In a recent interview with NME, Rihanna hit out against artists who use product placement in their videos; this, despite receiving heavy corporate backing from Nokia herself for the recent release of her ‘Rated R’ LP. Speaking on the issue, the model said:
“I don’t like things to be so commercial. I hate product placement in my videos. Videos should just tell the story of the song. With product placement it becomes this big ad campaign. I just don’t like that. Sometimes we have to, for whatever political reason, but it’s never my first choice.”
The 22 year old went on to critique the inauthentic nature of the industry, citing her own ‘rebellious’ streak with her ‘Good Girl Gone Bad’ LP as to how she combated it:
After my first two albums I just said, ‘I’m ready to do it my way, completely.’
“So a few of us went into the studio, cut my hair, dyed it black. The label hadn’t seen anything, they didn’t know what was going on.
The mystique I have kept has been because I don’t say a lot. There are a lot of rumours about me, every day it’s something new.
I guess by not replying people never know what’s true and they never know what’s not true.
So that kinda leaves them wondering – they see me, but they never know what’s in my mind.”
Erm…yeah. Videos should tell the story of the song, and singers should actually be able to sing. Things that make you go ‘hmmm’
As for the image thing, I’m finding it a little hard to muster up anything other than ‘whatever’ at Ms. Fenty’s apparent rebellion against the label. It’s well-known in the industry and beyond that her darker image was cooked-up by her team as a last-ditch effort to garner sales for an artist, who besides a few moderately successful hits, was not bringing in the $$$.
It’s actually quite funny to see her trying to stake her claim as a credible artist now, when she’s in the middle of a move to a softer, less-edgy image; something only occurring because folk weren’t buying into that uber dark ish. I mean, 4 years into the game, and many are still struggling to understand who she is an artist (see: her album sales). Hell, I’m pretty sure she doesn’t know either. I’m just saying…
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With an ass as hot as the sand in the Sahara, who needs product placements?
I love Rihanna <3
Regardless of whatever b******* people throw at her, she's still making her money whether its in topping the charts, topping other artists in digital sales, public appearances or in the modeling world.
I don't really see how people can criticize her.
She doesn't have to sound or look like Beyonce in order to be considered to be beautiful and talented. I'm looking forward to her new album.
Also — what the hell?
Why can't someone act differently and be praised for it?
Instead, she's heavily criticized by people who don't matter on the internet.
Yall really need to hop off this goat’s c*** already…
It’s one thing to make such commercial music, but to be so oblivious about it is just another embarrassing blow for pop music.. Her music is so cliche. She thinks being bold is an edgy haircut.
Preach the truth riri!!!
If they dont like it then f***’em!
Rihanna knows what she is doing 😛
LOL ONCE AGAIN SAM U EMBARRASSE URSELF
“t’s well-known in the industry” SWEETY DID U GET THE MEMO U AINT IN THE INDUSTRY
U ARE A D-LIST BLOGGER
DO U GET NOW????? U AINT PEREZ
AND SINGER SHOUDL BE ABLE TO SING THATS CORRECT AND THAT SHES ABLE TO DO AND REVIEWS SAID A LOT ABOUT HER POWERFUL VOCALS IN RATED R
HAVENT SEEN THOSE FOR JANET WHISPERS BUT ITS KNOWN IN THE INDUSTRY AND BEYOND THAT THAT B**** CANTR SING THATS WHY SHE HASNT GOTTEN THE RECIEWS RIHANAN DID
AND JLO CIARA WE DONT EVEN WANNA START
ITS FUNNY U SAY SHES NOT AN CREDIABLE ARTIST BNUT SHE CAME OUT WITH SONGS LIKE UNFAITHFUL AND RUSSIAN ROULETTE
CIARA COMES OUT WITH WORK BUT SORRY SHES AN CREDIABLE ARTIST
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHA WHAT A LOSA U TRUIY ARE
AND EVERYTHING RIHANAN SAYS IS TRUE; U CAN TELL
SHE AINT GOT TO LÖY ABOUT S*** SHES THAT B****
SHES NOT FAKE LIKE JANET; CIARA OR JLO
REAL B**** 2010
* HER ALBUMS SALES PROVES PEOPLE DONT KNOW WHAT ARTIST SHE IS
FUNNY I GUESS SAME COULD BE SAD ABOUT ALICIA KEYS
DIDNT HER ASS ONLY SOLD 300K MORE THAN RIHANNA??????????
AND SHES MORE TALENTED AND PEOPLE KNOW WHAT ARTIST SHE IS
LOL U R A LOSA AND U EMBARRASSE URSELF EVEN MORE NOW
GO AND F*** TRENTIA
TWO GAY DUDES (YALL GAY; I KNOW 100%) WHO WANNA BE GIRLS
Umm since when would she even be a proper spokesperson for anything political? She naked. Sometimes popularity gives these psuedo-celebs the idea that they really are something deep and hard to figure out. I do not see anything challenging about Rihanna. All I see is a pretty girl that the industry uses to make money for their families at the expense of her privacy, freedom, and future.
Light skins crack early like white people (My family is full of wrinkled light skinned members) SO her time in the limelight is going to have a shorter shelf life. Why do you think Beyonce won’t take a break? NO time.
Rihanna needs to just have fun doing what she does, and stay away from the deep interviews. Her life as a pop piece is all about what she LOOKS like. Obviously since they spend more dough on her personal body trainer than actual singing lessons. The people who she is working with now are all about squeezing this lemon, and when it is dry, the next Beyonce, Ciara, (fill in blank), will take her place.
Just change clothes hair, show your nakedness and leave the meaningful interviews to people like Gladys Knight, Lena Horne, or Ruby Dee who actually has something deep to say. Young people like you, and they could care less for a deep interview from Rihanna unless she is going to fess up, or talking about getting naked, who she dating, or when she doing a new video so they can look at her half naked ass.
Interviewing her is like interviewing Cassie… WHY?
haa. i love when u go in on rihanna! it kinda makes my day,
B**** IS FULL OF HERSELF!!! IT’S NOT LIKE APPLE, MICROSOFT, AND COKE ARE DESPERATELY SEEKING THIS NON-SINGER FOR A PICTORIAL. GEESH!!! NEXT.
I don’t know how she can moan when whatever she does has a commercial agenda attached to it – she’s a product placement for her record label, without them she has no chance to survive it alone.
I dont know why her fans are still supporting her. Cant she be at least modest? If not for all these product placement, SHE IS NO WHERE IN THE INDUSTRY! She start to be famous for all the product placement, if not, she is nothing. cause she cant sing either. Sam is right.
I think she saw what KElly’s team was seeking, and she wants people to not like ads in music videos all of a sudden so that kelly can fail. Watch!
Dude, its getting old. Very old – and so are you. Please step off.
^ that’s the dumbest thing i’ve read so far! LMAO!
LOL at the people getting mad at Sam for speaking the truth. You only pressed because you know it. You throw out all types of little facts but the bottom line is that people is not on
Riri like they were in that GGGB stage. Everyone scratched their heads at Russian Ridiculous and it literally took her two-three good tries to churn out something radio would play. She can go on and on about how she went against the record label but if that wasn’t a strategic move BY the record label to help give her some sort of identification then I don’t know what is. And you don’t believe me, peep her first two albums when she looked like anybody and everybody. She was starting to blend in, something that would’ve been her eventual downfall as an artist so they had to set her apart: cue black short hair pronto! Just didn’t work for her this time around and now she doesn’t know what to do. What’s the next best thing? Try to set herself apart again with comments like this only this time it’s not working.
Rihanna need to stop talking and be happy that her gimmicks and gingles are working for her…
Sam, boy U made my day ! Sorry folks the things he said were ALL true, and puh-lease Rihanna we know you don’t make decisions regarding your own image, U got the little team behind dressing you up and making you act a certain way, it’s time to grow up and get yoself a real personnality.
im gettin bored of sam constantly taking swipes at rihanna…rihanna has a good voice im not sure why everyone thinks she cant sing. if someone can hold a a note they can sing . he gives his opinions way to much on his blog site he needs not to be so biased other wise im gonna start reading necole bitchie .com instead. shes much better anywho
I’m so sick of you going on about how she can’t sing. Go & watch the AOL sessions you dipshit & you’ll see that she can. And a few moderately successful hits? Since when is a #1 record & a #2 record moderately successful? That’s higher than any song Kelly Rowland has ever had solo (apart from Dilemma, but that wasn’t even her song). Rated R is RiRi’s fastest selling album, it’s selling faster than GGGB & that went double platinum so your argument doesn’t make sense ¬_¬ When Kelly Rowland gets a hit, then you can hate. But while your faves are still flopping, don’t throw shade at RiRi just because she’s more successful
Music of the Sun – 2 millions
Girl Like Me – 4 millions
Good Girl Gone Bad – 8 millions
Rated R – 3millions and counting
boy sit and read a book
Fools, Rihanna did not say this. I can’t believe people believe what this dumbass british magazine said, just so they can hate. Just like Beyonce said she has a marriage contract. I bet you want make a post about this being false, like you did the Bey one. And I love Bey also so stans don’t come at me. Just tryin to get my point across. This site always try to paint Rihanna in a negative light. I know Rihanna is not the best singer, but she seems be be the olny one gettin bash for not have a strong voice. Not sayin any names, but it’s a few people you call singers who doesn’t have a strong voice either.
“not bringing money to her label” LMAO, so f****** sad, like I’m always saying, instead of hating on this girl that gets better every year, support Fist Brown C-Error and Kelly Flopland, request and buy their songs, Rihanna doesnt need more free publicity, every album she realises sells more and more compared to the one before, how can you say that isnt bringing money to the label? You know that the number 1#s in Billboard count right? And in every country, for such a “music journalist” you know nothing about the industry or the art of music since you clearly dont know that someone that has 3 octaves clearly can reach high notes and is a singer, you may not like her voice, but she cant reach notes that your favourites could never, I would like to see C-Error singing Russian Roullete LMAO, with so many people to hate in Hollywood, so many atention whores that do nothing instead of partying and annoying people, you choose Rihanna that hasnt done anything to anyone and has tons of charities to support and uses her fame and money to help others, you gooo Samantha!
