OMG. Get over this. I'm over people crying from Rated R Rihanna back. Sis, she got ****ed the hell up. Her face was beat to a pulp by the man that she loved. Obviously her songs are going to be darker, more mature lyrically, and different than ever. But if you take out Rated R, Rihanna has been improving more and more. She started as a ghetto hood rat - matured to more dance Pop, and then experimented even more with Loud - S&M, Man Down, California King Bed, Only Girl and Whats My Name.
Nothings happening to her. Watch We Found Love be the weakest on the album. If you were only here for Rated R Rihanna, then get over it and dont stan anymore.
I agree, when she first came out , and even up until Rated R she had a very distinctive "Rihanna" sound. It set her apart from her contemporaries and all the songs she recorded sounded as if they had been especially composed for her. Lyrically, (especially on Rated R) she was a bit more profound than your usual pop artists.
However, all artists evolve and experiment with new sounds. Rihanna is young, so it makes sense that she wanted to make a party record. Also, after the underperformance of Rated R, she was most likely pushed by her record label to make a safer record. When Rihanna is a bit more established as an artist, and her record sales don't depend as much on her first single, I'm sure she'll record her own "4" and give her fans a "fan record".
Until then start getting used to Calvin Harris and David Guetta... cause she's going to sound like this for a while.
