Much to the delight of those in favor of Pop belle Rihanna, last night saw her pick up the ‘Favorite R&B Female‘ at the 2012 People’s Choice Awards.
However, as is the case with most things linked to the performer, her win has been overshadowed by criticism from those who claim that she shouldn’t have been nominated in that category in the first place, seeing as her music is widely regarded as being of the Pop persuasion.
Now we want you to weigh in.
Do you think Rihanna is an R&B act?
Get into it below!
Hell no she not R&B she is pop! Just because she has dark skin does not make her rhythm and blues! Rihanna don’t have a damn soulful bone in her!!
Rihannia is so not R&b. I would like to see how she would go about it tho.
If Rihanna is R&B then Amber Rose is Rapunzel.
Hell no! Rihanna is nowhere near R&B her ass is POP! She don’t have a soulful bone in her body! Just b/c she black doesn’t mean she is R&B!
BRITNEY SPEARS is more r&b then rihanna LOL
great question!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…. how do you enjoy an award that you know deep down you have not made an rand b since your first and it flopped bad. mjusic of the sun. lol.
i would feel bad though like seriously i am so glad people recognize that even the pop fan bases question this mess
You Dam Right she is and it will Kill Pencil
D*** And Mamma B’s gang of internet bully’s
to try and shoot Holes in the Fact that Shes
R&B, Pop, Raggae, Dance Hall, Rock, Country
and Crossing Mannnnnnnnny Different Genres
And Perhaps Some Music Heads Will Just
Have to Chime in a shine Light on the Issue.
And Besides all of that Shes “The Hook Queen”
Ask The Big Boys?
She used to be R&B until she followed the crowd.
Rihanna is versatile she can make any kind of music. I don’t believe she’s full RnB but she merges genres in such a way that u it could be believable
shes not r a nd b
beyonce isnt r and b
its sites like these that give r and b a bad name
I’ve heard Rihanna’s albums and I can say there are SOME elements of contemporary R&B, but she’s pop. When she first came out, she was even regarded as bubblegum.
She can sing all Genres but you
know that already Right, Pop
Princess and a Caribbean
R&B Soul Queen and name
some one who can sing all
of the Different Generes as
She can and do it Smoothly?
R&B stands for Rhythm & Blues; Genres evolve with time. Rihanna has shown her versatility in music with Reggae, Rock, R&B, Hip-Hop-infused music. Rihanna has an eclectic mix that can’t be categorized by one genre. Either way, Pop means ‘Popular’ and Michael Jackson defined that entire genre and is known as ‘The Greatest Entertainer To Ever Live’ so….
WELL, HONESTLY, IT TRULY DEPENDS ON HOW “R&B” IS DEFINED NOW-A-DAYS!!!!!!!
PRIOR TO THE 1970’S TO MID-1980’S, “R&B” WAS CLASSED AS “RHYTHM AND BLUES”, BUT WHEN ARTISTS SUCH AS WHITNEY HOUSTON, JANET JACKSON, MICHAEL JACKSON AND MARIAH CAREY CAME OUT, THEY MERGED WHAT WAS “R&B” MUSIC WITH POP OVERTONES – HENCE THE SONGS COMPOSITION WOULD BE OF A POP BACKGROUND BUT THERE VOCAL STYLINGS WERE OF R&B!!!
SINCE THE 2000’S PLUS – “R&B” HAS CHANGED TO “RHYTHM & BEATS”, THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUOUS MERGING OF R&B WITH POP, HIP-HOP AND DANCE!!!
I WOULDN’T SAY RIHANNA IS “TRUE R&B”, NEITHER IS BEYONCE, BUT CONTEMPORARY R&B, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT HAS BECOME OF R&B TODAY – IT’S NOT RHYTHM AND BLUES BUT RHYTHM AND BEATS – CONTEMPORARY!!!
SO YES, SHE IS “CONTEMPORARY R&B” IF ANYTHING!!!!!!!
*DEGREE IN MUSICOLOGY & MUSIC PRODUCTION*
This is an issue for what reason? How many other artists have been nominated and/or won awards in categories that isn’t exactly what they’re overall appeal to the masses is? Rihanna is a versatile artist, FACT! Just like Beyonce is. Rihanna has done a lil bit of everything music-wise. Just like how Beyonce is considered R&b by some and Pop by others. Just like how Drake is considered Rap by some, R&B by some and Pop by others. Just like how Nicki Minaj is considered….you see where im going with this. This isn’t newsworthy, AT ALL! This post was clearly made in yet another weak-minded attempt to start a Stan war, which, a majority of you will participate in. Sad. Sam (I know its u, sis), ur fave just gave birth and the Grammy’s are coming up….and ur making a “HOT TOPIC” out of this? Desperate for hits I see?
Try to Prove to Her Bosses, And The Heavy Hitters
In the Music World That shes not Got Soul, Pop, rock
and what it take to be the Biggest and Baddest Hooks
Queen In Our Musical History Books. If Em is the
Biggest Rapper in the World and her song with him
is His Biggest Single, Ever, Ask Jayz, West, Dr. Bad Ass Luke,
People’s Choice, AMA’S, Grammys and Others If she Fit The
Bill As R&B And all the Other Generes That she can clearly
Handle and Master, that is what make her so dam Unique &
Different Bytches! And i know that it has given you hating ass
bytches a kick below the Belly Button to see the “HBIC” Doing
what she does Best, Winning!!!!!!
RIHANNA IS BOTH RNB AND POP AND THEREFORE ELEGIBLE TO BE NOMINATED IN BOTH CATEGORIES!! i swear ya’llcan be stupid at times!!!
Rihanna is not R&B in what world? Rihanna doesn’t capatalize on R&B and No one is even checking for RNb rihanna Each artist is put in a category Rihanna is a POP artist check all her biggest they Dance PoP this is just another excuse for her to get awards I honestly don’t get it She like the only pop artist that gets R&b awards smells fishy 2me!! Her fans does not know what r&b cus they dumber than dish water
Also, word to the wise to the trolls, idiot stans, etc….
TGJ makes a profit for every time this site is visited, every link that is clicked, etc.
Sittin on here arguing about people in a higher tax bracket than you…..is doing WHAT for you? Nothing. Seeing as how these “additions” to the TGJ staff don’t see a penny of the profits, Sam is making her Ramen Noodle money off of simply throwing you, and excuse my language, DUMB MUTHAFUCKAS, a chicken bone for y’all to gnaw on for 400+ comments. Do better, that’s all i’m saying.
Shes A Mixture of many different Sounds you
can hear it in her Voice. But that isn’t the Point
is it Loosers the Point that she has Snagged
& Bagged another Award for herself is what
is Making the LOONEY’S LOSE Their sense
of any kind of understanding, Right KIMBERLY?
Hell no! Rihanna is POP singer! When she wins pop I have NO problem b/c that’s what she is. Just b/c an artist plays around or dips into a genre does not make them an artist of that genre. There are artist who dip into different genres to make their music reach worldwide, just demographically speaking. For example, Lil Wayne has done an entire rock album, but is that n**** a rock artist HELL NO! I would say she was more R&B/Reggae when she came out but now, she’s pop and does some R&B songs from time to time. She’s a great pop artist that dips her feet in different pools of music but at the end of the day, she is a POP artist! People say don’t box her into that category but when her ass is on the cover of Vogue, GQ, Glamour and other magazines being called Pop star, icon, or what have you nobody says nothing. So I would definitely say that award definitely should’ve went to someone is R&B!
Yes, she is.
most of her albums are more URBAN than pop and rnb is urban.
talk that talk is an urban album.
she is and ur fav is a flop.
Its nothing for rihanna to be nominated for a Rnb song! But for artist that’s just dumb cus that’s like taking away the shine of the real RnB singers that’s wrong and it doesn’t work like that You can’t have your bread buttered on both side! Rihanna already gets nom for vocal awards some of this s*** is just shady
Rihanna has a way of keeping the B-H**
So f*%*%* Up that they are having a
really hard time trying to Enjoy the New
Baby Girl “BIC” Because they can’t Keep
“BIC” Big Super Star Sister Rihanna Out
of their Mouths, Right B-H**???????????
She’s not rnb. She does a lil bit of everything, but she’s more pop.
Please, she is as r&b s the others often mentioned in here.
Hate That I Love You,Hard, Rude Boy, What’s My Name, Talk That Talk, Birthday Cake….
The only difference is that she is versatile and can also smash with pop records.
Yall are tryna act as if IASFlop didn’t happen: Halo, If I Were A Boy, Sweat Dream…
Even Irrepleaceble is somthing Kelly Clarkson could have sung.
Also, Yall keep on calling Fist Brown r&b but he releases just as much pop records as Rihanna: Yeah 3*, Beautiful People, Next 2 U…
Kelly Rowland even release more pop music than r&b recently. Commander, Rose Colored Glasses, Down 4 Whatever, Daylight, Forever & a day….
The only difference is that THEY ARE FLOPPING AT IT.
And u stay mad.
