Why ‘R8’s “Delay” Is The Best Thing That’s Happened To Rihanna’s Career

Published: Friday 25th Sep 2015 by David
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The release of one surprise Beyonce album.

The Weeknd’s unexpected meteoric rise to “mainstream.”

Janet Jackson’s comeback.

Nene Leakes‘ departure from The ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta.’

Two Drake mixtapes. 

Three seasons of ‘Scandal.’

Empire.

What all of the above have in common? They all occurred between the time that is now and the release of Rihanna‘s last studio album ‘Unapologetic.’

Indeed, a lot has happened since the Westbury CEO released the Urban Contemporary effort in the November of 2012 and watched it become her first #1 offering on the Billboard 200.

Since then, anticipation for its follow-up has risen and fallen as fans found themselves teased with unconfirmed release dates, three buzz singles and the big budget videos that accompanied two of them.

For any other artist the album’s delay would spell trouble. For Rihanna? It won’t.

Find out why below…

Following in the footsteps of her former Def Jam sibling Mariah Carey, Rihanna adopted a one album per annum strategy that her supporters (dubbed the Navy) knew would bring them new music every November.

Alas, her release story took a surprising twist when November 2013 came around but failed to deliver a new album and would be shaken by the gargantuan release that was Beyonce‘s self-titled surprise that dominated the fourth quarter when it hit retailers on December 13th.

Almost two years have passed since then and the world remains without a new Fenty album to call its very own.

Fortunately, the star’s delay isn’t her denial…at least that’s how we see it.

After semi-accurate critics lambasted her for churning out microwave-Pop hits it’s clear that the performer is hard at work on a classic album that won’t be born out of her earlier need to top the Billboard Hot 100 but of experiences she’ll piece together to create a cohesive and layered body of work.

For, one needn’t look any further than 2010’s ‘Rated R’ to see just how brilliant Riri LPs can be when she’s given the time to tell her story in the way it needs to be told.

Her only mistake this time around? Assuming “classic” and Adult Contemporary are one and the same and releasing the poorly received ‘FourFiveSeconds‘ as this project’s first supporting single.

Personally, we’d love to hear the ‘Music of the Sun‘ chanteuse nab critical brownie points by letting her vocals, story telling and  melodious toplines take the lead over production that speaks to her eclectic taste.

For, though the comparison may be blasphemous to some, Fenty does have it within herself to be the next Madonna once she finds a way to use her experiences to create her very own ‘Bedtime Stories’ or ‘Erotica.’


What she’ll need to achieve this task?

Time…and with as many hits as she has to her name time to create her best body of work is one thing we’d say she’s definitely earned.

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  1. Mother September 25, 2015

    Rated R slayed my soul. If R8 is half as good as that stellar piece of work I’ll be very happy.

    • ENOUGH ONIKA (NEW & IMPROVED) September 25, 2015

      Because that was one of TWO albums that actually had direction and a real concept (other being GGGB). She’s just all over the place musically and just wants chart topping singles then the album is a mess collectively. She NEEDS Def Jam to guide and direct her, leaving was the worst mistake for her music career cause she don’t know what the hell she doing….

  2. lisa489 September 25, 2015

    Listen.

    She is not talented. Stop shoving her down our throat. The Public has spoken and she is wack.

    She can’t sing, she can’t dance, she’s a model whose throne is faltering because shes always drugged out, nasty to her fans on the streets of New York.

    Give us talented women: Beyonce, Mariah, Janet Jackson, etc.

    • Llcoolfred September 25, 2015

      STFU… YOU’RE CLEARLY ONE IF THE BRAINWASHED DELUSIONAL B*****+ THAT CAN’T SEE TRUE TALENT IF IT BIT YOU IN THE ASS

      • CSAZ September 25, 2015

        You can’t say that she can’t sing because that’s not true. You can listen to a lot of good lives and acapellas on the web, proofs were made.

  3. LB September 25, 2015

    First, check HDD, Lana is a flop, not even streaming is saving that Graveyard horror story
    ,
    That’s why she’s not her fans, I mean ex fans fav right now ????????????????????

