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Discussion: What happened to Rihanna?
Member Since: 6/10/2010
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Originally posted by Rîh.røx.
Reo, BadBitch, whoever else. If you dont like her then LEAVE. Its that simple. Rihanna will re-invent her image every era. She will record the songs SHE wants. She will write if SHE wants. She will tour when SHE wants. And honestly - this is what every artist will do. Do what they want.
I just want you all to keep in mind that Rated R was NOT supposed to happen. Rihanna was a musician. Instead of keeping a diary or talking to a friend - she recorded Rated R after what happened. It would have NEVER happened if nothing happened with her and Chris Brown. Loud would have probably been next.
You have to let the past go. And if you love that era so much, she hinted at more dubstep.
Now close thread.
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So you're saying she isn't or doesn't care about being one now?
Are you stating i should expect Rihanna to be nothing more than a Hit song making Popstar with no artistry?
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Member Since: 8/10/2010
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Originally posted by Rîh.røx.
Reo, BadBitch, whoever else. If you dont like her then LEAVE. Its that simple. Rihanna will re-invent her image every era. She will record the songs SHE wants. She will write if SHE wants. She will tour when SHE wants. And honestly - this is what every artist will do. Do what they want.
I just want you all to keep in mind that Rated R was NOT supposed to happen. Rihanna was a musician. Instead of keeping a diary or talking to a friend - she recorded Rated R after what happened. It would have NEVER happened if nothing happened with her and Chris Brown. Loud would have probably been next.
You have to let the past go. And if you love that era so much, she hinted at more dubstep.
Now close thread.
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So, rihanna should stop being creative from a musical standpoint? That's basically what she did with Rated R, she branched out of the norm and created something she wouldnt normally do. Now, she is just playing it safe. I think what badbitch wants is that type of creative process, that type of hands on work from rihanna, to produce more personal music. He does not want rihanna to go back to those days. The way she went about creating the album? Take those elements and put them towards a new album. Rihanna lost the creativity. LOUD is fast food music. Rihanna is capable, as we've seen with rated r, of doing better than that.
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Member Since: 9/18/2011
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Originally posted by Mélina
I'm waiting for the "What's going on with Beyoncé?" thread.
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Gurl you know it's coming!
And as for this thread, did you REALLY expect Rih to make another Rated R after it underperformed? This is her job. She doesn't want to lose it. Obviously she was going to go with the safer LOUD route. And also, Rihanna isn't the only artist that wants hits & money
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Member Since: 5/3/2010
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Originally posted by i spit on haters
LOUD is the second best selling female album this year? I thought Adele was #1 followed by Gaga with BTW? any way, that's besides the point, and you bringing up Britney is irrelevant yet predictable, that's not what this thread is about so let's stay on topic. Brit. doesn't have to worry about current album sales, because unlike Rihanna, Britney is already established and proved herself to be an album seller & tour seller LONG ago, she's the best selling female artist of the 21st century for a reason, Rihanna has still yet to grab a #1 debut album in America even after all her #1 singles, and she only recently sold over 200,000 copies in the 1st week with loud. Most people in the U.S. look to Rihanna for catchy pop songs, not her albums.
But I think it's cute you tried to derail the thread off topic because your faves is being discussed.
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Oops, she's third if BTW has outsold her yet, I'm not sure if it has or not. And did you not bring up Katy? So don't get butthurt sweets when I bring up your fave. It's not a good look. And yeah, no one goes to Rihanna for her albums, that why Loud is past 5 million WW and once again third (second?) best selling female album of the year. You're transparent, please don't write me back unless it's something other than contradictions and arrogance. You are making a fool out of yourself.
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Member Since: 6/9/2011
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Originally posted by KoreanDream
Cute how you stay bringing up the U.S. as if her career and achievements internationally are irrelevant.
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I never claimed nor implied that it was. but it's easier to obtain success over seas when you're a big name pop star, the U.S. is where it's at. Why do you think so many U.K. artists try to branch out into the U.S. music scene.
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Member Since: 5/18/2011
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So why exactly was this thread reported anyway?
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Member Since: 1/12/2011
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Originally posted by KoreanDream
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
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Where are the reciept's for Rihanna's contributions to her music? And if you come at me with "She makes up a lot of her visuals" Don't.
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Member Since: 9/4/2011
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I agree somewhat.
However, Rihanna has always been this way. Even during GGGB, Music of The Sun, Rated R, etc, ie Pon De Replay, Umbrella, Shut up and Drive, Hard.
LOUD gave us Complicated, my favorite track. That song does have meaning.
The only thing that's changed about Rihanna is her growing up and her styles between eras.
There are a few things that I miss here and there and a few things that disappointed me here and there, but she's been consistent.
Each of her albums usually match the eras, whilst the mid 00s albums were more RnBish, and the newer albums in the late 00s early as GGGB, Rated R, and especially LOUD have been Electronic and Club oriented(Dubstep, House: G4L, Only Girl, Breakin Dishes, Disturbia, etc):
She makes her albums throwing a part of herself in there(a bit of deepness), with her style, and a sound to match the times/era.