It seems like the expression “r&b artist” has been used a lot on this board recently as a euphemism for “flop artist”.
LOL
she will probably try … ah ah
@LAX
U stay winning with the truth.
Now watch those effas lose their minds when TTT hits #1 at urban.
LOL!
It’s Funny how no one said a Mumbling Word
When B Said that she was coming out with
her own Genre of Music When She Dropped
“4” Album.
Artists are always Mixing many different Genres
in their Music Styles, Nothing New Here. She
is as Pop as Pop and shes Other Genres but
we already know this.
Hmmmm Still can not figure out why there was so
much Talking about Rihanna on “BIC” Post i must
be Missing Something? I know that “BIC” Aunty Rih
is Raising cane and Dragging “BIC” Mammas Ass
Raw and causing problems Behind Closed Doors
at the Castle On The Hill For Certain.
@TRUTHTELLER,,,,I Heard that and like i said
it’s not a Party Like a NAVY PARTY OFC…………
Rihanna is not letting her new little
Rich & Famous Niece get in the way
of the Business at hand. Rih is still
making Hash out of her Nieces Mamma
big time and since the B-H** can not
take the Heat i know they or Slobbing
at the Mouth.
I was SMH At just how many times Aunty
Rih’s Name was mentioned on her new
Nieces Post, Just Amazing to say the Least.
This is going to be FUN SEEING How Rihanna’s
New Little Niece can catch up to Aunty Rih’s
Popularity, “BIC” Baby girl you had better hook
that Bottle, pacifier and diapers in your EXPENSIVE
DESIGNER BACK PACK AND PACK A LUNCH TO KEEP
UP TO AUNTY RIH RIH BABY GIRL CARTER.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rihanna is EVERYTHING including R&B
No she is not.
Far from it, she should nominated in that category. Not fair at all!
Unfair, but she is a very good artist!
NO… I mean HELL NO..
In the beginning she was, but not anymore…
Loud, TTT sure is not R&B. It’s pure pop.
Btw, to the people who bring up Queen B.. 4 IS pure R&B. It’s so not pop.. Maybe run the world is pop, but it doesnt belong on that album at all..
no . she ain’t R&B.
she’s mainly POP !!
she abandoned her REAL R&B roots since “AGLM”‘s Unfaithful ! that’s why whenever she do “R&B” songs now , she simply FLOP.
75% of her fanbase are ppl who think POP is the only genre of music ! that’s why they only support her POP songs ! they don’t support other genres ! hence “man down” and “CKB” flopped big time 😡
but why is this “HOT TOPIC” 🙄 ?!!
@TRUTHTELLER THAT NAME YOU USED FIST, OH YEH
THAT IS THE OTHER NAME OF PENCIL D***, THATS
RIGHT FIST BEAT A DEFENSLESS WOMAN DOWN BROWN!
THAT’S RIGHT THE SAME PIECE OF DOO DOO THAT HIS
FANS PRAY AND WISH THAT PRINCESS RIHANNA WOULD
PLEAS GIVE THE TIME OF THE DAY. I AM SO HAPPY THAT
RIHANNA IS FIND AND LIVING HER LIFE AND HAPPY THAT
FIST Has found another Punching Bag and life goes on for the
both of them because the good lord has lifted them both up
from this and things or rolling again, and we see what each
of them are doing with their lives after the Darkness they boty
have suffered.
Hmmmmm it’s no wonder that his tem want him to keep his
big mough closed, that serves his right. Now watch his clones
rise up out of the ashes to try and defend their cause. Perhaps
they told their Asses to STFU ALSO!!!!!!!!!
She Covers all Genres Unlike many who
would look and sound silly singing many
of her Songs!
There has been many who has won in Pop and r&b
at the same Award Shows so there you have it Pop.
r&b and any other Genre she Wants to Explore and
Master.
Rihanna is no where near RnB! She goes wherever the money is! She has whores herself out musically…
RIRI IS A DANCE-POP ARTIST
SO NOT R&B
Rihanna flops when she does a r&b song?
I guess someone forgot to send the memo to “Rude Boy”, “What’s My Name” or “Hard”.
And judging by early reaction from Urban & Rhytmic radios, TTT didn’t get the memo either.
LMAO!
The B-H** are getting more & more desperate.
The only one clearly flopping with her r&b singles is Beyawnce, None of them can seem to make it to the top10:
Ego flopped
Diva flopped
Video phone plopped
ERW flopped
BTINH glopped
Countdown flopped
Love on yop flopped
@LAX
They re mad cus Rihanna is as versatile as Janet Jackson was.
Pop radio love her. Dance radios love her. R&B radio love her. Even rock radios love her.
Have u seen how WFL is about to enter top10 on Alternative radio?
Now TTT is gonna come and decimate the competion on r&b radios.
LOL
When she goes from Only Girl to What’s My Name…. it reminds me of how Janet could go from Together Again to I Get Lonely…
Some much ease in the slayage.
Rihanna certainly is R&B. Her music is and her style of singing is.
HELL NO. She ditched R&B awhile back. SHe’s mainly pop/dance. But I don’t understand how they still but her in R&B categories. Makes no sense.
PHIL,,,Now don’t they all!
“that she should have been”
——–
Shouldn’t is what u meant TGJ staff.
@PHIL If you could w**** your broke
Ass out and Pull, Drag, & Bag 90 MIllion
what would you Rather Be a Low Class
W**** Are a 90 Million High Class, One?
An Mind Yo 90 Million in 6 Months, Broke
Ass PHIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She’s an artist who follow the genre that is succesful at the moment. As simple as that.
@TRUTHTELLE So True Ofc.
HELL NO!!!
@NAVY Remember that when Rihanna & Navy
or Winning The Looneys are Eating Crow! As
they should with all of their dam s*** Talking.
When will they realize that there’s room for all
of those who want something bad enough out
of their Careers.
Rihanna winning make the B-H** RUN
Like some one have sprayed that Strong
Ass Bug Spray. And why is it that they
always comment about Rihanna on
Others Post when they Achieve Something
kind of like se, see Rihanna and the navy
can’t do this Hmmmmm I know that Pay
Back is a Bad Ass Bytch with a Name
Like This “Rihanna”….
I like Rihanna, but lets be real, I work in a large city and you hardly here her on the R & B station and when was the last time she was in the top 10 R & B billboard chart. Its really not fair to the true R & B artist. Rihanna should’ve won pop over Demi, lets be real.
This is why Rihanna don’t win more awards. White people think she’s RNB because she’s black, and black people thinks she’s not RNB because she’s not screaming like she at her mother’s burial in Alabama. if you give kathy Perry Rihanna’s songs they would not put her in RNB category. so its all about race.
I don’t think rihanna wants to be RNB either. RNB Cheques are too small.
They re mad cus Rihanna is as versatile as Janet Jackson was.
Pop radio love her. Dance radios love her. R&B radio love her. Even rock radios love her.
—–
this right here!!
Just because some of her songs is R & B, doesn’t make her R & B artist, none of her songs this past year was in the top 10 on the R & B chart. I think Beyonce is R & B and her music just crosses over to pop. They run Beyonce on the hip hop station. They put Beyonce in all those pop category, which Rihanna should’ve been in those category and Beyonce did nothing on the pop charts, Beyonce hit the top 10 R &B charts twice from her album. This might sound off, but I think Demi won that award over Rihanna and Lady GAga because neither attend and I think they wanted to give her something because she performed for them. I am pretty sure that the navy went hard for Rihanna in that field. I just doesn’t like these awards shows any more too much politics.
@Ass, R &B station doesn’t play her music, I work in one of the largest cities in the country, stop justifying them putting her in that field, she is pop, the new Pop queen.
i’m sorry for the beyoflop fans but rihanna is everything.
i prefer her on dance tracks, she kill it!!!! r&b is almost die
If Rihanna is R’n’B , there is snow in Sahara.
I’m surprised the criticism comes out now though she won in the same category at the last BET awards.
She’s taking advantage of the fact she’s Black, that’s it.
Umbrella, Take A Bow, Hate that I Love You, Unfaithful, and Whats My Name
are R&B jams
I wish people stop saying that ever won is mad because she slayed in that field, no people is speaking the truth, about how they keep putting her in a category that she doesn’t dominate on the charts and because she is black. Turn on your urban station and tell me how many times you hear them play her music if any. She had all those top #1s from pop and 100 chart and they can honor and put her in those categories. Beyonce was in more pop categories than she was. I think Beyonce was up for favorite pop album, how can that be when everyone knows Rihanna Load did better as an album and singles. Politics and money involve.
@TRUTHTELLER
Funny thing is NONE of the songs you named by either artist is R&B…but unlike Rihanna,….. Chris Brown and Beyonce actually have PURE R&B songs plus pop songs…They are more of R&B artists, they dip into pop music because they dance and to capitilize off mainstream and simply because they’re talented ! When was the last R&B song Rihanna released?????……. a LOOOOOONG while… So NO she does NOT deserve this award! It should have went to someone currently making R&B music!
