Rihanna‘s nasal neigh is often confined to ruining her own songs. However, on occasion, the model will lend her “talents” to bulldozing the hits of others. Case, point, Bob Marley‘s classic ‘Redemption Song’ – which has come to serve as one of her repeat offences.
Having already released a recorded version of the track three years ago, the 24 year old tried her hand at it live when performing at EIF’s ‘An Unforgettable Evening’ cancer benefit this week.
Watch the criminal showing below…
Given the theme of the event, it’d be unfair to give anything but kudos for her actually taking part. However, that is where the applause starts and stops.
For, yet again, she sounded like a castrated cat. No bueno.
What is decipherable, though, is why she remains one of Pop’s most frustrating acts. Having re-watched the behind the scenes from her ‘Where Have You Been’ video, a particular soundbite struck me:
“I never (usually) have time for rehearsals, because my schedule is so busy”
Talk about shading oneself. Isn’t “rehearsing” what her schedule should have been filled with to begin with?
A fact which re-emphasises the true issue here: Fenty is putting in minimum effort, while hoping for maximum gain. And yet that #1 album continues to eludes her. As does the ability to deliver “live”. A shame, as she actually boasts an interesting “tone”, yet is lazy & reps all that is wrong about today’s “model” of success (pardon the pun).
Horrible performance.
Your thoughts?
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Haha! Love her still though
this is cover, Of course that may not be the same song as the original. beauce this is cover.. and this is a good job 🙂
Omg those poor people O__o and in the pic she loos like she going IN lmaoooo damn goaty
@hello I don’t blame you . You probably deaf you can’t spell to You forgiven hun
HORROR MOVIE!
B****, retire please! go get some producers to give you hits!
BUT, don’t play with BOSSES
YOU AIN’T NO CHRISTINA AGUILERA!!!
Bye
That was not bad it was actually good I am an Rihanna stan and I am not afraid to admit that some live performances of Rihanna are a bit pitchy but when she does well give her shine. Come on grapejuice your better than that why you always hating on rhirhi.smh
If you gonna sit there and Lie and say this is good (something the navy loves to do) then seriously There’s NOooooOoooooOooooOooooOoOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooO Hope for you seriously You must be a sad fat Delusional russian lesbian
There was nothing wrong with that performance at all she sounded beautiful
This was actually good. I don’t understand TGJ…The personal hate is confusing me. I hate Beyonce, but I give her the credit she is due. This was not bad at all. Like other members of the Navy….we aren’t afraid to call Rih out on terrible/pitchy performances, but this was great. And just to prove to you that I can call Rih out on a performance….(see Z100 Jingle Ball Performance)
she sings this song, yet she portrays a gangster violent image and has songs like ‘g4l’? this is even more hypocritical than the time she covered doo wop by lauryn hill!
Grape juice, get a life. The problem is y’al narrow minded and always expect a certain type of performance from acts. As long as pple are entertained thts it. I hv seen worse perfomances here and there from other artists ala my gurl Kelly.
So here you are \_ . Its a special reserve in the VIP. Enjoy the show!
Forget about playing a music critique coz u aint none.
I hope the don’t pay her for these gigs…
Another crumb along a horrible downfall. Look, JAYZ RUNS THIS B@$( – and he’s been ALL UP IN AALIYAH ANNNND BEYONCE!? You think he is going to “put up” with her that much longer?!!!
Move in vocally-capable, humble girl-next-door from London *** Rita Ora ***… It’s happening before our freaking eyes, Ri is DONE! Just like
It’ll be an interesting Behind The Music, albeit. Cracked out RiRi 20 years from now singing Redemption song, but it’ll be too late for redemption.
And…. this might be an interesting topic to write on, but … JAY-Z = LONG ARM OF BEYONCE… You think BEYONCE is going to let RIHANNA get ANY #1S!!!!??
Look what Bey did to her “girls” Michelle and Kelly during their solo-runs… SHE RELEASED BS MATERIAL TO STEAL THEIR SHINE!
Jay-Z is a CONFLICT OF INTEREST regarding Rihanna – RIR GET OUT WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!!!
Beyonce makes sure Rihanna doesn’t have any rehearsal time!
