284. confused said:

I wish I was light skinned. I really do…

>>>>>>>> I dedicate this song to you (sing along if you know it) :

Every day is so wonderful
And suddenly, i saw debris
Now and then, I get insecure
From all the pain, I’m so ashamed

I am beautiful no matter what they say
Words can’t bring me down
I am beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can’t bring me down
So don’t you bring me down today

To all your friends, you’re delirious
So consumed in all your doom
Trying hard to fill the emptiness
The piece is gone left the puzzle undone
That’s the way it is

You are beautiful no matter what they say
Words can’t bring you down
You are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can’t bring you down
Don’t you bring me down today…

No matter what we do
(no matter what we do)
No matter what they say
(no matter what they say)
When the sun is shining through
Then the clouds won’t stay
And everywhere we go
(everywhere we go)
The sun won’t always shine
(sun won’t always shine)
But tomorrow will find a way
All the other times

’cause we are beautiful no matter what they say
Yes, words won’t bring us down, oh no
We are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can’t bring us down
Don’t you bring me down today

Don’t you bring me down today
Don’t you bring me down today

I can’t believe people in here are actually debating whether or not Rihanna is “rock” or not. Are you people dumb, as well as blind and deaf? LOL Any person can tell that the ish she’s doing is clearly not rock. It’s an elabroate pop-rock image contrived to appeal to the masses ala Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne, etc.

LOL @ the fight. Ya’ll got some active ass imaginations.

She said Good girl gone bad just means she is taking over her career and not being to what to do this time, That is the explination (sp) of the whole image change! Yall lookin too far in this

OH My GOSSSSHHH!!!!!!!
What the hell is wrong With people. This is TOTALLY NOT R&B Music nor is it Glam ROCK. and for anybody who says that RiRi invented glam rock they a damn lie cuz plenty of people did it way before her.
If you wanna see Black people doing glam rock with actual vocal talent then go to this link.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WUCePBspIe4
and she is not a true R&B artist either thyis is what real R&B sounds like,
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iEvRI_CcpcI

co-sign 110% with Caff!!!

lawd have mercy!
@chante,i never said I AGREED WITH YOU i said i didnt feel like reading your WHOLE post so i’d just say ok because this is like beating a dead horse

i quoted you on it because you said NOBODY was discussing her looks when in fact they were…so i dont know how that would imply that i said people were hating WHEN YOU WERE THE ONE WHO IMPLIED HATING WAS THEM “NAME-CALLING”

The song is catchy and Rihanna looks super sexy. The video is tastefully done and it screams crossover appeal.

Ladies and gents…I present to you the new Brandy/Beyonce. She will become the new black media darling if she keeps this up. Just look at the 300+ posts.

I hate to say this, but this song about to be popular as fuck! In the white demographic, and sadly, that’s all that really matters, cuz our black asses aint gonna buy no cd’s! This song about to be on movie soundtracks, tv commercials, reality shows. I know music, and trust me. Jay Z know what he doing with this chick. Make that moneymayne!

306. TeTe said:TeTe

lawd have mercy!
@chante,i never said I AGREED WITH YOU i said i didnt feel like reading your WHOLE post so i’d just say ok because this is like beating a dead horse

i quoted you on it because you said NOBODY was discussing her looks when in fact they were…so i dont know how that would imply that i said people were hating WHEN YOU WERE THE ONE WHO IMPLIED HATING WAS THEM “NAME-CALLING”

>>>>>>>>>>> Laaaaaaawd!!!! I never said nobody was discussing her looks, I said people ain’t hating her, not feeling the video and song ain’t “hating”!!!!!!! The posters agree that she’s a pretty chick, of course that’s all they’re interested in talking about since they ain’t feeling the rest. NOW FOLKS SAID “STOP HATING”. I SAID “THEY AINT HATING” opinions ain’t hate if you keep it respectful. YOU ARE THE ONE WHO QUOTED THE PART THAT SAID THEY WERE NOT HATING, PUT IT IN BOLD AND RESPONDED TO IT!!!!!!!! THEN YOU GO ON AND SAY “I NEVER SAID THEY WERE HATING” which means THAT YOU DON’T THINK THEY’RE HATING, SAME THING THAT I HAD SAID IN MY FIRST POST (the part you quoted). IF YOU BE SAYING WHAT I’VE SAID BEFORE YOU - that they ain’t hating - WHY YOU BE QUOTING ME IN DI FIRST PLACE IS WHAT I WANNA KNOW!!!!