And singing behind different beats with the same tired vocals does NOT make you versatile….EVERY single genre she dips into has a pop sound mixed with it ..It’s never specifically PURE anything…She needs her pop audience…Beyonce, Chris Brown, Kelly Rowland, etc DONT.
and DEAD@ you listing ““Rude Boy”, “What’s My Name” or “Hard”.” as R&B songs…Obviously you dont know what R&B is…Those are Urban Pop songs!
Beyonce’s R&B songs do Great on R&B/HipHop BB charts….must i remind you that Party was #1 on that chart and BTINH made top 3 as well!
Beyonce can make an entire pop album(IASF) and have 4 top ten singles on BB100( SL, HALO, IIWAB,SD) and make an entire R&B album “4” and have her R&B singles top the R&B charts…Rihanna CANT do both! She’s strictly pop, because NOBODY is checking for R&B RihYAWNa
@Rihannanavy , you listed a few songs, that top the 100 chart, did they top the urban charts, do you hear those songs on the urban radio.Whats my name was out in 2010 and she already won for that song a year ago. Whats my name didn’t even charted at the top urban charts only top 100 and pop. You justifying putting her in a urban category because she had one song on her album that was R & B. Beyonce and Chris had half of their albums R & B. How about they nominate Miguel, he had three top #1 urban songs and its no hate towards Rihanna. I like Rihanna, just don’t like the mainstream system.
@ZANIA
“R &B station doesn’t play her music, I work in one of the largest cities in the country, stop justifying them putting her in that field, she is pop, the new Pop queen.”
I havent heard ANY singles from her albums on R&B/urban stations…The last songs i’ve heard were WMN and MD from last summer! i havent even heard YDO ONCE and they’re definitely not playing WFL. Blacks dont use her! She is strictly pop, thats all she can be.
Gosh no. She has had some R&B songs but she’s more pop if anything. Either way her music is a bit versatile. She can do any kind really, even alt/punk rock and you’ve heard her experience some with that sound.
Rihanna is everything. Pop ,rock,randb, reggae, dance. She cannot be caged or boxed in cause she can do all genres of music successfully, which is her strength. The haters are just mad cause Rihanna dominate all fields. If Beyonce can be both r and b and pop, also usher ,why can’t Rihanna?
that means lady gaga and adele are RnB
Rihannas music do get played on urban radio. You day one gets played on my station here in the Atlanta and they’ve even throne in a few minutes of wfl into a mix. I find that many radio stations be it pop or urban do support Rihanna. She’s just loved all the way around. I’m not mad at her getting love from everywhere. If they want to nominate her for all genres. Its all good with me. But on the real. This has more to do with the politics of America where pop has always been seen as white. So now that RI RI is the only black female dominating in that category, I think they are a little scared of her walking away with the award and snatching pop away following the white girls. So to be on the safe side and give her her just deserves, they stck her in the r&b category.
That category was based on mainstream popularity, because Bruno Mars and Rihanna isn’t R & B and they can’t keep nominating Usher when he didn’t have an album out last year. Did the grammys put Rihanna in the R & B field, no they didn’t. Chris Brown, R Kelly, Beyonce, Miguel, Trey songz are the top R & B artist of the year. I don’t even know why Neyo was nominated his album flopped, I think they nominated him because they recognize who he is. The 5 artist I named had at least two or more top R & B songs off their albums.
@LAX and @TRUTHTELLER just because people don’t think Rihanna is R&B doesn’t mean that they think she’s s***. You two need to take a chill pill.
Anyway, I don’t consider Riri to be an R&B artist, she has a FEW R&B songs, but she is considered by many the pop princess of moment due to the sheer amount of pop songs that she sings and ain’t nothing wrong with that. She should be awarded for her music, not skin colour. Plus didn’t home girl also referred to herself as a “ROCKSTAR”.
BTW- What’s my name, Rude Boy and Umbrella are not considered R&B, they are pop (urban pop at best)
Unfaithful, Hate That I love you, Skin and Take a bow would be considered R&B.
ATTENTION NAVY : If rihanna is this r&b artist now let us see her abandon her Pop audience and let us see where rnb riri gonna get (rated flop any1? When last did rihanna have a huge FULL rnb hit) better yet let rihanna make a album like 4! Nooooooooooo1 checks for rihanna rnb and slow songs no1!
man down is a hiphop rnb top 10 hit!!!! so she did have a top 10 on that chart lst year also whats my name!!!rainin man charted, cheers charted, wether u like it or not rihanna is rnb as well,,,,congrats riri,, the reigh just wont let up
Not only do she know how to Think Out side the Box she
Knows how to Hop, Jump and Skip Out Side that Box. And
another Thing It does not Matter if the Radio’s want to try
and Clown her We See that the People’s 2012 CHOICE
Them Did Not Dissapoint Her And her NAVY & PEOPLE’S
Choice was very Good to Her BFF MS, Katy Bas Ass Perry!!!!!
And Besides all of the bull Rihanna WON and if the Radio want
to Act a Fool For One Song They SURE IN THE HELL IS SHOWING
LOVE FOR HER “WFL” NOW AINT THAT SOME HOT S*** B-H**????
DAM THEY PLAYED RUDE BOY THEN AND THEY OR PLAYING IT NOW
BECAUSE IT’S RELATABLE ALL OF THESES DAM HAS BEEN’S THINK
THAT THEIR OLD PENCIL D*** ASSES AR RUDE BOYS OR SOMETHING
AT LEAST CLOSE TO A RUDE BOY AND THE HOLE IN THE WALLS AND THE CARIBBEANS PLAYS THE HELL OUT OF RIHANNA’S MUSIC,,, HMMMM
BETTER ASK SOMEBODY B-H**!!!~~WE SURE IN THE HELL DON’T HEAR LMFAO MUSIC BUMPPING IN THE HOOD AND NEITHER DO WE HEAR
TELEPHONE BUT TELEPHONE DID SALE GOOD AND SO WILL “TTT” HID
AND WATCH. CAN NOT HARDLY WAIT FOR THE GLOBAL CHARTS THIS WEEK TO ADD TO THAT 1.8 mILLION AND COUNTING NUMBER.
No one is denying that she did a couple of R & B songs, but she doesn’t dominate that category at all, she isn’t on the Urban charts, so how can you say she is a R & B artist , when most of her music is Pop. The Nominations should represent the best in that field, point blank. YOU SAID THAT THEY PLAY YOU DA ONE ON URBAN STATION , GO TO BILLBOARD CHARTS FOR R & B AND TELL ME IF THAT SONG EVEN CHARTED AT THE TOP 50 SONGS.
Rihanna is the Artist who can appeal to the upper class
Lower class and the in between , See how her S***
“CKB” Has been Rolled out for the Billion $$$$$ Nivea
Ads and see how her S*** and Steamy Song “SKIN”
was Rolled out for Her S*** & Sassy Armani Ad, the
On FIYAH BAD ASS IS ON FIYAH! You can say what ever
she has Won this One and its already in Her Bag B-H**>
PEOPLE’S 2012 CHOICE AWARD SHOW WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“If Beyonce can be both r and b and pop, also usher ,why can’t Rihanna?”
Because their R&B songs actually impact urban audiences as well as some of their pop music makes BB100/Mainstream/pop audiences! Rihanna ONLY does well with her pop music..Being that you have to know how to sing to sell an R&B single…yes she has done some elements of R&B before, but it’s never just pure, singing your heart out, more R&B/pop sounding.
SN: Aren’t all her #1’s either strictly pop or urban pop…so how is it that yall are praising her for Rock and other genres, like she’s really succeeded any anything other than pop??
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SHHHHHHHHHHHH
SOMETHING JUST HIT THE TOP OF THE
BUILDING OVER US,,,,,,WHY IT’S A BIRD,
IT’S A PLANE, SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
IT’S OLD PENCIL D*** SHHHHHHHHHHHH
WE HAVE GOT TO KEEP QUIET AND NOT
SPEAK THIS YEAR OF 2012 REMEMBER
THAT MEMO THAT WAS FLOATING AROUND?
@Common
“man down is a hiphop rnb top 10 hit!!!! so she did have a top 10 on that chart lst year also whats my name!!!rainin man charted, cheers charted, wether u like it or not rihanna is rnb as well,,,,congrats riri,, the reigh just wont let up”
NONE of those songs are R&B dear! Raining Men peaked at 48 on urban, cheers peaked at 74 on urban….WMN attracted urban audiences thanks to Drake, and Man Down is her orginal sound, but NONE R&B!
FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER @HONEY_DIP11 I FOLLOW BACK!
