Rap-Up.com || Rihanna Sends Strong Message in ‘Man Down’ Video

After flirting with Drake (“What’s My Name?”) and spicing up the bedroom (“S&M”), Rihanna is getting serious with her latest video for “Man Down.”

The clip for the reggae-infused song, co-written by fellow Bajan Shontelle, contains a compelling message for women. “Very strong underlying message 4 girls like me! #listentoyomama,” explained RiRi.

The Barbados beauty flew to Jamaica last month to shoot the visuals with director Anthony Mandler (“Only Girl”), filming scenes on the beach and in Portland, a parish on the island’s northeast coast.

The video for “Man Down,” the fifth release from last year’s Loud, is set to premiere Tuesday on BET’s “106 & Park.”

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70 Comments

Yeah
May 30th, 2011 at 12:40 pm
Woohoo
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BIA
May 30th, 2011 at 12:42 pm
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Cant WAIT! I love this gurl so much!
#RihannaNavy
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lafesa
May 30th, 2011 at 12:48 pm
I can’t wait for tomorrow I only watch 106& park when rihanna or bruno mars on there. guess ill be watching it tomorrow. ;) RIHANNA NAVY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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MINAJ_A_TROIS
May 30th, 2011 at 12:59 pm
MANDOWN
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maya
May 30th, 2011 at 1:09 pm
ugh -_-
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robyn Reply:
May 30th, 2011 at 4:03 pm
@maya, dumb cunt what yiu ugh-ing about o_O
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maya Reply:
May 30th, 2011 at 6:47 pm
@robyn, b/c I can you fucking stan, don’t forget she don’t know. Irrelevant bitch!
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BitchesIsMySons
May 30th, 2011 at 1:23 pm
Her Videos Are Snoozefest Boring Like Gets All Get Real
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Lisa
May 30th, 2011 at 2:09 pm
Video of the Year premieres tomorrow!
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Yaser Lad Reply:
May 30th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
@Lisa, It premièred already on the 18th. youtube.com/watch?v=VBmMU_iwe6U
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Bwahahaha, RiRi has been f*cking Breezy in secret while her stans are still bored & lonely Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 7:51 am
@Yaser Lad, LIER! ITS BEYONCE’S RUN THIS WORLD!
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maya Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 2:27 pm
@Bwahahaha, RiRi has been f*cking Breezy in secret while her stans are still bored & lonely, that was his point dumb ass
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May 31st, 2011 at 2:26 pm
@Yaser Lad, lmfaoo word!
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Drake&CiaraFan
May 30th, 2011 at 2:32 pm
This is the sixth single, “Raining Men” hit radio in December 2010, it just didnt have a video. Check the sources, their on wiki
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Jay Scorpio Reply:
May 30th, 2011 at 3:22 pm
@Drake&CiaraFan, that track was never released as a Single so get ur #FACTS together
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Sal Reply:
May 30th, 2011 at 3:26 pm
@Jay Scorpio, i dont know if it was a single or not but it did get released to Rhythmic Radio.
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Ice Reply:
May 30th, 2011 at 6:12 pm
@Sal, It also got released to Urban radio. So it’s a radio single, which is still a single.
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robyn Reply:
May 30th, 2011 at 4:04 pm
@Drake&CiaraFan, umm that wasn’t a released single okay!!
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NuNu Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 12:56 am
@robyn, yes it was because it’s playing on the radio. girl sit down. kay thank!
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Jamaican
May 30th, 2011 at 2:32 pm
Big Ups To Jamaica !!
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Laurie
May 30th, 2011 at 2:39 pm
I usually don’t like her voice on only girl shit song or whatever song she released up to now. But when she is true to her origins with this reggae vibe in her music I have to thumb up, man down is the only song from her that I can play willingly
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robyn Reply:
May 30th, 2011 at 4:05 pm
@Laurie, like someone asked you..shut your mouth just shut your fucking mouth!!!
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Laurie Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 3:25 am
@robyn, No I won’t darling I will keep talking if I want to you’re nobody to tell me what to do you get that ??? And besides I was making a compliment so what’s your dum point !??