*she can reach notes(…)
And I dont believe she actually said this, she isnt like that so yeah, I really doubt she said this but even if she said it, it wasnt nothing bad, atleast she can speak
Oh, I left something out. The whole part where it says the label didn’t want me to cut my hair. She said that s*** 3 years ago at the VMA’s i remember. So it pisses me off how they use something she said 3 years ago and mixed it with false quotes. And everybody runnin with it as somethig she said. And watch you fools still believe this. I’m sorry, but the amount of hate this girl gets is stupid to me and she didn’t even say this. I know people goin to say why are her fans defendin her, same reason why you defend the artist you like. #carryon with your hate, because I know the usual haters will be in here believing this and cosignin this biased ass site.
Not again man, get off the girl, and to the idiot who compared rihanna to janet…theres no comparision in that.Janet has done way more and her impact on pop music is unquestionable. Their talking about rihanna, not janet in this blog
Sam what you said was CLASSIC , CLASSY and nothing but TRUTH!!
May i remind you that she can sing. Just cause she dont have powerful vocals like christina aguilera or how dare i say beyonce. There are different voice ranges. I mean if the whole flippin industry had poweful vocal artist ill be really bored.
Now she said VIDEOS let me repeat VIDEOS of course she has to promote her albums etc through commericals etc but i understand where she is coming from for the videos it should reflect the songs meaning/story
And i dont know if she really said that but i agree with the VIDEO part remember she said VIDEO not promotion for albums etc
ONCE AGAIN, SAMANTHA WILL FOREVER BE A BLOGGER. THIS ARTICLE ISNT CREDIBLE SMOOOOOOOOOCHES!!!!
IF PEOPLE WERENT BUYING INTO HER EDGY IMAGE
SHE WOULDNT CONTINUE TO STACK HITS
BE TOP 20 ON ITUNES AFTER 5 MONTHS, SHES ALREADY AHEAD OF MONICA WHO JUST CAME OUT!!!!!
STILL SELLING RECORDS
HER TOUR IS SOLD OUT IN EUROPE SWEETIE….ARE YOU MAD SAMANTHA???? RIHANNA IS HERE TO STAY BOOBOO……..SHES SOLD OVER 15.5 MILLION ALBUMS AND COUNTING.
SMOOOOOOOOOCHES!!!!!!!
@ last Boy on Earth – she’s sold 1.8 mill ww, not 3 mill with RR.
Cosign with @Sam
ARE YOU MAD THAT THE PRODUCT PLACEMENT FILLED TELEPHONE DID NOT GO TO #1 LIKE YOU SAID IT WOULD?!!!! LMAO
RIHANNA BLOCKED LADY GAGAS TRAIN WRECK SONG FROM BEING # 1 ON THE US CHARTS…
POOR SAMANTHA…….YOUR EPIC VIDEO DIDNT DO ANYTHING FOR THE SONG. BECAUSE ITS FALLING DOWN THE CHARTS
SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCHES!!!!
@ THAT PHEONIX
She’s actually at 2 Million worldwide and 3 million shipped. SMOOOOCHES!!!! She’s sold 2million from only 2 world singles and 3 US SINGLES! GO RIH !!!
TE AMO IS A WORLD HIT , IT WILL SMASH THE CHARTS WORLDWIDE AND PUSH HER ALBUM SALES HIIIIGHER AND HIIIIIIIIIIGHERRRRRRRRR
TO THE HATERS, ONCE AGAIN, (INCLUDING SAMANTHA) STAY MAD!!!!! EVERY GREAT ARTIST REINVENTS THEIR IMAGE (JANET, MADONNA ETC)
IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER ONCE SHE RELEASES HER MONSTER DANCE ALBUM…….SMOOOOOOOOOCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!
for thje delusional rihanna stans please read (and i love rihanna)
total albums sold in the US as of 31st march, 2010 – 774.000
2.5 albums have been shipped worldwide but ONLY 1.8 million has been sold.
so for the people who are classing this as a major success, and saying she sold 3 million + PLEASE SIT DOWN!!!
‘As of February 2010, the album has shipped 2.5 million copies and sold over 1.8 million worldwide’ check wikipedia stans because i don’t know where you getting your s*** from!
@MATT
SHE ALREADY SOLD MORE THEN 2 MILLIONS YOU DUMBASS, HATERS ARE SAYING THAT SHE SOLD 1.8 MILLION FOR LIKE 2 MONTHS ALREADY, SMH
@ Matt, she’s at 2 Million worldwide (including all markets on mediatraffic)
3 Million shipped, meaning that it will sell 3 million very soon.
@matt
we are in April d*****, she is selling more week after week after week she already reached the 2M mark and 3M shipped, sitdown
@ MATT
ANYONE CAN WRITE ON WIKIPEDIA, I’VE ADDED HER SALES. TRUST ME 🙂 MWAH
glad your promoting riri!!! love her album!!
Trent imma have 2 advice u 2 stop let the dumb delusional rihanna fans post under different names its obvious smh
@HiHiHiHi u sound like an idiot ciara janet jlo are more credible than rihanna ever be so sit down at least they r talent what talent rihanna has? ok thank i thought so these women with the exception of rihanna actually write or co write their own music 2 begin with and are more involved with their career so sit the f*** down every time when its a rihanna post u bring up other artistes y u mad they have talent while rihanna dont? i doubt rihanna give 2 f**** about so just shut up
duhh
1. RIHANNA – Rude Billboard Charts Boy: 139.533 (+ 2.945)
2. LADY ANTEBELLUM – Need You Now : 130.423 (+ 0.505)
3. B.O.B – Nothin’ On You f/Bruno Mars: 109.170 (+ 2.640)
4. LADY GAGA – Telephone f/Beyonce = 92.613 (+ 0.443)
5. BLACK EYED PEAS – Imma Be Billboard Charts: 86.404 (- 1.489)
6. YOUNG MONEY – Bedrock f/Lloyd: 84.467 (- 1.296)
7. JASON DERULO – In My Head Billboard Charts: 80.315 (+ 1.174) ▲
8. TREY SONGZ – Say Aah: 80.022 (- 0.486) ▼
9. TRAIN – Hey, Soul Sister: 79.709 (+ 0.449) ▼
10. KESHA – Tik Tok = 70.764 (+ 0.581)
RIHANNA IS AT 140 MILLION AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS OF TODAY, THE BIGGEST SONG FOR THE PAST YEAR !!!!! RUDE BOY WILL BE # 1 FOR WEEKS TO COME
R**** – shipped 3m, sold 1.9m
@ Nicky – It’s called payola. BTW, There’s nothing special or iconic about rude boy, it sooo forgetable.
@ cramped obviously you dont know s*** about the industry. payola is a thing of the 90’s and before. read a f***** book b****.
ANYWAY….
SAM ,do you need a tissue, are you still crying that Rihanna is successful and DENIED YOUR ASS AN INTERVIEW?
@BettyBoopbb69 and Kristina
You all said every thing I wanted to say. Well written @Sam…
you this is all a f****** gimmick to get people talking on this blog this s*** wasn’t even news worthy for sam or trent to keep throwing shot at her total bull s***
BEYONCE SINGLE LADIES WHICH WAS A HUGE PHENOMENON AND PEAKED AT 154 MILLION AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS.
LOOKS LIKE RIH WILL BE PASSING THAT SOON !
@ Nicky – Ha Ha. STFU! You know thats the truth. Def scam is paying for riherpes sh!t..
Shade shade shade shade shade shade shade shade shade.
shade shade shade shade and more shade.
#thatisall
I want Rude boy to pass Single ladies, BUT It wouldnt be half as iconic as S.L, that’s how I know Def scam using payola to keep it on top. I wont be fooled, there’s nothing special about that song.
btw I was just checking the Talk Asia interview with Rihanna, that was filmed in February and it says there that it had already sold 2.5 Million
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSGuUa9sjzQ&feature=fvw
you can see here at the min 7:43
TRUTH’s comment had me pissin myself lol tell em why u mad hahahhahaha
All artists are packaged to some degree, but she is the epitome of packaged. If there was a queen of packaged it would be RIhanna. Her hating product placement is hilarious, because all she is, is one big product placement. The irony.
Now, before I read this post – AND EVERY COMMENT – I’ll have to re-compose myself: Sam, that picture <<— Bwahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!
My God; a more-profound use of imagery, I can't possibly image!! …Sam, that picture: let's NOW initiate "new-TGJ policy", any future transgression, from one Robyn Fenty/Camp-Rihanna/Def Jam, will NOW be highlighted, prefaced and accompanied by said "Rihanna-demon" imagery!
…And y'all can best-believe, THIS is how THAT, now-deceased little girl, views and thinks about Rihanna! …I'm sure that little girl NOW realizes that Rihanna used her, but ONLY to TRY to sell her CD!!
…K, so NOW, I'll read each-and-every comment, and again view with 'sublime-appreciation' that picture's use with said caption!
Brb…..
Hey queens! Lovely seeing you back at it again with yet ANOTHER Rihanna post. Work it girl.
And Sam are you really going to talk about albums sales without talking about YOUR FLOP IDOL Kelly the T***** Rowland? Sweetie sit that ass down. Rihanna sold 2 mil, Kelly been in Destiny’s child for a decade and couldn’t even squeeze out 200k. FLOP! So keep deluding yourself into believing that anyone cares for that talentless b****
LMFAO TRY AGAIN you fairy. 🙂
LMAO rihanna is such a poser!
pshht…rebel my ass…she is just a puppet for Jay-Z!
wow everything that comes out of rihanna’s mouth is noticed right away by her haters and naysayers, who swarm to give their input on whatever she is saying or doing. That Grape Juice need to thank rihanna, because without her daily posts, this blog would have been as washed up as Chris brown’s career… Now who gon check me boo?
