Rihanna disappoints the world

The rumors were true.

Not only has Rihanna let Chris Brown on her “Birthday Cake” remix, but she’s also helped the guy out by featuring on his “Turn Up The Music” remix.

I voiced my opposition to the former lovers reuniting earlier this week in my article “It Might Be Time to Boycott Rihanna”, so it’s sad to see that they’ve been so irresponsible and gone through with it, especially on Rihanna’s part.

This isn’t victim blaming. The fact of the matter is that Rihanna is pretty much the poster girl for domestic violence these days, and whether she likes it or not, she has a responsibility to the millions of people who look up to her.

And it certainly doesn’t help matters with how flippant she’s been about it. Rihanna’s spent the past few days laughing and joking on Twitter, rubbing the collaboration in everybody’s faces and sending out cryptic tweets like it’s all a game. It shows a lack of respect for her fans, and everybody who has looked up to her. Chris Brown has acted like a rude, ill-mannered, violent, homophobic brat since the assault took place, yet that hasn’t stopped Rihanna from turning the whole situation into a joke.

Is it okay for Rihanna to forgive Chris Brown and be friends with him again? Yes. Is it okay for her to collaborate with him, rub it in our faces, and turn something as serious as domestic violence into a joke? No.

“Girl, I wanna fuck you right now,” Chris Brown sings taunts on the “Birthday Cake” remix. “Been a long time, I’ve been missin’ your body.“

They say that any publicity is good publicity, and it’s getting pretty obvious by now that Talk That Talk probably isn’t going to spawn another big hit beyond “We Found Love”, but is it really worth doing all this?

She’s definitely lost me as a fan.

“Birthday Cake” remix and “Turn Up The Music” remix are both available from Chris Brown and Rihanna’s Twitter accounts.

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  • B0MBSHELL

    For all the people who are mad about this don’t even worry. Her career is coming to a close and we all know it. She know’s it too. Even if this was planned long ago, if she had enough to lose then the idea would be scrapped. Two of her three singles flopped and she is desperate. She’s a singles artist and this album doesn’t have enough hit singles. TTT won’t be able to sell like Loud. Without singles she is nothing. This move proves she knows that currently she has not much to lose. In her mind and the labels, this can only help her…. But nah bitch, nah uh

  • Marco

    This is just an insult to common sence. I strongly supported Rated R, and now she’s selling this story. Bitch u deserve nothing but ignorance and end of ur career! 

  • leti

    i dont fuckin care what’s goin on in her private life caus’e i don fuckin know her personally..its been 3 years’ it is her fuckin right to do what she likes.. i would never even talk to soneone who beat da shit out of me but maybe she is different, i still like her music and as a person she is nice too its not her fault she is a sex freak who is dying for chris’s cock.. by the way i bet she gave him a nice blowjob while he was singing.. 

  • Edi_adam

    finally some wisdom words.. 

  • Edi_adam

    wow bitch how old are u? like 4 and a half or somtin? grow da fuck up

  • AaronB

    Amazing. I’m dead. ‘Rihfund’  

  • ibreathepop

    Wanna read what ibreathepop has to say about the Chrihanna-reunion? Check it out on ibreathepop.blogspot.com

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_V36GX3VUXMOIYHYUEAB6D55EUA TylerB

    ^Ironic response that looks like it was typed by a 4 year old.

  • xx

    lol Proph, you will forget all of this when she drops a new video, a re-release, or album. It’s like what you did with Femme Fatale that you say you didnt wanna support it, but in the end you still did. Take it easy!

  • DRB

    AMEN

  • http://twitter.com/ThatBoyLuke luke Marriott

    Firstly i love Cassie but how are you gonna call Xtina XTINCTA when her flop album sold more than Cassie’s career?! I’m not even gonna go into being “big/bigger” i’m talking about good MUSIC, you need to separate quality from sales SMH.

  • http://twitter.com/ThatBoyLuke luke Marriott

    Calling someone a n****r is based on their race, calling someone ghetto is based on their actions, there are ghetto hoodrats from all races get a grip.

  • Guesty

    The aussie fags are so in drama! Proph, don’t act like a lil’ bitch!