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gr8/muzik
May 30th, 2011 at 2:41 pm
i’m sure that Rhi is goin’ to impress her fans with this video.The song is great and im sure that the video is gonna blow minds..
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WonderLand19
May 30th, 2011 at 2:43 pm
TEAMBREZZY!!!!! hahahahhaahaha, because you lot do it to us :)
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robyn Reply:
May 30th, 2011 at 4:08 pm
@WonderLand19, LMAOOOOO HAHAHA ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!! NIGGA YOU CRAZY
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Hannah
May 30th, 2011 at 3:39 pm
after seeing this video today, its the best music video of this year by far.
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BOOM! Reply:
May 30th, 2011 at 3:55 pm
@Hannah, where did you saw it?
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say what
May 30th, 2011 at 3:49 pm
yep shes celebrating her caribbean
full circle, love this song. this is really cool how she lets her voice go into that rumpum, rumpum pum i love that sound.
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Mc
May 30th, 2011 at 3:51 pm
Another boring video where rihanna just walks around!!
Woot,woot!!!!
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say what
May 30th, 2011 at 3:52 pm
this is a hot song and knowing rihanna
the video is going to fiyah.
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Craazzy beetch
May 30th, 2011 at 4:03 pm
Flop! no seriously its flopping on iTunes. LOL
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robyn Reply:
May 30th, 2011 at 4:06 pm
@Craazzy beetch, DUMBASS
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Name here Reply:
May 30th, 2011 at 6:27 pm
@Craazzy beetch, its an urban single ckb is her mainstream single
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Craazzy beetch Reply:
May 30th, 2011 at 8:49 pm
@Name here, but look at Look at Me Now and Motivation – their urban singles yet they are doing well on the charts! FLOOOOOOP :P
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May 31st, 2011 at 2:25 pm
@Name here, excuses excuses…
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Craazy beetch Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 7:23 pm
@Name here, but i guess I can’t talk…Beyonce’s songs are flopping too, so touche!
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DaBxDon
May 30th, 2011 at 4:29 pm
Tha Rihanna reign just wont let up!!!
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momojunky
May 30th, 2011 at 4:45 pm
Im miss the old rhianna a whole lot .. she cool or wateva i guess tho.!!! :(
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gr8/muzik
May 30th, 2011 at 4:57 pm
yeah i know how good ‘old rihanna’ was but she is even better now. She has evolved!
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janice
May 30th, 2011 at 6:55 pm
what ever happened to bey’s big comeback? looks like somebody got double crossed LOL
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say what
May 30th, 2011 at 7:02 pm
haters steady talking smack, rihanna steady perfecting her craft!
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maya Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 2:22 pm
@say what, I’ve yet to see her perfect anything…
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but... Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 7:27 pm
@maya, but something must be working. Even though it might not be a staggering amount, she’s still selling her songs.
She’s pleasing somebody. Don’t be mad at the person providing what the people want. If you don’t, do buy it.
If it’s not your style of music, why do you care?
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say what
May 30th, 2011 at 7:04 pm
there’s no stopping a work in progress, she
has a made up mind to keep right on working as hard as she can on her craft!
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say what
May 30th, 2011 at 7:07 pm
shes showing a lot of maturity and
growth right before our very eyes!
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... Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 2:22 pm
@say what, Maturity my ass. She always cursing somebody out on twitter! #immature
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Eliana
May 30th, 2011 at 7:23 pm
reallly good song!
BUT SHE NEEDS TO STOP SINGING OVER HER TRACKS.
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liyah
May 30th, 2011 at 8:35 pm
I love that song so much, man elle est Belle dans cette photo:)
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Alex!
May 30th, 2011 at 8:54 pm
