Rihanna was spotted on the set of her new music video today. Matt Kemp’s girlfriend was hard at work flaunting her usual nakedness while filming the Anthony Mandler-directed clip for her new single, ‘Te Amo’, in Paris. Check out more images below (courtesy of RihannaDaily):
Hot Shots: Rihanna Films ‘Te Amo’ Video
Published: Thursday 29th Apr 2010 by Trent
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such a beauty… and that song te amo is real s***, with the right concept, this video will be hot.
Te Amo is a cool song WAYYY better then pornstar 101
….she looks like an emo hooker
surprised she didn’t fall flat on her ass with those shoes, i now know this broad has as much difficulty walking as she does singing lol
lmfaooo yall just had to say Matt Kemp’s GF tho; i love yall
this song is ok, not pressed to see this video..but whateva. I like “rockstar 101” 2nd best on the album.
I CAN’T WAIT THIS S*** IS GOING TO BE ON FIRE AND TO ALL THE HATE THAT RIHANNA REIGN OH YA’LL KNOW THE REST
Pretty!
btw, can she offer a lil bit more then just a bunch a catchy tunes and nudity? jus sayin…
*Sits back and waits for The same haters to post under 20 different names and claim to not like Rihanna but they’re watching her videos and checking for her everyday*
the pics are jus too sizzling….havent seen the video yet but the song wAyy awesome, in fact the whole albums is…Big Ups RIRI :-*
thank you very much COLD CASE LOVE… Love you pic…wicked
Bisssssh is workin it!!!! Can’t wait to see the vdeo
Rihanna is one of the most sexually freaky 22 year olds!!!
Can’t wait to see what you guys post about Queen Rihanna tomorrow!
LOL @ Trent…………How old is that woman.she really looks atleast 30.
A real singer expresses themselves through their voice and to a certain extent,their dance. My standards for singers is not based on videos or what they wear,that’s just too superficial for me……..
@TRENTIA AND SAMA
LMAO FOR SOMEONE WHO DOESNT LIKE RIHANNA AND ACTUALLY HATES HER
YALL ON THAT RIHANNADAILY.COM
EVERY MOTHERFUCKING DAY
BTW 24TH POST THIS MONTH
MORE THAN ANY OTHER ARTIST
YUP YUP
RIHANNA WILL BE MORE ON GOOGLE SEARCH THE MORE YALL TYPE HER NAME
@SYMONE
YET U LIKE LADY GAGA
FLOP TO YOU
BTW
TE AMO WAS ALREADY #1 IN BRAZIL AND CROATIA WITH A LEAK
YALL FLOPS COULD NEVA
DAMN WHERE TEM HATERS AT
I WANNA PLAY WITH THEM BEFORE I GO TO WORK
WHERE IS THAT FOP COMMENTOR DIVATUDE AND BLUKID AKA XYZ
FLOP*
The crows in the “The Wiz” sound better than her.
i’m sick of “te amo”,this song is so (summer)2009 but i hope the video will be good
i was at her concert yesterday,i don’t regret it,it was amazing!
<3 riri
^^THEN WHY DONT U COMMENT ON THEM BUT ON A RIHANNA POST
BC U LOVE HER
DUMB ASS FAILURE
LOL @ Travis
Devil worshiping w.h.o.r.e! Rihanna is irrelevant!
Bye!
^^LMAO@BLUKID AKA XYZ
IRRELEVANT BUT U POST WHICH MAKES HER RELEVANT
HOW F****** DUMB
*WAIT TILL IT STARTS POSTING ITS OTHER NAME*
Why does she always wear black? I guess no one was feeling RockStar
She a s*** and she belongs to satan now. This is how satan wants her to dress. Didn’t u notice she walks with a stone face, no expression. She only smiles for satan. You stan get real she don’t even know u r alive. She’s only worried about making that money for Def Jam. U could see that when people go to her concert that she is not into her crowd.
The devil were’s black. If u look most of the devil worshiper wear alot of black. But not all the time.
LMAO@ PEOPLE NOT LIKIN HER BUT KNOWING WHAT SHE WEARS ALL THE TIME
DUMB ASS PEOPLE
@AD40…..Great Observation.I agree she is not into her fans because she’s not a natural performer and I use ‘performer’ loosely.
Fiercest chick in the game right there! And Rude Boy is back at #1 on the World Charts! Ya mad?
IM OFF TO WORK
ALL MY FELLOW RIHANNA FANS
HOLD IT DOWN FOR ME
THE HATERS AKA ACTUAL LOVERS
KEEP HATING AKA MAKING HE RMORE RELEVANT
@SAMA AND TRENTIA
WISH YALL A GREAT NIGHT; HOPE THE D**** STAY HARD AS LONG AS YALL CAN
@ parisian girl
You are star struck, the devil worshiping cow has no talent.
@ hihihihi
What you meant to say was the library is closing.
LOL @ Bluekid
Rihanna is jacking Keri Hilson!
@bluekid i really think you need to seek help your hate obsession with rihanna is not mormal!
In other news that really involves a REAL artist. GaGa has been named world’s most influential artist!
She look cute
SMH at her not wear no pants/bottoms
@ Cold Case Love (That song is Awful BTW, Its funny how thats a fan favorite when its actually like the worst song on the album, Its worse than Photographs & G4L) Its funny when yall wanna brag that shes getting the most Posts & comments When Most are negative LOL & selling out 18K seats is nothing compared to the Satdiums of over 85K that Bey sells out.
WOW, Good Job, Now its time for you to try to convince us that RiYAWNna is Talented & can Sing Live… Oh yes, Tell us how Great her Amazing 10 Octave Powerhouse Vocals are, & dont leave out her amazing Dancing, Acting & Writing abilities, Oh & dont forget her Amazing Stage presence. Tell us how she can Blow Beyonce, Cristina, & (Prime)Whitney/Mariah out of the Water. ~Go Ahead
I remember when she 1st came out in the SOS Days, She was actually able to fool me into thinking that she has some talent, even just a little bit, BUT NOW…
Sorry But You are gonna have to pay me to get me to go to this chick’s concert.
