Pics-Cute!

guess I’ll slap a lil of my 2 cents. first with me being a dark skin sista i gots no prob gettin mine lol. But yeah the girl is dark but non the less beautiful. Ri Ri looks really cute I love these pictures cause she looks natural and is still beautiful….Not many artist can look cute without makeup. Keep doin ya thing girl!!!

Shorty in the second pic looks like 3:34 a.m. (EST).

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#75 it’s clear you never stepped in Habour Lights a friday night to say that.

All I gotta say is Bey ringing an alarm and Rihanna off in Baje town enjoying herself, LOL.

Damn, that dark booty looks good! She could give some azz to Kimora!

i can’t even see under that hat to tell if its rihanna or not…

I’m lightskinned and I am tired of hearing this lightskinned/darkskinned shit. It’s that same bullshit ass mentality that keeps a lot of little girls and little boys from seeing what is beautiful/handsome about themselves. When will Black people realize that Black truly is beautiful not matter what shade it comes in, and truly commit to spreading that message instead of self hatred??? Some of you mf’s really showing just how much you suffer from self hate. Where is the self love???

Ri gone burn the hell up rocking them chinchilla coats in hot ass Barbados.

Come on GeminiPrize #82,

Everybody knows the darker the berry the sweeter the juice! Just be thankful for the little taste of ebony that you have!

And don’t forget, historically, it was the light-skinned negros who started playing the dozens!

looks like rihanna is havin a nice time just chillin with some friends. she seems like she’s a down to earth chick and i personally think her body looks great. i don’t know what guys see in “toothpick beauties” these days anyway. ugh…only dogs want bones if you know what i mean…

anyway…if this post is supposed to be about some candids of rihanna, why are we even discussing people’s complexions??? i’m puzzled…

Some say the blacker the berry,the sweeter the juice I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots
**Real Talk**
Lyrics by:Tupac Shakur

some of us black folks really got some issues goin on….how come on damn near erry post somebody gotta throw in B or they talkin bout skintone…give it a rest already damn…..p.s. rhi rhi and co. look nice and like they havin a nice time….

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Is he a rent-a-dread? LMAO…

Those pics just validate my point..Rhianna is not all that. I can go to my old neighborhood in Jam Down and pick out 50 chicks that will make y’all forget about Rhianna. Not impressed. I don’t think Beyonce losing sleep over her.

She can get it, though!

wtf is your point, that is some ignorant shit right there,you think the womans worth is lookin better than any other girl, im been readin a couple of your comment and your a pure idiot,

Comments such as these are the reason why African-Americans are not the #1 minority in America. Why are still dragging along that racist self hatred for our own people and segregating within ourselves. Will we ever learn? I doubt it.

you think justbecause you think there are better lookin woman than her,u dont care she nothin to you, whar abut her as a person forget about her looks for a second she could be one of the nices girls in the world and you wouldnt give ashit about that, most men these day ONLY care about womans looks and thats a shame!!!

#85 DEELICIOUS,

The reason we’re discussing complexion is because tucked away in the background of the second picture, is the darkest sista some of us have ever seen on the planet. I’m talkin “dry blood” dark! hehe!

Rarely, does the discussion on CL stay with the obvious! We look for buggas, coochie hair and sweaty arm pits! hehe!

What is with the light skinned/dark skinned thing! It’s 2006 people we need to stop putting ourselves in a box. Word up. She does look nice though…All the sisters!!

wow…these dark skin comments are really scary? I guess we haven’t come too far. Rhianna looks like just an average girl w/out the hair and makeup. Nothing special, but she’s still a cutie pie. I like the fact that she seems to act her age & isn’t spread eagle in every magazine or getting high some where (as we know of…lol)

meatloaf…wow…

anyway…why is that people think that because rihanna is in the business she is supposed to look extra special? all these chicks these days look like every day females without all the hollywood enhancements so what’s the big fuss on her being an average chick? GOSH! don’t we want entertainers we feel we can relate to, especially with the young ones. who wants to see them all dolled up every where they go. that shit aint them…it aint hot…and it aint real.

and for once my fellow concreteloopers can we PLEASE leave beyonce out of this??? she got her own posts rackin up 400+ so let’s let rihanna have her lil fun in the sun post without mentioning ms.ring the alarm…

please and thank you.