@xoxo
Come and comment when you reach 16years. Your reasoning is too shallow. Let me stoop down till my chin touches the grown and try to help you at your own level. So what do you say about artists whose singing careers started off in church choirs and broke out to be strippers in front of multitudes of revellers. I hope your comment was not questioning anyone’s morals or something
at she wasn’t terribly out of key
least*
GAAAAAWWWWD,,,AT LEAST GIVE A GIRL E FOR EFFORT, YALL, DAM
YOU DID NOT EXPECT HRT TO SING LYRICS LIKE , I KNOW YOU WANT TO BONE IT, NOW YOU WANT TO CLONE IT, NOW DID YA, GIVE THE GIRL A
BREAK IT WAS FOR A WORTY CAUSE, YALL, DAMMMMMM!!!! SHE LOOKS GREAT AND IF THEY HAD WANTED CHURCH AND SOME MUSIC THAT WILL
MAKE YOU SURE NUFF ,,,CRY, SNOT, DANCE AND SHOUT THEY WOULD HAVE ASKED JENNIFER HUDSON. BECAUSE AFTER ALL SHE CAN SOAR LIKE SISSY HOUSTON, GO DEEP LIKE ARETHA, HOLD IT LIKE ADELE AND SUGAR COAT AND OH, LA, LA IT LIKE BEYONCE. BUT THEY WANTED RIHANNA
AND SHE DID HER BEST AND I GIVE HER , ALL THE PRAISE, IT IS WHAT IT IS….
AND WHEN YOU LOOK REAL CLOSE THERES NO SIGN SAYING HEY YOU ALL I AM THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS AND NO ONE CAN DO IT BETTER THAN ME, NOW DO WE?????
SHE GAVE IT ALL SHE HAD AND THE CROWD SEEM TO HAVE HAD THEMSELVES A BLAST, SOME OF YOU THINK THAT YOU HAVE GOT TO BE PERFECT, AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE FOLKS, THERES MANY WHO OR PERFECT AND WE ALL KNOW THAT ALREADY, NOW DON’T WE. ITS A HONOR FOR HER TO OFFER UP A MARLY SONG, I MEAN AFTER ALL SHES FROM THE ISLANDS AND HES A LEGENDARY ARTIS WHO WAS FROM THE ISLANDS, WHEN HE LIVED ALSO, REMEMBER, DUUUUUUUH!!WHO ELSE IS COVERING MARLEY RIGHT ABOUT NOW OR YESTERDAY, YALL???SHE DID GREAT….
SAM WHY DO YOU HATE ON RIHANNA SO MUCH?
LOL This is Sam against Rih again…,, definitely Sam’s fav song is Hate That I Love U So
i admit that some live performances of Rihanna are a bit pitchy,, But this was not bad at all.
SAM WHY ARE YOU HYOU HATING ON RIRIO SO DAMN MUCH?
pointless to read any rihanna posts on here anymore. it’s a constant rerun.
it did actually sound good. if it’s not your taste sam don’t listen to it and just shut your trap. that same boring nagging all day will get you nowhere.
it was terrible. Stop lying this bish just can’t sing…did someone say beautiful? The Navy=Deaf
Rihanna owes me money after watching that blooper.
I bet Rita Ora would have done a better job! 😉
@b**** you look fine
i am 18 years old actually. i dont mind rihanna, but her covering “doo wop” by lauryn hill would be like a nun singing s&m. its just hypocritical. rihanna singing redemption song is like ghandi singing ‘g4l’
LMAO!!!!!!!!!
She´s ridiculous. How can anyone like Rihanna or britney Spears is beyond me
Seriously, atrocious
Now Rihanna know she need to be smacked hard for that mess. That s*** wasn’t even good enough to be rated terrible.
Y’all need to stop being delusional. It was terrible. What the navy needs to do is stop lying and be truthful. It’s ok to not like everything your fave does.
#GrapeJuice you are a true hater. It seems you hate on Rihanna soo hard. I dont get it. She sounded good. Rihanna sounds the same live , that she sounds on record. Her voice is not a traditional Beyonce or Jhud voice. She has a pop/rock/reggae inspired voice. She does those rips and runs NOT to sound perfect but that is HER sound. At least she sings live all the time and not hiding behind autotune. Stop hating and give credit to where credit is due. She is a dope artist. She is a different kind of artist. Not everybody is gonna sound the same . She makes good music. and her live performance have really been stepping up from 3 years ago. Stop being bias. And Im not even a Rihanna stan. But the girl rocks…
@vandrea lmao and @diamond thank you! Its their own fault their favs sounds like a cat being a*** r**** cus they delusional not wanting to admit she can’t perform so she puts no effort in cus she thinks they like it I’m sure they cry at night due to ear ache
OK , now that was a hot mess you Rihanna , the smoking and drinking is finally catching up and doing it on your voice , i told you so ……… 😡
@TGJ :
why you mad though ?!
because ALL of your favs been flopping left and right ?!
and that “Quote” was about her doing dance moves and that she don’t have so much time to perfect her dance moves , not about her vocals and voice.
i know it was stupid of her to even talking about it , but the way you used it in this post is Tired as f*** and make you sound as you were reaching !! 😡
Death at lax talking about giving her an “E for effort” what does that mean? She falis so bad that she is off the grading scale? Lord jesus, help the navy.
