While we’re still over here bobbing our heads to Rihanna’s most recently released interlude ‘James Joint,’ the fiery Bajan beauty lets ‘V’ magazine in on a secret – the heat’s just begun to rise.
After showing off her assets in a revealing spread unveiled yesterday, the Grammy winning songstress also lifts the lid on “several projects” she’s been busy at work on including a summer tour.
Want the details? They await below:
On “James Joint”:
“Dude, I’m in love with my interludes. This one called ‘James,’ joint is on constant repeat,” she told V. “[The album is] soulful and aggressive, whether it’s lyrically, musically, or just the tone of my voice.”
On “FourFiveSeconds”:
“The thing that made me fall in love with [‘FourFiveSeconds’] is the juxtaposition of the music and the lyrics. When you read the lyrics it’s a completely different song than what you are hearing,” she said. “The music is easygoing, but the lyrical content is very loud and in your face. In performing this, the key was to make sure the aggression wasn’t lost.”
On keeping busy over the last 2 years:
“I didn’t actually take time off. The past two years are the hardest I’ve ever worked,” she said, going on to detail her multiple projects. “I’ve been working on two albums, an animated film, shooting for multiple magazines, designing for Puma and Stance [socks], a new line of fragrances, a summer tour, I launched my first annual Diamond Ball at the end of last year, and I’ve also been developing several projects to be revealed in the near future.”
On inspiration for R8:
“I run away from anything that does not stimulate me. I often find myself gravitating toward the underground. There is a certain creative freedom there that you can’t experience anywhere else” — and when it comes to privacy, she’s pretty much given up on that.
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Okaaaaaay… so when’s the album coming out?
*crickets*
Sounds good
Well so far I’m loving everything I am hearing, especially American Oxygen. I cannot wait to hear the whole album. I am sure it is something amazing.
American Oxygen deserves sooooooo much praise. It’ll probably be the most slept on song of her career!
Summer tour? Lol. She’s gonna Trannïara’s shine… again. Lol. Poor Trannïara. #Jackie #May4 😆
*take
Shine? Not with her performing at small arenas and theaters. We all know Rihanna pulling in them numbers. Lastly Jackie will flop with all the promotion, bet gigs, and whatever else. See she is clinging to football players now to give her some hype but she still isn’t trending . Where are her pre order figures?
I think she means, that her team of songwriters an producers have had no time off, while she shoots it up in Barbados, the poor songwriters at Roc Nation are hard at work
Is that why the hive thought Beyonce, who had 16 writers and producers thought Beyonce deserved album of the year over Beck, who wrote and produced the album himself?
But her holy vocals alone deserved to take a grammy for that album, what can Rhianna cling to? her voice is non existent without studio magic, she gives zero f**** about writing a song, and she can’t even match the dancing capabilities of Ziara…
Unfortunately the FACTS on the ground show that not only does Rihanna own her masters, she also has writing credits on Rated R, Talk That Talk and every song to come out after Unapologetic.
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Your claim that Rihanna does not write is void of any verifiable evidence.
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The facts on the ground also show that Beck, who wrote and produced his entire album, won deservedly so the Grammy of title “album of the year” over Beyonce who had 16 writers, which is connection to the shade you tried to throw Rihanna’s way.
Beyonce has credits on her music, writers have even spoken about her contribution (have they done the same with Rihanna?). Yet you claim she can’t write. Those are also facts.
And your point being?
That what stands for one stands for the other. (and that you’re a hypocrite) I guess you can accept that Beyonce does write with your logic.
You mean Del Bey is a hypocrite because he tried to throw shade Rihanna’s way for the exact thing Beyonce does.
You’re a hypocrite calling someone else a hypocrite, which is pure hypocrisy lol. That is all.
So calling me a hypocrite was the whole entire point of your post?
Basically. Any objections?
Well good, hope you’re happy. Now you can go away.
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Bye.
Right so no objections then. Glad it sunk in.
Gworl hush cuz you aint makin sense.
“I run away from anything that does not stimulate me” Oh so everything apart from weed then?
