For whatever reason, someone has put it into Rihanna‘s head that she has a good voice.
Yes, call us cruel if you want to, but after seven years of half hearted live shows and bleating over unsuspecting dance cuts, it’s time to be honest:
Mariah in ‘Glitter‘ > Rihanna Live.
Case in point?
Peep her performing ‘We Found Love‘ at the the Time 100 Gala on Tuesday night below…
Recently admitting she rarely has time to rehearse, sets like these are a reminder as to why almost ten years in- she still lacks the regard GaGa has garnered in half the time.
It seems, that with the folk over at ROC fully aware of her ‘shortcomings’, their plan is to pump as much money out of her while they can by putting out LP’s each year.
Realizing, that unlike a Beyonce, Alexandra or Aguilera, Fenty’s voice isn’t strong to enough to stand the test of time- strong enough to keep the public interested if she ever decided to take a lengthy break, or decided to do a Celine-esque Vegas show well into her forties.
So for that, we hope Riri is stacking up those coins for her own wallet, once her chalice of wigs, #1s and tabloid inches runs dry.
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I thought she sounded fine!! This is probably the best I’ve heard her sing live in a while!!
I’m not a stan of hers but I don’t think she did THAT bad. A little pitchy here and there, but she’s still young. She still has time to perfect it. They all can’t be Mariahs.
vocally Rihanna is a CERTIFIED BRICK !!!
one of her best performance of that song today i feel that a requirement to work for TGJ is to not like rihanna. If you listen she baring her heart on that song performing and she did a great job if you asked me i love this version?perfrmance better than the studio. TGJ really irritates with their bias opinions. They have never gave rihanna her credit except for on idol and aol session for rated R and even still it had a shady tone. they even tried to shade her battleship performance thats garnering rave reviews
F*** Outta Here
Ri Rikeeping doing you
She heard that Jessie J cover and tried to take it there but FAILED!
If anyone knows about vocals, knows that was pitchy and messy as hell. lol
Ok you guys dont like Rihanna we get it. Mah question to ThatPruneJuice is why continue to bash and report on Rihanna if you guys dont like her? This blog is gonna fall off and Rihanna is still gonna be rich and making hits…Get over it.
btw I see she been watching the same dvd’s i own cause ummm I see she trying to copy something, but ummmm I ain’t mad it is always good to take tips.
ThatPruneJuice needs to get f***** and stop.doing these bitter-bash blogs on Rihanna. Your blog doesnt affect her sales nor fan base. Rihanna is a superstar so get over it.
OLB darling isn’t this the truth, how is that hating? This was a mess. If that was a talent show, she would be out!!!! f*** why is it that when people give theri honest opinion they are hating. THAT WAS HORRID!!!!
OUCH IS SHE TRYING TO DO RUNS? LMAO. RIHANNA PLEASE STICK TO YOUR BACKTRACK AND UPTEMPO BEATS, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. SHE TRIES TO TAKE THE HIGH NOTE FAILS AND REACHES TO THE LOW ONE RIGHT AFTER AND FAILS. SHE JUST DOESN’T HAVE IT PEOPLE. I REALLY DON’T WANT TO SAY IT BUT IF SHE CONTINUES TO DO THAT. PEOPLE WILL GET TURNED OFF. LOL.
I am sick and tired of TGJ bashing Rihanna, she is the biggest female in music at the moment and you cant keep comparing her to the likes of Beyonce and Christina because she is a completely different artist to them. She is an amazing artist and performer and i think TGJ needs too stop bashing Rihanna ad take a reality check. i think TGJ may be just jealous because the people running TGJ will never be as successful as Rihanna
@SAMANTHA, GRAPE,,,I JUST KNOCKED MY GUN TO THE FLOOR,
AND MADE EVERYONE RUN FOR COVER, YOU KNOW YOU OR
WRONG FOR THAT,,,,ROTF CRACKING ALL THE WAY UP….LOL!
I don’t care what y’all say. She sounded horrid here. I love her new album, and I’m just being real. That was not a good performance, but I’m never going to knock her hustle. We’re all on here listening to her after all, right?
Right…..
Now you know it’s funny when the f*%**** Corporal come out of
hiding to see what all the commotion is about,,,,,lol!
But,,,Heyyyyyy you have got to give her credit for trying. And give
her some more time on the clock, she is getting even better with
time. Give her the same amount of time you or willing to give Rita,
Nicki and Kelly. I don’t know how old rita is, but nicki is 29, kelly 30
and shes 24 therefore she still has time to grow and get better at her
crafts.