-DeeLicious

That’s good she got a new boo! He’s ugly though.

That hat mad dingey lol. That dude is BLACK! But still cute though

@#66 How the hell did you not know her hair was fake? R you black? If not then that would explain why yo would think so…I mean tell me which black female celebrity besides Chili and Kelis that doesnt wear a weave? Not many right?… As for the light eyes comment, some black people have light light eyes(Beyonce,Stacey Dash,my ex- boyfriend)Rihanna isnt any different.

All ya’ll who comment on the skin must be real happy to have those slave masters have sex with your ancestors because you would have been just as dark as them so stop tripping like your indian-lol!

[ @ 51 ] I don’t know why they call LeAndra ‘Blackamus’, somebody who used to go to her grammar school in BIM, Combermere, said so over at RihannaForum.org =D

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We’re all different shades of black…does it matter, but obviously it does. This kind of stuff makes the darker of blacks feel bad about being part of our oh so rich culture and ancestry. It’s a shame. We don’t need whites to put us down…we handle that job ourselves pretty well! (sighs) It’s sad cuz darker-skinned blacks go through more pain and brutality than the so called “light skinned chic.” Please open ur eyes you all cuz we’re hurtin one another.

all i’m thinkin is good now she can stay away from Chris Brown

Rihanna is goregous. Her BF looks corny. but anyway I like Rihanna, but she seems like a Beyoncé clone. I wonder if Beyoncé is down w/ that.

I’m not going to name any names but some people who post here need to take a second course in English. Possibly 3rd. I see too many misspelled words, bad grammer and punctuation.

I know it has nothing to do with the topic but this is horrible.

She looks thicker than in her videos. She looks really skinny on TV. She looks healthier in these pics. At least she’s not trying to waste away.

Damn Rihanna could get it, the girl in the pink could get it the other chick too. I love my Caribbean girls!!!! Not trying to look like damn crack heads. News flash to all you people who don’t know…black people in the Caribbean go outside!!!! THey don’t give a damn about getting darker (at least I don’t) They just look like typical island pepole.

Only Ignorant Black Americans still have the whacked mentality Dark vs Light! Damn we are all family jerks you don’t hear the africans,jamaicans,black europeans,creoles and latinos calling their own disrespectful names. Geesh when will our black americans ever learn?

Its official blacks are still color struck! Im new here but I would venture to say that the majority of the people here are black and these comments on skin tone are the reason the race is where it is now. Now thats a shame focused on skin color when the race has fallen apart

Ok yalll umm why yall acting like the reason the guy is extra dark is becuase he is from Barbados and spent extra time in the sun. Umm we are in the 21st century there is such a thing as genetics you know.

Or implying that Rihanna’s complexion is an anomaly in the Caribbean. There is a mix of all complexions in Barbados just like every other Caribbean island…there are lighter than Rihanna and all in between to the girl’s complexion.

I luv how the hot pink bikini looks on her and on another site there were other pics and her body is banging too.
and to the person (#10)offended by how ppl spoke about LeAndra yet you go and compare the dark skin guy to Taye from how stella got her groove back, how stereotypical is that…The island boy who is gonna romance you and give it to you good….sMH

and that blackamus thing sounds like ex school mates being jealous Rihanna doesnt splurge on them or consider them friends…..aka sour grapes

I’m probably the one of the dark-skinned people on this blog……….. not as Dark as that Chick but im a DARK CHOCOLATE. And nothing hurts more to see BLACK PEOPLE, NOT WHITE PEOPLE, make fun of dark-skinned people. It just sad to see people not appreciate dark color nowadays. Everybody is sooooo into light-skin, and everything thats light. But just kno that there is BEAUTY in the Chocolate color and Dark chocolate. And don’t for once think that someone isn’t Beautiful just bcuz they are Dark-skinned. DO NOT EVER. THAT GURL IS JUST AS BEAUTIFUL AS RIHANNA, OR MAYBE EVEN MORE.

I feel like it is only black americans that consider a lighter skin tone as a sign of beauty. In the Caribbean and Latin countries it’s not that extreme. It’s a shame when you hear black men make comments about dark women. White people have brainwashed our men into thinking that european features are more attractive. Even thought black men are lusted after by women of all races, white people still view them as uneducated and do as much as they can to keep the black man down. It’s a little ironic that they consider them fuckable but not intelligent. Everyone has there preference but we are feeding into their perceptions of us. If we could only support each others talents and beauty maybe we could make it somewhere in this country.