WOW 309 POST! IS THIS A BEYONCE POST!?

This song is WAAAAAY to young for me, but I’m sure Walmart shopping tweens across the country will eat it right up.

BTW. This is not punk rock. Punk rock is the Ramones and the old CBGS’s crowd. Not a Bajan teenager with a haircut modeled after a lego doll cleaning cars in coochie cutters. This is good ol’ fashion summer time pop. You either hate it or love it. I’m sure this will be #1 all summer and I can already see the ford commercial on it’s way……

LOVED IT.

This song is annoying just like “Umbrella”. I’d rather listen to something that I like, not something that just gets stuck in my head. “Rehab” would have been a great song for her second single. I think people would have been all over that one.

This is NOT JUST BLACK WOMEN disliking this video here, BLACK MEN stated that too, and I’m tired of people claiming that a negative OPINION equates to hating. Nobody called her ugly, nobody calls her out her name, nobody hates HER, they just don’t like the video, they just don’t like the song, just opinions!They never said they were all Ashlee and Avril fans, it’s more because Rihanna sounds like them, plus FEFE DOBSON was mentionned and she’s black, if you listened to rock and pop/rock you’d know that not just whites do it. I’m willing to support any black woman that I find talented, not just black women or black people PERIOD cause they’re black. I ain’t gonna buy Karrine Steffans books cause she’s black. I ain’t gonna give 50 cent my money cause he’s black. We’re supposed to have OUR OWN opinions!!!!

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lawd,this is really my last time even posting under this whole rihanna crap period…this whole BOOK CHAPTER above is what you typed,in bold is what I RESPONDED TO….my post really wasnt even towards you, i used what you said as an example.you IMPLIED that hating is “Nobody called her ugly, nobody calls her out her name” which is CALLING HER UGLY OR OUT OF HER NAME.what i was saying is,INDEED THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLING HER UGLY AND CALLING HER OUT OF HER NAME……you just took my whole SMALL post and analyzed it and created it into something it wasnt. and im sorry if after this you still dont get it but im done.better things to be done than,ONCE AGAIN I SAY,beating a dead horse!

Once AGAIN!!!!! here is another example of REAL MUSIC and TALENT. oh yeah and it’s LIVE no voice ALTERATIONS
or
COMPUTERIZATION!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37ItxPJkhbc

Real Music and Talent should be commended and brought back. People should stop focusing on sex appeal and how pretty a person is and start focusing on the context of the songs. pretty faces and nice bodies are for modling,Dancing is alright but when you are a singer it should be supported by a great god given Voice.

For the younger generation who really haven’t heard alot of real music it’s not your fault that you think that everything that comes on the radio or mtv,bet is great you just don’t no any better.Bt if you want to know ask your parents or you can check out vh1 soul.That’s some real music.Please stop encourging these young girls that can’t hold ice water let alone a tune.

And who ever is out there picking this individuals at these record labels really need to relize that they are the people who are providing fads and artists to the music game so instead of the next marketable freash face maybe you should be looking for artists with longevity.The industry would be alot better off.

Surprised that this is the next single but I LOVE the CD.

The song has potential, I guess, but I just wish I could nderstand the lyrics (or hear her sing, for that matter), but maybe it was just the quality of the video…

I still want to buy her album, though.

LMAO @ ppl goin nuts up in hurr… i need to visit this site more often… lemme see if i can rile it up a lil more..

