Rihanna‘s bag of tricks suddenly doesn’t seem as deep anymore.
For, album in and album out…her antics are as predictable as her dial-tone vocals.
The pre-release approach to her eighth LP, which fans have codenamed ‘#R8’, is no different. Because, once again, the 26-year-old has resorted to stripping off her clothes.
Case in point, her new cover shoot for Esquire UK.
Being a family site, we can’t post all the pics. But the racier set are floating about on social media and let’s just say Fenty is pulling out all the stops (or should we say all her clothes). In one pic, she’s naked. Literally.
It’s as if there’s the belief that by showcasing her particulars she’ll suddenly ascend to the level of the album-sellers that she otherwise sits behind. If indeed that’s the case, we envisage she’ll be in for a rude awakening. Talent commands respect…not ta ta’s.
Anyway, more snaps below…
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RIP Lady Gaga
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This has nothing to do with gaga . this has everything to do with rihanna degrading herself as always.
Gaga and Riri…pop stars on life-support.
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it’s a shame their fans can’t find better ways to spend their time.
Sam y dont u put up the post about billboard being over nicki. She was 6 hrs late to a shoot and wasnt apologetic honey.
Thothanna looks good but being naked 24/7 is tired like those flat ass vocals.
Sum her up in one sentence. She cannot sing.
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LOLOLOL
Degrading herself to Nicki’s level. So sad…
Can’t sing, can’t write her own lyrics & can’t act. Only good at selling her abused and battered p**** to a pimps and licking his their @ss to get her next #1.
just like “Queen Bey” so stfu
You’d have to compare her to Nicki wouldn’t you? You Stan for Mooriah so you can’t talk about the way anyone looks. Nicki has never done a shoot like this so get your facts straight. Anaconda is just a bit off ass, Rih is pretty much naked so don’t…
COME. THE. F***. THROUGH. QUEEN!! R8 is coming y’all, I’m SO ready!!
Oh. Meanwhile Beyonce is the top earning woman in music for 2014. She pulled in $115 Million.. yaaasss 😀
AND YOU AINT SEEING A CENT OF THAT
Lmao you’re telling me that as if I don’t already know that. B**** be gone
Yet you promote her. Gotta get those hits to pay that rent I guess. Lol #SipTea #BritishStyle
JLo’s prodigy. So thirsty for a gold album status. Sad isn’t it?
She’s just as trashy and pathetic as Nicki ugh
Channeling Nicki’s Anaconda art cover… I see.
She looks hot, yasss this shoot is giving me all years of my life.
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In the meantime, Samantha is more happy about Rihanna’s return than her fans are because then he can make the rent on time this month; those Beyonce stale stories weren’t paying the bills.
shut up b**** she is a thot
Beyoncé do issue like this for her vibe cover?
Yet, Beyonce’s posts get more hits and comments….. lmao yeah ok
hey boo you mad?
well you kinda red her for filth I would be mad too you know Slay_Hive is Kinda Thagrapjuice royalty
The bar for music these days is so low. Sad era we live in..
ugly fxxking w****. put some clothes on for once #r8flop
Rihanna- should not be referred to as music. It’s ‘sound-based entertainment’, and there IS a difference.
After seeing all those meaningless photos , I feel so nauseous. As I’ve said before, heard one Riri’s song, heard them all.
RIP 🙁
HELLO TROLL
RIP TO BEYONCE CAREER SINCE SHE FOLLOWING RIH !! TRYNA BE ALL SEXUAL
She got c** dumped by enough guys for a whole decade. Next?
How dare somebody mention this lightweight and Nicki in the same paragraph, let alone the same sentence. This s**** cant’ even write her own songs…
Nicki shouldnt. kii
Iggy can’t, Jon’s on speed dial
Plus nicki will NEVER b on Satans level honey. #666
She is popular because the standard is low. Three chords, the vamp and voila, there is the song for the low IQ crowd. Critics can only say, what keeps their jobs in place…..
Nothing new or special… *sips tea* no Blue Ivy inspired weave in these pics???
Stealing undies from your grandma’s purse, Riri?