It wernt that bad a lot of it is to do with her accent I think she sounded alrite. Tgj just like to hate on Ri Ri
DISGUSTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I JUST MOTHER-F****** CANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT REALLY WAS HORRID – SHE HEARD THAT EPIC JESSIE J COVER & FAILED MISERABLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The grape know all about what she has done. They follow her ass like a second skin. They even know that her ass will be living over there with them for three months.
Grape that would be a good time for you all to do dinner. She will be there for the shooting of her fashion show shes going to executive produce. See she just keep right on trucking no matter what is written about her.
I heard through the grape vine that jay was getting ready to launch something big
on face book or twitter i don’t know which one. I guess the rest of you heard that beyonces most beautiful woman had more to do with how fat her $$$$$ is then her enhanced great beauty. Many tries to say that Rihanna is ugly, well there’s a picture of her with her mom, that they took when she was honored the other night and she is the same as she was when she hit the US shores back in 2005. And with her great sculped looks she has right now just wonder how much better she would look with a say,,,nose job. Many say she has had enhancements but she has not. And if she does she is not scared to speak on it and you all know that.
stfu sam and stfd tgj
Sooooo they say JJ is a dy*e, alrighty then,,,,
It was very nice to me tho! Shes not that bad at least she doesn’t lip synch Music history always has pop divas each decade with ‘just ok’ vocals i.e. Janet Jackson, Britney Spears now its RiRi’s time and unlike the other 2 or many otheres in that bracket she attempts to perform with live vocals. So kudos Rihanna!
It’s okay how she sound she is still selling and she has got the biggest
song of any other black artist for the last couple of years.
One with eminem
One with calvin Harris
Her album is still making waves
And “GGGB” Album is still making waves, whos mad? not me
Shhhhh she has music, movies, fashion and perfumes, who’s mad??
PS
RIHANNA keep yo focus because there or back stabbers, they look shady
as hell and their blades or long and clenched, to s*** you in your back, they
or aiming straight for you back, beware of smiling faces because they tell lies.
Shyt i can name twenty who can hit her songs as well if not better
than she can, but they wasn’t chosen, now were they? Remember
me, nor rihanna nor her navy has ever tried to claim that she was
the best, but she can hold her own right with the big girls. And no
matter how many all around the net tries to put her out of the game
the coaches or forever and a day throwing her ass right back off
into the mix. And the haters love poking fun and laughting at her
and she is still getting paid right on.
And if they or not making fun of her bleaping they or calling her every name
in the book and throwing everything at her but the kitchen sink. Dam it would be hard to make it with all of the negative vibes, she get on a daily but it only tends to make her stronger. She has long ago grown a double thick skin and she can deal with the bull day in and day out that just shows many that she is here to stay. They talked the same shyt with madonna, janet and cher and look at them now.As long as she do as well as kelly, nicki, rita, and solange shes good in my book.
She’s getting a lot of respect from the giants in the industry!
I admit, it wasn’t good. But y’all are so harsh! Leave Aguilera out of this! I was expecting Sam’s two pence while reading this, was kinda decieved there, but this post had me snickering, only thing missing was Sam to get me laughing!
A lot of the negativity toward Rihanna is because she’s from
the Islands and it seem unfair for her to go to the US and show
say beyonce up. Rihanna is getting her share of that shine, as
a matter of fact if Jay ass don’t buy another spot on that Time 100
List as some of bey’s ass wipes has said is how rih got there, if
he don’t buy the kang a spot on that list, his ass is going to have
hell to pay. The time list is way bigger than anything Rih has ever
accomplished before. Perhaps this will be a turning point and serve
as a plus to shake up all the other great things Rihanna is capable
of accomplishing in her life time.
Samatha can writhe her ass off this article had me ROTF,,,,LMAO!
SWAGGER JACKING GAGA, TRYNA “SING” ACCOUSTIC STYLE.
FAIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
lmao
A f****** joke. So damn terrible lol she embarrassed herself.
I CAN’T LMAO
LMAO!!!!! We already knew she can´t sing but it is still funny. What the hell was she trying?
Of course she could only wish to do a Vegas decision at 40 and people still being interested to go each and every night for years and years. That´s for people who actually have talent and touched people´s hearts, for true album sellers… 🙂
I agree Mariah´s acting on Glitter is better than Rihanna vocal showings… and that´s saying something
grape hates rihanna !!!!!!!!!!!!
and gives this s…t every time on her!!!!!!!!!!