  4. LB September 25, 2015

    Secondly 4.5 seconds was not poorly received, it slayed the charts worldwide.
    ,
    Laslty, Riri’s fans are waiting outside her hotel as we speak in Brazil and she gets ready to bless their ears with her gigantic mega hits.
    ,
    And laslty, R8 is coming, be patient.

    • Missy September 25, 2015

      Her 3 singles were flops, we cant sugarcoat her drugged out failures

      • rosy September 25, 2015

        Your p**** is a flop b****

      • Cupid September 25, 2015

        The only one that flopped was American O2… Check the stats

  5. Anastasia Beaverhousen (aka T.I.T.S.) September 25, 2015

    I hope she comes with the depth of Rated R, and the pop appeal of Loud. That would be the best scenario..

    • caribbean native September 25, 2015

      THIS!!!!!

    • Rory September 25, 2015

      That would honestly be the PERFECT album

  6. Missy September 25, 2015

    she fell off and she is not as pretty anymore

    ugly tatts also

  7. ..::Centurion::.. September 25, 2015

    Rihanna (So far) in 2015:
    —Won her 8th Grammy.
    —Became the Creative Director and Brand Ambassador for Puma.
    —BBHMM is the most viewed televized performance of 2015.
    —Garnered her 26th Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 (FFS).
    —Went #1 on the Official Video Chart in the UK, with ‘Home’ selling over 100K copies!
    —Became the most streamed female artist on Spotify with 2 Billion streams and remains the most streamed female artist in the world.
    —Became the first artist to achieve 17 million subscribers on Vevo and remains the most viewed.
    —Became the first ever Black spokesperson / brand ambassador for Dior.
    —Covered Vogue’s special Met Gala issue for a 2nd consecutive year in a row.
    —Became the fastest selling female solo act to sell out Rock in Rio (85K in 57 minutes).
    —Featured on the first ever digital magazine (AnOther Magazine).
    —Became the first Black lead in a 3D animated film (Home).
    —Became the first artist ever to amass over 100 million RIAA certifications.
    —Helped profits rise for companies; Dior by 34% ($118.4M), Puma in Q2 by 7.6% ($852.0M), and Dreamworks by 40% ($54.5M).
    —Named the best-selling Digital artist of all time by RIAA and/or Billboard.

    http://cdn1.ecelebs.com/0000/1386/rihanna-queen-of-halloween-2.jpg

    • Taylar Tayler Taylir TAYLOR Taylur September 25, 2015

      REALLY? WEREN’T U JUST BASHIN STEPHY FOR STANNING FOR SALES?

      • King Mark111 /.\ September 25, 2015

        He’s not stanning for sales, he’s listen her acomplishments since her last album.

      • ..::Centurion::.. September 25, 2015

        It’s her achievements so far in 2015. And yes, that Catfish does stan for sales.

    • Missy September 25, 2015

      SHES A DRUG ADDICT WHO GLAMORIZES DRUG USAGE WITH HER LESBO FRIEND MELISSA WHO IS PROVIDING DRUGS

    • Centurion September 25, 2015

      Don’t be mad b*tches. Rihanna is slaying your fav with no album out. ????

  8. Taylar Tayler Taylir TAYLOR Taylur September 25, 2015

    SHE’S NO ONES MAIN FAVE ASK DICKSIE MOLLY AND WHAT NOW ALL HAVE NEW ‘MAIN FAVES’

  9. LB September 25, 2015

    Did I forget to mention her puma shoe line sold out within hours, TWICE.

  10. xedos September 25, 2015

    Dam the obsession with rihanna is real. when she releases album back to back you b****. when she took a well deserving break after 8 years nine stop you still b****. this is why rihanna works so hard over the years so she can call her own shots and don’t have to be on no one deadline but her own. she owns her record label

    • african music lover September 25, 2015

      I didnt know releasing three singles and music videos is considered being on break….

  11. Taylar Tayler Taylir TAYLOR Taylur September 25, 2015

    REALLY? WEREN’T U JUST BASHIN STEPHY FOR STANNING FOR SALES?

  12. ..::Centurion::.. September 25, 2015

    Yes. Rated R was amazing. It’s my favorite Rihanna album after Loud.

