Im so dissapointed, I love hard but apart from that theres not another song thats worth a second listen, so boring and whilst I can see her growth as an artist since GGGB its just not strong material.

She'll be releasing a four disk album thing with 'Music Of The Sun', 'A Girl Like Me', 'Good Girl Gone Bad' and of course 'Rated R' all together. Not sure if it'll only be in the US but it'd be cool for those who haven't got those albums. I would buy it but essentially it'd be a bit pointless having two copies of each album, I think I'll just stick to the Standard Edition. :heehee:

Incredibly boring. It's Rihanna singing over hip hop beats. :/ A huge letdown after the stunning Good Girl Gone Bad...Hard is the only really nice track on the whole album tbh. Oh, Cold Case Love is phenomonal too. But otherwise? Snoozefest.

This album is actually amazing.

I'm liking it a bit more today, but it's a bit...I dunno. All of the songs surprisingly start off incredibly strong, but kinda miss the mark in terms of chorus / the rest of the song. Like I said, most of these would suit a rapper better than Rihanna.

 

Hard is amazing though. As well as Cold Case Love.

Who is watching the concert :D

AMAZING I can't get enough of this album at the mo. G4L is my fave at the moment

The concert was ok, the crowd were $h!t as hell. Just head boppers. Loved the live version of Dont Stop The Music. I loved the raw-ness it had with the guitars.

AAHHHHH! 'Fire Bomb' is seriously amazing! Like seriously :wub:

 

Oh and does anyone else get a 'Miss Independant' by Ne-Yo sort of feeling from 'Te Amo'? :o

could someone send me a link plz: :D

Got this today, only listened the whole thing through once. All sorts of genres coming through, love how she's re-inventing herself all the time. Album completely different to her previous 3. I already hate the song with Ne-Yo and the one with Will I Am. Already adoring Cold Case Love, Hard, G4L, Fire Bomb, Wait Your Turn. Will do a review eventually. Love RiRi. I think everyone remembers how obsessed I was with her in the GGGB era. Oh the old days. :drama:

'fire bomb' is the bomb. :lol:

but seriously, that has to be the best on the album, which is saying something because 'russian roulette' is fantastic. 'fire bomb' is just spectacular. goes to show how versatile rihanna is. :wub:

amazing album.

Back cover >

 

http://i49.tinypic.com/28vq7pz.jpg

 

Love that picture of her. :wub:

:o I love the artwork so much for this era!

Got an email a couple of days ago saying my album had been dispatched so hopefully it'll arrive tomorrow. :wub:

I wish I had enough money to buy the album. :( May just get it for christmas now I think.

 

Also she had a lot of writing credits on the album, helped to write every track except for 'Russian Roulette', 'Stupid In Love', 'Cold Case Love' and 'Photographs'. :o

My copy arrived in the post this morning! :dancing:

 

Here are photos of the album booklet if anyone's interested:

http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq341/CremeEgg26/P1060480.jpg

http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq341/CremeEgg26/P1060475.jpg

http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq341/CremeEgg26/P1060477.jpg

http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq341/CremeEgg26/P1060478.jpg

http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq341/CremeEgg26/P1060470.jpg

http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq341/CremeEgg26/P1060471.jpg

http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq341/CremeEgg26/P1060473.jpg

http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq341/CremeEgg26/P1060474.jpg

 

I've only included the best pages (imo) because there are so many (15) and it would take up so much space on the page!

I can post the others if people want, but the ones above are the main ones really! :D

My copy arrived today as well! :D

 

The artwork for this era is just brilliant, I love it! :wub:

Wow that booklet looks immense. :wub:

I love that image with the Censored bar :P The booklet looks amazing, can't wait to get mine! :w00t:

Rihanna Talks Barbed Wire on Rated R Album Cover

 

Rihanna has been facing a little bit of criticism for the covers related to her new album, Rated R due to the fact that she was covered in nothing but barbed wire in the single cover of Russian Roulette. However, Rihanna is defending herself and doesn't see anything wrong with it.

 

During a radio interview Rihanna said,

"I definitely thought the barbed wire was cool. It was a symbol of strength but fearlessness all at once, that's why we used it."

 

She says that getting the barbed wire around her head wasn't easy,

"We took our time and wrapped that barbed wire around me. It took forever because we had to wrap it round the front of me a few times more than the rest of me so it would cover the necessary."

 

Source: http://www.ultimate-rihanna.com/

 

Also a stunning new track has been leaked in full, it features Justin Timberlake and will act as the bonus track for the UK Edition of Rated R. Really worth listening to, JT and RiRi always do the incredible when together. :wub: