@ 137. I REALLY AGREE WITH YOU. WHY DO WE FEEL THE NEED TO PIT THE ARTISTS AGAINST ONE ANOTHER? CAN’T ARTISTS BE SUCCESSFUL AT THE SAME TIME? FIRST KELLY RO WAS TRASHY, NOW RIHANNA TRYING TO BE BEYONCE, AND NOW BEYONCE IS FAKE, AND CIARA IS THROWN IN THE MIX. WHEN WILL IT END? I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SUCH A THING AS OVER EXPOSURE, AND RIHANNA IS TOWING THE LINE. I LOVE HER ALBUM, BUT I HOPE SHE DOESN’T TRY TO GROW UP TOO QUICK. THAT IS MY ONLY CONCERN, BUT EVERY ONE EVEN THE HATERS HAVE TO ADMIT THAT THIS LITTLE GIRL IS GOING PLACES AND DOING HUGE THINGS. BEST OF LUCK TO HER! BEST OF LUCK TO KELLY RO, BEST OF LUCK TO CIARA, BEST OF LUCK TO BEYONCE, BEST OF LUCK TO AMERIE, BEST OF LUCK TO ALL THE BLACK ARTISTS WHO GET PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER. I COULD UNDERSTAND IF THE ARTISTS HAD BEEF WITH ONE ANOTHER, BUT UM YEAH!!!

Legacy obiviously u can’t read. How was i hating on rihanna? I was stating the truth the truth will set u free guys any day.

This is that bullshit. Rihanna is a beautiful and talented girl and people come in here with the beyonce’ comparisons!!!!!!!!!!!!! Beyonce is not the end all be all. Stop with the comparisons. None of these new artist get a fair chance because they are being compared to people who have been in the game for 2 minutes. Stop the insanity people! Rihanna’s cd is hot, very different. Remember when music was unique and not sounding like the same recycled trash that is out there now.

You better get em Rihanna! That first pic is fiyah. She looks good!

she looks like an alien chimp, stop this madness.
she could floor anyone with that ginormous head of hers. you people are hypnotized by her vagina

i just wonder how well rihanna would do if she didnt have def jam behind her and a lil sex appeal cause we all know its not her talent that is getting her these deals im just saying but 2 end this in a positive note rihanna is a cute girl and i like her umbrella song by the way my girl ciara is making her new video next week cant leave em alone with 50 cent and than that’s right with lil jon will be her following single i just thought i would add that since ciara has been mentioned numerous times already

rihanna looks great she is so pretty with a great body and has the best style. congrats to her on being number 1 everywherte with umbrella go girl no stoping her now forreal haters fall back yall just mad!lol

#32 Brrrrrr they said it was patois. Would you tell a person who spook french to get hooked on phonics? No! Its a caribbean language! Don’t be so hostile…

Patois: Definition-Patois, although without a formal definition in linguistics, can be used to describe a language considered as nonstandard.
So why the hell SHOULD I want to be subjected to that goat-chasing, tree- climbing, coconut eating jibberish.
And by the way anybody who spells “spoke” s-p-o-o-k, is in DIRE need of Hooked on Phonics, Hooked on Spelling, Hooked on something BESIDES the obvious crack that you are hooked on! and this goes for #75 as well.

Comment 107, I couldn’t not have put it better myself! I agree with everything you said.

She should model…. because she sure can’t sing.
Beautiful, yes. Talented,no. Leave the microphone to the pros and just take pretty pictures… (smooches)

TRASHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! & WHORISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Classy is leaving something to the imagination, showing a little and not alot-crotch shots and now this

NO I’m not a hater, I’ve actually become a recent fan of rihanna after the song umbrella (that ish is hot & her new look-classy & punk is fierce)

but “this” photo shoot ,imparticularly, I don’t like it for her, not blaming her but whoever was responsible for the shoot didn’t capture the classy, edggy-image that rihanna has been rocking lately and that’s been winning her new fans recently-

if the “good girl, gone bad” image is her gimmick right now stick to it for a little while and let the fans catch-up-

and as far as her body goes, she’s a maturing young woman and has a ways to go before she develops her womanly curves(as of right now she has none) great legs but that’s about it!

niccas would bone a broomstick with a wig-and swear it’s the best they ever had

Tasteful!! Not like Kelly’s ’show all’ spread!

