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ATRL: NAVY...Foxay needs to chat with you
Member Since: 5/3/2010
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Originally posted by Vertigo Stick
Def Jam is:
-Investing in her financially
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-Trying to keep her relevant
I am sorry, but I don't think this is because Rihanna loves making music. While I am sure she does, it is safe to say that DJ is behind all these major executive decisions - such as releasing an album from her every 9 months. They want to keep her name out there. Keep her circulating so that she remains relevant ALL the time. I am not sure if they are necessarily afraid that she will fade away, but they just invested in this tactic. If Rihanna always something out, how can people forget about her?
It does look mighty desperate though
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Rihanna doesn't release new albums every nine months.
And for the rest of your post, I respectfully disagree.
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Member Since: 6/10/2010
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Dead some people trying to say Rihanna has had no cultural impact. You do realize the majority of her fanbase is over seas. Her flops in the US going #1 for 5 weeks in France. She's get paid 100k to sit front row at fashion shows. She inspired Phillip Lim to have short red headed models walk the runway. Marc Jacobs designed a bag named & a line of umbrellas after her. She was named Women of the Year by italian vogue. She's a cultural ambassador of a country. Along with Gaga she's sold more magazines than anyone else this year. She covered vogue this year TWICE. She's on the first ladies iPod. She's started trends with Rudeboy & WMN. Having Keri Hilson, Nicole & veteran JLO follow. She has had countless praise from legends like Bjork, Slash, Bon Jovi, Sade, U2 etc. Young artist from Jessie J to Nicki Minaj all name her as an inspiration. She's had legends from Prince to George Michael cover songs from "flop" Rated R. Formers Beatles Paul McCartney eager to meet her & take her to lunch. Stevie Wonder attended her tour. Her tour this year broke records in the UK. How is that not an cultural impact? Bye.
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Member Since: 12/27/2010
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To the people using the "artists from the 50s and 60s releasing three albums per year" argument, that is so different, so SO different. They didn't have music videos and crossover radio and the internet back in the medieval ages. They didn't have strange women with red wigs winking you in the ****ing face everywhere you looked. There was no such thing as overexposure.
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Member Since: 3/13/2011
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Did yours truly miss all the fun?
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Member Since: 10/4/2010
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Well.....this **** bettah be catchy
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Member Since: 11/5/2010
Posts: 79
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Originally posted by BadBitch
Dead some people trying to say Rihanna has had no cultural impact. You do realize the majority of her fanbase is over seas. Her flops in the US going #1 for 5 weeks in France. She's get paid 100k to sit front row at fashion shows. She inspired Phillip Lim to have short red headed models walk the runway. Marc Jacobs designed a bag named & a line of umbrellas after her. She was named Women of the Year by italian vogue. She's a cultural ambassador of a country. Along with Gaga she's sold more magazines than anyone else this year. She covered vogue this year TWICE. She's on the first ladies iPod. She's started trends with Rudeboy & WMN. Having Keri Hilson, Nicole & veteran JLO follow. She has had countless praise from legends like Bjork, Slash, Bon Jovi, Sade, U2 etc. Young artist from Jessie J to Nicki Minaj all name her as an inspiration. She's had legends from Prince to George Michael cover songs from "flop" Rated R. Formers Beatles Paul McCartney eager to meet her & take her to lunch. Stevie Wonder attended her tour. Her tour this year broke records in the UK. How is that not an cultural impact? Bye.
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spill all of that true tea!
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Member Since: 9/23/2009
Posts: 26,796
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Originally posted by Hi.Def
I had to take a second look at his avatar too.
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Originally posted by Knix
Bitch, me too.
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YASSS, you gerls know what's up.
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ATRL Senior Member
Member Since: 11/14/2008
Posts: 24,988
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Originally posted by Kisuke
But where did Foxay go tho
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Originally posted by Guero
I love how Foxay asked for this conversation but is nowhere to be found.
She tryna sink the Navyship.
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Originally posted by evo
EXACTLY. That gorl started the fire then DIPPED
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Originally posted by Nicole
Foxay dropped the bomb and ran for cover
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Not TEW much gerls. My question was answered pages ago. Everyone gave compelling arguments on both fronts, but I still stand by my opinion that it seems a little sad and tacky. I can only spend so much on Rihanna a year, lord knows I have a budget on Britney expenses each year. If Jive/RCA think I am by that piece of **** called "B In The Mix Vol. II" they have another thing coming to them.
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Originally posted by clairebear23
Did yours truly miss all the fun?
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You're never too late dahlin'. **Kisses and giggles***
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Member Since: 9/23/2009
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Originally posted by clairebear23
Did yours truly miss all the fun?
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I love dis bitch.
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Member Since: 6/4/2010
Posts: 38,919
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Originally posted by BadBitch
Dead some people trying to say Rihanna has had no cultural impact. You do realize the majority of her fanbase is over seas. Her flops in the US going #1 for 5 weeks in France. She's get paid 100k to sit front row at fashion shows. She inspired Phillip Lim to have short red headed models walk the runway. Marc Jacobs designed a bag named & a line of umbrellas after her. She was named Women of the Year by italian vogue. She's a cultural ambassador of a country. Along with Gaga she's sold more magazines than anyone else this year. She covered vogue this year TWICE. She's on the first ladies iPod. She's started trends with Rudeboy & WMN. Having Keri Hilson, Nicole & veteran JLO follow. She has had countless praise from legends like Bjork, Slash, Bon Jovi, Sade, U2 etc. Young artist from Jessie J to Nicki Minaj all name her as an inspiration. She's had legends from Prince to George Michael cover songs from "flop" Rated R. Formers Beatles Paul McCartney eager to meet her & take her to lunch. Stevie Wonder attended her tour. Her tour this year broke records in the UK. How is that not an cultural impact? Bye.
