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rihanna: talk that talk – album preview (snippets)

Published November 10, 2011

That Rihanna reign just won’t let up. Ok, so before you hit play below, check this post from my boy MuuMuse that details his reaction to a written preview of the album GIF by GIF. It is phenomenal. Personally, I am stoked for this album to drop and am super excited that Rihanna is working with Bangladesh (Kelis – Bossy, Beyonce – Diva) and lots of Stargate (obviously). Artwork below along with the preview (full track list under the cut). Enjoy.

If that wasn’t enough, one of the rumoured bonus tracks is set to be a reworking of Saxon – the track that Nicki Minaj wrote for Rihanna pre-“Mac, OPI and a fragrance too / kiss my ass and my an*s cos I’m finally famous”. It is called Red Lipstick and will sound something like this…(flawless fan video alert):

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music video: rihanna – we found love directed by melina matsoukas

Published October 19, 2011

In short, the Melina Matsoukas-directed clip for Rihanna’s We Found Love is by far the most beautiful piece of video content that the popstar has created to date. The major pop parallel that I can draw from this, is a comparison to Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem For A Dream. The video sees Ri Ri and model Dudley O’Shaughnessy high on drugs (and the subsequent downfall) in an uber artistic narrative. The cinematography is absolutely stunning.

We Found Love is also one of the first mainstream artist videos to launch exclusively on the whosay.com platform, which may set precedent for celebrity content moving forward.

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