Posts Tagged ‘rated r’

Here is a unreleased track by Rihanna titled “Goodbye.” Spotted at DDot, Props to TS.

Download: Rihanna – Goodbye

Here is the video for Rihanna’s new single “Rude Boy” off of Rated R. This video is crazy, I love the whole art style of it. Even if you don’t like Rihanna, I think you should check this out for the dope visual alone.

I really like this song and the video to go with it is video of the year material, Young Jeezy kills this. Shouts to ONSMASH.

‘We’ve got lots of cute outfits, lots of bullets,’ singer says of video.

When The-Dream and Tricky Stewart first played Rihanna “Hard,” they did it almost as a joke. They thought there was no way she’d go for the song … it was too, well, hard. Little did they know Rihanna was looking to ad some swagger to her Rated R album, and the song was just what she had in mind.

“Funny enough, when I first heard the song, we were in Paris — they flew out there to play me some songs they had done for me, some ideas. And before they played ‘Hard,’ they were like, ‘We’re gonna play you the ghetto one first, and you have to do it, you have to do it,” Rihanna laughed. “They thought I wouldn’t like it, and when I heard it, I just loved it. It had such an attitude and a swagger … super cocky, and just a fun song. We just thought it was the perfect song for Jeezy [to do a verse on]. It was made for him to collaborate on it. And I think he did an amazing job.”

So needless to say, “Hard” made the cut and ended up being tapped as the third single from Rated R. Which is what brought Rihanna to Los Angeles this week, where she shot a video for the track with director Melina Matsoukas. And in keeping with the feel of the song, the video is equally tough: an over-the-top military exercise, only with a decidedly Rihanna touch.

“It’s couture military,” Rihanna explained. “Everything is surrounded around the idea of something military. We have tanks, we have troops, we’ve got helicopters, we’ve got explosions. We’ve got lots of cute outfits, lots of bullets. It’s crazy.”

MTV News will have lots more from the set of Rihanna’s “Hard” video in the coming days!

Courtesy of MTV.

For months before her new tracks started to surface, Rihanna’s state of mind was something of mystery. So it’s been sort of a strange thrill to finally hear her open up over these last few weeks.

Moving past the Chris Brown incident — see her new video, “Russian Roulette” video — it’s been nice just to hear her speak candidly about her life, her strength, and her music in that alluringly irresistible Barbados accent.

In this Spankin’ New Music Week edition of “The 5″ Rihanna talks mostly about her music (yes, in that accent). She also spills on the late inclusion of “Photographs” to her Rated R album, the late-night recording sessions with British producers Chase & Status that make up the LP, and the role the city of London played in its creation.

Courtesy of MTV.

Here is a UK bonus track off of Rihanna’s Rated R titled “Hole In My Head” featuring Justin Timberlake.

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Download: Rihanna – Hole In My Head Feat. Justin Timberlake Courtesy of X.

Rihanna’s album is a problem. Here is “Stupid In Love” & “Rockstar 101 featuring Slash” off of Rated R. Be sure to purchase the album on Nov. 23.

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Download: Rihanna – Stupid In Love [Link #2] / Rockstar 101 Feat. Slash [Link #2]

Here is video footage of Rihanna’s appearance on Alexa Chung earlier this afternoon. Check out part 2 after the jump! Courtesy of Rapradar.
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Here is Rihanna’s video for her first single “Wait Your Turn” off of Rated R. Courtesy of OnSmash.

Here is the clean version of a new banger from Rihanna titled “Hard” featuring Young Jeezy. UPDATE: I have added a link to the dirty version.

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Download: Rihanna – Hard Feat. Young Jeezy [Dirty] [Link #2] / Rihanna – Hard Feat. Young Jeezy [Clean] [Link #2] Courtesy of Nah Right.