Rihanna - Rated R (2009)
Many have anticipated the release of Rihanna's Fourth studio album. The artist was assaulted by then boyfriend Chris Brown . Since then many have hoped the artist would show her hate of the RNB artist through her music. I would describe the artist album as hard, strong and soulful. Great slow tracks like Cold case love and Te Amo caught my ear immediately. Others, such as, Hard featuring rapper Young Jeezy are showing her tough skin, but tracks like hit Russian Roulette seem to worry you with the some-what dark lyrics. The album opens up with an ominous voice daring you to enter the Mad House. But for the real fans the wait is really over as her album will interest you into her new hard and dark style that she has come back with since her last album “Good Girl Gone Bad” which was an instant hit (12 million records sold). The album includes collaborations and is produced by artists such as Ne-Yo, Justin Timberlake, The Dream and Will.i.am, to name a few. The album promises to ...