& Te Amo is just an OK song at best at the end of the day, Im surprised it made the final Cut instead of ‘Hating on the Club’ An obvious better song. & Rockstar Just like Hard is very annoying, Its kinda good, ofcourse it will do something on the charts But it wont crack any dents like Rude Boy did- A wise single choice. If her label was smart they would Release FIRE BOMB Last & call it a Day.
Instead They intend on over exposing Rihanna & buying shipments so it can look like her Album sold 3 Mill(Thats what the stans wanna Believe) Though it really only sold Just under 2 Mill thus far While sales are steadily decreasing According to the Real world Charts. I really dont know why the Stans dont wanna accept that she has NO TALENT whatsoever, All she has is a (unique) Studio Voice (meaning that she will only sound good with the help of Studio Aid- Case in Point- Her Live Performances. She is just a Singles NOT a Sales Artist- Accept it. Beyonce make RiYAWNna’s Success look like S***. Notice that Rihanna has never really been praised, its always ‘Her Looks’ & ‘Good Music'(Studio effects) But never her talent, or voice. Thats Because PPL see her for what she is, A gimmick.
*oh, say something nice, SHE LOOKS GREAT*
@ Symone
Now that doesn’t surprise me because that’s one devil worshiper that does have talent.
@Rob
What world chart ? Dont u mean Billboard Chart…*shrug shoulders*
Actually she not back to no.1 on the chart she still holding down no.2 spot (Which is not a bad thing) B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars still holding down no.1 spot
This song Sucks
@S***
I agree
they should just release fire bomb if they really want another no.1 hit just like rude boy
I will say something nice the cow look like a devil worshiping demon succubus. That is as nice as I can get with this cow. I be so glad when her career is over, please God let it come quick for her.
OH STOP WITH THE DEVIL S*** BUT IF SHE DOES I DON’T GIVE A F*** AM STILL GOING TO BUY HER MUSIC NOW SHUT THE F*** AND WAIT FOR THIS TO BE SITTING AT NUMBER ONE REAL SOON B******
FOR ALL THE ASS HOLES RIHANNA IS NUMBER ONE THE WORLD CHARTS WHERE IS CIARA NUMBER 93 HE HE HA HA THAT BEYAHNNA REIGN AIN’T GON LET UP B******
SITTING S*** AT NUMBER ONE ONCE AGAIN WHERE IS CIARA
Yeah, Fire Bomb is the best song on the whole thing, Right in front of Russian Roulette & Rude Boy & maybe Stupid in Love.
& Speaking of Rated Ridiculous, How come it only sold 34K WW this past week & its only been out 5 Months with all these singles & Promo?? It still isnt even indicated to have sold atleast 2 Million & its still struggling in the States even with a #1 LOL But NO #1 Album. Why hasnt it sold 4 Mill like GGGB Did? Grabbing your Crotch cant save you this time riherpes LMAO… FAIL
I HOPE THE VIDEO IS GOOD 😀
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COMMENTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED
@ROBYN RIHANNA FENTY
What u mean where is ciara ..didnt u just said ciara #93 on hot 100 billboard?
(If it is) Its not a bad thing (Considering that she offical release the song YESTERDAY) that it #93 for its first peak
U act like she been holding down the #93 spots for weeks or something *Laugh*
Like I said before Ms. Rihanna NOT No.1 on the billboard chart….She no.2 (Like said not a bad thing) Stop making its seem like No.1 on all the charts
I don’t like Rihanna, Ciara, Kelly Rowland, or any of the naked pack. Give me a singer who doesn’t have to be naked, high yellow, grab her crotch, or glue 2 inches of hair to her already bald head just to have something to curl. Give me some singers. If I pay my hard earned money for a CD, she better be singing. I could care less about image, clothes, bangin bodies, etc. , because I’m heterosexual and if I weren’t, she wouldn’t be dating me or any of you.
The sad part is that Rihanna could be almost bearable if she had enough pride in her craft and she cared enough about the quality of her voice that she presents to her stans to take some voice lessons, dance lessons, etc. She’s lazy because she knows all she has to do is dress up, readjust that skunk’s behind on her head and flash her bottom and her zombied out fans will fall for it. Perhaps if some of you actually realized how terrible she sounded even if you are a fan, she would at least try harder.
The only song worth hearing lately is that new Monica song. I wasn’t really liking her stuff until recently.
What a superficial and shallow generation.
YES RIHANNA! She just oozes swagger and s** appeal
CHRIS BROWN IS SOOOOOO DONE!!!!
HIS HOMETOWN DOESNT EVEN SUPPORT HIM!!!!!!! SORRY CHRIS BROWN SUPPORTERS!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHHA BOO!!!
http://blog.austinpri.me/2010/04/29/1683/
RIHANNA REBOUNDS TO # 1 ON THE WORLD CHART
RATED R STILL TOP 25 ON WORLD CHART AFTER 5 MONTHS.
http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks.htm
She looks hot. Can’t wait for the video.
BTW, out of all of these comments, NOT ONE talks about her singing. It’s “she’s hot” or “her makeup is on point” or “her hair (weave) is fierce. What about her singing? Let me guess, its not “that bad” or its “okay?”
http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100?tag=chscr1#/charts/hot-100?tag=chscr1
@ stacey
SWEETIE, THE PICS OF HER WALKING DOWN THE STREET HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HER SINGING.
RIHANNA CAN SING AND IS A HOT B****.
CASE CLOSED!
GIRL, BYE!
nOT A fan….but she looks great…love the look!
@STACEY IF U ARE LOOKING FOR ALL THAT YOU NAMED OUT U ARE IN THE WRONG PLACE
@LOVE MUSIC CIARA WON’T GO FAR ON THE HOT 100 WATCH I’VE ALREADY GOT A GOOD LAUGH OUT OF CHRISTINA’S FANS PLEASE DON’T BE THE NEXT TO BE A JOKE WHEN NUMBERS COME BACK CAUSE MAN LIE WOMEN LIE BUT RIHANNA’S NUMBERS DON’T CIARA NUMBERS TELL ME SHE’S LUKEWARM
@ Robin Rihanna Fenty:
Numbers are never my point. I don’t care about numbers. Milli Vanilli and the C and C Music Factory had #1 hits and they weren’t even singing.. Britney Spears, Kesha, Taylor Swift, have all had #1 hits. I’m talking about our insatiable desire to have some sort of visual attachment to singers, whose jobs should be to actually outsing everyone else.
