Feeling the heat from the backlash over her ‘Man Down’ video, Rihanna phoned in to BET’s 106 & Park moments ago to further defend herself. According to the model, the visual for the Anthony Mandler directed clip is empowering for women the world over.
Check out more of what she had to say after the jump…
All gags aside, the arguments of those slamming the clip for being morally incorrect are reaching to say the least. That said, it’s easy to see why Ms. Fenty is coming under fire for something other’s would have released unscathed.
Like most fast food music artists, Rihanna’s output represents little more than cheap escapism. What’s more, her racy stage antics and all-round lack of talent don’t allow for her to be taken seriously as a role model (something she incessantly claims she doesn’t want to be). Hence, why now, many are asking, should RiRi be preaching tales of social issues? As good a cause as it is, it’s arguable that that is simply not her calling and is ultimately contrived.
Still, I don’t get the drama. For an act, who is otherwise empty, she should be commended for ‘going there’ or at least trying to.
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WHAT AN ATTENTION W****!!! IM TIRED OF THIS B**** !!! CAN’T SHE JUST TAKE A BREAK!!JUST GO AWAY TALENTLESS S***!!!
Fuckep up first
then explain the controversy
GAGA TAUGHT ME WELL
->NEXT
Sidenote:WHY CAN BEYONCE PROMOTE HER S*** LIKE THAT ON THE RADIO/TV
EVEN BY CALLING BEY?
I MISS MATTHEW
I continue to come to your site because its the number 1 spot for Rihanna updates. All of her performances, interviews, mag covers, etc. Keep it up Sammy boy…
Your arguments against Rihanna and your hate for her makes no absolutely sense. I have been coming to this site for a really long time, probably soon after you started it. But I can’t get over your hate this for this woman, it makes no sense you feeling so strongly against her like she hurt your mother or family member personally. She is just an artist living her dream. You really need to grow up and let this hate go. It is irrational and pathetic, and it won’t get you anywhere.
I dont know what the big deal is there are a lot worse things on tv and everybody chooses to talk about this video its fiction and i think she did an amazing job
WHAT?? Waitttttttttttttttt…. I thought Man Down was metaphoric. She’s talking like the song was literal…… Im lost.
OMG you can see that the media is going after her like they are doing to Chris. Her name is mude now all because of that video. SMDH And as far as B.E.T it will loose views and rating that is ashame
@ mr t
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Tired of this b****…… The video was cheap & stupid. She killed a guy. Oh f***** well
i think they should edit that video at least……….. the beginning and end part, otherwise its ok
BTW i hope she stops responding to this thing, but wateva… coz while she is releasing these types of videos beyonce is getting praised by people like Michelle Obama, barbara s, etc
Where is hers and britneys S& M? no where to be seen
So u can have videos with shaking asses, rented cars, borrowed jewelry, same s** scenes, and yet this video is causing more controversey …..the priority of some people is so f***** up..
^ that’s cuz that stuff isn’t wrong. Your allowed to shake your booty and be gay. Killing is a crime.
shes gonna milk this s*** aint she?
maybe people not taking ur a** seriously about the female empowerment b*******, because
1. you’re always going on and on about how you like big d****
2. ur last song, s&M, ENOUGH SAID
3. ur always b*** a** naked, spread eagle on every magazines
4.youre always going on and about how you like rough s**, how u like men who are aggressive..
so because you made a little video about women getting r***, I’m suppose to take ur a** seriously?
@SAM,
I love you for this ——–> As good a cause as it is, it’s arguable that that is simply not her calling and is ultimately contrived.
Its the truth!! And she simply had to take a moment to state she was a victim of violence. B**** PLEASE here we go again! Just when we thought her PITTY PARTY was coming to an end she strums her hairy goat chin and goes in again! 🙂 <—– IT "AINT NO NEW THING" right Gil Scott-Heron (R.I.P.)??
you wanna help people rihanna?
how about you take some of that millions you made, and open up a woman and men shelters for domestic violence……
instead of making these little videos, how about you actually do something about it,
instead on going on and on how u like to be a voice..b**** get off ur a** and do something about it..
how come she didnt respond when people were on her a** about the love the way you lie video?
how come she didnt respond when people was on her a** about the S&m VIDEO?
@Y’all Are Too Fake
I agree they could have just given the illusion of the shooting. I’m just talking about the messages videos send in general
Again, who cares about this FAKE controversy.
RHI RHI RULES!!!
People kill saying they dont care yet u comment.
“kill me”
Your arguments against Rihanna and your hate for her makes no absolutely sense. I have been coming to this site for a really long time, probably soon after you started it. But I can’t get over your hate this for this woman, it makes no sense you feeling so strongly against her like she hurt your mother or family member personally. She is just an artist living her dream. You really need to grow up and let this hate go. It is irrational and pathetic, and it won’t get you anywhere.
Thank u K
@karole
June 3, 2011 at 12:56 am
OMG you can see that the media is going after her like they are doing to Chris. Her name is mude now all because of that video.
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You are kidding aren’t you?