A fact which re-emphasises the true issue here: Fenty is putting in minimum effort, while hoping for maximum gain.
+++++++++++++++++
I agree! This girl dont give a f*** about her fans, period.
Question…does Rihanna have ANY talent? She can’t sing…she can’t dance…she can’t act. Can she strip or at least throw a baton? What justifies her fame?
They just about let anybody on stage these days. Awful.
She’a no Laryan Hill covering a Marley tune but she didn’t do all that bad folks! …geez a tuff crowd! LOL 🙂
If that’s one of Rihanna’s best performances (as the fans are saying), I don’t want to watch the worst!
Rihanna says that to all of you who don’t like it, to kiss her
tight ass because it did not have to be posted for your dart
board in the first place, remember . You or here clawing and
pawing away at your own risk. I am not asking you to like her,
it is what it is and she is doing something. From where i am
kicked back i think she did great, and f*%* the ones of you
who has s*%* on yourselves this morning because of it,
already, what a way to start your morning. We have bey, jenn,
kelly, monica, maryj RIHANNA AND COUNTLESS, AND THE
POST IS ABOUT RIHANNA, I WONDER , WHYYYYYYYYYYYY?
IF YOU DON’T LIKE HER OR HER MUSIC BEE HIVE AND HER
HATERS THEN F*%* YOURSELVES AND CLICK RIGHT ON PASS
HER POSTS AND ,,,STFU,,,BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE
IF YOU LET YOU HATING ASS GUTTER RATS TWLL IT THEY OR
PAYING HER MILLIONS FOR SHOWING UP,,,F*%* YOURSELVES,,
@KINGPHONIX9,,Y HATE RIHANNA SO WHY IN THE F*%* R YOU
HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE DOING WHAT YOU ALWAYS DO AND THAT IS TO SHOW THAT STANK ASS OF YOURS, YOU TOLIET STOOL LICKER…………
LORD JESUS TEACH THE BEE HIVE SOME HUMILITY!!!!!!!!LOVE, AND HELP THEM TO FIND PEACE BECAUSE LORD JESUS YOU KNOW THAT RIHANNA IS YOUR CHILD TOO, AND THEY KEEP TRYING TO KEEP HER WHEELS BEAT OF, ALL THE TIME. IN OTHER WORD LORD THEY KEEP TRYING TO PILE S*** ON TOP OF HER HEAD, AND SHES ONLY GUILTY OF DOING THE BEST SHE CAN , JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHERS, LORD>>>
@BAD ASS,,,THEN LET US SEE YOU DO IT BETTER>
F****** disgusting!!!!!!!
How DARE she sing a song by the LEGENDARY Bob Marley!!!!!!!
Stupid BISH!!!
NEWS, FLASH!!!!!!!!!! NEWS FLASH!!!!!!!!!!!
SINCE SO MANY OF YOU HATER RIHANNA SO BAD, WHY DON’T YOU BEG
THAT GRAPE JUICE TO HELP YOUR ASSES OUT AND JUST STOP POSTING ON HER, PERIOD, BYTCHES??????????????????????????????????????
GOODNESS,,,,,IT MUST BE FEEDING TIME AT THE “ZOO”???????
SMH when is this madness gonna stop.
People actually praise her for “tryin” and when she is off key that’s because she is “different”
It’s like going to the surgeon and being satisfied with a terrible result because he at least “tried” wtf.
*sigh*
SHE SOUND THE SAME TO ME
#MAJAH VOCALIST
GET YA 99 CENT #1 SINGLES GOATSSIE 😉
When she doesn’t even care about her voice cause she smokes weed and doesn’t train like she is suppose to, this is what you get. Some people want the fame but don’t want to work hard but just enough to get by. This is what you heard and saw. I am not shocked by this at all. But hey she still gets paid because that is what the majority accepts. Just enough.
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🙂 “DEAD” Lmdao:-) Poor Little Tink Tink.MyMyMy What she gets is an F for effort and a Sitcho Ass Down.com.Sam I Love You Darling.You Speak Nothing But The Truth About Crackanna.ROTFLMMFAO.Leave the legends music alone if you sound like a gorilla running through the jungle screaming as it jumps from tree to tree.A Hawt Dayum Mess.com.The chic can’t act,sing,dance,keep a man or woman etc; To think I was a fan and I’ve spent money to support her for her first 5 albums.Concerts suckass,albums are played once and then thrown out to pasture.Ugh.I’m so over Crackanna.Next Next Next
She nuh know the ras words. smdh!