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Only bitter gays, ugly thots and the pest would complain about Rihanna s*** pics. #PoorDem
…talking to the mirror, hon???
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She looks beautiful. Now, hurry up with the new single/album please!
Oh you Stan for mooriah again?flip flopper
Shut The F*** Up & Worry About C-Error Next MAJOR FLOP album…
Queen & Ciara do not belong in the same sentence. If he was successful, it would be King. Since he is not though, it’s like incorrect subject verb agreement.
Hey Stephy i miss the old you these f*** are busy disrespecting you left, right and centre you need to show them who is boss.
Can’t sing, can’t write her own lyrics & can’t act. Only good at selling her abused and battered p**** to pimps and licking his their @ss to get her next. Very sad to see her going down like this…
Nothing new…just using her s** appeal to distract us from her lack of singing AND dancing talent yet again. I like the wet-n-wavy weave though. Cute!
Scared to release that album
Oh please stop the madness about this immature woman.
Why this girl is popular, I have no clue. Her voice is average at best. Her songs are generic pop and forgettable.
Good at sucking, licking and rimming record executives’ d**k and hairy musky a$$. That’s why !!!
Haters gonna Hate Hate Hate and Taylor is going to sell millions of CDs, have sold-out concerts and may even be named Billboards artist of the year – AGAIN!
Btw, Rihanna who?????
Taylor a S.L.U.T.!!
Both are mediocrity on legs.
Mad because the d*** in your avatar is a flop?
Looks like she is ready for her new album and pay Billboard and reviews to get her next bonafide #1 that after 2 months nobody remembers…….
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MUCH better than the pictures from that other magazine…she cute here 😉
Sam ur Rhi shade is SHAMELESS!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!! LOLOLOL!!!!
I love the cover! The other pics are blah
hope she is releasing this year…cant wait any longer.
She looks good…
No red blooded straight male will complain about a s*** girl showing some skin, makes me think majority of those haters are bitter, ugly as$, loose booty queeny gutter bottoms…aka Beyonce fans.
You’re stupid. Men aren’t going to buy her album/single regardless.
rihanna literally has done things and gotten away with them that other pop girls wish they could pull of. Especially for her magazine shoots.
sam stop being so late Blue ivy is slaying twitter right now I told you all Beyonce’s wigs became in danger of extinction the moment that lil’ girl popped out her p**** It’s ifficial Blue is the Re incarnation of sasha fierce
funny tgj didnt these same comments to say when a certain someone was taking her close off for magazine shoots around the tomo of her album release… hypocrites
Oh no, they call that feminism. . . Or something.
How many times have we seen Rihanna´s p****? Seriously. It´s like there´s nothing else going on for her. If only we could have seen some type of huge talent at some point or something then I wouldn´t mind. But this alone… it´s bland, it´s mediocre.
How many times are you gonna comment about someone you don’t like? You have TWO flop albums you need to be buying instead of worrying about Rihanna.
She is so press over SLAYlor because he Stan’s for flop fossils like Mooriah and Celine
@ Taylor… keep it cute b****, bc no matter how many albums she sell, she still can’t sing
Looking into the mirror? LOL I visit like 5% of the Rihanna posts in this blog so keep it cute.
She has no talent and that´s a fact.
She Looks cute, but her album will not even sell half of SLAYlors
good for taylor but guess what?!
Nobody currrrrrrrrrs! That how mediocre your fav is, she could do 10 mil in a week and nobody will give a fat ass about it! Now watch everyone get in a dizzy when rihanna does over 300 first week…
No go away and wait for the ts post.
but honestly i doubt she is gonna do a surprise release… Can you even call it a surprise release if everyone knows its coming and when? Might see her do a limited release though.
I like this shoot better than the last one lol. And I’m loving the hair. I’ll never respect her as an entertainer though. Since she can’t back her s*** up with a substantial amount of talent.
“Talent demands respect…not ta ta’s”. Couldn’t have said it better myself #SorryNotSorry
@blue
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I don’t think she is releasing this year because of the Home soundtrack. Rihanna doesn’t rely on shock tactics, she pics a date and releases.
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She released Unapologetic off of one single whilst the Katy Perry’s and Gags were releasing 654168434 singles before their album dropped.
true, but i really needed new music from her this year, its been too long.
