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Celeb News: Rihanna: I don't want generic music like Ke$ha, Katy & Gaga
Member Since: 3/2/2008
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Now that I think about it, this comment has to be fake. Her and Katy are actually really great friends. Why would she say that Katy's music is generic if she's friends with her? Makes no sense to me.
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Member Since: 11/1/2009
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Originally posted by Celestial
Rihanna didn't become a star until her third album, she had one hit single from her first album and two from her second. Absolutely nothing to be proud about.
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Gorl. . .Just stop talking
Your logic is a Mess. First you said an album selling a million copies sold isnt successful and now this.
1) Rihanna had 3 hits from her second album (SOS, Unfaithful, Break It Off) and it was platinum in the US and 3 million around the world which is definitely a successful era AND something to be proud of. Tbh, You just sound mad at Rihanna for some reason hence you trying to discredit everything
What is your definition of a "Star"? Not having 4 Top 10 hits and a platinum album?
Platinum =/= Successful?
Like I said, Just STOP before you embarrass yourself in front of ATRL.
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Member Since: 9/25/2001
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Originally posted by 1-N-Only21
But 2 million people bought it. Lackluster or not, saying "the public has lost interest" is false.
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For someone who is supposed to be the "digital download queen" and considering how much her singles downloads have decreased, some of the public HAS lost interest.
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Originally posted by Celestial
Exactly. Most of the singles that GaGa, Ke$ha and Katy have released have sold over 2 million copies. It's not a big deal anymore, certainly not for a number 1.
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Exactly.
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Member Since: 6/10/2010
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Originally posted by MP2009
Why is she backtracking then?
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Did you honestly expect Rihanna to stay making dark music like Rated R? I don't get what you mean by back tracking. Rihanna has always made dance music. So her putting out Only Girl is nothing new. Espically considering her personally has done a complete 180.
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Member Since: 6/16/2010
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Originally posted by BadBitchRihanna.
I'm not talking about singles wise. Why hasn't gaga put out a ballad? Or taking risk like rihanna did with Russian Roulette? Gaga is as commerical as it gets.
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Gaga made commercial what it is today. Sure she was influenced by many other artists but do you seriously think that OGITW isn't influenced by what Gaga has made HUGE again in the last 2 years? The thumping bass and huge chorus, more than one hook and the upbeat feel. Sure Gaga didn't invent it but now your fave is following that formula.
Gaga played Speechless numerous times live at events and if ballads aren't selling like dance tracks why on earth would an artist be stupid enough to release one? It's not about taking risks, it's about common sense and playing the market.
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Member Since: 9/24/2008
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Originally posted by 1-N-Only21
But 2 million people bought it. Lackluster or not, saying "the public has lost interest" is false.
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When you compare the sales to the GGGB era, saying that the public has lost interest is a fair statement to make.
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Originally posted by zzmyth
Rated R singles sales:
Rockstar 101: 377.000 copies
Russian Roulette: 830.000 copies
Hard 1.721.000 copies
Rude Boy 2.240.000 copies
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Originally posted by Aliens & Rainbows
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You haven't even heard the album. Sit.
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Member Since: 6/10/2010
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Originally posted by Aliens & Rainbows
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One single doesn't justify the WHOLE album.
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Member Since: 11/1/2009
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Originally posted by 1-N-Only21
But 2 million people bought it. Lackluster or not, saying "the public has lost interest" is false.
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Exactly.
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Member Since: 6/16/2010
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I have no doubt that I will love Loud and Rated R did grow on me.
But saying that it isn't generic dance/pop is just dumb, but in the end that is what is selling so that is what to put out there. I don't know why you are all freaking out about people saying it's generic, if it's good music and YOU like it, who the **** cares?
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Member Since: 12/25/2009
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Originally posted by BadBitchRihanna.
I'm not talking about singles wise. Why hasn't gaga put out a ballad? Or taking risk like rihanna did with Russian Roulette? Gaga is as commerical as it gets.
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actually i remember that in the 2008 people said that Lady gaga wasn't commercial..
btw i agree with on the commercial part about lady gaga but the rihanna comment was uncalled for.
Maybe she had good intentions but the random names dropping is obnoxious and makes her sound more arrogant that she actually is...
if lady gaga said the same thing you'd be even more pissed than some fans here...