  13. xedos September 25, 2015

    i hope she stays away from those stupid ass trap music. go back to the Basic Rated R with a little GGGB

  14. Taylar Tayler Taylir TAYLOR Taylur September 25, 2015

    THERE BETTER BE 3 DISKS

  15. ..::Centurion::.. September 25, 2015

    Rock in Rio is happening in about 36 hours. By the way, in case you forgot or didn’t know, Rihanna became the fastest selling female solo act to sell out Rock in Rio; an Earth-shattering 85 thousands tickets in only 57 minutes!!!

    • Danity Slain September 25, 2015

      Only to destroy their ear drums. Ticket sales mean nothing if the actual show is s***

  16. al September 25, 2015

    You people need to get a life SERIOUSLY

  17. xedos September 25, 2015

    Only rihanna could have a song in the top 5 on Billboard and people said it fail. SMH some of the ho’s you guys support would pop the p**** for any negro to get a top 5 hit on the hot 100

    • Christina Aguilera September 25, 2015

      Beyauwnceeree

  18. african music lover September 25, 2015

    Firstly,stop worrying about Lana’s album sales when your fav’s album is nowhere to be seen

    Secondly,I still dont understand how can a singer (pop star)for that,release three singles with accompaning videos for each single and still no release date for an album…. And no,we havent forgotten all those songs from that flop soundtrack!! And the worst part is that except modling,she has no other talent (smoking doesnt count) to fall back to.

    • ..::Centurion::.. September 25, 2015

      You live in an extremely poor third world country call Lesotho [Google it ????] which is tidally locked by South Africa. It have no water or arable land and gets monthly food parcels from South Africa. Why are you trolling TGJ when you should be fetching food and water right by the Lesotho border to support your 9970953553575 emaciated black shoe-polish-looking brothers and sisters?

      • ..::Centurion::.. September 25, 2015

        *has

      • caribbean native September 25, 2015

        This killed me hahah lesotho…lol thats like the poorest in the world hahhaahh

    • Hahaha September 25, 2015

      You a coward why not address him directly? but then again that’s what’s expected from an idiot who grew up in a mud hut in Lesotho

  19. Betty September 25, 2015

    Nobody wants to see those tired ass Ma’dunna videos.

  20. Surprise..(DEC 2013) September 25, 2015

    This BITCHH is done!!!!!!!!!! The world has kinda moved on from her and her stupid BAD GIRL antics. However, i would not call a flop just yet tho, but this next album of hers, will either make or demolish her MUSICAL career…Let’s wait and see

    • ..::Centurion::.. September 25, 2015

      But sis, where’s your Law degree? ????

      • Surprise..(DEC 2013) September 25, 2015

        I already have it tho!!!!!!! How many DICKKS have u sucked today sis?????

      • ..::Centurion::.. September 25, 2015

        ???? ???? ???? ????
        Okay. ???? What do you specialize in?

      • Surprise..(DEC 2013) September 25, 2015

        I specialise in getting HOESS like you together!!!!!!!!!!!

      • Centurion September 25, 2015

        Huh? Lol. You know, a real Law graduate would’ve given me a straight answer. Phuck outta here ghetto fish.

  21. Taylar Tayler Taylir TAYLOR Taylur September 25, 2015

    SHE IS WHITNEY HAUXTON 2.O AND SHE’LL END UP LIKE HER IN A CASKET ONLY DIFERENCE SHE’LL ONLY BE REMEMBERED BY HER FANS

  22. LB September 25, 2015

    Lmao scared to @ me
    ,
    I’ll gather you together once I find a store where Honeymoon is sold out, I hear the racks are full.

    • Surprise..(DEC 2013) September 25, 2015

      Why do you hate LANA so much tho???

