this song is okay, but when is rihanna gonna tone her stomach up? ive been waitin on that to happen since “if its lovin that you want.” I really wish shed release “breakin dishes” thats my jam!

Love it. Love her.

DISAPPOINTED- I didn’t like her until umbrella came out and then I started to think ok maybe she just went through some ackward and boring stage trying to figure out her image. But she’s proven my original thought to be correct basically that she’s NOTHING MORE THAN A PRETTY FACE. She’s not interacting with the people or even performing. I’m not one of those crazy beyonce fan but this girl is a clear reason to the haters why beyonce dominates the female artists. She can sing and perform.

If you didn’t know that this is Rihanna, you would think it was Britney Spears or Ashley Simpson.

The boys in the video are damn sexy!

This is very typical of our culture being bastardized and a new subculture evolving way to fast to “keep up with the Joneses”.

Rhianna is a black girl making pop rock (read:white music) not maknging this a race issue but fucking hell! this is straight pop rock!, she is onviously guided and told what to do. This is ridiculous. The concept the treatment the whole idea and the “sexed up glam rock” this is crazy.

THis is straight geared towards Avril Lavigne, Hilary Duff and them kids market.

GIVE US OUR BLACK R N B SOULSTRESSES BACK.

STAY IN YOUR LANE AND TONE DOWN THE VAMP. Jut make good quality music. Please. Bring your caribbean edge.

sorry

Some fool in this post needs to name 2 albums and 3 songs of Fefe Dobson because now yall really gettin on my nerves. I researched Fefe and homegirl is nothing but PUNK. Rihanna is GLAM ROCK!
All this Fefe would have killed it and Fefe would have done this but cant nobody would really know her if one person didnt person didnt even mention her name.

Love,Peace,&&Honeyy

UHM YEAH CAN WE STICK TO THE VIDEO PLEASE. BEYONCE HAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT WITH RIHANNA. SHE HAS NOASSATALL DISEASE AND IF SHE IS DOING JAY SHE SHOULD FEEL PRETTY DUMB SEEING AS HOW JAY DEF DON’T DISS BEYONCE FOR HER. I HOPE RIHANNA IS ENJOYING THOSE JAY AND BEY VACATION PICS. BESIDES I BET ALL THAT CHEATING MESS IS STRAIGHT BULLSHIT. THE SONG IS STRAIGHT GARBAGE SHE AIN’T NEVER LISTENED TO NO PUNK ROCK A DAY IN HER DAMN LIFE.

I like Rhianna, and I really love “Umbrella” which is one of my fav songs and videos, but this crap is GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i like it is different but i thinl the vid could have been more edgy ..to compliment her new look

I can’t stand Rihanna. She’s cute but she can’t sing and she’s mechanical when she dances. She should’ve went into modelling because as she puts more videos out she loses more clothes. She’s going to go the way of Brittany Spears…overplayed and overexposed. Give her another year or so.

I listen to rock music but i’m not really feelin this song as i am witht he other ones on her album but I like the video.

@ 72 and 73
Bama chic, stop it w/ the stupid statements. No one is saying they like Avril or whoever. We are saying that that style is more natural w/ those ppl cause that comes natural to them. In the same way, if avril came out singing some syrup sweet R&b stuff, I would have said the same thing. So stop it with that black women dont support each other bullshit. I am just saying ppl should stay true to who they are, cause if you try to be something you are not, it shows through. THAT IS ALL.

lol..ok but i said it anyway so yeah..lol. My comment was about the video I just made the statement about Beyonce because it’s true and if rhianna and or any other female artist wanna be on that status then they need to step their game up. I would really like to see another artist besides beyonce who has the whole package. Anyways, I could care less about what kind of music rhianna makes. It’s nothing wrong with switching things up. I’m just saying that basically I didn’t like her before umbrella and this new video is boring, to me, because she’s nothing more than a pretty face and can’t perform. But she’ll sale anyway so whatever.

rihanna is just pretty. shes nice to look at. her earings are really nice. But she does seem to just be a puppet. she has no personality of her own. or at least she doesn’t show us one. whover said it was right about how she should’ve been the one racing. I thought the end was funny when she was trying to perform like a rocker and u could tell she didnt know what to do with herself too much.