In 2011, you can't expect anything but club/dance/electro/house music, so she's giving the people what they like.
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Member Since: 11/11/2010
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I've noticed so much hypocrisy in this thread.
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Member Since: 10/19/2010
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Originally posted by BadBitch
LTWYL Part 2 was just an add on to get people to buy the album and milk whatever was left of the original's train. Don't act like it was meant to add anything else to the album.
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it added a lot to the original. It was the female perspective.
Of course it was meant to milk the album, she has to sell
Everybody wants to sell and milk albums, this is pop music gurl
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Member Since: 6/7/2011
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Originally posted by i spit on haters
I never claimed nor implied that it was. but it's easier to obtain success over seas when you're a big name pop star, the U.S. is where it's at. Why do you think so many U.K. artists try to branch out into the U.S. music scene.
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Well when you ignore her being an international force and pretend that she isn't a force in the States, people make those assumptions.
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Member Since: 6/7/2011
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Originally posted by crumprKID
Where are the reciept's for Rihanna's contributions to her music? And if you come at me with "She makes up a lot of her visuals" Don't.
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i spit on haters said artistry. In that department, Rihanna has contributed more than Brit Brit.
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Originally posted by i spit on haters
umm, Britney contributes more to her artistry than Rihanna does. Britney is a damn good song writer, she has also composed several song, plays piano and has contributed her piano skills to her music, choreographed several videos, co-produced, composed music and has came up with the concept to many of her videos and she came up with the concept to her upcoming video 'Criminal' -- Rihanna has basically done none of what I listed, so my argument stands. And this thread has nothing to do with Britney because that's NOT who were discussing bruh.
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NOOOOOO sis. What did Britney do on Femme Fatale? What did she contribute to? What does she like about the album besides "its cool." When did she play piano on recordings? Where are her choreographed videos this era?
Rihanna wrote half of Rated R. Created the image and sound. Picked the fashion for her tour, was hands on. Rihanna co-directed DSTP and Disturbia. She also came up with the S&M video concept and Man Down.
Lets not before I get 50 warning points.
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Member Since: 10/19/2010
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Originally posted by Gagasm
I agree somewhat.
However, Rihanna has always been this way. Even during GGGB, Rated R, etc, ie Pon De Replay, Umbrella, Shut up and Drive, Hard.
LOUD gave us Complicated, my favorite track. That song does have meaning.
The only thing that's changed about Rihanna is her growing up and her styles between eras.
There are a few things that I miss here and there and a few things that disappointed me here and there, but she's been consistent.
Each of her albums usually match the eras, whilst the mid 00s albums were more RnBish, and the newer albums in the late 00s early as GGGB, Rated R, and especially LOUD have been Electronic and Club oriented(Dubstep, House: G4L, Only Girl, Breakin Dishes, Disturbia, etc):
She makes her albums throwing a part of herself in there(a bit of deepness), with her style, and a sound to match the times/era.
In 2011, you can't expect anything but club/dance/electro/house music, so she's giving the people what they like.
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you spilled the tea
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Member Since: 5/18/2011
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Originally posted by ManDown
I've noticed so much hypocrisy in this thread.
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Girl I saw a Katy Stan in here like she didn't do the same thing with Teenage Dream.
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Member Since: 3/5/2011
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Originally posted by KΔΥ.ΒΣΣ
Honestly, my main problem with her is that she doesn't write most of her music. I honestly would be ok with her writing a song about taking a **** over a hot ass beat as long as she writes the damn lyrics. I do appreciate her reinventing herself each album and all of the different sounds she has, but that is one thing that honestly bothers me. I'm sure it'll come one day though, so I'm not completely tripping.
I love the production for WFL, but I'm craving live instrumentation so I hope the album has some songs that aren't completely digital.
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Why is her writing songs soo important though? I know it's your opinion, and I'm not asking you to change it, but I'd like some insight as to why you place so much importance on who's name is beside what in the album booklet.
I'm sure that if she wanted to, she could just buy the credits, and you wouldn't know the difference. I'm not saying that's something she should/would do, but I don't see how an album would benefit (sound-wise, quality-wise) if Rihanna was the one writing and not a paid, professional songwriter. It'd be cute to have her name and not someone else's in the writing credits, but I definitely don't think it's a big deal at all.
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please lets not bring britney into this.
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Member Since: 5/3/2010
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Originally posted by ManDown
I've noticed so much hypocrisy in this thread.
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The Britney stan? Yeah, I see her too. Poor girl.
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Member Since: 6/9/2011
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Originally posted by ririlurker
again with these? you are always trolling with the same posts
Rihanna has basically done everything you wrote
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What songs has Rihanna written? and I'm not talking about changing a few words around or adding a line or two, not here for that.
what music has she composed? Rihanna plays the piano? LIES! what music videos has she done where it was HER who came up with the concept? name these videos please. What songs has Rihanna produced? and what videos did she choreography?
She co-directed the S&M video but we saw how that turned out with the law suit.
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Member Since: 10/13/2008
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I meant she is a musician - so she recorded instead of kept a diary. As in if she wasnt a musician she would have just kept a journal.
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