But seriously how is she going to work around that soundtrack? Does she release the sound track first and cut its life span short with a new studio album or does she release the album first and try to promote both? Cause the soundtrack will come in may right?
March.
I’m not sure, I see her releasing the Home soundtrack first and then R8 next RIHvember.
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She might do a few feature here and there, that’s the way I see it.
rihanna has more than proved her talent. So all these trolls can fall the f back and choke on the knowledge that the reason you fav doesnt attempt half the stuff rihanna does is because they can not! Plain and simple half of the people you stan for will look stupid and the other half have people who would literally pay them to keep their clothes on out of fear of life scaring images.
What talent does Rihanna have other than modeling? lol Her live performances prove just how much talent she really has. NONE! 😀
No no, my fave doesn’t do half of the things that Rihanna does because she doesn’t have to. My fave actually obtains a substantial amount of talent. With the exception of taking selfies all day and rocking cute outfits, well…yours doesnt.
Loooool is it me or she becoming so boring and predictable. Umpteen airbrushed meaningless magazine covers pushing her flat bum and no tits in everyone face. Its not even exciting anymore. I know of A LOT of straight guys who think shes overrated… Yes look but seen it it all before.
And I know A LOT of straight guys who prefer Kelly over Beyoncé so what exactly is your point? The two or three “straight” guys you know <<<<< the world. #NeauxWunCurr
No actually. A whole lecture group on feminism. All the guys agreed. And that wasn’t just meaningless talk. Straight guys find people like Rihanna a turn off because she overtly flaunts everything. Yes they’ll look but you’ll be surprised how boring it is. Don’t be mad about it. Has nothing to do with Beyonce.
And I know if it was the other way round the Navy would have said shes ripping off this.
http://www.vibe.com/article/beyonce-knowles-not-girl-anymore-vibe-june-2007
But thats none of my business.
The Home soundtrack was originally slated to be released this month, but was pushed back to march which probably threw her team off. She probably planned on doing Home then releasing R8 in the spring or summer. After a two year wait, we deserve an ERA; something she truly hasn’t had since ‘Loud’. If she releases this month, we won’t get an era.
you would think it will become apparent by now that this girl simply likes to take her clothes off for photoshoots, no tactics in mind, plain and simple she loves to show off her body. if this was a marketing ploy, her being fully clothed would create more of a buzz, such as the case with harper bazaar shoot.
You’re delusional. Its all marketing. Her ‘i dont care to express myself is all marketing her persona’. Rihannas PERSONA is what sells her. Why do you think shes suddenly jumped back on instagram.
because being away from instagram cut her off from her fans or restricted her reach somehow? Please! Yes her timing might have been planned but other than a weeks worth of mentions on celebrity blogs what does that really bring to her? Nothing.
Yes her persona is what she sells to the public but how does that change the fact that her being naked on a cover of a magazine is no longer a selling mechanisms as its become the standard for her. Its does not have the same effect as the first few time she do, it for one to still claim that she is ever only naked when she has something to sell because the girl is naked regardless.
Just stop with that drivel.. She got back on instagram because her persona can be pushed. That includes ihe IFGAF if Im naked! The girl has a whole album called GOOD GIRL GONE BAD! No one cared for her before that. Just stop with the excuses.
Bla bla bla. All im seeing is a load of drivel. The girl has a whole album called GOOD GIRL GONE BAD. Before that, no one cared for her. Is all marketing. Just stop.
“Rihanna doesn’t rely on shock tactics, she pics a date and release”
Lol she wouldn’t sell a thing if she relied on “shock tactics”. She HAS to release a single, talk about Chris and promote traditionally, to get anyone to look her way, and still debut with pitiful sales. Others are much more talented and fortunate. 😀 😀
I don’t post much, but you are in every single Rihanna post. You are the Hives answer to LB. Obsessive troll.
That’s a lie. I don’t obsess over Rihanna 24/7, mention her in all of my comment, nor do I purchase her music. I’m nothing like LB. I have only been in 3 of Rihanna’s posts. That not “every” b****!