I like this song and the video, i think it suits her voice and rihanna is damn hot, i wish she would do a video on breaking dishes.

Haters quit. Like my mother always says, IF YOU CAN’T SAY SOMETHING NICE, KEEP YOUR FUC#*NG MOUTH SHUT.

I bet this girl never listened to a rock cd in her life. Now Def Jam sent her some music and videos to study up on. then when she sits in the makeup chair, she cringes at the transformation cause she hates it, bu they said this is what sells.

Ashlee simpson and Avril or fefe dobson, could exude glam like this. you would think they’re stuff is interesting but would you like they’re loook. She’s def sexy and talented. She’s got a unique voice that is consistant. she’s never gonna be whitney. hell, I’m glad there’s something different from Beyonce’s over dramatic performances out there. Get it together ppl! And even though its got a rock vibe, this song isn’t all that rock…just think how different it would sound if Ashlee sang it…comparing apples to oranges doesn’t give anyone a clear picture. Let the girl do her thing. She ran away from the beyonce comparisons by getting a diff hair style and y’all found someone else to compare her to. damn, can she catch a break! She doing it, and doing it well…

This is not for black ppl you know your ass don’t buy music you go get the bootleg. she’s catering for the white suburbia teenagers they buy her music. how many of you complaining bought her cd since it release last week

Cosign with Chelly………100%.

Her new image is Jay-Z’s vision and I’m not buying it. I wish she was still doing dancehall, I’ll take the “pon di replay” Rihanna over this chick anyday.

Rhianna never said she was an RNB singer ppl try to put her in the genre. she ’s versatile she comfortable with any type of music she don’t have a one track mind set this make her have a broad appeal. I’m glad she does no cater for the hood because thats a career killer.
when you grow up in the caribbean you hear different types of music on the radio not just RNB & rap.

she looks good….thats all i can say about it

no doubt she looks good BUT she’s stiff and the song is not that good.

Just because Rihianna is black, that does not man she has to make R&B music, she is different and that is why I like her.

Her CD is nice, she is not stuck inone category. I like that song “Breaking Dishes”, maybe because I am crzay.

IMO she has her own style.

# 69 you have to understand that this song will be in a car commercial. it all about making the dollars from all angle. I bet some car commercial will have this song soon. ppl not buying cd’s so artist have to cash in from all angle.

RIHANNA, YOU LOOK FABULOUS. YOUR VIDEO IS REFRESHING. WHEN THEY STOP TALKING ABOUT YOU………….THEN GET WORRIED.

She is one of those people who are sexy but try to hard to be sexy knowing she don’t need to try that hard.Stop trying RiRi be yourself.

Black people just a little to critical…well not a little but over the top critical.

@57

…They are the reason she is number one & has be number one for past couple weeks on the billboard charts…
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You need to check your facts before posting ignorant comments such as this! Rihanna’s album has never been #1 - you can look at billboard 200 - Riri’s album only sold like 140,000.00 copies in it’s first week & debut @ #2 right after T-Pain…

I agree w/ everyone that stated that Rihanna is a puppet…this chick has no backbone no personal style whatsoever! But I gotta give her credit b/c this new rock glam style of hers is just one of her gimmicks to get her records to sell…remeber Pon de replay?

I have to watch the video on mute, because the song makes me cringe. It’s not entertaining in any way, shape, or form. You can be a horrible singer or not have the greatest voice & make a HOT song. This is NOT a HOT song.

The video is alright though. I like the clothing, the different backdrops, the sexy dude in the video…but she’s just.SO.STIFF. She’s a fembot. Very pretty, but looks, talks & acts more programmed than R2-D2 & Screech’s(from Saved By The Bell) robot Kevin combined. I DO enjoy the rest of the album for what it is…but this.song.sucks. The video isn’t enough to redeem it for me.

She looks absolutely gorgeous in the video, but the song is pure garbage. Also, I’m not buying this new-found style of hers. It’s nothing but a GIMMICK to go along with her “Good Girl Gone Bad” image. Oh and by the way, this is not rock music! PLEEAAASSSEEEE!

Rihanna’s music is dated, contrived, and just plain annoying. But like I said before, girlfriend looked BANGIN’ in the video and she better work it now because soon her career will surely dwindle.

I absolutely LOVE Umbrella, but this song … yeah, it’s not gonna happen.

She looks STUNNING in the video. I love the make up, hair, clothings, the hot guys. I do feel like her image is a bit contrived though, but that goes for many artists out there. She’s just a young girl trying to do her thing. Go Rihanna! =]

I have her album and I really like it, but there are a couple of songs I just can’t get with it and this is definitely one of them. I’m not a rock chick so this song is just not for me and I think this was a bad choice after “Umbrella”. Even if you like rock, this song doesn’t compare to “Umbrella” at all. I love “Breakin’ Dishes”! I wish she would have went with that song. Oh, well, either way, Rihanna is doing her thing! More power to her.

Nothing against rihanna, but I think the success that rihanna is having should have been the success that the chick called alain gets; she is the girl that sings no ordinary love. She is from the islands I guess I saw her on betj. She is so soulful and has beautiful songs, and she is pretty.

HATED IT

THE SONG SHOULD BE
RIHANNA NEEDS TO SHUTUP
AND DRIVE HERESELF OUT OF THE MUSIC
INDUSTRY AND JUST MODEL

LMFAO @ #109. Good One.

For the record…this is not a ROCK! song. I listen to rock music & this wouldn’t be caught dead on a Nine Inch Nails or Red Hot Chili Pepper’s type album. This is a rock INFLUENCED bubblegum pop song. Just because you hear a guitar rift or two on a song, you want to label it rock. Pfft.

Wtf is this shit? I refused to watch that after the first minute. I don’t care what any of you people say, that was BULLSHIT! I ain’t giving that song time to grow on me, I’ll just go back to listening to my 90s R&B.

I don’t care how cute she looks or how nice her clothes are, if you buy the CD and listen to it without the video, you WILL go deaf. Image is not MUSIC!

Rihanna cannot hold a note in the studio let alone live. I can’t believe this is what music has come to. I just can’t believe it..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA368pWxFfs

NoMoSoul w/ comment #21 …..But doesn’t Joss Stone fvck for tracks? Can she really talk? With her contrived wanna be soulful non-singin ass.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE TO FIND ALL OF THE HATERS, THEY ARE ALL RIGHT HERE ON CONCRETELOOP.COM!!!!! SOME OF ALL ARE REALLY SOME CRAB ASS LOSERS!!!!! GIVE THIS DAMN GIRL HER PROPS! ON HER LAST ALBUM, WE RARELY HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT A RIHANNA, BUT NOW THIS CHICK IS REALLY BLOWING UP! SHE LOOKS GREAT IN THIS VIDEO AND I AM FEELING THIS SONG. RIHANNA IS A BAD BITCH AND YOU ALL KNOW IT!!! RI-RI KEEP DOING THE DAMN THING AND TELL ALL THE HATERS TO SUCK A FAT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

why did she pick that track out of all the good songs on her album. and as for the video she could have done alot better.

I am feeling this song. R&B these days is soooo GENERIC! there is no originality whatsoever! U haters here on concreteloop have become so accustomed to listening to Pretty Ricky and Chris Brown ! UGGGHHHH!!!.Its artists such as the above named who are most detrimental to the state of R&B….because they focus more on stupid lame dance moves….and there is no musicality! For god’s sake “Poppin” by Chris Brown was a horrible song! and a lot of today’s R&B/hip hop demographic embrace this garbage? give me a fuckin break! I love the song and the vid by Rhianna , she is a trailblazer! Fu*k Beyonce old ugly generic ass ! Her music str8 sucks!Hoes under 21, REPRESENT!

