Though she may still be without as US number one album, there’s no denying Rihanna‘s status as one of Pop’s strongest cash shows.
Yet to release an album that didn’t sell a million or more US copies since her sophomore effort, the chart topper’s countless number one singles, tours and endorsement deals have ensured her superiors over at Roc Nation make bank, over…and over and again.
Now, in an interview for GQ Magazine’s ‘Men Of The Year’ edition, she has spoken out on how her lucrative career has made it hard for people to see or perhaps understand her art.
Her words below…
On how she feels she is perceived:
“Sometimes a person looks at me and sees dollars. They see numbers and they see a product. I look at me and see art. If I didn’t like what I was doing, then I would say I was committing slavery. ”
Her comments arrived before the November 19th launch of her new album ‘Unapologetic‘, and months before she embarks on the ‘Diamonds’ World Tour, no more than two years after her ‘Loud’ World Tour generated a cool $90 million upon its June 4th 2011 launch.
Love Riri!
HI IT’S RIHANNA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE. IT AMAZES ME THAT PEOPLE ACTUAL LOVE ME BEING THAT I’M NOTHING BUT A PRETTY FACE THAT HAS NO CONTROL OVER MY CAREER. THANKS!!!
it amazes me how pointless this was to type. We get it, you’re mad and bitter. oh well!
Well…there’s not much else to look for. Can she read?
Well tweet and ask her, I’m sure she would reply back to you.
Go f*** yourself asshole she went to a very prominent high school in Barbados and can articulate herself unlike King B… so have several seats at Yankee stadium
On a more positive note those who know what fame feels like and the price it comes with is not easy… most ppl will be your friend just to get what they can so what she is saying not only applies to the professional aspect but also her personal life
Who the hell is King B? Last time i checked my country had no kings.
Im not sure why your getting so angry about it. Its the truth there isnt much to Rihanna but the money she makes her label.
Thats why she has an album sales quota to meet each year.
What other label is pimping out their artist with 2 albums a year?
You are absolutely right just look at chris brown he beat that ass and now he is using her for promotional purposes
Chris Brown isn’t using her for publicity. She’s using him for publicity.
Damn right Rihanna will answer you back and you may like or dislike the answer.
@jay… I know Beyonce is a tad bit slow. But Rihanna is a close second, because I would like to know how you can “commit slavery” ?
“she went to a very prominent high school in Barbados and can articulate herself unlike King B”
LOL. Who gives a f*** about high school when you have $350 million in your bank account and are married to a man with $500 million?
I didn’t know Highschool education was that important.
Ch…….
DEATH!!! KI !!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Nazi trynna bring up a f****** high school on an impoverished island as proof that she’s smart ??
ROFL !!
Anyone couldve gone to that army academy or whatever the f*** her & her ugly ass friend MePISSa went to !
Didn’t Shontelle “Impossible” attend as well ?
KI ! Everyone on that FLOP island went to the same highschool
@FAF…I’m pretty sure you couldn’t get into any of our (Barbadian) high schools. So there goes that theory..DUMBASS!!! How dare you? Speak about Rihanna and what you know never about a country you know nothing about.
There’s more that look and see S** though…
Yup. Most people look at her and think trashy hooker.
Yes a Hooker who is able to Hook & do This,,,
http://rihannadaily.com/2012/06/29/rihanna-performs-at-kollen-festival-in-norway/
Keep name calling Rihanna Deery while Rih keep right on doing the dam thing,,,,,,
Rihanna Peace & Love Festival Borlange London
Summer of 2012
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2167119/Rihanna-performs-Swedish-festival-emerges-grandmother-Dolly-died.html
That Rihanna Reign,,,,,,
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Rih Performs at the Barclay Festival
http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/80744/PHOTOS-Rihanna-Wows-Wireless-Just-Days-After-Her-Grandmothers-Funeral
http://realtalkny.uproxx.com/2012/09/topic/topic/news/video-rihanna-performs-at-the-iheart-radio-festival/
iHEART FESTIVAL Las Vegas
http://urbanislandz.com/2012/08/17/rihanna-brings-her-sunshine-to-tokyo-for-summer-sonic-festival-photo/
Rihanna at Sonic Festival in Tokyo Japan
Rih don’t care what Her Haters think or Say!
http://4.bp.b*******.com/_uaPTfOjczfc/TGouMxpY23I/AAAAAAAAC2o/Wvp7RK5IgYc/s1600/rihanna-for-rated-r-album-image-1-132661711.jpg
Semantics. She’s an artist who sells her voice and image as a product.
Her deep throat is a product for CB c** & anyone else who wants it…. KI !
Rih always Unique and always Different
from Others Shoots,,,
http://2.bp.b*******.com/_BJbaPRBdOYU/SwDfgz8EhcI/AAAAAAAAE6s/wULPERT9uJk/s1600/RATED-R-VIPCOVERLAND.jpg
This really isn’t news worthy…. Next
HI IT’S RIHANNA.THANKS FOR DEFENDING ME BUT YOU HAVE A PIC OF NICKI AS YOUR AVI SO YOU NOT A BAD B**** N**** LIKE ME.
this is so stupid…and FALSE…Rihanna’s current album is 1mill+ in the US and 3mill+ WW…this site hates Rihanna for some reason…be bias, fine…but now you’re just telling lies
All the money aside it’s hard to be marketed as art the more mainstream you go.People will contrive it and no longer call you an artist because you don’t write your own songs or you don’t treat your own videos ( both ludicrous reasons considering that’s what songwriters and video directors are for but I digress) but I think in Rihanna’s case its the volume of music released in such a short span that makes people see “spoiled pop star with little to no substance” .the fans we love it! But we’ve been taught true classics take time to build (I.e Thriller, Ray of Light,Purple Rain) .in the end sadly you become a BRAND that’s just part of fame. You have all these different artists who do the same thing but someone does it better and that person has better marketing, bigger money machine,testimonials etc.you are a product in a way.