*clears throat*

ZOMGZ RIHANNA IS TEH BEZZ ROCK SINGR EVAAR…. SHE SINGS ROCK Y’ALL.. STOP HAITIANING.. FEFE DOBSON ONLY WISHES SHE WUZ TEH HERR… LAK OMGS YOU IZ HATERERERED.. Y’ALL WISH U CAN SNIFF RIHANNA’S DOOKIE RIGHT NOW BUT YA CAN’T HAAA HAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KEEP DOING YOU RIHANNA, JU KNOW JU INVENTED TEH ROCK MUZIK AND YOUZ WORKIN IT CHILE… YOU BEDDA DEN BEYONCE.

*drops mic and waits patiently*

313. TeTe said:

lawd,this is really my last time even posting under this whole rihanna crap period…this whole BOOK CHAPTER above is what you typed,in bold is what I RESPONDED TO….my post really wasnt even towards you, i used what you said as an example.you IMPLIED that hating is “Nobody called her ugly, nobody calls her out her name” which is CALLING HER UGLY OR OUT OF HER NAME.what i was saying is,INDEED THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLING HER UGLY AND CALLING HER OUT OF HER NAME……you just took my whole SMALL post and analyzed it and created it into something it wasnt. and im sorry if after this you still dont get it but im done.better things to be done than,ONCE AGAIN I SAY,beating a dead horse!

>>>>>>>> When I posted what I posted people were calling the girl pretty and just a pretty face. They criticized her voice, the fake ass Glam Rock thing, Jay-Z commercializing her, the cost of the video, her robbing Fefe Dobson, “Umbrella” being better and whatever else. They didn’t attack her as a person, at least not the vast majority (95% if you want to). Even #150 stated the same thing I thought. I ain’t analyzed your post, I stated my point with more precisions. And if you used me as an example but wasn’t even really towards me, maybe if you hadn’t started your post with “@ 168″ I wouldn’t have thought you were actually talking to me.

beyonce has NOTHING to worry about.

Shut up and what? lol this this is song for the “White clubs” white folks dance to anything.. i can’t imagine this song being played in a black club.. or black radio… or in my black ipod. Next … hmm wassup with Hip-Hop and Rock? did that get married and not invite anyone to the wedding… i’m just saying

~blkpoetx

The Loop is looking pretty damn sexy right now. I’m liking the new look.

Considering that “Walk this Way” by Aerosmith feat. Run D.M.C. was re-recorded in 1986 and became a monster hit, the Rock and Rap seemed to have only been on a “break” for the past twenty years or so. I don’t mind mixing sounds, but only because an artist is inspired by it, not this manufactured image Rihanna has sold her soul to portray.

I CANT EVEN FRONT ON THIS SHIT! THIS SHIT IS HOT! AND I DONT EVEN LIKE THIS TYPE OF POP MUSIC! LAWD, THIS SONG GOT ME GOIN CRAZY! LOVES IT

I thought the video was cute, the song was different and I loved it. and She was just cute all around in the video great job!
See she versitile!

l iuv rihanna,but 2 think thata the video cost 600,000us dollars it doesnt make sense at all..i thot the video would be be kinda of car racing like the formula 1 races and so on…riri needs 2 wake up and rehab should be da next single

You have to understand that music is universal and Rihanna is a Robot. Jay-Z revived her career let her sleep on his plane for 2 years and molded her into Diet Beyonce. Its Diet for all her low-calorie pop fans out their. It was a great idea, and the bubble gum pops will eat thihs up. Its gonna be all over 95.5 THE BEAT in Atlanta and Q100.

Pleaseeeeeee, people, she is not worth all of this, just cause someone states an opinion does not mean they hate someone or haters.

When someone says something that you don’t like are you feel is not true, just say that is YOUR OPINION, and move on or state yours, but all of this bickering over Rihanna, is terrible. 95% of the people know the girl can’t sing worth nothing, some of you call it, she has a different sound or blame it on her style of voice, anyway you cut it she’s different.