  • Brunswickboy86

     the “mature” girl left when Rihanna started cursing out people on twitter and things of such nature…everyone should of saw this reunion coming since Rihanna has been portraying this “rebel, I don’t give a fuck” attitude since the TTT era started…when she said “Birthday Cake” was going to feature a shocking guest, EVERYONE should of assumed it was Chris since he’s the only guest that would of been considered shocking

  • Prophet stan

    Proph, we need you to go survive this horrible time. Who have we left to stan for? :( (

    Beyonce is a shady biatch
    Madonna should become Target’s new face and stop trying to be relevant.
    Nicki Minaj needs to get on her starship and fucking leave this earth (
    Gaga blew it. Girl must NOT be given creative control.
    Xtina’s dirty ass will probably stay in her turning chair for the next 10 years, with the occasional adlib collab.
    Jesse J… no, I just can’t.

    At least I can rely on Katy for the occasional single, good music video and 12 remixes to keep me going.

    *crawls in a corner holding Stronger & 19 and sobbing*

    PS: The most shitty part is that the remixes are actually… good. Katy, take your lesson!

  • http://twitter.com/BOBBYADAN Bobby

    Rihanna and Chris are certainly sending a big “FUCK YOU” to the world with this move…should be interesting to see how this pans out for them both career-wise.

  • Bob

    Here here!  This makes me sick to my stomach.. and you didn’t even quote the more horrifying line “I’m gonna give it to you in the worst way” — sadly he already did.

    If they wanted to collab, they should have done it on a song that addresses the gravity between them – something sober, about moving on as friends – something fans and people who look up to her can use.

    Chris Brown hasn’t reformed in the slightest.  I’m tired of having him shoved down my throat — I hope you go back and delete that blog post saying his video doesn’t suck.

    The most sad thing is this comes the week after Whitney’s death – a woman who’s voice was utterly destroyed in the throws of a broken relationship to the point where she withered away and died.

    Sad….

  • Bobs

    Big words coming from a 5 year old.

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  • Notahipsterr

    Maybe it wasn’t Chris Brown who effed her up in the first place. Lots of people take, or are forced to take, the blame when they didn’t commit the crime. Not sayin that’s the cases here… but shit doesn’t add up.

  • virgo

    She doesn’t OWE the public anything.  However she is contradicting the things she’s said with her behavior. So if she decides never to explain herself, which is her right, she will just have to live with the consequences.  She isn’t the best singer, dancer, and she isn’t a musician or song writer.  Part of her success has to do with her personality.  People think she’s cool.  She’s been able to market that.  So while she doesn’t owe anyone anything.  If people stop liking her and she does nothing to explain herself than it will be her own fault.

  • K Kay

    Ah come on ! I think some people are a bit overreacting…These are just two songs…Pretty good songs at that. Rihanna is not going back to Chris Brown and even if she is doing so, it is her decision. And if some people are stupid enough to go back to their abusive partner it is their fault…and certainly not Rihannas.

  • http://safaripoet.blogspot.com/ Petra @ Safari Poet

    It seems a lot of music being released is light on the quality, heavy on controversy. It would be different if the controversy was for a real reason and not just topping the charts/being the center of attention.

    {Heavy on the sarcasm} The audacity of musicians who actually put their heart and soul or if it’s a fun song, real talent into making an album not
    just for right now, but something people will still listen to in a few years.

  • Trevor Szuba-Schneider

    when your record company makes your artistic decisions instead of the artists themselves and both artist and company want $$$ it’s really no surprise that this is happening.

    in the end WHO THE FUCK CARES!?!?!?!?

    i certainly don’t.

  • MissVicious

    Proph, I really hate that you feel this way. Like seriously I have been reading your blog for awhile now  like at least 4 or 5 years now and I seriously haven’t seen you post something as passionate as the last post you had did on Rihanna. To be honest I’m torn. I’m torn between the thoughts of being appaled that the fact that this “act of rebellion” is considered entertainment but at the same time there is such thing as free will.

    At the end of the day Rihanna is going to do what Rihanna want’s to do. It really shows a testement to her character and to her as a person but I can’t judge that based on the music. I’ve always been the type of person to keep the music seperate from the artist. Sometimes that is hard but I know where a personally stand on that. I’m not going to stop listening to her music because she does make catchy music however I personally don’t believe Chris Brown’s actions are acceptable ether.

    Regardless, I think we seriously need to look at the bottom line. The bottom line is we have 2 people over the age of 21 who are making over the age of 21 destion. To be perfectly honest they don’t care what the rest of us think when it comes to their creative freedom and artistry. If they really did care then I want people to seriously stop supporting them. Stop buying their albums and going to their concerts, stop talking about them stop buying their endorcements. It really only takes one person of an idea that can spark a reveloution (that’s how the holocaust started*bad reference but true*).

