Now I wouldn't mind sharing an Umbrella with this lady.
Since the Chris Brown incident last year, Rihanna has seemed to be constantly in the media spotlight, and everyone was anticipating what was coming next from the Barbados singer. In the last couple of years, Rihanna has drastically changed her style, and I'm not just talking about her physical appearence, her music style has also changed. Back in her 'Pon de Replay' days the music was very reggae influenced, most likely due to her Carribean roots.
I've heard a lot of bad things about 'Rated R', and to be honest, I couldn't give a crap what they say - I love Rihanna as an artist and as a person, she's a beautiful woman with an edgy style and is forfronting a new sound for R'n'B, and she's still going strong, despite what's happened to her in the past.
'Russian Roulette', the albums first single is probably the most controversial track on 'Rated R' it is about suicide basically, yet there's something so raw in Rihanna's voice (which is really strange as it's probably been autotuned.. a lot) and it feels so honest, and sometimes I wonder if I should be listening to this song about suicide, and singing along to it.
I think this whole album is honest, but it's also a big 'f*ck you' to Chris Brown, 'Rude Boy' is another slightly controversial song, I believe it's an expression of changing feminity, and I'm glad Rihanna has done this, she sings "give it to me baby like boom boom boom" something heard often in a lot of male hip-hop. It's getting back at the objectifying of women in music. The message is powerful, playful and would certainly be uncomfortable for men to listen to. "Come here rude boy boy, can you get it up" I have male friends who think this song shouldn't be played on the radio as it's 'too much'. It's another push for feminism, and it's awesome.
'Cold Case Love' is definately describing the turbulant relationship between Rihanna and Brown. "What you did to me was a crime" again, it has that raw passion from 'Russian Roulette' and the song is coming straight from Rihanna's heart. It sounds somewhat acoustic, as there is very little background instrumental, it's a really beautiful song, and Rihanna's voice sounds so nice on it. I know she's not the best singer in the business right now, and she doesn't claim to be - she always sings live when I've seen her on TV, and sometimes she hits a bum note. I don't care, she gave it her best shot.
Since the Chris Brown incident last year, Rihanna has seemed to be constantly in the media spotlight, and everyone was anticipating what was coming next from the Barbados singer. In the last couple of years, Rihanna has drastically changed her style, and I'm not just talking about her physical appearence, her music style has also changed. Back in her 'Pon de Replay' days the music was very reggae influenced, most likely due to her Carribean roots.
I've heard a lot of bad things about 'Rated R', and to be honest, I couldn't give a crap what they say - I love Rihanna as an artist and as a person, she's a beautiful woman with an edgy style and is forfronting a new sound for R'n'B, and she's still going strong, despite what's happened to her in the past.
'Russian Roulette', the albums first single is probably the most controversial track on 'Rated R' it is about suicide basically, yet there's something so raw in Rihanna's voice (which is really strange as it's probably been autotuned.. a lot) and it feels so honest, and sometimes I wonder if I should be listening to this song about suicide, and singing along to it.
I think this whole album is honest, but it's also a big 'f*ck you' to Chris Brown, 'Rude Boy' is another slightly controversial song, I believe it's an expression of changing feminity, and I'm glad Rihanna has done this, she sings "give it to me baby like boom boom boom" something heard often in a lot of male hip-hop. It's getting back at the objectifying of women in music. The message is powerful, playful and would certainly be uncomfortable for men to listen to. "Come here rude boy boy, can you get it up" I have male friends who think this song shouldn't be played on the radio as it's 'too much'. It's another push for feminism, and it's awesome.
'Cold Case Love' is definately describing the turbulant relationship between Rihanna and Brown. "What you did to me was a crime" again, it has that raw passion from 'Russian Roulette' and the song is coming straight from Rihanna's heart. It sounds somewhat acoustic, as there is very little background instrumental, it's a really beautiful song, and Rihanna's voice sounds so nice on it. I know she's not the best singer in the business right now, and she doesn't claim to be - she always sings live when I've seen her on TV, and sometimes she hits a bum note. I don't care, she gave it her best shot.I love most of the tracks on this album 'Firebomb', 'Cold Case Love', 'Rude Boy' and 'Hard' are the standout tracks for me, and the weakest track would probably be 'G4L' it feels seperated from the overall theme of the album.
One thing 'Rated R' has been criticised for, is that it opens a door into too much of Rihanna's personal life - I think this is very hypocritical of the critics, because they often slate the R'n'B genre for not being honest enough, and 'indie' music is always praised on it's truth and meaningful lyrics. Well personally, I think that's bollocks, and I love this album - I can't get enough of it. I know fine well Rihanna has a great career ahead of her, and she'll continue to be a style icon for many women.
9/10
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