When you hop on a stage at 8pm on a Sunday singing a song entitled S&M scantily dressed wearing chain linked handcuffs your name is sure to be dragged through the mud! Follow that with a daytime apparence on the TODAY SHOW wearing a long sleave midriff top and what appeared to be black PANTIES! Now introduce a video depicting r*** and bloody murder …….ah yeah, they will more than likely drag your name through the mud. Don’t worry she has her “ace in the hole” and she will use it from this day forward. What as the media evokes her “ace in the holes” name repeatedly (for 1 fight from 2 yrs ago). Now if you want to cry for someone pull out your hankie for the rivers of rain that her “ace in the hole” will now have to suffer again thanks to her video!!
I don’t mind the video and I really like the song now too but I don’t see how it’s empowering or helping other people. I agree that it shouldn’t be getting all these bad reviews or the controversy surrounding it but this to me it isn’t really art either. I guess I’m neutral on the video now.
*wait not what*
My sister and her friends are boycotting B.E.T because they knew that Rihanna is tryin to stur up s*** about being abused with the situation in 2009. B.E.T is trying to play both ends.
Honestly i dont see anything wrong with this video… All these videos now a days area all fantasy or stories being told and honestly if Riahanna feels she can relate to the video and that this video was for girls like her how can anybody say anything about it… Its funny that these video are taken so seriously… Its at the artist discretion what image the video depicts so anybody who has anything negative to say can go straight to hell on a boat… The world has more things to worry about than music videos honestly and maybe if people focused on whats important the world would be a much better place… #roger that… Copy
The video was OK, I dont know what all the fuss is about :/
Why doesnt Lady Caca get any backlash for ANY of her videos??
I thought she did good in the DV Scene as far as acting is concerned but we all know Bey knows how to work a camera much better than anyone, Rih is best in photo shoots however.
CAN U HANDLE IT??
@s*** – stop the lying. Beyonce can’t act to save her life. This is a great video rihanna.
@ YABOY
H** HUSH!!
POOR RIHANNA COULD NEVER!!
I Swear Bey should have won an OSCAR for her role in IF I WERE A BOY, WHY DONT U LOVE ME & ME MYSELF & I.
CAN U HANDLE IT??
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opinions r like assholes everyone has one………..i see worst things on tv everyday…..its a f#ckin video get over it!!!!!!! If she want to shoot a guy for rapeing her let her do it………..I think she is a great and beautiful artist and she can do no wrong. I LUV U RIHANNA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@S***
Lady Gaga does get in trouble over her videos. Where were you when the Catholic Church fought to Ban The Judas video & called her Blasphemous. Gaga is smart in how she conducts herself though, that’s why Overly Sexual Rihanna gets in trouble more, & Gaga gets away with Art. It’s all in how you market. Beyonce is doing a hell of a job of it right now , you should know. Do you see her getting in trouble for wearing overly sexual outfits & poppin that p**** on stage? No cuz she is Talented in what she does. Rihanna lacks Talent , so of course there will be f*** ups. And the Chris Brown incident will get her off the hook….Again.
I’m so tired of Rihanna. She just totally whored out after Rated R.
She sounds like a very clever woman, she came back with the best response, there is no more she really could have explained, she did it all 😀 the song is great and I think the videos really good 🙂
I love this song and definitely the best song to me off her album. Shes definitely gonna milk the hell out of this, with all the controversy. Rihanna girl, um how can i say this, u are a popstar, i repeat, u are a popstar, please dont ever let the words “i am a rockstar” come out ur mouth again ok sweetie. #TOOTLES#
DEAD @ the pic. She’s looking like Samara from The Ring.
I like the video, I like the message, I just don’t like messenger….she is not a role model, she hasn’t a leg to stand on…
*DEAD* @ double standards. This video isnt meant to be taken literally. Funny people are saying popping your p**** isnt illegal but murder is.
Lady Gaga isn’t my fave either but her videos are thought provoking and worthy of conversation. Man Down and Russian Roulette are equally so for Rihanna. Since Beyonce is allegedly running the world, I’d like for her “controversy” to be over something thought provoking and NOT whose stage show she jacked/was inspired by. And lets mention how Lady Gaga and Rihanna have showed some promise in parlaying their strangeness into legit acting. Beyonce doesn’t need to do another movie. Her pulse isnt even believable.
What’s funny is how ALL these “Popstars” OWN this generation. Y’all microwave superstars and expedite “icons” because you cant wait on the lifetime it took to make real icons. Time-wise, Beyonce, Britney, and X-tina are about as close as it gets but they ALL lack substance. The same s*** that built Lady Gaga up is gonna miserably crash her down when someone younger and stranger shows up. Over-hype is also a career killer.
one thing is really clear RIHANNA REIGN JUST WONT LET UP!! watch mandown going up the itunes chart!!!! whoz having the last laugh?
Rihanna talks about domestic violence, gang violence and she gets s*** while Beyawnce still talks about being a strong black woman and she’s praised for being artistic and risky. CLOCK IT LIKE IT IS IT’S STRAIGHT B*******
Omg I’m in shock did u just give rihanna the tiniest bit of praise ?
i don’t agree when she says she makes vids w/ messages. what’s the message behind s&m and rude boy- i’m a s***? whatever.
Beyonce fans better hurry n buy her music instead of commenting here. Last time i checked her music is nowhere on the charts.
She better sell big numbers on her 1st week cuz imma drag her stans here.