    • Hahaha September 25, 2015

      I bet next week it will drop by 80% last year’s ultraviolence post was a real kii

  23. Taylar Tayler Taylir TAYLOR Taylur September 25, 2015

    NOBODY TAKES HER SERIOUSLY ANYMORE AND MRS V**** IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE LIKE HER…. SHE SHOULD HAVE STICKED TO FAKETY PERRY CAUSE MEDUSA AIN’T IT

  24. King Mark111 /.\ September 25, 2015

    I’m not mad at the break, weren’t the haters begging to God for her to take one? After Loud (a much needed fun pop album because some felt that Rated R (her Velvet Rope) was too dark. TTT brought the shirt talking Rih Rih to the mix and Unapologetic brought out her softer side and some of her best vocal performances of her career. But because the albums were back to back to back to back, the new album would cut the pervious album short, mainly Loud. Cheers was on the top 10, I want to say top 5 and out of nowhere We Found Love dropped. I guess it doesn’t matter cause she sold another 4 million WW, but TTT singles could had been singles for a rerelease of Loud. Her eras would be cut by a good 4 to 6 month because she went on tours and was recording the next album.
    .
    I will say her last two albums weren’t great body of works. Great hits, great songs, hut they didn’t mix well as an album, like Loud, Rated R, GGGB and even AGLM and MotS (Both good albums as well). At the end, the fans are excited, the haters are mad and Rihanna is making moves in her career. She might as well name it R8 and should be working on bringing the vocals and great shows. I really want her to find herself on the stage. I don’t want her to be a Ciara or Beyonce, I want her to find a balance of great vocals and a lil dance move here and there.

    • Taylor’s Gambit September 25, 2015

      WHO THE HELL DO U THINK IS GONNA READ ALL THAT???
      LET ME THUMB DOWN YOUR COMMENT

      • King Mark111 /.\ September 25, 2015

        Reading two paragraphs is a challenge for some. I guess… Are you used to Taylor’s 3rd grade level lyrics?

      • teeee September 26, 2015

        @ taylor_bish why????? Looooool.

  25. Taylar Tayler Taylir TAYLOR Taylur September 25, 2015

    BUT YOUR FAVE BELONGS UNDERGROUND IN A CASKET WITH ROACHES NEXT TO YOUR OTHER FAVE AALIYAH SIDE BY SIDE THOT BY THOT OR BETTER IN HELL WHERE THEIR PUSSYZ WILL BURN TO ASHES RATHER THAN FUCKEED TO ASHES

  26. King Mark111 /.\ September 25, 2015

    Taylor does not have a FourFive under her belt. Taylor (tho I like her and like whay she brings) always been t*** country, t*** problems and later fun pop and hipster pop. There’s no depth in her music whay so ever, even Katy Perry have heart felt ballads.
    . And a #4 hit for 2 months is not a flop for anyone.

  27. King Mark111 /.\ September 25, 2015

    When have #4, #15 and even her 3rd singles topping at #95 when most 3rd singles don’t even chart, are flops? Are we forgetting Pretty Flops? Any thing from Rita? Ciara can’t even get her 2nd single to pass AO. Plus FourFive had really strong songs ahead of it, Up Town Funk was going nowhere soon and Thinking Out Loud was a classic. Love Me Like You Do was huge and around the time of the movie, so it was pushed.

    • Taylor’s Gambit September 25, 2015

      HONEY DON’T GO BACK ALL THAT WAY

      THUGYONCE’S NEW/FIRST SONG IN 2015 DID NOT EVEN STAY INTHE TOP 20 FOR A DAY ON ITUNES AND DEMI ENTERED TOP 10 WITH CONFIDENT

      AND OFCOURSE FIRST EXCUSE WAS “ITS NOT HER SINGLE”.. “SHE’S FEATURED”

  28. S****** Blonde September 25, 2015

    Fenty does have it within herself to be the next Madonna once she finds a way to use her experiences to create her very own ‘Bedtime Stories’ or ‘Erotica.’

    Rihanna is probably the biggest pop star right now but I just don’t see her becoming the next or surpassing La Ciccone, say what you want about her (i know most of you dislike her) but the woman is a force of nature, a self-disciplined person, work is sacred for her, a true professional, you don’t stay on top for so long without hard work. Rihanna has everything to be the biggest of them all, beauty, charisma, good music but she’s lazy, she would have to change attitude, if she wants to stay relevant 30 years from now, remember, we have seen many artists come and go, just because they don’t have the ambition to fight for their careers, example, Britney, Janet, Diana, Donna….Record labels/teams change priority once another “It” girl is making money for them, Rihanna’s team won’t be with her forever, she has to as smart as the lady in comparison was/is. Just my two cents. As for R8, i’m sure her team is reconstructing everything, she’s just waiting their call, the corfirmation that they finished her new project.