P.S. I don’t want controversy because I love black men but I feel like they don’t love me.

why so people always say black women aren’t naturally skinny?i see black women in all shapes and sizes…tall,short,thick,thin;so i think it’s wrong to single out sistas who aren’t “thick”.where i work,i see all types and they’re all beautiful.i remember when i was younger and thin,people use to make me feel like i was less attractive because i was smaller(not even skinny).too bad i was insecure and naive and went on a thick diet and didn’t appreciate my beautiful naturally slim but curvy self.what is up with black people?someones too dark,too light,too thick,too skinny.just shutup

Robyn’s body looks nice and healthy she does not need to look like a walking skeleton in order to sell records. That young bwoy is cute.

#53 you are wrong. If miss “you know who” ’s posts go up to 200+ because she was in the biggest group in the world since the supremes ( I beg to differ, but whatever) , then how come Kelly and Michelle’s posts don’t do the same. Its the “light skin is better” mentality. If Bee was as dark as Rihanna’s friend, she would not be big at all. Neither would Ciara or Cassie

Cassie isn’t big………at all. quit adding her name!! damn!!

I think Black People are seperated as it is by a numer of things:
1.Dark Skin/Light Skin
2.Gangs
3.Interacial Dating(Not saying that its bad but it is way too common,and personally I think it is stressing our black men/black women relationships.)
4.Media
5.Overall:Ignorance

Black people are beautiful, but honestly I think we are our biggest enemies. We are dying from our own culture. Kids dont have good home training so they go out and try to imitate a thug b/c thats what caucasion society see’s young black youth as and it’s ridiculous. Im what society would consider as light skinned but just the same,Ive had people discriminate.No matter what, black is black, that is how white people are gonna see you so why do we do this to ourselves? On another subject the reason a lot of black men stray is because they are not taught to love their black women.We really need to teach our culture to love our people before anything else, because no one will do it.

Black is beautiful ya’ll, just b/c someone is dark, does not mean they are ugly….it’s a shame.

I’m not really sure what’s going on BLACK PEOPLE? Ignorance on this board it prevelant in concentrated levels! That dark-skinned girl is absolutely beautiful. From what I can see, her facial features are nice soft and refined. As well, her body is banging. A nice azz, nice stomach and an overall toned body. Also, the brotha is dark and attractive all the same. We all know how society views blacks but it’s more demeaning to allow black men who’re at the bottom within the world to degrade black women. Yeah I said it. Why does the black man suffer from such self hate? It’s typically the black man who seeks out the companionship of a non-black. Black men and women suffer the same discrimination, but it seems to be the black man who’s the weaker of the two and falls prey to self-hate.

1st of all why do african american insist on putting labels to our own people, (dark boy, lighter girl and so on)the white men invented that and unfortunately until this day it remains in our minds….please drop the slave attitude it doesn´t suit us anymore in fact it never did!!!
2nd….ri is a little chunky and i see no problem in that….

In about 100 years or less there won’t be any more “dark-skinned” people on this planet, not even in the Caribbean because the white man would have succedeed in brainwashing 99% of us into believing that it’s ugly and unacceptable to be dark. Either that or dark people will become an endangered species that are only limited to Africa.

This is not a stretch if you think about how global and open-minded we’ve become about interracial relationships. Dark-skinned people only constitute a small percentage of the world’s population now anyway so it’s not that difficult to fathom.

So in essence, all the folks who think this discussion is stupid or who thinks people are buggin’ won’t even have to worry about their children and grandchildren having this same discussion because there won’t be anything to discuss. Just think about that.

Just a theory from someone that has a stake in black people’s future.

Now ya’ll know that it’s rare to find a dark skin person these days, so ya’ll better be nice to us because we add the flavor that a lot of you redbones lack.

Go Ri-Ri!!! You looking good girl!!!

To all the contributers…I REALLY DON’T LIKE THE NEW AVATARS….Angela looks like Bobby Christin’a big sister, Brian’s facial expression is irritating(luv the locs though), and Tianna looks like Big Lez…STOP CHANGING THEM…they keep getting worse…AND HOPEFULLY YOU WON’T ERASE THIS COMMENT AGAIN…It’s funny how people can dish it and not take it…I thought this was an open forum….

