Somewhere in the highest heavens of Pop culture fantasy, Prince is roaring and hissing in contempt. For part time vocalist Rihanna has paid homage to the revolutionary riot girl, Sheila E during a performance on her ‘Loud Tour‘.
Performing her smash hit ‘The Glamorous Life‘, the ‘Disturbia‘ performer did her best to tribute the drummer/singer in front of adoring crowds.
Check it out below at the 3 minute 30 mark…
It is worth wondering if Rihanna is even aware of who Ms. Escovedo is, or if the idea to tribute her was just another knee jerk reaction orchestrated by her team of minders.
For whilst many fans of the Crimson Wailer will be excited to see her doing something beyond lip synching pre recorded goat sounds into unsuspecting microphones, her seemingly eratic and uncontrolled banging of the drums couldn’t be any further than the sheer excellence and control Sheila E had when playing her instruments.
Let us hope this is the last time Ms. Fenty decides to pay tribute to artists she clearly knows very little about.
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TRIBUTE MY ASS…IF it was beyonce it will be called str8 copying…NEXT
shade
This so sad lol…….girl sit down with that mess..STOP EMBARRASSING YOURSELF SMDH
*WTF*
I LIKE RIHANNA BUT NO…….
SHEILA E. IS AN ALTERNATIVE POP/ROCK LEGEND!!!
AND IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY BETWEEN THE 4:30 – 4:45 MARK, YOU WILL HEAR THAT DRUMS WERE PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND!!!
ANYWAY…
“4” IS NUMBER ONE IN 20 COUNTRIES ACROSS THE GLOBE!!!
Rihanna is crazy!
What the hell was she doing?
SMH!
this is not coming from a beyonce stan..this is coming from a person who loves music in general..And the glamorous life is one of my fav songs ever..and rihanna f***** it up smh but i give her a c for effort
I won’t lie. I like Rihanna music (most of it) It’s good filler music while im cleaning up etc etc. She is what i call a studio artist. But I would never ever ever pay to see her live. I wouldn’t even go for free and this video is just another reminder why. Lol.
But I Stan hard for my Bey and once u have the best it’s hard to take anything less. I treat the artists I Stan for like boyfriends. I’m not leaving the four seasons for the red roof inn.
Actually, it’s not as bad as I thought it was going to be. I give her an “A” for effort. Let’s face it, how many of us can go up there and do what she just did? Real talk.
She should have left that alone.
The “Crimson Wailer”
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Rihanna is the 9/11 of the music industry
“For whilst many fans of the Crimson Wailer will be excited to see her doing something beyond lip synching pre recorded goat sounds into unsuspecting microphones her seemingly eratic and uncontrolled banging of the drums couldn’t be any further than the sheer excellence and control Sheila E had when playing her instruments”
I dont mind Ri but that comment is too funny!
LOOOL
#4
She was just paying homage to the woman. I thought what she did was kind of cute. We all know that Rihanna is not a percussionist, so what did y’all expect for her to do? Did you really think that she was going to throw down like Sheila did? But, it was cool that she did a little somethin’ somethin’. Don’t even start with the talkin’ smack, because I bet half of y’all can’t even do what she just did. Keep it real.
I might sound ignorant but I do not know Sheila E.
RIHANNA WILL CONTINUE SLAYING AND P*** ALL OF YOU OFF.
GET OVER IT…SHE’S GONNA BE HERE FOR THE REST OF 2011 AND 2012 WITH THAT RE-RELEASE!!! AND A NEW ALBUM PROBABLY THE END OF 2012/2013
sheila wasnt even a great singer lmao.
and prince loves her he covered rude boy
Riri does her thing. Don’t know Sheila E. But I did cringe when I read the headline. I love her, but Riri isn’t a good performer.
Say what u want bout her tribute, but u can’t deny the fact that she sounded great live… and dare I say it was better than ho she does I on the records. She realy impressed me w/ her live showing of “Live Your Life.” Her progress may b developin a lil lowly, but u can’t deny she’s coming n2 her own w/ her vocals, and knowing how 2 execute them well when live now.
I doubt most of her crowd knew who Sheila E. Riri did a cute job and there’s no way those vocals were pre-recorded. Yall really are stupid.