Hmmmmmm SHHHHHH Hey “PD” Why not watch
“Sell Me Candy” On Youtube and watch Rih in
Action Popping her Pu*%* and Popping Her
booty to her song and \lean back in your
Fave Chair and Reflect on your pass and
How Rih Worked Her WHIP On your Ass and
Drove you all the way nutty as a fruit cake
and then some. Your new Love will never be
able to work her Whip Like Rih Worked Her Whip
on Your Ass.
haha who cares about teh people´s choice awards!!! I just saw Demi lovato (from who I´ve never heard a song) won favorite pop artist… LOL Adele? Gaga? No! Demi Lovato haha
I wasnt going to comment….but a couple of comments on here caught my attention…
I noticed, some people on here are so quick to bash rihanna for any stupid, dumb s***..that they fail to do their research, before they open their bitter ass mouth…
people can sit here and bash the chick, say she cant sing, dance…but dont sit here and say her music is not versatile..
every album rihanna has/had has pop, dance, r&b, rock, hip hop, reggae, and so on…hence versatile…..even her first 2 albums, had at least 3 genres of music
Rihanna uses a variety of different genres when making music. She honestly is all around from hits like Rockstar 101, S.O.S, Man Down, Only Girl in the World, etc. She has done it all, but the main genre of music I believe she focuses on is Pop because it gets air play on the radio and sells.
Hell noooo!
I think most people is just saying that Rihanna isn’t really considered a R & B artist, just because she did a couple of R& B songs, doesn’t mean that she should be nominated in that category where she didn’t even chart high this past year. There are true R & B artist that should’ve been in that category R Kelly, Chris Brown, Beyonce, Miguel, Trey Songz all top the urban charts more than once. I know I am not bashing Rihanna, I like her music, I bought her latest album, but when I want to hear her music I turn to the pop station. I think most of debate if towards the people who placed her in that category, based on she being black and popular amongst the white folks, because that is most of her fan based, I really wonder if they listen to the urban station and know anything about R & B music. Bottom line is People Choice awards are for the main stream audience and they only will select the black folks they are familiar with.
Local artists like FIST brown & FLOPonce worry about URBAN hits
Rihanna takes over the Billboard 100 !!! 😀
I think they have the right to criticize it. For the past few years, Rihanna has been a pop princess, which there is nothing wrong with that, so I’m even questioning why she was even nominated for an award like that.
It’s pretty obvious as to why she was in the category… Look @ the color of her skin.
Here’s the thing, Rihanna’s music incorporates so many different genres. It’s so many under one umbrella when it comes down to her “artistry”. She’s similar to Beyonce and has model her career after her. She does some R&B, Pop, a little Rock, Dance(which Bey hasn’t really tapped into) and Raggae. The difference between her and Bey is that Bey isn’t always doing different styles of music when it’s trendy. Rihanna follows every music craze to fit in. She plays follow the leader. So, I kind of laugh when people make her this big pop(only) act. Madonna and Janet do pop in their music (90% of the time). Bey, Rih and maybe Ciara now do more Pop/R&B. There’s actually a compliment in what I’m stating about Rih.
Rihanna Urban music – Pon De Replay, I Hate That I Love You, Run This Town, Rude Boy, Man Down, What’s My Name, Take A Bow, So Hard, Talk That Talk, All of The Lights, You Da One
Pop- Disturbia , S&M, Russian Roulette, Rockstar, etc
Dance – WFL, Only Girl, etc
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no.
Nall i think she is more pop, she can do r&b but she’s a POP STAR!!!!
Can people stop saying rihanna is versatile, how can she be when she can barely sing. Production always drowns out her voice n wfl is a perfect example of that. Her vocal delivery is always basic no matter what beat u give to her. The only genre she truly excels in is raggae n thats cus of her accent. Have u ever heard her do those high notes in only girl justice live? Exactly. Using a rock beat doesnt make u a rock singer. Id like to hear rihanna perform songs like proud mary, the beautiful ones, s** on fire live. Lets put that versatility theory test. Studio magic would make Taylor Swift sound like a heavy metal lover too
Are y’all really pressed.about Rihanna winning an award? Y’all need to ask how Beyonce won best pop vocal at the.grammys for Halo when that is R&b or how Single Ladies won best r&b song when Melanie Fiona had the better song. But of course y’all rather hate on Rihanna who just happened to be one of the most successful acts last year and who has the ability to.do many genres.
#staypressed
@Royalkev
Where would u classify sweet dreams and radio? They’re not strictly dance, i’ll say “europop”
well she can be anything. pop, electro pop whatever is mainstream…etc. but she is not R&B. it is rhytm and BLUES. Anyone who heard a little bit of soul or blues in his life would know that she is not a contemproray follower of those genres. However, if one day r&b is to be popular again, and boom Rihanna is r&b. (sorry for the bad english)
Halo is not an RnB song dumbtard
And whose song is better is your opinion, actually, worse it’s a rhitard’s opinion – bottom of the barrel
Why is this dude talking to me? Look here Buffalo Bill no matter how many Beyonce pics you put up and no matter how much you tuck you will always be a male.
Halo is R&B deal with it.
Rihanna can do and has done many genres. Deal with it.
So the people have made their choice and ONCE AGAIN the usual suspects are besides themselves in ANGA! LOL!!
Lemme guess Granny B was in the category?! LOL!!!!
Interesting that they were swearing all up and down this blog that 4rocious was STRICTLY R&B yet they have NO QUALMS about their fossil fave being placed in the “favorite pop artist” category this go round. Of course she lost out there too tho LOL!!
Maybe she should pushed for BlueIvy to be in one of these categories seeing as her songs chart higher than mammy’s HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
THIS B**** IS NO WHERE NEAR R&B FOR 1 SHE CAN’T EVEN HIT A GOOD HIGH NOTE NOR SING GOOD LIVE, PLEASE THEY PAY FOR HER TO WIN THIS S*** WE ALL NO RIHFLOP HAS NO SOUL AT ALL IN HER RASPY GOAT VOICE THAT S*** IS ALL RIGGED… I MEAN TAKE A LOOK AT HER FIRST ALBUM SOLD WHAT 65,000? =-( BIGGEST FAIL IN HISTORY THAT SHOWED THAT H** HAD NO SOULD AT ALL AND R&B WAS WAY TO MUCH FOR HER. THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL A AUTO TUNED ARTIST SHE HAS NO REAL VOICE THATS WHY HER TOUR WAS BASED ON LIP SYNCING AND LAP DANCES AND SPECIAL GUEST(WHICH NOT MANY AT ALL) BUT YA THIS SHOULD NOT EVEN BE A QUESTION TGJ Y’ALL KNOW SHE IS NO WHERE NEAR R&B LMAO U HAVE TO HAVE REAL VOCALS CAPABILITY’S TO BE A R&B SINGER AND SHE IS NO WHERE NEAR THAT….. STOP WITH THESE FOOLISH POST’S THERE EMBARRASSING.
So the people have made their choice and ONCE AGAIN the usual suspects are besides themselves in ANGA! LOL!!
Lemme guess Granny B was in the category?! LOL!!!!
Interesting that they were swearing all up and down this blog that 4rocious was STRICTLY R&B yet they have NO QUALMS about their fossil fave being placed in the “favorite pop artist” category this go round. Of course she lost out there too tho LOL!!
Maybe she should pushed for BlueIvy to be in one of these categories seeing as her songs chart higher than mammy’s HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
@WHUT HOW COME ALL YOUR COMMENTS FAIL SO BADLY? LEARN TO SPELL RATHER THAN (TRYING) TO LOOK COOL MAKING UP ALL THESE ILLITERATE FAILED ASS WORDS SMH =-( IT’S SAD THAT YOU, LAX, AND THE YELLOW GORILLA ARE UP AND ON HERE EVERY MORNING LMAO DON’T YALL HAVE A LIFE TO LIVE? ROFL U WORSHIP A FLOPPED H** WITH NO #1 ALBUMS WORSHIPS THE DEVIL AND CURSES OUT HER OWN FANS =-( LMAO MILLIONS OF FANS WHO DON’T EVEN BUY HER ALBUMS LMFAO SHE DOESN’T EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR FLOP ASS NAVY (DEAD) SADLY THAT’S PROBABLY THE REASON WHY HER ALBUMS FLOP SO BADLY -_- LMAO I DIE LAUGHING AT YOUR COMMENTS BECAUSE OF HOW PATHETIC THEY ARE I GUESS YOU COME ON HERE ATTEMPTING TO LOOK (COOL) WITH THAT FLOPPED ASS AVATAR U GOT UP LMAO S*** LOOKS A MESS JUST LIKE HER ALBUM TALK THAT FLOP SMH PLEASE COME UP WITH SOME BETTER POST’S BECAUSE THE S*** YOU TYPE IS RIDICULOUSLY EMBARRASSING.
Rihanna wins R&B or Rap shits cause she cant stand against the Perry and gaga of this world.Unfortunetly for her,Nicki is coming for her Rap collabos awards she used to win.She is lucky Bey is busy and Alicia is on break cause those R&B conspiray winning are transparent.
Anyway,why blame rihanna,blame the Award shows for accepting Death Jam’s money !!
Congrats to my boy Bruno and Charty perry(<-she been killin them)
She has a few rnb songs, but it really dont matter it’s not like she going to win anyway
Is Rihanna R&B?! Is the h** even an ARTIST, is the million dollar question. Last time I checked not dancing,singing, or writing songs makes you a side line h**. Rihanna don’t do s*** but look beautiful and sluty. Half perform. Throw that wack ass accent with autotune and a bet and DUMDUMDUM 6 albums in 6 years an not one went #1! GIRL BYE.
