that's just not any of those countries where Rihanna is like totally famous.
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The only tour where Rihanna has ever had trouble selling tickets in the US on was the LGOE Tour. There's really no validity to the argument that she's not a force to be reckoned with in the US, seeing as only the tour in support of Rated R was unsuccessful. Neither the GGGB tour nor the Loud Tour were marked by low ticket sales in the US.
Also, that's simply a conjecture of yours that the crowd in Brazil "seemed small". Her ticket sales in Brazil have been fine.
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Originally posted by ManDown
Yeah, I never really understood that either. In the past, I've reached the point where, as a stan, I could no longer support what the artist was releasing and so I just quit stanning and stopped bitching about it.
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Exactly. And it's pretty obvious OP has other faves. So what's the big deal? 
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Member Since: 12/1/2010
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Originally posted by Rigalo
And I love the bitches in here that have the inside scoop over at Death Jam or something, with all of their "She only writes one or two lines", "she only gets that creative director title because Def Jam buys it for her" Like honestly, I wish I had the bug you guys have.
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I mean she usually has a team of twenty people to write one track. Do you believe she contributes the most?
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Member Since: 6/7/2011
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Originally posted by Onen
It's not. I never said it was. But it's evident that rihanna is the yes man....she's a puppet at this point. She's gotten lazy, she's not really contributing to her work. It's like she listens to the demo of a song already written for her, and slaps her vocals on it. I just think rihanna is capable of doing more than that......
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I don't think the word puppet should be thrown around so easily, especially when Rihanna has been in complete creative control of the visual aspects of her last 2 eras, and even contributed writing credits to Rated R.
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