“Hoes under 21 represent”? Why would you refer to yourself as a ho?

SMH

The video is hot. It’s good to see a black person singing about something other than getting tatted up or cheated on. LOL. It can’t all be ghetto people because about 13 percent of us african americans weren’t brought up in those hard streets and we do like upbeat music w/ coherent lyrics. Sorry!

You know what? This song and video remind me of the Spice Girls “Say You’ll Be There”. Call me a hater, I don’t give a fuck. The truth hurts and the truth is, this song is BULLSHIT!

hmm…didnt like the song at all when i first heard it but the video makes it bareable…rihanna is fine as hell

I bet Fefe Dobson is pissed but oh well..

This song fits her perfectly because it’s for someone who cannot sing like herself.You do not need any type of vocal ability for this whack piece of shit of a song.I mean they really glammed her up for the video but there is no substance to this crappy song.It just amazes me how she became famous because there are so many young and really gifted singers out there that have not gotten their chance to blow up.It is really a shame to see this non-singing chick getting so much shine!

70. vintage~amour said:

did that cut the video budget in the rihanna camp this album round? umberella was a poorly made/thought up video and so is this-but it’ll probably grow on me (like just about every other rihanna song)

i don’t mind the song-but that’s probably because i’m a bit more open minded when it comes to music, but i feel they’ve just gone and swagger-jacked Fefe dobson and thrown some sexiness in.

and pls don’t call me a hater-i actually like the girl-i just know she can do better

71. vintage~amour said:
oh yeah-and this new image doesn’t look like a “natural” transition it looks so forced and out of the blue. her look during her ‘music of the sun’ days look more natural to me.
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@ Vintage Amour:
THANK YOU!!! FINALLY!!! SOMEONE ELSE THAT SEES WHAT I’VE BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG, EVER SINCE RIHANNA CAME BACK WITH THIS NEW IMAGE!!! I guess a lot of folks don’t know who FeFe Dobson is in the States, but this is clearly her swag!
This is what I mean when I Rihanna’s all “new” image reminds me of FeFe Dobson. I said it weeks ago, when everyone was on this chick like she was the second coming! She clearly swagger jacked FeFe, and threw a bit more glam into it! I said it on another board, and people tried to make me feel like I was hating, and making ish up! This is clearly a FeFe type track, as is her look right now! Just sexed up to the nth power! It will go over well with the MTV crowd, but I’m not into it. Good video concept, but as someone else said, I think she should have been driving, rather than playing the sexy role as the track girl. She should’ve played up the female power role, instead of the hootchie walking up to car windows one.

And as far as rock being white, honey, black people invented the shit! Rock and Roll was ours. It was simply stolen and mainstreamed by whitefolks, like everything else popular.

I LOVED IT!!! i read the comments before watching the video, so i thought the chick was really going to do a horrible job. IMO, she did a good job. in fact, im going to watch it again. if the song is on her myspace im going to put it on mine. GONE ‘HEAD RIRI!

The song is blah…but Rihanna looks good in the video. So I’ll give her props for that.
And to the person who commented about Rihanna being black and therefore she should be singing RnB. In the caribbean we listen to any and everything: from old 80s power ballads, to alternative, to rock, to RnB and hip hop. Being a given race does not mean you should necessarily sing a particular style of music…let the girl have fun…

rihanna is NO size 2 either! she looks bigger than me and im a 4. I LOVE THIS SONG! i just keep replaying the vid. it’s also not completely rock, but very cathchy and we ALL know catchy songs sell nowadays.

I like this song!!!
The video is hott!!!

I usually don’t comment on these type of things.

This type of artist/music isn’t of any interest to me.

I felt like commenting, because I understand what Rihanna’s Management team is trying to do.
It’s a Business Decision.

It appears that Rihanna is attempting to carve a niche into the segment of people who are actually purchasing Cd’s and downloading tunes for a fee : Young Caucasian Teenagers

Young Caucasian Teen purchase Ring tones & download tunes (for a fee) at a dizzying rate.