Is it surprising that slay_hive doesn’t know what a shock tactic is? It doesn’t surprise me.
I know exactly what you are referring to. “Shock Tactics” wouldn’t work for every artist. Beyonce released her album without a lead single and no prior promo. That was a major risk. There was no guarantee that the album would sell the way that it did. Rihanna wouldn’t be able to pull that off. She debuts with basic numbers while having the number one single in the country. She’s only worth a $1 and a discount to the navy. BASIC
Ain’t nobody got time for that novel
yeah and i guess the music industry is made up of deaf musicians because i remember a few of her performances ending with a standing ovation. Legend and respected musicians have complimented her and her voice and many a talent singer and song writers have gushed about wanting to work with her…but i guess your opinion means more. The navy aint insecure about her abilities or limitations honey so feel free to spread you venom.
Well said. Haterz will always Hate.
OMG, what a s****
OMG, she is such a slluutt!! Stop censoring me sam
Exactly, people don’t stan for Rihanna’s talent, or lack there of, they stan for her because she’s Rihanna. But what else is new???
LOL LOL BEYONCE spoke about h*** like her in 2003. She said every mens magazine called and said: ” if you go n*** and let us drip honey off your body , we will give u the cover ” BEYONCE declined because she wants a career on respect.
This h** stripes n*** again. Yawn. Nothing to see, she does not even have a body as hot as halle berry or slam hayek. Funny how when white women get the covers they don’t need to be n***. Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johasson are on these covers every year and they NEVER GO N*** LIKE THIS GHETTO TRASH H**
With my NAVY thinking cap on. Take a look Navy, hairstyles qualifies as copying to you after all.
http://theworldaroundusblog.b*******.co.uk/2007/05/to-follow-up-that-vibe-magazine-beyonce.html?m=1
HA HA HA THE FORBES LIST has come out and rihanna did not make good money for all her being slutty and pop music.
BEYONCE WAS NUMBER 1 WITH 115
JLO MADE 37 MILL
RIHANNA ONLY MADE 48 MILL FROM JUNE 2013 ( DIAMONDS TOUR ) TO JUNE 2014. HA HA HA HA THE BLIND ITEM WAS TRUE……………HER TOURS MAKE NO PROFIT AND HER TOUR WITH EMMIME ONLY MADE EM RICH AS HE WAS THE MAIN ACT
Did you make $48 million?
Honey are you surprised? Beyonce is just a more profitable act. This has already been established. That was proved when she outsold Unapologetic at $16 with no discounts, singles promotion or anything.
ofc. put it on the stack?
Not at @Fagbird trolling TGJ at such ungodly hours on a weeknight (10pm in South Africa)? Oh I forgot, the f**** doesn’t go to school or have a job, so that’s why its on tgj 24/7.. I was finishing some work, I’m off to bed now
She is a naturally sexxy woman, she doeant even need to strip off. This is just so desperate lmfaoo. Her only valid tactic to get attention. Shame.
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I still don’t get why she’s as big as she is either. She’s not bad, but not good either. just meh
She’s going to show a n1pple or two for her new album. Marketing strategy.
Anyways, Sam, post Tinashe’s Power105.1 “POWERHOUSE” performance!
http://youtu.be/bmXVUYjYXdM
the day i take forbes seriosly is the day they show me those certified receipt. Anyways 48mil is good. Bey be killing it if that 115mil is true… And where does jlo’s money come from?
Serious question:
By doing this ALL THE TIME (might I add) how does it equate to record sales??
Hmmm she’s so basic. It’s a good thing people pick good songs for her.
I will take the Bajan w**** over that thing you stan for any day.
Good for you babe lol
As a Cheryl fan you can’t talk tbh, Rih is basic but she can hold a tune and has a distinct tone, whereas Chav Chezza…
She looks unbelievably gorgeous. I don’t see what the haters are talking about. I don’t seem them on the cover or even in their avis…
Beyonce gay fans fumming as usuall, they are mad cos there fav is fat like a whale. Oldyonce cannot pull such a s*** pose. Hey beygays focus yall frustration to God for making yall a man instead of women. I can see y yall are mad. Yall wish to be riri desperately
You obviously don’t know nothing about men. If men say Rihanna is a turn off but push comes to shove if she gives them the time of day then they will entertain her advances. Unless you’re gay or you’re a Mormon. Also men say to flaunt is a turn off but they end up trying to wife females that they want to f***, not who they want to be with. I don’t know where you’re getting your information from but it’s totally inaccurate especially since it doesn’t reflect the opinions ACTUAL men
Said the bottom.