HILARIOUS. Your IDOL Kelly the Flop t***** Rowland has been in the game for a DECADE and still will NEVER headline her own tour or sell anywhere CLOSE to what Rihanna sells so really what is your excuse? Add to the fact that the b**** is swagger jacking Rihanna’s edgy style and trying to make herself relevant and it’s still NOT WORKING. Where are Kelly’s solo number ones? You call Rihanna’s 5 solo number 1 hits “moderately successful” when Kelly Flop doesn’t even have ONE.
GIIIIIIRRRRRRLLL BYEEEE
That Grape Juice stays throwing shade at Rihanna lol
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LOL, they hate Rihanna and downplay her fame, but clearly her name gives this whack ass site hits because y’all lips are glued on the chicks c*** every single day. And I mean that hypothetically because we all know that Sam and Trent and fudge packing queens.
How y’all doin?
Although, i’ve criticized Rihanna in the past, i must say that i do indeed like her music. I think she can sing, she’s not the best, but i do think she can hold her own & that’s just my opinion & i will stick to it. I too am looking foward to her album.
@hihihihi, you really do sicken me. why is it that you cannot go one day without bringing some other artist’s name into it. Your comments would actually be respected if A, you didnt sound crazy, B, & if you could actually sond intelligent when responding to what Sam & Trent have to say about Rihanna. OBVIOUSLY, they don’t care about what you think of them, because they are still bashing Rihanna. but you give them all that energy with your hate & stupdity. Get a life!!!!
sam your just hating
i think shes got a point
@ Nicky
What on earth is an audience impression? I’m not sure what that measures, and what the means to an artists success.
@ NewsflashHaters
We are all commenting on the same Rihanna post. Fans and detractors alike. We all notice her, because she is meant to be noticed. Just like we all notice Ke$ha, Gaga or any other over saturated artist. So, I’m not exactly sure what your point is mentioning that this blog always brings Rihanna up. She’s popular, and when she isn’t they will move on to being critical of someone else. My guess is, it will be Ke$ha. My other guess is, this blog will outlive Rihanna’s career. That is, if she continues to have sales of 181,000 in the first week with hoards of promotion and superbly produced music. Need we even say Monica outsold her in her first week, without a quarter of her promotion? Perhaps it was the fact that Monica can sing, or that people are nostalgic for less packaged artists.
What I will say is the day that ‘That Grape Juice’ ceases to post on Rihanna, she won’t be relevant anymore. Not because this is an A-list Blog, but because there is no point in debating her if she doesn’t have legions of irrational, adoring fans that can’t admit she hasn’t a lick of talent (other than to be molded wonderfully). So fans, be happy ‘That Grape Juice’ posts so frequently on her. Jump off a cliff when they start posting on Ke$ha and other packaged ladies more often. Bask in the ‘shade’ while you can.
I think we’ll truly be able to tell if she has longevity when she releases another album. If she can recover from this last image flop, maybe she’ll pull Madonna’s and keep changing it up for years to come.
@aunt jackie
The funny thing is that there arent any news about Rihanna and they still post s*** about her, she said this like 3 years ago so why are they posting? They havent got more things to do? Maybe they should play with each other d****, oh nvm, it is a virtual relationship… It is their blog and all but throwing shade while announcing the help that she is giving to people that have leukemia? Excuse me, that is beyond unhuman and disgusting.
Rihanna is reaharsing for her tour, there arent photos of her walking, there arent any news, the last news about her is the magazine cover she did to NME so yeah, even when she isnt in the spotlight, they post about her, and btw, Monica is 18# while Rihanna is #17 so, you mentioning Monica first week wasnt really worthy
We are all commenting on the same Rihanna post. Fans and detractors alike. We all notice her, because she is meant to be noticed. Just like we all notice Ke$ha, Gaga or any other over saturated artist. So, I’m not exactly sure what your point is mentioning that this blog always brings Rihanna up. She’s popular, and when she isn’t they will move on to being critical of someone else. My guess is, it will be Ke$ha. My other guess is, this blog will outlive Rihanna’s career. That is, if she continues to have sales of 181,000 in the first week with hoards of promotion and superbly produced music. Need we even say Monica outsold her in her first week, without a quarter of her promotion? Perhaps it was the fact that Monica can sing, or that people are nostalgic for less packaged artists.
What I will say is the day that ‘That Grape Juice’ ceases to post on Rihanna, she won’t be relevant anymore. Not because this is an A-list Blog, but because there is no point in debating her if she doesn’t have legions of irrational, adoring fans that can’t admit she hasn’t a lick of talent (other than to be molded wonderfully). So fans, be happy ‘That Grape Juice’ posts so frequently on her. Jump off a cliff when they start posting on Ke$ha and other packaged ladies more often. Bask in the ’shade’ while you can.
I think we’ll truly be able to tell if she has longevity when she releases another album. If she can recover from this last image flop, maybe she’ll pull Madonna’s and keep changing it up for years to come.
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All of this about dear old rihanna. I guess my point was proven 🙂 Even the haters take time out to write looong narratives on our favorite artist. That’s our girl ri ri loved by even the haters. People said the very same thing 5 years ago about her weekly sales, her not lasting a year etc. If you haven’t noticed. Her sales every album out has been increasing not decreasing, so I doubt she’s going anywhere soon. first week sales are okay, but how you do overall is where it really counts, so she’s doing good and still holding her own amoung the hate.
and why should we be happy that that grape juice posts on her. They aren’t anything to be happy about. I’m happy when people magazine, cnn, entertainment tonight, showbiz tonight, and all the other relevant news sources do posts on rihanna, those are who counts, not some cheap blog with throngs of haters. You best believe that when the reputable sources mentioned above write or talk about rihanna its all good press, not this low level kind of journalism, which mainstream america has never heard about. Wait I would be so surpised if i ever hear a credible journalist quote anything from That grape juice as a source. It ain’t gonna happen and would never happen…
@ Newsflashaters
You missed the whole point. I don’t hate Rihanna, nor do I hate on her….so you clearly didn’t read or didn’t comprehend my comment. Instead of taking any chance to call someone a hater, why not take the time to comment back intelligently. Oh, wait…that’s not why you come to post on this blog, you come to lash out at anyone who has a difference of opinion. Rather than responding, you yell hater. It’s kind of pathetic.
Anywho, I wish Rihanna the best with her tour and ant-product placement stance. I wouldn’t go see that tour if someone paid me.
@The Last Boy on Earth
Point taken. They get a little obsessive with this chick, but it keeps readers reading for sure. They know she has a lot of fans that come and comment, and can’t take what criticism they throw out. If the criticisms weren’t a little touchy for fans, or didn’t ring a little true, I don’t think they would flock to these posts and comment so relentlessly. That’s the trick of ‘That Grape Juice’. Rihanna is SO popular that they most certainly use these posts to attract readers. I think Sam and Trent make good points about her, but damn….they make them a little TOO often.
Anywho, I wish Rihanna the best with her tour and ant-product placement stance. I wouldn’t go see that tour if someone paid me.
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Well you and the others who won’t be there won’t be missed.
SMH if you didn’t know any better you’d actually think a real singer is talking..
@ Newsflashhaters
You and the 50 people there have fun. Hope the auto-tune machine doesn’t break.
@Aunt Jackie
Tour is going to be sold out very soon, and then I’ll come back and ask what else you have to say…. but speaking of 50 people, isn’t that 50 MORE people than the ones who bought a Kelly Rowland’s/Chris Brown album?
It’ s official,the bish is a joke!
Here you have a goat sounding somebody acting as if she’s an artist and what’s even more funnier is her dumb b*** trying o act as if she “even knows what product placement is” because evidently she can’t know what it is because all she is a product puppet….
I so love Sam and Trent for telling the truth on THEIR blog! It’s funny to see how ET stans run on this site acting as if they own sh!t !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a NEUTRAL site! This not a site dedicated your queen because she does not reign supreme here,she only reign supreme in your idiotic obssessive minds…..
@aunt jackie, we will. And you best believe it will be more than 50. Don’t let numbers on blogs fool you, because many change their names over and over to post negativity. If you left it to these blogs, and the supposed number of haters, you would think that rihanna couldn’t sell one album not to talk about millions. So the supporters out number the haters every day all day.
You and the 50 people there have fun. Hope the auto-tune machine doesn’t break.
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LMAO! @Aunt Jackie, you know you wrong for that one…
@ Gucci
Is this tour in the U.S. and Europe? II’m sure plenty of people will be there, and my guess is most will be in the 14-18 range.
Your Chris Brown and Kelly shade is too funny, seeing as ‘The Woman Beater’ has sold almost 300,000 copies of Graffiti. And Kelly, well….Kelly better not flop this time around.
That is all.
I stopped reading comments after @the lasy boy on earth.
You Rihanna stans are so pathetic. It is IMPOSSIBLE for your miserable c**** to big up the girl without bringing down other artists.
You f****** fail.
is this all you delusional rihanna stans have got to do with your life than sit on yo fat asses and big rihanna up to be this amazing superstar that she ain’t, sales do not mean she is this much of an artist, she can only sing when she ain’t moving, she’s a gimmick for her record company, without them she wouldn’t know her left to her f***** right. coming on here using different names and bigging rihanna up to be something she ain’t!! boo sit down!!
@Newsflashhaters
You think supporters change there names, too? And post over and over? Maybe not as much as people who hate her. She certainly has a lot of fans, that’s for sure. I just wonder why those fans don’t buy her albums. To me, it seems like they like her more than her actual music! But like I keep saying, I’m really waiting on her next album. Because this last one was a clear image flop. When she gets it together I expect her next album to sell better. From my perspective, it seems like she lost a lot of her luster over the last year and people have a less favorable opinion of her. Not exactly negative, but just not as favorable. Her ‘mystique’ went from cute and interesting to fake and calculated. Personally, I was never a huge fan but I had some friends that were. Not really huge fans anymore.
