Fans hoping for a new Rihanna album over the holidays found a proverbial lump of coal under their trees this Christmas. For, the 26-year-old is still working on the as yet untitled set, which supporters have codenamed ‘#R8’. Or perhaps more accurately ‘R Late’.
Delayed in earnest, some industry sources have suggested that the project may be subject to extra internal pressure due to the success rival Beyonce enjoyed with her self-titled visual LP.
Whatever the case, Ms. Fenty isn’t letting the slow-going or dwindling interest dent her drive. Because after celebrating the festive season with friends and family in her native Barbados, the star hit a studio in the region to re-commence recording of the record.
Peep a snap from the session above.
Are you still excited?
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I wonder if Rihanna knows this blog even exists.
I wish that they and anyone else stop comparing BEY to Rihanna! Yes this girl has great singles and make good Music but she’s not a rival of Bey! Beys rivals were in the early 2000’s when she first came out as a solo act by the time she was in her second Era”Second Album” the WORLD MUSIC AWARDS had already named her QUEEN OF POP AND R&B ! Look up those Facts if you don’t know! Bey is enjoying her career and Fam fans!!!! Shes a billionaire paid 18grammies later lots of awards blockbuster movies! 5 consecutive NO1 Albums and SOLD OUT RECORD BREAKING TOURS! She has no COMPETITION IN HER LANE AND MS Rihrih slays in her lane in her own way
the fact that you think any artist deserves to be queen of anything after one album is sad, by that logic adele is queen of music.
MJ, madonna, aretha, james brown, elvis took years to earn their titles, even people like whitney and Mariah whose titles are based off their raw talent had to consistently prove that talent before they were bestowed their titles.
One successful talent album a queen makes you not, not when every other year you have a gaga, justin bieber or lorde around the corner
@blue you are clearly one delusional IDIOT! I didn’t personallly CROWN BEY QUEEN U F****in CLOWN THE INSUSTRY DID AND SHE HAS LIVED UP TO HER DAMN TITLE SINCE HER FIRST RECORD TILL NOW AND FOREVER! U can cry and hide behind a screen with no life nor MONEY BUT SHE WILL STILL REIGN IN THIS INDUSTRY AND EVEN IF U GET 1000 THUMBSUP ON HERE FOR THE REST IF UR LIFE THIS INDUSTRY WILL STILL CALL HER QUEEN BEY!! Get yo facts straight U idiot
Yaaaassss get it satan….ummm,I dont mean to interupt this post but Honey all that matters in life right is the ‘kii’ of nicki not selln 200k after all and only 4500 ACROSS THE GLOBE! * steps down from soap box and twists of post…PROUD!’*
And Kim is still clinging to those PayPal certification and that nonexistent child support from Mr. vapors. Kii
Rihanna looks beautiful !
Heeeeyyybooooo!!!! 😀 I c u came out of yo coma u went n2 after icki couldnt sell 200k in the first week
Doll face, Atlanta public school system failed you. Nicki first week sales was less than 20-27% decline which is expected. I see if it was a 85% decline like the grace jones rip off. Where is your logic boo. “You saw that list, it was me, jay z, baby, and Diddy”. Bumping ‘Want some more’
I know who this is…lmao…Kim stan from Lilkimzone….who is overly obsessed with Nicki…SMH…how many albums have you sold my friend? I don’t have much time, but I’ll wait
Dwindling interest? I can’t tell by how thirsty TGJ is.
Another year..another thrash. 🙁
You are trying SO hard right now. I can’t wait to laugh when her first single debut’s at No.1 and you seethe! Unlike some people she can get No.1’s
He’ll just go the extra mile to say “congrats to Roc Nation” or who ever write the hit. I’ll say we all don’t even click on a Rihanna post from here on out.
Funny, the only album that is late, pushed back and delayed is Rita Whora’s 2nd albu8m, but go on. I don’t laugh at these lame madeup “jabs”, I laugh my b*** off on the miles you go, the depth of your delusion to diss Rih. And that last failed post to get hits from a stan war. I’m at peace with the Hive, ya won’t have beef coming from this end. Give all thanks to Iggy, Gaga and other clowns this holiday for bringing peace in the middle east… aka Navy Vs Hive war.