I hear what you’re saying but disagree in some parts. Rihanna is a product because she is what the record label made her, she was about to be dropped before she was repackaged as a s** symbol and she basically just went along with it and I doubt even she knows who the real Rihanna is with all the hair and image changes. The point will be proved when she takes a break and there is no-one dictating her every move, the same thing happened to Britney Spears, the moment motherhood came she went into a meltdown because she had been so conditioned in being told what to do, act and wear.
There are some artists left. Prince, Sade for example, they project the music and image they want, they have people anticipating an album after a 10 year gap, and they are not about the sales.
PLEASE TELL US WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT GET DROPPED? SHE HAD HITS BEFORE HER S** SYMBOL DAYS!!! LA REID WAS NEVA GOING TO DROP HER!! JAYZ WANTED HER TO BECOME A NEW BEYFLOP BUT RIHANNA DIDNT WANT THAT!! RIHANNA WENT OUTSIDE THE BOX AND THATS WHY SHE IS SELLING MORE THAN THE B**** THAT JAYZ WANTED HER TO BE!!
She was about to get dropped just before SOS came out. The record company refused to fund the song and video, the song was funded by her finances and the video by reebok, became a hit and her career was saved…. or so the story goes
@Haters Flat Screen,,,,,you are not getting anywhere being Negative
about this hard working “Class Act”, My Goodness!
i see rhi is reading TGJ taiking about slavery. She knows she is a modern day s**** with that talk about art.
@sarah comparing Rihanna and Brithney ? LOL sit .
Rihanna can get into charter realk easy just like She did
here dressing up as “Slash”.
http://www.jeffreycampbellshoes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Rihanna-%E2%80%93-Rockstar-101-ft.-Slash-Rihanna1.ru_.jpg
Sarah, that information is simply false.
What art does she think of herself though?
HI IT’S RIHANNA, I’M NOT AN ARTIST BUT I AM A BAD BITCHHHHHH ROCKSTARR N**** B****. I DONT’ WRITE ANY SONGS, I DON’T PRODUCE, I DONT’ DO VIDEO TREATMENTS. I JUST SIT BACK AND HAVE ALL THE WORK DONE FOR ME. I’M A INDUSTRY N**** S****.
Just what her dumb ass stans fill her head up w/ .. LIES
meanwhile she hashtagging on twitter & not promoting that album that wont go #1
#FLOPbitchNigga !
Rihanna You have Beautiful see straight through
a brick wall S*** Eyes….
http://rihannadaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ratedr.jpg
“i see art” LMAO.
Honey, you havent written a song on your album, Nobody will respect you as an “artist” if you are not willing to be one.
OSTFU!!! BEYFLOP NOR ARETHA NOR WHITNEY HOUSTON WROTE THEIR SONGS BUT THAT DIDNT STOP THEM FROM BECOMING STARS!! RIHANNA IS GONNA BE AROUND FOR ANOTHER 7 YRS AND YOU HATERS WILL JUST HAVE TO STAY MAD!!!
Aretha and Whitney never wrote their songs but they had vocal talent so nobody cared coz not everybody has the writing talent . And if you don’t write your s*** you must kill it in the vocal department or performance wise and Rihanna does none of that
Slaaaay!! Rihanna always pours that true tea. Unapologetic is coming to SLAAAAY.
I look at her and see a m***** in a wig.
LMFAOOOO
Okay, this made me laugh out loud on the bus and pee myself a bit.
B**** BEAT IT!! ON HER WORST DAY SHE LOOKS BETTER THAN YOU AND THE B****** IN YOUR FAMILY!!
Lotus in stores right now!!!!!!!!
And Flopping on a iTunes chart near you!!!!!!!!!
lmao!!! _____________
Bahahahahahahahahaha
Only Rih can just do the dam thing,,,, when they say
action Rih moves into Action…
http://www.mtv.com/photos/rihannas-russian-roulette-video-set/1624248/4335215/photo.jhtml#4335215
People look at her and see an ugly A** !!! She is a f****** loser !!!she can’t ever be powerful , stronger , beautiful , and richer $$$ as madonna , xtina & Britney .. Sorry b****
Lol @ the shade
RIHANNA LOOKS BETTER THAN ANY UGLY ASS PALE FACED CRACKA!!!
She as no self respect , she is a joke .. She is an untalented pice of big s***… She should go and prostitute her self on the Oakland streets . For 5. 00 us doll she should be deported to Barbados or werever she coming from as soones today!!
and you should find an english tutor.
Good day! Thanks for making Rihanna great 🙂
TALK THAT TALK FLOP JUICE WHEN WILL C-ERROR OR THAT S*** BRANDY ASELL ALBUMS :d NEVER RIHANNA NAVY BABY!!!!
Taylor Swift sold in a week what took Rihanna a year to do. You mad?
Actually 10 months sweetie be exact. @speechless
However.. Rihanna is international, Taylor is CUNTry and 96.22% her album sales come from the United States.
DEAD @ speechless
It dont matter @Renegade !
The albums is still platinum !
Why did Taylor beat Rihanna at the EMAS if she’s just a local act ?
Bye, girl u rishitta stains are full of delusions !
The b**** is international, not global !
Hell, the DJs shes paying to spin her singles don’t even buy her records !!!
@speechless
your comparison is pointless. Taylor Swift versus Rihanna makes no sense at all
but thanks for making Rihanna great!
Pressed is your middle name.
She doesn’t write her songs. She doesn’t produce them. While singing (with her goat-ish vocals) on studio, she follows exactly how the demo singer do. She can’t dance. She can’t sing. She can’t act. She can’t be a host of a tv show. She isn’t involved on the concept of her music videos.
Have several seats, b****. You’re beyond delusional. Rihanna is just a manufactured singer who does everything that she’s told to do. There isn’t nothing artistic on her. Her own talent is taking photos, but even doing this she can be tacky. She doesn’t give any output/input on her work at all. If she had called herself as a “hit maker” or any other b*******, I wouldn’t have given a f*** about it.
love that you are getting thumbs down for telling the truth.
Then I so swear to commit Myself to slavery in so called free America since 2010. If its that easy. I’m good trying to be a single. At least we learned that cheap labor goes clear to the bone.
BEYFLOP DONT WRITE ANY OHER FLOP SONG EITHER!!! SHE PAYS PEOPLE HUSH MONEY TO LIE FOR HER!!!
And you mad she effortlessly gets money?
STFU U Stan for this b*tch more than her navy do, your always with something to add. Oh Ugly ass C***.
@Gilberto
Thanks for lengthy tirade about s*** we give ZERO f**** about. Continue to make Rihanna great dear. “Diamonds” #1 on iTunes 🙂
I know this is off topic but I feel Billboard should really change their rules the way it was before, I was just looking at hip n hop n rnb charts and Diamonds is still Number 1 truth be told it isn’t a R&B song and I feel it’s unfair to the other real R&B artist who can’t even score a number 1 on their own charts anymore because of it and diamonds will stay number 1 for a while unless this rule changes… is billboard trying to kill R &B off?
I thought you would be happy its #1 on the RnB BB charts.
Im gonna agree with @Mobwife about this but white people have been trying to kill off RnB for years. They even have non RnB/Hip hop stars nominated for these categories…ex: Justine Beiber.
This type of music isn’t even played on the regular mainstream radio and now they took the RnB charts away.
*SMH*
i was happy at first but it’s been about 3 weeks that its been at number 1 and it probably will stay there for another month because it’s doing so well on the Hot 100 and it truly isn’t fair to other acts….
&y’all know I love Rihanna but I’m also here for fairness
CUS RIHANNA IS CHANGI G THE GAME AND B****** LIKE BEYFLOP AND CIERROR WILL JUST HAVE TO DEAL!!
I agree that Diamonds is not an RnB song. People assume because a singer is black that they automatically belong on the RnB charts or to be placed in that box.
Haters always bring up the fact she doesnt write songs.. NEXT.
Ri will always slay, just come to terms with it and stfu.
em, well writing is an essential part of an “artist”.
being a music artist and being art itself are 2 different thing.
Rihanna said she WAS art, which she is, shes a canvas for others to work with.
@jay no wrong again. Don’t try to change up her words. If she wanted to say that she was a canvas she would have said so, but she said that she is “art”. Meaning that she believes that her physical being is a piece of art to be admired, how she carries are self and what she does is art.
I dont get why the Navy always try to put words in Rihannas mouth, to defend her. She doesn’t need defending she clearly said what she meant.
um did I say she said she was a canvas? No. I said she said she was art.
“I look at me and see art.”
.
No the bad Bytch delivering the Message is
what’s happening.
Rishitta is a w**** full of c** 😀
writing is not an essential part of an “artist”
Everyone who sings doesn’t write and thats just a fact. And everyone who writes, plays instruments, and everything else that supposedly makes a “true artist” isnt successful either.
Having star quality IS and art. Ask the flops who don’t have it.
@Gilberto
I know u hate rihanna, but you are pressed, CHECK FACTS BEFORE HATING , she is involve in the concept of her videos for example diamond’s ( the blunt smoking part is definitely rihanna ec…) she also said that she worked with the director on Diamonds, same for WFL, Disturbia and countless videos. She has co-written many songs on her albums, executive producer,She has an unmatched great versatile voice (reggae, pop, rnb, pop, dance, house), she’s an edgy pop star, entertaining and regardless of what you think, the only fact of singing is being an ARTIST….Shes a hard worker AND YOU WILL DEAL xoxoxo
Do you mean co written or Beyonce “co written” ? As for what she says and what is fact has to really be questioned
I don’t hate Rihanna. I can’t hate someone that I don’t even know and hasn’t done anything against me. There’s a huge difference between hate and having a dissenting opinion. When I say all the things I say about her, I am not hating her, I am not saying these things just to put herself down. Everything I say is my opinion which has credibility and several ways to be proven.
I would’ve been hating if I had said things like Rihanna worships devi, she had s** with Jay-Z to get her record deal or other stupid things. If I can’t prove, so it’s useless. If it’s useless, it isn’t my point. That’s the difference between b******* and opinion. You say that Beyoncé faked her pregnancy, buy her awards and she’s fake, but you can’t prove none of these. On other hand, I can prove that Rihanna’s a label puppet, can’t sing, can’t act, can’t perform and she’s just a package of DefJam’s manufactured music, ‘Battleship’ and ‘Styled to Rock’ were flop etc. I can prove all these things. That’s why I am not a hater, but you are. That’s why I have an opinion, but you only have b*******.
You call me “hater” ’cause I don’t kiss her ass. Well, I couldn’t care less, I’m not as delusional as you.
I don’t give A for efforts.
