Watch: The Word On…Rihanna’s ‘ANTI’

Published: Thursday 4th Feb 2016 by Sam

After a brief rest on the bench, The Word is back!

Rihanna‘s ‘ANTI’ album release is undoubtedly music’s hottest topic and while, we here at TGJ have our own views on the LP, we had to hit the streets of Hollywood to hear what the masses have to say.

Is RiRi onto a hit with the long awaited eighth effort or led project or does she need to put in more…‘Work?’

Your thoughts?

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  1. #JACKIE February 4, 2016

    Kiiii was that crackhead LB?

    • HailBeysus February 4, 2016

      ??????

      • Lolz February 4, 2016

        Did you even bother brushing your teeth? First thing you do when you wake up is check this blog! Kii what a sad life you live

      • HailBeysus February 4, 2016

        You know what’s funny? Is while i was brushing my teeth and listening to ZAYN’S Pillowtalk, the notifications went off on my phone for this post lol! Thanks for worrying about my hygiene sis but i got it covered.

      • Lol February 5, 2016

        ….anti indeed is a flop. (the ticket sales for her forthcoming show don’t look good, either.) the album itself is a quite tragic. ???

    • You tried February 4, 2016

      Like I said on last post no one has ANTI! Navy was mad but I was just being honest!!

    • Taylor Tori Azalea February 4, 2016

      kiiiiii

      • WINTZ February 4, 2016

        RIHANNA name is so powerful that I can stand on it’s own without latching on to her peers that LEECH and her insecure minions.
        …….

        AGAIN >>>>>

        BEYwItch is like a mentally challenged student who REPEATS each term consecutively throughout school because they are Special Ed.

        At the end of said tenor that mentally challenge student:
        -Will be the OLDEST amongst it’s peers.
        -Will receive more praises for same achievement attained by peers that did it in much shorter time span.
        -Will be given pity allocades, motivational gestures in efforts to boost crippled confidence.
        Kiiiiii

        BEYneathHERpeers have been in the game 123467889….. 20 loooooooooong years and her WOW moment (which will be remembered generations to come) was her tummy deflating on national tv.
        Kiiiii

      • #JACKIE February 4, 2016

        Girl I’m sick of you and your long ass seething delusional essays. Take your Kima Keisha And Pam 1998 ol Living Single looking ass somewhere with that būllshit.

      • WINTZ February 4, 2016

        @JOHNCROW

        SEETHE $hitFace!!!

        AGAIN….

        Your B!+€H is like a mentally challenged student who REPEATS each term consecutively throughout school because they are Special Ed.

        At the end of said tenor that mentally challenge student:
        -Will be the OLDEST amongst it’s peers.
        -Will receive more praises for same achievement attained by peers that did it in much shorter time span.
        -Will be given pity allocades, motivational gestures in efforts to boost crippled confidence.
        Kiiiiii

        BEYneathHERpeers have been in the game 123467889….. 20 loooooooooong years and her WOW moment (which will be remembered generations to come) was her tummy deflating on national tv.
        Kiiii

    • Get on your Knees (Arianator Barb) February 4, 2016

      I was thinking Mark

    • Tyler Makiavelli February 4, 2016

      Mariah the Legend came more to mind lol

    • LB February 4, 2016

      Where is Flopara on the charts?

      • #JACKIE February 4, 2016

        Ciara doesn’t have any new music out boo so of course she wouldn’t be on the charts. Worry less about her and more about The Anti Tour selling less than a box of “Frooty Loops” at the Dollar General.

      • Cinnamon Girl February 4, 2016

        Don’t worry about Ciara. At least she owns her flop and doesn’t have to cheat and lie like Rhitarda

      • #JACKIE February 4, 2016

        The GĀYvy hates any female artist who actually has talent sis. There’s no reasoning with them.

    • Adelephant (previously HYDROQINONE) February 4, 2016

      Ay Ay Umbrella Brella Ay ay ay ay, she change her swag and all that, that Girl is getting it going on…. ? I love that girl whoever she is

    • MadonnaThaDinosaur February 5, 2016

      chart dated Feb. 20. Of that sum, perhaps 130,000 could be in pure album sales. ???

