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The official Rihanna thread
Topic Started: Dec 31 2007, 08:02 PM (16,722 Views)
GimmeSomeRiver
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Jump aka Pony is clearly the best thing to happen to pop music since Heavy Metal Lover.
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I do like that one. I also like Stay, No Love Allowed and Lost In Paradise. I even like the Guetta track. It's just the more hip-hop tuneless stuff I'm not into, so it's a mixed bag for me.
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Nov 16 2012, 11:14 PM
The bad stuff on this album is REALLY bad:

Fresh Off The Runway
Numb
Power Up
Loveeee Song

All of them are utterly tuneless and so, so boring. After those, the album kicks into life, but they truly are *dire*.
Fresh Off The Runway sucks.
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Nov 17 2012, 10:34 AM
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Nov 16 2012, 11:14 PM
The bad stuff on this album is REALLY bad:

Fresh Off The Runway
Numb
Power Up
Loveeee Song

All of them are utterly tuneless and so, so boring. After those, the album kicks into life, but they truly are *dire*.
Fresh Off The Runway sucks.
It really is just repetitive drivel. How can anyone listen to that and enjoy it?
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Nov 17 2012, 12:43 PM
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Nov 17 2012, 10:34 AM
Riverwide
Nov 16 2012, 11:14 PM
The bad stuff on this album is REALLY bad:

Fresh Off The Runway
Numb
Power Up
Loveeee Song

All of them are utterly tuneless and so, so boring. After those, the album kicks into life, but they truly are *dire*.
Fresh Off The Runway sucks.
It really is just repetitive drivel. How can anyone listen to that and enjoy it?
Suddenly Guetta produced this one too... Surprise, isn't it?

I found myself addicted to this song. It's not the type of music I like. It's actually an improved Willow Smith's 'My Hair', which is.. not for me.

But still I never skip it, and... well, enjoy. WTF with this? Or me :chuckle:
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I m loving this album it captures the best of the 90s.. Nobodys business sounds like a MJ song with MJ singing too
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Unapologetic is #1 on 57 countries' iTunes, US and UK included
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I m loving this album it captures the best of the 90s.. Nobodys business sounds like a MJ song with MJ singing too
It contains "interpolations" from Jacko's The Way You Make Me Feel.
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I'm in love with this album, I like every song including the tuneless ones :chuckle:
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Think I listened enough to judge the songs

1. "Phresh Out the Runway" - 7/10
2. "Diamonds" - 9/10
3. "Numb" (ft. Eminem) - 6/10
4. "Pour It Up" - 7/10
5. "Loveeeeeee Song" (ft. Future) - 4/10
6. "Jump" - 9.5/10
7. "Right Now" - 6/10
8. "What Now" - 8/10
9. "Stay" (ft. Mikky Ekko) - 10/10
10. "Nobodies Business" (ft. Chris Brown) - 9/10
11. "Love Without Tragedy" / "Mother Mary" - 9.5/10
12. "Get It Over With" - 7/10
13. "No Love Allowed" - 9/10
14. "Lost in Paradise" - 8/10
15. "Half of Me" (Bonus Track) - 8/10

'Jump' is great, just feels like it's been for years with us already, not because of Genuwine's Pony (never heard this one before). Kinda too instant.

'What Now' misses the building. She already starts screaming 'what now' when nothing has happened in the song yet. A bit longer verses, and it could be perfect.

'Mother Mary' has grown on me considerably. If only the lyrics were a bit less predictable. Though they fits the idea of the song.

All the urban beginning is fresh and addictive. Phresh, Numb and Pour It Up while reproducing classic urban sounds and themes, represent the best of it's own kind.

So now I skip 'Loveee Song' only. It's not awful, but not good either. If you throw it out, you get the perfect flow from "Pour It Up' to 'Jump'.