Lol at the comments!

Rihanna better ride that song until it gets played because she obviously doesn’t have staying power. She can’t sing, she can’t dance, and that’s just real talk, so don’t accuse me of hating.

Jay-Z knows what he is doing, and whoever made the Ashanti comparsion was so on point. She does look cute in a ET kind of way. How the entertainment business is now, you can sell sh*t with sugar on top and people will still buy it SMH!!

@ 72 you have serious issues. All of your posts scream “damaged black chick with low self esteem!” You are ALWAYS so negative. Bottom line is that SEX SELLS, so don’t get angry at Ri-Ri, but get angry with the industry itself. You act as though she decided on her own to just take those photos that way. She has a PR team that is directing her career. It’s the business. I think RiRi looks lovely and very tasteful. These pictures do not exude a XXX adult theme. I think because she has on lingerie, people are saying she’s taking trashy pictures and her breasts are popping out, but if she posed in those SAME positions in a bikini, your thoughts would be different. People are conditioned to associate lingerie with sexual images and bikinis with playful images, but in actuality it’s all the same piece of clothing covering the same areas. And even if she is 19, she can be sexy.

I like her voice way more than Ciara’s and Ashanti’s. Ri-ri actually sounds very pleasant live. And there is a demand for her to be seen that way. If she was covered up, you guys would still have something negative to say. All of you dogged Ciara because she wore the same signature boyish look and you guys wanted to see something different. She is showing a different side. Plus I sincerely doubt that she is selling more albums because she is “half naked”. I think people want her to succeed because she is a new artist and anything new gets a lot of attention – whether positive or negative (like some people on this blog). And I wish everyone would stop saying “She is no Bey”. SO WHAT! We know there is only one Beyonce, but there is room for everyone to share the success. It’s refreshing that someone else can share the spotlight! You go Rhi-Rhi!!!

cute…. playful… and sexy…

and she doesn’t look hella airbrushed - nice!!! very nice!!!

I agree with #12, I’m not hating, but Rihanna is a package and package only. What you are getting is the outside of this box, what is important is what’s inside of it and that is the bottom line. She has no TALENT.

If she could only sing she would be OK.

Take away, I’m sorry, add some clothes on this girl, make her keep her legs closed, take away the hair, don’t let her lip sync and what do you have nothing.

I base my opinion on what you can do live, and she can’t do nothing without help.

Long but real, Rihanna is a empty package.

I was trying to remember which mag it was. Beyawnce had almost the same photo shoot…big head is ok but Beyawnce’s was better….

Rihanna is such a pretty girl!

im not a big fan, but oh she is so beautiful!!!
and very sexy!

That last pic is too damn cute. Now if only she could sing……

Good to know that rihanna is human and deals with real issues, I read that her father was addicted to crack when she was a child and he and her mother would argue about it all the time-she said that he struggled with his addiction and overcame it to re-establish a close relationship with their family

She is a bit more personal than some stars

everybody needs her time to shine and she can sing but if you dont think so, that’s your opinion but i’m still getting a vibe that most of you close minded and i’m suprised there is no lame forehead, or jayz joke, just shows how fake you people are but whateva, rihanna i love you and keep doing you, keep em talking,more money in your pockets.

96. Player ( Quit spilling your GODDAMN drinks on me) said:
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I gotta admit, I’m starting to like this big-headed chick
Nikki Said********************
Watch ur mouth ’bout big-headed women!!! LOLOLOLOL
Maybe that is why I think she is cute. Cuz I have a fairly large dome too! And I can relate!
Shout out to the big headed women!

NIKKI…. YEAH GIRL, I WAS PLAYING AROUND WIT MY PICS BORED AT WORK, WAITING TO GO HOME, AND U HAVE 2!

Rihanna’s voice is commercial! She just needs the right song writters and to refine her style! She should do like Mary J. Blidge and sample or remix other artist until she gets it in her system! Mary J. did it like fifty-lebben times before she got it right!