i think the hidden message is that instead of killing a man for being abusive to you, just leave him! (more than half of the women who are locked up, are behind bars b/c they killed their abuser!) good advice riri! (&i’m not even a real fan lol)
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Jarvis
May 30th, 2011 at 8:59 pm
Riggggghhhttt.. -_-
so what about S&M?
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NuNu Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 12:57 am
@Jarvis, jarvis shut the hell up. s&m is a great song. #1 baby!
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Daniel
May 30th, 2011 at 9:22 pm
A little off-topic, yet related to Rihanna, wasn’t the “Fly” video w/ Nicki Minaj supposed to drop today? Rap-Up mentioned it like a month or two ago that Nicki planned to debut it for Memorial Day.
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NuNu Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 12:58 am
@Daniel, you’re right! but you have to think about it. this song is rihanna’s not nicki’s so they may release them at different times.
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lick it
May 31st, 2011 at 1:19 am
This video is gonna be faiia
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say what
May 31st, 2011 at 4:51 am
@MC @ B’ IS MY SONS
YEA, SNOOZEFEST ALL THE WAY
TO THE BANK
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say what
May 31st, 2011 at 4:53 am
haters do a great job
of keeping her name in there mouths
she could care less about what others think
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say what
May 31st, 2011 at 4:58 am
rihanna does not need people approval
to be all she can be and her chart topping
songs/albums sales speaks for her
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say what
May 31st, 2011 at 5:00 am
to further prove that she is doing
something right, regardless of what some people thinks is her great performances
of her “mini concert on the today show”
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Yeah
May 31st, 2011 at 6:57 am
another snooze fest but hey atleast her vids are better than her perfomances *Yawns*
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yeah Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 7:29 pm
@Yeah, but I guess I COULD be doing something other than watching something I don’t like, right?
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Lexx_Janay
May 31st, 2011 at 7:15 am
love this song!!! cant wait to see the video…the only reason i will be watching 106 & Park
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Jfenty
May 31st, 2011 at 7:55 am
Yess!! I will be watching!! #rihannanavy
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say what
May 31st, 2011 at 8:36 am
@maya,,, we get it you hateher therefore
if you keep repeating the sos stuff that you tries to rain on rihanna’s parade with soon
all will know just how delusional you are
take yoyr medicine and skip all rihanna posts if rihanna upsets you that bad, the navy understans
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say what
May 31st, 2011 at 8:39 am
love rihanna and all that she has accomplished for herself, and i like to count the super stars money also it’s fun and rihanna is holding it down for herself
rihannas net worth just hold it steady rihanna because you are moving on out to DEEPER waters on your cruseliner!
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ThomasMee
May 31st, 2011 at 12:26 pm
I love Rihanna and how she put dat Caribbean spin on the song and stuck to her roots…..similar to Jessie J with her London accented vocals and Jessica Ferguson with her dance moves and the girl can sing too. You guy should check her out she’s dope
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Moona Babez
May 31st, 2011 at 1:13 pm
Man Downnn Is Myy Jammmmmmm !
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artuCR
May 31st, 2011 at 2:44 pm
RIHANNA THE BEST !!! <3 <3<3 LOV U!!! MAN DOWN!!!! WIIIII
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TYGA
May 31st, 2011 at 3:03 pm
RIHANNA WILL NEVER BE THE BEST TO ME PERSONALLY. IM NOT SAYING SHES NOT GOOD BUT PERSONALLY HER MUSIC DOSENT SUIT ME. LADY GAGA ON THE OTHER HAND MAKES ME FEEL GOOD. ALL RIHANNA DOES IS WHERE EXPENSIVE BOOTS.I LIKE HER ACCENT THOUGH ITS NICE BUT WHEN IT COMES TO MUSIC IS WHERE I GO. NEVER THE LESS JESUS IS MY VIRTUE SO DONT COME WITH THE ILLUMINATI CRAP CUZ RIHANNA IS IN IT TOO LOOK CLOSELY AT S&M PRINCESS ILLUMINATI IS SCRAWLED IN THE BEGINNING GAGA AS WELL BUT SHE IS CHANGING AS WE GO ALONG.YOU CAN TELL BETTER NOW THAN EVER.
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uhhhh Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 7:31 pm
@TYGA, You call Rihanna out for Illuminati and don’t question Lady Gaga’s Judas lovin’, meat wearin’, so far out the box she got another box she poppin’ out of ass???
ROTMFF! okay.
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