Ugly
He actually isn’t ugly, well on the inside he is.
so is your soul, lets see your ugly face then b****
LMAOO sis how old are U still on a site arguing with stans? you and your fave look the same age po dat
I’m 20 you c***, bet you’re 27
Lol you guys aren’t seeing the big picture, weren’t we all giving Beyonce s*** for a 3yr wait on a album..Grown Woman came out Standing on the Sun which flopped but kept the buzz going…and I’m comparing these two eras only because they both have the same management and label as of now..R8 will drop and the girls will eat it up as always
Grown woman and standing in the sun were not released as official singles to iTunes. They were a part of her promotional campaigns for Pepsi and h&m. How were they flops? Sit down
@ shut up.. RIGHT!! Beyonce was not releasing songs from her album in the beginning of 2013. Grown woman and SOTS were not released to iTunes or promoted as new singles from her new album. They need to sit the f*** down. Rihanna is the one flopping with three official singles.
Standing in the sun and grown woman were promotional just like American oxygen though. It was used in the March madness commercial. It will be available on the album just like grown woman was.
EXACTLY! The girls acting like Beyoncé didn’t do this same s*** in the beginning of 2013…. She released 76345789 buzz singles & then her album like 10 months later. Rihanna s*** isn’t probably even going to take that long & the girls already having meltdowns. I give it until June
They are hypocrites. It’s what they do best. Bow/down, I been on(where did that track go) grown woman, standing in the sun, standing in the sun remix…all before her release and how many of those made the cut? Grown woman. Then she planned b to tour because no one was interested after bow down. Of course ppl will go see her. Yet tall come for rih who released four five seconds that did well, bbhmm is falling but it was on top of iTunes for a while with four five and top 20 of billboard. American oxygen was promotional for March madness. That’s only three songs compared to the plethora of songs bey did with her failed hm commercial that never aired.
UMMMMMM no. Bow Down/I Been On was on Soundcloud and was performed on tour, Grown Woman was in the Pepsi Ad and performed on tour plus the bonus video, Standing On The Sun was in another ad and was performed like ONCE… AAAAAND that’s it… Where are they on iTunes????
You are not too bright. Neither Standing on the Sun or Grown Woman were released as singles. They were for a 50 million Pepsi deal and Lo’real commercial. Rihanna on the other hand has released almost 4 songs from her actual album before its release. This method is burning the hype rather than building it. Her team needs to take more notes on Bey method of hype, because the couple of notes they have already taken isn’t working.
Honey those songs were NEVER SINGLES ! Promo for other ventures Rih is releasing singles and snippets tryna be timeless but once again cranking out McSingles and no filet mingion.
They were tester songs like s***. make all the exercises you want. Either way the singles she did push last era all flopped and are now becoming platinum. So boo bye.
LMAO still living in the 20th century, weed has been proven to be harmless. In fact weed is less harmful than alcohol. Nice try though
I’ve never heard a report of someone dying from weed. Isn’t it medicinal? Lol
NOT if you’re a VOCALIST, El Oh El, wait….
I need to see a peer reviewed researched paper on that, assuming you know what a peer reviewed research paper looks like.
Weed is harmless if your not meant to be a world class SINGER, everybody knows any form of smoking will damage the vocals, its common sense…
Again, where is your evidence? I am still waiting to see that peer reviewed paper.
Peer reviewed paper? it’s not needed when common sense is your friend, Alicia Keys, her voice has gotten ashy since she began smoking, its fact that smoking eventually ruins the vocal chords, its not hard to understand
How do you know it is a fact if you’re refusing to review the research? As it stands, it is your opinion and has not been factually proven.
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Pointing to Alicia Keys is too small a sample to come to any solid conclusions.
smoking adds a nice rasp to voice and thus lowering it down, even if its weed or ciggs. not healthy for the voice but i cant imagine myself not smoking lmao, ride off this girls d*** man, u jelly cuz she can afford. 😀
Yeah. This looks like an article written by Rashad. It’s very… calm.
Lol bye!