    Do I think Rihanna is doing this to enhance her “punk rock” image? Yeah because I think that she is an attention whore and so is he. Do I think that Chris Brown has changed? I really don’t know. I really pray to God that he has but he has done things recently and since the whole “beat down” that makes me think that he hasn’t. I think the fact of the matter is there are some people out there who will NEVER forgive him. Just because they feel that his mistake was so terrrible.

    At the end of the day I feel it should be more about the music. Point blank period. I feel that we put alot of emphsis on these pop stars and they are put on a unrealistic level. Proph, I love you and I still support you and your decisions. Regardless of what you decide to do.
     

  • Freedomisfree

    More than anything else Rihanna has let herself down.  I’m sorry for her.  She must be confused and hurting inside, as is Chris Brown or he wouldn’t beat up his lover and keep going on the way he has.  Fame and fortune can’t buy you inner peace.  These two are losers in my book.  I hope the public can figure that out too.

  • Bobs

    She Found Love in a Swollen Face.

  • Bobs

     she went behind he record company’s back.  they refused and still refuse to release it – and now there is talk of ending all promo for the album in general.

  • all4U

    If you think about it, this has been all an elaborated set-up; from the very beginning.

    First, we had the video for “We Found Love”, which was a reference to her tumultuous relationship with Brown.
    Then, the album title: “Talk That Talk” and all the newspaper headlines-styled booklet.
    Then, that suspiciously brief, but ultimately hot track called “Birthday Cake” and the promise to deliver a full version of it on her birthday with a “shocking rap feature”.
    And finally, the controversial full version of said song featuring Chris Brown, making references to the whole “talk that talk” thing, apart from being a very nasty, dirty track.

    Now that all the pieces fit together, you can see it clearly: this was bound to happen.
    She fooled us, and we fell into her trap. I really hope she gets that very well earned backlash.

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  • Mannyville21

    Shut the hell up who cares shes a grown ass woman and an entertainer she can do what she wants so your not her fan anymore..oh well she has about 2 million or so more so your not that important as a losss

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  • Shaniqua

     Why so dumb?

  • http://www.facebook.com/morganfarantinoclark Morgan Farantino-Clark

    PLEASE PUT A BRAND NEW PETITION,FIRST ONE ONLINE TONIGHT AND SUPPORT THANK YOU AS WE SHALL SUPPORT YOUR GREAT BLOG, THIS IS A OUTRAGE,ALREADY IS GETTING SIGNATURES! THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
    http://www.change.org/petitions/the-american-people-preclude-from-buyingdownloadingpurchasing-rihanna-music

  • http://www.facebook.com/morganfarantinoclark Morgan Farantino-Clark

    i can’t believe it,but i m sure if e ALL BOYCOTT rihanna music as the petition below say, i m sure we will make a diff,and be heard, she disgust me.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YFDJXMYNMLCQ6GNTDRB47FCGZE backspace

    Great article and the truth anyway she could have gotten
    anybody other than chris, anybody i just don’t understand
    her thinking at all.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YFDJXMYNMLCQ6GNTDRB47FCGZE backspace

    I guess she was just ready to give up on the “TTT” Era
    all together, when she was off to a decent start with it.

  • Idenmccollum

    People in show biz can’t and should not be allowed to disappoint fans. . .they are entertainers, not our friends or associates and we can not ask them to be role models if they don’t want to be. Rhianna, makes her own decisions, it’s obvious and just like any of us she has to learn her lessons through fire just like anybody else.  Why boycott, did you boycott Chris Brown and the radio stations that played his music? Did you boycott media takeout.com for posting that photo of an abused young woman and are you going to boycott yourself for posting the very same picture?  Distasteful in the same manner as the enquirer for putting Whitney Houston on the cover in her casket.  Your glorifying what Chris did too her by using that picture so I’m boycotting you!

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/RN54ZXUCMNQ4TLQBQJU6GATDB4 Jammy Smoochie

    I used to be a Rihanna stan. But this move of hers is not winning me over back to her camp.

  • http://www.facebook.com/chibijoshie Josh Chinnery

    Because they are in a place of power. Say what you want, but kids idolize these celebrities and yeah, they ain’t role model material, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t.

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