@Gilberto ^^^^^^^^^^ THIS
@Gilberto
You are delusional , when did i talk about Beyonce pregnancy etc ? please have a seat. Your opinion does not matter, you don’t like Rihanna, You think she can’t sing ? she’s a puppet ? Fine , move on with your life while she continues to sell million of albums to people who believe in her talent. Diamonds is now on it’s way to be her 12th#1. keep on hating while that reign is just not letting up.
its way* xoxo
@ GAYBERTO How can an opinion be proven??? when its just that, an Opinion?
you may think she is this and that but others wont so whats your point, your opinion?
does it make your blood boil to think this is beyonces biggest threat, she is well on her way to more success?
meanwhile, Gilberto has Rihanna songs on his iPod….
ok, thanks for your tirades. We give no f**** dear
DEAD she has no versatile voice. She sounds the same in every song!!! Flat, nasally, and weak.
Well dear your label and team has to eat. When you bring in big dollars, no ones gonna see art honey!
I dont see how ol’ girl expects us to see this supposed artistry. She doesn’t write her own songs, she doesn’t dance, she can’t sing, and she can’t act.
Just call it a day and pick up a modelling contract because at the end of the day you are nothing but a MODEL attempting to sing.
Rihanna,,,,,,
In just over four years Rihanna went from a teenage unknown to one of the biggest pop stars of the decade. She has already appeared on more than 10 top 10 pop singles.
REALLY???
I look at you and see DOLLARS that you have to give to Beyonce & Jay Z
“Beyonce is gorgeous… a s*** to my self esteem” – Rihanna
TRUE TEA
You better serve the tea, girl.
Rihanna,,,,,,Music
Sales have grown with each successive release of albums. Her singing style and fashion and hairstyle sense have set trends for others to follow.
@ I JUDGE FLOPZ
You’re reaching. Clearly, when she said that, her tone was light hearted and funny. You really think the appearance of ANY b**** is legitimately lowering her self esteem?? Run along now!
Even R******’s manager compared her to an IPHONE. YEAH, A F****** PRODUCT. Read what he says: “If you have a new iPhone every year, why can’t we give them new content?” This is pure consumerism. It’s like he’s saying that as long as she keeps selling, she’ll be out. The only thing that R****** and iPhone have in common is that both have people working on them so they can exist, these people behind these products are the real artists ’cause they’re the one who put their energy and ideas.
If you’re successful , why STOP ?
Rihanna Song,,,,,,
2. “We Found Love” featuring Calvin Harris (2011)
Rihanna headed into the studio with one of the world’s top dance music producers, Scotland’s Calvin Harris, and the result was magic. This dance floor smash became the biggest chart hit of Rihanna’s career and served as the lead single for the Talk That Talk album.
DEAD.
Rihanna Song,,,,,
1. “Umbrella” featuring Jay-Z (2007)
Rihanna’s #1 smash hit “Umbrella” is a defining song of the decade. The song was written with Britney Spears in mind with hopes of being a comeback hit for her. ..
However, her label, Jive, rejected it saying they had enough songs for her upcoming album already. The song eventually made its way to Rihanna and became the first single from her Good Girl Gone Bad album. It was a #1 hit around the world and made many critics’ lists as one of the top 10 songs of the year.
“Disturbia” was the third single from Rihanna’s re-release of her album Good Girl Gone Bad. It was written by Chris Brown and his team of writers for him to record.
He decided it was more appropriate for a female singer and passed it on to Rihanna. The song is creepy, disturbing, and an impressive dance song. It went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks at the end of summer 2008. Rihanna performed “Disturbia” to open the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.
and she BROKE just like my old iPhone… KI !
THREEEEEEE SIXTYYYYYYY DEALLLLLLLLLL ! 🙂
Rihanna Music,,,,,,
Shaking off the cool, detached mood of the Rated R project, Rihanna returned with a towering dance pop anthem as the first single from her Loud album. It reached #1 on the pop singles chart but not until “What’s My Name?” had been there first.
Rihanna Music,,,,,,
“S.O.S.” (2006)
“S.O.S.” borrowed key elements from Soft Cell’s 1981 top 10 pop hit “Tainted Love” to put together a banging club hit. It was produced by the upcoming J.R. Rotem. “S.O.S.” is the first single from Rihanna’s album A Girl Like Me. It became her first #1 pop hit in the US and spent three weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
When I see Rihanna, I see an innovator, someone who pushes boundaries. Not since Madonna has there been an artist as original and as creative as Rihanna. She pushes boundaries, sets standards and I love that about her.
HI IT’S RIHANNA. THAT WAS VERY NICE WHAT YOU SAID BUT GIRL STOP LYING. KEKEKE. I THANK YOU FOR THE NICE WORDS BUT I DON’T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER MY CARREER SO HOW AM I AN INNOVATER? I’M A BAD B****, BUT NOT AN INNOVATER. I DON’T WRITE OR DO VIDEO TREATMENTS .I SIT BACK AND LET EVERYONE ELSE JUST MOLD ME INTO A BAD B****. THANK YOU FOR THE NICE WORDS BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIE. PS. “BEYONCE IS GORGEOUS, A S*** TO MY SELF ESTEEM”
#ROCKSTARR DAD DAMN NAVY!!!
@RIHANNA Either lead, Follow are move over out
of the way “Your Navy” got this….We are trained to smoke the haters out into the Opening and then you can show them what You Are working with Rihanna!!!
When i read your words i see b*******! Madonna played a bigger part to her career than Rihanna ever has
Girl, sit……….. when Madonna did it it was new, innovative & fresh
Rishitta just a carbon copy
y’all try to say Nicki is but atleast she’s bigger than kim
Rishitta will NEVER top Madonna in ppl minds as a POP culture ICON !!
@JEFF,,,,It don’t matter what yo ass and her haters think and See we know the truth and as far as the likes of yo ass go STFU,,,,
Rihanna haters don’t see jack shyt when they see
Rihanna demanding the stage and that is why their “Worthless Asses” are always on the Rihanna post doing what they do best and that’s Passing Judgement and name calling Rihanna and trying to shy talk her every Effort.
LMFAO!!!! “Innovator”? What has she “innovated”? ch……..
I love that Rihanna is finally speaking up on the hard worker she is. In contrary to Lady gaga who rubs it in our faces all day long with her lies in it, even though she has a machine just like rihanna behind her. Gaga and her HAUS created a fiber optic wig that lights up and they think it’s so revolutionary ! Rihanna is not obnoxious and pretentious, she gives credits when it’s due, gaga acts like she does everything on her own whereas she works with countless producers, her haus for example who designs all her outfits copied from madonna, grace jones etc.
I hear you, but the difference is that Lady Gaga is an artist and artists have a completely different personality to the everyday person. They are passionate, sensitive, eccentric, big headed and often outspoken. Rihanna is down to earth because she doesn’t have an “artists” personality. Its the very thing that makes her relatable to the masses; she is the average pretty girl who through contacts happened to make it big, and deep down thats why people love her. Its not because of her talent or art, it’s because she makes us feel that no matter who you are, where you come from or the lack of talent that you have, we all have the chance of becoming rich, loved by the masses and untouchable… And that my friends is the muthafucking IT factor.
i would love to see a random pretty chick achieve this then! Rita Ora? someone anyone match rihannas success as basic and untalentless as you may, plz!
@HOTSTUFF,,,,See how the haters tries to jump through hoops to tear down anything that is stated on and about Rihanna that is wholesome and good, Dirty Bytches!
@Don’t Be Fooled,,,,I know yo ass want a fight,,,,,,
Rihanna’s Song,,,,,
“Don’t Stop the Music” (2007)
Rihanna tried on retro Euro-disco sounds for this single from Good Girl Gone Bad. It also samples the historic disco predecessor “Soul Makossa” by Manu Dibango. Stargate produced the record, and it very quickly became a #1 dance hit for Rihanna. Later the song climbed pop radio airplay charts and ultimately ended up hitting #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Ciara a n***** ciara a n***** floppp
Hey, sybil….
Ciara nose is keener than Rishitta n***** ass
soooo who’s the N***** ? KI
Look at her ugly ass momma…
http://xoomer.alice.it/davmonac/homo/images/homo002.jpg
DEATH !
Rihanna, sweetheart….what you do is not art! All you do is sell s**. You are a product. Your label sees you as dollar signs. No wonder why rihannas fanbase are the most delusional, because rihanna is too to believe that she makes art.
GO TELL CHRISTINA TO PUT DOWN THE FORK B****!!
lmfao!!! ^ ____________________
SHE A FAKE B**** ! AND SHE WILL NOT GO PLATINUM IN 2yrs !
@CHRISTINA YOU ARE A DAM LIAR,,,,
What’s My Name,,,,
Rihanna is in a sweet, charming, romantic mood here. The accompanying music video with Drake fits the mood perfectly. “What’s My Name?” headed straight to #1 on the charts beating “Only Girl (In the World),” the first single from Loud, to the mark.
My name alone is reason why she is a “INDUSTRY S****”
Dislike i’m telling the truth
LIKE if I am telling a lie.
BYTCH STFU,,,,ART AT WORK,,,
“Take a Bow” (2008)
This song is not to be confused with Madonna’s song of the same name. Stargate and Ne-Yo cowrote the hit. Her spoken, “Please!” and then a dismissive giggle are particularly memorable here. The deadpan delivery of news to an ex-lover is devastating. “Take a Bow” became Rihanna’s third #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 15 weeks in the top 10.
Dear Navy please DONT engage in any arguments with the hive…. Let them hate we know the truth, plus I’m sick of sam making irrelevant post about Rihanna just to start Stan wars and get hits off us all were doing is keeping Sams lights on and fridge full…
Ok! oh bottom hungry breeders! all they care about is Hits and Rihanna!
Hi everybody it’s RIHANNA,
I decided to take a break from not writing any of my songs and not rehearsing to check the blogs and see what’s being said. I am SUCH A BAD N**** B**** that none of your hater bothers me. I am drinking coconut water counting dollar bills, (before i have to give most of them to Beyonce) and I’m just like wow i’m a bad b****. Well I gotta go because being the INDUSTRY S**** that I am, I don’t have much free time.
Love,
GonnaRIHa
#ROCKSTARRR
Rihanna have fun on Yo 777 Tour that sounds like fun and you had better
get ready because Beyonce is going to try her damnest to put Yo ass in it’s place Shortly….Yo ass had better let Yo Navy Handle this part for You,,,
From Rihanna,,
My last comment I forgot to add a pic. Silly stupid me. I guess a b**** who would go back to a man who beat her ass would forget to add a pic! LOVE YOU NAVY. RATCHETTTT!
@RIHANNA Yo Navy don’t give a dam about who’s
bone’s you are riding or who’s riding Yo Bones it’s Yo Haters who are Bitter and Pissy Because they gave yo ass a Pus in the first Place didn’t Yo Ass know that Yo Haters and that Bey Hive wanted Beyonce to have two Pus’s and You not have one if that was At all Possible, Rih, Rih?
@MONSTARREBEL
i think you’re right cause it’s just not believable for people to be writing s*** like that. Gilberto for example, it’s like he is talking air, cause if he reads a little he will see where rihanna is credited and in what she’s involved. To sum up im starting to think that GILERTO and some other haters are apart of TGJ Staff cause it’s just not possible to be so quick to comment on every rihanna post with falses informations and hate. So i believe this is just to start a fan war and to make TGJ $$$ by giving them a hit post.
Exactly and I’m over it we fight with them every f****** day and it doesn’t benefit anyone but Sam and his staff…
HI IT’S RIHANNA AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTIN A BAD B**** N**** LIKE ME.
how about we just dont comment on rihanna and go on strike in this b****!?
@Yours Truly GTFO GET LOSSED , SCRAM,,,
#NAVYYYYY
Don’t forget to purchase my album “UNtalented” next monday! I really need a #1 album because Beyonce keeps having these “Number One Album” parties and I never get an invite.
But haven’t you been awarded a plaque by UMG for over 25 million albums + 75 million digital tracks sold worldwide?
When you can sell tens of million albums, what’s your need for that “number one” spot of the domestic chart?
I’m a flop!
DEATH ! & this album will be no different !
Nicki & Keyshia! >>>
Now sweety you’re not.
Your average album selling rate is 4.16 million copies worldwide, a mark that couldn’t be reached by “the US #1 album” ‘4’ (2.6 million) + its digital sales (500K) + DVD sales (250K) combined.
You’re a great album seller.
Rihanna number one’s isn’t wath’s happening a Album that grows Limbs and keep charting beyond the first few months like GGGB is still Charting and still making waves.
Many have had Number One Albums that has cleared the gate and gotten a Number one only to Kilt over and dye a quick Death on the charts ,,,And if you don’t believe me then Ask Beyonce’s Ass…
@LAX
Don’t DOWNGRADE to basic b****** who believe in domestic weekly peak positions more than their lives.
Rihanna remains unbothered with over 25 million albums + 12 million digital albums sold worldwide according to Def Jam.
those who create are artists. she’s performing it. that’s her “product”. and the puppet is beautiful. has barely any limits. s** sells. so they unlimit her to milk dollars. she really that blind to not see it.
eggy. tho puppet is the wrong word. she could still control herselfs own portrayal aka the art made of her. barely does influence it tho. does she? how much?
mmh.
Isn’t she signed to def jam and not roc nation? Anyways she can be an artist and make money but she isn’t. When u strive to get number ones and compete that’s when the art isn’t there any more. When u don’t allow ur music to live on as long as it can bc u want to have a new album out in 365 days after the last and it is a formula, then u are about the money. When ur involvement is less than 50% and ur not perfecting nor improving (Rihanna on snl was great for her n 1 of her best live vocals) then it’s not about the craft rather being money.
Is Rihanna art or a money maker? She seems more money than being an actual artist
AmbeRussell on YouTube
She works with roc nation when it comes to tour and endorsement
is my pic being shown yet?
Lol. They let her smoke diamonds lol
Damn, you ugly……….
Instead of employing women for free, people just hand out money in contracts. You are wrong if you are normal and pose n***. If you are foreign and pose n*** it makes people see dolla signs? Most people I know see the other people that may have had. But that’s what the boys I know had told me.
We don’t look at you and see a s** s**** u promote yourself as a s**** so f*** off with ur nonsense interview
Rihanna,,,,Song,,,
“Rude Boy” (2010)
Courtesy Def Jam
“Rude Boy” is arguably Rihanna’s most upbeat song from the Rated R album. As such, it was almost as if fans breathed a sigh of relief sending it to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. “Rude Boy” became her fifth solo single to achieve that feat.
No looks at ugly ass and c dollars
Rihanna song,,,
“Pon de Replay” (2005)
Rihanna was just 17 when “Pon de Replay” bounded on to the charts in the summer of 2005. The song was part of Rihanna’s original four-song demo that helped her earn a recording contract. The request of the DJ to “turn the music up” was an instant hit in dance clubs going clear to the top of the dance charts, and it almost made it there on the pop charts as well. Rihanna’s initial hit peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100
YESSSSSSSSS DIAMONDS #1 ITUNES, YOU HATERS WILL DEAL WHILE RIHANNA DOMINATE POP 12TH NUMBER ONE HERE WE COME !!!!!!!!
F*** yessssssss!!!!!!!!!!! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
So and??? your point is? the world still turns (files nails)
@HA
Why you’re commenting though ? keep on filing w****!
She is number 1! ur not a Navy so you wouldnt Understand!!!
🙂
No one cares ! Lets see Nazi buy that album ! KI !
@HOTSTUFF,,,,,Yessssss….
@Lax this will be such a great achievement for the queen !! it will make the haters even more pressed ha ! ;)))
Yeah, that paragraph right there says she knows what people think, and is admitting it’s true–that she is a product, but she likes doing it so all the people around her molding her are not her s**** handlers. Pretty sad.
Shut up uncle jack!!
It’s a damn shame that Rihanna has to belittle herself so these f**** can make money off her while she gets very little. The ones behind the scene are the ones making the big bucks & mostly that label 360 contract. You people are not giving anything to Rihanna but to the people working behind the scene. I don’t care how many times you download and buy one of Rihanna’s songs, a big chunk of it goes to others. Rihanna gets hardly nothing. Yes this is sad and I’m also glad she it speaking on it.
@JAMES Calm down things are not what they seem,
Rih is doing great she have got the best Attorneys and
the Best Accountant Right About Now, Love!
@Lax
But this is what I’m talking about the ones behind the scene like the Accountants also. Oh well @Lax if you say so.
So she would consider songs like S&M, Birthday Cake, G4L, Watch N Learn and Cockiness art? Lol somebody hand this girl a dunce cap. Cuz she clearly doesnt know what art is.
its art to somebody, mabe not you… but hey to each their own.
