This seems to be somewhat lacking in tunes on first listen
― Number None, Monday, 14 November 2011 22:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
I thought "we found love" was pretty horrible but "you da one" is good pop and the first rihanna song I like on first listen for a while (ended loving "only girl in the world" but at first really disliked it).
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 14 November 2011 23:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
yea feelin it for def
― surm, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 04:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Cockiness (Love It)" is fantastic. The sample sounds familiar...
― "I know its hard to hear but I'm a Realest." (rennavate), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 18:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
That's the only track that really perked my ears. Bangladesh production, no samples cited in the booklet.
― AARP Rocky (Andy K), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 20:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
the "youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" kind of sounds like a sample of Nina Simone's "Since I Fell For You"
anywho, based off of one listen "Watch N Learn" is the only song I really love.
― Fifty-Three Percenter Godbody Knowledge (The Brainwasher), Friday, 18 November 2011 04:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
you da one comin into its own
― surm, Saturday, 19 November 2011 04:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
damn
― surm, Saturday, 19 November 2011 04:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Do Ya Thang" is pretty pleasant for a Terius throwaway
― Number None, Saturday, 19 November 2011 04:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
"cockiness" and "do ya thang" are def the two OMFG 10/10 tracks
― uberweiss, Saturday, 19 November 2011 04:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
can somebody email me pls thx
― surm, Saturday, 19 November 2011 04:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
like, just to talk?
― yo zuccotti (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 19 November 2011 04:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol no
― surm, Saturday, 19 November 2011 04:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
u kno i'm not good with finding stuff online
― surm, Saturday, 19 November 2011 04:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
altho i would love to talk to you anytime jordan
cockiness is kind of awkward and annoying imo
"watch n learn" is the definite 10/10 standout here
I also like "where have you been" and "you da one"
― Fifty-Three Percenter Godbody Knowledge (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 19 November 2011 04:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
ya watch and learn is tops for sure
― Jacques_Lamure, Saturday, 19 November 2011 05:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
i was into cockiness
― surm, Sunday, 20 November 2011 04:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
"watch n learn" isn't annoying but she's done so many better songs like it in the past
"cockiness" and "do ya thing" are the only keepers for me, maybe "roc me out" has enough physical force that i might cave if it's ever a single? "drunk on love" is a massive missed opportunity, i actually love what they've done to the xx beat but i can't take foghorn fenty being so relentless over it - her vocals are often the weak link on this album.
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Sunday, 20 November 2011 07:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
i like this album a lot, and when it's good, it's really good. but i liked LOUD better. and there are 3 songs on this that i think are pretty much crap.
1) We All Want Love. please.
2) Roc Me Out. just sounds v derivative of her older stuff, and i'm sorry but i just don't know anybody who says things like "roc me out" or "roc me in" or "rock u" it's a weird title trend that i just am not feeling.
3) Farewell. is this supposed to be the new California King Bed? not as good.
― surm, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 20:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
this album is all about "Cockiness"
― Much Ado About Nuttin (DJP), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 21:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
been hearing a lot of songs from this on the radio, "Birthday Cake" and "Talk That Talk" are dope and "Cockiness" is total garbage
― lame adele rey (some dude), Friday, 13 January 2012 02:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
these racist tweets from last week are so not a good look. this girl just keeps making me sigh these days
― lex pretend, Monday, 12 March 2012 14:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://allhiphop.com/2012/03/09/non-hip-hop-rumors-were-rihannas-recent-rice-cake-tweets-racist/
not gon lie, i like this album a lot and all, but i definitely not have not felt the pull to listen to as i did the last one
― surm, Monday, 12 March 2012 14:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
i've grown to really love this song... easily my fav single of hers since the 'good girl gone bad' stuff
― yolo ono (J0rdan S.), Monday, 12 March 2012 14:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
altho i'm sure now that i've typed that out loud imma obsess. also i listened to where have u been the other night and it sounded gr8
and yea i haven't even heard the full cake - the album snippit was off the hook
― surm, Monday, 12 March 2012 14:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
note to bloggers, if you have to ask if something is racist, its probably racist
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 12 March 2012 14:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
given the "rice cake" line in the "Birthday Cake" remix it really wouldn't've occurred to me that it was anything other than a reference to the song tbh
― some dude, Monday, 12 March 2012 14:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
then again according to that link "rice cake" is a well known racial epithet, so maybe i should've been hearing the lyric as something other than a stupid rihanna attempt at a clever line?
― some dude, Monday, 12 March 2012 14:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
are rice cakes even sweet?
― surm, Monday, 12 March 2012 14:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
no idea -- i imagined maybe they were a caribbean thing but i guess they aren't at all
― some dude, Monday, 12 March 2012 14:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
they aren't sweet no. It's like eating polystyrene
― Number None, Monday, 12 March 2012 14:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
The cheddar ones are pretty great tbh.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Monday, 12 March 2012 14:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
finally hearing cake remix. like this v much.
― surm, Thursday, 15 March 2012 16:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
i heard the birthday cake remix on the radio. i had to shut it off.
― teledyldonix, Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
wahhht
― surm, Thursday, 15 March 2012 20:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
I heard the tail end of it and it reminded me that I despise Chris Brown
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Thursday, 15 March 2012 20:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah he's not the best
― surm, Thursday, 15 March 2012 20:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
everything Rihanna does makes me intensely embarrassed FOR her somehow, her dancing, her videos, her singing, her choice of producers
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 30 April 2012 15:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
nah she's totally cool
― frogbs in the trap (J0rdan S.), Monday, 30 April 2012 15:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
haven't seen the where have u been video yet but the song has def grown on me quite a bit
― surm, Monday, 30 April 2012 16:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh is that a single now? that has always been my secret fave off the album
― r|t|c, Monday, 30 April 2012 16:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
except for the time when 'you da one' was revealing itself as an awesome xmas song
haha the tribal group dancing bit in this video is endearingly shit
thoroughly reminiscent of rakim 'guess who's back'
― r|t|c, Monday, 30 April 2012 16:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
the tribal dance part is terrible and also she looks like a white lady in it. she's not a very good dancer.
shame cause the rest of the visuals are pretty cool. the bird's nest!
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Monday, 30 April 2012 23:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
― The Reverend, Sunday, 20 May 2012 20:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
otm
― markers, Sunday, 20 May 2012 20:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
uh nevermind
― markers, Sunday, 20 May 2012 20:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
OK i surrender
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 15:50 (11 months ago) Permalink