This is to funny she is copying Rita and Jessi J for her own song, PRICELESS she should be a shamed of her self and you stans need to stop getting upset when the truth keeps slapping you in your face all the time not a hit and skip but all the time (FUNNY).. Let’s be real she was standing still and we all know that’s the only way she can do a attempt of sounding slightly somewhat OK, not good, but OK. Rihanna is all about her image and the crowds applause said a great deal quick and short! Stop getting mad at people cause they see this girl for what she truly is, an image that Navy produced. She did less than the almost 3 mins and it was not all singing she has mastered the art of the illusion nothing more!!! It was not horrid but as usual is was not great and that’s where she should be after all this time BUT DUE TO LACK OF TALENT, NOT!!!.
Somebody take the mic away from her. Where is kanye when you need him lol
Forgot this, did you hear the one person clap while she was singing? that was her mum. True to word if this was a talent show she would not have made it the first go round.. Stop!!! she cant sing and the singers in the crowd knew also.. Copying someone to do your own song is the lowest and funny to the bone I will never live that one down.. Rihanna is pathetic!!!
It wasn’t like the singing that was so bad but that her tone and pitch ore increasingly grating and the problem is she actually think she can sing. Whats more is that she think WFL is her version of “i will always love you” or something…like girl that song is very contrived and shallow…really you trying to break it down in ballad sound like a crying cat or something?
@whywhy & me and haters she did good enough and if she didn’t remember
you have always got beyonce who you feel is better than god, so you and the haters
win. Get beyonce shes your god and shes perfect, she could have popped that cat of hers and hillary them would have loved the hell out of that. Go find yo pu**y popper and leave rihanna the f**% along, you ass wipes. Go and find your robot with the fake boobs, booty, hair, eyes, belly, find your pu**y popping perfect robot.
If a rihanna fan cannot admit that this was messy. The industry is really coming to an end. Damn when xtina messed up the anthem her fanbase did not hold back anything, but all in all christina is great but rihanna is bad all the time. Does she really know about vocals. I told yall there is someone in the studio teaching her how to sing and stay on key. Thanks to the engineer. I know about vocals I did music at school. I am not a talented singer and I can tell you that was all over the place. It is kinda embarrassing to be at an event like that and sound so horrible. TGJ is speaking the truth, it is not their fault the truth is always bad. Get over it. Rihanna cannot do acoustic and she is standing at the mic and struggling to hit a note. I guess Rita and Jesse really made her feel bad on her own song. Respect the artist who can rearrange songs and sing them effortlessly and not sing the same version of their song performance after performance with no vocal creativity
You’re mad because while your “divas” are flopping, she’s still having success, and you can’t get over it. I don’t like to disrespect other artists, and I’m not going to say names, just like Sam does in this blog, but all I gotta say that she has just been named like one of the 100 most influential people in the world and she’s the female artist with most nominations on Billboard Awards 2012. She’s on top.
@whywhy,,,,Go and find that “Pu**y Popper who do not
know how to string two sentences together. Rihanna
has had better days , but at the end of the day you ass
wipes don’t like her anyway or did you forget, tell you what
go and find the most beautiful manufactured beautiful
p**** popper in the world. And Rih did good enough, and if
you haters don’t like it then bump yourselves with jay d***!!!!
Thats what you or begging beyonce to do anyway….
You hating bytches love to try and grab a ride off Rih’s fine ass, she is
fast becoming the air you breath. It just proves that shes making you haters
run scarrrrrred because yo kaaaaaang has gotten her ass put out to pasture
by Ms. Rita Right before her eyes. Everybody in the industry know that jay and bey or color struck, and want to try and stay on top t any cost. They or going to be their own down fall, because of greed and their desire to always be on top. Even the biggest and the baddest has to move the f*^* over out of the way before they get ran over. This performance videos isn’t going to change a mofo thing, watch and see. Rihanna and her navy all know that the show must go on and giving up isn’t a mofo Option, you dirty fagggggggo’s!!!!!!