Funny how you insult Rihannabut fail to mention Beyonce’s pssy popped out while she was doing her Glaston show, seriously why the bias? Getting too attached to people who don’t know or care about you.
LMAO
Don’t u fee embarrassed?
Yall have been claiming that she couldn t sell tickets and that she was about to cancel her show.
It looks like a PACKED HOUSE to me.
Don’t be mad cus she is a real musician…. unlike ur fav.
LOL
@JJFAN1814 LMFAO Girl sityo delusional ass down somewhere LMAO R**** time is almost up. Dont nobody care about that h** but her retarted delusional r**** navy. Watch when she rereleases Loud, its gonna be the same ol s*** she been doing. She needs to go sit her h** ass down somewhere. Always popping and showing her nasty infected c******, that Chris, Drake, Usher, Justin, Kanye, Matt and plenty other industry men have been n. She is nothing but a industry h**, that has hit generic music. Sheila E should sue that nasty h** for ruining her legacy. SHEILA E. NAME>>>>>r**** whole silly career
dead @Rihanna is the 9/11 of the music industry
I don’t think it’s the first time she covers this song for the first time, she did it before.
That Shelia E. Performance was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m posting it on my facebook! I miss how they really went in performance wise back then, even the band had routines.
Gull Stop!
Grape juice you suck ass gor this always talkin s*** about queen rhi cause you like beyonce old ass tel that bitvh to retire why you hounding rhi! Xause she a bad b****? making moves that you can only talk about? Smh and yall beyonce fans only nation on rhi cause yall knoe just like we do. Rhianna is next on the thrown!
@Nate Boy sityo lame ass down somewhere. That performance was wack ass hell. R**** wouldnt know how to put on a good show if it crawled up her nasty infected c******. That c*** suckballs. That w**** barely gets ova 50 comments now. Her time is almost up and i hope she take her lame ass no talent friends with her, s****** spears and mesha. I bet that lame ass flop tour dont make Forbes LMFAO. B**** will never make forbes when it comes to tour tickets sold. Gaga just came out and have beaten this w**** two times. Bwahahahhahahahhahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahha
The Duchess Of New York
is gona Bust Rihanna Ass
Ugh, I really can’t understand why I’m unable to watch videos as of late. Well, if she did a poor job of covering this, then that wouldn’t surprise me at all. But knocking her for not playing the drums as well as Sheila is a bit stupid, since Rihanna obviously isn’t a professional drummer. And this site officially has NO ROOM to lecture about talent when you guys are planning to keep tabs on “Kreayshawn”.
@ RihannaNavy:
“Don’t be mad cus she is a real musician…. unlike ur fav.”
*dies of laughter*
@ Those who cannot do, stan:
And what the f*** would a wardrobe malfunction (assuming you’re even telling the truth about this) have to do with the actual performance itself? Sam wasn’t criticizing Rihanna’s outfit, only her performance.
Find a more relevant example, please.
Beat Fenty, beat!!!!!!!!! lol! Her fans seemed to enjoy it. 🙂
*Day two of my ‘4’ marathon- swoons*
@the undisputed queen of pop
girl stfu and stay threatened by Rihanna.
What a disrespectiful b****! First Michael Jackson( she tries the moonwalk) and now sheila, b**** please stop ruinning legend’s legacy thx!!!!!
LMFAO @matreiya
June 29, 2011 at 8:57 am
Rihanna is the 9/11 of the music industry
Who told this talentless w**** she was a rockstar?
Damn Sheila KILLED that!
2 King B –
“assuming you’re even telling the truth about this”
Google it or don’t, and the individual behind the blog has no problem heaping criticism on Rihannna but when something embarrassing happens to Beyonce I can hear crickets. I just find it funny a gossip site plays favorites when both girls have done equally embarrassing things.
So the yodeling + mockery + her tripping (all posts within the last week) but no comment on B’s lip slip? I don’t like hypocrites.
“Find a more relevant example, please.”
No.
