So I wasn't to happy that the album didn't feature the sound that she supposedly said she was going to go for which was "Disturbia," "Breakin' Dishes", & "Shut Up & Drive." I think that could have been a winning formula! On top of that sound being abandoned she didn't continue the Dance Pop sound that was heavily featured on 'Good Girl Gone Bad.'

There were some catchy/ good songs such as "Hard" "Cold Case Love" "Wait Your Turn" and "Rude Boy," but I think the album isn't not up to 'GGGB' standards at all, it will not easily top it's success unless she re-releases this into a crazy out of this world album! Hope she releases the right singles off of this album! I see this being a make or breaking of her musical longevity.

Here is my full length review of 'Rated R'
http://number1k9.blogspot.com/2009/11/rihanna-rated-r-album-review.html