I think music videos are the worst thing to ever happen to the industry. It made people take their focus off of singing and put their focus on the superficial. What happened to babymaking music? Man, do I miss Luther, but if he were just coming out today, he wouldn’t be fine or hot, and most of the Rihanna fans wouldn’t give him the time of day.
Stacey Blah Blah Blah like crabs in a bucket…. so what she aint young whitney , she aint minnie ripperton , she aint aretha so fukking what !!!!!!! Why focus on Rihanna alone with your neuroses! GO hound Britney, Chris B, C-error, T -error , Sean kingston… etc…
Dont hate congratulate
I guess Rihanna isn’t selling out her concerts like her die-hard fans keep saying she is………….
http://sandrarose.com/2010/04/29/their-words-not-mine-2/
<3 her look in these pictures, as well as the song Te Amo. The song will scortch, as long as the video is hot.
@ auntie jackie
LMAO B**** YOURE A GULLIBLE FOOL!!!
PEREZ HILTON HATES RIHANNA AND IS DOING ANYTHING TO SABOTOGE HER TOUR
LADY GAGA IS HIS WORLD……..IF THAT WERE TRUE , THE TOUR WILL NOT BE CONSTANTLY ADDING NEW DATES AND WOULD HAVE CANCELED SOME OF THE SHOWS.
ON A SERIOUS NOTE, DID YOU GO TO COLLEGE?????????????? SERIOUSLY, YOU ARE PITIFUL.
@ AUNTIE JACKIE
PEREZ HAS YET TO POST A SOURCE. WHEN YOU CAN GET NEW YORK TIMES, OR SOME RELIABLE SOURCE TO POST THAT, THEN WE CAN TALK
ANYONE WHO IS A THREAT TO LADY GAGA, HE THROWS SHADE AT.
HE’S BASHING CHRISTINA AGUILERA ALSO. SAYING HER ALBUM AND TOUR WILL FLOP.
SMH AT THESE DUMBASS HATERS!
GAGA’S FANSITE IS UP TO HIS ANTICS AND LIES
LMAO
GAGADAILY POSTED ON TWITTER:
@RihannaDaily He’s not. I do respect him, I just hate that he can’t admit he was wrong.
about 8 hours ago via web in reply to RihannaDaily
@RihannaDaily He’s saying that because he predicted it wouldn’t sell and now he just can’t admit he was wrong.
‘A real singer expresses themselves through their voice and to a certain extent,their dance. My standards for singers is not based on videos or what they wear,that’s just too superficial for me……..’
^I’d say these are only two ingredients of the puzzle that makes a good artist. Pop acts fall into a number of categories…, you have the vocalists (Whitney, Mariah, Leona etc) whose music might be light but their ability to sing uplifts the material, then you have the entertainers (Janet, Ciara, JLo) who although more than vocally limited, can dance and really sell a performance (usually to a mime track) based purely on their dance ability and personality, then you have the third acts that succeed on a combination of those qualities but can be weaker or stronger in certain areas; but where they lack vocal ability in the conventional sense they have an easily recogniseable vocal that helps to identify and give them a sound no-one else has (Britney, Macy Gray, Sade), this makes those acts important and the reason why they can choose to dance or choose to just sit on a stool and not move all performance…, because although there belies no sweeping gospel range, anyone who likes that sound has to go to them to get it while although vocally superior some ‘better singers’ are ten a penny sounding. Rihanna is not an exceptional singer but she an easily identifiable singer and it gives her songs personality. I agree that when she came out her tone was was nasal but she’s learned to work with it and it now has moved into a more gutteral sound and it works. No other mainstream artist sounds like her, in the way that no one sounds like Britney.
The basic ingredients required are vocal talent, dance ability and musical style… musical persona-wise I think Rated R was excellent, it was cohesive in ways that a lot of projects out in the same year were not. It didn’t sway from it’s intention and I respect that. Additionally, though some say it was dark, I don’t get why it shouldn’t have been. Do the same people complaining only watch U certificate movies or is it just music that should be sunny at all times? Rated R could be the musical equivalent of Sin City, deathly dark but with a pop sensibility, I welcome that because it’s one album in a sea of sunshine anthems. Charisma and visual flair all come from the act themselves but the music has to account for the rest. It goes without saying that without meaningful songs a talented singer, dancer with a hit is still not going to connect with an audience in the same way as a great song with an average talent on top will critically succeed…, sales don’t always mean the music wasn’t listenable, it usually just means it wasn’t immediately obvious. The hardest thing to maintain is artistry, to be eccentric and not go with the herd. A whole range of current acts fit into this category but fall weak and sell out, I won’t name them but Rihanna succeeds where it counts IMO. Without those next level tunes none of these types of acts can thrive but each are important for variety and acts like Rihanna are necessary
Rihanna The Queen of the world!!
Flop juice is up to its usual anticts… using Rihanna name to get blog visits
@Nicky — I’m confused, if his song wasn’t “any-good”, then why was that DJ going to play it but didn’t, cause HE didn’t like the way Chris was acting? And if it’s NOT “on-the-format”, why NOT? Is that song NOT for charity? That was a “set-up”, plain-and-simple!! Is that DJ even black? …Hmm…Nicky, you know what? I think I’ll write to that radio station, that was a “set-up”, instead of caring about the recipients of the sales of that song: the people of Haiti, that radio station choose ratings. I find that reprehensible!
NOW, when Rihanna went on Oprah and did “her part,” and I made-mention of this while on another blog, I didn’t seek to “bash” her. I totally-disagreed with her choice of songs, she choose “Redemption Song” by Bob Marley, which was NOT the “most-appropriate”, reason-being, it’s one of his most stridently-militant! …”How long shall they kill our prophets, while we stand aside and look!” <<–It's accusatory; it places-blame and makes "certain folk" ….uncomfortable! Yes, it's a 'REAL SONG' and it tells the truth, but it makes white folk nervous; and the object was to "soften-up folks" to get 'em to donate their monies!
