Rap-Up.com || Rihanna Announces New Album ‘Unapologetic’

Less than a year after releasing Talk That Talk, Rihanna is back with her seventh album in seven years, Unapologetic.

The pop princess took to Twitter on Thursday to reveal the title, release date, and cover art, on which she strips down with nothing but black and white words scrawled across her naked body. A tattoo of the Egyptian goddess Isis, which she dedicated to her late grandmother, can also be seen.

“My NEW album ‘UNAPOLOGETIC’ will be released on NOVEMBER 19th WORLDWIDE #Navy,” she announced.

She earlier caused confusion by tweeting the trending topic #sideeffects, making some fans believe that the title was Side Effects. She later removed the misleading tweets.

The first single “Diamonds” currently occupies the No. 18 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, while the album is expected to feature contributions from Stargate and Ne-Yo, who penned two songs.

RiRi, who leads the nominations at the American Music Awards, will kick off her “Diamonds World Tour” in March 2013.

What do you think of the title and cover art? Sound off below.

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108 Comments

Shee
October 11th, 2012 at 7:26 am
I luv it!

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Neickha Reply:
October 11th, 2012 at 2:16 pm
@Shee, Love.

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Roman Emperor Reply:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:08 pm
@Shee, whore.

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Shee Reply:
October 12th, 2012 at 3:42 am
@Roman Emperor, Why you calling me whore?

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Shee Reply:
October 12th, 2012 at 4:22 am
@Roman Emperor, Why you calling me a w*ore?

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:) Reply:
October 12th, 2012 at 6:35 am
@Shee, I think they were calling Rihanna one.

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Shee Reply:
October 12th, 2012 at 2:02 pm
@:), I think they call names at every fan of Rihanna. I observed tah there’s a battle between Riri’s and Nickis fans and I don’t know why. R & N they are friends in their lives and they have song together. They are both talented and beautiful womans. (sorry for my english, I’m not from USA)

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Roman Empire Reply:
October 13th, 2012 at 3:30 pm
@Shee,
I was calling Rihanna a whore.. because she is one. But if you thought I was calling you a whore MAYBE the shoe fits.

Shee Reply:
October 13th, 2012 at 4:30 pm
@Shee, The shoe fits? This is some english idiom? And deffinitly I’m not a whore and Rihanna isn’t whore too.
J Fresh
October 11th, 2012 at 7:26 am
#rihannareign

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Roman Emperor Reply:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:09 pm
@J Fresh, skank

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jacq
October 11th, 2012 at 7:26 am
amazing.

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Roman Emperor Reply:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:11 pm
@jacq, she a stank pu$$y hoe, the girl gets around.

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fair maiden rihanna gate Reply:
October 13th, 2012 at 6:56 am
@Roman Emperor, don’t minaj got cocks to blow??

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Roman Empire Reply:
October 13th, 2012 at 3:32 pm
@fair maiden rihanna gate, So you’re a fan of The Boys. I gotta correct you hoe, it’s:
‘Tell a hater yo, don’t you got cocks to blow? call me kangaroo Nick I’ll box a hoe’

#Comecorrect

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kyla Reply:
October 14th, 2012 at 9:39 am
@Roman Emperor, WELL ALL U HATERS NEED TO GET A JOB. OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE DRUNK WITH JEALOUSY BUT THATS NOT STOPPING RIHANNA CONQUERING THE WORLD AND SLAYING YOUR FAVES!! SO SIT YR TIRED BROKE AZZ DOWN!! LOSERS!!

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TeamQUEENBEE
October 11th, 2012 at 7:28 am
screams Rihanna

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:) Reply:
October 12th, 2012 at 6:35 am
@TeamQUEENBEE, Right! Lol.

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DanceAgain
October 11th, 2012 at 7:31 am
of coarse emphasis on one eye…. gurl!

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MusicJunkie Reply:
October 11th, 2012 at 10:11 am
@DanceAgain, i Just Noticed That . Gurl Byee With That Devil Shit . She something else

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:) Reply:
October 11th, 2012 at 1:39 pm
@MusicJunkie, An eye being covered isn’t a symbol for the devil.