I understand her logic. Her motives may not pure, but she is a businesswoman, and she is attempting to get a return on her investment. I can understand that.

Add that to fact that she isn’t a great singer, and she is a modest performer, so she has to get in where she can fit in.

Someone mentioned in a earlier post that Rihanna should stay in her lane.

I think that she is trying to create her OWN lane, or at the very least drive in a lane that has proven to be profitable.

Can we really blame her for being a marketing genius ???

Young White Kids are going to lose their minds when they see this video.

This was created for THEM, and not necessarily for US.

This Video has MTV & Telemundo written all over it.

I can see young white girls downloading the ring tones now…..

Rihanna already KNOWS that African American like/love her, and she has a built in audience with her fans down in the island (bajans).

What she is attempting to capture is the rest of the world.

There’s a big world out there.
Music sales in Japan sometimes rival those of USA.
In addition, Rihanna has fans in Europe, Asia, Africa & the Orient.

The record business is very fragmented, and one has to make sure that ones product will be noticed.

Any attention is good news, and this video is designed to capture ones attention

This Video will have young boys salvitating and young girls emulating

One has to recognize that there is a lot of competition out there for the right to your (the consumers) entertainment dollar.

Also one should recognize that the music business isn’t what it use to be.

That said, I see this video (and music) as a pure business decision

hey modelgurl817,

good luck with the modeling thing. you’re very pretty =]

BRAVO! #127

Maybe she should just look pretty and leave singing to the folks that can actually sing. I mean I just really don’t know at this point what to say about her. You know she going to be around for awhile cuz theres a lack of talent and music with substance in the game right now. I mean it’s been like that for awhile specially on the womens side of R&B cuz all the women who can really sing are either gettin to old or they just not gettin enough press for they stuff so that leaves a gap for people like rih rih and cici to crawl through and get by without have to do much. What happened to people like Tamia, Shirley Murdock, EnVogue, Regina Bell, Mikki Howard, Angela Winbush ect. you know women that when they sang not only did you feel the emotion displayed in the song but the notes they were hittin in some of them old songs were crazy. Not that rhianna ain’t making money doing her but all I’m saying is when is music gone tell a story again. When are artist gone let their voices sell records instead of their bodies sex appeal only goes so far,and you not gon have that shape forever if you voice can’t do it for years to come you not gon last and that’s said everyone wnats longavitity but can any of ya’ll say that rih rih gon be around 10 years from now?

I love the song and the video even more. Rhi Rhi looks really nice, and i like her style. Can’t wait to see the video for “Breaking Dishes”.

I don’t feel Rhiana at all but she is cute! Still think she should stick to modeling and leave the singing to others but hey, just my opinion.

And that UM BAH RELLA song has GOT TO GO! Damn!
Now it’s “be my cinderella under yo umbarella?!” GTFOH!

I meant to say sad and want my bad

HOT HOT HOT HOT!!
I LOVE RIHANNA!
SHE IS “OVAH” AN NO ONE CAN TOUCH HER RIGHT NOW..
ITS NICE TO SEE A NEW FACE ON THE SCREEN..INSTEAD OF…WELL U KNO WHO IM TALKN ABOUT …”BEYWANCE”

THANK YOU BAJAN!
ALTHO i like the vid. to me it’s better than umbrella. i guess is caz i’m into summerish colorful videos, like get it shawty

25. Princess said:

Being different is cool but only if its authentic…….this “new” Rihanna sound and image seems very contrived and false…..good luck to her, becuase singing is not her first talent, so her looks and all the gimmicks in the world should help to shift her album to the masses!