@Jake: Stop trying to make it seem like Rihanna is the worst vocalist in the industry. She has an interesting voice anyway. One thing that many people, including Thatgrapejuic, don’t seem to understand the simple fact that Rihanna is not a “vocal” kind of artist, she is an “entertaining” kind of an artist, and has never been marketed for her vocal capabilities, plus she sings better than Lady GaGa, Katy and Britney and co.
As for Bob Marley, he was a great artist, one of the best that ever lived, but vocally, he wasn’t that great, if at all; Gregory Isaacs, Richie Stephens and Lucky Dube could sing better than him.
loool usually i don’t like rhi rhi..but i must admit that was very good..one of her best if u ask me… gr8 work rhi !!
Her recent “thug life” antics and this song should never go together – Bob Marley I think will not approve. She sounded ok by rihanna standards in the beginning but in the end she went way off.
Bob Marley flipping in his grave at that horrible cover. Matter fact he’s probably on his way to make her join him six feet under for f****** up his song
Now I know the navy wants to stick up for their girl….but cmon yall, that was horrible.
She looks good. But she sounded bad. Some songs , especially the ones with melody and harmonies, aren’t suited for Riri’s voice….
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@STEPHEN
I AM NOT TRYING TO MAKE IT OUT AS IF SHE IS THE WORST VOCALIST EVER!!!
BOB MARLEY WAS AN ARTIST, A SONG-WRITER AND A CREATIVE MUSICIAN – ONE OF THE GREATEST WHO EVER LIVED!!! YES, HE WASN’T THE GREATEST MALE VOCALIST BUT HE WASN’T TRYING TO SOUND LIKE ONE… HIS VOICE WAS SIMPLE ENOUGH TO BRING SOMEONE TO TEARS… IT WASN’T ABOUT THE POWER OF HIS VOICE BUT THE POWER OF THE WORDS. THAT IS WHAT MUSIC WAS ABOUT WHEN IT CAME TO HIS SONGS!!!
BUT, IM SORRY, WHEN ANOTHER ARTIST TRIES TO REPLICATE THAT – IT WILL “NEVER WORK”, ESPECIALLY IF A WOMAN WHO CAN’T EVEN SING MOST OF HER OWN SONGS LIVE AT TIMES!!!
PLEASE…
What a soulless, void-of-substance creature Rihanna is…
What an absolutely wicked, LYING, vacuous, stifling, larynx-crushing anomaly she is…
..Oh Lord, thy wrath darkens the skies and brings disaster from the heavens. Thou art indeed master of ALL creation – we, your servants, now tremble below!
.. Oh Lord – Oh Dearest Lord, what sins hath we transgressed to suffer your eternal anger? ..How much longer the eternal night? How much longer will the “soulless” walking-dead “creatures” infect your children below?
.. Oh Lord – Lord of all creation: remove the stain that now screeches in the nights, bleeding our ears, which disturbs your peace.
..Oh Lord – Cast-down, BACK into the depths, that succubus which now haunts our nights and taunts our days. Father, forgive us, and again deliver us back into your graces and hold us fast to your bosom…
X,Y,”and Z” — OUT..!!
Ohh.. i thought it was going to be horrible…it wasn’t that bad
I like rihanna yet i will point out her flaws anytime, that said, I was expecting an atrocious performance and got this. This was nothing to write home about as it was neither good nor bad it was just there. Sam how about you have some balls and state the real reason you hate rihanna, the personal reason, not the same bull you keep spinning.
Pretty weak post. I thought she was gonna sound like torture with that write up.
Wow! when i read the article i was expecting something horrible but can someone explain to me, where is the wrong part?, seriously this site should be sued.
This website is full of s***. There was nothing wrong with how Rihanna sang that. Get better stories.
WTF…..That wasn’t even bad! & to have a damn two paragraph essay on that clip is just…..
TALK ABOUT OVER EXAGGARATION
She sounds fine to me, I love the unique tone she has and she carried the song well from what ive seen in that clip + other times shes done it.
Some people though (Like TGJ) expect Rihanna to have some BIG soulful voice like Beyonce & J-Hud and you have those artist that you think “How does that big voice come out that little body” well….Rihanna is not that singer. Her voice is very unique, cutesty and perfect for Pop. On her ballads IMO she sounds even better but yeah, her voice is very girly and pretty and I enjoy her singing.