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MusicJunkie Reply:
October 11th, 2012 at 2:04 pm
@:), ok

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maya Reply:
October 13th, 2012 at 6:22 am
@DanceAgain, course*

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MOTHA
October 11th, 2012 at 7:32 am
Not Really into the album every year thing, but GAWD this girl is SEXY AS FUCK. LAWD!

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mumi
October 11th, 2012 at 7:32 am
The new era, BITCHEZ!!

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Cranberry
October 11th, 2012 at 7:33 am
Kween.

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mumi
October 11th, 2012 at 7:37 am
Guns in the air!

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me
October 11th, 2012 at 7:38 am
yessssssssssssssssssssss

she cant be stopped

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boom boom
October 11th, 2012 at 7:38 am
BADASS!

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Billionaire
October 11th, 2012 at 7:38 am
This too #DOPE!!!! Love Rihanna!!!

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KenBarbUK
October 11th, 2012 at 7:39 am
Loving It This Just Screams Rihanna Lool

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boom boom
October 11th, 2012 at 7:39 am
BADASS

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MaHJ
October 11th, 2012 at 7:40 am
Love!

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KenBarbUK
October 11th, 2012 at 7:42 am
Those she have the tracklist on the album cause i can notice diamonds

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NickiSlaysMe_
October 11th, 2012 at 7:44 am
Yes !! ;)

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honest shade
October 11th, 2012 at 7:44 am
YES GAWD!!!

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young ck
October 11th, 2012 at 7:45 am
love her or hate her this gurl gives good everything.

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young ck
October 11th, 2012 at 7:46 am
love her or hate her this gurl gives good everything. love the cover

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wonderland19
October 11th, 2012 at 7:47 am
Like this alot! Good job Rih’s creative team!

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av
October 11th, 2012 at 7:48 am
Not too crazy about the album cover, but I’m sure the music will be great.

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EyFresh
October 11th, 2012 at 7:50 am
Eye love it Robin!

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BrunoBruno
October 11th, 2012 at 7:58 am
forever naked

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Lance
October 11th, 2012 at 8:01 am
Actually, she just tweeted that the album title is “Unapologetic” not “Side Effects”…

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nunu
October 11th, 2012 at 8:06 am
UNAPOLOGETIC

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Megan
October 11th, 2012 at 8:07 am
Christina Aguilera too much..?

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DSTROCK
October 11th, 2012 at 8:08 am
I actually liked “Side Effects” as a title better than “Unapologetic”. It gave this impression that those words like “Fun” “Love” “Happy” and “Fearless” were all side effects which I found to be kinda deep. *Kanye shrug* whatever though…

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Diego
October 11th, 2012 at 8:10 am
Hope she finally gets a # 1 album after 6 tries she is very overrated and her record sales don’t equal all the hype she gets

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MusicJunkie Reply:
October 11th, 2012 at 9:30 am
@Diego, who you telling ? Lol

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Jay85 Reply:
October 12th, 2012 at 9:30 am
@Diego, YES!!!! lol, agreed

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yep!
October 11th, 2012 at 8:34 am
this b*tch CANNOT BE STOPPED…dag!

and Nicki wants to drop on the same day as RiRi…LOOOOOL…nicki cant be serious…

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WhyYouMad Reply:
October 11th, 2012 at 12:53 pm
@yep!, She did her first album the same way except for it was Kanye West and ended up going platinum before he did if I’m not mistaken (but even so she did VERY well).. besides Nicki announced hers first for this date… either way I’m getting both because I know they both will be great albums.

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briyani
October 11th, 2012 at 8:44 am
:side effects:

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lyric commander lee
October 11th, 2012 at 8:47 am
and here i thought the album was named 7 lol – side effects would be a good title too based off her current situation with chris and everything but unapologetic actually fits her “dont give a fukk” attitude so bring it on!

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Duarte008
October 11th, 2012 at 8:52 am
Sorry but this looks like a mess. Something more like a terrible concept . Whatever’s i just like her music I’m not big fan of her. Sad to the idiots who fall for this terrible and tacky cover.

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Ms Thing Honey Child Girl Boobie Gone Go Kill Youself
October 11th, 2012 at 9:07 am
this is hott.