Album as a whole - strong 9/10. Loveeeee it ;)
Edited by Anastasia Beaverhausen, Nov 19 2012, 03:52 PM.
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1. "Phresh Out the Runway" - 3/10
2. "Diamonds" - 8/10
3. "Numb" (ft. Eminem) - 5/10
4. "Pour It Up" - 4/10
5. "Loveeeeeee Song" (ft. Future) - 4/10
6. "Jump" - 8/10
7. "Right Now" - 8/10
8. "What Now" - 7/10
9. "Stay" (ft. Mikky Ekko) - 10/10
10. "Nobody's Business" (ft. Chris Brown) - 9/10
11. "Love Without Tragedy" / "Mother Mary" - 7/10
12. "Get It Over With" - 6/10
13. "No Love Allowed" - 8/10
14. "Lost in Paradise" - 7/10
15. "Half of Me" - 8/10
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There'll be a live stream of her London showcase concert tonight in one hour 10 minutes(10PM GMT)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceEsTxYzGhQ#
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I turned off her live stream after 15 minutes. Beyond awful.
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Writing credits for Unapologetic.
Rihanna Fenty has 11 credits out of 15 songs, with Pour It Up she comes first. So whatever it means, she's involved in some way in writing.


1. Phresh Out The Runway - Written by David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Terius Nash and R. Fenty. Produced by David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort for What A Music Ltd. / Piano Music and Terius Nash for The Nash Estate.

2. Diamonds - Written by Sia Furler, B. Levin, M.S. Eriksen and T.E. Hermansen. Produced by Stargate for 45th and 3rd Music LLC & Benny Blanco for Matza Ball Productions Inc.

3. Numb - Written by Sam Dew, R. Fenty, Warren Felder, Ronald Flip Colson and Pop Wensel. Produced by @Oakwud for GOOOOOOOO!!! Music/The Starr Island Group & @Flippa123 for Private Stock Entertainment/GOOOOOOOO!!! Music/The Starr Island Group & @PopWansel for Private Stock Entertainment/GOOOOOOOO!!!Music/The Starr Island Group

4. Pour It Up - Written by R. Fenty, Micheal Williams, Theron Thomas and Timmothy Thomas. Produced By Mike Will Made-It for Eardrummers Entertainment LLC and Co-Produced by J-Bo for Eardrummers Entertainment, LLC

5. Loveeeeeee Song ft Future - Written by Nayvadius Wilburn, Denisea Blu June Andrews and R. Fenty. Produced By Future for FreeBandz, LLC

6. Jump - Written by Kevin Cossum, M.B. Williams, M.S. Eriksen, T.E. Hermansen, S. Milton and W. Kennard. Produced By Stargate for 45th and 3rd Music LLC and Chase and Status.

7. Right Now ft David Guetta - Written by Terius Nash, R. Fenty, David Guetta, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Shaffer Smith, Giorgio Tuinfort and Nick Rotteveel. Produced By David Guetta, StarGate for 45th and 3rd Music LLC, Nicky Romero and Giorgio Tuinfort for What A Music Ltd. / Piano Music

8. What Now - Written by Olivia Waithe, Robyn Fenty, Parker Ighile and Nathan Cassells. Produced by Parker Ighile for Ighile Music Group and Co-Produced by Nathan Cassells Deauxpe Music/Regime Music Societe

9. Stay ft Mikky Ekko - Written by Mikky Ekko, Justin Parker and Elof Loelv. Produced by: Mikky Ekko, Elof Loelv and Justin Parker

10. Nobodys Business ft Chris Brown - Written by Terius Nash, R. Fenty and Carlos McKinney. Produced by The Dream for Radiokilla.com Since 1977 and Carlos McKinney

11. Love Without Tragedy - Written by Terius Nash, R. Fenty and Carlos McKinney. Produced by Terius Nash for The Nash Estate and Produced by Carlos "Los" McKinney for da mystro music

Mother Mary - Written by Terius Nash, R. Fenty and Carlos McKinney. Produced by: Produced by Terius Nash for The Nash Estate and Produced by Carlos "Los" McKinney for da mystro music

12. Get It Over With - Written by James Fauntleroy, R. Fenty and Brian Seals. Produced By Brian Kennedy

13. No Love Allowed - Written by Sean "Elijah Blake" Fenton, R. Fenty, Alexander Izquierdo, Ernest Wilson and Steve Wyreman. Produced By No ID for Rich Daily since ’71.

