Hours after its release, Rihanna‘s faithful fan base – affectionately christened ‘The Navy’ – continue to sing the Grammy winner’s praises for her bars on N.E.R.D.‘s surprise drop, ‘Lemon.’
As we reported here, the tune has silenced and confirmed longstanding rumors of the Pharrell Williams-led group’s reunion and soon-to-come new album. Featuring a flow from Rih that would make even the most seasoned emcees envious, her adventurous contribution to the cut earned a thumbs up from many – That Grape Juice included.
The problem? Some are accusing the ‘Work’ wailer of fashioning her flow after another rapper/singer: Fergie. See the Twitter responses inside and let us know if you agree:
I feel like this NERD song with Rihanna was sent to Fergie and she rejected it … pic.twitter.com/siILPhzOGo
— €! (@uberheelx) November 1, 2017
That N.E.R.D and Rihanna sound like a Fergie b-cut track. ??♂️ pic.twitter.com/vA5bTjlGF6
— Aaron Rivera (@AaronTheEra) November 1, 2017
Ouch! Unfamiliar with the tune? Listen to the song below and tell us how you feel:
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ha! here i was thinking it was just me who thought this
no i thought it instantly
i didn’t hear it at first now thinking it’s fergie rapping will make me hate the song.
thanks for nothing TGJ!
Ikr
It definitely has Fergie feels but that said Fergie in 2006 was getting blasted for ripping Gwen Stefanis style.
good point! this is true
The common link between all three is Pharell.
Kind of off-topic but when I first heard Fergie on “All the Lights” with Rihanna and Kanye back in 2010 I thought it was nelly furtado.
I don’t see how she ripped something she didn’t write …. if people listen to the original track , all she is doing she saying the line already written for the track and they put her name in it….. this is a reach ……
You can’t be that dumb. I’ve heard the same demo recorded by rihanna and brandy (stupid in love) and rihanna and Nicole schzy (bad girl) but all sound different. Not because a artist didn’t write the song means they’re not going to sing it in their style. Both Pharrell and rihanna had the exact same rap verse with the same lyrics in this song but the way she raps it is what makes it sound like Fergie.
Nevermind disregard my comment. I wasn’t sure if you were on Rihanna side or not lol
Dumb bish with poor reading comprehension. Hah.
Honey but fergie appropriated and ripped off more than anything. And this is Rihanna not fergie. I don’t think she went in the studio and was like oh I’m going to turn my fergie switch on. Just appreciate and move on. Don’t like it don’t bother.
She sounds just like Fergie
Yeah and every other girls in music rips off Rihanna. Halsey, Zara Larson, Tinashe, Rita Ora, Teyanna Taylor, Keke Palmer, Pia Mia….do you need me to keep going on?
I have to say though, she does sound like Fergie. The way she slurs her words, and the ablibs and sounds she makes sound identical to fergies style. It’s very weird that rihanna would approve this.
I’d like examples of how Teyana Taylor ripped off Rihanna also Halsey ? Since she writes her music. Oh and Tinashe also? Her music is different than Rihanna
Didn’t Rihanna take “Joy Ride” from Tinashe and have yet to use it? Wouldn’t she be the one copying Tinashe according to your logic?
Do look up Halsey now or never performance at that award show. The song sounds 100% like Needed Me, and her stage outfit was 100% identical to rihanna outfit when she accepted her fashion icon award. Also the way Halsey moves and her gestures during her performance is very rihanna. All these girls are influenced by rihanna.
Disregard Meme. Meme is really stupid. She just said every girls copies Rihanna, but then she admitted Rihanna sounds a lot like Fergie. You can tell by her thought process she makes an ASSumption, then the further along she writes down her thoughts the more she starts to realize she’s contradicting herself. Poor thing. She’s just confused.
Teyana Taylor was a huge reach bihh
I was going to say that they should have just gotten teyana Taylor to be the main dancing chick in the video since the visual format is so similar to Kanye’s ‘faded.’
That flow is Pharrell’s, it’s the same from Missy’s Where Ya From with Rihanna’s accent. You think of Fergie because Fergie worked with Pharrell before as well.
People are so extra ….. like who is Fergie for Rihanna to be ‘copying’
I bet Rihanna just thought ‘ let me try something ‘ with how she rapped the verse ….. not even a single thought about Fergie …. and most likely didn’t even have the after either thought this sounds like Fergie’s style …. it’s only now she will probably realise . Either way .. who cares . People make something out of NOTHING . Gosh social media really does the most . Rihanna is not the type to be mimicking other artists these days.
Early on .. they tried to Beyoncé her career , but then she got edgier and more of her own artist …. wth would she wanna mimicking Fergie of all people ?
Rihanna mimicks for a living! It’s annoying when you hear her demos how she just copies the original singer. Sia thought it was herself singing Diamonds. Her only talent is picking songs. Lemon is basic and Rih sounds like an amateur rapping. Really weird sounding and manly.
She does sound like Fergie, why some of her fans are trying to deny that? ??♂️ It’s not a big deal, Rihanna is copied by many Pop girls, but even the most influential artists take from others, nothing wrong with it, as long as it doesn’t happen too often.
A suprise release titled Lemon #BeyInspire
Truth tea lol
White people really telling a black girl to stop ripping from a girl that has been stealing the flow from other black girlss…!! ????
Lala stop with your racism, stop play the black privilege card it’s not cute at all…
#all lives matter ?♀️??♀️??♀️??♀️??♀️??♀️??♀️??♀️?♀️
LMAO WHAT A REACCCCCCHHHHHHHH!
Did not hear fergie at ALL and Fergie is legit putting on a voice whenever she ‘raps’ – Fergie was only ever getting a pass, please don’t get cocky.
Fergie is not the first to sing rap…..
Neither one of them spit any bars.
Rihanna’s so washed up. Look at how FAT she is.
I’m tired of people acting as if Ri-Whine-A voice is something special she sounds horrible LIVE!! ??♂️
I thought the same thing, first listen. But, Fergie is impersonating a black woman sooooooo. Rihanna.
Alex girl you are reaching as always, peace be with you ??
“I feel like this NERD song with Rihanna was sent to Fergie and she rejected it …”
She really doesn’t need to be passing up any opportunities at this point though.