If you have to throw shade at other artist to big your fav up, it just shows how untalented they really are. *logging off*
In my opinion Rihanna changes up her image too much
First-girl from the Caribbean
Second-cutting her hair and going for the rock star thing
Third- Dark and Emo
Fourth- now she wants to go back to club bangers because the darkness was not appealing to most
She does not believe in advertising products but at the same time, she fails to realize she is a product herself. Used, transformed and puppeted by her label. I understand some ppl want to call it ‘versatile’ but i find it awfully suspicious that suddenly she is going for a completely different sound now. Since RusRou and Hard bombed on the charts, and Rude Boy is doing so well now she wants to switch it up sounds ONCE AGAIN. Hmmm this is not rocket science ppl
You think supporters change there names, too? And post over and over? Maybe not as much as people who hate her. She certainly has a lot of fans, that’s for sure. I just wonder why those fans don’t buy her albums. To me, it seems like they like her more than her actual music! But like I keep saying, I’m really waiting on her next album. Because this last one was a clear image flop. When she gets it together I expect her next album to sell better. From my perspective, it seems like she lost a lot of her luster over the last year and people have a less favorable opinion of her. Not exactly negative, but just not as favorable. Her ‘mystique’ went from cute and interesting to fake and calculated. Personally, I was never a huge fan but I had some friends that were. Not really huge fans anymore.
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Well yes, to answer your question, her fans are buying her music, cause if you look at it, she has been consistently selling records on a daily basis. Every week, she’s selling records.. So there are people who are buying. and rated r is still in the top 20 of album sale.
Btw 3 million shipped and 1.9 million sold get your facts straight stans.
Rated R is doing pretty well even though it should be doing better. I wouldn’t call it a flop but its moderate success isn’t blowing me away either. Love rih but she is a puppet to her label. I wish her all the success-she deserves it
From my perspective, it seems like she lost a lot of her luster over the last year and people have a less favorable opinion of her. Not exactly negative, but just not as favorable. Her ‘mystique’ went from cute and interesting to fake and calculated. Personally, I was never a huge fan but I had some friends
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If you got a public beatdown by a supposed boyfriend, and your face was plastered all over the airwaves for all to see, and then on top of that, people were blaming you for getting beat, won’t you lose some luster, and go into a dark place? If you guys have never experienced her exact situation, you don’t know what she was going through so to try to act like a person would go through something so tragic and suddenly come out with a record all happy and boppy acting like it was just a scratch on the knee instead of a bloody swollen beatdown is beyond me. She went through her phases of healing, and her music, and persona reflected that. You guys act like this girl is not human and shouldn’t go through the normal things like we all do. But of course we her true fans get that. We know that rated r is just the album where she vented, and let out all of her feelings. When its all said and done, we know that her new album may probably bring a different sound, and that’s okay. That is life, and music reflects that.
Lol @ this queen Sam getting all hissy fit because Rihanna said she doesn’t like product placement in her video’s!
All because Ms. Kelly is going all out product placement in her next one, its like your terrified she will fail… some flippant opinion shouldn’t affect whatever Kelly may or may not to so chill sam lol
Music for healing is cool, but professional help would have been more sufficient. Just my opinion…and praying to the Lord Savior Jesus Christ. How could I forget that….
@puppy love your right, but whose to say she didn’t do all that you’ve mentioned? I bet she prayed to the lord, cause how else could she have gotten through this.
@Newsflashhaters
She said in an radio interview that she wasn’t going to therapy because thats not the way they do it in Barbados. After she said that, I just prayed to myself that she could follow the right path…
@ Newsflashhaters
I don’t think that was the case at all. This image was in development before that happened. This about a logical progression, just for a moment take ‘being a fan’ out of it. Where would she go from Bad-girl? Certainly not back to good-girl. So, she had to go darker. When this image didn’t resonate (I blame that largely on her beating, actually) she has now reverting to something lighter to sell records.
The explanation that she was venting after a beating was really an afterthought. Fans seem to buy into that, but I don’t believe that. It’s not as logical as the first explanation. It doesn’t really make that much sense, if you sit back and think about her image progression through her carreer.
Let’s not forget this is the same woman who went back to Chris Brown after being beaten, and only decided not to be with him because the media spanked her (verbally of course) when they go a hold of the information. Let’s not forget this is the same young lady who only gave an interview about her situation right before she was about to release her album. I’m not trying to open old wounds.
All I’m trying to say is that fans see it one way because they like Rihanna. If you have a more neutral stance and think about things logically, it’s easier to see that her whole world is orchestrated and controlled mostly by people other than her. And most decisions made are made on the basis of preserving her career, not because these thoughts, ideas or decisions arise naturally or honestly. This was revealed in the last year, and I think the beating helped reveal that. It’s not her fault, but the decisions made in the wake of the beating exposed her, I think.
That’s why she’s lost her luster, and appeal. Most of my friends that were fans have just said they lost interest in her because she seems fake. As for me, I never really took her too seriously and try to appreciate her for what she is.
@Puppy Love
Girl are you mad you didn’t get fed any puppy chow this morning because I thought you were logging off 10 comments ago but you’re still here….why? If all you’re going to do is complain about Rihanna and cosign with the hate while pretending you are holier than thou, then pump it down to another post honey. BYE
@ cool chick
“Btw 3 million shipped and 1.9 million sold get your facts straight stans.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSGuUa9sjzQ&feature=fvw
you can see here at the min 7:43 that in February were already sold 2.5M, get your facts straight
@Newsflashhates, “Gucci” and ‘the-others’ – I’ll yet-again ask: wasn’t it Rihanna, after ALL of the record sales, the “successful tours” and PAST-endorsements; as-recently-as, LATE ’08, had ONLY $20K in HER bank account?
You see, Rihanna, or “Brand Rihanna” is the “end-result” of a TEAM of individuals, who-themselves, are from, and-are-expertise-in, THEIR respective-disciplines. And being “professionals”, they’ll need compensation for THEIR time, and efforts. This is why Rihanna will ALWAYS be “financially challenged!!” She has stylists: hair, make-up and clothes; publicist(s), producers and song-writers to compensate!
..Just recently, they were ‘revelations’, that she HAD (past tense) a personal trainer, who SHE, could/would NOT compensate. I have no-doubt, said personal trainer, became enrage, after learning that Rihanna lives in (cough rents) a $10 million home, and won’t pay, said trainer, for HER services-rendered, which-ONLY-amounted, to a paltry $30K!
This summer will be a ‘MOST-TELLING-ONE’: Rihanna, Chris and the-others, who will THEN-initiate, their World Tour(s); Charlie Sheen’s trial, and the revelations of/about HIS transgressions, and the subsequent “cover-up” and frequent-redemption/chances granted Mr. Sheen, ONLY-because, of HIS race! Said will throw the mainstream into something of an “infinite-loop”; the image I tender: the dog chasing it’s tail, but ONLY to stop, after the lactic acid build-up proves incapacitating. …The THEN “down-time” will force a “crisis-of-conscience”, race-withstanding!
..But, do WE need the mainstream “as-guide-and-keepers” of OUR conscience, tenets and morals? ….I say: F***-NO…To-hell with ’em!!! …I say: the hypocrisy is too-much to bear…
@aunt jackie that is just your opinion on the issue, but most of the records on her album tell a different story and showed that she was indeed in a dark place when it was recorded. She started recording after the incident and she recorded for 8 months. Also, of course she would go back to chris, after all this was probably the pattern, or the first time she was abused by her boyfriend, and didn’t exactly know the textbook steps to take. She was young and driven by her feelings, or heart, rather than wisely thinking things through. And it took advise from older more wiser people like family and friends, who are more familiar of what violence in a relationship is, to help her to know that it wasn’t a good idea to stay. I would say that she exercised strength, because it takes a lot to leave someone you love, because it was the right thing to do instead of staying and things could have ended up worst. If you are older than rihanna, you may look at things one way, but at her age, I can see where she could have erred in her judgement at first by going back, but in the end, she righted that wrong.
@Aunt Jackie
Stop forcing it. Rihanna is NOT THE FIRST to use personal heartache to her advantage. After months of getting assaulted by the media are you seriously telling me she had no right to turn a bad into a good? How about if she never said anything about the situation AT ALL? She didn’t owe anyone an explanation. When Tina Turner got beat by Ike, did she NOT come out with a BOOK? Why are we being so biased? Did you not read up on the statistic of abused woman who go back to their abusers? Or is it a big deal because Rihanna did it?
Lastly everything you are saying about her image is just your own personal interpretation. I believe she is authentic. You’re telling me she got beat, and then lied about using Rated R as a venting session? How logic is that? Anyone who goes through a situation will want to vent about it, hence the reason Sam and Trent are always venting about Rihanna instead of buying more copies of Kelly Flop’s album. It’s not that she wants to sell records. Before she released Rated R she said in an interview that she doesn’t even care if people don’t like it because she mad it exactly the way she wanted to make it.
Newsflashhates, “Gucci” and ‘the-others’ – I’ll yet-again ask: wasn’t it Rihanna, after ALL of the record sales, the “successful tours” and PAST-endorsements; as-recently-as, LATE ‘08, had ONLY $20K in HER bank account?
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Where is the proof showing she only had 20k in her bank account. Its just heresay, and unless you are rihanna yourself, you wouldn’t know what’s in her bank account. Does anyone really know what is in your bank account? Okay then.
@Gucci
Where in the world did you come from?
First of all, I have nothing against Rihanna. Just because I’m not sniffing behind her like you doesn’t mean I dont like her.
Secondly, I didnt co-sign with any hate on here. If you take off the stan glasses then maybe you will see that.
