I wish you would stick to your Caribbean influences. I liked when you first hit the scene. Don’t sell out!

Nice interview. I still don’t think she’s much of a singer, but she has a nice personality and she’s a good entertainer. And that album cover is HOT. That’s the first time seeing it for me.

Rihanna is a very pretty girl, she may not be the best singer in the universe, but i love her sound and her style. She’s doing her thing. And I know her new CD is hot.

Nice interview!

ThaNKS tIANNA, for using my question about the beauty secret/product. I am sure I am not the only one who asked or wanted to know!

And Ri-Ri, if u read this…..classy answers! Even for the haters! LOL! Keep up the good work.

Thanks CL keep doin your thing!

This made me smile!

awwhhh…well I’m not really a big fan of Rihanna nor her hit song, ‘Umbrella,’ but I’ll definitely give her her props for being able to have 2 successful albums…congrats!

Her new album is hot! Rehab and Good Girl gone bad are great. She came off as a really polite and real girl in her interview too.

Jesus Christ I cant imagine what she thought when she saw some of yall comments. I would catch a heart attack and go on a rampage.

Pretty good interview

Rihanna is such a beautiful young girl and I love how she representing for the carribean people…Big up to Puerto Rico my homeland….I know she’s going to go far even though her voice isn’t so powerful right now but hey she’s only 19 which I didn’t know so she got years to catch up with the other chick…you know who i’m referring too….Good luck Rihanna…

well i didnt learn anything new but…

i think it’s great that she’s goin against the grain, when she came here she heard a lot of stuff she never heard before and she took it all and made it apart of her style

u gotta have an open mind about it and quit tryin to hold ppl down with what they do and encourage them to step outside the box like she is doing instead of doin the same thin as everyone else over and over, now thats boring

and her havin three albums in three years is not a big deal, mariah and luda been poppin out albums left and right too

u should switch the sound clips

ri-ri i love u gal!!!!!!!

MAN HER ALBUM CRACKING . . . THE UK IS MAD BOGUS FOR PUTTING BEY ON HER ALBUM COVER! . . , sOhOLLYWOOD . . .

That was a generic and boring interview Concrete Loop….what happened to all the “real” reader questions… ?

She’s cool im realy feelin her right now keep doin wut u doin

That interview sucked. A waste of my time. It was boring and you didn’t ask any interesting questions. Thats why I usually stick to YBF.

Interview was very boring and predictable. You would hear the exact same answers from other singers, safe and what the readers want to hear. Can we get a real interview from someone like Keyshia Cole?

AHHH SHE’S THE BEST I JUST HOPE SHE DOES ABANDON HER CARIBBEAN ROOTS TOO MUCH!

god some of y’all make me sick wid dick sucking and endless praise. i’m still not impressed.

Rihanna says: “and this is who I am now.”
–so what were u before? fake? manufactured industry puppet? me thinks so! and to be honest i’m still not buying this new “image” because thats all it is. contrived, yet she trying to be like this is who i am. NO sweety, its what u PORTRAY ureself as……i need Lauryns & Mary J’s who stay true to themselves

yes i’m a hater this afternoon and I STAY ON MY GRIND

ps: LMAOOO @ that part that Tianna said was inaudible!!!!that Bajan twang is a bit tricky huh T? Good job on the interview tho. you asked all the key questions without going on about the played out issues (ie. RiRi & Jay). I like how it was u who answered the question about her look!! Do u even know what glam rockk is Ri? God

err Rihanna is boring hence the lack of any juicy gossip. Tianna can only get out if theres something juicy to get.

Very nice interview! She seems really down to earth.

More power to her

i guess i mean what she was sayin was cool but i mean i really her to get more into herself. p.s she would have been a hot psycologist

Wow…school…boring. I guess it’s good she has her “looks” and some kind of talent cause education definitely isn’t too important.

I love Ri-Ri!! keep doing your thang!

the interview was not anything exciting or something haven’t heard her say before

but rhianna seems like a really sweet girl and i wish her much success

i also love her new look

The interview was not all that but RiRi is still doing her thing. Love the style, love the music, and I definetley can’t hate on an island chick. Big up to all my ANTIGUANS!!!!!!

I would usually say something harsh about Rihanna, but I liked the interview and I think I have a little soft spot for Rihanna in my heart.

I am liking her more and more everytime I hear Umbrella and now that i went out and purchased the CD - this is a very good album. It is something different I really like it. And I am pretty picky about my music - I AM not a radio girl so I like what I like - I picked up Maroon 5 last week and I am dam glad to add Rihanna to the disc changer.