Bringing up gaga fans? Sit down
I also said Iggy and others. You all been clowns for the whole two weeks. Gags and Lana fans, fight over non platinum albums. lol
I think the writers of this blog have a personal problem with Rih. Maybe she turned down an autograph or something?
I don’t think they do, without shading Rihanna this blog will not function. Am a big Rihanna fan if I run a blog too I will shade Rihanna to get hits. Sam is Rihanna biggest fan.
It’s obvious Rihfund and her management team are scared to release it and are trying to “one up” how Beybonic released hers. Let it go boo boo and just release the damn music. If it’s any good, your loyal Rihfunds will still buy it.
Sam it will come out though and she will get another #1 hit and you will remain pressed
But Sam, when was the last time Thirsty Thiefoncé got a Top 10 hit? Don’t even get me started with a top 5 or a no. 1 hit. When will this immigrant called Sam stop shading Rihanna?
Drunk In Love was #2. You tried!
Oops my bad, but the whole world is still waiting for that no.1 hit. Now how long has been again? Oh and #198K !!!!!
I STAN(D) FOR TALENT
B****, you just got clocked. Try later with your weak-ass shades.
not #1 tho
She will sell her p*ssy again to the highest bidder as usual… 🙁
And Beyoncé will continue to be sued by the people she stole from!
Preach girl. Beyonce has settle more lawsuit over stolen songs etc than any artist in the world.
it will flop this time…watch me. she runs of ideas.
Look who you stan for! Kiii
Is the poor grammar contagious along the baboonz? Goddammit @Miley Minaj. Did you even read what you just wrote? Dzamn!!!!
Shouldn’t you be at Taco Bell mopping floors and twerking to Struggle/11? I believe your shift has already start. Don’t lose your job over this post.
*Started
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@Bey Hive Military
TELL EM!
Yawn! Another RIHdundant #R8 post! Home soundtrack is coming in March. That should quench y’all thirst until #R8 drops. The Home movie was pushed back and obviously messed up her schedule. HaveSEVERAL!!
I wish ppl had the brain to realize that. The album wasn’t scheduled for this year because the Home soundtrack was suppose to drop with the movie last month, but the studio released another movie instead, which shifted her album release date. Sam has been running this site tooooooo long not to know this info
Ri-Whine-A VOICE SUCKS BE A MODEL & SELL THAT LOOK OF YOURS OR DO LIKE OTHERS DO TRICKI GARBAGH SELLS PU*SY & A** IMPLANTS!! If it works TRY IT!!
You come into every Rihanna and Nicki post saying the same thing. You’re pressed sweetheart. Seek help and be blessed!
Girl that’s old try something new.
And here I thought all those hits y’all got from those countless Iggy Azelia posts were enough to keep the lights at TGJ headquarters on during Xmas….Some folks are not enjoying Xmas obviously
LOL
Lol, Sam you’re so greedy AF, you looking for another stan war, the GagaxLana saga isn’t enough I see. Lol
The Rihanna obbsession, they queen keeping you lots pressed.
While you guys are pressed over Rihanna Onika is still flopping hardly.
laughing at sam calling tgj industry sources…like does sam even proof read his posts??
The only site talking about pressure, Beyoncé and delays is TGJ, as expected, isn’t this a Beyoncé fansite?
She’s a very beautiful & exotic. Well musically I don’t see her artistry. She doesn’t write, she doesn’t have Whitney/Mariah kinda vocals to back it up, she’s not a great live performer ala Beyonce Knowles, Janet Jackson & MJ. She’s more like madonna (changing her image every era) that has helped Rihanna’s longetivity well Madonna is very creative & artistic. Well she needs to try & be more involved in her music, work on her performance skills, I might take her seriously.
i fail to see your point…
She has been credited as a writer on all her albums but 10 and has been named executive producer on 5 of her 7 albums i think. Like how more involved would you like to be? Obviously her performance style is based on her preferences and she creates her image. Its funny how badly people want her to just be a pretty face with a good enough voice.
Do you really think Rihanna writes? LOL Why is it that she never talks about HER music? The way real writers do? Like Alicia Keys does about her art? Lana del Rey? Gaga? Mariah Carey? and the rest real songwriters? Man even Whitney Houston talked more about the art in her albums and she didn´t write (only that she, as Celine Dion, are these super singers that were not afraid to say it and didn´t pay for credits cause they have their other talents to back it up).
@johnvidal
you seriously thing that music of the sun rihanna had the power to get a writing credit without some contribution?
I dont think rihanna is on the level of alicia keys or Mariah or Ester dean when it comes to writing songs, i do thing her writers credit does prove that to a certain degree she is very involved with the creation of her music and there is no prove she buys credits as no artist has ever called her out on it, and she has always referred to herself as an artist as a collective, and acknowledges the team behind the RIHANNA, that does mean though that she isnt in the drivers seat.
Madonna is an amazing performer, she doesn’t have to dance like the Jacksons to be one, i thank God that for that, she’s more similar to a Rock performer, which are her real roots anyway + her artistry is superior to all the people you mentioned above, her discography and performances are a proof of that, she also plays the Guitar, she is not a great singer but she’s an all around entertainer, she’s anything but lazy on stage, still at 56.
Come on! You know this guy clearly said everybody is above Rihanna, and explained why Madonna is better for him too.
@John
He/she was comparing Rihanna to Madonna, while i think Rihanna is very similar to her in many aspects, performing skills is not one of those things.
@mariahismusic
That´s pretty much it 🙂
That’s the operative word for single dependent artist…”talk sing”.
So they had a “last-minute” new song for her ready to talk-sing for the album? How cool 🙂
When rihanna get credit for writing she’s more believable than beyonce. The industry knows beyonce jack people for writing credits. With rihanna status she could do the same forcing writers to give up credit for her to record their song, but she’s not that type of a person.
Both are that kind. Wasn´t defending Beyonce in my comment or anything 🙂
@I Stand For “Talent”
But Beyonce’s proven time and time again that she doesn’t need a #1 album to have a commercially successful+critically acclaimed 2x’s platinum era.
Unfortunately, Rihanna’s a singles dependent artist. So the same thing couldn’t be said for Flop of the Sun, A Flop Like Me, Flopped R, Flop that Flop, or Unaflopogetic #SorryNotSorry
* doesn’t need a #1 single
Rihanna’s doing her thing but she and Beyonce are in two completely different lanes. That’s it, and that’s all.
Thanks…. @Johnvidal
Her stans won’t take it seriously because they’re all about YES YES. Idc I know its true.
Beyonce is not rihannas rival! Let’s be real. Rihannas numbers are A LOT stronger than beys, especially here in the UK. And I’m a dedicated bey fan but rihanna is definitely in her own lane
Yet beyonce’s sales are very good in the states compared to her & she has 5 albums comparing to her 7 albums.
Oh come on! Rihanna’s released more so I hope that that would be the case but is really not. The only Beyonce album that Rihanna has ever really topped is “4”. 7 releases with 30 mill in sales is nothing to boast about.
When it comes to singles success Rihanna effortlessly slays, and the same can be said for Beyonce when it comes to touring.
But the bottom line is, Rihanna’s released more albums than her “rival” and the GAP in sales is still not that BIG. So stop it.
why are u soo determine in making this a rihanna vs bey post?
Face it
7 albums in 10 years = 30 mil albums
5 albums in 15 or so years = 30 mil albums
one had more time and one had more releases sounds pretty even to me.
They are both great, but different artist with different markets and strong selling markets, let them be great in peace
@Blue 15 years? DIL came out in 03 go back to school. Beyonce solo albums stretched across 11 years. Nice try tho.
*Not much longer than Rihanna*. So that argument is VOID.
The reason for Beyonce doing better album and tour_wise is because her fans are radically devoted, even cult-like. Beyonce could do anything and they’ll buy it with their rent money.
Rihanna does better in terms of her singles because her music stands on its own.
How are her numbers a lot better? Please explain? What does Rihanna do better than Beyonce cos it aint Touring, it aint album sales. The only thing Rih has on beyonce is Singles sales. Beyonce wins everywhere else.
Rihannas uk singles sales TRUMP beys by hundreds of thousands. FACT.
Hopefully she gets more involved in her art like Madonna.
@S******. Madonna is a very good performer, because of the time she puts on her production etc. She gives it her all she may not be like Janet/Beyonce/Tina performing wise but she’s really good. Rihanna on the other hand doesn’t even have great visuals she’s not even exciting live idk why, its been a decade now since she’s been mainstream she’s still like a newbie, even Ariana is becoming a better live act than her.
She may not be like Janet/Beyonce/Tina performing wise
Really, Madonna was ranked the greatest female performer of all time, THE GREATEST, like i say before, she’s an all around entertainer, there are things that Madonna does on stage that the ones you mentioned don’t, like playing instruments, which is often overlooked by TGJ readers, i bet you think they all are better performers than Bruce Springsteen? Why i’m wasting my time with you, you’re a Mariah fan after all.
@Johnvidal, it is cool because unlike Gaga, with Rihanna you know you’re getting a good album.
Really??? LMAO
Fortunately the numbers support the assertion that Rihanna has got great visuals. She is the most watched musician with the most subscribers on Vevo/YouTube. But then again, youtube/vevo is not something I expect old dinosaurs to be familiar with, I mean it is only modern technology.
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Unfortunately for you, you’ll remain mad.
Mad ? Lol its the truth tho. My fave wrote & produced all her album. She’s the best selling female In the US according to Soundscan. She wrote, produced all her albums.
You said Rihanna hasn’t got great visuals and yet her viewing numbers say otherwise.
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No one brought up your fav, no one has brought up your fav in years; I see why you hate on currently successful artists. You’re looking for an excuse to bring up your fav.
That album ain’t coming anytime soon Navy….
We already know that captain obvious
LOL!!! You mad?? 🙂 #WhyAreYouStillHereThough?
I don’t have the time lol
Remember when no one knew when Beyonce was releasing (the navy) were talking shitt like ‘wheres the album? ‘Pushbackyonce’ ‘snippetyonce’ ‘scardyonce’ (even though Beyonce never said a word) now Rihanna is doing the same thing they wanna be all hush hush like ‘she never said anything bla bla bla’ lmao. Shows the Hive aint pressed and petty like they were with Beyonces album.
She’s trying to pull a Beyonce with this album
She knows better than that, she’s not THAT dumb lol. B*tch would FLOP. If it ain’t $0.99 on iTunes, the Navy ain’t buying it until it’s in the rollback bin at Walmart…
We have different preferences but they’re better performers than Madonna, “Vocals” are part of instruments, that’s beyonce’s instrument. Just that she plays a guitar doesn’t mean she’s a better performer. Alicia Keys plays Piano, Justin Timberlake plays an instrument, Taylor Swift plays a guitar & a piano? Does that mean they’re also better performers than Janet/Beyonce/Tina/MJ just because they play instruments?
Preferences, key word, what you think is better, for me is not, and yes, Justin Timberlake is a better performer than Janet, Tina, Beyoncé, MADONNA and has better musicianship skills on stage than MJ, see you cannot label someone better than the other since each one has something that the other lacks.
janet and michael play the piano
Neither Michael or Janet has played an instrument on concert, i know MJ played the piano but Janet is still in ???
i need someone to really look at bey during her performances, like really look at her and not her dancers, the girl is average at best as a dancer, and when it comes to her as a vocal performer? i wil give her that she sounds good but she is hardly the best vocalist live. the girl is average the only thing that stands out is that she can pull over some basic ass shaking and not sound tired when she sings.
Average my ass! Your fave can’t hit anything beyond a #C5. So she may be average… at best. But Beyonce is a good singer who just so happens to know how to dance her ass off for hours on end. She has a substantial amount of vocal AND dancing talent. That’s what sets her apart from a lot of her peers. That’s why she the most commercially viable touring act of our time.
@Tyler Rihanna stans don’t even know what a C #5 sounds like nor can they tell a riff from a run. Who else can stand there a sing a haunting ballad with a spotlight with power, conviction and technique and then break out into spectular high energy performances with charisma and intensity? What is average about the ability to do that? No one says shes the ‘best’ vocalist. But she is farrr from average. I find that insulting having just seen Beyonce live for the first time in 2013. She was fantastic.