And Third, you need to count. I didn’t make10 comments on here. And for the record, just because I post “*logging off*” doesn’t mean I’m going off period. I’m leaving for the time being.
And last but not least, I can stay on this post as long as I well please, THANK YOU!! If Trent and Sam aren’t complaing about me or my comments, then get use to seeing me because I’m not going anywhere.
You have a wonderful day! Miracles and Blessings…
People still getting mad at they for speaking the truth… Rihanna is ok I linten to her music tho I’ll but her music…I still know the truth, she ain”t all that…an can’t sing live for ish…
Question: is Keisha and Nikki the opneing act or they all headling this tour together….(not being funny really want to know)
@Puppy Chow
Okay girl back to the dog pound for you! You’re cackling at the hate comments like a hyena over and over again when your ass should be on another post. That’s cosigning…but it doesn’t even matter because your opinion is null and void. Get it together honey. BYE
@ Gucci
The most emotional songs on the album weren’t even written by Rihanna
Cold Case Love- Justin Timberlake
Photographs – Will.i.am
Russian Roulette- Chuck Harmon
Stupid in Love – Shaffer Smith, Eriksen, Hermansen
Perhaps they were given to here because of her situation, and she went in the studio and ‘vented’. I’m not the one who is ‘forcing’ anything. It seems to be fans that want to force that ‘venting’ explanation for her ‘dark image flop’ and subsequent change back to colorful pop-star down people’s throats. Of course it’s an opinion and a personal interpretation, as is everything Gucci, it’s just more logically sound than the ‘venting’ explanation.
@aunt jackie it shows me you don’t understand the writing process. These people were writing based on rihanna’s experience. She sat down with them and told them what she wanted to say. Her name is on all of those records as a co writer, and she herself said she picked photographs from the black eyed peas because it told her story.
@Newsflash haters — So said her-THEN, Financial Adviser, who went-into, verse-and-detail, ALL of Rihanna’s finances! But who, more-so qualified, or-more-of-an-authority, I ask?
And again, I’ll ask: if Charlie Sheen can be given chance-after-chance; even AFTER shoving his, THEN-wife, to the ground, while SHE held THEIR infant-child in HER arms; are WE, “no-less deserving?” …Aren’t We capable of redemption? …How green my valley; how dark YOUR skies?
No one was buying into her dark s*** in other words illuminati s***.
@xyz what does charlie sheen have to do with this? Anyways, disgrutled ex employees can say anything… Whose to say the ex financial advisor wasn’t lying. You seem to believe everything you hear about rihanna as long as its bad, but don’t want to belive anything you hear about her that’s good.
*believe- correction
@ Newsflashhaters
I understand the writing and recording process perfectly well. I even accounted for it in my last comment. Come on Newsflashhaters, she didn’t even write ONE of the emotional songs. That’s not fishy to you?
I suppose not. Singing someone elses emotional song that she picked might work for her ‘venting process’. Just sayin’ that the image to go along with her venting follows from the bad-gal image. I didn’t work and now she’s changing it. If it had worked, let’s ask ourselves…would she be changing it?
@aunt jackie, the songs tell the story of what she went through, and her name is there along all the writing credits, so it is what it is. and she is not changing her image, because for one rude boy was always on her record, so how is she changing. It is a fun song, hence her colorful and happy look. Why is that so hard to get. Just like on GGGB. Umbrella was fun and flirty, and disturbia was dark and dreary. Different look for different songs, i don’t see why that is so hard to get.
@ Newsflashhaters
I don’t see what’s so hard to get about her being fabricated. And she has no writing credits for those songs.
Whatevs.
yes she does, Okay i see why you don’t see that she has writing credits, cause its right there on her CD for all to see. But since you don’t have her album you won’t know.
@Aunt Jackie
So you are equating her being a co writer for those emotional songs to “not really venting”? I don’t understand the correlation, or lack there of. It would have made NO sense for her to get publicly humiliated for months and then come back singing colorful pop songs. Don’t you remember when Britney Spears went through her public problems? Did she come back singing song’s like “hit me baby one more time”? Of course we aren’t accusing her of the same things people have been accusing Rihanna of. That’s called bias. You have to understand that people would have found a way to be unhappy no matter what she came out with. The venting explanation sounds much more realistic than a grand master plan to sell a dark image. You make it seemed as if her getting abused was a PR stunt. Had she came back colorful after the situation, we would be having the exact same argument. Why? Because you, or someone else would have then said that she was using that coloful pop image to sell records instead of saying what she really wanted to say. You see? It was a lose/lose situation. I feel that your interpretation has more to do with how you think the industry works, and less to do with what Rihanna and her team might have wanted, but you seem to blur the lines between fact and opinion. FACT: She didn’t care if people didn’t like Rated R because according to her, she wrote it the way she wanted to write it and that was that.
Hey Gucci & Newflashhaters
She has no writing credits for the songs I mentioned. At all.
Cold Case Love – Justin Timberlake, Robin Tadross, Fauntleroy II
Stupid in Love – Shaffer Smith, Eriksen, Hermansen
Russian Roulette – Smith, Chuck Harmon
She has NO writing credits for these songs, and these songs are the most emotional. NO WRITING CREDITS. Period. She has writing credits for:
Rockstar 101
Rude Boy
Fire Bomb
G4L
Te Amo
The Last Song.
@ Gucci
I understand where you are coming from. I think that most of what she does gets turned into a PR stunt. That is all.
She said “in her videos”. She’s referring only to her videos. She also admitted that she has used product placement in her videos but it’s never her choice and she doesn’t like to do it. She says it should be about the art first and selling second. This isn’t a swipe at anyone, she’s just saying she doesn’t really like to do it. And obviously she doesn’t need to . Her video has 32 million views already and her song is #1…All without product placement.
@NewsFlash haters — I guess her personal trainer, who SHE stiffed, and who, is NOW suing her for “Theft-of-services” is also an “disgruntled-X-employee”???
And if said X-money manager was slandering Rihanna, why didn’t Rihanna sue HER for said slander? I’m sure, it could have been shown, that said revelation(s), caused financial and emotional distress and was worthy of SOME form of compensation; or even apology!
…But, no-such, suit was brought BY Rihanna, Camp-Rihanna OR Def Jam – why? …Because it was ALL true, that’s why!!
…Why isn’t Rihanna suing the LAPD for damages and severe-emotional distress? Don’t YOU think what the LAPD did, in selling that picture to TMZ, was the most-heinous and is contrary to the “protect-and-serve edict”? …I do!
She can’t, or-more-to-the-point, WON’T sue the LAPD, for said sale of THAT picture, because SHE doesn’t want the truth of Feb 8th/09 to be known! CoverGirl though “the truth” was, sure-to-be-known, when it appeared that Chris was to take-it-to-trial; and thus stopped running HER commercials. They ONLY began running ’em AFTER it was certain that she’d NOT have to take the stand, and her REAL statement to the LAPD would be known!
So to close: yes; I DO believe her X-financial adviser! …And YES, “THIS” has EVERYTHING to do with Charlie Sheen: if ALL were judged-fairly; Rihanna wouldn’t have said that Chris has “no soul in his eyes,” and she’d NOT have been given the podium, from which SHE’S now preaching; and no-one would have given HER a “second-thought, NOR look!”
Rihanna’s non singing a** know she had to get on the ticket with Niki (not a fan) just stating my opinion, cause she know she (Rihanna) couldn’t sell out any stadiums, with her deaf a**. She is not vocally talented. all she has is a pretty young face, whose career was music career was tanking until the assault last year.
I guess
no talent= show your a**.
Gerry out…
Read more: Necole Bitchie.com: Rihanna & Nicki Minaj Announces Tour…
I guess rihanna can’t sell out a tour by herself so she invites the most talented people of all? between rihnanna’s alley cat howl, nicki minaj’s bubble gum raps and tourette’s syndrome and the jack daniels/glitter troll, I’d rather be shot execution style.
all these are comments from necole bitchie hahahaha
gerry.. out
and the last…
D.Marie
April 6, 2010 at 12:34 am
When does Rhianna’s green card expire anyway? When it expires I’m calling immigration
*DEAD*
you and me too smh she’s the lost sheep that wandered from barbados that some how passed border patrol
everyday the stans and the haters talk about the same bull s***
bravo to sam and trent you guys know how to keep the kids talking all you to do is mention RIHANNA and the come flocking to this post
Her quotes seem to be so vapid and uninspired to me.
She spoke out about the inauthenticity of the music industry (ironic considering she is the epitome of a manufactured “artist”) by repeating for the hundred and umpteenth time how rebellious and badd she is for cutting her hair years ago. Seriously? Even if it’s true that her label did not have a hand in that image revamp and it was all her, after all this time that is the only succesful decision she has ever made as an “artist” that she can cite? And is she implicitly acknowledging that her appeal and success as a pop star stems primarily from her appearance and her “edge”?
*sigh*
@geranimo sweetheart, are you okay? spamming a post on an artist you greatly despise with meaningless bs makes no sense, better yet, its just plain crazy. get yourself checked out hun, I think you might have schizophrenia.
Girl….BYE!! F*** outta here with your garbage music….. The stans r gonna say, well she’s selling, blah blah blah…yes…BUT IT”S STILL GARBAGE!!!! I guess people like garbage music.. *shrugs*
Her on tour i wanna see…. BORING!!!!!!
I really don’t think the so call haters hate her they hate her stans
@Gucci
You get oh so worked up over hate, but you dish it out yourself. You even went to a length of dissing a artist that didn’t have anything to do with the post. Looks like your the one that needs to go back to the dog pound. These very words you typed down:
And Sam are you really going to talk about albums sales without talking about YOUR FLOP IDOL Kelly the T***** Rowland? Sweetie sit that ass down. Rihanna sold 2 mil, Kelly been in Destiny’s child for a decade and couldn’t even squeeze out 200k. FLOP! So keep deluding yourself into believing that anyone cares for that talentless b****
LMFAO TRY AGAIN you fairy.
