Rihanna “Loud” – We rate her 4:5!

The album features 11 songs, a move away from the 23-track CDs that have become increasingly popular with pop artists today. Rihanna dabbles into several different genres and even goes back to her island roots with a few songs. You can expect a little bit of everything. Aside from her singles, “What’s My Name” and “Only Girl in the World,” Rihanna’s “Raining Men”, featuring Nicki Minaj, definitely has a more hip hop feel and will most likely be one of the next singles to be released from the album. She paired up with Eminem to make a “Love the Way You Lie,” featuring the same beat and chorus, but with an added drum solo in the backdrop.
“Only Girl (In the World)” became a huge hit and “S&M” will most likely follow suit, as a single. “Raining Men” is a catchy, up-beat song about the abundance of men in the world starting with lyrics similar to the itsy, bitsy spider rhyme. “Eenie, meenie, minie, mo. Catch a playa by a toe. If you want to, let him go. Ladies don’t worry ‘cause they got plenty more.” The only disappointment is the featuring of Nicki Minaj and her weird, annoying rant. However, there is a lack of electro-pop tracks, which are a fan favorite and a very popular trend in pop music.
Rihanna does not fail to include her typical lyrics full of sex in “Skin and S&M,” but the lyrics are on the border of being straight dirty. The lyrics, “Sex in the air / I don’t care / I love the smell of it / Sticks and stones may break my bones / But chains and whips excite me” rule the chorus. Certainly something you don’t want to listen to in front of your young siblings or grandparents, but the song is undeniably catchy, despite what she is talking about.

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