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Originally posted by KoreanDream
Not one of her best. But very underrated. Do you think WYT was the original lead single?
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LBOE and I stan so hard for that video. It is one of the highlights of the Rated R era, in my opinion. Though, they wasted it by releasing it the way that they did. It should have been more anticipated. I do think that it was potentially the lead single, but it would have performed much worse than "Russian Roulette" in America. It was going to be the second single, but the label released "Hard" instead. It was probably for the best, though.
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Originally posted by KoreanDream
I hated Rated R until around April of 2010. Even then, I only kind of liked it. It wasn't until August of 2010 that I absolutely adored and appreciated the music, performances, visuals, etc. A shame that I didn't realize the true genius of the Rated R era until after it had ended. I think a lot of people were like that, and that's why it didn't do too well.
I don't know why people dislike Loud so much. I think the music is great and I'm so happy to see her doing so well. Not to mention that I love the look for this era. It's nice to have bright Rihanna back. It had been 4 years, after all.
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I also feel that most people hated it until it was over as well. I think the main reason was because the fashion and music that era wasn't everybody's cup of tea. Most people still had the Chris Brown incident on their minds during the entire era, and I think that most felt like the darkness/edginess of Rated R was too sudden. She didn't transition into it slowly like she did into more mature music between Music Of The Sun, A Girl Like Me, and Good Girl Gone Bad. She went from a bubbly, fun dance record to a very dark, dramatic record that had literally every genre known to man on it. So, I can understand why people didn't like it at first. But it's really refreshing to see all of the people stanning for Rated R on here, even if the era is over with.
I love the look and the music, too. Though, the red hair did get a little boring after a few months. But she has been very consistent this era with singles, videos, performances, etc. And I was so glad to have the happy Rihanna back.