I believe she has the potential but she is lazy. She is like why should I actually perfrom when my stans going to defend me anyway an buy my singles. TRUE TEA
Hmm Let me try and Re-Read
a distrubed, Looney”s Thoughts:
#1 This b**** is no where close to r&b
#2 Rihflop
#3 They Pay,,,,,
#4 Lip Sync,,,,
#5 Need Real Vocal Capabilities
Hmm It is Clear that she Already Posses all of these
Qualities and then some Because Thats Why She Won
And Mamma B & “PD” Did not Win> Mand now “PD” Folk think
She going to Try and get back with his Broke “PD” Ass, Dream On!
Oh no i had no idea i was male, silly me lol fool, my beautiful beyonce gravatar has u in a bunch, has it? Well u can always gouge out your eyes, its not like u use them for any good anyways.
And no i was not “talking” to u, b**** u r nobody. Its a freaking blog comment section; u are nameless n faceless n apparently too braindead to even come up on a less generic id.
” halo is ….. “Damn shut it rhitard. Noone turns to rhitards to discuss music genres. Go play in traffic
S***!!!! DAMN B**** THIS F****** EARLY!!! I WAS EATING YOU INCONSIDERATE B******!!!
Lemme leave this office and find somebody’s church altar kneel in front of, these b****** and these demon gravatars are too much for my spirit.
The Same “LOONEY BYTCH” Screaming up there
on the Roof is the very same “Looney” Who could
not Keep RIH’S Name out of their Comments when
Commening on “BIC” Blog Post. Mamma B & Pappa
J has Taken “BIC” To The Big Mansion On The Hill
And Mamma B Will keep her Phone Turned on in her
Eat so she Can Try and keep TABS ON AUNTY RIH!
To Try and see if her and her Daughter can ban
Together to try and Take the Rich as Country Butter
Aunty Rihanna Name From Getting More Bigger Than
it Already is.
THIS HUGE WIN FOR RIHANNA IS FURTHER SEALING
THE FACTS THAT RIHANNA IS THE “HBIC”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mamma B will Keep the Phone turned on
in her EAR TO TRY AND KEEP TABS ON
AUNTY RIHANNA , TO TRY AND SLOW
RIHANNA’S GROWTH AND POPULARITY!
@BLAH,,,,Excuse the hell out of me mr b****
but i thought this was a Rihanna Post??????
@WIG SNATCHER,,,You need to get something
did to that Bird Nest Sitting on your air head!
@LAX I’m here for B.I.C.
That baby stay more relevant and is doing more on Itunes than her own flop ass mother. LOL!!! That baby is should be her manager.Real talk LOL!!! The infant is the only one on the promo team basically keeping 4rocious alive at this point. B.I.C be the only one with marketing skills and swag to boot. That baby is a legend.
YA’LL DONT GET THIS AND NEVER WILL!!! once a person sings an rnb song he or she is an rnb artist bcos he/she has sung an rnb song. its not about the number!!! rihanna doesnt do a a full rnb album but half her album is always is!!and she does great rnb songs so thats why she gets nominated, whoever says whats my name isnt rnb must be crazy, u clearly dont know anything about music, u probably think beyonce’s crazy in love is pop, and whats my name peaked top 2 on rnb, man down isnt rnb but it appeals to that audience since it peaked top 10, rihanna stays winning
@LAX B**** U BEEN EXCUSED MONTHS AGO WHEN U STARTED POSTING THEM FAILED ASS COMMENTS F*****, PLEASE TAKE A SEAT IN THE FAR BACK WHERE R****** SITS WITH HER #1 SINGLES BUT YET (0) #1 ALBUMS LMAO U FOOLISH ASS FLOP STAN WITH A IMAGINATIVE MIND AT THE END OF THE DAY RIHFLOP #LOSES =-( GUESS YOU STILL MAD THAT YOUR FAV ARTIST LIP SYNCS AND CAN’T SING LIVE NOR SELL ALBUMS =_-( [TRAGIC]
LMAO @BEY’KNIGHT U KNOW IT’S HARD FOR R****** TO FACE THE TRUTH SOMETIMES IT’S JUST BETTER TO LET THERE ILLITERATE ASSES BELIEVE WHAT THEY WANT THEY STAN FOR A FLOP SO THERE GONNA THINK LIKE ONE.
@Royalkev
Where would u classify sweet dreams and radio? They’re not strictly dance, i’ll say “europop”
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I don’t consider those songs to be dance music. It’s generally passed of as pop singles. If your being more specific, it’s definitely in the EuroPop lane.
Bey’s done so many different styles from Euro Pop to Funk and it’s convincing each time. She’s the true queen of genres!
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3LW won two soul trains awards, and yet Blaque didn’t get any? it cause Blaque was POP & 3LW was R&B. now 702 & ISYSS won a soul train award for song of the year in 1997 & 2002, but once again Blaque didn’t so who to blame for it?
@BLAH,,,LOOK MISTER rihanna has this one already
Bagged and Tagged.
PS
Why don’t you ask Mamma B if you can help
“BIC” Read some of that TRUNK OF BOOKS
OPRAH SENT TO THEM?
Hardly @Kev and this is #noshade gal but I never believe her anytime she attempts anything new. Her voice is just standard R&B and anything else she tries gets sucked right into that vacuum.
It’s hard for the b-h** to see a win when they
are reading it, they have to get bytch slapped
before a win for Rihanna will Register on their
Wood head Brains. And Hey we don’t mind
sitting at the BACK OF THE BUS Because that
is what we have gotten used to. As long as
Aunty Rih Rih is Winning we want mind if we
ALL HAD TO SIT ON TOP OF THAT BUS OR
RIDE THE BUS WHEELS TO OUT NEXT BIG
WIN, B-H**!!!!
@BLAH,,,,B-H** YES SIRREE NO BACK FLIPPING, NO
RUNNING OUT OR AIR, NO PU**% Jucies all over
the Stage Floor, Just singing kind of like many do
and You Have got a Win!
Talk that talk her next single is considered r&b. Hard her top then hit was r&b. Take a bow a#1hit was r&b. What’s my name another #1and that song she sang with neyo all were r&b. Rihanna does r&b and many different styles. That’s why when she does she deserve the nomination. Its not Rihannas fault the industry consider those songs r&b. She didn’t make up the categories. Its the people’s choice award. They voted for her. She’s who the people wanted. Don’t get mad the people didn’t nominate your fave.
I’ll say it in the words someone used on twitter: If Rihanns is R&B, then Kim Kardashian is still married.
WHUT
Hardly @Kev and this is #noshade gal but I never believe her anytime she attempts anything new. Her voice is just standard R&B and anything else she tries gets sucked right into that vacuum.
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Fair enough, but this is exactly how I feel when Rih attempts to do Alternative music ,that Eminem duet is so cringeworthy.
Actually so is WFL. She lucky her team was smart enough to make it a first single.
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@WHUT,,,Me too that is why i want her to hurry
up and get that Designer Back Pac, and keep
it Ready with her Pacifiers, Baby Wipes, Diapers
Baby Lotions so she can be ready to Head Out
at a Moments Notice to try and stay Up with
Aunty Rih, The Baby don’t have to Rush to keep
Tabs on Aunty Solange Because she Aint gone
Get in no Hurry For No Dam Body, Now Way.
Now she will go off on Yo ass with a quickness
In other words Shes the Pit In a Skirt, But not
That S*** Free Spirited Aunty Rih, Shes Totally
Different and that is who Baby “BIC” Want tp
Follow in the Ever so S*** and Exciting Aunty
Rihanna Foot Steps!!!!!!!!
Baby “BIC” Have got that swagger on
Lock , Just like Aunty Rihanna has.
@ROYAL,,,,,Many singles from many or cringey
but RIHANNA’S Single with Em has went
Platium 16x Times and that is what it is
all about Hun! Just how much $$$$ is that, Hun!
@ Bey’Knight
Halo is not an RnB song dumbtard
And whose song is better is your opinion, actually, worse it’s a rhitard’s opinion – bottom of the barrel
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Omg, I was thinking the same thing. There’s nothing R&B about that song at all!
http://www.thepagewithroyalkev.com
SHE’S NOBODY’S R&B SINGER, NOT WITH THAT THIN NASALLY VOICE OF HERS THAT GETS EASILY DROWNED OUT BY THE BEATS. RIHANNA IS POP TART, FRONT AND CENTER. DEAD @ VERSATILE. WHERE’S SPANISH SONGS AT? JAZZ? OLD SCHOOL SOUL MUSIC? CLASSIC R&B? THE NAVY JUST NEED TO STOP WITH THE LIES AND DELUSIONS. RIHANNA IS BASICALLY THE BLACK VERSION OF BRITNEY SPEARS.
Another Single that was Hot and deep was
T I ” Live Your Life” 5x Platium, It might
seem like a small something but it adds
up to be big in that theres many singles
that has Died at Birth as we all Know.
