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The official Rihanna thread
Topic Started: Dec 31 2007, 08:02 PM (16,731 Views)
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johnnox
Sep 13 2012, 02:54 PM
Thanks God. The thought of there being a week where a Rihanna track wasn't in the charts actually made my erection wilt.

(thankfully the 15-year-old Indian boy I own fixed the wilting problem)
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Official, "Rihanna's new single called "Diamonds" will be released on Wednesday".
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Ne-Yo confirmed that he had been working with Rihanna and that two songs he had written would make the album's final track listing. Sean Garrett spoke on the album's sound saying it was "a great mish-mash of genres"

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Another Loud or TTT then. Why doesn't girl take her time to deliver something a bit more cohesive and substantial? Surely the writers jobbing on her albums are at the point of EXHAUSTION?
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She's not a true artist though. I doubt she'll ever be able to deliver an album like that. I'm not saying I don't like a lot of her music, because I do, but I don't think this girl has *anything* to say. She's incredibly vaccuous and immature.
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New single cover:

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Riverwide
Sep 24 2012, 03:05 PM
She's not a true artist though. I doubt she'll ever be able to deliver an album like that. I'm not saying I don't like a lot of her music, because I do, but I don't think this girl has *anything* to say. She's incredibly vaccuous and immature.
I know she doesn't have anything to say but at least deliver an album that's consistent in sound and hopefully atmosphere instead of oh I'll take one of these mid tempo carribean tracks, and one of these ballads and one of those big dance tracks and here, we have an album.


Oh and :lmao: :lmao: at her hilariously desperate album cover. THUGLYFE
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Riverwide
Sep 24 2012, 03:05 PM
She's not a true artist though. I doubt she'll ever be able to deliver an album like that. I'm not saying I don't like a lot of her music, because I do, but I don't think this girl has *anything* to say. She's incredibly vaccuous and immature.
She will be interesting when she hits 30, I think
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Lyrics to "Diamonds" which premieres tomorrow:

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20 minutes til the new single premieres...
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Radio rip on Soundcloud:

http://soundcloud.com/rihanna/diamonds
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Bit disappointing. Just when you think it's about to take off into a big soaring chorus, it doesn't happen. Probably her weakest lead single as far as I'm concerned. It sounds like a decent album track.
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GimmeSomeRiver
Sep 24 2012, 11:43 AM
Another Loud or TTT then. Why doesn't girl take her time to deliver something a bit more cohesive and substantial? Surely the writers jobbing on her albums are at the point of EXHAUSTION?
:lmao:

Pictured below: Rihanna's writing team are well under way finishing off her new record.

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from popjustice...

Rihanna’s brand new single ‘Diamonds’ has received its first play today, and goes on sale later.

It’s a great song, but is it good enough?

Let’s have a look at the problems Rihanna is facing.

1. Transient fanbase
Pop is a notoriously fast-moving genre, with fans quick to seize new artists and leave past favourites for dust. It seems to us that Rihanna has simply left it too long to follow up her last album. Who is holding Rihanna back? Is she not working hard enough? Are her label not pushing her? Why is she being allowed to drift like this?

If Rihanna’s new single misses the Top 40 – and she can by no means guarantee a hit – her work-rate will be at least partly to blame.

You might think she and her team would have learned their lesson from previous releases, when she went as long as eight days between single campaigns, but it seems no lessons have been learned.

2. Patchy past releases
Another reason people might not immediately gravitate towards a new Rihanna song is that her release history has been patchy at best.

(No wonder she has waited so long to release a Greatest Hits album – she simply doesn’t have a strong enough catalogue.)

Again this comes back to her reluctance to work hard enough.

3. Failure to embrace social media
Can’t Rihanna use sites like Twitter to keep fans updated on her movements and thoughts? How about embracing newer networks like Instagram?

She needs to engage!

4. Poor A&R
The blame here lies squarely at her label. How about recruiting hot producers? Bringing in big songwriters? What about some collaborations with artists who are already doing well?

There have been some big opportunities missed here.

5. Radio play
Could ‘Diamonds’ be the single that finally gives Rihanna a radio hit?

In the UK, America and all other major territories, radio stations have been notoriously reluctant to play Rihanna songs. UK stations like Radio 1 and Kiss will often allow more than twelve minutes to pass without playing a Rihanna song, or a song on which she has featured.

Obviously the lack of decent tunes outlined above, and her reluctance to promote, is partly the cause, but after all these years cracking away at the charts isn’t it time radio gave Rihanna a break? Maybe they could just try giving ‘Diamonds’ some spot plays to see how their audiences react.

You never know – young music fans might actually quite enjoy hearing a Rihanna song, and might even go out and buy some music as a result!

Come on, radio, give Rihanna a chance. Help Rihanna so she can help herself.
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Good song. All the cocaine without going too literal.
It is interesting to me. The song, not the drug. Way better then her 2 previous lead singles, IMO, it has layers.

Mature song, that ppl expected from her.
Edited by Anastasia Beaverhausen, Sep 26 2012, 06:07 PM.
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Yeah, it's so deep and profound. A real head-scratcher. I've been sitting here trying to decipher its hidden meanings all afternoon. So musically complex too and not at all banal or generic.
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Also I like lyrics and her voice take main part in this song, the production just compliments
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Sep 26 2012, 06:11 PM
Yeah, it's so deep and profound. A real head-scratcher. I've been sitting here trying to decipher its hidden meanings all afternoon. So musically complex too and not at all banal or generic.
It is not very generic. Well. Generic at it's best!!
Don't try to compare Rihanna to Pink Floyd.

It is pop, and this song is .... Very enjoyable, it's not a 'drivel....' like, at all.
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I love this song on the 5th listen. Great pop as it should be.
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