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Album: Rihanna - 'Talk That Talk'
Member Since: 9/20/2011
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Originally posted by JungleDisturbia
My mum (its spelt like this in Aus) uses Britney for her perfumes, and she says that she was a fan in the BOMT days till about the end of the ITZ era. Not a massive fan, as I don't see any Britney albums/Cd singles around the house.
My family loves Rihanna, just because I do.  My brother used to really hate her, because I would spend all my time listening to Rihanna music instead of spending time with him, but now he is more independent and likes her and he uses her songs, especially WFL, DSTM, and WHYB. I have conversations about Rihanna with mum all the time, just today I was telling her about how Rihanna caught a train in London to her own show. And Dad just thinks Rihanna is the prettiest/sexiest woman on the planet and thinks she has a great voice (he saw the end of the LGOE Tour when he picked me & mum up from the concert). Rihanna is pretty big in our family compared to other families.
I know I wasn't part of the convo but I felt like sharing.  |
What a family you have JD! 
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Originally posted by infinite-desire
That's great that your whole family loves Rihanna. My brother likes Rihanna, but he says that her music has went downhill since GGGB. I played TTT for him in the car this morning and he said it was TRASH. He said the only good song on the album was Drunk On Love. |
Oh dear... hopefully the whole album (except for DOL) is a grower... 
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Dead  I need to see that |
Most are in SYG but this is one of my favorites. http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=100970
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Originally posted by infinite-desire
I know! It feels like centuries ago. I could have sworn it was coldcaselove...wait nvm, that was his name on the request site. He was hilarious, and he went hard for Rihanna. The twitter navy was the best. They made stanning online worth the while.
And yup, I love Channy. She is probably the best Rihanna stan I've encountered online. And she was a Britney stan back then too so we automatically clicked.  |
Yeah, I remember he had a big meltdown with the Navy and deleted his twitter account. RD was so much fun. Onen (the madonna & Rihanna ) stan on here was there during that time too. That's how we first met. I remember summer 09 the most. When we used have the most random and off topic discussions on there. Wondering what Rihanna was doing while walking. I never seen so many people get life from pictures or candids. People used make fun of her hair and cheap was always mad at rihanna for no reason. The comment section had like 300-400 replies.  I alot of them either moved to twitter or left. It was so much fun back then. 
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I'll just post my review in here.
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Member Since: 5/4/2011
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Originally posted by Santaus
What a family you have JD! |
 Thanks, Santaus!
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@futurelove92 I changed my color scheme to what yours is, and I love it
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yess sis i livee my scheme color
been rocking it since 2009.
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Member Since: 8/20/2011
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Originally posted by FAN
51.You Da One
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Originally posted by FAN
51.You Da One
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The album starts off generic, well in my opinion. It doesn't start off as a "BANGER" unlike her previous albums. Instead it starts off with the cheeky, You Da One which is very cutesy and much reminiscent to Dr. Luke's other previous song "Teenage Dream", but just not as good. It is radio candy and should be an easy ht but it is quite subpar. Not one of my favorites from Rihanna and not one of the best tracks off the album.
The album is very POP driven in the first part as the second song off the tracklist "Where Have You Been" is a dance floor anthem if their ever was one. The beat, the production and the vocals are all perfect. They mesh so well together and the emotion that oozes over the drums, synths and breakdown makes you literally want to actually breakdown on the floor. Totally outstanding number. The most obvious smash right off the bat on first listen.
"We Found Love" also has that big pop feel production as well like WHYB but falls short of that epic moment. The only outstanding thing about this song is that its one of the most well produced songs on the album and possibly one of the best produced songs in her discography. Seeing as this was the lead single and we already have that amazing video we can relate to it more but if the video never existed or was of that caliber, i probably would have forgotten this. It's still a guilty pleasure though.
Then we have, what is to me the most catchiest and infectious chorus on the entire CD is the title track "Talk That Talk" with Umbrella collaborator Jay-Z. This made for radio collabo is one of the album's standouts. Jay-Z's cocky ass verse paired with rihanna's famous hook singing is a match made in heaven. This is one of the tracks that you know were just made to be a single.
