Comments on: Rihanna readies new ‘Unapologetic’ singles…

By: Faithz

Faithz — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:33:00 +0000

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

By: Faithz

Faithz — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:32:00 +0000

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.

By: Faithz

Faithz — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:31:00 +0000

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.

By: Faithz

Faithz — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:30:00 +0000

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.

By: Faithz

Faithz — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:29:00 +0000

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.

By: Faithz

Faithz — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:29:00 +0000

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.

By: Faithz

Faithz — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:28:00 +0000

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

By: Faithz

Faithz — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:27:00 +0000

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.

By: Faithz

Faithz — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:26:00 +0000

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.

By: Faithz

Faithz — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:26:00 +0000

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.

By: Faithz

Faithz — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:25:00 +0000

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.

By: Faithz

Faithz — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:24:00 +0000

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.