one of the few chart-hunting album dropped out this november, it's rihanna and she's back with this rosy-red head feminine i'm not so surprise to see how her look turn out this way at the first time in "only girl in the world". maybe she learned to renovate herself the same way madonna does to survive this long. by the way, it's all about her music though. and, i say yes to pop music so it's not out of my hand to talk about this one. rihanna albums recieves high score on critique reviews in her last 3 albums. she's not showing intimacy with listener (as she described Rated R) and not a hard-core glam anymore. as a result of reducing her lyrical uprightness, each songs become more playful, sympathetic and loud. to be honest, rihanna looks less wannabe this time.
only girl in the world - first single come out last month (but leaked out way before), up-tempo danceable beat, annoying at first but so pure after a while. the video talks about a reddish girl being in love, dancing around in her drunken fantasy, laughing on the swing, very beautiful.
what's my name - a cooperation with younger rapper, drake. i initially hate this song but after it keeps playing on the radio for few weeks, i ended up humming it. presented in r&b/dancehall style, similar to her achievement "rude boy" less urban, more youthful.
man down - crazier than all songs in "rated r", talking about "mama i just shot a man down" !! narrated by some kind of ice cream jingle music. using the bardadian raggae/dancehall style to pull out her boyish vibe. i love this song.
california king bed - the title sounds like some nasty on-bed music but no, this song sounds very calm, sober and true with that soft guitar.
in conclusion, i think rihanna cannot yet settle down to something like we cannot say "wow this is so rihanna". we have to accept the fact that all radio music are not always the best. everyone leap into eurodance style, everything sounds like david guetta now. however i appriciate what she does so far. as she constantly changing, she is something on the radio that need to stay tune.
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