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First Listen: Rihanna ‘Rated R’ Snippets

Rated R

Listen to 30-second snippets of all 13 songs from Rihanna’s fourth album Rated R in advance of its November 23 release. What do you think of Rihanna’s evolved sound?

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44 Comments

  1. Danielit0
    November 12th, 2009 at 11:12 am

    iMma LuV aLl tH3z3 S0Ngz Cuz DeY g0 s0 HaRd. ImMa BuY tHz AlBuM 0n Da !t CuMz 0ut. i DnT LiK3 !t 0n Da C0MPuTa CuZ !T g0t N0 BaSs & It s0unDz ShITy BuT sT!Ll LuvZ !T

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    Cameo Reply:
    November 12th, 2009 at 12:11 pm

    @Danielit0, IsNt ThIs AnNOyInG To R3Ad?

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    An0thrDream Reply:
    November 12th, 2009 at 1:51 pm

    @Cameo, VERY!!!! lol – thanks for proving the point

    I forget we have kids on here

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    Danielit0 Reply:
    November 12th, 2009 at 4:37 pm

    @An0thrDream, I kNO3 r!Ght Th0Z3 l!L aSZ bUStaRDz

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    Danielit0 Reply:
    November 12th, 2009 at 4:35 pm

    @Cameo, n0p3 !mMa phUq!n Luv!N Ya TyP3 tHaN9 Gr3@t j0B

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    Miniblock Reply:
    November 12th, 2009 at 2:12 pm

    @Danielit0, fuck you danielito
    your grammar fucking sucks bitch,
    just GTFO of this page, lame ass baby

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  2. josh
    November 12th, 2009 at 11:13 am

    rihanna is very 1 dimensional imho

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  3. jeremydante
    November 12th, 2009 at 11:16 am

    amazing. im so excited to hear the production on this album. rihanna’s vocals sound more evolved on this record as well. im so juiced for this release.

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  4. MONKEY
    November 12th, 2009 at 11:25 am

    So many “whining”-songs. Hard is okay, Rude Boy has potential.

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    Cameo Reply:
    November 12th, 2009 at 12:12 pm

    @MONKEY, Your whiny

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  5. Sarah
    November 12th, 2009 at 11:26 am

    well Perez Hilton doesnt like it.

    So I guess noone else shouldnt.

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    Cameo Reply:
    November 12th, 2009 at 12:16 pm

    @Sarah, Good to know your thinking for yourself. And you should have said “So I guess no one else should. Not noone or shouldn’t.

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  6. Giselle
    November 12th, 2009 at 11:30 am

    Fuck Perez Hilton, all he cares about is Madonna. ANYWHO, I like the direction of this album. Rihanna can make anything hot.

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  7. TOKYO
    November 12th, 2009 at 11:36 am

    DOPE DOPE DOPE RECORD

    THIS IS GONNA BE BIG

    STAND OUT TRACKS/THE BEST TRACKS ON THE ALBUM IN ORDER

    THE JUSTIN TIMEBERLAKE PENNED COLD CASE LOVE, A VERY SLICK SONG, ITS SO SOFT YET SO HARD

    FIREBOMB……….A BIG BIG INTERNATIONAL BALLAD

    PHOTOGRAPHS, ANOTHER BIG INTERNATIONAL BALLAD, WILL I AM DID HIS THING, AND ITS SO DIFFERENT, ITS A DANCEY BALLAD SOMETHING IVE NEVER HEARD

    THE NEYO PENNED STUPID N LOVE, REALLY REALLY CATCHY, ABIG FINGER SNAPPER

    AND MADHOUSE, THE PRODUCTION IS INSANE

    RIHANNA REALLY DID HER THING, THE ALBUM HAS LOTS OF SUBSTANCE AND JUST ISNT CATCHY POP TUNES, U CAN TELL IT WAS WELL THOUGHT OUT

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  8. LOL
    November 12th, 2009 at 11:37 am

    Very consistent album. She strayed far away from her previous sound though, I don’t know if that’s good or bad…

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  9. GeeMan
    November 12th, 2009 at 11:38 am

    Sorry but the only song I like from the preview is the single with Jeezy other then that very dull and boring the production is weak. GGGB had more variety in my opinion and Rihanna is not good at pulling off these ballads. She needs a mixture of dance/pop w. Hiphop and a twist of island flavor and maybe a touch of R&b.

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  10. me
    November 12th, 2009 at 11:39 am

    hmm cold case sounds interesting

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  11. Stephonne
    November 12th, 2009 at 11:43 am

    Classic Album.

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  12. CC
    November 12th, 2009 at 11:45 am

    tbf, you can’t judge anything on this.
    Wait Your Turn was on her promo video and no one thought it was going to be how it actually was.