In an essence, Rihanna’s boyfriend looks like Flava Flav from the side…But they all do look cute together, as if they are having fun. There’s nothing with people who have a dark skin tone. I think it’s quite hot…For the girl in the pink bathing suit, her complexion goes nice with the pink.

Whoa 122 Flava is on another level of shrivelled raisin….dude is not attractive and it has nothing to do with skin color and ur gonna compare that young guy to Flave???

Blasphemy yo…that’s just cruel

Can I just say, for all the folks sayin that only Black Americans put such emphasis on skin color, I think you should study world issues more. In India and other Asian countries, dark complextions are undesirerable and associated with being poor. When women want to get a husband, they don’t dare go out in the sun for fear of getting darker. Also, skin bleaching in common in these countries. And in Puerto Rico, it is the same, the darker you are, for the most part, the poorer the area you live in. Have you ever watched Telemundo? The main stars are light, and the servants and so forth are dark.
I’m not saying it’s right, I’m just stating facts. So no, it’s CERTAINLY NOT JUST AMERICANS!!!!!!

Also, who could possibly look at these pics and say Rihanna is chubby???

@ PhillyLala, that’s so true. People just don’t know. Ever been to Sao Paolo, Brazil, or any part of Brazil for that matter? It’s rampant as hell there. And in Africa, they were facing a major crisis a few years ago because women were getting ill from the bleaching creams they were using. It was due to the poisonous content in the creams. I think it happened in South Africa.

I guess I can’t get mad at folks for not knowing these things though because very few people travel outside of the four corners of their cities or states and even fewer people read up on these types of subjects.

#103, Oslin- Are you “misspriss” the grammar police from C&D? Anyway, you might want to try taking a course as well, seeing that you had a misspelled word: grammar not grammer.

i didnt know she was that thick
she has a very nice body
all three of the women do

i cannot believe the discussion on here about dark skin
y is that a topic for discussion?

posters on this site (n i presume the majority are african american) have always been hugely colour struck…i knew these “oh (s)he’s dark!” comments wud crop up as soon as i viewed the pics..never fails…sadly…self hate…on the real, as sum people have commented, that “dark” chick is fine

LMAO @ 127 for calling out Oslin. That was precious (pun intended). Yeah, she is a MissPriss. Tried to get on my shit in another post by calling me a racists just ’cause I said Russell Simmons like his women light, bright and damn near white. She don’t even know what complexion I am! I could be light, bright and damn near white my damn self!

@ kandi
It’s not that Bey has a lighter complexion than Kelly and Michelle, but sorry to say she is a far better performer and singer than the two. Not even tryna knock Kelly and Michelle’s skills, but it’s the truth. Beyonce is a better entertainer and has a wider range and strong voice.

THATS RIGHT RHIANNA! LOL HER AND HER NEW BOO LOOK GREAT.
I LOVE HIS SMILE.
ALL HER FRIENDS LOOK NICE.
WORK IT PEOPLE!

#97 Melly Mel
@#66 How the hell did you not know her hair was fake? R you black? If not then that would explain why yo would think so…I mean tell me which black female celebrity besides Chili and Kelis that doesnt wear a weave? Not many right?… As for the light eyes comment, some black people have light light eyes(Beyonce,Stacey Dash,my ex- boyfriend)Rihanna isnt any different.

I am Afriacn-American, thanks. I don’t just think all black women have weaves. I have very long hair, so I have learned not to prejudge my fellow sisters. Just as we all come in different shades of brown; we all come with different hair types, textures, and lengths. I actually thought her hair was real. It’s been the same length for practically all of her career. Most black celeb women had shorter hair when they first appeared on the scene (Eve, Nia, Jada, Lil Kim, Janet, Raven, Brandy, etc.) so of course we knew they were weaving it.

The eyes comment was a joke, though I wouldn’t put it past her now. LOL As if I don’t know Afrian-Americans can have eye colors other than brown. But there are just as many frontin all the time with the colored contacts, so your point is invalid (But thanks for mentioning your ex-boyfriend… yes, you’re definitely proving me incorrect now). Funny how out of everything on this post you try to dog me about the hair issue. (My good-breeding forces me to say this on the inside: HOE SIT DOWN!)