    • .::Centurion::. September 25, 2015

      That was beautiful Blondie. Thank you.

    • Stephy. September 25, 2015

      You spoke nothing but the truth. Madonna is the greatest woman in Pop music, period. And, by far the most brilliant & powerful woman the music industry will ever see. Great post, Pauly.

  29. Queen Molly September 25, 2015

    Zzzz #nextsubject pls…

  30. #JACKIE September 25, 2015

    #noRIHleasedate.

    • Queen Molly September 25, 2015

      Kiiii I like how you dragged that janet stan today kiiii

      • #JACKIE September 25, 2015

        Sis!!! They continuously try it with their old delusional asses. I will drag Jigsawnet from here to Dubai.

      • Queen Molly September 25, 2015

        They bitter boo…. I pay them dust .

      • .::Centurion::. September 25, 2015

        Stop talking to yourself demented weak ass retort.

      • Queen Molly September 25, 2015

        @Creature cute sis…

      • .::Centurion::. September 25, 2015

        @QueenMoIIestor
        Should I call the psychiatric hospital again?

      • Queen Molly September 25, 2015

        For yourself yes sir

      • .::Centurion::. September 25, 2015

        But I’m… Oh no. Do I detect a hint of dementia and schizophrenia? This is more serious than I thought.

      • Anastasia Beaverhousen (aka T.I.T.S.) September 26, 2015

        What Janet fan would that be? Because I scalped both you b****** bald for days now..

        If y’all feel salty talk to me directly BY NAME, on a Janet post, so I can put you in place once again bittches!

        You and your hermaphrodite fave, have no ground to stand on or gloves to take off, because you are Losers!!

        18,000ara is a bottom tier bittch, like you two ghetto ass hoodrats!

        Keep dreaming y’all could drag anyone but a Kat Deluna fans!!

        Why would you need to talk about Janet or her stans on TWO posts today, that had nothing to do with her?

        Maybe because we scalped you you dumb ho’s and you wanna lick your wounds, where you won’t be beat withthe truth again!!

        Keep talking ish, I’m gonna eviscerate that dude 18,000ara, you weak ass ghetto bittches!!

      • #JACKIE September 26, 2015

        B ITCH you didn’t drag a mother f****** thing. Drag yourself down to the local clinic and get tested, h**.

      • Anastasia Beaverhousen (aka T.I.T.S.) September 26, 2015

        #Wackie. You know I did drag the hell out of you. This is why you and your scissor sister @Molly are licking each other’s rotten kitties on anonymous posts!!

        YOU ghetto b****** go to the clinic, with your diseased b******!

        I’m good over here. I have real medical insurance. I don’t do ‘clinics’ ghetto mite!

        LMAO!

        Loser bittch like 18,000ara… 😉

    • King Mark111 /.\ September 25, 2015

      #WillNeverCiPlatinum

      • #JACKIE September 25, 2015

        At least Ciara isn’t afraid to release.

      • King Mark111 /.\ September 25, 2015

        Wasn’t Fantasy Flop and Basic Inn pushed back an entire year? Isn’t afraid? Doesn’t matter when you shown time and time again that you won’t sale.

      • #JACKIE September 25, 2015

        Lets talk about 2015 boo. Jackie was released MAY 4 2015 while #R(IP)8 continues to collect dust and cobwebs in the Roc Nation vaults.

      • Keri Qween September 25, 2015

        Clock it King Mark

  31. King Mark111 /.\ September 25, 2015

    Does Jackie have a release date?

    • #JACKIE September 26, 2015

      It’s been out for four months dumb ass. Your mad.

  32. Duffster September 25, 2015

    The bad gal thing aint working for her no more. She needs to be as authentic as Madonna, hardworking as Beyoncé and as dedicated as Taylor Swift. Even Demi is pulling out gigs and support from big names. http://thissickbeats.wordpress.com

    • King Mark111 /.\ September 25, 2015

      Haha, who? The other OTHER Disney girl with a Kesha leftover?