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  13. Taijmonae Parker
    November 12th, 2009 at 11:45 am

    i have heard the whole album in full i wounldnt call this ablum classic but its ok from the previews

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  14. BP86
    November 12th, 2009 at 11:53 am

    Judging from the snippets, I couldn’t be less impressed with this album. I certainly will NOT be buying this album. I will say this- “Hard” and “Rude Boy” sound awesomeeeeeeeeee. Those two I will be buying 100%, ESPECIALLY “Rude Boy”. Im gonna be getting down to that all the time. But the whole album? HELL to the motherf*cking no!

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  15. 100% NIKEHEAD
    November 12th, 2009 at 11:55 am

    Hard ft Jeezy to me is the best song on the album just from the snippets. I also liked Mad House and G4L. But overall this album comes nothing close to GGGB. This is definately a downgrade from GGGB!

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  16. 100% NIKEHEAD
    November 12th, 2009 at 12:05 pm

    Rudeboy is definately a hit too i had to take a second listen and i can definately see that being a potential single from this album, its very catchy.

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  17. listen
    November 12th, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    not impressive….granted, i haven’t heard the full album so it could be better….but i doubt it will reach the sales and success of GGGB.

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  18. Cameo
    November 12th, 2009 at 12:15 pm

    This sounds amazing. You are all dumb if you don’t think this can top GGGB. However I will agree its not all that amazing. But over half of it is. If you were a true Rihanna fan and a true fan about music. You would understand the meaning behind this album and how well put together it is. Brilliant!

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    blake Reply:
    November 12th, 2009 at 5:52 pm

    @Cameo, i agree

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  19. anonymous
    November 12th, 2009 at 12:20 pm

    I will be purchasing the album, but I really prefer Wait Your Turn over Hard. I think Hard sounds like the average Jeezy record… People should wait until they hear the whole album before forming a true opinion.

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  20. dale23
    November 12th, 2009 at 12:59 pm

    WOW…..IM REALLY DISAPPOINTED.

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  21. babiibrea
    November 12th, 2009 at 1:00 pm

    GARBAGE……….thats so sad.

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  22. babiibrea
    November 12th, 2009 at 1:03 pm

    “photographs” sounds like a reject version of “meet me halfway”

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  23. me again
    November 12th, 2009 at 1:12 pm

    To have this much time and come like this is disappointing.. I will not be buying the album but I know Riri will sill sell albums with or without the Haters… The album sucks but she is gonna go platinum with all this promotion she is doing

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  24. mitch
    November 12th, 2009 at 1:33 pm

    Ohh i was really hopping for a high energy dance song similar to disturbia but they are all kind of slow and hip hoppy!
    disturbia is stil my favourite rihanna track!
    but i have hope for mad house and rude boy i think they will sound good in clean CD type, but the cheap youtube version are second hand recordings and no bas can be heard just high treble
    i love rihanna and her standards are too high so this album for sure is going to be big

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  25. Michelle
    November 12th, 2009 at 1:47 pm

    The album sounds amazing and shows a lot of growth and maturity. I commend her for taking a risk.

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  26. Dave
    November 12th, 2009 at 3:28 pm

    My favourite track is Fire Bomb!

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  27. tell'em
    November 12th, 2009 at 5:42 pm

    Damn they took the audio off..smh. I wanted to hear it.

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  28. Nicky
    November 12th, 2009 at 6:20 pm

    this album is EPIC!!!!!!!!

    SINGLES
    RUDE BOY
    TE AMO
    PHOTOGRAPHS

    AMAZING

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  29. Mimi
    November 12th, 2009 at 6:41 pm

    Yo rude boy sounds goods….I kept rewindin back lol it aight except rockstar n photographs n last song

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  30. bajan
    November 12th, 2009 at 8:09 pm

    yesssss rihanna

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  31. FooL
    November 12th, 2009 at 8:31 pm

    i really didn’t care for it at all

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  32. Pucci
    November 13th, 2009 at 8:07 am

    You know I WAS going to hold my judgement until I hear the entire album, but I am actually liking what I’m hearing. I LOVE “Stupid In Love” & “Fire Bomb” just by judging their snippets. But I guess we’ll see how things go when the album comes out. I’m definitley buying.

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  33. miss L
    November 13th, 2009 at 8:08 am

    i dont like thiss..:S made house was weirdd.. what everr i dont want this album

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  34. regg
    November 14th, 2009 at 10:16 am

    i heard the hole album demo version and it is pretty good out of the 13 songs i like them alll but at least 8 are goodddd and ririririr voice have grown so muchhhhhhh i love that she put her emoitions in this album and made an album for her true fans if yu love riri yu will buy her album just to support her…… i hate haters they always say she jockin or sumin wompppppp riri is back and i love RATED RRRRRR AND CANT WAIT FOR THE ALBUM TO DROPPPP

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  35. Nicole Scherzinger
    February 9th, 2010 at 12:45 pm

    @Miniblock, you guys should shut da f**k up u guys sound retarded getting p.o. at words.. u must be that dumb. RETARDS!!

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  36. Nicole Scherzinger
    February 9th, 2010 at 12:46 pm

    luv the tracks riri only if u put Hatin’ On The Club on there

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