Then we get into the nasty, the dirty, the cheeky Cockiness (Love It). This song contains the most memorable line on the album "Suck my cockiness, Lick my persuasion". This song is a banger. The metaphorical lyrics are hard hitting and the whole tongue in cheek attitude of it is appealing as well. Gladly, Bangladesh didn't give her an "A Milli" remake because this song is so much more than that. Also, Rihanna's flow on this is sickening. The sex talk is also on point in fan favorite "Birthday Cake" but due to its length, it only leaves us wanting more, which is never a bad thing.
Then the tempo slows down on the album for just a bit. She then gives us this haunting upbeat pop ballad "We All Want Love" and coos over the guitar and drum beat driven production. It's not the most groundbreaking ballad but it's still a nice change of pace to the rather uptempo album. Her vocals sound very rich on this one as well as its a more natural song.
The album then goes back to its uptempo nature with the trio "Drunk On Love", 'Roc Me Out" and "Watch N' Learn". All 3 of these songs are bangers and she really nailed that 1-2-3 punch with this one. They all flow together beautifully and dare I say "Drunk On Love" contains one of Rihanna's best vocal performances to date. The way how it just grabs your attention as you press play. You can feel the hunger for love and lust in Drunk On Love " and you can tell Rih has her freak game on point in Watch N' Learn and Roc Me Out. Both Roc Me Out and Watch N' Learn are similar in theme but while Roc Me Out is much more POP friendly WNL takes on a more relaxed 90s reggae demeanor which gives it that Rihanna stamp.
Lastly, the standard edition comes to a close with the emotional ballad "Farewell". The heartfelt lyrics packed with nice vocals makes this one an easy listen and a cute way to end the album. Not one of her best ballads though but it has potential. Overall the album makes a good addition to Rihanna's impressive discography. I expect more #1s from this as it's production was almost tailor made for radio. It's commercial yet somewhat artistic. It's definitely a "RIHANNA" album.
Fave Tracks: Where Have You Been, Drunk On Love, Roc Me Out, Watch N' Learn
My rating: ★★★★/5
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31 pages, lord i'll take a look though
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Member Since: 9/20/2011
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@RhnNec you better tell me what's wrong... I'm really freaking out here. At least PM me.
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Originally posted by FAN
51.You Da One
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Member Since: 5/18/2011
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I used to want to **** CCL (Dre) after he posted a pic on RD. I was determined to lick his balls one day. I loved him and maison and then all of a sudden they left.
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Member Since: 5/4/2011
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Originally posted by BadBitch
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Do I see... Disturbia stanning for Rihanna?  Wow.
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Member Since: 9/12/2011
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Originally posted by JungleDisturbia
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Do I see... Disturbia stanning for Rihanna? Wow. |
Right? I noticed that
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Member Since: 4/6/2010
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I wasn't around for the meltdown. Why did he have one? I knew I remembered her from somewhere! Summer 09 on twitter was an absolute BLAST. Imagine if Rihanna took over her twitter back then? It would have been amazing. I'm mad that she took over her twitter after I deleted mines.
Ahh, we used to try to make Rihanna a TT and the Chris Brown and Beyonce stans would spam it then we would go off on them. So much fun.
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Member Since: 8/23/2011
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Originally posted by JungleDisturbia
My mum (its spelt like this in Aus) uses Britney for her perfumes, and she says that she was a fan in the BOMT days till about the end of the ITZ era. Not a massive fan, as I don't see any Britney albums/Cd singles around the house.
My family loves Rihanna, just because I do. My brother used to really hate her, because I would spend all my time listening to Rihanna music instead of spending time with him, but now he is more independent and likes her and he uses her songs, especially WFL, DSTM, and WHYB. I have conversations about Rihanna with mum all the time, just today I was telling her about how Rihanna caught a train in London to her own show. And Dad just thinks Rihanna is the prettiest/sexiest woman on the planet and thinks she has a great voice (he saw the end of the LGOE Tour when he picked me & mum up from the concert). Rihanna is pretty big in our family compared to other families.
