When you're in a studio working as a team, sometimes it's hard to keep track of who did what and who wrote what and when they set up writing and production camps without you it's safe to assume that you are the least useful part of your own music-making process. I've heard demos where every ad lib, giggle, grunt and bark were recorded for her, and the final product was identitcal.
Im pretty sure she can write really well, however her label has writers that write more commercially acceptable material.
how Universal works, get used to it :P
You're just making assumptions. Maybe she contributes more than she's given credit for.
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Originally posted by RainMan
she is like Britney
she doesnt write her own music but if the music is not written with her in mind she will change it
She's like Britney in the sense she's not very vocal about her contributions. But people who have worked with Britney say she doesn't take credits for songs in which she doesn't contribute enough. As for Rihanna we don't know how much she writes.
Rihanna isn't really included in writing sessions as far as I know (either by her choice or by her label's) the same way, say, Katy would be. She's not in the room with the writers when they write the song, but she may make some changes while she's recording.