Good album Rhianna!

WOW…she hates school?? Dnt say that Ri!!! Great interview BTW Tianna!!!

I dug the interview. Good job, Tianna.

I gave Rihanna’s album a chance and I think we all already know she’s not much of a singer but the album is good nonetheless. Sell Me Candy is my SHIIIIIIT!!!

You know, I’m really trying to dig Rihanna..but I just can’t. Something about her appears fake to me, IN MY OPINION. Oh well, much power to her and I wish her much success.

i love he new look i am rocking the angled bob right now. people stop me all the time and ask where’d u get your hair done. i was thinking about getting the hairstyle now she rocked at the movie awards cute. shes like a kelis for me now style wise- i hated when she was looking like ahem, cough. we know who am talkin about this looks more her.

maybe the interview was too short

or maybe since it would be short u should have skipped the questions every other media outlet has asked her.

THANKS FOR THE INTERVIEW. RHIANNA IS HOT AND I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH HER SINGING SKILLS. IF THAT IS SUCH A BIG DEAL THEN JANET JACKSON WHISPERING ON EVERY SONG SHOULD BE AN ISSUE.

I LOVE HER TALENT, LOOK, AND THAT SHE IS IN FULL EFFECT IN THE GAME…GO RHI RHI AND LET THE HATERZ AND NAYSAYERS EAT YOUR DUST!

Okay girl….You can wake up now!(Rubbing eyes)

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Wow…school…boring. I guess it’s good she has her “looks” and some kind of talent cause education definitely isn’t too important.
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HA! She made herself look like a dummy with that statement. True, college is not for evveryone, but she better be SMART about her money because when her looks run out, it’s over… No need for me to mention talent when it doesn’t exist.

you people are killing me picking apart eveything she says!

so what she doesnt like school most people dont..especially when they teach lies and misconstrue the truth about history! half oF the powerful people and millionaires i know didnt graduate highschool the same people who fall into the school trap are the same ones so willing to work for someone else and work a 9-5 WITH NO ROOM FOR GROWTH

im glad she is doing what she loves if most of you got the chance you would do it too.

I HOME SCHOOL MY KIDS. I DONT HAVE TO UNTEACH THEM THE BULLSHIT SOCIETY FEEDS THEM.

people will find anything to pick at even if its something they are BRAINWASHED about!

go to you tube and check out an interview she sings live and sounds good but unique bc of her carribean accent

Quart

School doesnt teach you how to manage your money. I didnt learn that until I started taking Business classes in college. Just because someone isnt taught what socirty THINKS they should know doesnt mean their dumb. Most people who feed into the school and 9-5 work are followers and often end up working for someone for the rest of their lives. Stop judging people based on what society has brainwashed you to think ids the right thing to do. People hae the freedom to live their lives as they please.

I knew a billionaire whos kids were home schooled for a few hours of the day and the rest of the day was family time. Eating, swimming, reading, and enjoying life…not the rat race YOU CALL LIFE

SHE ISNT THAT BAD OF A SINGER. I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE PRAISE WORST ( LETOYA LUCKETT AND JANET) ALL THOSE PROPS AND THEY CANT SING AND HAVE PLASTIC FACES.

A TEENAGER WHO IS DOING BIG THINGS AND HAS ROOM TO GROW GETS TREATED LIKE A STEPCHILD..COME ON PEOPLE..MARY J BLIGE NEEDED A LOT OF WORK WHEN SHE CAME OUT AS EVERYONE PERFECTING AN ART.

LETS NOT BE SO HARD ON OUR YOUNG TALENT DAMN

MAN HER ALBUM CRACKING . . . THE UK IS MAD BOGUS FOR PUTTING BEY ON HER ALBUM COVER! . . , sOhOLLYWOOD . . .

Sohollywood:

Is there a link where you can see Beyonce on the cover?

not a fan of her voice,but she comes across as decent.

well, im still a hater, but she has shown definite improvement! Stop looking so stiff on the stage and get a vocal coach…AND YOU WILL BE ON POINT!!

don’t be a lip-synch fiend…LEAVE THAT FOR BRITNEY’S COMEBACK!

but YOUR DEFINITELY DOING YOUR THING..can’t deny that.

Great job Tianna!

I assume that’s all you could get in because her time was limited. Her album is great & I KNOW that it will do very well. Good Luck to her.

