“Umbrella” by Rihanna turns 13 Years Old Today

I always thought Rehab was underrated. Diamonds is still great though. If I recall correctly Umbrella was originally written for Britney Spears.

R1 she passed on it so they reworked it for Rihanna. Britney’s version would have sounded different.

Unfaithful is another good Rihanna song. It's cheesy but so enjoyable.

I love Rehab r1. It’s a good song and I think she looks great in the video.

Justin Timberlake wrote it. Hence his being in the video

I like her stuff with Calvin Harris and I think she did one with DJ Snake, all very good.

I loved Princess of China with Coldplay

Disturbia reminds me of being 24/25, dancing at the gay clubs, and never needing to buy a drink or ever going home alone. So probably that one.

Crap song by crap radio fodder artist.

Couldn't wait to shit all over this thread, r8, could ya? Your kind stays perched -- the minute the thread is made, there you are.

R8 what songs do you like?

She can’t sing live she is a terrible performer she can’t dance for shit , she should stick to makeup.

[quote]What is your favorite RiRi song

I can't pick just one. There's "Pour It Up", "You're da One", "Birthday Cake", "Work, "Kiss It Better", "Rude Boy", "Bitch Better Have My Money".

But "Umbrella" was the first banger and the Travis Barker remix is just as good.

Did Umbrella make the Gap In-store Playlist

I never really liked Umbrella. But I have been listening to Who's That Chick alot lately. And R12 I would pick Kiss It Better.

My favorite song of the Anti album is “Same Ol Mistakes”...I also love “Needed Me”. I love that album!

Definitely one of the greatest pop songs of the last 20 years; it sounds as fresh today as it did when it first came out. Even Jay-Z's part worked perfectly (and I usually hate "featured" rap artists on these tracks).

And just like R7 I have nostalgic, club-related memories of Disturbia: it seemed to have been on repeat in the club the night I first got drunk (but the gang I was hanging out with back then was mostly of Serbian origins, so when we sang along to the track we changed "Disturbia" with "Serbia"). Good times...

An underrated fav of mine is Fire Bomb, along with its dance remix. Instantly takes me back to 2010.

This song STILL knocks. I fought the allure of Rihanna for a while but finally gave in.

Terrible song.

I like S&M

Cover girl for May 2020 British Vogue.

2nd cover shot

R21 Still prefer this Vogue cover.

Her music isn't my taste but she seems like a good person.

R24, She’s a generous person...she donated 5 million dollars towards COVID-19 on getting PPE and supplies to hospitals in the US, Africa and the Caribbean. Andrew Cuomo thanked her foundation on Twitter last week.

This one isn’t too bad, despite the rather hideous NormCore outfits:

13? Damn. Feels like it's been about half that.

‘Don’t Stop the Music’:

Oops sorry wrong link:

Pour It Up

Like Britney, couldn't ever sing a note

Am I the only one who loves Shut Up and Drive?

R30, The remix is my shit!!! I added the EMT video...he got into a bit of trouble dancing to “Pour it Up” while on duty.

I never really thought about her much although Umbreella is one of my favorite songs. I’m watching Seth Meyers who said she gave 5 million dollars to Coronavirus charity. He showed a old clip of her at better times and she was Utterly charming. I can see why Beyonce is jealous of her.

Diamonds and Needed Me are her best singles.

I love Love on the Brain.

Bitch got fat.

Rihanna will proably be a billionaire very soon. I'm sure she doesn't mind being "fat" which she isn't.

I wish I was 'DL' fat.

Any other fans of Take Care?

agree with R36 love on the brain is unexpectedly soulful and timeless

R40 i like all of Rihanna's collabs with Drake.

Rihanna continues to donate more money during the crisis...this time to domestic violence victims affected by the quarantine...that’s on top of the $5 million she donated last month to COVID-19.

My favorite Rihanna song is definitely Kiss It Better and my favorite album, ANTi. It's an utter masterpiece that transcends the borders of "pop music". She should have won (been nominated?) for Album of the Year for Anti. I forget if it was even nominated.

R44...She had six Grammy nominations for Anti, but didn’t win not one award...if you remember she was drinking from a flask during the ceremony. It was Adele’s year to win all the major awards...she apologized to Beyoncé for winning album of the year during her speech.

I never thought Umbrella was a particularly good song. The album was pretty decent though, her sound stood out at the time.

I liked Love Without Tragedy

Back when Rihanna ended her Victoria's Secret performance with a better walk than the actual models:

Just to add one more thing about ANTI...it’s STILL charting on the Billboard 200 albums. As of this week it has spent 214 weeks on the Billboard album chart...Iconic! No Adele or Beyoncé albums are on the chart.

R49 I looked on Wiki and Adele's 21 album is still charting with 459 weeks under its belt

ANTI the album (not the singles) was considered a dud when it came out but it has slowly gone triple platinum. In this day and age, those are impressive album sales for anyone not named Adele.

You are right r50...my apologies... I scanned the chart a little too quickly...Adele “21” is #191.

R45 apologized?? Did Jay tell her to do that.

R47 I love that song. Unapologetic is my favourite album.

Sia wrote Cheap Thrills for Rihanna but she turned it down. Too bad I would have loved to hear her sing the shit out of that song.

R44, I think Anti holds up better than Adele’s or Beyoncé’s. Definitely an underrated pop gem.

Rihanna should have been a handful-hit wonder, petering out somewhere between 2009 - 2012. I won’t never have imagined she would still be relevant in 2020 and a mogul outside of the music industry!

R53, Most people thought Beyoncé was going to win Album of the Year for “Lemonade”. Adele was shocked she won for “25”...she gave a heartfelt shoutout to Beyoncé during her speech.

R55 that's became ANTi is an all-together better album than Lemonade or 25