Rihanna Performs ‘Rude Boy’ At Echo Awards

Published: Thursday 4th Mar 2010 by Sam

Rihanna took to the stage at the Echo Awards in Berlin, Germany tonight to perform new single ‘Rude Boy’. Check out how your favourite vocalist and mine fared above…

I actually rather enjoyed Ms. Fenty’s performance. Yes, her vocals (as always) were compromised so as for her to actually move around on stage. Yet it’s hard to deny that her swagger was in full-effect (however unjustified it is) and the stage set-up (cheeky robots inclusive) was a nice touch too. Not bad…

What do you think of the performance?

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  1. ADE March 4, 2010

    ummm, yeah that was alrite, not great, not bad

  2. ADE March 4, 2010

    her band is sick tho! i love the arrangements…this song sounds so good live

  3. KingMo March 4, 2010

    Lol…it was…cute. She is just always off key with every performance…damn…girl just cant catch a break with the vocals…she’s not a good singer.
    But I liked the concept…a bit random, but I liked it.
    Btw, what are the wackness they call her backup singers/dancers/posers…they’re practically useless.

  4. Hmmmm March 4, 2010

    She looks like a french maid…I’ so confused. lol

    I loved this song until I saw her attempts at a performance.

    Fact: Rihanna is best enjoyed on your ipod. Not live.

    She looks gorgeous tho!

  5. Keesha March 4, 2010

    Um, I’ve tried to watch her performances, hoping and praying (I’m being VERY sarcastic when I say that) that she will wow me, but she’s freaking BORING and she CANNOT sing! It’s sad that the Grammy’s awarded her for ANYTHING because she has NO talent! Point blank. JMHO.

  6. Aunt Jackie March 4, 2010

    I think the performance was pretty bad. The audience seemed really bored. He dancing was not too good (stiff), her singing was pitchy and off-key and there was absolutely no wow-factor. Snooze-fest, especially compared to the cuter one she did on Ellen.

    And yes, that band is crazy! Love it! Who thinks her background singers looked dope? I do!!

  7. Keesha March 4, 2010

    @Aunt Jackie I totally agree. Her band is always good and I think that her backup singers should have record deals over her anyday. They sound so good!

  8. Ms. CLaY March 4, 2010

    Well just when I thought she was getting better vocally live……Smh. Vocally this was horrific.

    However, she has definitely improved on her stage presence and her dancing doesn’t look so stiff either. That was actually a good performance from Rihanna aside from the nasty vocals. The Robots were a bit off to me and her outfit was kinda cute but it looks just like the one she wore at the Pepsi Smash just one of the leg sleeves are cut-off. But whatevs.

    I love this song and I love it even better with a live band! Live bands bring a different swag to a song and I appreciate that! Live bands are Awesome!

  9. Keesha March 4, 2010

    And Sam and Trent, stop trying to appease the Rih stans. She sucks period! She had NO swag! She never does!

  10. ‘Ello March 4, 2010

    I really enjoyed it actually. It was cute and Rihanna has lookin good so, I liked it. Vocally, meh, Rihanna never sings good live. Like @HMMMM said Rihanna is for your iPod not live. I don’t think the Germans knew what was going on, lol.

  11. Blasian March 4, 2010

    SHE JUST SUCKS SOOOOOOOOOOO BORING THE ROBOTS WAS BETTER THAN HER.

  12. Blasian March 4, 2010

    The audience WAS really BORED.

  13. parisian girl March 4, 2010

    wow!!that bish was on fire!!!
    but the performance was all over the place,i didn’t really like it!
    the audience was bored

  14. Jermaine March 4, 2010

    GO RIHANNA!!!!!! KILL THEM HATERS YO!

  15. sugar March 4, 2010

    Beyonce is sitting somewhere laughing at this girl…. swagga jacked her moves hahahahaha

  16. JEFF March 4, 2010

    WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANT VOCALLY FROM HER?

    SHE NOT WHITNEY NOR MARIAH, SHES RIHANNA!

    SHE SOUNDS GOOD AND IN PARTS SOUNDS LIKE THE RECORD EVEN.

    THATS HER VOICE AND SHE SOUNDS GOOD, YES SHES NOT A BELTER AND DOES NOT GO FOR HIGH NOTES BUT SHE STILL CAN SING,

    SHES HAVING FUN TOO AND MOVING AROUND .

  17. sugar March 4, 2010

    @ Blasian

    some women is suing her ass… so the robot are helping her save $$$$$$$

  18. sugar March 4, 2010

    @ jeff

    go sit somewhere pls

  19. Jermaine March 4, 2010

    THE HATERS ARE ALIVE ON HERE TONIGHT!! RIHANNA MAKE THAT MONEY BOO!!!! KEEP THESE H*** HATIN! LOL

  20. JEFF March 4, 2010

    @ sugar keep hatin on a celebrity that makes more money than you and dont give a f*** what you have to say,, get a life.

  21. Aunt Jackie March 4, 2010

    @ Jeff

    Hey, how you doin’?

    I think what most people want vocally is for her to SING ON KEY and NOT HAVE HER VOICE TREMBLE OR CRACK when she’s not even attempting to sing super high or super low notes.