Omg all this comments for queen rih!, beyonce who how did she come in this convo, any ways why we continue to let that buller man sam ( gay f***** in caribbean dialect) continue to manipulate us in getting comments, truth is rihanna sells, she is a singer and model a designer and she is the most valuable thing to jay z she run this mutha!! Jus look how in big sean’s clique song how jay z called her name before rih just saying and by the way haters don’t you got c**** to blow?
DIAMONDS IS NUMBER 1 WHEN WILL BEYFLOP EVER SEE THAT NUMBER 1 AGAIN? NEVERRRRRRRR B******!!!!
I KNOW RIGHT THAT DUSTY MOP HEAD B**** WILL NEVER SEE THAT NUMBER AGAIN!! KING RIH B******!!!!! CONGRATS RIHANNA ON YOUR 12TH NUMBER 1 HIT!!!!
CONGRATS RIHANNA ON YOUR 12 NUMBER 1 HITS!!! THE NAVY LOVES YOU RIHANNA!!!
good now pat yourself on your back you must feel real proud of your hard work you did
^ cringe lol…oh the hate!
OH I FORGOT TO ADD THIS RIHANNAS 777 TOUR SOLD THE F*** OUT!!!!!! THIS IS HER BIGGEST VENUE YET!!
Good for her i bet it’ll be a lot of def people there supporting
I’m sure her 360 deal owner (JayZ) is happy his daughter tuition is fully paid 😀
HEY FAF AKA F**!! GO BUY ROMAN RE FLOP!! CUS RIHANNAS UNAPOLOGETIC IS SLAYING NIKKI GARBAGE!!! NOW GO SUCK ON NIKKI B*** PADS AND BLEACHED UP SKIN!!! OAN ITS A SHAME WHEN BARABRA WALTERS DONT HAVE YOUR BACK!!! *HANDS NIKKI A SHOVEL TO BURY HER FLOP CAREER*!!
Just because she isn’t like Beyonce who changes two words for a writing credit doesn’t mean she isn’t an artists. She’s involved in the creative process of her music. At least she doesn’t lie and take credit away from her team. And the “Yet to release an album that didn’t sell a million or more US copies since her sophomore effort” is delusional, check your facts please.
Oh and Unapologetic is bound to sell well with all this publicity from ThatGrapeJuice, you sure you not being paid under the table?
-^^^^^ U BETTA PREACH!!
Funny i look at her and see a H**…
Why do you look like Omarosa?
There is two things that can be done to bring back the R&B the way it was if we give it a try. Stop supporting the aritst to whom s not strickly R&B, send tweets to Billboard of how you feel. It can’t be just one but we need millions to tweet something to Billboard. Billboard awards shows should be boycotted.
These billboard people are tryng to get rid of R&B our roots to black music to push white music in. Listen up we all know that Rap was a black thing right, then how the hell did Eminem get to be the #1 Rap artist in the world? Why because the blacks put him there. Notice whites are not going to let a black person take over Country Music. You black people had better wake the f*** up and stop putting in people whom are not from the US nor come in and take over Rap music or any of our music for that matter.. There are many talented artists out there and we are just focusing on the same three or four. This was never like that before. If you liked an artist you buy it not this s*** you people are doing today. There was always many artists making it high on the charts, not just a few. Why because we supported all not just one or two SMDH
OH PLEASE HOW MANY BLACKS BOUGHT AN ADELE ALBUM? HALF OF HER FANS ARE BLACK!! NOW HOW MANY BLACKS BOUGHT A MELANIE FIONA CD OR VIVIAN GREENE OR JAZIMINE SULLIVAN CD? NOT MANY!! F*** JILL BOSS SCOTT CAN SANG CIRCLES AROUND ADELE UGLY ASS BUT BLACKS RATHER SUPPORT A FAT UGLY WHITE B**** THAN SUPPORT JILLY FROM PHILLY!!! AND THAT IS SAD!!!
The difference is that more black folks probably know Adele’s music more than Jill Scott’s because of the amount of airplay she receives on mainstream radio.
When have you ever heard a Jill Scott song on the mainstream radio? If people dont know it’s out then how can people support it? Not everybody goes on music blogs.
It’s not entirely black people’s fault
LIES !!!
Adele has many white fans !!!
QUEEN AMY had more black fans !!!
White ppl want to destroy R&B so they changed billboard to generate more revenue b/c black artists such as Brandy will not sell out their music styles
When u have REAL money, u can afford to do that !
Let’s see Rishitta have 2 flop albums & DEF Jam will drop her !
Brandy is her OWN boss ! The first black barbie ! her success defined a generation ! One of the highest selling Black females !
REAL TALENT ! y’all can laugh at 69 k all day but Let Rishitta take a break for 4 yrs and her fans will outgrow her ! KI !
Nobody is saying that it’s black people’s fault. We could have put Jill Scott and others high on the charts also but NOOOOO we want the same artists year after year. What really need to be done is Itunes, billboard should go away and have something different who will not take payola from these lables.
@James
I could kiss you for that comment. I remember back in the day you had at least 20 or more artists on the charts at once. I mean they all was making it. You just didn’t see one artists tv you saw several. I remember when the Jackson 5, Prince,Steve Wonder,Diana Ross,Whitney,Aretha Franklin, Chaka,Tempations and then you had Eve, Missy, Queen L, TLC, DaBrat, Salt & Pepper, Lil Kim, Foxy Brown and the list goes on. These artists were out the same time and did very well.
Also none of these artists had to be on the cover of book half naked neither. They had class plus the whites did not want them on a cover anyway. Only Jet & Ebony were black magazines and they were classy.
Notice Black Girls Rock never have Rihanna on there? But they show some of the powerful black women and Beyonce was on that list.