Rihanna should sing some hits by Lauren Hill, Luther or Toni Braxton! Even Beyonce showed her versitility when she sang, “You give me fever” in the Fighting Temptations! Aretha, Whitney and Faith nem did it! Usher, Both Al’s and even Luther did it!

So, if you’re reading this Rihanna, try recording a tribute to someone like Sade or Brandy! You can go back further, but anyone with solid hits will do!

Otherwise, you have the total package…looks, style, dance and sexy! If we can get use to Robin Thicke’s begging, I know Rihanna is just one genre away from universal appeal like Beyonce’! Her island influence is strong, but not for the American Idol! Other countries dig it, but the US needs to hear some “church” gospel!

Although Rhianna is a cute girl, she still ain’t got
nothing on Beyonce, Jay-Z you better recognize. She can’t sing I guess that’s why she stays half naked.
Beyonce a word of advice, watch out for Rhianna.
One day Beyonce may walk in on her man and her fake
friend who claims to be a catholic, a fake one sitting
up under each other at the computer as if he don’t already have a girlfriend.Watch out Beyonce and don’t trust females.

Some of you old saggy body ass women need to stay off this post !! Dont hate b/c all of your shit is hanging and dangling. SEX SELLS GET USED TO IT !! OR TUR OFF THE TV HATERSS

on Friday, June 1, 2007 @ 11:46 am

174. getmebodied said:
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NIKKI…. YEAH GIRL, I WAS PLAYING AROUND WIT MY PICS BORED AT WORK, WAITING TO GO HOME, AND U HAVE 2!

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Nikki Said…
Yeah it’s friday! Messing around with my pics. When I take them myself MY HEAD LOOK GIGANTIC! LOL I may change again. lol Its only noon and my work is done!

This interview is taking forever, post it already.

Cuuuuuuute Rihanna! Go girl!

Oh I see yall got oh so tired of Beyawnce now yall all into Miss Rhinocerous head Rihanna whom cannot sing to save her life.I am not on Bey’s side at all it just amazes me how some of you are so blindsighted by this talentless chick hungry for some extra attention.This chick looks fake and this new image is so contrived its a damn shame.SMDH

#177 my meaurements are 36-C,24-inch waist,36- hips.
I look like Beyonce’s twin. I have my real hair it’s
naturally blonde and long. I’m not hating I look better than Rhianna, i’m young and I can sing better than Rhianna. I’m smart and I don’t have to be naked
to get play.#177 don’t play you can’t handle me. Stick to fake catholics who wear curly perms cause
they steal their friends black boyfriend.

182. THELOVEXPERT said: “my meaurements are 36-C,24-inch waist,36- hips. I look like Beyonce’s twin. I have my real hair it’s naturally blonde and long. I’m not hating I look better than Rhianna, i’m young and I can sing better than Rhianna. I’m smart and I don’t have to be naked to get play”

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WOW!!! Are you available for parks and recreation??? hehe!

uhh…Yezzir!!!!!!!!!

@182 do you REALLY look like Beyawnce’s twin?? There YOU go feeling yourself. Why compare yourself to Beyawnce when you can just toot your own horn by stating that you are attractive - no comparisons needed! Beyawnce is not the standard of beauty for black women. Stop looking to the media to find your identity…SMH

And with “naturally long blonde hair” that must be compliments of Ming Lee’s Beauty Supply Store. PLEASE STOP! You probably just mad that you haven’t been discovered yet to pose half naked on a magazine cover ms “I sing better than Rhi-rhi” Whateva!

Rihanna’s voice is commercial! She just needs the right song writters and to refine her style! She should do like Mary J. Blidge and sample or remix other artist until she gets it in her system! Mary J. did it like fifty-lebben times before she got it right!

Rihanna should sing some hits by Lauren Hill, Luther or Toni Braxton! Even Beyonce showed her versitility when she sang, “You give me fever” in the Fighting Temptations! Aretha, Whitney and Faith nem did it! Usher, Both Al’s and even Luther did it!

So, if you’re reading this Rihanna, try recording a tribute to someone like Sade or Brandy! You can go back further, but anyone with solid hits will do!

