co-sign #147 ppl are tried of her but not beyonce ???? AND of course she is trying to look like beyonce?? lets see she is 19 beyonce is 25 she is light skin beyonce is light skin she wears weave beyonce wears weave she is a female beyonce is a female she wears clothes beyonce wears clothes she wears make up beyonce wears make up so……what part OF that she and a million other females dont do so why?????? and how????? is she trying to look like beyonce?YOU PEOPLE SOUND LIKE A BUNCH OF BEYONCE CRACK HEADS YOU ALL CANT STAND THAT FACT THAT beyonce IS NOT GOING TO BE THE ONLY THING HAPPENING

TO ALL THE RIRI FANS, I NOT A HATER I JUST HAVE AN OPINION. SHE IS VERY OVERRATED SHE CAN’T SING OR DANCE, SHE DO NOT HAVE A JANET, BEE.OR J-LO BODY SHE IS JUST PRETTY. AND TRIED OF PEOPLE CALLING HER AN R&B SINGER, WHEN SHE IS POP. HER FANS ARE YOUNG BLACK KIDS, AND WHITE AND LATINOS. I HATE OUR R&B SINGERS SUCH AS JOE, DONNEL JONES, FAITH, WHITNEY, BRANDY, MONCIA, THE LIST CAN GO ON CAUSE HE ARE SELLING BEAUTY AND SEX AND NOT BUYING TALENT ARTIST ANYMORE. I WISH HER AND HER NAGGING ASS VOICE WILL GO AWAY.

sometimes rihanna shouldnt say things but that’s who she is now. some comments she says are out of place. i just have no reason to hate her. she is young and she makes mistakes.but i see her on league not madonna’s. i thought she was trying to escape from being compared to all these other artists.

@148 I’m sure you know that a magazine can do anything right? They can make you look slim and make make you look bigger, they can remove a blemish or a mole to make it look like you have flawless skin and they can certainly change a person’s skintone. Which they had successfully done with black women, especially the ones that’s on top right now.

Beyonce, Rihanna, Oprah, Halle are proof of that if you notice most of the white magazines they have been featured on or even for them being on the cover.

Art Directors at magazines colour- correct photo to make it look more appealing or pleasing to certain readers or to work in a particular layout in a particular way, but realism is usually a second consideration. Cover photos gets the most work of all because they need to sell the magazine. They need to make a so-called “first impression.”

I’m not saying all magazines are like that and I’m certainly not saying that the black magazines are like that. That’s why I gave my kudos to Vibe Vixen. And when you mention about the sun we’ll I don’t know what it does to you but in most cases people get darker of that exposure. I really get darker!

Rihanna is really doin it big now, Im lovin her style nd everything. Usually when somebody has two videos back to back like she did one of them ain’t poppin but wit her I was feeling them both, I might become one of her fans

I’m sorry but Rhianna and stop with all the”control” talk. She is nothing more than a product of her label. Rhianna has always been a pop artist, so I don’t know what she is talking about.

like i said leave ciara and beyonce out of this nonsense. those bitches produce and write and dictate thier image (atleast i knw that ciara does for sure). ciara fuses rnb, crunk and techno and has always stayed in her own league. she may not can songs handed to her from LA Reid but she creates her art and is proud of it. and she and beyonce are the best performers. that to me is in the league of the janet’s and modanna’s. at the end of the day those ladies were more than image. they sold albums and outperformed the rest, as is the case with ciara and bey. do not compare them to the light skin crew.

hey its sumthin i can shake my ass to, so ‘thumbs up’ fo me.
Ri is doin the damn thang, can’t hate on her hard work cause she’s pushin, n hard too!!

I personally do not like Rihanna as an artist, however I respect the fact that she is singing songs that have substanance. Meaning she does not sing about how she is somebodies whore, or bitch. With music like that people would have to respect you. I do not like the style of music she choses, but I LOVE her delivery! Rihanna displays the true essence of womanhood by remaining poised and humble when she is interviewed. And yes I can see her as the Black Madonna, musically wise thats is!!!!

she aint selling because she cant sing, period. No amount of promotion will ever change that. If she was actually a talented artist then that promotion would send her into beyonce or alicia keys level. At this moment in time Jayz is wasting his resource on rihanna, realising she cant sing for shit he has tried to sell her to us with a sexy image, im not buying it, Rihanna 15minutes of fame is nearly up.