I had suggested Bob Marley's – No Woman no cry! Which is a FAR-better choice and whose history (it's conception and the writing-of) is-as-compelling, as the song-itself! So given the intent behind it, it's not about 'our likes-and-dislikes; wants-and-needs', it's about, in-THIS-case, the Folks of Haiti! That DJ set Chris up!! Why was Chris doing that show in the first place? Where is 'Tigger', isn't HE on that same radio station?
Rihanna stans need to stay at Rihannna daily. Sunshine Rd and coldcase love is the same person.They both got banned on atrl.net for being stupid.
She looks gorgeous as usual!!! I’m excited for the video!!! Hopefully there’s a sensual dance routine to go with the vibe of the song!!! It’s a definite hit and will probably be released in the US too in addition to Rockstar 101!!!:-*
@ Bluekid….I don’t know if GaGa worships the devil. While I’m no fan of Rihanna, I also don’t think she worships the devil or even know anything about the illuminatti.I notice that many people on various sites say that about certain artist but I don’t think any of them are that deep in the understanding of basic things let alone stuff dealing with the masonic structure.
The only person that I know that actually made a song about it is Jay C**** Z………
It’s so funny to see certain people bash Perez Hilton because he told the truth about her concerts not selling out but I do recall the same people being all up on him when he was dogging Chris on the regular……….Just like I said a couple of weeks ago.I have a friend that saw her in Antwerp and he said the venue was not full,people were bored and walking out the venue not even half way through that fright show. It’s sad to see a singer so lacking in talent that they have to resort to touching themselves in public to keep people interested, SMDH!
LOL @ Samantha..I can totally believe that person got banned because I know they got banned on other sites too…..
@ SYMORE
step away from the pc step away……..lol
@ Stacey……..Great points.I too have noticed that many of her Stans rarely speak on her ‘talent’ and when they do they sound like massive fools because they actually feel she can sing.They are holding their breaths for the public at large to believe that fantasy as well.Only people that don’t know music feel that she can sing so I don’t pay them that much attention because they don’t know better…..
WHERE ARE THOSE CHRISTINA A. FANS WHO WAS TALKING ALL THAT S*** WHEN NOT MYSELF TONIGHT FIRST CAME OUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT HER NEW CHART POSITION HE HE HE HA HA HA LADY BEYAHNNA RUN THIS S***
“Rated R”, Rihanna’s fourth studio album, has sold over 2 millions copies worldwide – since November 23, 2009. Since nowadays albums don’t sell like they used to, the sales are pretty good. 2 singles have been released worlwide (Russian Roulette and Rude Boy) and 3 in the United States (Russian Roulette, Hard and Rude Boy). For amazing “Rated R” reviews, click read more.
Congratulations, Rihanna!
People Magazine
Top Albums Of The Year
After the Chris Brown drama, the 21 year old diva emerged triumphant. Her gritty fourth album is her coming-of-age manifesto, her Control. It’s deeper and darker, harder and heavier than anything you have expected from the girl who gave us “Umbrella”.
Chicago Tribune
Top Albums Of The Year
3.5/4 Stars
Even smart people make decisions they later come to regret. In Rihanna’s case, she turned that regret into powerful and moving art.
Allmusic
4 Stars
Much of this daring album is absolutely over the top, bleak and sleek both lyrically and sonically, but it’s compelling, filled with as many memorably belligerent lines — two of which, “I pitch with a grenade/Swing away if ya feeling brave” and “I’m such a f**kin’ lady,” set the tone early on — as a rap album made ripe for dissection.
Whether the album seems ridiculous or spectacular (or both), Rihanna’s complete immersion in the majority of the songs cannot be disputed. That is the one thing that is not up for debate.
New York Times
Albums Of The Year List
In the multimedia whirlwind of a 21st-century pop career, Rihanna simply couldn’t have made an album of lovey-dovey ballads or simple dance songs. “Rated R” does what divas do: leverage personal troubles into music. And with it, Rihanna never lets her sorrows overwhelm her musical craftsmanship or the determination behind it.
ROLLING STONE
4 STARS
Until recently, the singer has been quiet about the incident. Songs like “Russian Roulette” — a domestic-violence victim’s confession whipped into soaring melodrama — tell us why: She was busy saying her piece in the studio.
If by some accident of fate, or maybe record-company cynicism, the new Chris Brown album has arrived at the same moment as his ex’s. The results tempt a reviewer to talk in terms of moral victories, but the real triumph here is artistic. Chris Brown has made a bland, occasionally obnoxious, pro forma R&B album. Rihanna has transformed her sound and made one of the best pop records of the year.
SLANT MAGAZINE
4/5 STARS
In response to circumstances beyond her control, the pop star many had preemptively compared to the likes of Janet Jackson finally pockets her own private Velvet Rope.
Los Angeles Times
4/5 STARS
“Rated R” belongs to that lonely figure, a self-styled X-Girl taken aback by her own vulnerability. After an intro that immediately cops to its maker’s agitation — it’s called “Mad House” — the album unfolds in quick turns, alternating acts of aggression with confessions of sorrow and confusion.
By allowing herself to express the whole range of what an abused woman goes through, Rihanna has given those young fans for whom she feels responsible the greatest gift art can give: a portrait of lived experience that doesn’t step back from what’s hardest to admit.
ABOUT.COM
4/5 STARS
The consistent mood in vocals, instrumentation and lyrics on Rated R is impressive. The last time a major mainstream pop star explored personal darkness with such an unflinching eye over the course of an album was on Kelly Clarkson’s stunning My December. Rihanna seems unconcerned here about commercial success. She even seems uninterested in any particular enjoyment from her listeners. She is here to lay bare the emotions and experiences she was forced to bear. It is both a musical cautionary tale, and a depiction that survival is possible. Some of the vocals here, particularly on the powerful “Cold Case Love” are among the most beautiful Rihanna has yet recorded, but they are in the service of a very dark, bleak statement.
CHICAGO SUN TIMES
3/4 STARS
The album moves through the same sort of emotional journey that one imagines the singer undergoing in the last year. After an opening old-school horror-movie homage called “Mad House”–more shades of “Thriller”–we find Rihanna boasting about being part of an unbeatable team (“Together we gonna be taking over”Wink and sitting on top of the pop charts and the world in general (“Brilliant, resilient/Fan mail from 27 million”Wink in “Wait Your Turn” and “Hard.”
“I’ve never played a victim/I’d rather be a stalker,” Rihanna sings. That’s hardly a profound or particularly feminist lyric, but its strength comes from the way she spits out the words. In both the quieter, more introspective songs and the angrier dancehall-flavored club-stompers, her limited vocal range has never sounded more convincing or deserving of the pop spotlight.
BOSTON GLOBE
“Rated R’’ is not just an album title – it’s a warning. On her fourth release, out today, pop star Rihanna unleashes a storm, and an umbrella is not going to cut it.
NME MAGAZINE
8/10 STARS
Rihanna makes the sound her own, and fights back. On ‘G4L’ she calls for an army of women in solidarity: “Girls, girls, come on we ain’t done yet/Gotta lot to handle/We ain’t take over the world yet/Guns in the air”. Never exploited and totally in control, the sultry sexbomb of ‘Good Girl Gone Bad’ is now a siren on the rocks – dangerous, self-aware and with a clan behind her. Empowered but not embittered, Rihanna turns her back on love.
THE COUCH SESSIONS
4.5/5 STARS
Undeterred by such a notion, Rihanna releases Rated R her fourth studio album on November 23rd, one of the more anticipated releases of the fourth quarter holiday season. It’s a dark, defiant and downright angry Rihanna on this record, appearing ready to fight a world that turned their back on her, and heaped pity, scorn and ridicule upon her situation.
Entertainment Weekly
Pop Album Of The Year
The insidious pleasure of the Barbadian superstar’s dark, defiantly uncommercial fourth album have sucked us in entirely. From burst of spiky aggression and reggae-tinged rapture to moments of pure naked vulnerability it’s emerged as the stealth stunner.
The Phoenix
3.5/4 Stars
Throughout this emotional maelstrom of an R&B album, Rihanna keeps finding gripping new ways to transform regret into a kind of threat.
NOW Magazine
4/5 Stars
Rated R is without question a very dark album, which should come as no surprise. After her breakup with Chris Brown following a vicious beating, it was assumed that she’d be addressing domestic abuse and heartbreak, but we were expecting a more introspective collection of ballads and tearjerkers. Instead, she’s delivered an angry and emotional album of goth R&B jams (new genre alert?) with heavy rock overtones.
Amidst the violent revenge fantasies and appropriation of dancehall machismo, she also tackles self-doubt and regret, making Rated R one of the more complex breakup albums ever to penetrate the mainstream.
Digital Spy
5 Stars
There’s a four-letter word that describes Rated R better than all others. This is an album that begins with a sonorous male voice intoning, “Welcome to the mad house” over Hammer Horror organs and ends with a s****** ballad called ‘The Last Song’. The black-and-white album cover presents Rihanna as a beautiful/aloof pop cyborg in desperate need of some Nurofen, while the photos inside show her encased in barbed wire, lying on a bed of naked Barbie dolls and rocking a chainmail wig. That four-letter word, in case you haven’t guessed it yet, is “dark”. Rated R isn’t just dark, but unrelentingly dark.
However, if one word describes how Rated R sounds, quite another encapsulates what it’s about. That word? Control. Rated R should primarily be perceived as Rihanna’s most significant career progression yet. If ‘Pon De Replay’ and ‘SOS’ showed she could sell a pop single, and 2007’s Good Girl Gone Bad proved she could carry an entire album, this is the record – startling in vision, startlingly good in execution – that elevates her from popstar to pop artist. Rihanna, in case you were wondering, is still only 21 years old.
Montreal Gazette
4/5 Stars
Over the course of her first three albums, Rihanna established herself increasingly as a force to be reckoned with in pop music.
Rihanna’s career came to a grinding halt in February when she was assaulted by then-boyfriend Chris Brown, forcing her to cancel that night’s performance at the Grammys. Nine months later, she returns with her fourth album – her darkest, most autobiographical collection of songs yet.
Rihanna has loved, she has suffered, and she has made the album she had to make – one that references her tabloid-splashed story without drowning in it. She comes out stronger for it with her most personal album, and perhaps her strongest.
SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
The infectiousness and fun that the reggae-influenced Barbadian-American Rihanna showcased on her first three albums is nowhere to be found on her fourth album, “Rated R.” Instead, she’s a defiant, hard-edged singer who directly addresses her relationship with Chris Brown and the ugliness he unleashed upon her. Hell hath no fury like Rihanna, whose distinctive singing style is a powerful weapon on songs that replace her once-childish pop with angry club-bangers and devastating ballads. The change of personalities is jarring, but the album is a perfect salvo to prove she’s determined not to be a victim.
USA TODAY
3/4 STARS
It’s clear from the opening Mad House that her once-sunny mood has been darkened by the intense media spotlight, pushing her further into the edgier territory she staked out on 2007’s Good Girl Gone Bad. Bolder and often explicit lyrics and more assured vocals reflect a growing confidence and artistic maturity. This is about her coming to grips with her stardom, her hurts, her competition and her critics. Hard is a punch in the mouth to her doubters, while Stupid in Love declares “the dunce cap is off.” Wait Your Turn brashly puts rivals in check, and Rude Boy maintains her dance-floor allure. But probably the most telling statement of who Rihanna is these days is the Slash-propelled Rockstar 101, which revels in her status as a ubiquitous celebrity (“I never played the victim/I’d rather be a stalker”Wink.
BILLBOARD
Rihanna may have been a good girl gone bad on her 2007 album, but on her new one, she’s a good girl gone bad-ass. During the electric-guitar-soused “Rock Star,” the R&B singer revels in her bad-girl rebellion. The singles “Wait Your Turn” and “Hard” find Rihanna singing beefy lyrics over epic piano patterns. But she doesn’t talk tough all the way through the set. “Photographs” features Rihanna lamenting over a lost relationship above static drums, whereas on the heartfelt ballad “Stupid in Love,” she croons over a pulsating beat, “You don’t know what you lost/And you won’t realize it till I’m gone.”