Otherwise, you have the total package…looks, style, dance and sexy! If we can get use to Robin Thicke’s begging, I know Rihanna is just one genre away from universal appeal like Beyonce’! Her island influence is strong, but not for the American Idol! Other countries dig it, but the US needs to hear some “church” gospel!

She has already done Bob Marley Redemption Song and Some song with Sizzla(caribbean artist)

Oh and please stop saying trash about how island girls cant speak well. I’m from the islands myself and my english is fine. Oh and for the record not all of us climb trees or eat coconuts. Anyways Go RIRI!:p Much love.

@182 AND if you looked that great your picture would be posted in the corner so that WE can be the judge! lol!

Man this is the first time i ve seen this site take so long to update for a day……..where is the Rihanna interview ive been waiting all day to read about my girl man!!!!!!!!!1 whats the hold up??????

NIKKI, MY GOSH IF U DONT LOOK LIKE MY MAMA! HIGH YELLAR AND PURDY! HEHEHEHE

@ 182 if you have no proof you unbelievable.anybody on here can say they look like beyonce’.reminds me of “hottie”

Rihanna looks great.

on Friday, June 1, 2007 @ 1:31 pm

190. getmebodied said:
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NIKKI, MY GOSH IF U DONT LOOK LIKE MY MAMA! HIGH YELLAR AND PURDY! HEHEHEHE

Nikki Said***************************************
girl u r crazy! That’s why ur pretty. specially if mom look like me. How old is she? She might be my sis! My daddy has babies er’where! LOL!!

Concrete Loop post Ciara in INSTYLE flaunting jewerly from the waterside. Ciara is launching a jewerly line next GO Cici

I think imma have to snatch up Ms. Rhi Rhi!!!!

Rihanna and Jay-Z are stoked, a college professor quits because of hip hop, T-Pain “Show’s you how” and Cassidy “Get’s Rearted” all this and much much more only at http://www.YOUHEARDTHATNEW.COM

go rihanna you got all these ugly fat females mad!

fresh????orginal????. y’all need to stop.rihanna basically jacking fefe dobson style and sound.next!!!!!

It’s a shame how y’all talk shit on island people. They’re black people just like you, and while y’all using the climbing trees and eating coconut stereotypes, white people here are using the watermelon, chicken and bling bling stereotypes on YOU. You’re even worse cause you’re despising your own people. Garcelle Beauvais (Haitian) or Heather Headley (Trinidadian) are educated and beautiful island girls. Do you remember AJ from 106 & Park? His wife is a doctor, Barbadian. Stop spreading NIGGNORANCE.

I LOVE THIS GIRL– SHE IS ON FIYAHHHHHHHH

193. knockkey said:

Concrete Loop post Ciara in INSTYLE flaunting jewerly from the waterside. Ciara is launching a jewerly line next GO Cici

>>>>>> I saw the pics today, I have even more respect for Ciara. The girl looks so classy and elegant!

To say that Rihanna can’t sing..I mean come on, Cassie can’t sing (even though I do like some of her songs)…Maybe some of y’all just don’t like the tone of her voice, but she sounds pretty good as long as she’s making music that work for her voice… Not to mention that she sounds the same live..I think she has the whole package..

195 have stolen my name ! Wow

Cathy Dennis is that you.

Very prett! But very familiar….her album sounds familiar too (Like Beyonce with a deeper voice)

Her best was with Sizzla…’Let this be the last time’….shoot I’m being bias…love Sizzla…
Ok for the clown with the climbing trees comment….would it be better if we were speaking ebonics, watching BET, drinking sugar water and purple, and eating fried chicken??? See nobody likes stereotypes Sheneneh….grow up

Y’all Bee stans are something else, you cannot STAND when somebody else has the spotlight, can you? First it was Jennifer Hudson, now Rihanna. SMH.

Here’s a shocking fact: Not everything revolves around Beyonce! *GASP!!!!* Like it or not, Rihanna has fans because some people LIKE HER MUSIC! Simple as that!

Beyonce is not the end all be all for Black female artists. There can be more than one in the industry, STOP TRYING TO BRING EVERYONE ELSE DOWN!!!!!

I love that girl. She’s def. doin’ the damn thing.