14. Lost In Paradise - Written by E.Dean, R. Fenty, T.Mckenzie, M.S. Eriksen and T.E. Hermansen. Produced By Stargate for 45th & 3rd Music LLC &Labrinth for Da Way Forward.

DELUXE VERSION
15. Half Of Me - Written by A.E Sande, S. Khan, M.S. Eriksen and T.E. Hermansen. Produced By Stargate for 45th & 3rd Music LLC &Naughty Boy for Delirious Blacksmith Mgmt Ltd.
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Or maybe 12 credits. Robyn Fenty for What Now is probably her. Her full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty.
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Nov 20 2012, 07:19 AM
Writing credits for Unapologetic.
Rihanna Fenty has 11 credits out of 15 songs, with Pour It Up she comes first. So whatever it means, she's involved in some way in writing.
It thought it was 'kind of stupid' to judge her for not writing.
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Nov 20 2012, 09:53 AM
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Nov 20 2012, 07:19 AM
Writing credits for Unapologetic.
Rihanna Fenty has 11 credits out of 15 songs, with Pour It Up she comes first. So whatever it means, she's involved in some way in writing.
It thought it was 'kind of stupid' to judge her for not writing.
it? ;)

Well I was already interested in how much she's involved in the whole process. Looks like she is, to some degree. I also checked, she has no credits on Loud, but had some on Rated R.
And no judging on Loud cause of that.
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‘Rihanna Is Keeping Us From Sleeping or Eating or Going Outside or Using a Bathroom’: an Anonymous Rihanna Plane Captive Speaks Out
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Last Wednesday, more than 150 fans and journalists boarded a Boeing 777 with pop-star Rihanna, heading out for a seven-day, seven-country, seven-concert tour imaginatively entitled #777Tour. But after a frenzied, drunken take-off, the tour has descended into naked, mutinous madness, led by the wild, nude, harmonica-playing Australian contingent.

We asked one of the Rihanna 150 to tell us the story of their sleep-and-bathroom-deprived captivity. The communique we received is the Argo of #777Tour.
Here's the thing: on the surface, it sounded like so much fun.
Seven glamorous cities (or, okay — six and Toronto) enjoying a private plane, intimate performances, free hotels and star-studded after parties with Rihanna.

Even if you're not the biggest fan of her or even of pop music, it doesn't sound so bad. Some of us bragged on Facebook and Twitter. Our friends asked: would there be WEEEEEEED on the plane? Would Chris Brown show up? Are you going to try to have SEX with her?

And we were like, Totally, guys. Totally. I'd be lying if I say I wasn't doing a whole lot of hubristic "U MAD?"-ing to blogger friends and people who made fun of my teeth in high school.

And at first, it all seemed like it was going to go so well. She "interacted" with us on the first day, sloppily pouring champagne into our outstretched plastic tumblers, demanding that we spend the week "partying" with her, and even challenging a sexy young English journalist to a "Zoolander"-style plane aisle walk-off.

Maybe, MAYBE I idly entertained thoughts of Rihanna and me, walking arm and arm into one of those cheap nail salons. We'd wear huge-logo sunglasses and read about her in foot-bath-splashed US magazines, still so giddy from brunch that I tell that dude-with-the-funny-balls-story that even the nail technicians laugh softly while gently removing her previous Swarovski gel pedi.

But after that first, coruscating appearance, Rihanna was gone. And I do mean gone.

I hesitate to say that she looked visibly drunk or generally "on some of the hard shit" during her performances, so let me just say that we came to expect a three hour delay before she went on every night.

She barely does any of her own singing, which isn't a huge pearl-clutcher, but at least Britney danced a little. For Rihanna, just licking her lips during a song constitutes a taxing, elaborate physical routine that deserves a couple of mid-performance tequila shots.

The fans who won seats on the plane from radio and Internet promotions went from feeling a little disappointed that they hadn't seen more of the main attraction to wondering miserably when they'd be able to sleep or go home. That is not something you're supposed to feel when you win a fabulous contest, probably.

The journalists agonized vocally and collectively about how to post anything resembling newsworthy on a daily basis. What do you file when you are rarely allowed outside of buses or planes or hotel "day stays" (read: naps, for those who can take them) except to see some visibly bored Barbadian wearing a t-shirt as a dress doing robotic, indifferent karaoke?

The shows are hilariously rote. "What the fuck is up, Mexico City?" "What the fuck is up, Toronto?" "What the fuck is up, Paris?" "What the fuck is up, [Insert Epcot Center City Here]?" followed by a tight sixty minutes of lip synching and lethargic thigh-slapping.

At least Johnny Cash did his own singing, and when he was too drunk to do that, occasionally collapsed into the footlights to give everybody a little thrill.

The parts we love the best are when she "ad libs," gives a "special fan" an HTC phone (hahahahhahahahah), or pretends like she "just heard" someone request "What's My Name?", which she somehow sings while holding the mic at her crotch, air-chewing invisible Big League Chew and staring into the wings.

Please don't misunderstand: we were mostly all VERY excited to be a part of this.

But this was work for a lot of us, and one person was basically responsible for not only regularly keeping us from doing our jobs, but from sleeping or eating or going outside or even using a bathroom.

A frequent complaint on the trip? Some variation of "I want a glass of water so badly, but I guess I should be glad I don't, because then I'd have to pee."

It is hard to pee when you are trapped on a bus with no bathrooms for hours and hours because you don't know when you can board your plane. I get the vitriol being directed at the press here. We're on a free trip to Europe (fun!) and with Rihanna (again, theoretically fun!) and drink from the jet's copious Ace supply (D.C. al Fine!). But if being upset that we couldn't work, drink water or piss regularly makes us privileged dicks, I guess we're privileged dicks.

OK, there have been some bright spots. When we ARE on the plane, we are fed and kept in fluids alcoholic and non by the incredible flight crew. They. Are. Excellent. Let it not go unmentioned that the staff of the 777 have treated us like gold. They are working hard and are excellent company and great sports.

Additionally, as on most awful press trips, the camaraderie is unparalleled. As Fuse's Esteban Serran pointed out, the "riot" was almost a good thing for the journalists: "We were looking for a story, and we've turned out to be the story." I'd go a step further and say, "Delirious and denied a story, some drunk Aussies made one."

Many of us here have gone on tour with artists before, but none of us recalls being on one where they didn't make sure we were at least able to bathe and sleep or get a modicum of taxed-but-gracious face time with the artist. Omarion was brought up as a shining example, if that gives you some perspective.

If you resent the Rihannaplane 150 that's fine. We understand. We would resent us if we were not here.

But please picture what it would be like going to your job if there was no toilet, kitchen, water fountain, faucet, or lunch break, and instead of going home at the end of the night, they made you wait standing up in an airport while the person responsible for determining when you go home laid around getting fucked up and wearing European money like pasties. (Ed. note: See above.)

That's the clearest way I can try to explain what might seem to the outside observer to be a disproportionate discontent on an otherwise once-in-a-lifetime sort of opportunity.

And to the good (seriously, good) people running to 777 Tour for IDJ and UMG, let me paraphrase Mary Poppins, "Though we adore you individually, we agree that as an idea, this was rather stupid."

*Incidentally, it's been fun to hear from the commentariat who wish we would crash. You seem really great; hope they put you on the next Rihannaplane.

Throughout the #777Tour, Gawker.com will be bringing you updates about the status, location, activities and smells of the Rihanna Plane and its inhabitants, cobbled together from the infrequent, incomplete dispatches of the embedded Rihanna correspondents.


http://gawker.com/5961959/rihanna-is-keeping-us-from-sleeping-or-eating-or-going-outside-or-using-a-bathroom-an-anonymous-rihanna-plane-captive-speaks-out

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RIHANNA THROWS A FIT ON STAGE


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also this: http://www.popjustice.com/blogs/ponderunway/
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