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Originally posted by Alberto
Please, Navy be realistic. Talk That Talk is not a masterpiece. However, it is a good pop album. Before gambling my rant, I want to ask you, what makes Talk That Talk a masterpiece? And above all, what is a masterpiece?
Talk That Talk, in my opinion, is a so-so album, beginning with the fact that it sounds more like ReLouded than 'Talk That Talk'. It's music is a continuation of Loud, and it should have been released as an Extended Play to that work, so both of them complemented each other and made a more cohesive work of art. It should have worked very, very great.
Secondly, the production was obviously rushed, and you can point that flaw on tracks like Roc Me Out and Birthday Cake. They are raw and they don't do anything for the other tracks.
And lastly, we can remark, and make it a redundant affirmation at this stage in Rihanna's career, that she's not different from Katy Perry and Britney Spears. What they all have in common, is that they seem almost incapable of conceiving their truly own work. While they can write, that's the only credit they can receive, cause non of them are really great singers nor try to be so, the three of them are controlled by these commercial producers, and the three of them just care about the general public, because in doing so they are assuring easy money. None of them are going to take risks, because they are a household brand, and anything they do is commercial, so commercial it has no depth meaning.
So to me, Talk That Talk sounds nice, I love like 4 tracks out of it, and let me tell you this: Talk That Talk is empty of any productive message.
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It's more complicated than that.
It's not just that what they'd like to release is not commercial enough (see many of Spears's self penned unreleased tracks), there's also the huge pressure of the industry on their shoulders.
And really nowadays who is taking risks and releasing great artistic pop songs while also writing everything and being embraced by the general public ?
No one.
The lady in your avatar is a prime example of that.
BTW's relevancy for the general public is nothing compared to her past generic & commercial music. I'm not talking about the quality, which is subjective, I'm talking about the impact and the sales.
The commercial puppets known as Rihanna and Katy Perry swept everything with their mindless pop songs.
You need to remember this is a market, commercial results are VERY important for everyone and the public is fickle.