While you or trying to laugh at rihanna’s performances and
speak about how bad she is, you had better get yo asses
in gear and get ready to help bey and jay get rita’s ass to the
top of something. We all know that having the loudest voice
and can scream like you having labor pains isn’t excatly the
business. If the kaaaaang was so fu***%* hot she would
not have let adele mop the floor with her ass. Many tries to
put Rihanna up top and say that adele mopped the floor with
rih’s ass nope, nope, nope, You all or the ones whos always
that kelly, rihanna, ashanti, mariah,,keri, monica, whitney, britney,
jenniferH, jenniferL, jasmaine, kat, jj, mischelle, maryj, brandy, keshia,
taylor, leona, adele, and countless others or not on BEYONCE AKA, KAAAANG’S
LEVEL, WELL GUESS FU****% WHAT ALL OF THE COUNTLESS OTHER Artists or sick and tired of being sick and tired of all of this beyonce is better than any one on the mofo planet, because she isn’t. Beyonce loves it when her fu*&%d up bey hive goes on the ATTACK TOWARD ALL THE OTHER ARTIST ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, AND TRUST THE OTHER ARTIST OR OWN TO THE BULL SHYT. SOOOO LAUGHT AT RIHANNA ALL YOU WANT TO, KEEP TRYING TO CLAW AND PAW HER EYES OUT WHILE SHE KEEP RIGHT ON TRAVELING THE WORLD WITH HER WORK. AND IF YOU DISLIKE RIHANNA THEN …GTFO!!!!!!!!!!!!
BUT DO KEEP RIGHT ON POKING FUN AT RIHANNA AND LAUGHTING AT HER.
glitter – the film right? cos she saaaang on that album
@kimberly She do not have to be up to par for you and the bee hive,
now if the people at the gala was complaining then we could put some stock into what yo ass is whinning about. But you know what KIMBERLY??? THE BEE HIVE AIN’T SHYT.
Horrid? That was a pretty solid performance if you ask me
jesus what was that??? *cleans ears with otex*
Sam I’ve literally had enough, she sounds great. It might be a little messy with the notes, but she sounds amazing. I’m literally going to buy a plane ticket & come to the uk & beat the s*** out of your British ass.
Beyonce has the big vocal and can pop the cat harder then
she thought then jennifer and tell me who got the “OSCAR”
and who was so pissed thay they did not even send a note
when jenn lossed her close family members. And if the truth
be told the Kaaaang was so bitter that she , SAID THAT SHE
WROTE, PRODUCED AND DROPPED A WHOLE ALBUM IN
LESS THAN TWO WEEK, BETTA ASK SOMEBODY. RIHANNA
ISN’T THE BEST VOCALIST AND SHE’S NOT THE BOTTOM
SO QRACIOUSLY KISS HER AND HER NAVY’S PROUD TO
BE IN HR NAVY’S ASSES.
“Horrid”?- wow.
I didn’t think it was that bad but I also enjoyed her “Talk That Talk” performance on the Jonathan Ross show so what do I know?
@LAX, I understand that you love Rihanna. I do too. But why must you ALWAYS talk negatively about other artists (Beyonce and Jessie J) to make her look good?
I’m not a fan of Rihanna, but I like a few of her songs. Personally I think she should be left alone. Rihanna has never ever claimed to have vocal capabilities, because if she herself knows that vocals isn’t her area of specialty. Even tho she isn’t on the vocal level of Beyonce, Alexandra and co, people need to chill and stop bashing her vocals, because TGJ is good at exaggerating things and making it seem as if she’s the worst of the worst vocalists. Vocally, Rihanna can sing better than Janet, Britney, Katy, GaGa, Ke$ha and many more. Granted, she would never have won a singing competition, but since that’s not her area of specialty, y’all need to stop bashing her vocals. Rihanna is an entertaining artists, not a vocal kind of artist.
*entertaining artist*
HORRRRRRID= #7 Top grossing Tour
HORRRRRRID= 90 MILLION IN 6 MONTHS
HORRRRRRID=47.0 DIGITAL SALES
HORRRRRRID=STILL CASHING THEM CHECKS AND PAYING BILLS
HORRRRRRID=KELLY, RITA,SOLANGE CAREERS THATS HORRRRRRID!!!!!
RIHANNA ISN’T GOING TO COMPETE WITH KAAAAANG BE FOR POPULARITY
OR HER PLACE IN THE INDUSTRY, BECAUSE SHE HAVE CAREFULLY ETCHED AND CARVED HERSELF A PLACE IN THE MUSIC BOOKS JUST LIKE ALL OF THE OTHER GREAT ARTISTS.!!!!!
THE TIME 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL HAS MADE YO ASSES SICK, HER PERFORMANCES WAS POSTED FOR THE TIME AFFAIR AND IT WAS POSTED FOR THAT BENEFIT. PERHAPS RIHANNA NEED TO CHANGE SONGS AND REGROUP,,,,,,,PERHAPS SHE NEED TO SING “CKB” & RUSSIAN ROULETTE!!!!!
