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Aug 2 2019, 07:07 AM
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We know we’re getting a new album this year, so since it’s August it can’t be too long until the lead single from R9 drops. For the time being (the wait we’ve had this lead single better be the best) what’s your fave?
Para mí: 1. Russian Roulette (so chilling, but what a beautiful song) 2. Diamonds (one of Rih’s best vocal performances, I would’ve called it my all time Rihanna fave a few years ago but as time goes on and I’ve fallen in love with/listened more to different parts of her music I can’t say I go back to it that much. her ad-libs are incred) 3. Only Girl (In The World) (it should be generic for the time it was out, but I just can’t imagine anyone else singing this. Nothing more than a huge bop for me, but what a f***ing bop) 4. Work (love the vibe, one of those songs you need to dance to.) 5. Umbrella (A classic! Admittedly not one I listen too all that often but it’s obviously loved as it’s her most popular on Spotify and the song I think marked her out as special to the GP. I always enjoy when I listen) 6. Pon De Replay (its really wormed its way up my affections. It’s amazing how (iirc) this single was given to her and she had no part in it yet she from her very first single gives it the Rihanna flavour and feel with her vocals.) 7. We Found Love (I must’ve said about 24 million times how overrated I find this but over time that feeling has shifted and I can just bop to it pretty occasionally. It annoys me how people go woop woop to this every time though lol) 8. SOS (this is really harsh lol as I do like it but it’s the one song here which is forgettable and not quintessentially ‘Rihanna’ to me) |
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Aug 2 2019, 07:51 AM
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Alone and wounded
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01. SOS
02. Work (feat Drake) 03. Umbrella (feat. Jay-Z) 04. We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris) 05. Diamonds 06. Pon De Replay 07. Only Girl (In The World) 08. Russian Roulette Lmao at me and you having the opposite favourite and least favourite Andrew |
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Aug 2 2019, 08:15 AM
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is in hibernation
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I was hoping you had your ranking back to front </3
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Aug 2 2019, 08:15 AM
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#VoteGarden.Keh
Joined: 24 May 2017
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1. Diamonds
2. Russian Roulette 3. We Found Love 4. Only Girl (In The World) 5. SOS 6. Work 7. Pon De Replay 8. Umbrella |
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Aug 2 2019, 08:27 AM
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BuzzJack Legend
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SOS for me <3
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Aug 2 2019, 11:27 AM
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BuzzJack Gold Member
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01 Work (feat. Drake)
02 Pon de Replay 03 We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris) 04 Umbrella 05 Russian Roulette 06 Diamonds 07 Only Girl (In the World) 08 SOS It's ridiculous how much I have grown to love Pon de Replay over the years. I'm not entirely sure if I actually do think We Found Love is better than some of those, but it has so many special memories attached to it from that year. |
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Aug 2 2019, 11:37 AM
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Brown cow, stunning!
Joined: 7 December 2009
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01 SOS
02 Ony Girl (In The World) 03 Umbrella 04 Pon De Replay 05 Russian Roulette 06 Diamonds 07 Work 08 We Found Love Oops at WFL being my last, it's very very overrated though. What a stellar lot of songs though!! The top 6 are all 10/10s and I still really love the bottom 2 I just don't go back to them so much. |
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Aug 2 2019, 11:37 AM
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Jord
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1. Umbrella
Umbrella is still one of the best songs of the millennium for me. So iconic and so so good! Everything you’d want in a song tbh. It’s the song I’d say what made her who she is today as well. 10 weeks at #1 (If the chart was sales only this would stlll have the record since 2000 too wouldn’t it!) Umbrella is just that song for me when someone says Rihanna. I’ve always loved it and it’s never gotten old. 2. Diamonds Simple but effective. I really wanted something like this from her as leading up to this she’d released many huge dance numbers so to do something opposite and lead the album with it was bold. I’ve always loved this though both her version and Sias. Definitely one of her signature hits and her vocals are great on this too. 3. Only Girl In The World Probably her most generic lead but one what’s such a bop I had to rank it highly. I often go back to this and it still just soars. This is one of the best dance pop songs ever in my opinion. One of her most instant songs ever for me too instantly just got me sold. 4. Russian Roulette Her most different sounding lead. Dark totally unlike she’d done before that point but it works. Love the production and this was the first time I’d been like wow girl can sing!!! At a Rihanna song. A big turning point in showing she wasn’t just a puppet in my opinion. Would love more songs like this on R9. 5. SOS The first Rihanna song I properly loved! And still do. Just such a bop. So catchy. It feels a bit forgotten as she’s had so many monster hits since but I do love this. 6. We Found Love For this being her biggest hit as lead artist in the UK I just don’t get it. I feel like she was just riding on a high at the time and whatever led TTT the album would’ve been huge. It’s OK but I definitely find it very overrated. The chorus is just one sentence over and over again. Both Rihanna and Calvin have had way better songs than this. I never got the huge feel of it. At the time it came out I did love it but i still preferred most of the singles from Loud. 7. Pon De Replay This has grown over the past year or so. I hear it all the time on nights out. It’s very Rihanna esque too. One of her least generic hits and it hasn’t really aged. I do feel like vocally she’s way better now. 8. Work Just not for me . I love both Rihanna and Drake but this song is absolutely awful. Never liked it from first listen and it’s never grown on me so I definitely don’t go back to listen to it. Even when I play ANTI I skip this most of the time. One of her worst ever singles for me. |
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Aug 2 2019, 01:09 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris).