So from now on just to keep peace, we will say, SHE IS NOT A STRONG SINGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!OK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now DEF JAM, THEY IS SOME BAD PEOPLE !!!!!!WHO KNOW HOW TO MARKET, BOTTOM LINE. NOW IF YOU BUY IT, THAT’S ON YOU!!!!

wow I love it! the best video out ther keep doing your thing riri don’t worry whit the hatter’s and the old people just do your thing
mua mua

LLLLLLLLLLMMMMAAAAAOOOOOO @ Chante and Tete.

Love,Peace,&&Honeyy

LISTEN — it obvious she a puppet during the video she does the pyramid sign showing of course she has become satanic beleiver(pyramid represnt alumanti)..who wouldnt when jay -z is feeling your head with loads of shit..she even does the whole satan horns thing aswell ..she is truly a good girl gone bad ..what role model eh??

Black singer don’t have to stick with rnb, soul or hip pop. since Rihanna hasn’t the best voice it’s a good idea to sing songs that suit her more.

OKAAAAAAY? What kind of phsychobabblebullshit is this. Yea yea im all 4 being different but when do we draw the line between different and just straight wack. I doubt that any other channel besides mtv is gonna ever show this video. And no not only white people can like rock music but this is corny even for white folks to listen to lol. At first I hated Rihanna but her face and her music waz everywher until I was basically forced to like her. This video is bringin back sum of dat old hate. Maybe she should try something thats different but not corny cuz after seeing this video I waz seriouslly thinkin ” DIS BITCH IZ A JOKE”

This sounds like Blue Monday by New Order..and then later remade by Orgy.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3duUzBbBmmc - Blue Monday by New Order (the original)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Phnld-XX0tM -Blue Monday- Orgy’s remake

I LIKE it!! Let’s learn to be versatile people!!!

I am NOT a RIRI fan but the song is actually okay the video however is BORING. I still wouldn’t go out and by the album. That would be CRAZY!!!

All we need in this industry is TRUE TALENT!!!!!
315.(comment) U pointed that out well,

N Rihanna is a good successful artist but all i keep hearing and seeing is how she Looks .. i mean shes a really pretty girl dont get me wrong but..its more about the ability to sing .True Talent!!!!

But shes getting More and More successful good for her and good luck 2 her ..
2 bad young girls who can actually sing cant get that Oppotunity and exposure

she’s slippin’. she’s reminding me a little too much of fefe dobson now. let’s be serious.

Thanks for the song,

she is totally riding on Fefe Dobson swagger since she is not fresh on alot of people mind
it’s funny because she said she wanted her own style,to me she is falling in line with everyone else

I absolutly love & adore Rihanna, BUT… This video is just NOT good… The concept is basically her ass! And she’s just lost touch with her roots!

I LOVE her non the less though.

i’m not a big fan of pon’ di foehead but i really like this!!!! i hear blue monday’s sample ‘how does it feel’… i love that song!!

I seent he video for the first time today the title attracted me i thought it as going to be abut her thinking in her head about how her man was pissing her off and how he was talking smack or something and she ends up wanting to tell him to just shut up and drive or either her having a bad day with papparazzi and telling her driver to just shut up and drive. Wrong both times but at least i tried. My opinion is she looks gorgeous. Her clothes are amazing the style wasnt too expected but it is innovative for her i think. She may not have that Whitney houston classical voice but she does have a sound of her own I love. She may not be a trained dancer but she does her thing aand thats good enough for me. I’ll buy her album because shes a young black female trying to do her thing. at least she’s not out there in some strip club, hooked on drugs or doing nothign with her life. Why cant we just support a girl trying to do her thing?…Crab in a bucket menatlity wont get you anywhere. Go Rhianna dont watch them haters you cant please everybody. At the end of the day you’re still collecting your cheque.