Sam, u’re EVIL.
get over your hatred sam!! it’s like an obsession to you CLEARLY…. you report on every move rihanna makes and you NEVER have ANYTHING nice to say… clearly someone is obsessed and pressed about how successful rihanna is.
i’m not even gonna acknowledge the comments that she’s using the 2009 incident as publicity for this video, because these comments are so IDIOTIC… i cannot at yall.
and anyway… she has a right to express herself artistically. the fact that she doesn’t usually speak on such issues means nothing!! obviously this message is important TO HER. and all of you should be supporting what message she’s putting across! people are talking about how she shouldn’t be taken seriously because of the nature of her other music…. that is STUPID because it’s like saying that when a criminla does something good, the good act should not be acknowledged because they remain a criminal.
life is not black and white, people!! you are obviously upset because this is not the sort of thing people expect from rihanna. however you feel about rihanna, should not change the importance of the message…. grow up and take the video for what it is, a depiction of a terrible thing that happens to women ALL TOO OFTEN!!
END RANT/
@Word re:June 3, 2011 at 4:41 am —
“watch mandown going up the itunes chart!!!! whoz having the last laugh?”
NOT if the mainstream decides to BOYCOTT HER!! If they then decide to take a “good-long look” at her recent past, complete with her bragging, in a 2007 Minneapolis radio interview, ’bout smashing bottles upside her brother’s head; wearing a “F*** YOU” chain pendant WHILE BEING PICTURED WITH KIDS, and her REAL role (as aggressor and instigator of the violence) in Feb 8th, 2009 Chrianna!
Makes noneverhow, this is all something of a tempest in a teapot! If Rihanna couldn’t
‘move units’ when SHE held, as captive audience, OVER 8-Million sympathetic/empathetic souls, then she NEVER will!
Rihanna is FINISHED! If none wanted to see her ‘2-year-old Pity Party Pictures,’ then why do you NOW think she’ll somehow revive her now-sinking/fast-contracting career?
Niki Minaj is our NEW ‘IT GIRL’. Rihanna had her 6-year run; out with the old, in with the new..
X,Y,”and Z” — OUT..!!!
@diplo
H**, last I checked RTW was #29 on BB & Top 40 in SEVERAL countries on Itunes & even cracked Top 10 on WW Itunes. When Your FAVS doing it with a “FLOP” single??
& to make matters worse, the 2nd single (BTINH) is rising on Itunes & Radio.
END OF TIME >>> LOUD
WHO MAD??
we’ll see how much 4 sells 1ST WEEK compared to LOUD 😆
(600+K 🙂 )
A mini-movie huh? What is the title? ” R***-punzel ” ? (Sorry, that one was easy).
All jokes aside now…
Finally, she called her PR and used the proper words to get out of this. BET had no choice but to support her, they are getting the backlash too.
Rihanna needs to know that her “Russian Roulette” days are over, people/media are not going to give her free passes anymore. Everytime she will tackle something adressing violence, she’ll be reminded of what happened to her. The video is not even that bad -except for that d%mn hair – just put a disclaimer or edit some stuff out.
PTC jumps on everything and everybody that they think it’s too racy for TV, her dumbest move was to twitter-ranting about that. Her and her ex-boyfriend need to stay away from Twitter when stuff like this happens. Lady Gaga or Beyoncé are getting backlaash every month, and this is what Gaga does: turn off Twitter, sit down with a respected media, explain what you got to explain and be done.
But above all this, Rihanna should make up her mind: “I’m not a role-model but I’m your voice (*gurl!*),…..”I’m an adult who likes S&M but I’m just a girl”. …When you want the best of both worlds, be prepared to get the worst too.
@Mr T
The song was metaphorical but she just took it literally for the video. It can go both ways. It worked quite well.
RTW #29? Top 40? FLOP
4 better debut above 750/800.
Her stans better buy her music cuz we are just waitin for the d day. Imma bash that h**.
Run the world FLOPPED.
Run the flops FLOPPED. What’s the excuse? The song is crappy as hell.
*press man down*
OK, I’m dead at the fact a GaGa stan (MARYTHE NIGHT) said that Rihanna was “AN ATTENTION W****”, umm…excuse you, what the f*** is GaGa? Please, I cannot remember a day where she hasn’t sold herself in any shape or form to be in the media! Now I love GaGa, and Rihanna, but that was just stupid.
I’m annoyed at the fact that everyone applies their own moral beliefs upon someone elses work. This (music) is a medium for artists to express themselves. Do you talk about how Shakespeare displayed couples killing each other since they can’t be together? No we don’t. Then why should, we treat Rihanna or any other artist in this manner. Let the music be art and if you don’t like it, just don’t listen to it or watch the videos. I also love how hip-hop is the genre beaten down, when these are problems that are in our society. Maybe instead of focusing on the art, people should fix the actual problem. At least educate the younger generation and maybe they can lead the change.
ALSO…….
Surprise surprise, another one of today’s most popular female artists does something “controversial” and “edgy”, and of course, she’s applauded as being “groundbreaking” and “not caring what people think” with her empowering tweets about “self-expression.” It’s becoming so obnoxious and self-serving, esp. when these days artists do “controversial” things for the sake of it, not because there’s actual substance or reason behind it. However, Rhianna is right. Parents need to do their job and parent, instead of using teachers, the media, the next door neighbor’s kid, celebrities, and artists as scapegoats. They can’t hide or prevent their kids from being affected by outside influences in some way or form, but it’s up to them to actually discuss with their child on topics that might be inappropriate for them. Seems to me these days parents have become lazier and less responsible at actually parenting their kids. Makes me wonder why people have so many kids these days at all if they can’t put in the time and effort to raise them well.