SHE JUST MIGHT NEED TO FLIP THE STRIP, OKAY, ASS WIPES!!!!YOU BYTCHES HELP ME TO GET A CHECK SO MOFO EAISLY.
LAX CALM DOWN ISHHH IT REALLY AINT THAT SERIOUS ALL THOSE ESSAYS
@STEPHEN,,,EXACTLY AND YOU ALREADY KNOW, MANY OF THE ARTISTS
PERFORMERS AND RIHANNA IS A ENTERTAINER, PERIOD. AND THEY CAN LAUGHT AND SHYT TALK HER TILL THE COWS COME HOME AND THEY STILL ISN’T WORKING NO ONE UP BUT THEMSELVES. KEEP WORKING YO ASSES OFF HATING AND NOT GETTING PAID, YOU ASS WIPES. IT IS ALWAYS FGREAT READING ALL OF THE HATE ON RIHANNA ASS WIPES WHO ATTACKS ON A DAILY OR WHEN EVER THERES A POST. IF THE HATERS SAID SOMETHING POSITIVE I WOULD BE AFFRAID THE SKY WAS GOING TO BE GETTING READY TO FALL. THESE HATING HEFFA’S KNOWS NO LIMITS. BUT THANKS FOR HELPING ME BAG ANOTHER NIGHT, BYTCHES.
@ J,,,,JUST PASSING THE TIME AND I LOVE IT.
THE HATERS OR THREATEN BECAUSE RIHANNA SHOWS
PEOPLE THAT SHES HUMAN AND SHE HAS A PERSONALITY.
THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE ADMIRE ABOUT HER ALONG WITH HER
BEAUTIFUL CARIBBEAN LACED VOCALS, THAT KEEP THE LAMES
LAUGHTING AND POKING FUN AT, SHE CAN’R HELP THAT SHE HAS
THAT “ACCENT’ THE KAAAAANG WISHED HER ASS DID HAVE A “ACCENT”
INSTEAD OF THAT COUNTRFIED SOUND SHE HAS.
You people are sad. I’v never seen people so intent on trying to shade someone of this degree. This was really beautiful. I really appreciate when Rih slows it down. Not many artists sing live. Yeah, she’s no Beyonce or Mariah, but her voice is not meant to be. I wish this could be an unbiased site. For an artist to be so “bad,” they never quit reporting on her.
I remember one day last week, there were 4 Rihanna posts straight! Sigh….they just need the hits. I understand.
I’m not a stan and I’ve criticized her for her vocals many times, but this is by no means horrid! She was pitchy throughout, but pitch mistakes are not THAT much of a big deal. I think it wasn’t bad at all, I enjoyed it. 😎
Oh my LMAO
The ‘JZ repalcing Rihanna with Rita’ theory is void and non-existent.
Riri and JZ are hitting London in July for the Olympic performance. Haters How you doing?
It’s funny to see that the only way Sam can get people to this blog is post a story about rihanna no one comes to this stupid blog or any other blog unless ri ri story is posted dumb broke asses can’t survive without my girl or get advertisements rihanna pays you all bills and that’s a fact no ri no one checks for anyone and you have the nerve same to bash this girl your nasty bumb b**** ass need to recognize
They or trying to kill her spirits, but it’s not going to happen, Ever!!!!
Wonder how she got a record deal in the first place. Rihanna’s Sour Notes http://wp.me/p2hgZS-1e via @wordpressdotcom
-____- really rihanna???? thats was horrible. Its a shame Jessie j does it better at your own Song!!!! She’s just another artist with no talent.. sighss… wheres is the real singers, JoJo, Tiffany Evans, Karina Pasian…
@Rih’s haters, say i think i saw some of you this morning,
while watching cnn news, there was a cow trying to order
some food, while she and that big bell around her next
used the drive through like it was a walk up.Yep in that
cows face i could visulize seeing, kimberly, whywhy2, jake,
me,johndival and the gang, awesome seeing yall faces
on the tube. Keep the good work up folks, because we
love the hell out of all of the attention.
I am sure glad that Rihanna chose work over welfare, this
way she can always expand her horizon. She might not ever
be aretha, whitney or mariah, but it’s all good because she might
not ever be dolly pardon, gail evans, or roy rogers either, but shes
still in the game, big time. Give jay a call and let him tell you what he
think about her and her performances. And then give Eminen, calvin,
t.i, kayne, coldplay, maroon5, and others a call and ask them what they
think about “The Caribbean” and her caribbean accents in singing.!!!!!!!!!!
@VUY,,,,Ask beyonce’s hubby jay-z!