    How can’t you sing live when she’s not even doing hard-core choreography? Come on man, seriously. Is it so much to ask to want a chick who has been in the industry for five years as a singer to know how to sing?

    Come on Jeff!

  22. JAY March 4, 2010

    MY EYES WERE ON THE EYE-CATCHING ROBOTS THE WHOLE TIME LOL HAHAH!!! RI RI GO SIT DOWN!!

  23. Jermaine March 4, 2010

    The two robots remind me of the movie “HELLBOY II” or maybe even “THE FIFTH ELEMENT”… I must say Rihanna impresses me every time. Go babygirl… Push “RUDE BOY” to #1 on the charts.

  24. Jermaine March 4, 2010

    @JEFF

    Yo ppl like Sugar,Aunt Jackie, and the rest of them Prozac pop’n h*** have nothing else to do so let them Hate.. They only keeping Rihanna in the headlines. The really “CLOSET FANS”.

  25. Shanny March 4, 2010

    Lmao@ sugar that’s freakin funny someone is suing her that’s why she’s using robots lmao I can’t stop laughing

  26. sugar March 4, 2010

    X Y & Z
    where are you

  27. sugar March 4, 2010

    @ Shanny,

    thats true though, go to TMZ you will c, she used her services and never paid her, so that b**** is taking her to court… 26K. TMZ had it yesterday

  28. keeping it real March 4, 2010

    This song has grown on me and Rihanna we know can’t sing good but her performance was her lip singing which makes her sound like her record. Yes she is studying Beyonce moves so she can do better.

  29. Renee March 4, 2010

    Wow…what a hott mess…

  30. TOO S*** March 4, 2010

    this performance was dreadful..it was boring and has nothing to it……………..

  31. Ben March 4, 2010

    She really on da grind with this “Rude Boy” ain’t she? Gotta make that last single count I guess, since the first 2 didn’t, and “Hard” barely hung in there, even though it is one of the few I like. Anyway, the performance was ok, concept was humorous and YES, she does have a rather large, yet kick ass band. Damn, Def Jam is breakin’ da bank for this girl. Her best live renditions of this song was on aolSessions and Ellen.

  32. Renee March 4, 2010

    @ Ben , yes they are, they have to make back ALL that money spent / spedning for the project!!!

  33. dan March 5, 2010

    it’s the echo’s, there are mostly older people, so of course they were bored

    thought it was a nice performance…she is beginning to take the stage

    dont know why they didnt promote hard that way, cause it could have been a hit, too.

    always the hate, if she lipsincs y’all would say she couldn’t sing live and girl is always singing live and y’all hate. she sounds nearly like her recorded voice! and sometimes even better!

    think it was nice with the robots

  34. incognegro March 5, 2010

    Damn HATERS (lmao)…at one point, I thought it was just being critical, but now it hilarious how hateful folks are towards Rihanna. **Please let it be known that I am not part of the Rihanna-fan club, and definitely have no intentions on enlisting**; however, I can’t deny the fact that she is reasonably good at what’s she does. “She sucks”, “her vocals are horrible” – and so is about 90% of her contemporaries!!! Music quality has been dumbed-down some much that the likes of Ms. Knowles is considered vocal-royalty, when the truth is that you can find a number of people on the streets who can outsing many of the tops acts. Don’t get me wrong, B. is a bad sister, and on the stage, she’s the best around; but there are few artists today that amaze me. You want vocal talent, look at Anita Baker, Minnie Riperton, Luther Vandross, Phyllis Hyman, Whitney Houston (in her prime), Mariah Carey (in her prime), etc. You want vocal talent visit (as I said before) Julliard, Berkelee – don’t look at the top 10 Billboard albums.

    And stop hating, I guarantee you will feel much better in the morning 🙂 (blood pressure will regulate, and who knows – your luck might improve…I’m talking sh_t, but being kinda honest too)

  35. zenguru March 5, 2010

    its wasnt perfect she sounded out of breath at one point

    what i think is funny is that this site clearly doesnt think she is talented but is supporting Sabrina Washington which is laughable

    i’m guessing Sabrina’s people have put some $$$$$ in the thatgrapejuice fund

    i thought blogs were about genuine opinions not paid for opinions

  36. hihihihi March 5, 2010

    WOW SAMA U WAS ACTUALLY SPEKAING THE TRUTH
    OH MY LORD

    WHATEVA MY GIEL KILLEDS IT AS WELL

    SHE HAD BETTER DAYS VOCALLY BUT SHE STILL SANG BETTER THAN JLO CIARA AMERIE JANERT MADONNA AND ALL THOSE DUMB B******

    RIHANNA 2010

    RB WILL BE ‘1 IN

    UK
    US
    GERMANY

    STAY MAD

  37. Shou March 5, 2010

    Borriiiing , her voice was a mess

  38. Kingnoah3000 March 5, 2010

    I liked it..but is she gonna be like “others” and steal everything.. blackeyed pea..

  39. newsflash haters March 5, 2010

    @ben how could hard barely hung in there, when it was #1 on the dance charts. And a top ten hit in the US come on now.