If you know anything about Kelly you would no that the two solo efforts she released went platinum.
I guess thats a FLOP for you…*rolls eyes*…
when i first read this s*** on this other site, i was like nah she didnt say that garbage.
this girl is a walking contradiction.
hello did her ass used the umbrella song to sell umbrellas and cover girl products?
the stans talking about how shes different from other artist thats y we hate on her. man please when the girl first came out she was a beyonce knock off. when they saw that wasnt selling, they went and fired fefe dobson and ran with her look and tatoos, and with kelis haircuts.
all the hair cuts rihanna had, all came from kelis. the stans can choose to be delusional and think rihanna is different, man please.
@Latin_hot_boxxx
thank u. u said all..its the delusional stans that irks me. rihanna can flop or sell big, its not gonna affect my sleep at night.
but the fact that the stans be on here making up numbers, or they see a number somewhere and they run with it. and call people out of their name constantly..thats what irks me.
her album sold 1.8 mill so far, 2.5 mill was shipped not sold.
last month it was 1.6. the month before that it was 1.5..so how are we saying the album sold 1.8m for the past 3 months?
@Latin_hot_boxxx
THANK YOU! You can’t even have an opinion without getting attacked by a pack of wild wolves…
YA’LL ARE SO F****** STUPID DO YA’LL NOT REALIZE THAT THEY POST SOMETHING ABOUT RIHANNA EVERYDAY SO THAT YOU DUMB ASS FANS CAN STAY ON THIS SITE AND DEFEND HER I’M PRETTY SURE WHO EVER THE BOYS ARE YA’LL CALLING GAY KNOW THAT THEY ARE GAY SO STOP SAYING IT BECAUSE IT WEAK AM A RIHANNA FAN BUT AM SMART ENUFF TO KNOW WHEN SOMETHING IS BEING POSTED ON PURPOSE AND NO I DON’T THINK THE GOOD GIRL GONE BAD LOOK WAS HER IDEA DUMMIES SO THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE A RIRI POST ON THIS SITE THINK TO YOURSELF IS THIS A SET UP
Says the girl who used her domestic abuse situation to sell records. NEXT!!!! Rihanna needs to sit down.
“keep them haters out your circle smile in your face but all they wanna do is bring ya down”
wow…..jealousy really is ugly
@ratedx I swear your blatent hate is amusing. go get a man or woman and gtho.
@last boy on earth
if it aint posted on rihanna daily, then ITS NOT TRUE. Seeing some random numbers on an article/video somewhere does not mean anything. And 1.9 million is a pretty decent amount for 4 months what’s the big deal? are YOU not satisfied with those numbers? smh
three rihanna hate posts in one day !!!!
remember everybody, any publicity is good publicity, it’s when people stop talking about you when you should be worried…….. it’s quite sweet all the haters post their smack here
awwwwww………
ATTENTION STANS ANS SO CALLED HATERS THIS IS ALL A SETUP TO KEEP YOU GUYS ARGUING ON THIS BLOG WITH OUT YOU ARGUING THESE GUYS DON’T GET PAID THIS IS WHY RIHANNA’S POST ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT GETS THE MOST HITS THIS POST HAS OVER 100 REMARKS AND IT’S THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER
I DO LIKE RIHANNA BUT THIS BLOG OR ANY REMARKS ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT HER SOMETIMES STANS CAN BE A LITTLE CRAZY I’M NOT TOO FOND OF THE BEYONCE STANS THEY DO THE SAME THING.
I CHALLENGE EVERYONE THE NEXT TIME THEY POST SOMETHING POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE ABOUT DON’T SAY ANYTHING YOU WILL SEE HOW THEY WILL NO FOCUS ON HER ANY MORE BUT THE MORE YOU ARGUE THE MORE THEY WOULD POST
WAS THIS EVEN NEWS WORTHY? HELL NO!!!!!
BUT IT IS ENOUGH TO KEEP YOU GUYS COMING BACK AND ARGUING ABOUT NOTHING
EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT TASTE IF EVERYONE LIKE THE SAME PERSON IT WOULD BE A BORING WORLD WAKE UP PEOPLE WE ARE BEING PLAYED
The owners of this site have problems, seriously. There’s no way I would sit up here and make a post EVERY DAY about an artist that I don’t like. She’s famous. She’s successful. She’s here. Get over it.
As I come back 5 hours later, I see you dummies still buyin into this false interview or whatever the hell it is. Sometimes I wish I grew up in the 90’s instead of watchin Barney in the 90’s. Well I’m grown now and I know not to believe s*** that’s on blogs/internet. Yes some of you are hypocrites. You believe every bad thing about Rihanna. Let this had of been your favorite artist with rumors said about them you wouldn’t believe s***, but say someone makin stuff up. And I tired of people sayin Rihanna only gave an interview because her album was comin out, she is not the only one. Please don’t make me make a list of people who has done the same thing. Better believe your fav artist will be on it.
It’s funny that she says this now, when Lady Gaga’s video was full of advertizements, and yet Gaga is a person she desperately wants to work with. Not cool to diss someone you want to work with only to prolong your semi music career.
I think this is honestly how Rihanna feels only because she doesn’t have control over [ANYTHING] she does. She probably hates alot of things that she does but because she doesn’t have any say about not only product placement, but also her image, what she sells, how she sells it, or anything else for that matter. She is a puppet for her record label so it’s no surprise that there are some things she may not agree with or support concerning all that she is involved in. She has a phenomenal PR team and without that she wouldn’t survive in this industry. PERIOD. Everything she does is a [FABRICATION]…..Nothing is authentic about her accept her lack of talent, which is evident. Stans can’t see it and don’t want to see it because of the delusions!!!! It’s mind-blowing how they think she and her image is authentic. Smh.
Jamie
April 6, 2010 at 11:51 am
Says the girl who used her domestic abuse situation to sell records. NEXT!!!! Rihanna needs to sit down.
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PREACH, PREACH, PREACH!!!!!!! CO-SIGN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And I’m tired of people thinking they work for Def Jam and are industry experts. You don’t know s***. Stop acting like it.
@teamweezy here we go….
rihanna has no LACK OF TALENT. rihanna has talent. how can she lack talent? does cassie lack talent? no. does she have talent. yes. very little talent she has. but she has it.
I hate when people say that an artist lacks talent. if you say they lack talent, arent you further implying they have no talent at all?
At least rihanna cares about her music and has a connection with it whether she writes it or not. at least rihanna isnt like soulja boy and raps/sings about nothing. at least rihanna can sing without using auto tune. rihanna isnt whitney houston. rihanna isnt madonna, lady gaga, or beyonce. shes rihanna. point blank. rihanna cant do the things that they can. but that dosetn mean she lacks talent. that dosent mean shes a gimmick. it dosent mean shes a walking puppet. it means shes different. shes not like everyone else. she cant play the piano. she cant dance as well as chris brown. she cant put on a show like beyonce.
uhum. but she does enough. obviously. if she didnt, she wouldnt be where she is now. just like soulja boy. Im not gonna say he lacks talent. Im not gonna say anyone lacks talent. thats such a biased statement. if rihanna lacks talent, so does chris brown. he cant sing as well as luther vandross and dance as well as mj can he? or beyonce. she cant sing as well as chaka khan or aretha can she? does that mean they lack talent…? no.
everyone everywhere has some type of talent. whether its modeling, or singing, or skateboarding or poetry. and just because they arent as good as the next, dosent mean they lack talent. it just means they are different. they are their own. noone is better than the other.
@jamie didnt chris brown do the same with his many interviews and public apology?
*waits*
THIS IS A SET UP TO MAKE YA’LL STAY ON THE SITE NO MATTER HOW MUCH YA’LL WRITE NASTY COMMENTS ABOUT THEM YOU’RE STILL ON THE SITE DUMMIES
@Raychel
She has talent, and that is that she can be molded into whatever is hot at that time. I consider it more of an attribute, rather than a talent. It is amazing that this girl has amassed legions of fans, endorsements and a pretty successful career all without being able to carry a tune, sing without her voice cracking, or dance to save her life. As for your comment about singing without auto-tune, do you know how much the edit Rihanna’s voice in the studio? It might as well be auto-tune.
She can be molded, she can change, she can shift. No everyone can do that. Her team facilitates or does it, but it is her face and ‘I can place her’ look/attitude that allows this to happen. You said all the things she can’t do, but never named one she can. Because when you get right down to it, she has no musical talent. She get’s co-writing credit on some songs, but not even on the songs that are the most heartfelt and emotional.
Rihanna is what she is, and that is talentless….in the tradition sense.
BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!! RIHANNA IS PERFORMING ROCKSTAR 101 ON AMERICAN IDOL TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UH OH, BE READY FOR A SUMMER SMASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rihanna is tallentless in what traditional sense? I dont get it.
rihanna has no talent yet she succesfully completed the national anthem without going off of key.
thats talent….
and yes, she can be shifted and molded into whats hot at the time, but yet she still manages to revert back to her background of being a bajan with songs off her album. she dosent quickly desert from where she came from. that says alot.
like I said before, and I will stand by it. rihanna is not talentless. noone is tallentless and lacks talent there of. everyone is DIFFERENT. noone is better than the other.
I’m not about to sit up here and say Rihanna is blowing chicks out of the water, but I do think she’s underrated vocally. She definitely does not belong in the Cassie/Ciara category. She can actually do riffs, runs, harmonies, etc. Her voice is an acquired taste. To some it’s unique and different, to some it’s annoying and whiny.
As an artist, it’s easy to see why she works. She takes risks with her music, none of her singles sound the same, and none of them sound like any other songs. She has the ability to to adapt to any track and genre, which most artists can’t do.