Damn. Why is TGJ always hating for no reason? What did Rihanna ever do to yall???
I hope yall find the peace ur looking for.
Rihanna bare footed age 4 years old
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It was horrible but it was pitchy and she couldn’t hit some of the notes so just chose not to sing parts of the song. She is definitely not a vocalist. Her mom was clapping hard int he background though.
wasn’t****
her voice sounds so vulnerable and unique…
OK, i started listening and had to stop. I read the comments and saw some people who are not stans say it was good so I decided to continue. Seriously, this was not good. She asked the crowd if they were feeling her and they gave a halfhearted response. I don’t know, but I think her voice is not horrible but just better suited to songs like man down. I have to say though, she is ONE BRAVE girl. I could never show myself up again and again in that regard UNLESS she really believes the hype. If she does not believe the hype, then I will venture to say that she is a very unhappy person in private having to pretend to be great when she knows that she is not.
Yes….vulnerable and unique -___-
A little pitchy…..and Rihanna should not try and do runs…. but it wasn’t the worst performance.
Actually she sounded ok,, a few lil flaws area,,but was decnt
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you guys take TGJ too seriously. Its obvious that they like rihanna and find her intriguing but also her posts get the most comments becuse yall always getting in yall feelings about stuff they say. i love it, cuz its entertaining.
Ya’ll hate on Rihanna every chance ya’ll get! LOL You know damn well that was one of her best performances of the song. No dance moves, or too much distraction. Just her voice and even though she’s not an Aguilera, Beyonce, or GaGa, she did the best she’s ever done with that song. And I’m proud of her!
She must’ve heard Rita tryna cover her song & had to let her know. And that’s exactly what she did with this performance!!!
Worst vocal showcase I’ve seen in a while.. I’d expect so much more from rihanna by now. She wasn’t even performing so there is NO excuse to sounding this bad. The song is nowhere near challenging… I give it to her that she’s successful but I don’t respect her for it. She is a lazy manufactured artist.
@LAX, I’m not sure what’s more pathetic… This performance or your obsession over posting comments over this performance. #getalife
@ANOTHERNIGHT,,,GTFO….LET THAT BE YO OBSESSION,
YOU START WITH WORST VOCAL, SCREW YOURSELF,,,,,
NO ONE ASK YOU TO DROP BY IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND
DON’T WORRY ABOUT MY OBSESSION , BECAUSE ITS NO
WORST THEN YOUR NEGATIVE BULL CRAP! AND HATE, IF
YOU DON’T LIKE IT THEN LUMP IT, AND KEEP IT MOVING,
WHY OR YOU WORRIED ABOUT ME AND MY OBSESSION,
HATER. WHAT I SAY OR WHAT YOU SAY DO NOT PACK ANY
WEIGHT, NOW DO IT. I DID NOT SEE YOU SAY WELL LESS
GIVE HER A PASS YOUR HATE PADEL IS TO THE MEDAL AND’THERES NO LETTING UP THEREFORE ,,,GTFO!!!!!!!AND SKIP AND HOP ME, CAUSE I AM
POSITIVE AND YO ASS AND OTHERS OR NEGATIVE, SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO?
Another proof that the shitjuice’s ears are fastened to someone’s fat b***. While Rihanna may not be a gifted vocalists, and we have seen some pretty bad performances, this is not one of them by no means. It may not be her best, but this sounds decent.
@UGH: no, she IS a vocalist to some extent, at least she qualifies for the title of “vocalist” than can be said for the J.LOs and Britneys of the world.
@AmazingJalen: lol, please don’t go putting GaGa’s name in the same vocal class of Beyonce or Christina Aguilera; she belongs in the class of Katy and Rihanna, cuz she’s not even much better than them vocally
Dear TGJ Staff —
*Meh…* Thanks allot – I’ll now have to bleach my clothes and burn these brand-new Jordans – that “gamey” ‘curry-goat c** juice’ leaves an eternity of regret and funky sorrow..
..Worst-yet came the parts when she tried her most to reach out from her core with tender emotion: “…are y’all feelin’ me?” ..You’re then waiting for that sure-to-come flood of emotions that fills you up; cleanses you, and lifts you up – on-high – with Rihanna..
..But, alas: nothing..
Rihanna reached deepest into her “core” and gave us..nothing!
Rihanna: an all-engulfing, infinite void that that reaches outstretched invisible tentacles to wrap herself around the necks of the unsuspecting, weary, and even curious bystanders; succubus tentacles that grab hold with ‘break-neck force’ and snap you into an ever-falling abyss of gimmickry, lies and no-talent hackry..