Yes, but you also have to take into consideration that this was prior to illegal downloads. Record labels don’t want to invest in artist, when unfortunatel they aren’t seeing the return on their investments that they once did.
oh rihanna, you delusional thing. when i look at you i see a talentless, trashy w****. that is all.
I look at Rihanna and see a no talent s***.
I SEE LADY GAG AND I SEE A WANNABE MADONNA CLONE!! BUT MADONNA WILLNNEVER BE FAT LIKE GAG!!
DEATH !!!
Atleast Lady Gaga has talent, unlike R**** ugly ass….
Yeeeeees @FAF, You Tell Them! I Will Never Follow Lady G’s Style, But At Least She Got Talent That Back Up Her Cocky And Crazy Ass!
It always works my nerve that The Grape Juice has such Hatred over RiRI, why?
Because black people from the states do not like black international artists (Rihana, Drake, Nicki Minaj, etc) they rather support acts within their own countries and make them seem like they are bout somethin’ (Ex. Ciara, Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys and Mary “Always pitchy” Blige)
I look at you and see a beautiful gem.
Rihanna keep dislikers Mad.
Art?
No even GQ people believe what she says but they don’t care since her naked picture will bring them DOLLARS.
Full circle.
@Mishka
You got that right but is nothing anybody can do about it because they are all doing the same thing including her Accountants. Oprah said this herself about her Accountants. She stated that learn how to do your own books because these Accountants will steal from you and that fat b**** Oprah had the best Accountants. Now after firing them she is doing her own books..
Oprah got rip off by her Accountants and they were the best in the world. Stealing from her until she had to fire them and started doing her own books herself. Good thing she went to school for Accountant and now it paid off. I can’t stand Oprah but she is a real business woman.
I look at riri and i see art that i interprete according to my moods and taste, same as when i listen to a whitney, bey, gaga, britney. They r what i make of them when i listen to their songs.
Rihanna had an album listening party at the 40/40 club the other. Where are the reviews for that? This girl needs to start promoting the music instead of her body and party life style.
Thank you
TGJ got y’all in a TIZZY!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
I’m sick of you Rishitta Nazi homos crying !!!
Every god damn day “Sam, you hate RIhanna why ?”
Well if u stay out Nicki & Queen ciara posts maybe y’all can have this ugly b**** posts freed up…
but the more u shade, the more WE gon drag this NIGGABITCH!!
END . OF . DISCUSSION !
WORRY ABOUT NIKKI FLOPING ON NOV.19TH CUS PRE ORDERS FROM UNAPOLOGETIC ARE MUDERJNG NIKKI FLOP OF AN ALBUM SELLS!!! OAN RIHANNA GOT HER 12TH NUMBER 1 HIT!! WHEN WILL YOUR FAVE F***** MAGGOT!?
DEEEEEEEEAD@” I Look At Me And See Art ” !
ROTFL, If It Was Lady Gaga, Most Of You Would Jump On The Roof And Call Her:” Cocky, Arrogant, Delusional….'”
Rihanna Honey You Are A Popstar Not An Artist Or “Art” DEAL!
Yeaah the hate for Rih is getting to be a bit Much!
@Lax
I know right. I remember when I used to come on a Chris Brown post and boy it was mean and ugly. The hate for Chris & his mother was really a hard pill to swollow.
WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF?????????????????
So many HATE and FUMING I can’t even read anything on this post anymore………
What have Rihanna ever done to you?
And YES, Rihanna is a GEM. Stay mad.
Oh please. Anything she says seems to require hate from some bitter h***, get ova it.
She’s proving to be a force. Not a huge fan but I’m coming around
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fiZjanz3Xkw
THATS Y HER NAVY LOVES HER AND WE WILL THAT B**** AT THE MUTHAFUCKING TOP!! HER REIGN WILL NEVER DIE!!!
Keep*
LOOK AT THAT SUCCESS SHE IS HAVING!! YOU THINK 5 F*** AND HOOD CUNTSON A BIASED ASS BLOG IS GONNA STOP HER REIGN!!! NOPE!! BEYFLOP RITA NOR THE HOODHIVES WILL STOP HER REIGN!!!
🙄
Love Rihanna <3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wiHnjp3oD4&feature=share&list=UU5N1wgnye51i9P-GjbI-Syw
“All I see is signs all I see is dolla signs!”
Every POP Artist is A Product.
there are hundreds of people who make/Craft everything we Buy.
Most of these haters are stupid because Rihanna has excelled and became one of the most successful black artist in just 7 years. So what her vocal range isn’t all the way up there? Beyonce used to sound pitchy as f*** before her ass got the right vocal training. Ciara always sounds like she was sucking on the same d*** that f***** up Mariah Carey’s voice. So why come for Rihanna? Y’all b****** are tragic and lame. F*ggots always want to catch an attitude and talk s***, like is that all y’all are good for? Sitting around the computer for hours at a time waiting for a Rihanna post to comment on when you can just wait for a Beyonce post (I don’t remember the last Beyonce post, I think it’s like 10 pages back) to spread positivity to? I don’t blame Beyonce for not caring about her fans, she doesn’t give a f*** about you ghetto dry weave wearing h***. Now shut the f*** up and go beat y’all p****** somewhere else.
Like keep the hate to yourself, no one gives a flying f*** about YOUR favourites because you are commenting on OUR favourite. OH s***, these stans just shaded their fave. Their posts are so dead that they have to gain their entertainment from Rihanna.
Dead at “I see art”! LMFO
Oh no Riri, you’re a brand, a product, a puppet!
Or maybe she’s talking about how beautiful she is, or she a masterpiece bringing money created by her label and her team! But you’re not an artist my dear, but you tried!
Lol go ahead Rihanna. I can’t hear a word through your upsetness of my activities lol