WAY TO GO NO TALENT PRETTY LIGHTSKINNED GIRLS!! GO GET YOURS!!……….
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32. Chanté said:

>>>>>> Not only would Fefe Dobson have killed that track but also she would have been straight wild in the video, and I don’t mean “sex kitten” wild, I mean straight “I bet I can drive faster than you, let’s race” wild, she would have been on fiyaah. Rihanna is BEAUTIFUL, but this image sex-kitten-rock-star image isn’t her PERIOD. You can sense when people are themselves image wise, Teairra Mari wasn’t herself, Kelis is herself, the PussyCat Dolls that’s part of who they are, and Rihanna nope that’s not her.
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38. Ro said:
Comments 19-21, I agree. I actually had to mute the video half-way through because her “singing” was pissing me off. People who don’t know who Fefe Dobson is, Google her and see the images. Rihanna (or her publicists and stylists) straight jacked her entire image. Her whole new “rock-chick” thing is just so contrived, it’s like she’s just another industry puppet. I appreciate that she doing something “different”
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I wanna know where were ya’ll when I was saying this when CL became the place to be if you were a Rihanna stan? LOL! Everyone was on her sooooo hard, and I said, “This whole new image of hers is totally FeFe Dobson sexed up! I even put a link to a picture! It’s so contrived! I didn’t buy it then, and I don’t buy it now. GIMMICK!

109. Floridaboy8703 said:
THE SONG SHOULD BE
RIHANNA NEEDS TO SHUTUP
AND DRIVE HERESELF OUT OF THE MUSIC
INDUSTRY AND JUST MODEL
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@ Floridaboy8703 LMAO!!!!!!

112. Nat said:
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NoMoSoul w/ comment #21 …..But doesn’t Joss Stone fvck for tracks? Can she really talk? With her contrived wanna be soulful non-singin ass.

EXACTLY! Just like I said black folks can’t support each other, but they can’t support white music artists trying to be something their not.

And yes I do like Justin Timberlake lol

Traveling music:

“SHUT UP & DRIVE”!!

“Jesus, take the wheel”!!!

“We going riding on the freeway”!!

“Burn rubber”!

It was cute…i think people will have to adjust to her style though…it’s such a mixture of rock and other music genre’s. Go Rhianna, you rock girl!

i know. ppl dont understand that her style is everything. i’m from anotha black country and we dont only listen to R&B HIPHOP lol Kylie minogue is big in my country (when i was there) so was enrique eglisius however u spell it, so if yall wont love her here, believe me she’d be loved in alot more places. even black countries. PEACE

I liked the video and the song but she just seems too rehearsed! Everything she does seems like she is still in rehearsal or it seems like Jay-Z is above her controlling her with strings! I don’t know if its the constant blank expression on her face or if its just the way she dances but I’m not really feeling this whole glam rock thing. It just doesn’t seem like it goes with her personality. Come on Rhianna show a little more emotion!

I Jus wanna steal all of rihanna’s clothes I LOVE HER STYLE

I actually like this song…I also heard her whole CD and this is by far her best CD….She has everything on there from Rock, Pop, R&B, and even some 80’s type music. I was surprised how hard she came this time and I think she will do good with this CD because it a good crossover CD….She bout to take over the game soon watch….And she looks good…

I dont know about the song but she looks good! Go Riri. Be yourself sista!

This video is hot, I like the song also. Rihanna’s album Good girl gone bad, drawn me into liking her. The rock flavor is hot, it’s not for white people only, shoot…black people are the one’s who invented rock, so what are yall talking about?

I love this video it was so differnt from all the videos that we see.Rihanna is defintly seprating herself from that rest of the female artists.you go girl.

i wish you all would stop calling her Glam Rock…shes not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glam_rock

I thought Rihanna’s Video was cool and different from other r&b chicks.

I also think ya’ll need to stop talkin about she making white folks music and learn to appreciate something other than what u hear on the radio all the time.

I agree with SAFFIRE IN NY Now, I am a black girl but, i like all types of music there is nothin wrong wit dat.

I mean you don’t have to be white to listen to pop and rock etc. u don’t have to be black to listen hiphop and r&b

There is one thing on this board that everyone (The majority) agrees on, is that she is cute. Let us leave it at that!!!!!!!!!!!