  40. IRONY March 5, 2010

    AHHH NOW I GET IT. SOFT P*** IN THE MUSIC BIZ… DAMN, GURL… GO XXX AND TAKE THE PAPER. THIS IS BORING!!

  41. Jay March 5, 2010

    LOL @SAM MAKE UP UR MIND P****

  42. Mechanical Girl March 5, 2010

    PERFORMANCE WAS BORING. I wasnt expecting her sing really well but I she still could’ve gave an exciting show. I wonder if she will perform this song on the Kid’s Choice Awards. Love the song tho’.
    The robots were there because it was a metaphor *hence the squirting** but it reminded me of Chris”I Can Transform Ya” “Come here rude boy is you big enough” haha

  43. Mechanical Girl March 5, 2010

    TYPO: scratch out the I
    *before the stans say something*

  44. cool chick March 5, 2010

    her voice always sucks live and yea it was boring too.

    I only like the way she sounds on her tracks but not live

  45. MS. CLAY March 5, 2010

    Rihanna you make me sick. when people keep mistaking your face for a puckered asshole like they do me, you would be a hater too, just sayin!

  46. B Stan March 5, 2010

    That mess was boring

    Rihanna hair is hella ugly she need to get a choreographer cuz her dance moves r stiff and boring

    Rihanna fails to amaze me and I can’t stand when she sings that song live

    Def jam is really shoving her down ppl throat

    That hair is horrendous ugh

  47. whystillinbusiness March 5, 2010

    That was a snap away from p***! She’s trying and trying way to hard. The movements made her singing off and she could not recover that’s why she finished the song early. Thank goodness. The people were not bored they were in shock with her doing p*** at an award show…

  48. X,Y,”and Z” March 5, 2010

    K, let me say, I’ve NOT-YET watched it, but I’ll have to ask…or better yet, predict:

    *Rihanna “reaching”, if-not ‘screeching for notes’ her “vocal-gifts” weren’t so blessed?!?!
    *Rihanna “just-a-step-away” from a near-fatal face-first-fall from attempting coordinated movement/gesticulation with music – few will call dancing?!?!
    *Rihanna nearly “self-satisfying” and writhing in-orgasmic-delight” as she sells p****, and what a fine role-model, SHE is!

    …I watched it! …..See….I WAS RIGHT! ; – 9

    X,Y,”and Z” — OUT!

  49. Nicky22 March 5, 2010

    I LOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVE HOW THE HATERS COME ON AND COMMENT

    MEANWHILE….RIHANNA POCKETS ANOTHER HIT…..RUDE BOY EXPLODING AT RADIO AND ITUNES WORLDWIDE…….

    RATED R SELLING CONSISTENTLY IN THE US AND WORLDWIDE ….30 DATE EUROPE TOUR PRODUCED BY JAMIE KING

    MORE DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED…..

    PLUS SHE WILL HAVE ANOTHER MONSTER DANCE ALBUM TO DOMINATE THE AIRWAVES. AT THE END OF THE YEAR…….ONE LINE TO SAY TO XYZ, MS CLAY, BLASIAN , AND ALL THE HATING B******:

    THAT RIHANNA REIGN JUST WONT LET UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LMAO!!!!!!!

  50. Nicky22 March 5, 2010

    GRAMMY’S HERE WE COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    SORRY HATERS!!!!!!!!! RIHANNA IS DOING IT AND YOU CAN’T TAKE IT……

    EVEN SAM AND TRENT HAVE STARTED TO LET UP ON THEIR HATE…… LMAO

    THAT RIHANNA REIGN JUST WONT LET UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LMAO

  51. S.P March 5, 2010

    whether u like it or not… RIHANNA REIGN JUST WONT LET UP…lmao

  52. X,Y,”and Z” March 6, 2010

    @Nicky22 — That MIGHT be true – ’bout Sam and Trent, but I’M NOW HERE; there’s NEW Sheriff-in-town and that’d-be-me: X,Y,”and Z”…..

    You see, there WAS-a-time, when Rihanna had NO ‘competition’; no Lady Gaga, no Keisha; it was just she and Beyonce – for the most-part! But NOW? …Well, she has no-less-than, four-other-artists whose out-sold, and are, FAR-more talented than SHE is. And THEY’LL be ALSO, touring about the same time, that Rihanna will!

    It’ll ALL-come-down to a ‘rational-choice’ that you’ll have to make as to where you’ll spend your hard-earned ‘recessionary-unemployment-a-possibility-funds’: ‘Can’t sing, can’t dance, and gives crappy live performance: Rihanna’ OR, say an Alicia Keys/Beyonce/Keisha/Lady Gaga who CAN perform FAR-ABOVE the-likes-of ‘a Rihanna’!

    For ANYONE, with-a-bit-of common-sense, the choice(s) are certain and clear: “Talent/showmanship” vs “Hype/hysteria and PR!”

    X,Y, “and Z” — OUT!

  53. Kyus93 March 8, 2010

    SHE WAS AMAZING. DON’T HATE PEOPLE

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