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Hmmm
October 11th, 2012 at 9:12 am
Sooooooo, she doesn’t know the name of her album? Mmmkay.

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Speechless
October 11th, 2012 at 9:23 am
Ugly, predictable, boring and recycled from rated r. Try again bish.

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Brass_knucklez
October 11th, 2012 at 9:26 am
Talk That Talk Rihanna Rihloaded: The Rih Up
I’m bored with it already. In other words, it’s not a far deviation from anything she’s done in the past.

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avant garde
October 11th, 2012 at 9:27 am
Very predictable.

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MusicJunkie
October 11th, 2012 at 9:32 am
I wounder who’s gonna sell more ? Rih or nicki . The batyle of the gimmicks . Lol

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Truth Reply:
October 11th, 2012 at 10:32 am
@MusicJunkie, Rihannas not a gimmick though she actually makes good music. Nicki cant make a good song to save her life though

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MusicJunkie Reply:
October 11th, 2012 at 2:06 pm
@Truth, having to change ya hair style after everytime ya album comes out ? Releasing a album every year to remain relevant ? Yea she’s a gimmick managed by a excellent team .

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BITCHESSTAYPRESSED Reply:
October 11th, 2012 at 7:06 pm
@MusicJunkie, Bitch are u mad she can afford a haircut? Have severel _/_/_/_/

P.S I Getting both albums so i guess i support gimmicks:P

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RealIssh Reply:
October 11th, 2012 at 7:20 pm
@BITCHESSTAYPRESSED, You do . Stay pressed .

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BITCHESSTAYPRESSED Reply:
October 12th, 2012 at 12:23 am
@RealIssh, Why yes,yes I do.Thank you for your concern.

Stop! Reply:
October 12th, 2012 at 6:01 pm
@Truth, So ,Champion , Marilyn Monroe , Save me, Moment 4 Life ,Im The Best, Right By My Side, Fire Burns , Fly ,Dear Old Nicki , Young Forever,Your Love ,Here I Am , Blazin ,Catch Me and countless others , arnt GOOD Songs???????? Bitch GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!!!

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Looney Reply:
October 11th, 2012 at 2:47 pm
@MusicJunkie, November 19 is Rihanna’s time.

To purchase Nicki Garbaj’s CD is like sponsoring a theatrical clown on stilettos.

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jay$$
October 11th, 2012 at 9:40 am
This looks homemade tho. She just threw random words on a picture.

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Meme
October 11th, 2012 at 9:46 am
She forever will be glorified by me.

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Miszi
October 11th, 2012 at 10:27 am
I like the cover a lot, it’s pretty simple but great anyways. Hope the album will be good, to be honest I didn’t enjoy “Diamonds”. It’s cool that it wasn’t another dance track though. Might grow on me.

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#RihannaNAVi
October 11th, 2012 at 10:29 am
Can’t Wait! #R7 #Unapologetic

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Deya
October 11th, 2012 at 10:41 am
i really like it

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selle
October 11th, 2012 at 11:15 am
I love it. Can’t wait for this album.

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MmmHmm
October 11th, 2012 at 11:55 am
CREATIVE!

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QUEEN AZEALIA BANKS IS THE GREATEST FEMALE RAPPER EVER, AND YA'LL N- WITH BAD TASTE WILL DEAL
October 11th, 2012 at 1:49 pm
Sounds corny to me.

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Raj
October 11th, 2012 at 2:18 pm
Goddamn, give us some time to MISS you!

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RiGanja Reply:
October 11th, 2012 at 3:27 pm
@Raj, no

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fireball Reply:
October 13th, 2012 at 7:50 am
@Raj, i agree…damn shes going too fast many artist before her havnt even had that much damn

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Nick
October 11th, 2012 at 2:28 pm
This is really creative for an album cover. But, Rihanna makes this ‘illumanti’ or ‘devil’ thing mad obvious tho. She covered one eye, smh. Her body banging tho.

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BlaccQueenBarbie
October 11th, 2012 at 3:10 pm
SEXY!!! Its a true reflection of her personality!!

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KingAB and C
October 11th, 2012 at 4:24 pm
The writing on her body is dope! But this chick is getting very predictable… Hahaha, Her next step will be goin bald like amber rose, with only hair in the front to cover her forehead.