  2. Barb-wire February 4, 2016

    The Word? Lmao I don’t know who’s more desperate between Sam and fRih?

  3. HailBeysus February 4, 2016

    DEATH!!! YALL PETTY KIIIIIII
    PAYLOA AT ITS FINEST

    • HailBeysus February 4, 2016

      HardTimes(Hard) off of Rated Flop!!
      “Where dem singles at, where dem singles at, where dey at, where dey at, where dey at!
      Where dem streams all at, where dem streams all at, where dey at, where dey at, where dey at”

  4. Career Ender February 4, 2016

    y’all seen how out of nowhere , million Moo Moo stans resurrected to defend Rihanna?
    .
    the nazi are so pathetic, hiding behind Mariah
    .
    real Mariah stans don’t use frih
    .
    JohnVidal, Stephy and Dossome
    .
    the rest are fake posers

    • OMG Logic!!! February 4, 2016

      You better believe us real lambs don’t use that basic b1tch. How are we going to stan for the peak of musicality and then defend the polar opposite?

  5. Career Ender February 4, 2016

    and where is dead blonde in this floppage storm?
    .
    he must show up, I need to drag his cocaine S due to this floppage

    • HailBeysus February 4, 2016

      Sis his world turned into a Mess after David Bowie passed.

      • Career Ender February 4, 2016

        don’t tell me he’s out the streets of New York doing some emotional snorting hihihi

      • HailBeysus February 4, 2016

        @Career Ender ????

  6. Ugggh February 4, 2016

    “Sam’s b**** too dry to be riding Rihanna this hard”
    This is true hate when you attempt to go above and beyond just to bring negative light to someone. You all have never interviewed the public about an artist’s album. I better see this for all the other albums released this year. Messy boots. You tried it! Hahahaha I can’t stand Sam.

  7. Career Ender February 4, 2016

    Anti is selling less than DEADpop and TPP and yet I still see the submarines trying to come for Queen Bey

  8. Everyone’s A Critic February 4, 2016

    What is with the rihanna fixation TGJ? The reach is a STRUGGLE

  9. Smile February 4, 2016

    Lmao… I love how the “negative” got way more airtime than the fans. Oh lord… The reach.

  10. Career Ender February 4, 2016

    I cannot see the Legendary Career Ender going back and forth with a stan of an artist who sold 460 real copies

  11. King Mark111 /.\ February 4, 2016

    The obsession! Noticed the only bitter Black girl on here was the ugly dark one and some guy with nappy, dry @ss hair? See when you’re good looking and a good person, you don’t hate. Just ask Slave_HIVe.

    • LB February 4, 2016

      That thot pretending like she is worth something LMAO, how do you hate on the biggest brand in the industry. Bish wher?

      • King Mark111 /.\ February 4, 2016

        You can tell that was the first time she got attention in a while. The dude thought that the girl was flirting, what a cornball. Ol head and shoulders needing @ss. lol

    • Tyler Makiavelli February 4, 2016

      So dark skin and nappy hair are ugly qualities to you?
      Negro! You were one of the main people screaming about how racially biased the industry, award shows, and society is towards black people. YET you have the audacity to say some self hating b******* like this?
      You sound like a f****** c***.

      • Taylor Tori Azalea February 4, 2016

        February 4, 2016 at 1:25 pm
        LB says:
        LMAO its the NAVY,
        what do you expect

      • HailBeysus February 4, 2016

        BLEEP BLOOP BLEEP CLOCKED!!!

      • Tyler Makiavelli February 4, 2016

        @hailbeysus
        I better not EVER see Marsha trying to front like she cares about the black community EVER again. Because I’ll drag her ass off of principle alone.

      • HailBeysus February 4, 2016

        @Tyler Drag it!! Im tired of seeing that walking contradiction say one thing than another. I hope it says some ignorant s***! I want to see you drag it by the eyelids!!

