Talent, above anything else, always holds more weight than hype.
The above is a sentiment we’d say Rita Ora kept in mind when she proved her worth as a vocalist recently, via ‘MTV Unplugged‘.
Showcasing both her range and technical skill, the vocalist performed numbers from #1 album ‘ORA’ for the session, which comes in aid of the project’s US leg.
Curious to see just how well she performed?
Prepare to be amazed below…
“Roc the Life”
“R.I.P.”
“How We Do (Party)”
“Shine Ya Light”
“Love Light in Flight”
Though comparing Ora to Rihanna has become the norm for any backing her cause, performances like these are a reminder as to why doing so is a mistake.
Bursting with the ‘life’ ‘ORA’ serves up in abundance, Rita’s set is not only a credit to her material but proof that she is above the cheap comparisons the last few months have seen her battle.
For, as time will tell, it will be talent and not tabloid inches that will see her ascent on a global scale- especially when she finds a way to bridge her ideas with that of the masses.
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“SOARS” gurl bye, i suggest you watch lauryn hill’s mtv unplugged
Lauren Hill was the last time MTV unplugged was relevant. Can anyone tell us who did it last year?
meh.
Talent doesn’t outweigh the hype (see: Britney Spears, etc…). I love how you never showed the actual sells.
The spice girls, one direction, etc.
Kreayshawn debut album comes out tomorrow it’s looking to sell over 250,000 copies its first week. Make sure ya download it on iTunes midnight ok it’s a classic
more like 250 copies…
Girl bye
why dose this girl have a session on mtv unplugged, i not really familiar with her or her music but i’ve heard aren’t that great. mtv unplugged were consist of musicians who had a catalog of great songs not pop water down generic music. who keeps sponsoring this girl. i rather see lana del rey do it , her music and is more unique and have great depth.
Don’t worry about Lana del ray. She will not be getting dropped. Her debut album has sold over 2 million copies worldwide and in the UK she sold 50k in one day, with the total being over 100k – the 2nd highest after another REAL talent, emeli Sande.
So JAY Z can buy her all the TV / mag / radio spots in the world. She will still get dropped as she does not even sell. Even Jay z album is outselling Rita Ora in the UK.
WELL this girl is doing an ‘unplugged’ . I thought unplugged was for artists who have actually done something in the industry. I think its funny bigger artists like r kelly, jill scoot etc havent done an unplug but rita ora has. OH well…
no shade intended btw girl can sing but i just feel an unplugg is to early
Well she has been nominated for two MOBO awards (Music of B******* Origin). Sam why haven’t you reported this yet? Come on slow coach what’s taking you so long? .
The MOBO always nominate white people At least the BET awards and Latin grammies feel proud to nominate their own community.
Nope. Katy Perry did an Unplugged session a year after her debut album dropped
Because she actually had a massive hit!!!remember I Kissed a Girl
Its seldom when you find a new act that can actually sing Cus your not labeled a SINGER for nothing! How you gon be a singer but can’t sing? Appreciate talent when you see one cus the Auto tuned pop tarts are reigning!! #loveTalent
I enjoy her performances I really like her voice and Rihanna stans are really sad Stop comparing the 2 rita has been in the game what less than a Year? Rihanna has been here 7 years so comparing Riri success to Rita doesn’t make sense cus she just started and comparing the two VOCALLY is just wrong Rita slays ri in 2 ticks vocally 7 years later nd riri still sounds like a goat hanging from a fan But I prefer rihanna music over Rita’s (well rated R and GGGB not that generic s***)
we don’t you f***** hood hive do, take a seat.
Rita is the one who just released Roc the life which copies Rih’ cheers video. It is Rita who uses rih so she can be compared to; that was the only she got press. Then u got rita stans comparing Rih’s debut album to Rita Ora to justify her poor sales. Rih does not know who this girl is. Everyone knows who rihanna is..
But why do u keep putting Rita and Rih on the same vocal levels.
Rih does reagge, urban pop, fused with dance and hip hop.
I saw one person say, Rita Ora kills Rih in the vocal. Rih has never been a vocal singer, she is more an artistic creative singer like David bowie. People never compared Barry white to David bowie.
Why are u no comparing Rita Ora other vocalist like Jojo, Emelei Sande,Liane La havas, Whiney , Mariah, Celine, Alicia keys, Brandy, Monica, Melanie Fiona, etc.
DEATH!!!! A pathetic excuse as to why R****** sounds like a goat giving birth! She gets paid to sing, she should be good at it.
As much as it pains me to say this Kelly you are absolutely right on this one.
Rihanna is in the Grape’s mind set so hard and deep that the stroke of their Hands when they post on Other Artist such as Rita seem to always get Rihanna some Shine and do we Love It.