Zaria thank you I was about to say that girl!!!..it’s funny how people put Rhianna down and shit and want to give that lame ass speech about us hating on our own race when it comes to Beyonce but with Rhianna oh she just a whore that cannot sing where are the facts that Rhianna is a whore?..Oh it because she dresses sexy?..Last time I checked Beyonce, Toni Braxton, Janet Jackson all did Lingerie photoshoots I don’t hear you guys calling then whores huh?..Some of you who give that tired ass speech about us hating on our race when it comes to Beyonce are just fans that can’t handle the criticism of that people give her but you guys rather put Rhianna down who is younger than her and doing her thing her song is number 1 in 15 countries she’s doing it!..you might not like her but somebody does and are buying her shit..I don’t care too much for Rhianna or Beyonce myself but I will give her credit for doing well like with Beyonce or any other Black artist

186. yo mama told me so said: “…She has already done Bob Marley Redemption Song and Some song with Sizzla(caribbean artist)”

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That’s exactly what I believe is limiting her appeal! Marley, Reggae, salsa, latin jazz…all those “carbs” are good, but it will never put her on the level with Whitney, when she sung that old Dolly Pardon song: “I’ll Always Love You”! Or Mary J. when she sung “Breakthrough”! Or Toni, when she sung, “Love Should Have Brought yo Black Ass Home Last Night”!

Find a great song and make it her own, like J-Hud did with, “And, I am Telling You!” No disrespect to island music, but I only want to hear it when I’m on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship!

Hell, for that matter, she could do a tribute to Alicia Keys and show the world how she can flow on hits!

@Player ( Quit spilling your GODDAMN drinks on me)

we all know you fucking love Ciara goddammit now shut the fuck up!

back to Rihanna..GIANT is correct for her GIANT FOREHEAD

nonsinging bizznatch!

All the cats hating on RiRi are the same ones who get maed about somebody saying something about Beyonce, when that b-day album was trash!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway go RIRI haters hate to see beyonce’s spolight stolen!!!!!
Riri is fiyah!

I’M ANNOYED BY HER JUST LIKE BEYONCE. HER MUSIC IS ALRIGHT, HALF WAY FOOLYWANG MATERIAL. HER IMAGE CHANGE IS THE BOMB, BUT SHE LIKE SO MANY OTHER ARTIST BRING NOTHING NEW TO THE TABLE. I’M ON MY WAY TO THE KITCHEN TO TAKE A SIP OF SOME JILL SCOTT OR SOME OF THAT EXPIRED LAURYN HILL IN THE BACK OF MY FREG. PEACE AN DLOVE PEOPLE.

She’s gorgeous. The purple lingerie is sexy. I’d wear it.

I like Beyonce but GOTDAMMMITTT! Stop bringing up her friggin name. F***ing Sheesh!!!!. Anyway Rihanna looks so cool in these pics. She should have had this look a long time ago. She went from boring to edgy, funky and cool. She is fun to look at, you know the way she dresses and stuff ( I sound like some 15 year old). And who is to say Fefe Dobson is the only one to rock this look. Its obvisious that it is working for Rihanna. So I say she could keep this look up.

Love,Peace,&&Honeyy

@75 chanel

Whatever! Simply, i think its stupid for people to post on here in a different language, PERIOD! If the majority speak english, then that’s the language they should post in, PERIOD! And if you can’t understand that, you’re a dumb ass too! It’s so obvious you’re probably defending yourself, not someone else. Next time, just start off posting in english and then you wont have to have this conversation again. Now please go buy a brain.

how long shall we wait for this interview?

this chicks voice irritates me to no end and so do her songs yet i always end up liking the songs. what is up w/ that. *sings umbrella eh eh*

and she looks nice in these photos.

@141 soulchild who wrote:

MOST OD THE PEOPLE ON THE RIRI BANDWAGON ONLY ON IT CUZ THEY HATIN ON BEYONCE.

My response:

AND MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE HATING ON RHIANNA ARE DOING SO BECAUSE THEY ARE STUCK IN BEYONCE’S ASS AND CAN’T FIND THEIR WAY OUT!