#168 - *claps* I agree 100%

the video is Sub Par…………nicely done video …of course she looks pretty but there is nothing different about, nothing innavative, no “uumph” too it, but I wont sit up here and hate on chick though .. Her video is just like any other video out: a pretty girl dancing (errr posing,lol) half naked…. She looks pretty and carries off the “Glam-Rock” Image well, but anyone can grab a bottle of dye and some eyliner……… i’m not convinced, there is nothing glam rock about Rhianna.. I gotta give it up to Def Jam they’re marketing strategy is good, they working overtime to make her album a crossover hit

this sounds like a damn car commercial

I’m actually feeling this song. She took a risk by doing something different and I think that was cool of her. So many artists today want to look and sound the same, that it’s actually refreshing to see her wanting to “stand out” from the rest. Big deal if she did a song that’s on the Pop/Rock side? Nobody had a problem when Michael Jackson recorded “Beat It” back in the day. And, we all know that wasn’t an R&B song. It had a guitar solo by Eddie Van Halen and everything, and no one said “boo” about it. So, why should it be any different for Rihanna or anyone else? There’s no “law” that says because you’re black that you should ONLY be interested in R&B, Rap or Hip-Hop. Why limit yourself? There’s nothing wrong with growing and trying new things. At least she took a stab at it. How many of YOU would have had the guts to do it no matter what someone would have said or thought about you? Probably not many.

DAMN YA SEX!!! N I DONT CARE WOT ANYONE SAY- I LOVE THIS VIDEO N I LOVE THE SONG… ANYTHING SHE DO I’MA LOVE IT lol XXXX

Ri Ri equals satanist believer..

OMG will you guys shut the hell up. Whats wrong with Rihanna doing pop-rock music? Seriously some of you are straight up ignorant. Rihanna NEVER claimed to be an R&B music, in fact she’s always been a versatile artist because she has reggae dancehall songs, pop/dance songs, and R&B. She does alot of things. She is not a sellout.

I’m black and I listen to Britney Spears and Avril Lavigne. I like everything. I grew up in Jamaica and in the caribbean we listen to all sorts of music, we’re not as one-minded as you americans, we like everything.

Anyways this is probably my favorite of her songs/videos ever, she looks hot and this song is DAMN CATCHY! Watch it go #1.

i hate the song hate the video. wat is she trynna do? its just not original anymore and gettin pretty boring. i dont think this cd’s gonna be as much a hit as her first one. she needs some help.
p.s. not hating cause im a very big Rihanna fan, I really just dont like this look or sound with her.

although Rhianna has sex appeal and with her singing skills it allows her to make national news, after looking into her reviews. Her ratings have dropped among the college educated and older viewers while it has increased among the teens. This is undoubtedly because sexual desires and changing imagery is at the forefront of today’s Euro-American culture.

That being said, the caribbean educated respects rhianna for trying to get to the top, but are saddened by her “taking it all off” approach. She has talent so she doesn’t need to “wow” us with her assests, because “shut up and drive” would have sold as well as SOS with her clothes on. People listen for your singing skills Rhianna, take a lesson for Mary J. Blige.

take the lesson FROM Mary J. Blige

this song is fab! ive luved all of her songs if yuu dint yuur mad bcz she is great!!
xxxxx

out

1# rhianna fan xxx

Yes it is one of those things……girls hate it, guys love it! Typical…..the girl is on fiyahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

HI I LOVE U RHIANNA

uhh im a die hard rock fan and i’m black so of course i dont find a prob in black ppl listening to rock hll, we invented it. But if it’s hella fake (rhianna) then it ain’t workin. it just pisses me off. Her, Shop Boyz, fake ass wannabe rockers.Only big rock name they know is travis barker from blink-182?? Lmfao. But Anyways I can’t stand posers!! Listen to some Mars Volta, atreyu, saosin, van halen or somebody. Not them safe, mainstream bubblegum, watered down rock musicicians. All i have to say is NEEEEXXXXXTTTT! and Rhianna….Ho Sit Ur Ass Down Quick!

koolie that means great.