Again, I’m not naive. I know that her label is carefully crafting her career, but I also feel like she’s enjoying what she’s doing and not just going through the motions. She’s a 22-year-old woman. I don’t think she would look the same, sing the same type of music, and think the same as she did when she was 16. NOBODY does.
@michelle
*stands up and appluases you madly*
lol
@Raychel Chris was doing interviews months before his album came out. Hell…he announced Graffiti was coming out in late 2008, way before the incident took place.
lol
Somebody asked me the other day what my fav music blog is and I had to say this one almost purely because the commenters are so hilariously, almost certifiably crazy and juvenile.
I love how there are people who spend their time on here writing up 5+ posts fighting tooth and nail with anybody who dares disagrees with their point of view about an artist. Whether you’re a “stan” or a “hater”, you guys take this s*** SO seriously like this is life or death for you, or like you really see yourselves living vicariously through these people. Gloating that Rihanna sold 2 million like you actually see a single cent of that money, or taking immense pleasure in any perceived failure she experiences. I sometimes even see the words “f*****” and “n*****” being thrown around (in all caps no less) over such completely benign subject matter.
the stans never fail in bringing up chris browns name, lady gaga or kelly just to bash them on a rihanna post. is bringing up other people who actually has talent and bashing them, makes rihanna more talented?
its seems that u guys put so much energy in coming after people who so call hates rihanna. by calling them all types of names, and yet we’re the haters ok..(rolling eyes).
yes in the studio rihanna’s voice is not bad and she can adapt to any songs, in the studio.
but what about live? thats where the cat in heat comes in.
shes being performing live for over 4, 5 yrs, and she still sounds the same.
the stans keeps saying, oh if she cant sing how come she got a record deal..
Mmm hello, its call looking good, and f****** the head boss, look at cassie.
Raychel
April 6, 2010 at 12:32 pm
@jamie didnt chris brown do the same with his many interviews and public apology?
*waits*
Thank you for waiting; I had more important things to do, but to answer your question, yes Chris did, but to propose another, WHO THE HELL IS THIS THREAD ABOUT?
How is a voice an acquired taste? That, my friends is b*******. Either you can sing or you can’t.
Rihanna’s tone is weird, a little interesting and unique. It’s a shame she can’t actually do anything with it, like sing on key. These days her voice works solely because it’s unique and can be edited in the studio to sound decent. If this chick came near a mic before the software that edits voice was created, she would have been stoned.
She works because her voice is unique. That is all.
@ TYY, I couldn’t agree more!!!
Sam, ur awesome!!!!
That b**** is on some other s***.
Was this a response of Gaga’s Telephone video?
RiHead is pissed that Gaga is the new princess of Pop.
Kelly>>>>>Rihead
Gaga>>>>Rihead
Bey>>>>>>Rihead
this made me laugh and pause because there was footage of her from a few months ago where she seemed to endorse capitalism.
she said something along the lines of “people who don’t get the iPad are lame”! i gasped at that, cause i was wondering why was Rihanna endorsing capitalism and consumerism all of a sudden? that would be distressin, especially for her fans who can not afford to get an ipad. so what does that make them “lame” too? don’t we get enough of it as it is??? it’s unfortunately not the first time i feel she’s said things that are slightly irresponsible.
SMH @ THIS GUY SAM….LOL
HATERS ARE FUKIN CONFUSED ADMIRERS I SWEAR!!!
Who Doesnt know who Rihanna is as an artist? Sit Down!!
Rihanna do u, Continue to Reinvent yourself throughout your career and give us the good music weve been enjoying!
@ the same guy…..IT IS NOT THAT SEROUIS. GET—A_—-LIFE;)
I have to laugh cause I see this s*** as a publicity stunt. u dont see rihanna’s pic everywhere anymore, people dont really talk about her..so she said let me open my mouth and say some stupid s*** to get some attention.
like the person above me said, wasnt rihanna endorsing the Ipad, by saying if u dont have one ur lame?
she sees that kelly or lady gaga, beyonce are using product placements, and her non talent ass desided to try to be different..FAILED rihanna try again booboo
Loooool
at the Haterz you hat eher so much yet you comment
Rihanna Runs this f****** industry she is wanted all over the world!!
if you hear rihanna you will always get 100+ comments Whyyyy
Whyyyy because this bishh is the TRUTH looool f*** your IDOL
we dont care,, i’m not a stan but your saying why the stans always talking but when people
chat s*** about your idol duhh your going to back them .. why dont you guys please go to a beyonce or gaga post why yall gotta be all up on a rihanna post but yet yall all say she cant sing sooo why the f*** is most of her Europe Tour dates SOLD OUT sit down you people never have nothing good to say ,, ok she cant sing like Christina A even i ca admit that no rihanna fan has said she is the best singer we say Artist soo get over it she is still in the Top 3 tthe female artist right now and who care what trent or sam say ! They are haterz but yet they go on rihanna daily EVERYDAY to check what she is up to looooool stupid…rihanna haterz secretly like her so i dont even say nothing to the haterz!
Re: Rihanna “selling-out” HER European tour dates; in the immortal words of Chuck D: “Don’t, Don’t-Don’t-Don’t-Don’t believe the hype…don’t believe the hype…don’t believe the hype…….!!!”
…You may ALL, now return, from ‘1990’s Nostalgia Lane’, ‘where-and-when’, talent HAD meaning, and B*******-Artists would have BEEN “smelled-out miles-away”: avoided and THUS-thoroughly-quarantined; as infection would NOT have been “an option,” NOR-chanced!
…And y’all ain’t never heard X,Y,”and Z” mention “not-a-one” :”artist”,”entertainer” nor “musician”….I’ll let YOUR conscience, good-judgment and common sense be Y’ALL guide…
Oh my God, people.
Honestly, who cares about what Sam/Trent thinks?
It’s their opinion that she has no talent.
You either agree with their opinion, or disagree.
Why make such a big deal over it?
I’m a fan of Rihanna. Sam’s words don’t offend me.
I have my own way of seeing things, He has His.
Calm down guys.
You either love her, or you don’t.
@ that grapejuice
THAT RIHANNA REIGN AINT GONNA LET UP!!!
How r u going hate something when u do the same thing.We all know def jam created/keeps creating your image until it works.Shes cute but she is not very talented at all(imo).People can run down all she achived but if I had the time to waste I could run down all that she hasnt.
I dont hate rihanna I actually like a few of her songs,but if u didnt write many and/or sing them well live then please stop feeling yourself.Its one thing to be confindent,but cocky is not cute at all.
And bringing up other artist to prove how great she is, is stupid,u can like her without hating on others.
@SHAY
WHAT?
Rihanna has only had three good songs in her whole career and those were “Umbrella”, “Hate That I Love You” & “Unfaithful”…….She just doesn’t appeal to me. I don’t like her voice or her period.
She can’t sing and she’s not all that in my opinion
End of story.
I completely agree with BETTYBOOPBBW69.
Rihanna may have the number one song but she is not the IT girl.
She will b famous as long as she is naked and has catchy songs. I don’t ever see her selling alot of records.
Rihanna is at her peak right now I honestly see her being another jlo. A person who is known for their s** appeal and after that fades they become a has been.
Rihanna took a shot at GaGa with the product placement comment. GaGa is her biggest competition right now she is probably salty.
Rihanna and GaGa r oversaturating the market right now they both need to sit down.
Rihanna stans need meds. Y’all don’t have to knock other ppl to build Rihanna up. Number one singles does not determine a singers succes or longevity.
If Rihanna is still relevant in 2015 than I will consider her a establish reputable artist until then she is just another poptart
@teamweezy here we go….
rihanna has no LACK OF TALENT. rihanna has talent. how can she lack talent? does cassie lack talent? no. does she have talent. yes. very little talent she has. but she has it.
I hate when people say that an artist lacks talent. if you say they lack talent, arent you further implying they have no talent at all?
At least rihanna cares about her music and has a connection with it whether she writes it or not. at least rihanna isnt like soulja boy and raps/sings about nothing. at least rihanna can sing without using auto tune. rihanna isnt whitney houston. rihanna isnt madonna, lady gaga, or beyonce. shes rihanna. point blank. rihanna cant do the things that they can. but that dosetn mean she lacks talent. that dosent mean shes a gimmick. it dosent mean shes a walking puppet. it means shes different. shes not like everyone else. she cant play the piano. she cant dance as well as chris brown. she cant put on a show like beyonce.
uhum. but she does enough. obviously. if she didnt, she wouldnt be where she is now. just like soulja boy. Im not gonna say he lacks talent. Im not gonna say anyone lacks talent. thats such a biased statement. if rihanna lacks talent, so does chris brown. he cant sing as well as luther vandross and dance as well as mj can he? or beyonce. she cant sing as well as chaka khan or aretha can she? does that mean they lack talent…? no.
everyone everywhere has some type of talent. whether its modeling, or singing, or skateboarding or poetry. and just because they arent as good as the next, dosent mean they lack talent. it just means they are different. they are their own. noone is better than the other.
@Raychel
WTF are talking about??? Rihanna lacks talent! What part of that don’t understand??? Lacking talent doesn’t imply no talent. It’s close to it, though. She can’t sing, she can’t dance, she can’t perform, she’s not a credible writer, she doesn’t produce, she can’t play an instrument. The only thing she can do is model! But that’s not her profession and I don’t call that talent. Sometimes I do call her talentless because of her profession which is being a singer/performer. And until she proves to me that she can do something besides look good in some great clothes then to me she lacks talent!
all i can say is satan satan satan…..rhianna went from sweet island girl to devil worshipper…somebody pour sum holy water on her
Bottom line is Rihanna has no room to comment on anything or anybody. Her entire image explain my claim…
Why would she even waste her time on a topic like this?
I can see why so many hate her they cant categorize her she not a dance R&B rock or pop she is all the above while their favs or just in one category lol
I LOVE RINANNA
hate on you f****** loser
Rihanna is it and you haters are mad lol
Hahaha this is amazing!