I’m not a bottom. I’m telling the truth, men don’t care about that s*** because we mostly think with our d****. Why do you think most men with money want women or men that look good, pay for s**, we pay for p***… We base s*** off visuals.
Lies eveywhere. Anyway, you’re highly mistaken. Just watch Waka Flocka Flames interview where he talks about Rihanna. He explained it in a nutshell.
I’m not watching an interview about Waka Flocka when he has been in a relationship with his girlfriend for years. How are you going to off one persons opinion about Rihanna when dudes in general contradict themselves over and over again. You want a wholesome girl but ends up f****** the h**. You’re married but yet you’re flirting with other b****** constantly. Those are examples of the male privilege we can act like that but don’t want our females being open about their sexuality. Which is stupid and you’re giving in to the stupidity proves my point. You need to stop being biased and just be real. Very hypocritical
Lol I’m not going off just his opinion. I said he sums how a lot of straight males feel about her. Trust me I have heard it first hand from many. Its not that political.
LOL ARE WE SERIOUSLY GONNA ACT LIKE THOTYONCE HASN’T BEEN SELLING HER NAKED A** AND SNATCH FOR THE PAST YEAR TOO? LOL
Beyonce has never been naked.
what drug you on?
Meh its decent. Reminds me of Beyonces 2007 Vibe shoot but a more sluttty version.
I wonder how many more magazine spreads shes going to release in anticipation to her album? 10?
I guess the hive missed the Super Bowl pics where she had the cups of her b****** exposed or when she was naked in the partition video or when she wore that lingere on the Super Bowl stage? Lol wow the biased s*** is amazing.
She wasn’t wearing lingerie, she was wearing a leotard per usual. Ya know, like ,most dancers. But either way, wearing lingerie or a leotard is one thing, but being completely b*** ass naked all of the time…..really though Rihanna????
The reach.
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Looks like taylor missed out on britneys spears record by 3 thousand
@Blue
No, you obviously don’t know much about men. If a guy had to choose between wifing up Beyonce or Rihanna, 9 times out of 10 I can almost guarantee you that they’d go for Beyonce. Because yeah, she’s attractive but she excels in other areas. She has more to offer than just some T&A.
Of course you missed the point. Rihanna is a woman who is not shackled by society’s view of what a woman can be. She’s real and not bound to any standard and I respect that. Obviously I do if I slept with many and know more straight men than y’all. N***** want to wife Beyoncé but still f*** around with b****** on the side. So whatever they want in a b**** is void because they ain’t wanting to stay to one b**** either. Example Jay Z and Bey, jigga been trickin since the dawn of time, Kanye had Amber Rose but was f****** Kim on the side. Chris had Rih but was f***** other b****** on the side, Stevie had Mimi and Joseline but still ducking other b****** on the side. N***** can claim they prefer bey because she isn’t a b**** that would talk back when s*** goes down
The hypocrisy. Are you not the same person who drags Beyonce expressing her sexuality. Now its ‘she is not shackled by societies view’ LOL b*******. Its part of her marketing. If Rihanna was not so outrageous she would be boring. Shes not an artist who can rely on her music and talent fundamentally. She had find her neiche elsewhere. Yes many artists have extra things on the side that doesn’t just involve music but she has BLATANT smoke and mirrors behind her, that drive her career and have NOTHING to do with musicality, to cover up what she fundamentally lacks (Fashion, controversy, image, persona etc).
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And that poetic eliment about her not being shackled, does not change the way she is perceived by many straight men. Deal with it.
Channelling nicki? Why would she want to channel a flop? What are nickis accolades again? I must have missed that monumental moment.slay boo slay. Kii at the fool above say she lowering herself like nicki when Rih rih been flashy years before nicki became relevant. No body want to be that knifed up, but heavy scut.
