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Originally posted by Celestial
I wouldn't commend her for that, it's not like what she's doing is any better. She's working with David Guetta, a producer she knows is going to give her a hit single because he's hot right now. She's following the pack, OG is very generic IMO.
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I chose to commend her (at least for her work on Rated R) because I did feel like it was different than most of the material that was out at the same time and I thought her decisions to work on that album with producers other than the very of-the-moment guys did result in work that was better than what the rest of the pack was coming up with. I suppose it boils down to personal opinion, and obviously many would disagree with me, but as far as I'm concerned, Rihanna's work on Rated R was better than the work her peers were releasing around the same time.
I think there's been a push to get Rihanna that hit, and she has since reached out to guys like Guetta who have a track record of creating some of the biggest songs of recent memory, or to create songs that have traits of the current hits. She is beginning to follow the pack again, and Only Girl is a definite step towards "the generic", but again, I suppose I have to disagree and I will maintain that it has a bit of a personal character that differentiates it from the other house inspired pop tracks that are currently dominating the airwaves.