At this Point it really don’t matter to much
what Rihanna does that is good, because
when ever she reaches a new Milestone
that is when the B-H** SHIFTS IT INTO
HIGH GEAR TO TRY AND BEAT RIHANNA
AND HER NAVY TO DEATH ON THEIR
COMPUTERS, ALWAYS SO DAM ENTERTAINING!
The Navy is full of s***. @Lax you are going to comment on here before that R&B ain’t s*** and no one is checking for R&B. Now that Rihanna has won an award in R&B now it’s a different story. Rihanna is not R&B she is a POP artist but she is “BLACK” and they are not going to let Rihanna get that POP catagory award that they know belongs to Kathy Perry the mainstream IT girl.
also to GAGA
Wow, with a veal over her face and holloween make-up Rih-YAWN doesn’t look have bad! 🙂
Please, this chick isn’t a R&B act as her fans like to state. WHAT IS THIS MADNESS –> “Favorite R&B Female at the 2012 People’s Choice Awards”??? Wow, the lies the media gets away with telling the masses! Beyonce should have won this award. ”4 was an actual R&B CD, ‘Loud’ was not! Can you say RIGGED, FIXED, FAKE!!
@Stan
January 12, 2012 at 12:48 pm
The Navy is full of s***. @Lax you are going to comment on here before that R&B ain’t s*** and no one is checking for R&B. Now that Rihanna has won an award in R&B now it’s a different story
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THIS RIGHT HERE! 🙂
@LAX
Me too that is why i want her to hurry
up and get that Designer Back Pac, and keep
it Ready with her Pacifiers, Baby Wipes, Diapers
Baby Lotions so she can be ready to Head Out
at a Moments Notice to try and stay Up with
Aunty Rih,
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Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
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if rihanna is versatile , then nicki minaj is versatile singer too.
she did TURN ME ON with KING Guetta and it is dance.
so is she versatile ?! 😡
naaaaaaaaaaaah !
rihanna voice “after special effects and autotune”+ any kind of beat given to her by her trusty producers = ” according to her fans” : versatility !
MEH 😡 😡 😡
even KELLY ROWLAND is more versatile than rihanna 😆 , let alone beyonce.
and i’m sure beyonce will do great regarding dance music. she got vocals for it.
if ” estelle ” did it with ONE Love , then beyonce can absolutely do it better 🙄
and i’m seriously DEAD at someone of the navy think “RUDE BOY” and “HARD” was R&B 😆
i told u , they know only one genre of music. ASK ME 😆 😆
@Kev Fair enough, but this is exactly how I feel when Rih attempts to do Alternative music that Eminem duet is so cringeworthy
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Was it as cringe worthy as watching Beyonce massacre Alanis’ You Oughta Know’?
That was something else.
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@MOBWIFE,,,,EXCUSE ME MS BYTCH NOW YOU
Know that i know that yo ass don’t give a s*** about
RIHANNA And her much SUCCESS And you and your
gang of Looney Tune Clowns are trying your best to
Kill Rihanna and her Navy with your TYPEWRITERS
Like you always do nothing new here to debate just
REMEMBER THAT A WIN FOR RIHANNA IS A WIN
FOR HER NAVY ALSO, MS BYTCH AND YOU HAD
BETTER ASK SOMEBODY BECAUSE YOU BYTCHES
DON’T SCAAAAAAAAAAR NOBODY WITH YOUR B/S.
AND NO ONE IS BACKING DOWN, WE CAME TO WIN,
TO FLY, TO FLY, TO CONQURE TO FLY, TO FLY!!!!!!!!
RIHANNA NOR HER NAVY HAS JACK S*** TO PROVE!
rIHANNA WINS IN THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE 2012 GALA!
KATY WINS BIG AND SO DID GAGA! #STAY SALTY, BITTER
AND PRESSED B-H**!!!!!
Hmmmmm i can imagine that there
many crying big crockdile tears praying for
a CRINGEWORTHY That would go platium 16x times.
Hmmmm And i know that there or many who are crying
wishing that they had a #1 that has went platium so many
times like “WFL” and making waves that are causing Tidal
Waves and Shaking up everything in it’s Pathway, I Can see
why the Radio’s are wanting to clown with her second Single
when her first Singles have got them about to fall off their
Foundations. Yo Better ask somebody! Keep trying to S*** Talk
Rihanna and Her Navy Who we know all you BYTCHES HATES
WITH A PASSION, YOU LOW LIFE GOOD FOR NOTHING LOOSE BYTCHES!
WTF IS urban MUSIC ?!! 😡
this is not a genre 🙄
the Bottom LINE :
rihanna’s so-called versatility is BEAT-DEPENDENT not VOCALS-DEPENDENT.
so again , she has no control as u all think.
she even can’t pull it off most of the time live ! so how can someone call HER versatile ?! 😡
this level of lies and stupidity is unbelievable ! 😥
and a lot of music acts can do what she does , NICKI MINAJ is one of them 😡 , and she’s not a singer u know.
so this , AGAIN , make rihanna not special or whatsoever 😡 !! but prove her team’s smart moves to make her COMMERCIAL !!! 😡
I think there was something fishy with this award. We the Navy voted our asses off everyday. You fans have to realize that this R&B award is not acceptable for me. Rihanna is a POP artist and for the past awards they placed her in R&B just because of her color and then what do they do, give it to a white women that you hardley hear her music. I can’t believe that the Navy are sitting here saying that she is both when we were saying all along that she was the POP Princess or Queen of POP. I really don’t get some of your comments. SMH
Rihanna really doesn’t have a genre. She keeps reinventing herself so many times. I mean…I think most of her songs have a pop feel, which would label her as pop. However, there are plenty of songs of hers that are strictly R&B:
Man Down
What’s My Name
Now I Know
I Hate That I Love You
Thug In My Life
We Ride
The list goes on…..
iF kelly rowland’s Motivation would just
all of a sudden go #1 we might not be getting a
post on no one for over a Month because they would
have to treat ‘SAM” From shock and it would take us some
days to get back to normal that would be such gt=reat news,
we have not had any big news from all of the Supposed to be
hot and got it going on sista’s lately, hopefylly that will change soon.
Rihanna you just keep doing you Baby Girl and Perhaps You will Have
A Running buddy when your niece grows up, Because surely her Parents
would love for her to Follow in her AUNTIE FOOTSTEPS WHO DO NOT GIVE
A RATS ASS ABOUT THE NEGATIVE BULL S*** THAT THE HATERS HAS TO SAY BAD ABOUT HER. AND THE AUNTIE WHO DON’T HAVE HANG UP
ABOUT THE WAY SHE WAS BORN BECAUSE SHE KNOW THAT AS GA GA SINGS SHE KNOWS VERY WELL THAT SHE “WAS BORN THIS WAY” BUT THE HATERS HAS CALLED HER EVERY NEMW IN THE BOOK AND THEN SOME AND SHE JUST SEEMS TO SOAR EVEN HIGHER AND KEEP GETTING BETTER WITH TIME. THEY TALK ABOUT HOW UGLY RIHANNA’S PLAY BROTHER JAYZ IS AND HOW BEAUTIFUL BEYONCE IS AND HOW UGLY RIHANNA IS THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT JAYZ AND RIHANNA ARE THE BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY AND EVERYBODY IS PERFECCCCCCT, HMMMM I JUST WONDER WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THE NEW AIRE TO THE THRONE IS GOING TO THINK ABOUT ALL OF THIS YEARS FROM NOW!!!!!!!!!!
You hate CB pencil d*** but someone wants it. Dumb b******
http://perezhilton.com/2012-01-11-rihanna-chris-brown-reconciliation-rumors
@THENAVYATBEST
Nice try BeyH.I.V in sheep’s clothing.
The navy have always claimed that the Queen is a versatile beast in this game. She has already slayed in all genres before since its nothing to a BAWSE to do so. She’s the Queen period. She’s not pigeonholed to a particular genre like some of these lessors gurls. We currently slaying the pop scene with NOT A LICK of promo and when Talk that Talk is officially released as a single we will slay the Urban scene as well. Get into THEE versatile dynamo chart slayer of this generation.
ha!! Ester Dean said R&B?
@THENAVYATBEST I HEAR YOU AND JUST THINK
OF THE AWARD WHO HAVE JUST OMITTED HER
NAME IN THE PASS. AND DO THE HATERS HAVE
THEMSELVES A FIELD DAY WHEN HER NAME IS
NOT INCLUDED TO THEIR LISTS AT ALL, ITS A
SHAME.
@REMEY,,,Y R SO Right On!
HEEEEEEEELLLLLLL NO!!!!!!
FANTASIA – R&B
KEKE WYATT – R&B
TEEDRA MOSES – R&B
KELLY PRICE – R&B
JOE – R&B
GINUWINE – R&B
NIVEA – R&B
RIHANNA IS AN ILLUMINATI PUPPET WHO FOLLOWS THE CROWD JUST LIKE THE OTHER PUPPET FOLLOWERS – CHRIS BROWN, KATY PERRY, LADY GAGA, BEYONCE…..OOPS, I THINK I JUST SPILLED TEA!!!!!