Hair over one eye
Eye Of Horus Illuminati Devil Worship Symbolisim
LADY GAGA TO DROP FROM 1.1 MILLION TO 175,000 IN 2ND WEEK
99 CENT EFFECT IS GONE!!!
HAHAHHHA
Yaboy
@s*** – stop the lying. Beyonce can’t act to save her life. This is a great video rihanna
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am guessing you say this cus u saw her movies ….as what ? a fan or stalker?
while we’re on the topic, you may wanna go check her acting nominations, did she buy those too?
boycott bet , jumpoff a cliff,no one cares, and since PAUL PORTER
seems to have a persnal VANDETTA agnist RIHANNA IT’S HAS
ALL COME FULL CIRCLE, AND HIS ASS WILL DEAL,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
PTC,,,,,needs to take thier heads out of that skunks ass
and realize that PARENTS EVERYWHERE KNOWS HOW TO BLOCK
WHAT EVER THEY WANTS OFF THEIR TELEVISION, HES A TROUBLE MAKER
AND IF HIS GROUP IS GOING ONLY AFTER RIHANNA ,, THEN THE PLAYING FIELD IS UNEVEN, AND THAT IS A FACT,,,CHRIS BROWN ASS LICKER,,,,,
IF HE HAD NEVER MENTION CHRIS’S NAME THEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COOL
BUT HES A S*** STIRRER HATES RIHANNA AND WANTS CHRIS TO SEEM
LIKE THE VICTIM,IT’LL NEVER EVER WORK “PTC”
SOOOOO GOOD TO SEE SO MANY EARLY BIRD “LOONEY TUNES” UP AND SPEWERIN THEIR HATEROUS OF RIHANNA ,,,,,,REMEMBER THE HATEROUS
DOES A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING RIHANNA STRONGER THAN EVER.
Rihanna doesn’t have to defend “Man Down” or the video. It speaks for itself and It’s good. I now accept it for what it is.
rhianna cant explain herself properly i was like half confused wtf she talking bout girls feel empowerment by her getting r**** then killin the guy ……uhhhhhhhhhhh um ok i dont but ok
Rihanna is slaying thats all
lax
June 3, 2011 at 12:04 pm
boycott bet , jumpoff a cliff,no one cares, and since PAUL PORTER
seems to have a persnal VANDETTA agnist RIHANNA IT’S HAS
ALL COME FULL CIRCLE, AND HIS ASS WILL DEAL,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Paul Porter is not the only one with a VANDETTA. Try Donald Trump, Minster Farrakhan of Nation of Islam and others. These two right there have alot of power so you don’t know where this VANDETTA is coming from. When Minster Farrahkan said something about the performance on t v at the game, yes the one she told Donald Trump she was to sick and could not attend. Rihanna got on twitter and tweeted something back to Farrahkan. The killing part about this s*** is that Rihanna is not from this country and she has no idea who some of these people are. So Paul Porter is not the only one sweetie there are alot more.
Also covering one eye, throwing up the hand sign like she did on the Today Show , Jay-Z & her PR Team will not be able to help her.
Rihanna is a LIAR, HYPOCRITE, and OPPORTUNIST —
(Excerpt from..) Her 2009 20/20 Diane Sawyer interview:
“I want to give as much insight as I can to young women, because I feel like I represent a voice that really isn’t heard.” (here are links of her being quoted, and the video of that actual interview – c95.com/blog/shauna-foster/rihanna-role-model and http://www.popculturejunkie.net/profiles/blogs/rihanna-on-2020-i-want-to-be-a)
So now, she’s being “called out,” and admitting that said video was/is reprehensible, BY HER NOW stating..
“It’s your job (parents) that they don’t turn out like us!”
“What’s up with everybody wantin me to be a parent?”
“This is the REAL WORLD!”
SO THERE IT IS (provided with easily-authenticated, respectable, irrefutable sources) – Rihanna is a 2-FACED USER who will do and-or-say ANYTHING TO ANYONE, who’ll listen, ONLY in an attempt to further HER brand!
..She’ll THEN resort to any subterfuge, stoop to any depths, and will breach any threshold, to only then “maliciously menace far-beyond the pale of civility” to further HER brand’s self-serving agenda..!!
X,Y,”and Z” — OUT…!!!
I think rihanna need to chill wit all the videos period. Every time she come out wit a new one she git critisized for it. She is critisized for good reasons too. I mean all she sings about is s** or in this case killing someone because they r**** her but because she was shaking her body and tempting the man with her body and then she turns him away. Hey i am not saying that r*** is acceptable cuz it is not in any case but i think this girl needs to send a better message to the young girls out there. the way she dresses and acts in her videos is the reasons why men go after girls like that. For heaven’s sake rihanna, put some clothes on and sing about something worth listening to. nobody i repeat nobody cares about your s** life. yea we all know you had it hard but try doing something productive like teaching young girls how to stay away from situations you got yourself into.
@X,Y, and Z Preach!