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Aug 2 2019, 01:25 PM
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on a bench in coney island
Joined: 9 August 2007
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01 Work
02 We Found Love 03 Umbrella 04 Pon De Replay 05 Russian Roulette 06 Diamonds 07 SOS 08 Only Girl (in the World) |
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Aug 2 2019, 01:33 PM
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I found the love, I found the love in me
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01. Umbrella (feat. Jay-Z)
02. Russian Roulette --- 03. We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris) 04. SOS 05. Diamonds 06. Work (feat Drake) 07. Pon De Replay 08. Only Girl (In The World) She has great lead singles. I don't even hate or dislike OG(ITW) I just find it very overrated and basic/generic compared to everything else. The top 2 are practically tied for completely different reasons. RR is one of my favourite RiRi songs just down to how serious it is etc.. and Umbrella is an all out pop classic. |
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Aug 2 2019, 02:13 PM
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you never forget your first time...
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1. Umbrella
2. SOS 3. Diamonds 4. Only Girl (In the World) 5. We Found Love 6. Pon de Replay 7. Work 8. Russian Roulette A good selection here tbh!! |
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Aug 2 2019, 04:02 PM
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BuzzJack Platinum Member
Joined: 13 June 2011
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01. We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)
02. Only Girl (In The World) 03. Diamonds 04. SOS 05. Umbrella (feat. Jay-Z) 06. Russian Roulette 07. Pon de Replay 08. Work (feat. Drake) She certainly knows how to release an absolutely brilliant lead single This post has been edited by Jαsє: Aug 2 2019, 04:03 PM |
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Aug 2 2019, 05:25 PM
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Jord
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01. We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris) 02. Only Girl (In The World) 03. Diamonds 04. SOS 05. Umbrella (feat. Jay-Z) 06. Russian Roulette 07. Pon de Replay 08. Work (feat. Drake) She certainly knows how to release an absolutely brilliant lead single Yesss! At the bottom two of your poll. Definitely the right decision She does have some amazing leads though one of the best artists for lead singles. |
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Aug 12 2019, 10:41 PM
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BuzzJack Platinum Member
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Her lead singles always seem to be JUST what we need musically at the time. I really wasn't sure on "Work" at first, but it gets my vote here!
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Aug 13 2019, 10:38 AM
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BuzzJack Platinum Member
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I feel like her lead singles are all very much "of the time" and don't necessarily fit the current state of pop. I'd probably rate them as follows:
01. We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris) 02. Umbrella (feat. Jay-Z) 03. Only Girl (In The World) 04. Work (feat. Drake) 05. Diamonds 06. Russian Roulette 07. SOS 08. Pon de Replay None are BAD but Only Girl and especially PDR are really dated and can't imagine her ever releasing anything like that nowadays. |
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Aug 13 2019, 03:31 PM
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I just had to see your face to feel alive
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Listen up EVERYBODY. There is only one song that is worthy of the title Rihanna's best lead and that song is called 'Díámónds'.
01. Díámónds 02. Úmbréllá 03. Ónlý Gírl ín thé wórld 04. Wé fóúnd lóvé 05. Wórk 06. Pón dé répláý 07. Rússíán Róúlétté 08. SÓS |
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Aug 13 2019, 04:02 PM
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Beautiful Trauma
Joined: 19 May 2006
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Diamonds
Umbrella (feat. Jay-Z) We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris) Only Girl (In The World) SOS Pon De Replay Russian Roulette Work (feat. Drake) |
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Aug 15 2019, 07:43 AM
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#SaveLoveGame
Joined: 15 April 2016
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This just reminded me how bad of a lead single RR was....like what was she thinking when she had Rude Boy on that album!
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Aug 15 2019, 07:54 AM
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Paradise With Ice Cream Skies♥
Joined: 31 August 2006
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I love them all tbh but I think I'd go -
1. Russian Roulette 2. We Found Love 3. Only Girl (In The World) 4. Diamonds 5. Umbrella 6. SOS 7. Pon De Replay 8. Work |
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