It kills me that people can’t understand that their will be artist, such as rhianna, that will come alone and garner acclaim just as any other artist that has found a measure of success i.e. ashanti, ciara, whoever! So give it a rest and stop claiming “hating” on beyonce, when beyonce is not even the standard on which to measure success with. Why get angry at Rhianna because she has tapped into the same marketing techniques that has in part provided beyonce with a measure of loot. Please don’t hate rhianna because she has figured out that the following equals success in our time (having songs with loud banging beats, having an immaculate image, having a helluva marketing team, performing in barely there outfits, shaking her ass and dancing suggestively on stage, having good stage presence, being hungry careerwise, having the camel on her team giving her street cred., and working her ass off - clearly with 3 albums in three years the girl aint sitting around waiting to win the lottery. Please give this beautiful girl props. Rumor or not, i hear beyonce, rhianna, and jayz are doing a duet. Clearly beyonce has recognized that rhianna isn’t going anywhere either, and in order to stay out there, she’s even attaching herself to a “rhianna” project because beyonce is smart and understands that this is a good move for her in absence of a new cd, just to stay on people’s mind in between cd’s. But hey, can’t hate her game..but just understand that other artists now have beyonce’s recipe.

Cute girl, if only she could sing….*sign*…

I’m loving Rihanna hair cut, wig, extenstion whatever it is. I guess the 80’s asymmetrical is en vogue again thanks to Kelis. It’s a good look and a great way to distinguish yourself in this cookie cutter industry.

158. Noelle said:
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#32 Brrrrrr they said it was patois. Would you tell a person who spook french to get hooked on phonics? No! Its a caribbean language! Don’t be so hostile…

Patois: Definition-Patois, although without a formal definition in linguistics, can be used to describe a language considered as nonstandard.
So why the hell SHOULD I want to be subjected to that goat-chasing, tree- climbing, coconut eating jibberish.
And by the way anybody who spells “spoke” s-p-o-o-k, is in DIRE need of Hooked on Phonics, Hooked on Spelling, Hooked on something BESIDES the obvious crack that you are hooked on! and this goes for #75 as well.

Ignorant fool…. just beacause you don’t understand it doesn’t mean it jibberish… accept it…. and I hope you see the big blatant double standard… if a white person called you a big lipped, tree climbing, corn bread eating, food stamp collecting, monkey it would be a problem wouldn’t it????? We wouln’t want one outside our race to belittle us, so why do should we demean ourselves? … appreciate other black people and stop oprressing….

bway tell you bout dem rasshole eediat dem deh.. dem neva learn..

much love to Chante & Amen to That…..

and big ups to di island massive dem…. one.

yardie…..

She looks great in the Giant Photo shoot.. Rihanna gonna do it up BIG TIME NOW… the new tunes will CATCH A FIRE and light up ya ears UP!!.. just a short time away 6/5/07

She looks cute… go ahead Rhianna fill them with Envy girl….

185. BLACKFOOT said:

@182 do you REALLY look like Beyawnce’s twin?? There YOU go feeling yourself. Why compare yourself to Beyawnce when you can just toot your own horn by stating that you are attractive - no comparisons needed! Beyawnce is not the standard of beauty for black women. Stop looking to the media to find your identity…SMH

And with “naturally long blonde hair” that must be compliments of Ming Lee’s Beauty Supply Store. PLEASE STOP! You probably just mad that you haven’t been discovered yet to pose half naked on a magazine cover ms “I sing better than Rhi-rhi” Whateva!

LMAO!

Sorry, I was messing with my name and it came out all jacked up lol.

185. BLACKFOOT said:

@182 do you REALLY look like Beyawnce’s twin?? There YOU go feeling yourself. Why compare yourself to Beyawnce when you can just toot your own horn by stating that you are attractive - no comparisons needed! Beyawnce is not the standard of beauty for black women. Stop looking to the media to find your identity…SMH

And with “naturally long blonde hair” that must be compliments of Ming Lee’s Beauty Supply Store. PLEASE STOP! You probably just mad that you haven’t been discovered yet to pose half naked on a magazine cover ms “I sing better than Rhi-rhi” Whateva!

LMAO!

Just don’t see the beauty