TIMES
4/5 STARS
Ultimately, though, Rihanna is able to locate a midway point between victimhood and oblivion. In Cold Case Love, a slice of jerky melancholia co-written by Justin Timberlake, she calmly intones: “Release me now ’cos I did my time.” And so she has. Its melodrama sharpened with the sting of experience, this cathartic album is the sound of a woman losing control — and then triumphantly regaining it.
MASS LIVE
4.5/5 STARS
A lot of her fans and a lot of the world was left wondering just how Rihanna would react after the ugly incident that left her in the eye of the hurricane. She kept her dignity but she definitely stood up with a mixture of defiance, pride and power on “Rated R.”
HITSDAILYDOUBLE
Sometimes good things come out of bad, and that’s the case for this sultry Barbados-born diva, who has created a critical, if not commercial, breakthrough album on her fourth try, and if I had listened to it any sooner, it would’ve been on my year-end best-of list. Growing up in public, Rihanna deals with all her issues in the music and her art, while emerging as the most thrilling new female crossover artist on the urban landscape since the heyday of Grace Jones.
http://www.rihannadaily.com/2010/04/28/rated-r-2-million-copies-sold-worldwide/#more-5364
Rihanna knows one thing and that her slutty look is what sales and that’s what she puts on people, she’s cute but not beautiful, beauty is within. Rihanna mean mugs people a lot cause she reads these blogs and know what people are saying about her. This will be a knock off of a Madonna slutty video and thats what sales over there more thna here.
I just will be glad when we get rid of just cute and bring back talent, Beyonce cant keep coming back with tours to show poeple how it’s done. Rihanna has wallked around so much on this tour with her but out and grabbing her self to were she dont know when to stop and it’s getting really played out.
@ SYMONE
THE CONCERT WAS SOLD OUT BOO!!!!!!!!
EVERYONE IS NOT GOING TO SHOW UP DUMBASS!!!
U KNOW WHAT A SCALPER IS???? DID YOU GO TO COLLEGE???
SCALPERS BUY UP TICKETS AND TRY TO RESELL THEM
SO THE CONCERT WAS SOLD OUT. IDIOTS!
@Symone — Well, she has to find someway to keep ’em interested, no? And to tell the truth, I think Prez Hilton is disgusting and should have had his teeth removed by that “Black Eye Peas guy!”
But Aunt Jackie — that “selling p****” angle will ‘get-old’ but quick, no? I mean, she just “hits you in the head,” with it; she’s-like so-obvious-bout it. Take Madonna, at least, with HER shows, it’s suggestive, yes, still-somewhat raunchy, but still ….leaves-much to the imagination! I really think Rihanna could learn, a thing or two from Madonna.
I STILL can’t-get-past her being the “media-darling” and now, HER fall-from-grace! …But how do you go from “victim of/to the world” to a NOW-obvious ‘also-ran’, who had to resort to selling your CD for $0.99??? …And what’s worse, you’re NOT Lady Gaga, WHO,at-the-very-least, CAN write songs, and is somewhat talented!
What I’m trying to say is that YOU have NO TALENT(s) to fall back on!
Say what you will ’bout Chris Brown, but he’s ONLY 21 and is VERY talented; he won’t stay pariah for very long, especially seeing the “talent” now available!
WHY DO I HAVE TO KEEP SCHOOLING THESE B******!!!!!!
PEREZ HILTON POSTED A SOURCE FOR CHRISBROWN POSTS. HE DOENST POST SOURCES WITH RIHANNA POSTS CUZ HIS ASS KNOWS HE’S LYING BOO!!!!!!!
EVERY ONE KNOWS THAT F******’ ANTICS AND IF YOU BELIEVE IT, YOU’RE A DUMBASS!!!!!!!
HE SAID THAT SHE WOULDNT SELL OUT ANY VENUE. MSG WAS SOLD OUT IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS!
SHE’S ADDING MORE DATES. IM DONE WITH THE SUBJECT!!!
@Nicky — So if scalpers buy-up tickets, and couldn’t re-sell them, what does THAT say ’bout that concert? You just made my point! In that case, Rihanna was expected to sell out, so the scalpers bought tickets – in bulk, hoping to resell ’em, at a profit! But, as witnessed by the empty seats, it didn’t “quite work-out” as-well-as they’d have imagined, now did it?
So truth-of-the-matter, is that HER concerts aren’t selling as-well-as she’d have hoped it would! …This is making Nicki Minaj, look like a freaking genius!
….Like I said: “how the might have fallen ….!!!”
@Nicky — You’re confusing folks; and it seems you’re “making it up, as you go along!” I’d dare to say that the majority of us, AREN’T affiliated-with, nor-work-in the music business/industry.
To us, “sold-out” means folks shelling-out their hard-earned funds, to come and see you, and unless you want the Fire Marshall to pay-you-a-visit; they’ll admit: no-more! To us, “common, unschooled b******” it means NO-more of your tickets are available – PERIOD!!
But being the obnoxious, cantankerous-idiot, that-YOU-are, you don’t seek to “enlighten folks”, you attack, which means you have something to hide/a “con-to-pull”; par-the-course/Modus-Operandi of/for ‘Camp-Fenty!’
@ROBYN RIHANNA FENTY
Will See
But Stans lie too
I said before that Rihanna did not sell out at Madison Square Garden.
@Nicky Opening another show? What the hell r u talking about. I live in New York and there are plenty of tickets left. So where are you getting your information from? Hear say
I LOVE this song!!!!! Great single choice. She has really nice legs, too. (No homo) Not sure why she looks so dark-esque because the song seems light and fresh but I can’t wait to see this video.
@ X Y DISEASE/SAM/TRENT
YOURE A LOSER!!!!!!!!!!! GET A F***** LIFE!!!!!!! YOU WRITE F***** ESSAYS ON EVERY POST SAYING THE SAME THING!
THE EUROPE TOUR IS SOLD OUT. FACE THE FACTS BOO. MANY OFFICIAL SOURCES HAVE STATED THAT IT IS…..GOOGLE IT B****!!!! SMOOOOOOOOOCHES!!!!!!!! CANT WAIT FOR THE BOX OFFICE NUMBERS TO COME IN!!!! SMOOOOOOOOOOOCHES!!!!!!
YALL HATERS SAID THAT RIHANNA WONT GET ANOTHER # 1 , BUT YALL B****** ARE F***** DUMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIHANNA STILL SELLING RECORDS , SELLING OUT ARENAS, AND YALL ARE BITTER AND MAD…
ITS A DISEASE THAT INFLICTS YALL B******….ALL I CAN DO IS STATE FACTS. YALL LIVE ON RIHANNA POST, YA DAMN LOSERS
RUDE BOY IS SHAPING UP TO BE THE BIGGEST F***** HIT OF THE YEAR!!!!
#1 ON POP
#1 ON BILLBOARD HOT 100 (5 WEEKS , projected to rebound to # 1 next week)
#1 ON RADIO ( 155 million audience impressions. as big as single ladies)
#1 ON RINGTONES
#1 ON DANCE AIRPLAY
#1 ON RHYTHMIC
#1 ON URBAN
#1 ON DANCE AIRPLAY
#2 ON RB CHART ( will be # 1 next week)
#2 ON DIGITAL SONGS
#5 ON DANCE CHART ( projected to take # 1 spot next week)
5 WEEKS AT # 1 US CHART
7 CONSECUTIVE AIRPLAY GAINER WEEKS
Dont forget about:
#1 for 5 weeks and counting ON THE WORLD CHART
#2 in the European charts
+ 1.500.000 copies sold in the US
+ 450.000 copies in the UK
+ 3.000.000 points in the Worldwide chart and counting
AND…..
#1 in Australia
#1 in Bulgaria
#1 in Brazil
#1 in Romania
And TOP 5 and 10 in:
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Netherlands
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
New Zealand
Norway
Slovakia
Switzerland
UK
2.5 MILLION ALBUMS SOLD WITH ONLY 2 WORLD SINGLES!!!!!!!! STAY MAD HATERS!!!
LOL @ X,Y and Z…………..You are so right she has to keep them interested somehow. It’s so pitiful as to how desperate her fans are.I mean they post all the bogus reviews as if to say ‘all reviews are positive” for their queen.I just laugh at how they “seem to think we actually care”.
OH MY F****** GOODNESS RIHANNA FIRST SINGLE FROM THE NEW ALBUM JUST LEAKED IT’S CALLED “THAT BOY”
…..why do Rihanna stans keep repeating the same s*** over and over?
Are they retarded or something?
not too long ago, i seen a Rihanna say something about Rated R selling 3.5 miilion ?!? and that is NOT true. This is from a blog that stans HARD for his girl and they are putting put THE TRUTH
http://toyaz-world.net/?p=5065#comments
Rihanna stans are so childish, they stay lying about everything! Just to big up their fav
Yall can say whatever yall want about Rihrih but she is my and clearly all of you all’s favorite “It” girl this generation. She has brought it with the music and fashion. Most importantly she did it very fast.
*a Rihanna stan say
*this girl
*putting out the truth
lol my bad on the grammar mistakes. But i just wanted to get my point across on how much her stans LIE smh
New Jlo featuring David Guetta http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjhW8ORNf2U&feature=player_embedded
Rihanna stans are writing essays to defend her.
A true star with REAL talent doesn’t need explanations. Their talents speak volumes for them!
Record sales don’t mean shyt! That doesn’t make you anybody. It’s who you’ll still be in years to come. Rihanna is not a legend, she’s not even a trendsetter. She’s an icon–a fashion icon. She just better get into FASHION quick, and hang the singin’ up!
Now FLOP on that!
When true talent and singing is replaced by non-singers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81jdzS4sbq0&feature=related
what no ” barbados top model” this time.
she’s flaunting her body just like ciara,beyonce the list goes on.she’s wearing a hot outfit for a hot video or is that only for people you like.
harping on rihanna’s outfit for her video is whats getting you clicks.you donot have ability to actually maintain an entertaining blog.
keep up the double standards to keep em clicking.
as usual you’re a trini piece of s***.
Rihanna is a selling out Arenas and haterz are hating lool seems like nothing has changed.!
Rihanna really is the “IT” girl of this season everyone producer fashion designer wants to wrok with who who RIHANNNA! loool she is the baddest bishhh
Why do you guys even bother fighting with the haterz looool rihanna haterz are like half of her fan base they keep her name in the hair in the net at all times loool they HELP PROMOTE HER looool don’t you see so stop telling them to stop hating
Let them hate ,, but the next day they will be back to see what rihanna is doing what rihanna is wearing like WTF you hate her but you always come to see what she is doing how does that work im sorry if i hate an artist i would not give a s*** what they are doing but yet you rihanna haterz always come to her post like okkk you really hate her that much..
P.s I Cant wait for this song to come ou going to be a club banger summer 2010 here we come! and p.s
AMERICA has the most rihanna haterz that is th eonnly reason why her tour over there is not selling out where here in eroupe they are selling like Cup Cakes
Like beyonce would proberly sell out in america but in euurope =/ who really cares Ha!
and christina A still shits on that h** and the other drag queen gaga!
http://blog.austinpri.me/2010/04/29/1683/
pretty much Chris asks the dj why are’nt they playing his songs and the DJ sid we’ll will play your songs when you have a hit.
a quick transcript
Chris: What about the song with Esther Dean?
DJ: We were thinking about making that our pick of the day.
Chris: That’s what I’m saying you guys don’t play my s***.
DJ: Yes, we do has that song even impacted on radio yet or is it even on the chart?
Chris: Yes
DJ: What number is it?
Chris: What number is it? Why does it matter what number it is on the chart?
DJ: We will play your songs when you have a hit.
Chris: Why am I even doing this interview. F*** this s***…walks out
Something don’t make sense. Y would Chris go to a radio station the is not playing his music to promote his affair? Seems like this DJ cut and paste this interview. The interview was supposed to be for a Charity event for Haiti & VA. So Y was the DJ asking questions about his music. Chris went to two other stations and things went very smooth.