@Penny And X’Y’ AND “Z
SHUT THE HELL UP, RIHANNA WILL CONTINUE TO DO WHATEVER THE HELL SHE WANTS.
F*** OFF
I think the biggest issue with her words are….hmmm…how do I say this…
Rihanna is a SELECTIVE role model. She tweets how she’s not a parent (i.e. responsible for someone else’s life) in the same twitter rant says she’s the voice…speaking up for the abused and embarrassed. And that music does it because parents don’t make their kids want to discuss with them. So if that’s the case she IS taking on the responsibility (for when the parents fail)
No person can be a role model for something so isolated unless they created a peace treaty or something…even then it’s about a culmination of steps in the right direction. Rihanna’s last album glorified violence. And I’m not dissing it. It’s the best album Rihanna has to me because of the emotion and production. But the fact remains that for a while she’s been singing about being a gangster and violence ( ‘I’mma fight a man tonight’ on the “Breaking Dishes’ song from ‘ Good Girl Gone Bad’ ring a bell?).
On twitter she’s encouraging her fans to be sexual . She defends her music and image by saying ‘h** it up’ , ‘ don’t be boring’. She defended the naked pictures by basically saying ‘everyone does it, if you don’t what’s wrong with you??”
She kills a man in a video and shows sadness over the R*** , she flinches before the triggeris pulled but she’s not remorseful over killing a man in the imagery, only in the lyrics. But the lyrics only speak of a ‘simple altercation getting sticky’ that led her to kill someone’s son.
There’s just too much contradiction and hypocrisy. There’s one thing about the truth, either it is or it isn’t. You can’t be a choosy role model. It’s all or nothing. She’s said on twitter an d in interviews that she’s thinking of the young women. But is she thinking of them when she doesn’t do one ‘get help’ PSA. Just one. The last time her name was connected to a charity of any kind it was when she dropped out of Donald Trump’s event and lied about her reasoning for doing so.
Rihanna doesn’t have to be a leader of any type. She is a music maker. I wouldn’t say she’s an artist as much as art. The label are the ones painting her, writing her words to sing, etc. Not trying to be rude, but be honest. She’s not leading her art, she’s more like the canvas. But she’s CHOSEN to be that. Even when denouncing it (like in this 106 call in)
” I want..you know, have fun, be flirtatious, be sassy, be innocent and sweet. Be everything that you are, but just try not to be naive. And that’s not coming from a parent but a peer.”
-there she replaces the peers saying, you can listen to me.
“If I can be a voice for so many that aren’t heard, then I win” twice”
-being a voice is being an influencer, she’s talking about speaking for the voiceless. She’s OWNING up to being a role model. And when it work ‘she wins twice’, but if it doesn’t she’s just a singer not parents r us????
Rih, at least keep it consistent. She and her fans can’t even be mad when SHE does this.
she going to defend that to the end..I don’t blame here…
,,,my girl & I going on vacation…air line gave away $1000 Gift card for anywhere in world..just for giving them our emails..lol..im puttin the fam on it.. http://goo.gl/KhIj9
I am worth 4 million dollars
Love Riri;) f*** the haters!
So lady gaga can have a video where she poisons her boyfriend has dead bodies all over the place and a video where she initiates a mass murder in a diner…but rihanna can’t shoot a man
Hey did u guy say Chris brown twitter rant about his music being positive and not promoting murder. Is it just me or is Chris brown trying to tell Rihanna something! like b**** I almost killed your ass in that car and bashed in your face but u your dumb ass still following me on twitter . To me Rihanna just throw the last bit of dirt in her casket of a career when she started following this mammas boy and women beater. I encourage everyone to support other female artist and not rihanna . Rihanna is a ass she deserved every blow she go in that car and now with her following Chris he should s*** all over her “Rock star ” career. He already is doing it with his twitter responses about her murdering her abuser. Rihanna this is a personal message to you, You are a weak ignorant immature b**** who has a long way to go before the world will respect you. Actions speak louder than words and your actions are killing you.
Yawn . . . more simple minds. Rihanna’s role model status only pertained to why she decided not to permanantly stay with CB. She didn’t want any fans in abusive relationships using her name as an excuse to stay in those abusive relationships. It had nothing to do with how she dressed or how she shot a man down in her video.
This “controversey” is only helping the single because the video already has over 2M hits on Vevo, top 100 on itunes, and airplay is just getting started.
All the pressed CB stans trying to use this dust up over her latest video as an excuse to start writing her obituary would better put their energies to use buying F.A.M.E., less I remind you how Loud is outselling F.A.M.E. in its 27th week.
Oh, and I loved the video! It’s the best one from this era, by far!
All yall rihanna fans are living in a fantasy Chris is the number one talented artist in the black music industry everyone from lil wayne, keri hilson, bow wow, omarian, ……, joe jonas and JUSTIN BIEFER are lining up to work with him. Chris beat rihanna’s dumb ass and she IS still following him on twitter. Chris is the new MIchael Jackson and Ike Turner ALL in one and the WORLD LOVES HIM. BLACK PEOPLE LOVES CHRIS BROWN. e.g BET six nominations leading all black artist. CHRIS NEEDS TO PUT THAT B**** RIHANNA ON BLAST ON THE LOW ON TWITTER, OOPS MY BAD HE ALREADY DID.