DANG! Went on vacation and came back to another Rihanna post. I like these pics though. I actually think the style in these pics are better than the punk glam rock hybrid. The clothing choices here are more Beverly Hills 80’s glam, but they got that futuristic glam from the 80’s too, and that goes well with her alien looks. I agree with all who say she should model. She’s good at it. Why the hell is she singing? I thought fools would be blasting her songs all summer, but I haven’t heard anything pumping from cars that sounded like a dead chipmunk where I’m at.

I really wonder why everyone keeps saying she has this ’style’.
She didn’t think of this on her own.
Geez.

And, btw, isn’t that nearly the exact same thing she said in the CL interview, about her not being able to do anything with him, lest people believe they’re in a relationship?
Hm. Rehearsed answers. Tsk.

predictable

Rhianna and substance do not belong in the same sentence.

I liked the video alot. I have this album and I hated this song when I first heard it but it grew on me and I love it! The photoshoot was hot too.

she looks like a big monster comparing to roxy

I think Rihanna is a beautiful girl, but I do feel as though she needs to slow down. She was on 106 the other day and said that’s she’s been doin the singing thing for 2 years. Take note that she has released 3 albums in 2 YEARS. I feel like Def Jam or whatever label she is with is trying to keep her fresh on everyone’s minds but what I think is gonna happen is people are gonna get sick of her.

Rihanna’s stylist Mariel is great, but she did not style her for Vibe Vixen. Fab Fashion Director/Super Stylist, Liza Montoya styled it!!!! The incredibly talented Dorcia Kelley gets credit as well, for all the fly clothes she pulled for Rihanna, as the fashion market editor. These two women have been behind some of the most cutting edge styling for artist, advertisments and film/televison.

all of these, talentless, broke females are simply hating on this chick!! It is a shame. Females are sooo jealous. She’s making money and alot more than the majority or better yet ALL of the HATing females on this site so no…you sit down and uplift the sister for becoming something and doing something positive that’s making her good money. This is why I can’t stand some black women now…the first ones to shoot down another sister or woman of color, period. Just be happy for her, you don’t have to like her, shout don’t spend money on her music, etc…but at least be glad that she’s not portraying a negative image of black women like alot of black females in the media do, alot of it on thier own without editing.

please…sistas! Don’t be stupid. Go Rihanna!!! Make that money Girl!!!

It kills me how people say “she’s not being who she really is” like they actually know her. Give me a break. I think those who actually listened her music,her CD’s, before GGGB era don’t have a hard time buying this image. I could kind of see where all of this came from [regarding her image], especially in A Girl Like Me. [regarding her "rock image" or w/e]

NOW RIHANNA IS WASTE OF SPACE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY PERIOD! IM SORRY( THAN AGAIN NO IM NOT) I FEEL LIKE SHIT IF I COULD SING BETTA THEN HER IMAGINE THE SUCCESS I WOULD GET SHE CAN’T SING WORTH A LICK WHAT EXACTLY IS SHE FAMOUS FOR?. AND STOP CALLIN HER RI RI, PPL MADE THAT SHIT UP AS SOON AS HER WACK ASS FANS HEARD CIARA WAS CALLED CICI SO STOP IT ALREADY.

OH AND COMPARIN’ HER 2 CICI IS DEFINIETLY NOT EVEN OPTION, CIARA IS IN A CATERGORY ALL BY HERSELF. 1ST OF ALL SHE CAN CARRY A DAMN TUNE. AND I THINK THATS ALL I NEED 2 SAY WHEN IT COMES 2 RIHANNA. SO THOSE WHO R HATING OFF CIARA AT LEAST CIARA IS PLATINUM IN HER OWN COUNTRY LMAO ( OH THAT WAS FUNNY)! I KNOW THAT HURTED SOME OF THE RIHANNA FANS 2 HEAR THAT BUT OH WELL LEAVE CICI OUT OF IT AND IT WONT STING SO MUCH. HOW DID THIS BITCH EVEN GET FANS IS WHAT IM TRYNA FIGURE OUT? SHE’S NOT GOOD FOR ANYTHANG EXCEPT FOR FUCKIN A CEO IN ORDER 2 KEEP HER ASS IN MUSIC BUSINESS.