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Member Since: 2/17/2010
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Originally posted by tcatron565
Now that I think about it, this comment has to be fake. Her and Katy are actually really great friends. Why would she say that Katy's music is generic if she's friends with her? Makes no sense to me.
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It's true, it was a live interview on BBC Radio 1 and I myself heard it.
Rihanna always has hard time explaining herself, and she didn't meant what the Rihanna haters wanted the people to believe she meant.
She meant that she wants to stand for her own, she doesn't want to record what Katy, Gaga and Ke$ha already did* (Ofcourse she didn't mean it in a bad way). She wants to be "Rihanna", she wants to have her own music, to be recognized for her own.
*That's what she meant by generic - Not being the same as other artist, but being herself.
She misused the word 'Generic'. And look what happened...
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Originally posted by itstotallybea
Gaga made commercial what it is today. Sure she was influenced by many other artists but do you seriously think that OGITW isn't influenced by what Gaga has made HUGE again in the last 2 years? The thumping bass and huge chorus, more than one hook and the upbeat feel. Sure Gaga didn't invent it but now your fave is following that formula.
Gaga played Speechless numerous times live at events and if ballads aren't selling like dance tracks why on earth would an artist be stupid enough to release one? It's not about taking risks, it's about common sense and playing the market.
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Ever heard S.O.S. or Don't Stop The Music?
You give GaGa way too much credit. GaGa hasn't done anything innovative musically-speaking. The only risks she takes are with her image, nothing more. Rihanna RETURNED to her dance-roots with "Only Girl", she isn't following Lady GaGa.
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Originally posted by itstotallybea
I have no doubt that I will love Loud and Rated R did grow on me.
But saying that it isn't generic dance/pop is just dumb, but in the end that is what is selling so that is what to put out there. I don't know why you are all freaking out about people saying it's generic, if it's good music and YOU like it, who the **** cares?
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Not saying Only Girl is uber original or anything, but can you name one song out right now that sounds like it?
Just curious.
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Originally posted by starstruck52
Ever heard S.O.S. or Don't Stop The Music?
You give GaGa way too much credit. GaGa hasn't done anything innovative musically-speaking. The only risks she takes are with her image, nothing more. Rihanna RETURNED to her dance-roots with "Only Girl", she isn't following Lady GaGa.
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In actual fact SOS and DSTM don't really sound much like anything by Gaga.
And if you are going to start spouting crap at least get it right, Rihanna's routes are much more in reggae influenced music, she was not initially a pop/dance diva, she changed after 2 albums, so she is not going back to 'her roots' she is going back to what worked before.
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Gaga didn't start anything, she just jumped on the trend.
The only thing "unique" about her is the way she dresses.
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Originally posted by starstruck52
You give GaGa way too much credit. GaGa hasn't done anything innovative musically-speaking. The only risks she takes are with her image, nothing more.
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Member Since: 6/16/2010
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Originally posted by starstruck52
Not saying Only Girl is uber original or anything, but can you name one song out right now that sounds like it?
Just curious.
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Multiple things on the British charts and American charts, it is the popular type of music at the moment so there are going to be similar songs. Go look up any upbeat dance/pop song that has been a hit in the last year, there will be similarities.
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Member Since: 10/7/2009
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Originally posted by itstotallybea
In actual fact SOS and DSTM don't really sound much like anything by Gaga.
And if you are going to start spouting crap at least get it right, Rihanna's routes are much more in reggae influenced music, she was not initially a pop/dance diva, she changed after 2 albums, so she is not going back to 'her roots' she is going back to what worked before.
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Only Girl doesn't sound like anything by GaGa, either.
And it doesn't matter what her roots are. She's been there and done that way before GaGa had a record deal. Stop saying she's following GaGa.
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Member Since: 7/30/2010
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Originally posted by itstotallybea
In actual fact SOS and DSTM don't really sound much like anything by Gaga.
And if you are going to start spouting crap at least get it right, Rihanna's routes are much more in reggae influenced music, she was not initially a pop/dance diva, she changed after 2 albums, so she is not going back to 'her roots' she is going back to what worked before.
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U gotta sell out to make in the biz
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