[MrFenty]

Well I don't think Man Down has flopped. It was designed for Urban, not to be a #1 single, but it's doing good on urban, so i have hope lol

[Tricky]

Originally posted by ViTiLiGO

Nothing sounded like Umbrella back in 07

Drink to That.

[Cas]

Originally posted by MusicTalker

I can't at people saying Umbrella was a completely safe single choice.

I loved the song from the first listen so from my point of view it wasn't so risky. And everytime when someone was saying that Umbrella was a flop song, I was like .

[$CBCOOL$]

I think Umbrella was a grower because at first when I heard it I was like & , then I continued listening to it and ened up liking it.

[Cas]

Originally posted by HarrySapphire

I always knew dual release isn't gonna work, not for her that's why I wanted CKB to be released first.

Cheers was the best option for the summer, as many of the Navy said. Man Down video though >>>>>>

[Win]

So my bitch Harry is here

[Win]

The fact that CKB peaks higher than Man Down alone proves everything.And yes because It had the promotions.

[Cas]

Originally posted by HarrySapphire

Man Down seems like an essential move to portray the variety of the album. However, I believed Def Jam must have thought that releasing CKB before Man Down would be a bad idea, given they thought both would become big hits and gonna take time to cool down and would cause LoudR to be delayed for that reason.

Dual release would cool down faster and prepare for LoudR but now that both flopped , let's play the blame game.

The transition from S&M to CKB was a mess. First, Rihanna performed CKB instead of S&M when S&M was in a huge need of promo. Then Rihanna again performed CKB, while S&M was still strong and if I remember correctly CKB reached 30 on iTunes but again fell like a rock. Even worse, it took ages for DJam to release CKB on radio.

[JungleDisturbia]

Why do we have to wait so long for some LoudR news?

The good thing is, the LOUD Tour's American leg is almost finished. So Rihanna has the majority of August and September to actually work on the new EP.

[Cas]

Originally posted by HarrySapphire

Sis let's not talk about S&M anymore since it did its job. The #1 is ours.

Is it only me hoping CKB would get a third wind? Since it's a ballad after all. It takes time.

I meant that she began with the promotion of CKB too early when S&M hadn't still reached its peak.

[Deemy]

Originally posted by JungleDisturbia

Why do we have to wait so long for some LoudR news?

The good thing is, the LOUD Tour's American leg is almost finished. So Rihanna has the majority of August and September to actually work on the new EP.

She's headlining a festival in Finland come August, so she has to go and prepare for that plus she's planning on doing a new fragrance and re design her Europe Leg. U know Rihanna aint gonna do the same thing for the Loud Tour in Europe. Especially since they waited longer and bought majority of her albums. Plus she has to do photoshoots for the re release. Expect details on the single in August. It probably wont drop until Late September/October. Because she has Fly coming out in August and they dont want it to clash with her new single. That's why they have been postponing it for so long. Now that MD and CKB arent doing anything Fly will be out to keep her presence on radio.

[Legendtina]

I think Fly is gonna flop, too.

[Cas]

Originally posted by HarrySapphire

We need ****ing news. She's so quiet lately. I'd take it even if she harasses Cici on twitter again.

OT: Don't cut off my navy balls for asking this question but what music genre was Umbrella - Pop, RnB or sth else?

[Wazzzup]

I heard Man Down on Pop radio today. What the ****?

[dposton]

Originally posted by Deemy

She's headlining a festival in Finland come August, so she has to go and prepare for that plus she's planning on doing a new fragrance and re design her Europe Leg. U know Rihanna aint gonna do the same thing for the Loud Tour in Europe. Especially since they waited longer and bought majority of her albums. Plus she has to do photoshoots for the re release. Expect details on the single in August. It probably wont drop until Late September/October. Because she has Fly coming out in August and they dont want it to clash with her new single. That's why they have been postponing it for so long. Now that MD and CKB arent doing anything Fly will be out to keep her presence on radio.

Bro these are your assumptions, not facts.

[Wazzzup]

Originally posted by Cas

OT: Don't cut off my navy balls for asking this question but what music genre was Umbrella - Pop, RnB or sth else?

It's Pop. Most of her songs are pop.

[Cas]

Originally posted by Wazzzup

I heard Man Down on Pop radio today. What the ****?

Should we expect an increase in AI?

[Wazzzup]

Originally posted by HarrySapphire

True. But her urban tracks mostly **** hard

I think she's Pop since GGGB. she was urban in the MOTS - AGLM era.

[Wazzzup]

Originally posted by Cas

Should we expect an increase in AI?

I don't live in the US. I live in the Netherlands.

[Cas]

Originally posted by HarrySapphire

this **** still slays me over and over. epic!!!!!!!

Wait, if Harry is back, so is HeavyMetalLover. :redthing: