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Originally posted by ifyouseekLEM
Agreed, I'm just sayin.....
You can still be a "popstar" and put out critically appeasing music.
...and it's not like Rude Boy wasn't a massive hit. It was on the critically acclaimed Rated R and still maintained her "big player in the music industry" status.
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Rude Boy was a massive hit, but the problem is it was the
only massive hit. Def Jam was ready to close up shop on the entire Rated R project until RB came along, and still did it anyway afterwards.
You cannot blame an artist who put out an emotional, deep, personal album that wasn't accepted by a majority of the public. Rihanna did all she could. The music buying public just isn't into that stuff. 80% of the album was a ballad or midtempo, something that is just not acceptable for a big, mainstream popstar. Rihanna had to put out commercial Loud to certify her spot in the industry.
Critical acclaim doesn't pay the bills. Her quality isn't dwindling, she just went into a more commercial route that brings in the money, just as every other artist does.