The Universe in its infinite, and just-in-time wisdom: Nicki Minaj, Rita Ora, and ‘Rihanna: face of $450-Million disaster-at-sea’: ‘Battleship”‘.
X,Y,”and Z” — OUT..!!
true!!!! she is pitchy, thats what clay aiken pointed out! but even he acknowledged that she can sing!!
@LAX
girl keep going hard on the rihanna haters!!
they only ones saying she was horrid are certified rihanna haters! even so some haters still pointed out she wasnt horrid like tgj keeps trying to prove but desperatley fails, how about we wait for the true music critics and see what they aldo have to say and then we will compare to this post!!!
@the person who said only her mom clapped ummmm really because you obviously didnt pay attention to the video!! the whole room clapped and whistled!! girl have a seat!! you are too pressed!
Sam don’t mind the musical illiterate fans of Rhianna because it’s clear her fans are just as untalented as she is, if they think she actually sounds decent here!! She she a model and that’s what get her in. How can you honestly support this vocal slaughter house? We have to support the real singers are all we will be left with is the Rihanna’s of the world!
@THE ONE: no matter how much of an untalented artist she is, u can’t deny the fact that she is not completely talentless; she has some talent, no matter how little it is. She never claimed to be a vocalist, but she CAN sing to some extent, not a large extent, but better than some artists. Plus, you ought to face the fact that in music, especially nowadays, an artist doesn’t NEED to be a great vocalist.
I just can’t believe I keep reading comments like Rihanna never claimed to be a vocalist. Huh? Why is she a singer then? Her “job” is to sing and we should expect her to do it well. I I expect her to be better than average, way better than average in vocals because that is her chosen profession. That performance was ok but she , at this point, should be KNOCKING it out the park damn near every time. Maybe if we expect more, she’ll give us more.
And I don’t care that there are worse singers out there, we should still demand better. Just because others may be mediocre doesn’t make it ok.
haters stay mad…rihanna still getting that check…
as I always have said shes very mediocre , after 6 years in the business she already could have improved her vocals ,when she started it was ok she was young but how much more she can improve? this performance makes me yawn and go to sleep theres no emotion at all when she sings ,anyways the most horrid thing about this its not even the song its that time magazine awarded her as one of the most influential people ,thats really a joke
she was O.K , you Guys were reaching ……
and a Nicki Minaj stan shouldn’t be talking about vocals. your Fav can’t make up her Stupid mind if she will continue making Basic pop songs or she will keep on giving you Low-doses of Rap here and there.
Rihanna is cool , but she really ain’t that good in performing her dance songs , she is PERFECT and always deliver when she do songs like : California king bed , unfaithful , Rehab LIVE/stripped down !!
i still believe in her and that she could do a lot better. More power to her. she’s been working all day everyday while being hospitalized. give her a break. hating on her won’t affect anything or won’t make your fav(S) look better , if that was that effective , rihanna wouldn’t be with us now in 2012 , this girl is this generation’s madonna 😡 , not the most talented chick among the pack, but clearly the one who’s influential and impactful enough to make the ” Time’s 100 most influential people in the wold/EARTH”
OVERALL : 3.5/5 !!
*WAITS FOR WHYB MUSIC VIDEO*
I know producers gives songs to peeople who will make them popular but this should have been Jessie J’s song…she tore it up!
@COMMANDER,,,Thanks
@XYZ,,,,You can huff and you can puff and you still will not be able to
blow her career house down. You can harp on her movie, shes in all
you want to and you still will not be able to slow down the line of progression.
You can keep holding your breath for her to flop, but when you get the time,
carefully look up the top twenty hip-hop earners for 2011, and read then and weep.
Then go to celebtrity net worth and look up Rihanna’s and then yo fave , read them
and weep. Then you stay tuned for further developments in the arena, because this is only the tip of the Iceberg. You know that Rome wasn’t built in a day and it takes time often time. Rihanna can do better than she did but i am going to stay with her and her cruseliner and my bets is on the “Caribbean” win, lose or draw
SON!!!!! With all of the nay sayers and doubter doubling down on her she is going to have to double down on the hate and keep her foot to the pedal. SON!
THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL…..i just luv her voice, it sounds so different…that y she is unique ……if ppl dnt like her voice fine……but dnt say she cant sing, she is just not ur cup of tea!!!
