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2008′s “It” couple, Rihanna and Chris Brown teamed with Polow Da Don for this new song, “Bad Girl,” which definitely doesn’t seem to fall into the bracket of material that Rihanna described for her new album. In recent interviews, Rihanna said that she was going for a edgier rock sound (think “Disturbia”) for the fourth studio, but we’ll see.

Rihanna is actually re-re-releasing Good Girl Gone Bad, but it will be a remixes version. Maybe we’re jumping the gun, because it’s been reported that this isn’t even the finished product of this song, but I’m hoping that this isn’t what Rihanna is serving up for the new album.

Ciara releases her “first” single from her new album, Fantasy Ride. The new single is produced by Polow Da Don and features Young Jeezy. Even though “Go Girl” wasn’t that great of a choice for a single, “Never Again” definitely isn’t leaps and bounds above that. I appreciate the sample, but I was expecting something great, considering that Polow did produce her hugely popular first single from her last album, “Promise.”

I don’t know, I’m a little iffy about Ciara’s project. There have been a few songs that I’ve really dug (“Echo” and “I’m On”), but the thing about it is, so much material has leaked, I’m just not sure what the album is going to consist of. We’ll see. Hopefully, we’ll have a new release date for Fantasy Ride as well.