@LB
H** get over urself I see ur are still seething u loose bottom . I see things haven’t change here.
I was hoping you would say something educated, but I see you’re graduate of Slay_Hive’s school of mediocre semi-illiterate cretins. Move along now.
Anyway at the end of the day, Rihanna can let all her writers and producers do everything on every single album she will release, she owns her masters now. Go Riri
Her album won’t have big opening numbers or longevity this era . But I do believe she has something up her sleeve for the summer tour
Im living for this new album from Rihanna and if she goes on tour this summer and stops in Greensboro im in there!!
Did she just call her voice soulfull? ENTERS COFFIN*
I’m still waiting for the link to your blog Del Troll.
http://www.w*************(dot)wordpress(dot)com seethe s***
whats the update dot wordpress dot com
She is trying too hard to make it seem like shes being creative. Kanye has full control of the songs on this album it sounds more like his experiemental album not a Rihanna album based on what I am hearing so far.
Lmaooooooo@smelly bey getting scalped
Lmaoooooo!!!!!! Standing on the sun, grown woman, b**** bow. Lmaooooooo!!!!!!!!! 3 songs before release. Lmao!!!!!!!!!!
Only difference is 45s smashed. Lmao!!!!! Get ready for the DIL of the album lmaoooo!!!!!!!!!
I’m not even a stan and she is really edging me right now. I like the songs she has come out with so far but like basically revealed in this article, I think she bout to blow some kinds. #ComeWitDatShitRih!?!!!? Lol.
Minds*****
Girl bye. They should have asked her if she’s so confident why is she scared to release the album after three singles.
Itunes US: #111 American Oxygen
Art Pop teas. The music and sales better live up to the hype she’s trying to create.
I don’t get what’s wrong with yall? Are yall paying attention. All this stuff seems really PLANNED. Just because she’s not telling you the plan, she’s “unorganized or a flop.” She tweeted the lyrics to James joint literally ONE YEAR ago. I bet you a billion dollars that album is done and for whatever reason she is still waiting & that’s HER decision. I’m sure it will pay off. I’m tired of hearing ppl say this era is a mess & I’m not even a fan of hers like that. When has Rihanna EVER released 3 songs, all with promo performances and 2 of the songs have videos that came out RIGHT after the f****** songs which means she shot the videos ages ago. If anything I’ve never seen Rihanna be so organized in my life. Remember pour it up? Just relax. Her silence is golden & it’s done on PURPOSE.
Copying Beyonces tactic
Idiot. The summer tour she’s talking about was The Monster Flop…
Yet it grossed more per show then OTR tour.
Lmaooooooo@gayhive
Maybe we shoulda asked ur fave that who did 2 years of hype and 3-4 singles ,tour Super Bowl to finally release lmaoooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
You need to laugh your ass off all the way to itunes where American Oxygen is sinking at the bottom. None of those Bey songs were released on Itunes before the release.
Beyonce always takes two years or 3 to release her albums, she normally does movies in between it’s been that way since her Destiny Child days. What happened to Rih’s annual black Friday special album?
Oh so taking two years off is hype now? Having a 220 million grossing WW tour after a “flop” era is such a struggle. Beyonce was touring,and recording. She said she released the album when it was READY! Not releasing four official singles to iTunes and still recording the album in the process. Thats why rihanna is known as a singles artist. Your album should be cohesive and flow naturally. Rihanna is clueless and scared hun! Lmaooi
But where is the album tho?? The navi has a better chance of find a cure for cancer than getting a rhino album.
Again, slave_hi.v is doing the most.. Why is she always perched in rhino’s posts? Doesn’t it have a life?
Why are u keeping up with what I’m doing when you have dickks lined up to suck in every village of your third world country? Those Flop Pop and Boy to T***** albums won’t buy themselves!! Get ta work h**!
Ewww that photoshoot is disgusting and desperate. She looks like a drag queen contestant.