This propably was an old interview. But why are we talking about him. This is Rihanna site.
LMAO @DEM GAGA AND BEYONCÉ STANS COMPLAINING WHEN AN ARTIST GETS NAKED TO SELL, WELL, YOUR FAVOURITES ARE DOING IT SINCE THE BEGGINING OF THEIR CAREER AND RIHANNAS BEST SUCCESS WAS WHEN SHE WAS AN INNOCENT GIRL, THIINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO HMMMM..
ANYWAY, GORGEOUUSS!
Lmao Rihanna Stans are always talking ’bout number to defend her
So what? she is a commercial thing that’s her work
@y2kdjmalone — You-gotta-admit, Chris is a fly mutha-fucka, no? I was laughing my-a**-off, at that one! …And-so-what? S***, if I had the talent he had, and was treated the way he was/is; I’d “show-my-a**-too….!!!”
That DJ was “Grandstanding”, for lack of a better word. And it wasn’t ’bout the DJ OR Chris. What it was/is “about” was/is the People of Haiti, and getting THAT song played, so it could sell, and “generate-interest/keep-awareness”, so THOSE funds could help the folks in Haiti!
But that DJ is “bold,” ain’t he? I mean, he’s in Richmond, Va, and they’ve got a serious gang problem there, and I mean SERIOUS! Bodies-get-dropped, but fast! I wonder if he NOW looks over HIS shoulder? I wonder if HE thinks that HIS ‘white skin’ is some sort of “magical shield” that’d render-HIM “impervious to gunshots?” ….’Just askin’…..
That radio station is WRKQ Q94 and the DJ’s name is ‘Kash’ I’m trying to find the program director’s email address so I can write he/her email and voice-my-concerns, not only for that DJ’s shabby-treatment of Chris, but his obvious disregard for the folks of Haiti!
At the VERY-LEAST, that DJ has to learn ‘Racial-Sensitivity,’ and compassion for those that misfortune, in-this-case, an earthquake, have touched!
@ XY AND Z Very well said and right on point as usual
X Y and Zero… blah blah blah nonsense as usual
Why is her ticket sales debatable? GO AND CHECK TICKETMASTER! Click on her tour, click on a venue and click buy ticket. It will tell you what seats are available. I checked on them, and that’s how I KNOW that her sales are really low.
f*** rihanna everyone knows this b**** is only good for grabbing her p**** & fingering her herself stank self on stage lets not forgot this she’s another talentless cassie.
cant sing
cant dance
0 stage presence
u mad none of my friends are checking for concert hell no!
EVERYBODY COULD YOU PLEASE GO && WATCH MY DANCE VIDEO && COMMENT, IT’LL MEAN SOOO MUCH!!! =)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFe8_l_FYvc
How much you want to bet that none of her stans have really checked Ticketmaster?
XYand Z please let me know also I would like to email and express my self also. The DJ was dead wrong.
@ Stacey, Rihanna fans are liars just like Rihanna.
Haters hate Winners win… Rihanna is a winner! Nuff said!
dont like this dark s*** i love the song she should just shoot it in spain with a cute story line
chris brown fans are losers just like chris. so take that and smoke it bluekid.
now if you’re not a fan, and aren’t interested in her tour, why in the hell are you checking ticket master to find out what rihanna is doing? that’s what i always say, the haters seem to be hard pressed to monitor, track, watch, stalk, peep, document and research everything rihanna is doing. I guess you guys live by the motto keep your friends close and your enemies closer huh, you guys just have to be on standby making sure that rihanna don’t get one step ahead. haters working overtime to try to stop rihanna. but it ain’t gonna happen.
best song on rated r, the video shots look hot
@ newsflash:
I’m no hater, but I checked Ticketmaster because I don’t believe anything her stans come on here and say, that’s why. That’s how I KNOW that her tickets aren’t selling. Like I’ve said before, her record company will be buying them up and redistributing them at deep discounts within a week.
yeah so now that rihanna is selling its her record company is buying out, yeah right. so i guess gaga’s company is buying out, alicia, beyonce and all the artist company buys them out right. come on now, you guys are so hard pressed to see rihanna fail that everytime she gets up, you come up with something else to knock her down. it doesn’t matter, because like it our not rihanna is an american success story. deal with it.
(wants to know who the infamous other girl will be)….cause I’m just saying. if its not like penelope cruz or something this is going to suck
The Axis of EVIL is exactly To CONFUSE, and MALITIOUSLY Suggest to most SHEEPle.But SPECIALLY CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS. When pple are confused they highly opened to suggestions.THEREFORE, the lyrics say one thing while the VIDEO SUGGESTS the exact OPPOSITE. If you stop the video at the mark of 2:25, That is a SUBLIMINAL representation of HOMOSEXUAL ORAL S** Does it look like Rihanna is even trying to get away from that situation at all?( At the 3:39 mark, You’ll see Rihanna Behind Letitia Casta, holding her head…what that subliminally means, is that Rihanna is “taking her from behind” or “mounting” her from that position. She’s the one taking the Lead. Like the RUDE BWOY she portrays on the clip. And it doesn’t show any instance, Rihanna even attempting to get away from HER SAME S** LOVER…IT ONLY SHOWS HOW MUCH SHE ENJOYS and DESIRES THE WHOLE SITUATION.
This Video has ALL ADULT CONTENT and It is NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN NOR TEENAGERS. IT really doesn’t take a scientist to Realize the message of HOMOSEXUALITY, “BONDAGE” Plus more, those DEMONIC “professionals” want to convey…It is
so Obviously staring at one’s face and yet…some CHOOSE NOT to SEE it… And why DEFEND and PROTECT EVIL? Instead, Why not DEFEND & PROTECT GOOD? Thank you.
she is s*** as f*** ion care about none of that b******* if she a devil worshiper …so be it im not …she doing her so leave her be ……after i saw this video i was like DAAAMN then i started playing her s*** more and more … is getting more sexual because i know skins is my song and man down and s & m
kae ‘ bye