OH WELL, I’LL WAIT FOR THE STANS TO BURN MY HOUSE DOWN!!!!!
#BOOM
bottom line: Rihanna is not R&B.
Oh please SLORES, if CB has a pencil d*** then pencil me in LOL 🙂 Sit down you skanks!!
@WHUT,,,And i though i was the highest ranking
officer, you nailed that but how did you know???
when they talked about voting i was like what vote
i haven’t voted in jack s*** lately for Rih. That was
a dead Give away. The b-h** is so bitter they can’t
enjoy the baby;s arrival for auntie rih rih keeping
their asses on their toes.
@B-H** WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS SO BITTER AT
AUNTIE RIH RIH??? Baby girl will be bitter at
you all for hating so hard on her Favorite What’s
Happing S***, Talented and World Known Auntie RIH!
@Whut
@Lax
What about when dance pop declines in popularity and artist go back to more instruments. Where will Rihanna be? Gaga, Adele, and bey can survive in those conditions, but Rihanna would die. I wish I could stand on a stage doing the same hip winding dance, grabbig my crotch, while not singing at all, and barely trying, and still get a #1. I don’t see what Rihanna Stans be defending. I only see about 3 out of all the comments on this post talking about Rihanna’s actual talent! ADMIT THE TRUTH!
@Lax
I don’t like this s*** at all and it makes me wonder what the Grammys will put Rihanna in POP or R&B
@Lax
Maybe you did not vote but I and some of the Navy did. So cut the bull.
Actually their is a whole lot of people blaming Rihanna for this award, I am not blaming her I am blaming the award show and the mainstream fans. The mainstream fans don’t know any R & B acts unless they are popular like Usher, Beyonce, Neyo. Last year they had the nerve to put Jason Deluro in that R & B category, all we saying is Rihanna had so many #1 pop songs and she should be awarded in that category against the other pop singers. Lets be real how did Demi won over Rihanna and she has so many platinum singles on that album, I don’t think Demi has one, maybe Skyscraper. Rihanna crossed over to pop over 3 years ago and they need to acknowledge that she is the top pop artist out today, I think she dethrone Lady Gaga this past year.
@MEEEEEEEE How do you know that shes
a illumanic puppet??? Is the Youtube’s gospel
the same as the King James Version of the Bible??
How can you Tell who these Artist Worship???????
I read where it Reads Judge ye not One Another,
so Thers a Select few who or Devils, Satan Puppets, Right?
Then what about all of the Other People in the World. I was
Following the Preaching and Teaching the other day but HEEEY
WHERE IS THE PROOF????? Some of you are pushing the enevlope
a bit faR WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DEVIL WORSHIPPERS AND THINGS LIKE
THAT BECAUSE NONE OF US AND I MEAN NONE OF YOU WEBBBBBB
BIBLE PUSHERS HAS A HEAVEN OR A HELL TO PUT RIHANNA, OR NO ONE ELSE IN FOR THAT MATTER THAT IS WITH GOD AND GOD ALONG!
IF I DID NOT LEARN NOTHING ELSE I KNOW THAT WE SHOULD PRACTICE LOVE INSTEAD OF SO MUCH HATE. AND ANOTHER THING
HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE WHO INSPECT OUR FOOD, WATERS ECT AR NOT DEVIL WORSHIPPORS WHAT ABOUT OUT DOCTORS??? WHAT AOUT THE NURSES WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE OUT MEDICINES, GAS FOR OUT CARS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHY DO RIHANNA THEM HAVE TO BE DEMONS BECAUSE THEY OR ALL RICH AS COUNTRY BUTTER?????????? SOOOOOOOOOOOO
ALL PEOPLE WHO ARE RICJ=H ARE WEAR DIFFERENT SIGNS, CHAINS
CLOTHES WITH DIFFERENT DESIGNS AND LOGOS ARE DEMONS, WELL ARE THEM DEMOND AT THE RESTAURANT I EAT AT ARE THEY DEMONS AT MY CHURCJH????? HEYYYYY WE NEED PROOF AND YOUTUBE AND LIP SERVICE WILL NOT GET IT FOR MANY, NOT AT ALL!!! SOME ARE GOOD AND THE REST OF THEM SOLD THEIR SOUL YOU SOUND LIKE YOU NEED TO WEAR THAT BIBLE AND LEARN SOME COMMON SENSE AND GET RIGHT WITH GOD AND SAVE YOUR OWN SOUL AND LET OTHERS LIVE! BECAUSE YOU CAN ONLU SAVE YOURSELF AND NOBODY ELSE AT ALL
@MEEEEEUUUUUU,,,,
She is pop with a little r&b influence.
@xedos – Stop generalizing blacks, many of us don’t like all that screaming and growling on top of tracks. Some black people don’t consider her R&B because they feel that her music is watered down it has absolutely not a damn thing to do with yelling and screaming.
@EX – LAX,
B*TCH you are PSYCHOTIC! No, I don’t give a damn about RihYAWN’s so-called success, which is not the topic of discussion! The fact that RihFUND is not producing R&B music but the industry elites insist on placing here in the R&B category is! I don’t give a damn about a rigged win at an award show. Everyone in their right mind knows Raggedy RihANNa is not an R&B artist. And again, I find it HILARIOUS that her stan’s talk more than a little bit about the R&B category claiming that it’s a bullsh** genre yet fall all over yourselves when she wins a rigged award in the R&B CATEGORY! …..FAKERS
@Wig Snatcher…
Dance Pop will never die. Some of the artists in it may die, but the genre will not. This is mainstream music…not disco. R&B is close to being dead than Dance Pop. Why do you think so many artists within the genre are struggling: Keyisha Cole, Mary J. Blige, Teairra Mari…. This is why Beyonce had to cross over to Pop herself…
Riri is definitely not R&B anymore she is a pop artist
@MOBWIFE,,,,And i don’t give a rats ass about you!
and neither does Rihanna soooo scram or go and
play in traffic.
Hmmmm her award was rigged that just really
make me think about the others awards i wonder if they was RIGGED ALSO?
@EX – LAX,
B*TCH I’m not sure why you even mentioned my name? I was merely co-signing the words of another. What he posted was the absolute truth! One minute her fans claim that R&B is a dead genre yet do handstands and backflips when she wins in the R&B category! 0_o??
TAKE YOUR MEDS DEAR! IT’S WAY PAST YOUR NAP TIME!! BYE 🙂
She is R&B cuz she always put something R&B on her albums no matter if she has dance-pop, house or dubstep she always has R&B, look at Chris Brown he is R&B but he collab. with Benny Benn…. ect, most of the artists make a crossover into new genres because is the trend or just because they want, just like Janet was Pop and now is R&B.
HELL TO THE MOTHERF%^& NO!!!! I’m insulted that this post put R&B AND RHIANNA TOGETHER!!!! 1. The girl can’t live sing for the life of her!!! 2. Real R&B artist don’t seek attention about her ex-man to promote a album every 5 seconds. 3. R&B artists sing from the soul- RHIANNA DOESN”T!!!!
Brandy= R&B
Monica= R&B
SWV=R&B
JOE-R&B
MAXWELL=R&B
TYRESE=R&B
KEYSHIA COLE= R&B
MARY J BLIGE= R&B
NE-YO= R&B
I can go on!!!! RHIANNA IS NOT R&B!!! VERY INSULTING!!! YUCK!!!
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
THE QUEEN SNATCHING AWARDS SHE IS NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE IN!!!!!
The shade is she even WON in the FEMALE RNB LAST YEAR! AT THE BET AWARDS. If the BET AWARDS! Run by BLACK PEOPLE Consider her rnb then your comment’s don’t mean a thang.
Rihanna is not STRICTLY RNB but EVERY Albums he releases has a RNB Track!!!!!!
Music of the Sun = RNB
A Girl Like Me = RNB
Rated R = RNB
Talk That Talk = RNB nly TWO TRACKS ARE PURE POP
That’s 4 out of her 6 albums that where driven with an urban sound. The only albums that where pure pop I would day where GGGB and LOUD But even THEY Still had RNB TRACKS. GGGB Had Take a bow and Hate how much I love you and LOUD had What’s My Name/Raining Men/Skin/Man Down
People are just MAD! That rihanna is versatile and can Attract a wide range of people. THAT Is another reason why I love her she EXPERIMENT’S with her sounds and reinvents her sound with EACH ALBUM! given me janet and Madonna tease.
+++++ Last time I checked beyonce has been nominated in NUMEROUS OF POP Categorise I don’t see people complaining about that =/ what is the MAIN REASON for this post is it because she BEAT BEYONCE and Took home the award LOOOOOOOOOL The “PEOPLE” want Rihanna BYE!