@
CHRISSY
Chris Brown’s comments were about people saying “God is a cancer” in songs like Hodgy, Tyler The Creator…etc..
it had NOTHING to do with Rihanna. She’s never said ‘satan’ in a song. Wtheck. Stop making up reasons to connect the two. “Man Down” is not about demonic stuff.
STOP THE LIES AND SHAME THE DEVIL!!! You honestly think people will believe you when they can go to hits daily double and see the truth. Rihanna don’t care about you hunny, all she cares about is your money and you guys making her famous! IGNORAMUS!!!
That comment was for MARI!!!
love the video…
(Can they EVER tell the truth…)
@MARI (RIP DWAYNE MCDUFFIE) re: June 3, 2011 at 6:42 pm –
“All the pressed CB stans trying to use this dust up over her latest video as an excuse to start writing her obituary would better put their energies to use buying F.A.M.E., less I remind you how Loud is outselling F.A.M.E. in its 27th week.”
LIES! LIES!! Nothing But MORE “CampFenty LIES..!!”
As of Today (“the 27th week”?) ‘F.A.M.E’ – 14,207 ‘LOUD’ 13,816
Here’s the link, see for yourselves – http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi
Also..
It took ‘F.A.M.E’ just 1-Month to be Gold Certified by RIAA…!!!
‘F.A.M.E’ – released March25th, 2011, “RIAA Gold Certified” on April 25th
But what’s MOST telling? The fact that ‘F.A.M.E’ was given a FRACTION of the “Media Attention,” Print/TV; yet it NOT ONLY went #1, but it outsold ‘LOUD’ in its first week!!
Talk about your REAL and “Organic Grass-Roots Movements..!!” Just the Blogs, Twitter and Radio. NO Mainstream TV WHATSOEVER..!!
CBreezy’s SNL appearance drew more viewers – 3.0 Neilsen rating ( as compared to Rihanna’s 2.0 SNL appearance). His DWTS appearance was T-H-E most watch, for that shows opening, 19-Million viewers..!!!
Let’s face it – Christopher Maurice Brown is a ‘A-List SUPERSTAR’ (with #1 Movie to HIS credit), while Rihanna is a “23 y/o hasbeen NO-TALENT HACK,” whose NOW forced to resort to “Gimmickry and PR Stunts” to sell her music (that she neither wrote, nor produced), nor “Brand Recognition” that had already faded…!!
X,Y,”and Z” — OUT..!!
@ sundaynews! If you would check your facts, Chris was responding to tyler the creater on twitter and he said point blank, I am not talking about your group , check it out!
Truth, Truth, Truth, that you can’t handle,
According to mediatraffic
Loud (week 28) 51K
F.A.M.E. (week 10) 28K
and last week it was
Loud (week 27) 50K
F.A.M.E. (week 9) 30K
Yeah, so you can keep your pitifull HDD US only figures.
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As of Today (“the 27th week”?) ‘F.A.M.E’ – 14,207 ‘LOUD’ 13,816
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CB outselling Rihanna in the US by fewer than 1K albums when her album came out in November and his came out in March isn’t anything to brag about
Stick to inflating Takers’ box office gross by combining the box office gross with the dvd sales. You’re good at that.
Oh, and . . .
#SSS(tay)&MMM(ad)
(I love the smell of ‘bloody snatched scalp’ in the morning…it smells like…victory…!!)
@Mari re: June 4, 2011 at 12:15 am —
“CB outselling Rihanna in the US by fewer than 1K albums when her album came out in November and his came out in March isn’t anything to brag about” <– 0~o (…Oh..?!)
But what IS "BRAG-worthy" is the fact that 'F.A.M.E' was given FAR-less in promotion/marketing and it WENT #1 ON BOTH THE BILLBOARD MAINSTREAM AND URBAN CHARTS! What #1 Mainstream CD has Rihanna ever had? (Exactly!)
And isn't it here, in the U.S., that we've seen Rihanna on TV, in Magazines, on the blogs? Here, in the U.S., Rihanna IS EVERYWHERE; Yet-still, SHE CAN'T MOVE UNITS..!! When it comes to Rihanna 'FULL MEDIA SATURATION' DOES NOT EQUATE TO CD SALES..!!
And what WILL (further) be "BRAG-worthy" are the sales figures once Chris begins to tour Europe. So far, Europeans have had the likes of 30-something year-old Kelly Rowland and Rihanna for their entertainment. When Chris 'sets foot' on that continent, you'll THEN see his CD sales spike upwards! (You don't believe me? Go and look at the sales figure of Nicki Minaj when she was recently in The U.K. She cause a near riot!)
(Tell me if I'm lying, PLEASE…) Over 8-Million watcher her 2009 20/20 interview, yet-still SHE COULDN'T THEN MOVE 'Rated-R' units! (Nicki Minaj also, with far-less media exposure, ALSO OUTSOLD RIHANNA..!! That makes Niki Minaj the NEW 'IT GIRL'!)
"Stick to inflating Takers’ box office gross by combining the box office gross with the dvd sales. You’re good at that." (<– Oh, thanx for reminding me!)
That $87-Million, I quoted for 'Takers' "COMPLETE REVENUE-STREAM RETURNS," was INCLUDING the (12-15% of Domestic Gross Receipts) TV-licensing fee, that Sony/SG had sold to FOX FX! I had made mention of said fact MANY A TIMES!! SO STOP IT..!!