@JJFAN1814 LMFAO ROFL Girl dont flatter ur self. That w**** barely goes platinum in the US. I can never be threated by a billygoat ba ba ba that has release 5 albums in the US and havent sold ova 8 million copies combined LMFAO FLOP B****! Hell Janet flopped the whole last decade and she has sold more than the billygoat combined in the 2000s with album sales in the US.
lmao
LMAO @ these delusional Rih-Ho fans telling that big a** lie about Rih-Ho being the “Undisputed Queen of Pop in the age of GaGa”.The biggest queen I know would say “3 snaps up and 3 snaps down” if you believe these bytches have truly lost their damn mindz,LMAO!
@ Those who cannot do, stan:
Again, what the f*** does a wardrobe malfunction have to do with the quality of a performance? That’s why your example doesn’t apply here, because it’s two completely different things. Rihanna isn’t being singled out for a wardrobe malfunction, she’s being singled out for performing badly. Don’t complain about double-standards by using an example that doesn’t compare, because it renders your argument NULL.
Rihanna.>>>> BLEACHonce
“Don’t complain about double-standards by using an example that doesn’t compare, because it renders your argument NULL.”
Rihanna gets constant grief for one thing or another on her concerts but this blogger chose to do MULTIPLE posts on Beyonce’s show at Glaston never mentioning something nevative which did happen. I was actuay surprised it happened since TGJ didn’t even make a peep about it.
It is bias when you intentionally ignore something negative from one individual but are sure to emphasize the negative for another.
HAHAHHA this is too funny, i feel bad for Rihanna
You guys are super late. This is not news. She’s been performing this song since her last year on her last tour. And its not copying. Artists always do covers in their shows. Shame on TGJ for being a year plus late!
Yes say what you want about rihanna being untalented, irrelevant, not the queen of anything etc. But the fact still remains that according to position on media and web, Rihanna, gaga and Justin bieber is the three top on the web. Rihanna stays running ish, but this site would have you thinking she has no clout. Keep hating while rihanna stays winning.
@THE UNDISPUTED QUEEN POP…UMM, the only Janet albums that didn’t perform well were 20 Y.O.. and Discipline..which each ended up selling 1 million records ww. Damita Jo sold 3 m ww[2004], All For You sold 9 m ww in 2001. Control, Rhythm Nation, and Janet are best sellers. Don’t compare her to the female artists out today. She is a legend and could sell twice of what they sold on an album in her prime. She has nothing to prove. Thank you. ^_^
LOLLLL@ PART TIME SINGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SHEILA E ISNT REALLY MUCH OF A SINGER SO IT SHOULD BE EASY FOR RIHANNA, SO SHE SHOULD SOUND DECENT. PRINCE’S BAND COVERED RIHANNA, SO THERE SHOULD BE NO “HISSING” FROM PRINCE.
@PYTFROMAL
YOU GOTTA TELL THESE UNINTELLIGENT IMBECILES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THEY DONT KNOW MUSIC OR FACTS.
My ass must be old when people don’t know Sheila E. Lol. I can’t say she wasn’t much of a singer. If you listen to Hold Me she could carry something. Excellent percussionist. One of Prince’s more talented proteges. Though suggestion for current artists. Everyone from Riri to Miley is covering stuff from before. Instead of covers, just ditch autotune and all that other production crap. Start making that type of music.
like really now
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“Somewhere in the highest heavens of Pop culture fantasy, Prince is roaring and hissing in contempt” < —–LOL OMG…LOL 🙂 HISSING AND BOOING!
Wait so ppl paid hard earned money to see a smoke and light show? Well I have a mud hut in Florida with your name on it!! SMH
Wait why is she sounding a bit like BEYONCE on this song? Is she saying she is a "bottom b****"?
THAT WAS GOD AWEFUL SHELIA MUST BE MAD AS HELL!
Oh well with the return of Beyonce, the continued success of Gaga, Adele, Katy Perry and even that nothing Keshia along with the surging comeback of Britney, she needs to try a new gimmick! Think about it, she has pranced around half-naked. She has done a live S&M show on national television. She has grabbed a female from the audience and given her a lap dance. She has whined, cried and lied for 2 1/2 yrs for sympathy. What does she have left?
Oh well, I am so excited that Alicia Keys has a CD release special airing tonight on BET and Beyonce has one on Thursday! 🙂