R****** don’t even speak of Nicki! You’re right, Rih isn’t channeling Nicki because your fave is a certified thot whereas Nicki is nowhere near on that level. Rih poses naked, Nicki would NEVER! Why Rih poses naked when she’s lost any curves or shape she ever had & is straight up and down, I don’t understand. Fvcking slag!
I never drag Beyoncé for expressing her sexuality. I drag her cause you dumbasses say she’s the Virgin Mary when her sucking d*** in limos and popping her p**** on stage in front of her child at music events. Beyoncé can be whatever she likes but don’t act like she’s classy when she acts ‘hoeish’ too.
Events say otherwise.
Beyonce’s ON STAGE PERSONA hoeish all you want. Fact of the matter is, she knows how to seperate business from personally. Thats Rihanna’s problem. She doesn’t know how! Not only does she act like a h** while entertaining a crowd, she displays h** tendencies in EVER DAY LIFE. She’s an industry h** with minimal talent #EndOfStory
Did you realize how much of a contradiction you just made? You tried to sound PC about societies negative depiction of female sexuality yet you associate expressing it as ‘hoeish’. Lmao. Do you even think before you type? And people dont call Beyonce the Virgin Mary for a start. She has had sexual undertones from the start of her career. People (not just fans may I add) call her classy because of the way she handles herself in the spotlight, away from the stage. She is gracious, never had a bad word said about her demeanor and controls herself with the media amongst many other things. But I understand its hard for a Rihanna fan to separate the two because like I stated before, her offtstage antics are what market her more than onstage ones #SmokeAndMirrors.
Never had a bad word said about her? The lies. she has been called out by many influential/credible sources in the past. gracious? Please everyone can see pass the fasaud that is her life. She is as fake as her writing credits. However I understand that the hive wouldn’t understand; because to them she is God. She is perfect. Your logic has plenty of holes. Stop feeling so self entitled; bey is rubbing off.
Nowhere did I say she was perfect. I stated why people call her classy. It is a GENERAL perception of Beyonce and how she carries herself. Whatever she acts like behind closed doors and what is real, AINT my business. So before you come and bulldoze in like a bitter bull in a china shop please sit and comprehend. You sound bitter, you don’t know her any better than I do to say she is fake or anything about her damn life so please go sit. We’re not all indoctrinated Rihanna fans who stan for celebrities marketed personality over their damn talent. The f****** irony.
Sexual undertones? Lmao first thing I didn’t make a contradiction. You did. How she carries herself on stage vs off it? Are you with her all the time to make that type of comment? When has Rihanna acted like a h** in public? When she poses for magazines? When she takes pictures? Just like how Beyoncé would? It doesn’t make sense, you can’t make that generalization for one and not the other. The only people that call her classy are her stans. Don’t you fox and Bill Oreily was dragging her for her antics? She is not, Michelle Obama is classy. Beyoncé is just private. There is a difference
1)Yes you did contradict yourself, saying you didnt wont change that.
2)When has Rihanna acted like a h** in public? Ummm walking around with transparent skirt? Posting pictures of her naked asss on Instagram? Posting pictures of her doing drugs? Should i go on?
And no its not only her fans. Lol ask countless celebrities from Jennifer Lawrence to Simon Cowell. Speaking of Michelle Obama, when will Rihanna stand up next to her the Whitnehouse and get her respect. Oh yes. She is another one who has called Beyonce classy. Now suck on that.
And no Im not with her all the time. What don’t you Rihanna stans get? I said its about her general off stage portrayal is a classy well held woman. What she does in her own time I DONT CARE.
Bad Gal RiRI ! So Beautiful I don’t see what’s the fuss about this it’s very s*** and not over the top ! It also reminds me of beyonce’s vibe shoot in 2007 . Rihanna can do no wrong in my eyes , I mean it’s RIHANNA! I’m just ready for this album !!
Don’t you remember
I mean her last grammys performance was okay atleast she sang an emotional song whereas beyonce had to strip down lookin like a wet dog this year. Who is desperate again?
What a Sleaze Bag!
Rihanna looks beautiful! Love these pics. Can’t wait for R8