    • Cinnamon Girl February 4, 2016

      Goodness, you are so lame. You know you’re losing an argument when you have to personally attack someone, right?,Rihanna is a flop. No amount of personal insults will change that fact

  12. No favs, just here for the music February 4, 2016

    I’m surprised how many people said they haven’t heard the album despite to 1 million free downloads

    • Taylor Tori Azalea February 4, 2016

      7 Billion – 1 Million

      • HailBeysus February 4, 2016

        I can’t stand your ass but, EXPOSE IT!!!

      • No favs, just here for the music February 4, 2016

        No shade though…just when asking 3-4 people I at least expected 1 to say they heard the album. Whether they enjoyed the album or not would be a different story. I also forgot that it’s technically 1.5 million…not that it makes matters better.

      • HailBeysus February 4, 2016

        Ill keep civil since your not biased and have.no fav lol! But, Right!?!?! Lets also not forget anti was streamed 13m in its first 15hrs.

      • No favs, just here for the music February 4, 2016

        @HailBeysus exactly!
        Another thing I want to point out is streaming TIDAL and the free downloads is not the only way to hear it. When an album is HOT it’s everywhere and people have the desire to hear it. Whether you hear it in a friend’s car or on Tumblr etc etc. In my opinion Rihanna is a big star I just expected at 1 person to say YES I HEARD ANTI. It honestly just surprised me. *shrugs* no shade at all because I don’t hate Rihanna or dislike her. Far from it. But even I can admit and see the rollout of ANTI was just very sloppy. Hopefully next time she will do better.

    • Smile February 4, 2016

      You know damn well they interviewed more people but cut them out and just kept the ones who hadn’t heard it yet. They edited it to be like no one has heard of Rihanna. Lmao. Reaching.

  13. Taylor Tori Azalea February 4, 2016

    Another day another fRih post
    .
    Siiiiigh

  14. Career Ender February 4, 2016

    the Salvation army keep braging about her singles meanwhile her company keeps paying payola for her singles to be played every hour on radio
    .
    and you call this cheating single slayage?
    .
    byeeeeee

    • King Mark111 /.\ February 4, 2016

      Payola is radio play, Work charted off of streaming and buys. My god yu pest are dumb.

      • LB February 4, 2016

        LMAO its the hive, what do you expect

      • King Mark111 /.\ February 4, 2016

        It’s like digging and using whatever they pulled out of their @sses. How sad?

  15. Everyone’s A Critic February 4, 2016

    I try and defend TGJ but why are you bringing Beyonce into a RIHANNA inspired interview?
    It’s just mad queeny in my opinion. Like what was the point of this.. To force people to admit Beyonce is better than Rihanna?

  16. DIABETES UNBOTHERED February 4, 2016

    This got me thinking bout starting my own WILL U PLEASE BUY ANTI CAMPAIN. For everyone that buys get FREE FOOD STAMPS courtesy of DIABETES UNBOTHERED! #CANTILIVESMATTERS #JUSTICE4CANTi #FREESECTION8 #FRIH-ANNA

    • HailBeysus February 4, 2016

      SCREAMING!!!! The slavi will want a tinner of black instead HAHAHA!!

    • Slay_Hive February 4, 2016

      LMAOOOOOOO!!!!!!! I’M DONE!!!!!

  17. LB February 4, 2016

    Cannot wait to get my physical copy tomorrow. B**** better get more of my coins, and scalp. This album is AMAZING

    • King Mark111 /.\ February 4, 2016

      This is my driving album, so I will be buying a CD. I haven’t bought a CD in YEARS, I think the last physical album I bought was GGGB a matter of fact.

      • LB February 4, 2016

        I know right, haven’t bought a physical in years, but this one I’m most definitely buying.

  18. Career Ender February 4, 2016

    did they payola 4,5 seconds last year and Rosie expose their a$$?

  19. DIABETES UNBOTHERED February 4, 2016

    Lol @ TGJ taking to the streets… who wants to buy this FRIH MIXTAPE/EP From FRIHanna???