You see, I DON'T have to do that: resort to "slight-of-hand "gimmickry", I'll leave that to Rihanna and (you) her "Camp-Fenty(ite) minions!"
Long-story short – No one cares about Rihanna! Everyone ignored her when she released those 2-year-old Pity Party Pictures! DON'T YOU GET IT – SHE'S FINISHED..!!
Answer me this..
*"How does one manage to get the likes of a Farrakhan and Trump, all within the span of a weeks, to then disavow you?"
*"Did I exaggerate, and/or over-inflate, the Neilsen ratings of Chris' recent SNL appearance (3.0), as compared to Rihanna's (2.0).?
* Did I exaggerate, and/or over-inflate, those 19-million (DWTS Record Setting) viewers who watched his recent DWTS appearance?
(YOU need to..)STOP IT! You're making a fool of yourself, and further-diminishing, further-discrediting, further-tarnishing (if such a thing is now possible) Rihanna/Brand-Rihanna..
X,Y,"and Z" — OUT..!!
XYZ…who cares what you have to report…. Still a loner without a life…when will u get one???
Has Chris B called you yet?
I cant believe you hve nothing else to do but STALK Rihanna…
Take your meds…dumbazz
@XYZ
I’m supposed to be upset because CB has frontloaded sales, and even though F.A.M.E. debuted at #1 and Loud at #3, Loud still scanned plat in the US faster than F.A.M.E.? We’re not even going to talk about WW sales. I’ll spare you that.
Rated R went platinum in the US and had a single that was number 1 for 4-5 weeks, even though it was a dark album, and the fact, that Loud scanned 1M US in a third of the time that it took for Rated R to do the same proves that the album didn’t sell as well because it wasn’t as commercial. Within the next 4-5 weeks, Loud will have sold 4.5 Million copies WW. Not to mention that she’ll sell 5M WW before the 1st anniversary of the album without a re-release. As for Nicki selling more than Ri in the US, why would that matter? Good for Nicki. Nicki is a new artist and a rapper, and if you’re going to make that comparison, then I’ll just have to bring up how Drake’s LP is slaying CB’s sales, without the benefit of a chair throwing episode on a morning talk show or a performance on DWTS.
And speaking of DWTS . . . 19M people supposedly watched CB on DWTS on March 29th, and his US album sales still dropped 68% the following week and another 42% the week after that. (LOL)
http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/archcht.cgi?cht441
As for no one caring about Ri . . . Don’t make me laugh. Right, no one cares about Rihanna, least of all, Parlux, the company producing Rebelle Fleur, which spent 5M on her fragrance promo campaign. Nivea, Dorritos, and Vita CoCo, also don’t care about Rihanna, which is why they signed her to lucrative endorsement deals within the past year. 10 sold 02 shows and a WW tour (kicking off tomorrow) that’s probably going to gross nine figures or close to it, when it wraps, but no one cares about her. No one cares about Rihanna, but her magazine covers are consistent best sellers. She had the best selling cover of GQ in 2010 and one of the best selling covers of Seventeen that year. No one cares about Rihanna, but she’s covered American Vogue, Rolling Stone, and Cosmopolitan all in the same year. You don’t get to cover Conde Nast books like GQ and American Vogue, if you’re irrelevant to the mainstream, which may explain why Rihanna has covered both American and UK GQ and not Chris Brown.
If Rihanna can boast all of that, and no one cares about her, what does that say about CB?
FYI both Trump and Farrakhan are attention whores and talking about the HOTT Rihanna gets you attention …except in your case X Y and Zit
Too bad shes fine as hell but shes illuminati’d up
This is the truth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayNnOx61R5M
Im spillin it all. Just wait
@Mari re: June 4th 3:06 am —
“I’m supposed to be upset because CB has frontloaded sales”
No, of course not – “sales” are “sales” (barring, of course, they’re not $0.99/2-for-1 CD sales)! ‘F.A.M.E’ sales were/are Organic, Grass-Roots and Real! Not some contrived, spun-up “work of back-room slight-of-hand!”
For example…
1.)Rihanna’s Team/Def Jam getting smokinggun.com to run written contractual agreements showing Rihanna getting a GUARANTEED $400K/concert, you do remember that, don’t you? Nevermind the fact that her ticket sales were a DISASTER, and she was forced to cancel and downsize her 2010 concerts!
2.)Her 2010 NYC, Madison Square Garden show then being “sold out.” That particular “work of fiction” was complete, with some NYC radio stations, then twittering/Facebook posting stories that her tickets were sold out. But, some of us, ‘found her out’ when we went to the ticketmaster site and found many cheap, AND expensive tickets, then STILL, very-much available!
3.)Her buying that $10-Million L.A. Mansion. We were supposed to believe that work of ‘PR fiction,’ as it was fed to us, complete with ‘helicopter-vista flyover!’
“Loud still scanned plat faster in the U.S. than F.A.M.E”
K, so what? Was it not YOU who stated that LOUD was released BEFORE ‘F.A.M.E’?
‘LOUD’, given the “unending, unyielding promo/marketing scorched-earth media-saturation,” SHOULD have done FAR-better than it has/is! Rihanna knows it. Def Jam knows it, even YOU know it!