  33. Queen Molly September 25, 2015

    @Jackie girl what happened thought you liked Janet? hahaha.

    • #JACKIE September 25, 2015

      I do but her stans kept coming for me and my fav so the gloves are off now. Kii

      • Queen Molly September 25, 2015

        Ugh they’re garbage.

      • Anastasia Beaverhousen (aka T.I.T.S.) September 26, 2015

        LMAO! The only garbage around is you dumpster diving bittches and your faves albums that are used as coasters for drinks, or in the dollar bin at stores.

        You dumb bittches started this s*** because you are jealous that your man, will never out do the QUEEN, not even in her ‘prime’!

        Lol! She is still licking Janet’s culo, doing her choreography badly on BET, and still got paid dust by the QUEEN, who never thanked him by name!!
        Lmfao!

        Loser bittch bird! I see why you both stan so hard. Your the same type of losers..

      • #JACKIE September 26, 2015

        WE started it? B**** please you lessor ass old ass bitter ass A*** ass b****** started it, but we WILL finish. “Unsellable” will sell less than Elusive Chanteuse. Kii.

      • Anastasia Beaverhousen (aka T.I.T.S.) September 26, 2015

        Keep dreaming bittch and using my words (we will finish it!). Just shows how slow you are slow bus.

        We will see soon enough how UNBREAKABLE will sell more 1st week than the last 3 Cimanra albums! Bookmark me you hoodrat little chit!

        Keep trying to bring other artists into this because you know you can’t use 18,000ara!

        You keep showing your fave is a washed hermaphrodite! Kii!! The exposure!

      • #JACKIE September 26, 2015

        You are the most delusional b**** on here. I’m not even gonna stoop to your S** ridden level anymore. Poof be gone son of a w****.

      • Anastasia Beaverhousen (aka T.I.T.S.) September 26, 2015

        No dear that honor is yours and @Phoney!

        Delusional is your belief that 18,000ara is better than anyone!

        Your responses are weak as your wall, and as limp as Cimanra’s d****.

        You are the one who needs the clinic. Clearly our s******* has gone latent, and is causing schizophrenia, which is causing your DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR!

        LMFAO!!

  34. Chile, leave my weave at the door and don’t steal it like those broke ass barb stans September 25, 2015

    I’m glad Rih took a break! Seriously! Because now she had enough time to re-brand herself as an artist with timeless material to offer and not just pop hits like the other girls. Good for her! That’s why she’ll always be ahead of the others her age and younger. I guess it’s safe to say that R8 will be her third critically-acclaimed album and first universally-acclaimed. Will it go platinum? No….it’ll scan multi platinum. Watch her be the first pop girl of this generation to secure 300 million records sold. No one has more global power from this generation than Iconanna when she’s effortlessly selling out stadiums MONTHS IN ADVANCE internationally with NO ALBUM RELEASED. Hey..if I didn’t like her, I’d be mad too.
    ——————————

    Oh, and COMPLETE UTTER DEATH at a certain someone trolling these posts night and day as a different user while calling their main account out just to get my attention. I thought it had a job! Then why does it have so much time to play games with people? And if it thinks I don’t know that it randomly made a new account to call me out the first time with an avi and the second time without an avi, then it’s sadly mistaken. Anyway, I’m sure it’ll wait until I’m sleeping to post and troll like it usually does. It deserves an EMMY AWARD for its constant trickery and foolishness.

  35. King Mark111 /.\ September 25, 2015

    Love when the C Scrubs try it and then run when I come with thay belt.

  36. Queen Molly September 25, 2015

    Still waiting on ol boy to hmu on Twitter.

    • Taylor’s Gambit September 25, 2015

      SPEAKING ABOUT TWITTER….. SIS WHAT HAPPENED TO YOURS? I CAN’T STALK YOU ANYMORE LIKE WTF?

  37. teeee September 25, 2015

    The (airforce) should stop fooling themselves, R8 is already a mess this is her flop era. She better go back to bbhmm type of songs. And riri wants her name to go down in history she has so much fcckin work to do.

  38. Queen Molly September 25, 2015

    Fagggss love showing out in front of a crowd.