Rihanna can not sing or dance and that video and song is not the JAM all them songs on her album is WACK JUICE and i dont get why people love to hype Rihanna up im sick of her with that THUNDERDOME head of hers she is not even cute she is OVER RATED Def Jam needs to get some more singers cause im not buying that GARBAGE CAN ALBUM Rihanna has its pure trash and she cant sing for DOODOO she needs to BUY her some BUTT PADS cause she has a FLAT BOOTY AND ITS NOT CUTE for her to try to show HER FLAT BUTT and tight latex whatever the CRAP she has ON and them PHOTOS.

i forgot my password, lol

people PLEASE…as an electronic dance music listener, i can tell you that this is NOT techno!!! not even close… it’s not even trance… the closest thing i can call it is dance/pop =)

listen to carl cox, sander van doorn, chemical brothers, etc and then listen to this track and you’ll see it’s NOT anywhere near techno/trance

it’s a nice track, however…

Sorry, but I have to agree with the folks who say it’s not hate when you criticize an artist. That’s what a critic does, they talk about an artist and give their opinion and my opinion is she’s a mediocre act. Other people share this opinion. I don’t have to like her music or support her in any way just because we are both people of color. Rihanna is out there begging for us to pay attention to her and doing everything she can to get our hard earned money, and when someone wants my hard earned money, I look them over and wonder why I should give it to them. This is at the heart of being a critic. She is a cheesy pop act who has been manufactured like all pop acts, and I ain’t fallen for it. I am not much of a fan of pop music and I do not have to like her. I don’t have to buy into all these different images either. If she wants to be the “Black Madonna” she’d going about it all wrong. Madonna changed styles every two years, not every two weeks. I don’t buy these outfits as being a reflection of who she really is any more than any of the other outfits she’s worn lately, but they are nice pictures from an artistic point of veiw. As a model it wouldn’t even matter what her style was so maybe that’s a good choice. She should really think about modeling if she never manages to become the “Black Madonna”, and you know she needs to be pulled aside and talked to for saying that.

“Whether you fans wanna admit it or not, Rihanna is too over exposed and has too much of this image change and style. She’s only 19 and has changed her style tremendously like she’s a 25 year old. I don’t know why her fans really think she will last. Looks will only get you so far and when you are hot at the moment, already invented your only style and music, people forget about you a year or two after. I think her outfits on the cover look very cheap and she looks like what she is in the music industry, a manufactured barbie. ”

Co-sign with this statement above. Its not that Rhi can’t be the next madonna, its that she is being rushed thru her career. Instead of growing steadily–she just jumps from one look to another leaving the impression that she is of little real substance and is confused.No evolution. No growth. It is clear that this image has been given to her as opposed to something she owns.Like they keep testing the public with everything to see what will stick.Rihanna should be a model as so many have suggested. She looks very boring here but there are many pics she’s taken where she looks fabulous so she’d be tailored for that.

Rhiana is not 19 FUCKIN YEARS OLD SHES 28 DO THE RESEARCH WHEN SHE CAME OUT WITH” PON DE REPLAY” SHE WAS “19″ THAT WAS 2 YEARS AGO AN SHES BEEN IN OLDOLDDOLD VIDEOS FROM 1999 SHE WASNT SINGING YOU COULD SEE CLEAR SHOTS OF HER all im sayin is DO THE DAMN RESEARCH

PEACE&LOVE

GET IT BITCH!!! She is working it I love her style! get it RiRi
She needs to stop releasing these singles though

I think she should’ve released “Say It” or “Lemme Get That”

LOL some of yall get a lil too involved when it comes to celebs that don’t give 2 shits about yall

are yall getting paid for writing these essays?

that girl is doing her thang so GET OVER it, it shows how envious you are:)

Damn Rhianna is the business! I dig her style completely! She should come out with a clothing line because her style is fierce! Get Rhianna!