#38 i kno right? Anyway, good interview, Sell me candy is my jam for real and that pic of her in yellow is the hotness!

lmao@people hyped up because she said she doesnt like school…thats dumb,usually its not many who will say they “loved” school and just by her saying she doesnt like school doesnt mean she’s illiterate.get over it,people know ya’ll dont like rihanna.

Okay & how many people LOVE school?
I have a BA in Psychology (and school was boring) & a J.D. (even more boring.)

19. Lashonda said:
god some of y’all make me sick wid dick sucking and endless praise. i’m still not impressed.

Rihanna says: “and this is who I am now.”
–so what were u before? fake? manufactured industry puppet? me thinks so! and to be honest i’m still not buying this new “image” because thats all it is. contrived, yet she trying to be like this is who i am. NO sweety, its what u PORTRAY ureself as……i need Lauryns & Mary J’s who stay true to themselves

yes i’m a hater this afternoon and I STAY ON MY GRIND

ps: LMAOOO @ that part that Tianna said was inaudible!!!!that Bajan twang is a bit tricky huh T? Good job on the interview tho. you asked all the key questions without going on about the played out issues (ie. RiRi & Jay). I like how it was u who answered the question about her look!! Do u even know what glam rockk is Ri? God
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I agree with a lot of what you said. People are just glad that she doesn’t look like SWSNBM anymore, but what they fail to realize is that this too is an IMAGE! It honestly reminds me of Fefe Dobson http://images.google.com/...hl=en&q=fefe%20dobson, and so does the sound of some of her music now. I’ve heard some of the album, and I like the tracks like Lemme Get That, which still has a twinge of Caribbean influence. That Shut Up and Drive mess, I can do without.

Honestly, I don’t think a lot of people in the entertainment industry ever stay true to who they are. Mary is one of the only people who is actually who she puts out there. 98% of these people’s jobs relies on IMAGE! They have to do what sells.

I’M RIDING WITH JAY#2- BORING!!!

To Rihanna (since you’re reading):
Not a hater, but am honestly an ex-fan (lost me after Pon De Replay). Would probably consider once you stop trying to fool yourself and the public and get your own look. Even with your new “glam rock” style you’re still channeling that other BEAUTIFUL LIAR we all know and love. You know who you’re channeling and you refuse to give her her props. You did in the beginning and now you’re smelling yourself. IF IT WEREN’T FOR HER GIVING HER MAN PERMISSION TO DO THE SINGLE, YOU WOULDN’T BE #1. The crowd was lost after Jay left that stage at MTV and a lot had a look on their faces like they wanted to sit down - they looked bored and confused. Give up the dancing and singing - it’s not for you. Singing around your house isn’t the same projection you have to give when singing live and you CLEARLY can’t do it. You’re floating on your looks, which are average at best because you always look like a yesterday or last week version of your IDOL (she is still your idol isn’t she? Or do you think you’re bigger than her now - lol.)

UPGRADE yourself babe.

NICE SAFE INTERVIEW NOT TOO PROBING BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE TIME CONSTRAINTS INVLOVED AS WELL. I LIKE THE FACT THAT SHE IS A TEENAGER WHO IS EVOLVING AS A PERSON AND A ARTIST. I BELIEVE THAT’S WHAT SHE MEANT WHEN SHE SAID THAT THIS IS WHO SHE IS NOW. I WISH HER MUCH SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE AND HOPEFULLY THE PUBLIC WON’T KILL HER FOR EVOLVING INSTEAD OF PUTTING OUT THE SAME STUFF ON EACH ALBUM.

Nothing but the best for her….can’t knock her…..a least she will not fall into to this 9-5 billshyt called work….

Nothing but the best for her….can’t knock her…..at least she will not fall into to this 9-5 billshyt called work….

Thanks guys. I could’ve actually interviewed her longer but, we do have to take in consideration not the only the artist’s precious and limited time, but our time as well!

What we really needed to know was addressed and Rihanna is a very sweet girl.

- Tianna

Sorry, but that interview was wack.

RU PEOPLE SERIOUSLY THAT STUPID TO NOT KNOW THAT MOST CELEBS USE THE SAME STYLIST?

I MEAN NICOLE RICHIE AND LINDSAY LOHAN HAD THE SAME STYLIST, JUST AS R&B SINGERS. WHEN ONE STYLISTS SETS A TREND MOST OTHER STYLISTS COPY. SHE DOESNT LOOK LIKE ANYONE BUT WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE TRENDY NOW!