Talk That Talk her NEXT Single is RNB! So this whole post was just another way of sam tricking you to commenting so he can get payed
The Navy is some dumb m************. The R&B award was not about her old albums/ songs. They are talking about Rihanna recent ones. PCA calling LOUD & TTT R&B which I know Rihanna & her label don’t want that title because she is POP. What the PCA’s are telling you that POP was mostly for the whites, There are other artist that are R&B but do some POP but they do more R&B than POP so that makes them R&B artists.
Hay I remember the Navy saying that no one is checking for R&B. Funny now R&B is so important because it’s Rihanna. I bet Katy,GAGA, Ke$ha are laughing their asses off seeing Rihanna in R&B Category again like the Navy would say R&B is for hood rats LMFAO. Welcome to the club Rihanna #1 hood rat hahaha
@ Whut
Bey certainly does Alanis M’s song justice. It not that easy to sing live and I thought she was quite impressive. Rih screeching LTWYL live on the award show where she joined Em was awful.
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@Lax
I don’t really think that song will do that much for Rih, (despite supposedly going 16x Platinum in sales). I know it’s ANOTHER FEATURE the navy is impressed with that earned her a #1 hit, but for others Rih is just a mere side kick on that track . Em is the main attraction.
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Jessica
HELL TO THE MOTHERF%^& NO!!!! I’m insulted that this post put R&B AND RHIANNA TOGETHER!!!! 1. The girl can’t live sing for the life of her!!! 2. Real R&B artist don’t seek attention about her ex-man to promote a album every 5 seconds. 3. R&B artists sing from the soul- RHIANNA DOESN”T!!!!
Brandy= R&B
Monica= R&B
SWV=R&B
JOE-R&B
MAXWELL=R&B
TYRESE=R&B
KEYSHIA COLE= R&B
MARY J BLIGE= R&B
NE-YO= R&B
I can go on!!!! RHIANNA IS NOT R&B!!! VERY INSULTING!!! YUCK!!!
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Well Rih does do some contemporary R&B, just how well she does it(or pop music for that matter) is another question.
Brandy is Pop/RB – Her last album was Human.
http://www.thepagewithroyalkev.com
people get your s*** together, rihanna didn’t even start out as r&b she started with dancehall, and reggae. know your facts!!!!!!!! she then went into pop and r&b, then to dance.
she is versitile so i classify her as pop because that is genre she keeps coming back to.
@POP ROYALTY
unlike most riri stans i have liked her from the beggining go check her music of the sun album it is mainly reggae and dancehall, so since she didn’t start out with r&b she couldn’t of abadoned it!!!!! and she still does dancehall and reggae and made hits with them too!!!!!!!
only her fans think she is rnb. yes she does rnb music, BUT hardly hear her s*** on urban radio.
and when did rihanna ever do “rock”, rockstar 101? that was a major flop because it was try hard, wannabe a rockstar!
you da one is also not doing great either.
i think rihanna is popular for pop music and hip pop. she jump on the trend, whether this is good thing we will remain to see. let see if anyone is still checking for her 10 years time (same with beyonce).
Fair enough @ Kev.
I and most of the world thought she looked like a poser tho. Not to mention utterly destroying a classic like that. I had to YouTube Alanis and watch her sing it right about 50 times back to back just to get that cringe-tastic nightmare out my mind. In fact lemme go watch alanis again talking about this brought back memories.
If we are looking at the big picture,No.
Rihanna however produced some R&B songs+included R&B elements.When I first heard Man Down,I thought it was a POP song,but songs like Rehab,and Photographs have ELEMENTS of R&B included in them.
Also,a while back,There WERE certain Rihanna stans who were throwing shade at this genre of music saying it wasn’t going to be s***,et.al. If you don’t think she’s R&B,you don’t think she’s R&B.DON’T try to flip the script after you let your thoughts out and pull something out…..
SN-No shade to Nicki Minaj but Sam,seeing that you are up her ass,Why no “Nicki Minaj-Hip Hop Femcee or Popstar?” post????
I like Nicki,but let’s keep s*** real for a moment.You only do this because you dislike Rihanna.
by produce,I don’t actually mean she made the beats.The context I was looking for was that she put R&B songs on a few of her albums.
Also-Addendum
SN-No shade to Nicki Minaj but Sam,seeing that you are up her ass,Why no “Nicki Minaj-Hip Hop Femcee or Popstar?” post????
I like Nicki,but let’s keep s*** real for a moment.You only do this because you dislike Rihanna.You wouldn’t DARE post about Nicki’s genre because you shade the hell out of Kim.
Rihanna didn’t even go to the award show, she was at the clippers game, I guess she felt like to earned to be placed in all the pop fields also.
Modern R&B does NOT mean rhythm and blues, it basically just means music of black origin, the Grammys get it right as they have two categories – one for modern R&B and one for original R&B (think Chuck Berry, Little Richard, songs like Maybelline, Johnny be Good etc). So, sometimes Rihanna is R&B in the sense of singing music of black origin (Rude Boy is the first one that springs to mind) and sometimes she is a pure pop act. Peoples Choice is a crappy awards show anyway, she didn’t even bother to turn up and I don’t blame her ;o)
why does the industry labele every black POPstar R&B?
HER FIRST ALBUM PRETTY MUCH R&B AND REGGAE.SHE IS A R&B,REGGAE,POP, ICON.
MUSIC OF THE SUN>>>>>>>> MARIAH CAREY’S “DAYDREAM”
A GIRL LIKE ME >>>>>>>>>>>MARIAH CAREY’S “BUTTERFLY”
GOOD GIRL GONE BAD>>>>>MJ’S “BAD”
RATED R>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>MJ’S “THRILLER”
LOUD>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>JANET J’S “CONTROL”
TALK THAT TALK>>>>>>>>>MADONNA’S “EROTICA”
Rihanna is like the black Madonna. She is the best female artist since the material girl. Her music is defined as either urban R&B, aka rude boy, umbrella, pon de replay, etc and electronic r&b aka only girl in the world, we found love, don’t stop the music, etc. So what do you call “Turn me on” – David Guetta and Nicky Minaj = Electronic R&B w/rap. What do you call Flo Rida – Electronic Hip Hop or Hip House. What do you call Pitball w/Chris Brown – International Love. It is Latin Electro Hip hop w/R&B infusion. There is other music besides Urban Hip Hop and Urban R&B. Learn to diversify your musical interests. No wonder Hot 97’s ratings are in the toilet.
simply, no.
look at the producers on TTT
Dr. Luke, Stargate. C’mon, she is POP with some urban sensibilities.
CASE CLOSED.
I am happy for her success but she is NOT R&B, … Many white award shows only give awards in this category to Rihanna, Alicia, and Beyonce because they are ignorant of most black music…. they only know the cross over acts like Mariah, Bwyonce, Janet, etc… Mary J didnt win a grammy until the Breakthrough… ridiculous.
It is one thing for the WHITE award shows to do this but it is really upsetting when the BLACK awards shows give awards to Beyonce and Rihanna instead of REAL R&B singers like Fantasia, Keyshia Cole, Monica, and Jill Scott.
Right there is WAY TOO MUCH hate on this sight, first of all Rihanna is an R&B/urban artist, when she first came out with Pon De Replay she was considered to be an reggae/dancehall/R&B artist due to her thick Caribbean accent and her album Music Of The Sun which blended R&B/ reggae/dancheall/urban/hip-hop together, then came her second album A Girl Like Me which kept much of the musics tyles of Music Of The Sun but added a bit more of a dance vibe, her third album Good Girl Gone Bad was a mixture of R&B/soul/dance/club music and a departure from her reggae roots, her fourth album Rated R was in fact her most urban album back then with her new I Don’t Give A F*ck attitude and a mixture of R&B/hip-hop/dubstep/reggae and her heavily using her Caribbean accent (can be heard on Wait Your Turn/Rude Boy and Hard) in 2010 her music took again a different turn heavily leaning towards an R&B/dance/hip-hop sound with a mixture of other genres such as her “bread and butter” reggae/dancehall (Man Down, Raining Men) and rock, then came her Talk That Talk album which I think could sum 2011 in music up with a mixture of LMFAO here, David Guetta there, a pinch of Pitbull, two tea spoons of that thing GaGa and blend of R&B/dance/EDM/house/dubstep/hip-hop and a couple of reggae songs such as You Da One and Watch N Learn, her recent album Unapologetic is in my opinon a mixture of a Good Girl Gone Bad/Rated R/Loud/Talk That Talk the overall sound of the album is R&B mixed with genres such as hip-hop/EDM/dubstep/reggae/dance, but getting back to whether Rihanna is R&B or pop, she is a popular R&B singer who is not afraid to dabble in other genres I do think she is like the rest of the artists nowadays such in this dance/EDM/dubstep phase that is dominating the charts, I dunno if we will ever see Rihanna going back to her R&B/dancehall roots but she is most definitely an R&B artist, any music shop you go into will have her under R&B, her Myspace page many many years ago before it alphabetized the genres had in fact R&B first followed by reggae and pop, of course then when Talk That Talk was dropped, reggae was removed and replaced with hip-hop. If you guys wanna argue out what she is good luck to you but you must know the facts.