Rihanna readies new ‘Unapologetic’ singles…

This Rihanna era is a messy trainwreck. Homegirl didn’t finish recording Unapologetic until less than two weeks before its release, there was the whole #RihannaPlane fiasco, and of course, the whole Chris Brown thing. The single choices from RiRi’s album continue the unfocused direction of the era, with the songstress first instagramming what seemed to be the official single artwork for “Pour It Up”, only to have the ballad “Stay” sent to UK radio days later.

What’s going on, girl? Which is it?

Chances are that Rihanna might be going for a multi-singles, multi-format, approach with the album. “Pour It Up” has to be for urban radio in the U.S., because I don’t know who else would play that ratchet Mya mixtape b-side. “Stay” on the other hand, while not an obvious single choice, could work quite well outside of America, where people actually still buy ballads. Considering that the piano-led song was co-written by Lana Del Rey songwriter Justin Parker, and how successful Del Sley has been internationally, it’s a good choice.

RiRi’s definitely stumped me with this, though. From the first listen of the album I pegged the singles as, “Jump”, “Right Now”, maybe “Love Song”, and definitely “Nobody’s Business” — the latter of which was already confirmed by RiRi’s management as the likely second Unapologetic single right before the album dropped.

I think Rihanna should just pretend that this whole shitty era never happened and release “Photographs” or something instead. Loud and Rated R double-disc re-release!

Update: Apparently the “Pour It Up” artwork is fanmade? Idk. Headache tbh.

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  • YEAH!!

    Rihanna will never be Britney.. she needs to stop trying to be!

  • http://www.facebook.com/akie.koizora Akie Bertekad Cemerlang

    preached! and also Gimme More, Piece of Me, Everytime, Stronger, etc.

  • http://www.facebook.com/memz.herfer Memo Memz

    OMFG, you are so mediocre you need stupid stereotypes to get me ”offended.” What a miserable life. Púdrete.

  • Col91R

    Even though I’m no Britney fan I feel you are right. Britney’s songs, especially her early stuff for myself are really catchy and memorable. Rihanna’s songs are bland, tuneless, thrown together in 5 minutes crap. Take a random one song likeToxic and then Rihanna’s entire back-catalouge. Toxic stil tops!

  • Col91R

    Preach the truth!!!!

  • http://twitter.com/jms177 Justy

    People aren’t complaining because it’s ratchet music, they’re complaining because it’s BAD ratchet music. She’s better off doing the pop music that she knows and loves, not this wannabe thug shit.

  • http://www.twitter.com/themusicprophet The Music Prophet

    Boom!

  • http://www.twitter.com/themusicprophet The Music Prophet

    He’s made fun of Britney non-stop since the ‘Circus’ era… Check your facts. NOBODY actually thinks that will-I-am video was anywhere near decent either… That’s the difference between Britney fans and rihanna stans. Y’all think everything Ri does is fucking flawless… Britney’s fans embrace her shit moments for exactly what they are … Shit moments. When you here Brit fans saying “bitch is fierce… Slaying everyone’s faves” after a performance like ‘Scream and Shout’, it’s called sarcasm. See they can own that sarcasm cuz Brit’s a fucking icon, and one with more memorable classics than rihanna and ke$ha combined. You can keep praising Rihanna’s “success” all you want… But those 12 #1′s are considerably less impressive when you consider the fact that first off, she never has a hand in crafting them, and second, after a few months or a year, no one gives a shit about them. With the exception of ‘Umbrella’, Rihanna will never have a hit that’s remembered like ‘…Baby One More Time’, ‘Oops! I Did It Again’, ‘I’m a Slave 4 U’, ‘Toxic’, or ‘Womanizer’ or ‘Gimme More’…

    Keep praying.

  • Typical!

    what everyone remembers about Britney is that she was good and she isn’t anymore!

  • Faithz

    Back in the early Sixties, the American singer James Brown used to call himself the hardest working man in show business.
    If the late Godfather of Soul were still around to appoint a modern, female equivalent, then Caribbean R&B queen Rihanna would be a strong contender.
    The diva maintains an astonishingly demanding schedule.

  • Faithz

    Rihanna “Talk That Talk”
    She is only 23, but this is her sixth album in as many years.
    She is also in the middle of a mammoth British tour that leaves even her closest female rivals in the shade.

  • Faithz

    So it is no wonder that her current single, the barnstorming dance track We Found Love, last weekend secured a fourth week at the top of the charts.
    It’s her sixth British No 1 in five years.

  • Faithz

    Robyn Rihanna Fenty sometimes hits the headlines for things other than her music, of course.
    Off-stage: Rihanna pictured this week going to Giorgio Baldi Restaurant in Los Angeles.

  • Faithz

    In September, she was ordered from a muddy field in Northern Ireland by farmer Alan Graham after exposing too much flesh for his liking while making a video.

  • Faithz

    Her live concerts have also been criticised for their sexual dance routines, with the singer often writhing suggestively around the stage in a barely-there bikini.

  • Faithz

    There is a danger that Rihanna’s sharp, snappy songs will be over- shadowed by her raunchy antics.

  • Faithz

    Talk That Talk offers a chance to redress the balance even if she indulges in some almost laughable double entendres that will give her detractors fresh ammunition.

  • Faithz

    First, the good. In blending her Caribbean vocals with pop, soul and hip-hop, Rihanna has forged a distinctive style, one that has enabled her to transcend the limitations of R&B and become a mainstream star.

  • Faithz

    Much of Talk That Talk was recorded on the road, and there is a playful immediacy to We Found Love, brilliantly produced by Calvin Harris, plus opening track You Da One, which melds Bajan flavours with a dubstep section.

  • Faithz

    Rihanna also shines on the ballads the most touching moments of her current show occur when the relentless rhythms slacken and she dons an evening gown to belt out California King Bed and Unfaithful.

    That tender side emerges here, too, notably on We All Want Love, an acoustic guitar ballad with booming drums, and the closing Farewell, a Phil Spector-esque epic built around a rolling piano motif and a huge chorus.
    Less interesting are those moments that rely on innuendo for impact.

  • Faithz

    The title track, which features a rap from Jay-Z, is slow and sultry, but the subsequent Cockiness, on which Rihanna begs the listener to be her ‘sex slave’, is hardly subtle.
    By the time we reach Birthday Cake, the double entendres have grown tiresome.
    Maybe Rihanna is wising up, though.

  • Faithz

    One of the catchiest songs, Roc Me Out, features a few all-too-predictable lines about the singer being a bad girl who promises to divulge her ‘dirty secret’.

    But when the time comes to reveal it, she wrong-foots the listener. And her guilty pleasure? ‘I just want to be loved,’ she sings.
    It seems even pop’s most provocative princess is a romantic at heart

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