Not Del Bey’s wordpress blog looking more stylish than TGJ! lol (I see why the name is blocked now)
Yass Hun, you betta stan
Link to wordpress????
whats the update dot wordpress dot com
I still can’t wait for the album, and I love all 3songs she released thus far. Even james joint lolll. Such a dope interlude. Rih is unbothered by pestz, keep it up girl
http://t.co/Gurtirxw02
BWAHAHAHA I’m hollering!!! Ain’t that the truth. Bey was throwing major shade in that documentary!!!! I caught it all then!!
I’m so interested to hear how this album sounds
I don’t care if I’m in the minority, I love every single song she has released for #R8. This is my most anticipated Rihanna album ever.
“James Joint” is giving me that “Get It Over With” vibe. Loving it!!! 😀
Same here. AO is a beautiful song, got me all inspired and ish. Lol
Her booty looks nice in that photoshopped picture.
Shade lol
Irony, how’s CGIriah Carey?
Not the holy mother of photoshop Trynna come for the most desirable woman on earth?
KIII del bey looks in his late 20s coming for someone the same age as him! poor thing! maybe he’s mad all he has is a flop blog and rihanna has a multimillion dollar empire
I’m 20
Navy i beg you, please stop engaging these insane fleas
These back and forths are just givng them a way to talk about beysic
Noone is talkimg about her they are clinging to ri for relevance
Please stop engaging them, they are sick and stupid
Deal. I’m done.
I beg you purchase AO. No ones talking about that.
I truly to believe that every beyonce Stan who comments in a rihanna post is retarded. If this chick has you so bothered why are you even keeping up with her? Idiots. Ya just keeping rihanna relevant.
The album is coming real soon, she always does a cover for V magazine when the release is a short time away
They will never stop, they are insane
Ignore them
Rihanna truly is killing it, so nice to see her growth, i really hopes she does not tour with kanye its time for her to cut them loose, its time
These unproductive losers are just that
Creating something takes time, anyone who has written a term paper—not uneducated losers know this, writing a business plan, launching a business
Not to mention an album THOSE idiots are just waiting for more ammo and content to spew ttheir insanity
She never set a release date again onlu unproductive losers are saying hurry up
Ri boo, take your time do it how you want to and fawk these insatiable maniacs that are just mad they dont have anything to pick apart as tbat is all they will do
They have.no integrity, honesty and it will be the same hate filled ridiculous rhetoric
I thought you were ignoring us. 3 commmets?
IKR! The desperation for our attention lol
FLOP
Do the have not have day jobs? Always perched on the computer screen waiting for a Rihanna post to Stan for? Smh
BBHMM rises to #17 this week on billboard up 4 spots! She’s coming for that 37th top ten!
I thought it was falling according to the hater hives lol
Also rising again on iTunes
One thing I can say about Rihs singles is that if they Dont go number one right away they still have consistency and staying power
Drop the video Rih!
Lool! Because of streaming, the same thing you diss 7/11 for. Its falling down itunes.
Its back up to 24 on itunes hun
Its rising on radio though
I’m not understanding the rollout for this album. Usually she releases a single and an album about a month later. I’ve only enjoyed FFS so far. AO sucked and BBHMM got old fast.
Blah bla blah. Honestly, Rih your fickle fans don’t care just releasing a catchy pop song and go back to your old ways which worked fine. No ones here for the contrived ‘Im a real artist who is getting deep’ vibes from you.
SOULFULL??? She is trying too hard to convince people That she is an authentic artist, SIT DOWN GIRL, and by the way That ririhanna flop just won’t let up
The same reason she got you pressed commenting on her post keeping her relevant right? Bey hive or not YA just mad this chick is actually talked about constantly mad she can stand in the same room as bey but be recognized….. Before “queen bey”
Jay z even credits Her before his own wife
“Yeah I’m talkin ye yea I’m talking RIH yeah I’m talking bey” give it up she’s branded her self in a much quicker way than floponcey 17 plus years in the game and not one diamond album chile pleaseeeeee Adele did it in two years Rihanna’s stats are more admirable than floponcey the true meaning of work hard and you shall suceef
PBB
PRESSED B****** BEWARE