MUSIC IS NOT HER THING. I WISH SHE WOULD JUST BECOME A MODEL. SHE HAS NO TALENT BESIDES LOOKING GOOD. SOMEONE CREATED THAT VIDEO, SOMEBODY WROTE THAT SONG, SOMEBODY PRODUCED THE SONG, SOMEBODY PUT TOGETHER THAT OUTFIT..I WOULD CONSIDER THAT WHINING NOT SINGING AND CLEARLY SHE CAN’T DANCE. SHE’S NOT A MUSICIAN/ARTIST SHE’S JUST ANOTHER PUT TOGETHER PACKAGE THE RECORD LABEL PUMPED OUT. AND NO I’M NOT HATING THAT’S JUST THE TRUTH. I TRIED TO WARM UP TO HER, BUT UMBRELLA HAS BEEN HER BIGGEST AND ONLY HIT DURING THE COURSE OF 3 ALBUMS! SO WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU.

I liked her better in her dancehall days. She was aggravating back then too, but at least she seemed more true to herself.

Poor girl let Jay turn her into a mini-Bee.

But she’s getttin that money…so on to the next post.

why do people think that she’s so beautiful?

I am happy for her. Something different. Dont nobody want to keep hearing th same old ass beats. Embrace the sista instead of putting her down.

I agree with # 78.

176 & 177 are one of the few sane, rational posters in this thread. When did rhetoric and genuine criticism slide under the umbrella of “hating”? I’d like to see some of you people use that term in a classroom during a discussion. SMH

They just don’t get it NoirFemme.

Lol, and it’s funny how me thinking she should drop singing because she sucks at it and encouraging her to model because she’s awesome at it is being envious and a hater. How that is possible, I’ll never know. Must be a Stan thing.

Lol, and 180 she don’t have to care about me because I ain’t the one putting money in her pocket and don’t ever plan to. She won’t be able to buy any rubber leotards on my dime.

I kinda do wanna say that the whole Rihanna thing is overkill but this chick is doing her thing. It ain’t even about her voice becuz come on *it’s not Whitney pre-Bobby*, now it’s just more about her image and what she brings to the table style wise and YES SHE IS KILLIN” IT!

We can’t front. We just can’t…..

And if she’s writing her own treatments for her videos like her 2 latest then we can probably expect this chick to be just as big as Beyonce as she and her career progresses.

Let’s just hope she doesn’t get sucked into that white Hollywood bullshit….

FLAWLESS!

I jus want to know is that her real eyes, cuz i ain’t sure? Somebody help me please!!!!

Number 21, Hassan. You hit that right on the mark! You damn right she’s catering to the white audience. The majority of people who buy the records whether Urban or POP music is white people. Hell, it’s a business, the bitch got bills to pay! I understand that plus that but i don’t think that business is all it had to do with it. She is part White from what i hear and that’s just the type of music I think she enjoys singing. She said she loves rock. I don’t got know problem with that, I’m into all types of music too. But what i did notice was she basically ditched her island music and persona, used a bunch of samples from other peoples music like michael jackson and the “say it” joint was a sample from the carribean rap song “FLEX”, became a mixture between fergie and beyonce(she made an attempt to rap yall!) “lemme get that, breakin dishes”, I even heard her accent try to leave on a couple of em and she went “slutgothic” She is everywhere. I have no problem with her success and all but honestly I’ve O.D.’d on her too. She’s overrated big time!

I will say one thing and that is she has Beyonce by a long run in the personality department. Her interviews aren’t so computerized like she’s being programed to say three phrases only, she speaks on her opinions and she doesn’t try to answer questions so politically correct. She just lets her real thoughts flow. I do like that about her. see ya’ll I don’t hate Rihanna, not hatin on her. I’m just speakin the real on how I feel and not to be ugly but for what it really is. You put yourself outside now be prepared for the weather cuz whether it’s rain or shine it is what is is and you can’t change it. And I’ll say how I feel about anyone whether everyday person or celebrity.

Did Lauryn Hill rock this hair do firts on the cover of essence 2006?