    • Anastasia Beaverhousen (aka T.I.T.S.) September 25, 2015

      And fat bittches like you like showing of your d********* skills on ex-cons..

  39. Stephy. September 25, 2015

    Rihanna will be fine, she’s the biggest pop star in the world. When she’s ready to release, it’ll be well received by her fans & general public. She’s just taking her time, and perfecting her craft (I hope).
    .
    I truly, believe she’s starting to really be more involved in the creating process… Of making her own music, and expressing herself more with her own lyrics. This break was long overdue, she was beginning to become overexposed at one point. I mean, 2005 – 2012 was NON-STOP album/single releases. Rihanna will comeback strong. And, I can’t wait to buy the album. I feel it’s gonna be good. Hoping it’s a mixture of “Unapologetic & Rated R”… Goodluck, Robyn

    • Stephy. September 25, 2015

      3+ negative thumbs down? Really? Come on, I thought this was a positive post, I didn’t lie. She is very global & successful. Y’all gotta stop letting these “stans” get in the way of liking certain artist, and speaking truth. Rihanna will do fine, she ain’t nobody’s flop. She’s already produced 1 global top ten hit this year, I’m sure once her promo kicks in, it’s gonna be great. All she needs is solid pop songs. Speak the truth, Rihanna is the biggest black pop star in the world (when it comes down to chart positions/global single sales), period. I don’t see how this break will stop her from slaying, if anything, the public/her fans are HUNGRY for more. She’s a great Pop star, nothing more & nothing less.

      • Queen Molly September 25, 2015

        4 thanks to me ki

      • Stephy. September 25, 2015

        Thanks Queen Molly 🙁

  40. ugh okay September 25, 2015

    a bit of film.

  41. Taylor’s Gambit September 25, 2015

    SHE REIGNED FOR 2 YEARS THIS DECADE 2010-2012 SO NO SHE’S NOT GONNA BE THE DECADES BEST ARTIST… HALF MY ALLOWANCE..COME BET
    1.SLAYLOR
    2.FAKETY
    3.BRUNO
    4.DRAKE
    5.FATDELE
    6.RIHANNA
    …11.THUGYONCE
    ….22.ARIANA
    ….33.GAYGA
    …..99.SELENA

  42. JanStan September 25, 2015

    Screaming at Rihanna being the next Madonna. Rihanna is super successful and i love her for days but omg at the Mr. Fantastic on a Little Giant step ladder level of reach. Lol. The nerve.

  43. MISHKA September 25, 2015

    Right after she wore that sheer dress to receive her Fashion Icon award and then proceeded to shade TLC, I knew those were her last moments as the hottest b*tch alive.

    She’s having a Gaga moment: by pushing things a little too far, people just lose interest in whatever stunt you tried to pull next.

    Hopefully, thet Lewis Hamilton is the real deal, because she definitely something to “refresh” her life and career. Her comrades Chris Brown and Ciara got that something, and that something new boosted their reinvention.

    • JanStan September 25, 2015

      I was obsessed with the see through look! It was a fashion moment

      • Chile, leave my weave at the door and don’t steal it like those broke ass barb stans September 25, 2015

        Me too. She looked like a s*** Josephine Baker serving realness as her specialty.

      • JanStan September 25, 2015

        Yes Chile! Exactly right! When I saw her I gagged for days. It was E-VER-Y-THING!

  44. BEY>RIH September 25, 2015

    Lol tgc this is in no way the best thing in riw**** career. The best thing in her career was her first “hit” which really put on.

  45. Jay September 25, 2015

    I love Ciara, but when some of Csquad comes for way more successful artist, I believe you all are really trolls and cant be Ci’s real fans. Ciara has yet to sell out an arena. Even on Britney, Rihanna’s, and even Janet “worst days”, they have outsold Ciara in some way shape or form. When Ciara can book the VMAS, win a solo grammy award, sell out Arenas/ampitheathers, can get a Top 20 Billboard 100 hit, and have a platinum hit again…then reload up…but until then do realize the state of our beloved’s music career sad sad sad decline….

    • BEY>RIH September 26, 2015

      Well some people like to stan for talent and actual music and not numbers. When you have artists like Justin Beiber topping charts while very talented artists can barely make top 50 you know there is something wrong. Iam fortunate to stan for someone who is very successful and talented. Janet stans can say the same. Gaga stans can say the same. Britney and Rihanna stans can’t.