Sorry folks.

DAMN! why does everything have to lead to the color OR shade of your skin? This is something else. Like Tupac says “the darker the flesh, the deeper the roots,” I think we should all appreciate the various shades of beauty we come in.

Light-skinned neggas started this mess with their brown paper bags! If you were darker than that bag, you couldn’t enter the party!

#120 SexyQB

You must mean in America or the city where you live, because there are 23 million black Africans and 10 million in Texas, Florida and Mississippi! They don’t come out until after dark, to keep from getting dissed by light-skinned folks!

That second pic Rhinna looks like a mannequin or it looks like a mannequin on the guys back, hehe

I too have felt the pain of rejection from light skinned sisters, dark skinned sisters, Latino sisters, Asian sisters, Indian sisters, middle-eastern sisters, white sisters, my friend’s sisters and midgets just because of my skin color….and believe me…..it hurts. And I for one think it’s time to stop the hate.

So to all females no matter your color. Let’s unite and rise above the pettiness of skin color. I for one am willing to offer my services and body as a catalyst for change.

Sorry, Rhianna is not a cute girl, AT ALL! She’s plain, bordering ugly! I was surprised to see her look like this because make-up does wonders for her. She looks totally different now than when she does when she’s made up! I was surprised to know that that was her….I hate to say this, but she almost looks like a ape from the side. And her body is not proportional at all…she needs to work her thighs out a bit, maybe shape them up, not necessarily lose weight. But DANG, I can’t get over how different she looks on these pictures as opposed to any of the other made-up shots. Beyonce out shines this girl any day!

black people, if we don’t love ourselves, who else is going to?

@ 133 Beans Hell, I’m black and I didnt think Ri Ri had a weave either.
WTF at the chunky comments. That girl is not even close to chunky. You are really on some shit right now.

It’s sad how obsessed the black community is with skin tone. It’s time to stop blaming the white community and admit that this shade obsession is a black phenomenon. As a teenager, I began to realize how little my looks were valued in the black community, while amongst whites/Asians I have always been considered beautiful. My advice to dark-skinned women is to open up your dating options.

My husband(white) still thinks I’m the most beautiful woman in the world after being together for over six years. After reading this board, I am sure I would not have found a man of his family/educational background who would have wanted to make a life with me as a dark-skinned black woman.

Who needs the KKK. We’ve got ignorant black folks

nope rihanna will not become anerexic she visits barbados too much and any bajan will try to feed her as soon as she walks into their house thatnuust how it is down there..besides they would talk about her so stink if she was to start looking anerexic

THANKS GOD SHE IS NOT SKIN & BONES.

She looks nice…

I wonder if thats her BF?…

IGNORANCE IS A BI***H AND IT IS SO STRONG AND PRESENT HERE ..
BAJANS ARE BEAUTIFULL BLACK PROUD PEOPLE.. WE ARE COLORFUL IN ALL WAYS..

TO daniaT: I feel you sista. I really do. And as a dark skinned woman I totally understand. White people sometimes DO appreciate more than blacks. I ALWAYS get the white (mostly european men) tryna holla at me.

HOWEVER, hell no. I love my black men. I mean, there are attractive men in every race, but I LOVE LOVE my BLACK men…Light, dark, nappy, wavy, braids,locks, ceasar! Love em, lol. ANd there ARE black men that appreciate dark skin, like my man.

Oh but I’m happy you found love, period. Thats golden.

Black is black I cant believe yall still hooked on that spike lee school daze shit cut it out with the self hatred. If some of cannot appreciate the various shades of our people, keep that ignorant shit to yourselves put a H on your motherf—king chest and handle that shit. Now as far as Rhianna is concerned she does have a nice shape and as a matter of fact, it’s almost equivalent to beyonce’s, so maybe just maybe he’s a little confused as to who should and shouldn’t be fucking with.

wow @ some of these DUMB ass comments. rihanna is just enjoying her well-needed break. she probably had her hands closed because the water was cold, or she was too afraid to get in. i know i do that all the time when someone is holding my hand by the water.

“Darknesses! Darknesses!”
“Black magic….evil motherfuckas”

I wonder why my comments keep getting erased….