Side Note – Def Jam, then spending as it did(no cost was then spared) on ‘Rated-R’, and it THEN disappointed – as it did, is what had cost L.A. Reid HIS job! (What happened to the OTHER label that was courting his services, ‘eh?) Rihanna is sheer toxicity, indeed. (First Chris Brown, then Matt Kemp, then onto L.A. Reid. Every man, in whatever capacity, that has ANY to do with her has met with serious bad luck and misfortune!)
“Rated R went platinum in the US and had a single that was number 1 for 4-5 weeks, even though it was a dark album, and the fact, that Loud scanned 1M US in a third of the time that it took for Rated R to do the same proves that the album didn’t sell as well because it wasn’t as commercial.” <——— o~0 …..????????????????????????????
"Drake’s LP is slaying CB’s sales, without the benefit of a chair throwing episode on a morning talk show or a performance on DWTS."
So, somehow that GMA incident was contrived to sell CDs? What possible benefit did it, or could it provide? If anything, that DWTS 'ratings pull' "cancels out" that GMA incident. But, the sum of it all was/is 'F.A.M.E' was/is left WITHOUT the benefit of Mainstream Promotion. All his promo/marketing was done via the Blogs/Urban Radio and BET.
Find me a 'Wheelchair Jimmy' song that spent as long, or rose as fast on the charts, as 'Deuces'! Find me any song, besides Monica's, that went to #1 as fast, and stayed as long @#1 as it did!
CBreezy's "DWTS/SNL audience draw" will serve HIM well when time comes for him to sell his upcoming U.S./European tour tickets! Those 19-Million U.S. DWTS viewers will remember his command/mastery of the stage! (THEN we'll see who'll sell more U.S./Europe tickets Drake/Rihanna or CBreezy. THEN WE'LL SEE WHO HAS THE LAST LAUGH..!!!)
Wheelchair Jimmy/Trey Songz/Justin Bieber/Jason Derulo ALL had the benefit of "The Public Stage" WITHOUT CBreezy being there! They ALL had the benefit of being "the ANTI-Chris Brown"..!! Now that we're being reintroduced to Chris Brown(CBreezy 2.0!!): 'F.A.M.E', we'll soon see who'll fall, and who'll rise!
'F.A.M.E' was but only a taste, or a…"reintroduction" of CBreezy 2.0 to the world. 'Fortune' will cement his place as T-H-E dominant R&B chart topper/Best Male Entertainer in the game!
Again, I'll again reiterate – NO ONE CARES ABOUT RIHANNA..!! No one believes anything about her stats(CD sales/contracts, etc). Rihanna does NOT sell CDs. Rihanna has NOW entered into a 360 contract with her label, and it's THEY, who daily, shove her down our collective throats! They do this in order to recoup the investment they've made in, the production/marketing of, her CDs. They must be repaid, so this is why they've entered into said 360 contract. They NOW get the 'Lion's share' of all of her earnings. They'll even market her to whoever/where ever in order for her to generate some returns, so they can recoup their initial investment, and just MAYBE some profit!
It's THEY who are force-feeding us these fictitious multi-million dollar deals of hers (I'll refer you to the aforementioned 3-above listed 'Fenty-Fantasy' examples!)
Answer me this: But wasn't it Rihanna who, at the end of '08 had only $20K in HER bank account? Wasn't it then revealed that Rihanna, IS HERSELF, financing her music career? (Ergo, said mentioned, 360 contract!)
And, in closing, Rihanna had OVER 8-Million sympathetic/empathetic souls wait almost a year to hear her talk(regarding 'Feb 8th, 2009 Chrianna'). And so the drama built for said year, and THEN those 8-Million got to finally hear from her. And what did they THEN decide? THEY DON'T WANT HER – THEY WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH HER! THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE HER! RIHANNA IS FINISHED..!!!
'CHRIS BROWN 2.0' IS JUST STARTING TO RISE! (The first shall be last, AND THE LAST SHALL BE FIRST) GOD THE ALMIGHTY has NOW, set into motion HIS plans – and who God bless, NO MAN will then curse..!!
X,Y,"and Z" — OUT..!!
You guys Rihanna PR team started that controversy just to get attention. After the billboard awards and the past two weeks nobody and I mean nobody was showing Rihanna any attention except her stans, now she’s getting the attention that she was craving. Also, concerning Beyonce and her album, I just hope this new era isn’t like Rated “R” era because that whole era FLOPPED, the tour did even worst than the album, and how in the hell could someone release two albums, and sell tickets for two tours, and still not make the Forbes list. Even her BBF Katy Perry made the list. Don’t worry about Beyonce she lasted almost 15 years on top in this industry, and who knows the album may be a seller. But I agree she does need to promote because doing three shows is not going to help a single or an album. Also, Rihanna’s California King, and this new single is nowhere near the top of the charts, and that woman stay on twitter promoting. Beyonce hasn’t said a word about a single or an album yet. People making fun of Lady Gaga because she sold her CD for 99 cent to get to a million, but Rihanna sold her CD for 99 cents, and that thing FLOPPED, along with her flop tour. You are not a bad b**** if you have to go on a social network begging people to buy multiple copies of your CD. I just hope this tour does better than the last one, because her stans, and her PR team was saying her last tour was sold out, and we all saw the outcome when the top 50 world tours were announced at the end of the year. FLOPPED.
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