She’s on her way to be a vocal beast this girl has been in the game just a few months and she slaying on the vocal point #brightFuture
Let’s be sincere her vocals are just good nothing extaordinary(duh?it’s not like a mariah/whitney)her songs are just basic and has little to no presence if this was another artist the perfomance would be eemed average at best..stop forcing her on us!!
*deemed*
There are Countless Others who
have great Voices but you can’t find
their Names on the Charts any place.
She is not even on the vocal level of Jessie J or emeli sande.
And Sam please stop using the names Rita and Rihanna on the same article,we get it you hate Rihanna and you wish she disappears from the music industry but she seems to be on your mind 24/7 annually..you are better than this tacky journalism!
She’s good, she’ll find her niche. She has a few songs that could be monster hits in the U.S. maybe even Shine Ya Light or Roc the Life. I love that isn’t trying so hard to snag a hit.
She went on radio to declare she is dating Rob Kardashin, after being out and flirty with Harry from one direction, and confessing her love for Bruno mars. A u say this desperate ass h** is not trying hard to snag a hit? this industry h** is trying hard to get any shine. She was walking around in LA, with an outfit that showed her new boob job.
How many songs has he released in the USA?
Shina ya light is cheap reaggae knock off – Pon de replay
Roc the life is a cheap copy of Hard and it sounds like breaking dishes.
Roc the life video copies Cheers.
Desperate to be rihanna much?
1. Shine Ya Light a copy of Pon De Replay? No hun, Pon De Replay is a watered down version of Beyonce’s Baby Boy. Those are critics words, not mine
2. Roc the Life sounds nothing like Hard, which has no guitars, or Breaking Dishes, which also has no guitars. You tried.
3. Cheers is not an orginal video. Your dumber and more delusional than I thought if you think Rihanna did that first.
Now have a seat andwait for the next Rita post on TGJ 😉
Pon de replay is a reggae song sung by a bajun. Baby boy by beyonce is an RNB song feat Sean paul.
Roc life sounds like breaking dishes, that is what all music revivers in the USA HAVE SAID!
Rih does a video like cheers; she does a video like cheers. How shocking!
Sit down b****
Rihanna does a Video like Te Amo what bad ass can do that
surely not beyonce since she seem to think she’s Perfect and works over time to be something she’s not. When you have stolen others consepts and tried to make them yoirs so many time like Beyonce has been TAGGED as doing yo ass had better stay Quiet and try as hard as you can to appear Perfect and Robotic,,,lol.
If rita is so great blah blah blah why has she not made on the global scene / usa ? She has been heavily promoted for nearly a year!
You consider 4 months almost a year?
She was taken to z100 by jayz in feb. That is 7 months. And she still cannot pop off. YUP! I win
There is a reason why has not become a star.
She flew in to or local URban muic station. She was there the whole time and she was even tryna get it on with one the workers. The desaperation from her and her label continues.
what happened ? Tell me the details.
I had to leave the car but she was at the Jammin 94.5 station and they said she was hitting on Crazy Curro (spanish name) (sp?). She was there, or at leats they said she was there and they had an interview ready but I had to go.
wait wait “comparisons she’s had to battle” You mean the comparisons your site is constantly making?
Navy navy navy STFU!!!
When Rita or any one else for that matter can hop on a list like this then we know she’s cooking with Gas but until thne i don’t give a flying jack rabbit how great she sings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_singles_of_the_21st_century_(UK)
Omg. Freakin amazing. I jizzed my panties when she performed how we do. Im so proud of babygirl. Her talent is just amazing. Beyonce who is the greatest entertainer of the past two decades endorses my babygirl and this evidences why. I truly cant wait for her to crack the US. Love u babygirl. I am literally crying tears of joy. I am so happy at how far you’ve come. I pray to Jesus almighty for you. I hope bey does that duet with you
Beautiful performances so poised and she evokes much emotion. I LOVE “Roc the life” she’s def coming into her own and she’s OWNING this MTV unplugged, get over yourselves complaining she’s not established enough to be on unplugged. If this is any testament to where this girl is going, just keep checking for her. I LIVE for her live performances
TALENT ALL DAY~
You live for her performances ? LOL LOL I know exactly which of the rita bots this is. I read y’all on twitter and I read all the crazy ploys u wanna do to get her airplay. Y’all gonna end up in jail, the way y’all are going.
Anyway if u are all about Talent all day. Go an listen to Emelie Sande, Clowns ( she wrote it ) and Liane La Havas is your love big. ( she is a writer and guitar player. ) Now , when you do, tell me that s*** all OVER Rita Ora’s generic basic so called talent.
I am defiantly not opposed to listening to the person you named Emelie Sande, I’ve never heard of her before so I’ll check her out.
On the other hand, IDK who you’re referring to that’s involved in the crazy ploys your talking about on Twitter because I’m not even on twitter so you cant be referring to me. Furthermore, when I say I “live” for her performances it’s intended as a figure of speech and not to be taken verbatim I hope you know that. However, with that said, I LOVE her live sets and always have. Her talent cannot be denied. To each their own though “tell me that s*** all OVER Rita Ora’s generic basic so called talent” there will ALWAYS be someone out there better than the next but still gotta give credit where it due..
Don’t get me wrong i want the little bytch to do good but
TRYING to make her better then Rihanna isn’t going to sale just like trying to make Rihanna be better then Beyonce, but what count is what each Artist is doing and RIHANNA seem to be making waves and many of the accolades that RIH has is bigger and better if not better then many of Beyonce’s awards. Like last year Rihanna won Best International over Beyonce’s ass, thats what i am talking about. None of them are no better then the next it”s all about who will stand with any artist through Thick and Thin and we all know that Rihanna have got some “Die Hard” Fans now don;t we Rita has got to grow to that no matter hiw much Jay and Bey Support her she have still got to earn her keep just like RIHANNA has done. Many if you always YAPPPPPPING about how the NAVY Hates on Rita no one hates on Rita it’s just that when you look at the big Pictut=re and see Rihanna working as hard as she can and doing the best that she can then,,,,yo asses are always shyt talking each and everything Rih do and then you have got the nerves to say this chick is better then Rihanna when many of us with a working brain know that theres many different flavors out there and while it seems that Rihanna will never be on
Bey’s level to many of you well then the same applys to Rita’s ass she will never be on Rihanna’s level Bytxhes.
Unless Rita is willing to be Born again and ask the good Lord to please let her ass be born Black , Bytxhes. No matter what RIHahha covers the fround she struts/walk on and all the typing, clawing and pawing will not stop or slow Rihanna down Rita had better Pray that her ass will last because its a cold, cold world out there Bytches!
Rihanna covers the ground she walks on, bytches.
LMFAOOOO THIS SITE STAYS PRESSED ON RIHANNA!!!!!! THAT RIHANNA REIGN WILL NOT F****** LET UP!!!! SAM GO LOOK A MAN TO F*** U
@MC&TB4LIFE Amen!
I’m not here for it. I’m awaiting Diamonds to drop so we can move on from Rita!!!
I think everyone feels the same. Even the haters. I cannot wait for Rih to drop her music , videz and vogue covers etc. also cannot wait for Kesha, Lady gaga etc. 2012 has been the worst year for music.
I cannot wait for these no name acts who talk to much of a big game, but have not YET released an album. Rita Ora, Iggy Azleia, Azelia Banks all need to just go away. They talked all this, for the whole year uploaded all these wack singles, which are just rip offs or bigger acts, who they have the nerve to diss. Azalia dissing lik kim; Rita Ora tryna shade Rih and Iggy making s**** commets.
None of them have the guts to drop and album. There time is over and Rihanna, kesha, Lady gaga etc are gonna take over from now on and the next year too. Iggy, rita and Azalia should of dropped now, but, in Rita’s cases, they kept pushing their LP back.
The men have been lucky, they have not had to deal with this type of s***. They had Frank Ocean, and he sued that gay thing, but he has talent and HE DROPPED IS MUSIC.
Have you seen how long your comments went? You’re spending too much time hating on RIta, you should just look something better to do. It just makes you look desperate!
WJ,
Your tactics do not work. I will type my opinion and you will like or you can kill yourseLF. Either way…..no one gives a s***.
I’m not sure how well her debut will do here in the states, but I won’t count her out. Say whatever you want about Rita, but she’s a talented girl. All she needs to do is find her niche, and she’ll be unstoppable.
Sidenote: The Rita versus Rihanna comparisons are ridiculous. When I look at Rita, I don’t see Rihanna. I see a young individual following her dreams. With school being back in sessions, I thought it would eliminate the kiddies, but it seems as if the site has gotten worse since summers’ end. What a crock.
Oh Please b****! F*** u. U don’t see rihanna ?
She wears the same close as Rihanna on the same day.
She takes rejected rihanna tracks
she shades rihana
she copies her exact formula; bikini pictures, celeb boyf ( only rih dates real celebs )
She works with exact same producers – no wonder rih had to switch them up for diamonds
she makes reggae songs like Rih
she tries to speak in west indian accent – which is the worst.
She cuts her hair
she rocking haute couture cos Rih rocks it.
she talks about Rih in ever interview – even twice in one day
she copied rih front and back album cover
Look magazine showed a side by side of how Rita Ora copied the EXACT SAME RED CARPET dresses that rih wore – even the pose.
RITA SAID I want to be as big as Rihanna; i want to the same s*** that rihanna does etc.
Roc the life is a copy of Cheers drink 2 that
Don’t care what some h** on the net thin, bottom line is, this girls wants to be Rihanna.