    1. James joint 3/5
    2. KISS IT BETTER 3.5/5
    3 WORK (2/5
    4. SAME OLE MISTAKES 2/5
    5. Needed me 3/5
    6. Yeah i said it 4/5
    7. Higher 5/5
    8.Love on the brain 5/5
    9. Close to you 4/5
    10. S** with me 3/5

  20. Career Ender February 4, 2016

    they payola’d ‘work’ with air play and her basic army is praising such cheating, deceiving, lying unselling trick

  21. FuckSamofTGJ February 4, 2016

    Is it me or the interviewer just looks like letoya luckett ??

  22. Career Ender February 4, 2016

    Marikos don’t make me pull the receipts from this very own site about her getting a radio deal to play her song every hour
    .
    her song went to radio asap after it was dropped
    .
    so it also charted on payola airplay

  23. Career Ender February 4, 2016

    have y’all ever seen that the best drag LB the Canadian-Botswana bushman can give is :
    .
    ‘its the hive , what do you expect?’
    .
    I’ve seen it like 460 times this week alone from him
    .
    what a flop a$$ commentor

  24. Slay_Hive February 4, 2016

    The SHAAADDDEEE in this video. Barely anyone is here for this b****! Her fifteen minutes of trend hopping is DONE!!!
    .

    lmaooo @ “she(fRih) really can’t dance, she tries but doesn’t have anything (ass) to work with” I”M SCREAMINGGGGGGGG!!!!
    .
    EVERYONE knows Beyonce is that BIITCHHH!!!!!!

    • King Mark111 /.\ February 4, 2016

      The why can’t her singles chart?

  25. Career Ender February 4, 2016

    175 K
    .
    lessors

  26. HailBeysus February 4, 2016

    Somewhere fRih is SLAMMING to cope with the fiasco! Poor Samsung its going to cost them another $25m to clean this mess up!

  27. Slave_HIVe February 4, 2016

    I can comfrim that when you’re ugly AF, you’re also bitter AF. I mean look at me, and this was the pic that I picked, this was my best pic! Turnning my head to the side to make it thinner. Look at my FIVE head! It’s an iMax theater screen. Ol 50″ Samsung Curved Display head. lol

    • Career Ender February 4, 2016

      no, we have something better to look at
      .
      460 copies of Anti sold 🙂
      .
      now beat that

    • Taylor Tori Azalea February 4, 2016

      It’s 2016 Mark do better

  28. Taylor Tori Azalea February 4, 2016

    goodnight Gotham is the only good song on this album mostly because there was less screeching
    .
    Oh wait there was no screeching at all
    .
    4/10 or should I say 460 out of 1000

    • Career Ender February 4, 2016

      😀 😀

    • #JACKIE February 4, 2016

      Kii noooootttt 460! When will our favs?

  29. Slay_Hive February 4, 2016

    Haha haha haha haha B**** you MADDDDDDDDD! *whispers* b**** I’m flawless!!! *what GoeS around comes back around HaeYYay MY BABBBYY!!*** Seethe B****** Seethe!!!!!!!!! *pulls blunt* *blows* 😉
    .
    http://youtu.be/Gb2h7MiC_50

  30. Career Ender February 4, 2016

    what y’all should be doing is being obsessed with moving Anti Success off the shelves and off Digital Stores instead of clowning Slay_Hive
    .
    460

    • King Mark111 /.\ February 4, 2016

      It’s not even in stores yet, it’s only a digital release, but again, stupid pest.

      • HailBeysus February 4, 2016

        Yaaawn stop with the excuses MARSHA!! ST was out for like almost 2 weeks before hitting store shelves and 1 year before hitting Spotify and still did good numbers.

      • Career Ender February 4, 2016

        I know anti success is not out in physical copies yet but my statement still stands
        .
        its not like yall gon go purchase it anyway
        .
        stay hurt

      • King Mark111 /.\ February 4, 2016

        It’s a fact. But whatever felt you sleep in a bed with 4 other family members in housing at night.

  31. King Mark111 /.\ February 4, 2016

    I’m not entertaining the pest with their delusion and lack of reading. Everyone here were Black, but the only haters were the dark girl with missing edges and a guy with dry white nappy hair. There’s two other Black men here, dark and not hating. I’m not saying Dark skin Blacks are ugly, I’m saying people that are bitter and haters happens to be ugly, inside and out. But I understand how you guys got that mixed up, ya can’t read and this week been very stressful to the pest. lol

  32. Theman February 4, 2016

    Sam is a jealous woman. What does Beyonce have to do with Rihanna. You have too much envy for Rihanna. It’s pathetic.