AND I MEAN YALL WANNA KEEP SAYING SHE CANT SING. JANET CANT SING. MARY J WAS HORRIBLE WHEN SHE FIRST CAME OUT. THE GIRL IS 19 - SHE DOES HAVE LOTS OF ROOM TO GROW.

BED-STUY ITS CLEAR YOU JUST HAVE ISSUES. ARTISTS ARE A PRODUCT OF WHAT THEIR RECORD LABEL WANTS TO PROMOTE AND SINCE JAY IS THE PREZ, DID YOU HAPPEN TO THINK THATS WHAT HE KNOWS WILL SELL RECORDS! ARTISTS HAVE LITTLE TO NO SAY SO LOOK AT HER LABEL. SHE DOES HAVE TALENT AND YOU ARE THAT HATER WHO WILL PROBABLY BE HATING ON THE NEXT TEENAGER WHO IS WORKING AT THEIR ART

“WAYS TO TELL A BEYONCE STAN IS IN THE BUILDING”

EXAMPLE #1

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I’M RIDING WITH JAY#2- BORING!!!

To Rihanna (since you’re reading):
Not a hater, but am honestly an ex-fan (lost me after Pon De Replay). Would probably consider once you stop trying to fool yourself and the public and get your own look. Even with your new “glam rock” style you’re still channeling that other BEAUTIFUL LIAR we all know and love. You know who you’re channeling and you refuse to give her her props. You did in the beginning and now you’re smelling yourself. IF IT WEREN’T FOR HER GIVING HER MAN PERMISSION TO DO THE SINGLE, YOU WOULDN’T BE #1. The crowd was lost after Jay left that stage at MTV and a lot had a look on their faces like they wanted to sit down - they looked bored and confused. Give up the dancing and singing - it’s not for you. Singing around your house isn’t the same projection you have to give when singing live and you CLEARLY can’t do it. You’re floating on your looks, which are average at best because you always look like a yesterday or last week version of your IDOL (she is still your idol isn’t she? Or do you think you’re bigger than her now - lol.)

UPGRADE yourself babe.

>>>>PROCEED TO OPENING THE BLEACH CONTAINER…you know what to do.

dang u can’t make every1 happy i c.ex:#49 lol.n/w good interview,i just went out & got the cd.

bk mary sounded like shit too when she first came out

all these rap artists protraying something they are not and being derogatory and you are picking at someones style. Mary j has a stylist too, she isnt responsible for her complete look. Every actor/actress/singer is given an image so dont knock her for it!

knock some of these REAL FAKE people like kim Kardashian and her fake assets and in the limelight for basically doing nothing. Rhi rhi is selling records, selling out concerts, and doing it big.

people wany to talk about her lack of singing skills, and her style….yet like someone said before you praise Janet Jackson for whispering and having a body ( that she clearly paid for) if her voice and style are all you have to bring up then its blatant that you all are jealous and probabyly at a 9-5 as we speak..you wish you could be on an island in a bikini looking as baging as she did….haterz haha

And I expect for a lot of people to be mad about the interview because I didn’t probe her with a million and one rumor questions…sorry, that’s not my style. I asked her about how she felt about them - she knows of them, she knows what I’m talking about and she’s given her opinion.

Plus, the rumors are pretty unnecessary - ex. did you sleep with Jay-Z? Was Umbrella about Beyonce and Jigga? You got a man in Barbados and you cheating on him with Omarion? LOL - ya’ll can leave those to Wendy Williams…and you must be a fool if you think Rihanna would admit to those if they were true.

Interviews here in most cases, are for the artist fans’ pleasure - which is why I particularly look for fan questions. We want it to be a positive experience - for the most part anyway - talking to an artist.

So sorry to disappoint but, again Rihanna was a pleasure…

on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 @ 2:17 pm

13. Boogie said:
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That was a generic and boring interview Concrete Loop….what happened to all the “real” reader questions… ?

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Some of them were so disrespectful! I dont blame Tianna for not using them!

Tianna I appreciate that you respect an artist not to probe them on stuff that other people would. That is how you gain respect from people. And other people always want to see the bad and negative. It sucks that people feed off that! I thought the inteview was nice and to the point. People who want to see negativity only have issues!

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you people are killing me picking apart eveything she says!

so what she doesnt like school most people dont..especially when they teach lies and misconstrue the truth about history! half oF the powerful people and millionaires i know didnt graduate highschool the same people who fall into the school trap are the same ones so willing to work for someone else and work a 9-5 WITH NO ROOM FOR GROWTH

im glad she is doing what she loves if most of you got the chance you would do it too.