Once again, you typed down a whole bunch of nothing. How in the hell can Rita copy Rihanna, when Rihannas style isn’t original either? Like I said, let both ladies be. Goodness.
who does Rih copy.
^^^^^^^^
Beyonce, Madonna, Grace Jones, etc. How many lawsuits has Rihanna been slapped with for copying now? Oh.
UM THE LAWSUIT WAS DROPPED!!! TRY AGAIN WITH THE RIHANNA SHADE!!!
Do you think she is behind all of this?..Don’t you think her management and label are responsible for her image/songs/video? Roc Nation haven’t got many successful artists on their books at this present time hence the push with Rita. Come on Rihanna won’t be around for ever things change, people need fresh blood, therefore pushing Rita who is white and “marketable” makes pretty good sense for Roc Nation.
The commenter speaking of Fresh Blood then,,,what about Willow shes young and shes as fresh blood as it can get,,see that’s what i mean when I say many of you get yo thoughts out of yo Asses.
This Kelly individual has to be the most pressed person in Tgj history. Writing paragraphs of envy won’t stop Rita from excelling. Rihanna has a career, and Rita is building hers. Seek help, child.
You do not know me more my family. Rita Ora is underperforming at her job – which means she will get fired. I work for my dad, which means I will never get fired.
F*** U H**! Envy rita ora>? I’d rather envy rihanna, why? Cos, she is everything Rita ora wants to be but cant’ LOL LOL LOL And your hate will not stop Rihanna being star. She is superstar and U, rita ora, beyonce, blue hive etc cannot ever ever change that.
LOL LOL
Bunch of nothing. Seek help.
@Luvly Yo ass can talk shyt about Kelly but the same could APPLY to yo ass and the likes of you who hides behind a differen screen name and tries to shy talk Kelly fall yo ass all the way back and mind yo own Phucking business this is a BLOG SITE and thats what yo do on Blog sites.
@ Luvly i don;t see you ass talking shyt to those who are always trying to nail Rih to the stakes. If you want to go after KELLY we know U R full of shyt because if you was RIGHT you’d go after all of the Others who talks shyt about/on rihanna.
Like this comment right here….dissing Rihanna why didn’t you tell this clown to chill…
RitaBot (Rita Slays) Replied:
September 17th, 2012 at 9:26 pm
DEATH!!!! A pathetic excuse as to why R****** sounds like a goat giving birth! She gets paid to sing, she should be good at it.
PS
See it’s good as long as RIHANNA is getting Trashed but when it’s others defending Rihanna are no agreeing with yo asses it’s always some shyt, just stating what i Notice a lot.
Rihanna might sound like a GOAT giving Birth but She is still getting Work/Jobs and getting Paid that $$$$$$$$$$
THE AUDIENCE IS SO UNMOVED…. #SHADE
Even with the free tickets.
M*****-Z is working an Mtv Unplugged for an unknown singer, no bad eh!…
We know y’all are not used to a singer actually being able to sing cause this woman is a singer with vocal ability. She has an image and it does not cover up any non factors. Rita keep moving up and why so fast? The woman has TALENT!!! So except it and buy her stuff I will!!
SO BORING, NO STAGE PRESENCE AT ALL!!!……..WHERE IS JESSIE J AT????
Jessie J is beyond terrible live
Rita killed it. Whether the pressed want to admit it or not, Rita has talent. She can sing, and at the end of the day, thats all that matters.
Her voice is OK, but its nothing special
That is what I think, It is an ok voice, just like those on Xfactor or idol. They are making it seem like she is Mariah
And FYI: Katy Perry did an MTV Unplugged session a year after her album was released. It has nothing to do with being an established artist with multiple hits.
RITA UGLY ORA IS WACK!!!!!! DIAMONDS!!!!!! RIHANNAS NEXT NUMBER 1 SINGLE!!!!
yes 😀
I dont understand how people can hate Rita, one of the few vocally talented new girls to break mainstream in the last 5 years, and support Rihanna who is one of the worse singers out today.
Keep following your dreams rita. People love to do the most and be messy over the internet but at the end of the day, if you have a dream, stick with it. Your music is not my cup of tea BUT I will not sit here and say that you are a bad singer.
What you’ve said is really stupid!like can Rita belt a note like christina,beyonce,mariah?NO!!rihanna and her fans know she’s not a superior vocalist but to say this Rita perfomance was incredible is a lie!!she did average!
She is doing MTV Unplugged but MTV don’t play her music videos. How about Jay-Z pays for MTV to play her videos rather than pay for unplugged. Who is the VP of Marketing at Roc Nation? I’m about to sell my small company and send my resume to Roc.
Its not the people that hate Rita Its RIHANNA Stans hating on a rookie Lmaooooooooooooooooo