@Tasha
Thank you! She must not be very musically inclined if she considers that basic. Besides, I never said that Beyonce was a power house vocalist either but she is a vocalist…something that Rihanna is not. Beyonce’s a singer first and a dancer 2nd. Those attributes alone, plus her charisma; energy; and stage presence make her a bad ass performer. That’s what she’s recognized for.
Rihanna on the other hand, is known for talk-singing over a hot beat. Now that’s what you would call BASIC.
You are coming into an article about RIHANNA but trying to downgrade BEYONCE…what kind of self drag are you trying to achieve baby???
People like you need to sit down. Beyonce doesnt just perform with dancers and huge sets. You clearly speak from ignorance. In fact her best performances are her stripped acoustic sets like I am yours: live in las vegas. Just look her performances of ballads like resentment, dangerously in love/sweet dreams/ sweet love mashup and tell me they are average. Even De Ja Vu jazz version. Her vocal technique and versatility alone is the best. Let alone her ability as an all round performer. Don’t be fooled. Beyonce can use theatrics like any other performer but backs it up THROUGHOUT ALL her shows with stripped back performances too. Just stop talking about something thats not your forte.
People like you only familiarize yourselves with the big extravegent Beyonce performances she is known for and think you know it all. Those are never the best Beyonce performances for me, they are iconic for her performing persona. She is far from just a shaker. Her vocals are much stronger than her dancing. Beyonce showcases often her ability with pure live vocals alone very often that are absolutley amazing when you experience it live. She can do so much with her voice people dont even realize. She has touched on all genres of music and styles of singing. Just dont speak on a topic you are limited on.
Soo if Beyonce is average what does that make Rihanna? Lol. Shitt?
Exactly, and never mind that I stan for both women, but Beyonce is on a WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL, and the Navy knows that, this shouldn’t even be a discussion.
all gonna be waiting for R8 longer than Chris Browns community service.
Rihanna’s biological clock is ticking, she doesn’t want to sing no mo’, she wants to settle and to get pregnant like her arch-nemesis Ciara.
Madonna is NOT the greatest female performer! BYE
LMAO Exactly, that boy needs to lay off the acid. Her Yoga moves are cute though lol.
LOL smh That guy is a mess,..he really said Madonna was the greatest live performer “face palm”.
Beyonce is FAR from an average performer. She is RAW talent. If you take away her background dancers & smoke N mirrors. She will STILL entertain & inspire you with her VOCALS alone. WTF is wrong with this comment section??
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Rihanna no Madonna could ever do this….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq8tK1rGpog
I’m not impressed.
Lmao, I’m not surprised. You stan for mediocre talent. Madonna is a great ARTIST tho. Great performer & a average singer.
Since when was being an exceptional vocal technician unimpressive? Nvm…who am I kidding? You stan for Rihanna and Madonna #EnoughSaid
Anyone who stans for Madonna “Calling her the greatest live performer”, lol should NOT be taken seriously.
You dont have to be Whitney/Mariah standard to be classed as an above average vocalist. Beyonce is a great vocalist and thats not subjective its just based on her abilties. Shes versatile as hell. Singing style and what is sonically pleasing is a matter of opinion but ask any vocal expert and Beyonce is far from just an average vocalist. Average vocalist is someone like Rihanna who is very limited but can hold a tune. Beyonce’s vocal talent often gets overshadowed (by the ignorant ones) with her ‘performing’ because usually acts either push just vocals or just performing but Beyonce can do both extremley well. Just look at talent shows, ‘Listen’ is one of those ballads everyone wants to tackle and achieve to prove they can SANG. What kind average singer has a an above average vocally challenging song like that?
Madonna’s legendary but she cant hold a candle to Janet Jackson when it comes to live performances in my eyes.
Which vocals, the pre recorded ones.?
You imbecilic hive people are programmed to the hilt
Much of what has been hailed these flawless vocals were prerecords
Just like the inauguration , your deity beyonce has shown on countless occasions she is there for basking in undeserved accolades
Her Grammy of dli was lipped, she was in live singing xo on some British show this season as in all the way luve no mic tricks as in all her concerts even her so calked redemotion live of the Star-Spangled Banner she came on with a different mic
Again the performance of her in the green signing xo was very average, until your fav shipows and prove live ( which she had the opp to do at the inauguration and choked) cause this so called flawless voice just like her full head of hair, what else do you all attribut to her, oh yes the billions, simply don’t exist
At least rihanna actually sings live and sounds captivating and not meh
Honey this performance alone puts your entire point in the trash. And she was sick.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3MDKES1Cvkk
MJ lip synced doesnt lessen his abilities. That read is so dead and illogical. Great performers pre record to preserve. Beyonces off performances are still better than 90% of Rihannas.
Rihanna should consider lip syncing because she sounds like a bag of cats.
Pre-recorded vocals or not, Beyonce still sings circles around her…am I lying???? OR NAH.
The struggle to make out Beyonce doesn’t sing live like there aint dozens of video footage of her ability to slay pure live on the regular across youtube both before and after all those performances. And Pre recording isn’t a drag, something Rihanna does too, just that you’re too delusional to see it.
I feel like this will come out late Jan or early Feb. Definitely before her movie drop. I’m so over waiting. Moreover, why bring bey into play? Let the coexist as they are doing. Who cares about flop/11 or flop off? Lastly, Nickis album was actually decent, the sales were abismal tho.
Shut Up!
Enough people cared about “Flop/11” and “Flop Off”. That’s why her album is critically acclaimed…and 2x platinum. Too bad the same thing can’t be said about Unaplogetic.
And yes!!!! The PinkPrint is my s***.
How are each of those singles doing tho? On the charts? An album if flop songs with visuals is all I see. Only one song did fairly well. The surprise tactic is what sold her albums. But we will see his riih rich fairs out .
I don’t think she even knows whats going on fully. No one smart releases at the beginning of the year when album sales take a massive slump, any latef that she’ll have to deal with promoting two bodies of work on top of eachother. I can’t see how she… (or should I say her team)… plans to make that work. Promoting two bodies of work and getting decent sales for both is going to be challenging when you can barely sell 1. They’re gonna be pumping her for the gods. Expect scandals, payola and lots of naked body to push this.
ROC Nation better make this work.
“industry sources has suggested”. I feel so sorry for that girl; her album suppose to have came out on Christmas. Beyonce was all frowned up on some pictures a week in a half before and was hidden for a while. Then on some unknown website said that rihanna wanted to go back to the lab so she pushed back her album. Rihanna don’t be pressed like that she seem like a young and free-spirited girl who is confident. Then I’ve noticed bawsip showed Beyonce smiling with Blu Ivy. Nothing else was said about Rihanna’s album if anybody noticed. I peep out this crocked shee!t!! Rihanna be having a look on her face like, “why me” they even threw her at that puma advertising shee!t instead. She had that look on her face and I was like, “I know”. People be making all kinds of asinine things about this girl and she have to be defensive. She got claw tattoos on her hands for goodness sake. She straight get treated like a step-child working for Jay Z brand. I guess her album is going to come out when the DC famous biopic be released. So Sad!!!!
Y’all are talking as if beyonce actually sells albums how in the world is beyonce LP which sold 3M pure slayage but unapologetic which sold roughly the same is a flop?? The delusion is REAL
You’re right!
The delusion is real. The fact that “Unapologetic” has sold the same about as “Beyonce” when it was released damn near 2 YEARS BEFORE, is a drag in and of itself ha
After being sober for the better part of 2014, this A+ list singer has suddenly crashed and burned in a huge way.
Her record label and mentor had told her to get her act together and she did but around Thanksgiving on a trip home she ended up using a new drug she had never tried and now can’t get enough of it and is going days without sleeping or showering and is a big mess.
LOL!!! Who do you work for??
Lol @ him saying Justin Timberlake is a better performer than Janet f***** Jackson & The Rock n Roll Legend Tina Turner, have you seen those women live? Even Beyonce? Lol. Madonna better than MJ live? Get help lol.
Lol smh, he MUST be trolling, that’s the only logical reason, no one’s that f***** up.
Why do you all come on this site to argue about who (in your own opinion) is a better artist? It truly doesn’t matter because you’re not changing anybody’s opinion and everything can be summed up to opinion, this person is better because of personal taste and so on. But you are still arguing like you are doing something. How about you just read for the information and just listen to the f*****g music. One day most of these people will grow up.