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Impact, really lol? Most of the things you listed have nothing to do impact. Hell, Paris Hilton & Kim Kardashian get paid to sit at fashion shows, and legends praise popular artists as well as more under the radar artist all the time. Covering magazines and having Keri Hilson & Nicole S ripoff your songs? Artists ripoff other artists all the time. Etc etc?
And you're serious too.
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Member Since: 11/5/2010
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I think the fact that you come into threads looking to discuss her, adamantly at that, shows just how much of an impact she's had on you darling.
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Member Since: 10/28/2009
Posts: 26,465
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It'll be interesting to see how this era runs without LA Reid. Will Def Jam continue to pump the whole label's budget into the Chinese Princess and ignore the rest of the roster, like how LA mistreated Janet & Mimi? Or will they be less giving?
Also, Rih would be dumb to run to Roc Nation with the rest of Jay-Z's pretty lightskin black girl projects. He won't put much into pushing her just like he hasn't put much into Rita Ora, Alexis Jordan, or that girl that sings AKeys' parts on Empire State Of Mind when Akeys isn't available.
Anyways, "overexposure" is a stan-invented myth to politely say one is tired of an artist's existence. The only way to burn out in the media's eyes is if they label you a burn out. Look @ Xtina, she takes 40 year breaks between albums and is labelled a burn out.
Eventually Rih will slip up and miss the mark and her music won't do as well as it used to and she won't be able to pull a quick rescue like how she did Rated R into LOUD, but as long as she has the time she might as well keep rolling out the punches. I'm not gonna fake like i won't listen to every annual album she puts out. I just hope this new one is better than LOUD; I'm glad this boring era is ending in a few days.
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Member Since: 2/16/2010
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Originally posted by BadBitch
Dead some people trying to say Rihanna has had no cultural impact. You do realize the majority of her fanbase is over seas. Her flops in the US going #1 for 5 weeks in France. She's get paid 100k to sit front row at fashion shows. She inspired Phillip Lim to have short red headed models walk the runway. Marc Jacobs designed a bag named & a line of umbrellas after her. She was named Women of the Year by italian vogue. She's a cultural ambassador of a country. Along with Gaga she's sold more magazines than anyone else this year. She covered vogue this year TWICE. She's on the first ladies iPod. She's started trends with Rudeboy & WMN. Having Keri Hilson, Nicole & veteran JLO follow. She has had countless praise from legends like Bjork, Slash, Bon Jovi, Sade, U2 etc. Young artist from Jessie J to Nicki Minaj all name her as an inspiration. She's had legends from Prince to George Michael cover songs from "flop" Rated R. Formers Beatles Paul McCartney eager to meet her & take her to lunch. Stevie Wonder attended her tour. Her tour this year broke records in the UK. How is that not an cultural impact? Bye.
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Member Since: 6/5/2009
Posts: 13,743
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Originally posted by Kisuke
Well thats true most of her music sounds the same and is made for the z100 playlist
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The irony
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Member Since: 4/17/2011
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Originally posted by Icing
To the people using the "artists from the 50s and 60s releasing three albums per year" argument, that is so different, so SO different. They didn't have music videos and crossover radio and the internet back in the medieval ages. They didn't have strange women with red wigs winking you in the ****ing face everywhere you looked. There was no such thing as overexposure.
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OKAY!!! Can they they not deduce the difference in music climates?
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Member Since: 3/13/2011
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Originally posted by Rigalo
Kisuke is a disaster, all those lies she keeps telling herself.
Poor her.
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Dont let me start on that one.
Im going to keep it cute for this thread that the Lovely Foxay started.
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Member Since: 11/4/2006
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Ever since her debut in 2005, she has been releasing new music every year. She obviously wants to release another record. She isn't complaining.
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Member Since: 10/13/2008
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Because she stayed releasing an album every year up until 2008, she knows she can do that and remain popular. I guess she doesnt mind not having a break. She said she was going to do a re-release but I guess she liked the material so much she wanted to do a whole new album. I agree, I would have liked the re-release, but with the lead single coming out this week and the album not being released until December, Loud will continue to sell from Cheers and the lead single and will even get some Holiday support and could end up near 2x Platinum in the US and 6 mill Worlwide.
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Member Since: 3/13/2011
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Originally posted by Foxaylove
You're never too late dahlin'. **Kisses and giggles***
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Loves it
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Member Since: 6/5/2009
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Originally posted by Katie
That is an absolute crime and you should be arrested for thinking that.
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Lock me up then
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Originally posted by Nicole
She's going to get burned out from saying "I like this, don't like that, let's try this again"?
The article is NOT invalid. It's NPR. As credible as it gets.
I'm not saying she's uninvolved or doesn't like recording music. But when NPR reports that there is a village consisting of dozens of top-of-the-line industry experts who cost millions of dollars (and who all get paid BEFORE Rihanna) putting her hits together for her, it's hard to see why she'd get burned out.
And so I say keep bringing on the hits every Xmas season, Rihanna.
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You're implying she's uninvolved. She's involved in her music. The only proof you are saying is that she didn't write her music. And why does that matter? Not everyone is a songwriter. Just like how every songwriter isn't a singer.
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