I know I wasn't part of the convo but I felt like sharing. |
awww, that sounds sweet, my family doesn't really care about music , it's a waste of time according to them, so I can never have any music related conversation with them which kinda hurts since music is my biggest passion.
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Member Since: 4/6/2010
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Originally posted by KΔΥ.ΒΣΣ
I used to want to **** CCL (Dre) after he posted a pic on RD. I was determined to lick his balls one day. I loved him and maison and then all of a sudden they left. |
DEATH. He was fine as hell. He used to occasionally post his pics on twitter and it was glorious. 
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Member Since: 6/6/2011
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Originally posted by Deemy
The album starts off generic, well in my opinion. It doesn't start off as a "BANGER" unlike her previous albums. Instead it starts off with the cheeky, You Da One which is very cutesy and much reminiscent to Dr. Luke's other previous song "Teenage Dream", but just not as good. It is radio candy and should be an easy ht but it is quite subpar. Not one of my favorites from Rihanna and not one of the best tracks off the album.
The album is very POP driven in the first part as the second song off the tracklist "Where Have You Been" is a dance floor anthem if their ever was one. The beat, the production and the vocals are all perfect. They mesh so well together and the emotion that oozes over the drums, synths and breakdown makes you literally want to actually breakdown on the floor. Totally outstanding number. The most obvious smash right off the bat on first listen.
"We Found Love" also has that big pop feel production as well like WHYB but falls short of that epic moment. The only outstanding thing about this song is that its one of the most well produced songs on the album and possibly one of the best produced songs in her discography. Seeing as this was the lead single and we already have that amazing video we can relate to it more but if the video never existed or was of that caliber, i probably would have forgotten this. It's still a guilty pleasure though.
Then we have, what is to me the most catchiest and infectious chorus on the entire CD is the title track "Talk That Talk" with Umbrella collaborator Jay-Z. This made for radio collabo is one of the album's standouts. Jay-Z's cocky ass verse paired with rihanna's famous hook singing is a match made in heaven. This is one of the tracks that you know were just made to be a single.
Then we get into the nasty, the dirty, the cheeky Cockiness (Love It). This song contains the most memorable line on the album "Suck my cockiness, Lick my persuasion". This song is a banger. The metaphorical lyrics are hard hitting and the whole tongue in cheek attitude of it is appealing as well. Gladly, Bangladesh didn't give her an "A Milli" remake because this song is so much more than that. Also, Rihanna's flow on this is sickening. The sex talk is also on point in fan favorite "Birthday Cake" but due to its length, it only leaves us wanting more, which is never a bad thing.
Then the tempo slows down on the album for just a bit. She then gives us this haunting upbeat pop ballad "We All Want Love" and coos over the guitar and drum beat driven production. It's not the most groundbreaking ballad but it's still a nice change of pace to the rather uptempo album. Her vocals sound very rich on this one as well as its a more natural song.
The album then goes back to its uptempo nature with the trio "Drunk On Love", 'Roc Me Out" and "Watch N' Learn". All 3 of these songs are bangers and she really nailed that 1-2-3 punch with this one. They all flow together beautifully and dare I say "Drunk On Love" contains one of Rihanna's best vocal performances to date. The way how it just grabs your attention as you press play. You can feel the hunger for love and lust in Drunk On Love " and you can tell Rih has her freak game on point in Watch N' Learn and Roc Me Out. Both Roc Me Out and Watch N' Learn are similar in theme but while Roc Me Out is much more POP friendly WNL takes on a more relaxed 90s reggae demeanor which gives it that Rihanna stamp.
Lastly, the standard edition comes to a close with the emotional ballad "Farewell". The heartfelt lyrics packed with nice vocals makes this one an easy listen and a cute way to end the album. Not one of her best ballads though but it has potential. Overall the album makes a good addition to Rihanna's impressive discography. I expect more #1s from this as it's production was almost tailor made for radio. It's commercial yet somewhat artistic. It's definitely a "RIHANNA" album.
Fave Tracks: Where Have You Been, Drunk On Love, Roc Me Out, Watch N' Learn
My rating: ★★★★/5 |
Lovely review
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