I HOME SCHOOL MY KIDS. I DONT HAVE TO UNTEACH THEM THE BULLSHIT SOCIETY FEEDS THEM.

people will find anything to pick at even if its something they are BRAINWASHED
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U r so right! I went to college and am “working for the man”
I would love to home school my babies!

Thanks Too Tat - I mean Concreteloop gets alot of respect from the media because we GIVE it. Its a big difference between being real and being mad disrespectful and I’m not for it.

So if you are desperate enough to find out if Rihanna is with Jay-Z - you can always write her (or him) a letter. Again, ya’ll must be fools if you think she would admit to it if it was true lol! That’s a waste of time.

That was kinda rubbish. There were some really good questions that people wanted to be asked, but you went for all the boring, generic questions that have been answered time and time again elsewhere.

on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 @ 3:49 pm

59. Tianna said:
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And I expect for a lot of people to be mad about the interview because I didn’t probe her with a million and one rumor questions…sorry, that’s not my style. I asked her about how she felt about them - she knows of them, she knows what I’m talking about and she’s given her opinion.

Plus, the rumors are pretty unnecessary - ex. did you sleep with Jay-Z? Was Umbrella about Beyonce and Jigga? You got a man in Barbados and you cheating on him with Omarion? LOL - ya’ll can leave those to Wendy Williams…and you must be a fool if you think Rihanna would admit to those if they were true.

Interviews here in most cases, are for the artist fans’ pleasure - which is why I particularly look for fan questions. We want it to be a positive experience - for the most
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Nikki SAID- Tianna, I am glad that u didnt stoop to low levels just to get a story! And If u wouldve been probing or disrespctful, she would have never given you or CL another interview. She wouldve told others in the industry “hey dont interview with CL cause they a disrespectful” So big ups Sista! I love to see women,of any color, who stick to their guns!

Some see it as generic - other sees it as a good interview…everyone is a entitled to their opinion. But thank you

she favors jada pinkett on the back cover… buy cd…hmm..thats why a genius came out w/ limewire and bearshare.

tianna posted too quickly! haha i was typing and she had addressed what i was saying! LOL tianna u a mind reader! lol

THAT’S MY GURL!
HOPE HER CD IS GOOD*

Rhianna’s new look is very refreshing….I know I was tired of the usual honey blonde hair thing. It’s time for people to UPGRADE from that boring ish!

Tianna the interview was great! I for one sure didnt want any negative questions being asked. Why would anyone care about lies and nonsense? I guess that is what motivates people (ahem haterZ) anyway thanks for keeping it short and to the point and also respecting her as a person. If more media respected the entertainers there would be a lot less bull out!

To Tianna—I agree with you about asking about the rumors. Your interview was good and it gave me a new respect for Rhianna…..except for the part about school being boring.

Well, everyone can’t have the wisdom of LaBron James and Lisa Lopez at age 19! Rihanna is obviously more foucsed on her career than she is on the media and PR side!

Rihanna said: “…that’s why I call the album “Good Girl Gone Bad” because I really didn’t care anymore. I just wanted to do what I wanted to do and this is who I am now.”

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Meat said: I suggest you reveiw the careers of people like Mary J., Lauryn, and Whitney who got to a point where they didn’t care anymore and doing what you want to do! I’m sure you didn’t mean anything by that comment, but just in case, I’m tellin you to stay classy, girl!

I can’t believe you’re not dating! lol! Let’s see who I can hook you up with: Mario’s about your age!! And, Ray J. could help you with the “Good Girl Gone Bad” stans!! Jahiem could give you some unique looking children, but he’s a little older! Evian Ross is to young and soft!! Shemar is too drunk!! JayZ’s already taken!! Now, there is that young baller name Daniel Gibson who hit five-3s against the Pistons! He’s only 21 and soon to be resigned to a huge contract! Y’all could be the new Tony Parker and Eva Longoria! lol! Then again, there’s Meat! I’m 23, but already involved with an “Angel”! hehe!

Good job Tianna RI RI rocks! You go girl

Let me point out also that Mediatakeout started the Jay and Rihanna rumor - so I also suggest inquiring minds to request for them to get Rihanna for an interview and clarify that. I mean, if she was willing to - it would be interesting I admit, to see what she says. But ya’ll should know better…please.