  33. Oscar February 4, 2016

    kiiii at the crackhead

    • Career Ender February 4, 2016

      RihIcon why are you no longer stanning for rihanna?

      • Tyler Makiavelli February 4, 2016

        Lol That’s not RihIcon. Its Navy Commander!!!

      • Oscar February 4, 2016

        honey she’s a terrible performer and I couldn’t deal. and Tyler I was rihicon and navy commander

      • HailBeysus February 4, 2016

        Lmfaooooo
        Glad you say the the light! Least you don’t deny it.

  34. RICHIE_RICH February 4, 2016

    That crackhead was a T

  35. DIABETES UNBOTHERED February 4, 2016

    List of excuses by the DEADvy:
    1. Its not in physical stores yet (neither was selftitled)
    2. It was leaked/free (so is LITERALLY EVERY OTHER ALBUM since 2004)
    3. Its less commercial (so was 4)
    4. Its just the first week (as if it will sell 1 million within the next 5 months)
    5. She changed labels/management (so did bey)
    … its january (which must be why kanye is expected to sell 200k+ next week)
    6. She doesnt care about sales (which is why she sold out to samsung for a platinum plaque)

    • #JACKIE February 4, 2016

      CLOCK IT fat b****

    • RASHAD February 4, 2016

      Spill it

  36. RihYonce February 4, 2016

    I’m tired of this Rihanna vs. Beyoncé thing ! They are both queens ! They are very different! They are the best at what THEY Do! They both make great music just one performs better than than the other ! We have 2 black women are so happens to be 2 of the biggest pop stars of all time in a genre ruled by mostly white women , there is room for more than one queen ! Especially a BLACK queen

  37. Career Ender February 4, 2016

    Oscar is the former stan known as RihIcon , a notorious Rihanna stan I used to battle back in 2013
    .
    now it shades Rihanna like that Korea commentor called CL
    .
    TALK ABOUT JUMPING SHIP!!!
    .
    THE TITANIC HAS SUNK
    .
    460
    .
    here is the proof : http://tinypic.com/

    • HailBeysus February 4, 2016

      I was just going to @you and say you forgot something with first link lol

      • Career Ender February 4, 2016

        lol saw it after clicking the link
        .
        the nazi are pathetic, jumping ship and dragging their fave now

      • HailBeysus February 4, 2016

        Gurl, thats what they do best! Jump ship and swim to stan behind others! Did you see all those fake ass Mariah stans appear out of thin air in Beys last post. Using Mariah’s stats against Bey. Ain’t no TRUE LAMB gunna be pressed over an Icon transitioning into Legend status.

    • Oscar February 4, 2016

      i know you’re dumb but u can’t be dumb enough to think I wouldn’t change my email on gravatar if I wanted to hide. I told everyone who I was boo. no secret.

  38. Career Ender February 4, 2016

    #exposure

  39. datredd23 February 4, 2016

    still waiting for worldwide figures

    whether or not this album sells massively or not I freaking love it

    kiss it better Is a masterpiece! omg I’m truly enjoying this album and that’s all that matters to the real fans

  40. Rihboy February 4, 2016

    Lol at the girl recanting. She likes her but doesn’t like her? ??? most recant when it comes to rih. This was such a pointless interview and look at the people she asked. The dude talking about twerking clearly don’t know what twerking looks like. Rihanna is the best twerker out there boo boo. Receipts upon request.

  41. Penny Sparrow February 4, 2016

    Hey Tori I mean Career ender remember when David clocked you and your Hannah Montana ways.
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    January 13, 2016 at 3:37 pm
    Career Ender says:
    Vote
    This post is a mess 2013 tease
    Moderator: Taylor Tori Azalea! Please refrain from using more than
    one username in the same thread. Thanks!