Most of you’s missed the message behind Rihannas comment.
Product placement comment was directed at Lady Gaga’s Telephone video.
I love it when people compare rihanna to gaga.
rihanna has been on the music scene for what.. 4+ years?
the fame was released a year and a half ago.. 8 million records sold.
Bad romance has 170 MILLION views in UNDER 6 months.
Lady gaga keeps you on your toes because she is different, something fresh to the music business.
So what if theres product placement in the video?
You wouldnt see rihanna infront of a piano singing pretty much acapella.
Rihanna has made a hit with rude boy but lacks a true artists voice because its overshadowed by studio effects.
Listened to Lady Gaga speechless stuido then the live version?
THEN you will have a decent f**king artist.
Who cares if rude boy is beating telephone on billboard?
Rihannas career will fizzle out sooner or later
Gaga is here to stay motherf**kers.
That rihanna reign aint gonna let up! 🙂 #POW
I agree Cole……………I knew she was talking about GaGa!
It’s too funny because she is not on Gaga’s level.GaGa can ACTUALLY sing and I love her entire cd! Rihanna is just jealous because GaGa started off different so she doesn’t come off as fake,where as Rihanna changes up her style because she so desperate for sells.
In my opinion, GaGa is a real artist,not only on song but a visual artist.Rihanna is just some boring no singing stiff ho whose idea of “art’ are the latest designs she wears,which are mostly a miss than a hit!
I agree Cole……………I knew she was talking about GaGa!
It’s too funny because she is not on Gaga’s level.GaGa can ACTUALLY sing and I love her entire cd! Rihanna is just jealous because GaGa started off different so she doesn’t come off as fake,where as Rihanna changes up her style because she so desperate for SALES.
In my opinion, GaGa is a real artist,not only on song but a visual artist.Rihanna is just some boring no singing stiff ho whose idea of “art’ are the latest designs she wears,which are mostly a miss than a hit!
Would it Be a PR stunt if she found a cure for cancer. I am like rihanna, and i will be critical at times, but some of yall simply hate this girl. plain and simple. i see why she says she don’t give a f*** in Rock Star 101. the girl is gonna get shade thrown at her no matter what she does. sam and trent obviously jerk off to breezy. I can see why cause he is fine as hell. but to always have something nasty to say about her is just ridiculous.
no NICKI MINAJ for Rihanna’s tour
Barbz I’m sorry 2 say I will not be going out on RiRi’s tour. I’ve decided 2 use that time 4 the completion of my album. Hope u understand.
http://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ
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I’m surprise this isn’t up here since That Grape Juice hates Rihanna so much
LMAO at people saying Gaga is original. Isn’t Gaga the same person who took three attempts to finally make it in this industry. First she came out as herself stephanie germanotta, didn’t make a dent, got dropped by her label. Second attempt headlined a band, as stephanie germanotta and the band, had an album out called red and blue, again failed to be successful and make it big,, Till Wa- La here comes the over the top crazy fashions, drag like outfits, and crazy hair, then a name change to GAGA, then she finally took off. and she’s original and rihanna is not, when rihanna came out as rihanna, has always been rihanna, and is basically looking and sounding the same, only thing that changed is her fashion, because on all of her albums she still has pop music mixed with a little island flavor. Three albums out she’s still doing the same thing, but she;s desperate for sales, but the person who changed their whole persona is original. Thats because you guys have been hoodwinked into falling for the lie, because you only caught on to the gaga persona and don’t even know how long it took her to transform herself into this machine. Even her ex boyfriend is suing her for coming up with the ideas for her whole transformation. She’s the biggest gimmick of all, and you guys stay worshipping her and continually down rihanna.
@teamweezy
ROFL.
keep thinking that all the things you said she cant do is true.
because its not. its your opinion. and if what you say about her not being able to do all those things WAS true? well she wouldnt be where she is now. You crack me up.
AGAIN. noone lacks talent. JUST BECAUSE you cant do what others do, it dosent mean you lack talent!
f*** all these rihanna…she still got PAPER…what the f*** ya’ll got?!
yall hating on her success….f*** these d*** sucking haters
@Raychel
Child please! There are many artists who don’t have talent but have been just as successful if not more successful than Rihanna. That’s exactly my point, she doesn’t stand alone. If she did not have the phenomenal PR team that she had she wouldn’t survive in the industry. She has great production, great appeal, nice body, nice fashion, great promotion, lots of money from her record label etc. but none of that equals to talent. However, all of that does equal to a high chance at success and that’s why she’s where she is now.
@teamweezy
AHEM. again. this is your opinion and I have mine.
and who are the artists who dont have talent and are just as succesful as rihanna?
name them, because I bet I can tell you they have sometype of talent.
@newsflash haterz
i know exactly how hard gaga has tried to make it into the industry but she kept trying which is dedication.
rihanna is controlled by her record label. they only want to put out what they think will sell.
gaga on the otherhand, has unlimited potential, she has a huge say in what she puts out… her record company thought bad romance wasnt going to be successful because it was so different to just dance, poker face etc. but look at it.
no one knew about gaga but when just dance dropped, she still wore crazy fashion.
i went to her monster ball tour in new zealand. it was the most amazing show ever, great vocals, great set and it even followed a story.
she gets the crowd going crazyyyyy and was extremely entertaining
she paid so much money to get all her stuff to new zealand, pretty unselfish.
not to mention the new zealand tour sold out in 2 days so another show had to be added.
rihanna has a weak voice, she sings about the same love b*******
gaga mixes it up, makes songs that make you wanna get drunk and rage.
rihanna said she wanted to collaborate with gaga, beyonce and gaga were a good mix, both strong vocaled women but a colab with rihanna? yuck!
what im trying to say is that its funny how rihanna had the cheek to spin her b******* about product placement when she wants to collaborate with gaga. gaga is a much better artist and you all know it.
gaga is in it for the music, not the fame, the money, the free stuff.
lady gaga for life!
@ cole you are so far up gaga’s ass I wouldn’t expect you to say anything else. I stopped reading when you said rihanna sings only about love, that is so untrue, she has many songs and they are not all about love. How about please don’t stop the music or disturbia, rockstar 101, pon de replay . Rihanna also took a risk with putting out this new album and sound, when she could have played it safe and did the same successful format of GGGB, so don’t give me that ish about gaga takes risks and rihanna don’t and is controled by label. How do you know this, so rihanna is the only one in the entire industry being controlled by a label right? Please. Rihanna has just as many creative input as the next one.
and for the record cole I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to listen to an artist who makes me want to get drunk and rage, so you can keep that.
” I don’t want to listen to an artist who makes me want to get drunk and rage”
WOW! you must have no social life haha.
so far up gaga’s ass? na i just appreciate a good artist for there music and talent.
rihanna is s***, maybe chris brown should have thrown in an extra few punches.
@cole my social life is fine, cause I don’t need to be inebriated in order to have a good time. My senses are clear when I socialize, that’s why I’m sane enough to know that Gaga is the biggest gimmick there is, and you guys have the nerve to talk about ri ri.
at least that gimmick is more successful then rhianna 🙂
HAHAHA! read this rihanna fans, and choke on it!
http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/rihanna/news/205051-lady-gaga-not-the-only-one-for-product-placement
Wow, I’m saddened at these comments and how easily manipulated our generation has been by the industry (music and beyond).
Wake up my friends, this interview is a product placement in itself! The product however is less subtle. The product is an idea: rebellion against conformity through changes in physical appearances. More overtly, she is promoting her new album.
I think people forget how much of a puppet Rihanna (and many mainstream “artists”) is. The admission of product placements in her videos is shocking in itself. Don’t you think her record label and PR would be enraged if she said something like that?
Well, they aren’t because she isn’t rebelling at all. In fact they probably told her to, as part of her new counter-culture persona, to say something shocking and anti-conformist. This makes her seem relatable and not a pawn of the industry. It makes her seem as if she’s wise to the puppeteers that control society and understands the struggle to be and individual in a suppressed society. She understands you.
We have to be aware that this icon Rihanna is just a collection of hairdos, dark nail polish, racy and sexual lyrics that are meticulously calculated. Every interview, every red carpet event, every photo, she is being cultivated by her label. She is not a true individual because she knows of the injustice of manipulation, yet she would rather be altered and used as a commodity than fight for her freedom to be herself. Its also highly ridiculous that her view of rebellion is changing her hairstyle.
Finally, in this interview, she is also selling the idea that mass ad compaigns that manipulate and saturate our entertainment, our unwanted but unavoidable. She is saying that it is a “political” motive that we “have to” endure. Basically she’s giving up her power to stand up. She’s saying that we should just accept these maniupulations because we have no power to change them. Wrong Rihanna! We don’t have to accept or buy into anything! We don’t have to believe in conformity as well as you don’t have to give up your creativity as an artist for monetary reasons.
The label isn’t evil, and neither is Rihanna, but we need to take back our indiviudality. We need to take a step back and really think literally about what messages we’re being fed in corporate America.
Haters, I dont understand why u say this girl girl cant sing. she doesnt have the best voice in the world but come on guys, cut her some slack cause ive watched some of her concerts online and i must say that im very impressed with her singing and her performances. The 1 thing i have to mention is that theres no need for her to walk around in a stupid leotard and half naked. Girl, theres no need to use your sexuality cause being discreet will get you much many fans, more than what you have. More ppl wud listen to your music and go to your concerts and all the Rihanna haters out there will choke on their own words. just stop making songs about s** and s***. Riri’s music is always evolving and i dont remember any other artists doing all these different genres, and that keeps her interesting. Most of the time shes well groomed and ppl dnt like to see this, they not getting any negativity from her( besides the sexual things) and ppl are so used to celebs being messed up that they cant understand why this girl doesnt step out of line. So Haterrrrrs with a capital H, go bang your heads against a wall or something and stop hating on Riri.