    • #JACKIE September 26, 2015

      So we should just be mute when others come for our fav? Girl shut up and return to your corner.

      • Anastasia Beaverhousen (aka T.I.T.S.) September 26, 2015

        That’s the attitude of ignorance, that is the problem with you and @Phonie.

        If y’all showed respect for your faves, fave, Janet stans would NEVER come for you.

        But you all keep coming at Janet with this superiority complex, that is odd since Janet continues to be more successful with her ‘old’ self that Ciara.

        If y’all stop coming for Janet we will stop. How are you so disrespectful to someone Ciara calls QUEEN is beyond me.

        The ball is in your court.. Let’s stop and move on sis and tell @Rosie to keep it cute, because she is the REAL ish starter..

      • #JACKIE September 26, 2015

        B**** bye I said I didn’t like Janet’s whack ass song and her stans came at me and ci full throttle. I returned the disrespect idgaf when it comes to my fav there are no holds barred. Gtfoh and stop stalking me.

      • Anastasia Beaverhousen (aka T.I.T.S.) September 26, 2015

        Bittch if you would keep Janet and her fans name outta your dicsucker, no one would be gunning for you dumbass!

        You are such an ignorant piece of sshhitt! You can’t even talk to @Jay (a fellow Ciara fan) with respect, so it shows your lack of character.

        And if you just said you didn’t like the song, instead of being insulting, that would have been just fine with me.

        You were being a bittch. And I will be a bigger one against the loser you love so much 18,000ara.

        He’s a FLOP, just like your life…

        And I will write to you whenever you forget that ish.. so get used to it and

        #FuckOff

      • #JACKIE September 26, 2015

        Girl bye you are stupid as f***. I wasn’t even referring to your dusty s***** ass. JanStan and some other unknown ass b****** came for me first. They don’t harass me like your lonely ass does though. Like I said Gtfoh!!!

      • Anastasia Beaverhousen (aka T.I.T.S.) September 26, 2015

        I don’t give a phuck who you were talking about. Your fave is EVERYONES lesser!!

        I thought, you were done responding to me? More lies from a weak bittch!!

        Like I said, I will check YOU, WHENEVER I fell the need to and you will deal!

        You gthoh, if you don’t want this work!!

  46. DIABETES UNBOTHERED September 26, 2015

    Sam is obviously just trolling this is pure satire, hes making fun of this era. Rated R was good but didnt take any where near 3 years to make!!! Rihs golden years are up the days of gggb RR and Loud magic are gone… shes diminishing but to her credit not fast at all… very slowly but trust me by 30 she will be judge status at best.

  47. @JanetCIARA_ September 26, 2015

    LOUD >>>>>> Rated R

  48. Lea September 26, 2015

    The funny thing is me and lots of others are going to go straight to iTunes and buy R8 when it finally drops, just like we did with Beyonce when she finally dropped. If you aren’t a fan then dont worry about it! Also, chill with the true talent quotes, its about to be 2016 noone cares. Its whatever gets the people going. 7/11 is a perfect example. That song had zero meaning to it, but its my Jam!!! Get with it or put your ipod down and go watch TV somewhere! I luv u Bey and Rih ❤

    • BEY>RIH September 26, 2015

      I love this comment ????.

  49. #JACKIE September 26, 2015

    It’s so funny how Beyoncé stans were straight up disrespecting Janet but when I say I don’t care for her song it’s WWIII. Yall are some scary ass hypocrites.

    • Anastasia Beaverhousen (aka T.I.T.S.) September 26, 2015

      Your a liar. Beyonce fans have been showing love and the one stan who was disrespectful. I stepped to as well!

      Stop reaching to everyone and everything else.

      At least I can argue about faves with Beyonce, Madonna, Mariah, Rihanna,etc fans..

      Their faves have a modicum of success, unlike your fave…

      Sorry , not sorry.. Lololololol!! 🙂

  50. Raphael Wilson September 27, 2015

    I love Rih, but the fact that you compared her to Madonna is hilarious. Just hilarious.

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