@VeGas Girl: you’re right about it being her job to sing. But u seem to not understand the fact that top 40 radio isn’t concerned about great vocalists. There are different kind of artists; some artists are “vocal artists” e.g Usher, Beyonce, John Legend, J-Hud, Adele, and co. Then there are “radio artists” such as Rihanna, Akon, etc. There are “performing artists”(who aren’t necessarily very good vocally) e.g Lady GaGa, Chris Brown, etc. Rihanna is simply not a “vocal artist” tho she can sing to some extent. Is she a good singer? Hell yes. Great vocalist? Hell no; and she herself knows that she isn’t very gifted vocally. But she has made up for it by being edgy and making good music videos. Pple need to stop bashing her for her area of weakness(I.e vocals), but she definitely can sing to some extent, cuz if she couldn’t sing at all, she wouldn’t have been able to record California King Bed, Russian Roulette.
I am trippin because she sounds a mess standing still, Rhi Rhi needs to stop smoking period.
Child whats new WE ALL KNOW SHE CAN”T SING so whats the big deal…..TOO PITCHY FOR MY TASTE, BUT NOT HORRID AS TGJ SAY.
@Vegas Girl
April 26, 2012 at 11:41 am
I just can’t believe I keep reading comments like Rihanna never claimed to be a vocalist. Huh? Why is she a singer then? Her “job” is to sing and we should expect her to do it well. I I expect her to be better than average, way better than average in vocals because that is her chosen profession. That performance was ok but she , at this point, should be KNOCKING it out the park damn near every time. Maybe if we expect more, she’ll give us more.
And I don’t care that there are worse singers out there, we should still demand better. Just because others may be mediocre doesn’t make it ok.
_Amen Amen Amen………!
An “OK” performance is Horrid when you spent 7years in the game! there should be a law that allows us to pursue a singer if she does not perform well, as it is for doctors Lololol!
@Richnblack: she CAN sing in her own way,
Stephen
April 26, 2012 at 1:29 pm
@Richnblack: she CAN sing in her own way,
WHEN WHERE HOW……I will be waiting.
@RichnBlack: listen to “russian roulette” and “california king bed” and then tell me that she can’t sing at all
The beginning was decent, but holy s*** the pre-chorus and chorus were terrible. She has the tone, but the girl has no sens of rhythm and vocalization. And she’s very obviously tone deaf.
Hahaha she is just not any good live. No wonder her and Katy Perry get long so well. Haha!!! Singles Queens and s***** live singers make the best of friends. AHAHAHAHA!!!
@Stephen:
Listen girl don’t come here and dare attack or say anything about Gaga’s vocal abilities when you’re stanning for Rihanna.
You look like a fool. How are you going to come for Gaga’s vocal ability when you’re sitting there using the excuse that Rihanna’s not a “vocal artist?” SHE’S A F****** SINGER!!!! The b**** better be a vocal artist. You look beyond stupid.
And Gaga is in the same league as Beyonce, Christina and Adele. Because Gaga can sing and can do it very well. She may not be a soul/R&B singer, but the girl has chops. She’s more of a pop, jazz, and rock singer.
So how don’t even come for any other artist’s wig when your h** can’t even sound have decent on her live s***.
Bye b****.
Yuck!
It was way better than her performances at the Jingle Ball or whatever its called. I don’t think she sounded that bad. I’m not a fan of Rihanna’s live voice, but you have to admit she sounded better than what she usually does…okay pitchy pitchy blah blah blah…that’s how Rihanna sings. Even when the day comes and her vocals are flawless she’ll still sound like she can’t sing because that’s how she sings…I don’t mind it.
But did she forget the words in the second verse after she announced it’s her favorite song? Lol…
I think Rihanna sounds fine. This is a raw performance. Keep in mind Rihanna is not American, she will always sing with her accent. I give credit where credit is due and I’m a give it to Ri Ri
THIS is the reason why she struggle to sell concert tickets…people are here for that one song in particular and then she gets paid dust
It wasn’t bad, but not the best either. My favorite live from her is and will continue to be, Russian Roulette on AOL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdRDyIXfDgw
Acoustic Disturbia from the same sessions comes close. However, as much as I like her, she is lazy most of the times.
This wasn’t that bad at all, and I notice TGJ didn’t bother to publish the footage of her doing Redemption Song at the same place, and that was actually pretty good. They really are flogging a dead horse here, Rihanna fans aren’t deaf and the shade is getting old. If she worked on her vocals more, lazy cow that she is, she could be an adequate live singer. She is fine in her comfort range but struggles with both high and low notes, she needs to find her own way of singing when she is performing live.
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
I couldnt stop laughing at the word “horrid”.