  42. HailBeysus February 4, 2016

    Lol the hive got WENTZ parched!! Look at everyone get a dislike as soon as the Rihject stan comes in ??????

  43. Naomi February 4, 2016

    Bwahaha. The shade in this video was too much.

  44. AnnaliseKeatingsNewWig February 4, 2016

    Take your Kima Keisha And Pam 1998 ol Living Single looking ass somewhere with that būllshit.
    ____
    LMAOOOO! Don’t do tew much sis! I’m hollering! 😆

  45. AnnaliseKeatingsNewWig February 4, 2016

    I like the female reporters 🙂 Sam I suggest you get some female writers, I’m tired of you messy queens

  46. Adelephant (previously HYDROQINONE) February 4, 2016

    that light skinned girl that did the Rihanna dance is Real pretty ,she looks like Ciara without the extra masculine features tho

  47. .:: Centurion ::. February 4, 2016

    Not Opera Mini tho. No wonder Career Africa is on TGJ once a week. It probably browses the Internet with images turned off with its 30MB per week data plan. And a 480×800 screenshot? What kind of struggle? Doesn’t Career Africa go around telling people that it’s an Engineer? ????

    • Keri Qween February 4, 2016

      I see the dark African s**** Career Ender has ventured from his straw hut to troll TGJ

      I thought it would be catching and hunting its daily dinner of zebra and elephant

      • .:: Centurion ::. February 4, 2016

        Girl noooooooo. ????

      • .:: Centurion ::. February 4, 2016

        December 21, 2015 at 3:25 pm
        Career Ender says:

        0

        -1

        Vote

        Lol
        .
        by the way I’m an engineer, the plant runs 24/7 -365 days
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        I need to make sure that I’ll be off on that day. then I can purchase the ticket

        _______________________
        He must be an Engineer with a KFC employee’s salary judging by this struggle screenshot he took: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=208k2yv&s=9#.VrOlsDPRazM

      • Keri Qween February 4, 2016

        Kiiiii
        He sure has a lot of time on his hands to be an engineer ?

  48. Rosie February 4, 2016

    Still can’t at the Coast Guard using physicals as an excuse; physicals didn’t increase self-titled’s first week so what makes them think ANTiCHRIST will be selling 200K next week just because it’ll be at Best Buy.
    Most casual fans of their fave are young and have bought something off iTunes at least once in their lives so if they really wanted to pay for the album THAT badly they would be buying it this week on their Samsung/iPhone.

    • Keri Qween February 4, 2016

      But where were you when Plastic Del Reys album dipped 12 spots in its 2nd week?

      Rih sold 400k worldwide in 48ish hours

    • .:: Centurion ::. February 4, 2016

      And why are you talking about sales when your main-main-main fave’s latest album is stalled at 200k after more than 4 months?
      ________________________
      US Top Album Sales: #88 @LanaDelRey, Honeymoon 3,626 (208,000 total) (Released: 18 September 2015) Such a kiii

      • .:: Centurion ::. February 4, 2016

        Even Halsey the 987624668th artist you’re clinging to is flopping.
        _______________
        US album sales: @halsey , Badlands 6,175 (290,000 total).
        7:54 PM – 25 Jan 2016
        (Released: 28 August 2015) ?

  49. What now February 4, 2016

    Damn TGJ is mad.

  50. FC/JC February 4, 2016

    DEATH! What i got from this is that the General public hasnt even purchased her album, heard her new stuff, Let alone even knew that she had a new album out.. TRAGIC!

  51. WINTZ February 5, 2016

    Lol S@M is maaaaad hunnie!! I would be too if my staff called me out on my own blog in the name of my arch nemesis ICONNA!

    Kiiiiii

  52. Lol February 5, 2016

    According to NY Times — “Anti” had a low start on the Billboard album chart this week, opening at No. 27 — Rihanna’s lowest opening chart position. Nielsen reported that the album sold fewer than 1,000 copies in the United States ???

  53. Just In February 5, 2016

    US Billboard Anti (final) – 124k….. !!!

    ?? ? Navy today…

  54. yesterday was Aaliyah 37birthday to the good music February 6, 2016

    Lol nice

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