That was terrible!!! Let Rita Ora have sung that; the voice of an angel. The Navy will never admit she sounds horrible. That cult is brainwashed. If you tired of half ss singing Rihanna, and all her drama; Rita Ora is here for you 😀
LMAO I see delusional Stephen is still sticking up for yodelannna and trying to shade the iconic gaga. B**** when ur fave can sing on key and has some type of performing quality and sound like gaga then try and shade the queen!
Ummm people that sucked so much ass and im a fan of her!!! And I don’t mind tgj I love this site there aways on top of there stories
I HONESTLY didn’t see anything wrong w/ the perfromance, and God knows that despite the fact that I like Riri’s songs and have all her albums starting from the GGGB era, I won’t go to her concerts because I KNOW she’s a horrible performer.
Yet this wasn’t a bad performance, so Imma give her her props.
Rihanna can’t sing to save her life!!!!! Is this really what music has come to? Her fans must be deaf if they actully believe she possess any vocal talent! Well, atleast the is pretty and that’s all she need in her corner to take your moneys. HAha so sad!
Wait.. were you expecting her to open her mouth and sound like Bob Marley? For her to have butchered the song, unnecessary riffs and runs would have had to be added to the performance. There was none. This only proves that someone was ready and pouncing at a chance to spread hate. Quit looking and reaching, just admit your hate for her, pretty sure no one would think less of you than they already do.
Rihanna can not sing live bottom line. Therefore if she cant do it live I believe she should not get awards due to the fact her shine is based on technology (aka Cheating).. We the real people who can hear off keys, no tunes and taking notes to a level they should not be when singing a certain song or any song should start a petition to get her name removed from award shows
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shade that b**** TGJ. Ahahahahaha!!!!
Oh come on TGJ, that was not bad at all. At least she didn’t sound like she was singing karaoke and made the song her own. My only complaint was she was a bit too quiet, maybe they needed to turn her mike up a bit? She does need to start doing the kind of vocal exercises and warmups that Beyonce and Gaga do though, she would be a more powerful singer if she did. I like her voice personally, for recordings at least, and live when she is not too pitchy. Girl needs to stop being so lazy and do some work, all this playing around is not furthering her career much and it will damage her voice over time, especially the weed smoking ;o)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3UjJ4wKLkg
Take a bow
Strickly For Haters, so they can try and get their minds out of the gutters!!!
Leave Rihanna alone!!! Brittany Spears, Miley Cyrus, and Taylor Swift are multi-millionaires, damn near billionaires, and you all know good and well they can’t sing at all!!!! Where’s the hate for them, where is the harsh criticism for them?? My husband when he dated his first girlfriend went with her reluctantly to a Brittany Spears concert and can attest to her lip synching!!!! Gene Simmons calls on the one black woman Rihanna and calls her out, yet didn’t come near to mentioning Brittany, Taylor, or Miley? Why is that??? Racism, of course, and you all know it.
And by the way, Rihanna isn’t Whitney Houston, but she can at least sing a little which can’t be said AT ALL for the three white girls I named.
AUDIBLE POLLUTION. I don’t understand how people close to hear will actually lie to her face and say this is a good job. I sing it better. http://www.youtube.com/smgfan1
She can do better in my opinion
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FIRST OFF EVERYONE THAT SAYS SHE SOUNDED GREAT IS TONE DEAF AND OBVIOUSLY A FAN OF FOREHEADS…IF YOU KEEP SAYING SHE SOUNDS OH SO GREAT SHE WILL NEVER FEEL THE NEED TO IMPROVE..AND YES SHE CERTAINLY HAS COMPARED HERSELF TO THE LIKES OF BEYONCE..RHIANNA IN HER BIG ASS HEAD REALLY DOES THINK SHE CAN SING..SHE DOSNT REALIZE THE REASON WE LIKE HER SONGS ARE BECAUSE THEY HAVE CATCHY TUNES AND GREAT WORDS..SHE’S TRULY LUCKY SHE’S A BEAUTIFUL GIRL THAT HAS JAYZ ON HER TEAM..SHE REALLY IS!
All I know is the girl is getting paid and so what ever we think she is still getting paid
because she loves to freak and party and will do anything in the game to be notice.
She dose not care about you are what is said or how she handles her self because
it is ok as long as she keep all her team happy , the girl is getting paid so what ever she is doing stays there and it is just more write up for her the girl got paid hummmmmjmmmm. Stop feeding this and it will go away.LAX RELax.
That was incredible actually!