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Dan
October 11th, 2012 at 4:36 pm
I don’t mean to sound like a broken record, and I actually dig Rihanna a LITTLE bit, but why are artists so chicken-shit to release there albums before the week of Thanksgiving/Black Friday, or even the week after? For women as established as Nicki Minaj and Rihanna, they should be confident enough in their “status” to sell records no matter what week or month. My two cents…

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BEDSTUYFLY Reply:
October 11th, 2012 at 6:39 pm
@Dan, I AGREE, BUT WITH ARTIST WITH BIG HYPE AND MILLIONS OF TWITTER FOLLOWERS ONLY SELLING 250,000 THE FIRST WEEK, IS… EMBARRASSING.

HOLIDAY SEASON IS THE SAFE BET. DON’T YOU AGREE? THEY ALL CANT BE ADELE & TAYLOR SWIFT. BEYONCE DON’T EVEN BRING IN THOSE NUMBERS ANYMORE.

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maya Reply:
October 13th, 2012 at 6:28 am
@BEDSTUYFLY, Beyonce brought 310k in the first week w| “4″ so excuse you, she does brings those #’s in and that album was released in JUNE!

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Mauri96 Reply:
October 12th, 2012 at 8:45 pm
@Dan, I agree with BEDSTUYFLY. Albums just don’t sell as much as they used to.
And I think its mainly because of digital singles and pirated albums.

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Larry
October 11th, 2012 at 5:13 pm
That cover is hideous

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Kyle
October 11th, 2012 at 7:06 pm
The cover is badass, not gonna lie. My favorite album cover of hers is “LOUD.” That was a beautiful face shot and she rocked that red hair like it was nobody’s business. This one would probably come in second. #Idig.

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Jay
October 11th, 2012 at 7:56 pm
DAMN Rihanna is sexy!!! I love that pic!!! Can’t wait for the album and video for Diamonds!!! :)

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commanderofthedancefloor
October 12th, 2012 at 12:19 am
love it, cant wait for this album, it is going to be better than talk that talk, and hopefully it will be more like rated r.

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RIHRIh ain't no whore as you think u know her personly
October 12th, 2012 at 12:37 am
I know people will say the cover should’ve been better then that Nice Cover if it the offically cover of her album

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Christopher Harmon
October 12th, 2012 at 3:25 am
CAN’T WAIT TO HEAR IT MY GIRL. JUST CAN’T WAIT.

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Christopher Harmon
October 12th, 2012 at 3:28 am
I will I have a copy?

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@Jayrican18
October 12th, 2012 at 6:11 am
Hot as fukk! The Rated era is back!

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KilliousBey
October 12th, 2012 at 8:49 am
She killed this cover. Even though it screams magazine photo shoot. It’s still the best of 2012.

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jeez
October 12th, 2012 at 9:33 am
Every album every year? Wow. I hate it when people are saying “she can’t be stopped” when she can hardly sell 300k in a week.

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mumi Reply:
October 12th, 2012 at 9:59 am
@jeez, so what??? Is it so important how many albums you sell in a week?? There are artists out there who sell 800k in a week but they have a drop of 90% the week after. Riri isn’t just an artist who sells in America, she’s wordlwide known and loved. She tops the charts all around the world and that’s what matters!

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fireball Reply:
October 13th, 2012 at 7:48 am
@jeez, i agree..shes going too far next year shell probably release her 8th..she didnt even give time to promote or go tour for talk that talk…it was a here ya go buy and its done album

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RiRi
October 12th, 2012 at 7:19 pm
i want her to work with T.I. again

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#RihannaNAVi Reply:
October 13th, 2012 at 3:18 am
@RiRi, Same

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maya
October 13th, 2012 at 6:25 am
Horrible. It would’ve been better if it was just her & not all the words, looks amateur.

I hate how she says “new era, new colors!” like wth? An album out EVERY year does not mean a new era because their is nothing new or surprising.

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fireball
October 13th, 2012 at 7:47 am
she needs to slow down….her seventh already..we are not going anyway rih..take a break…she just released talk that talk not too long ago….she needs to find her true love and quit with the every year album thang..its annoying…shes only been in the game for seven years and already had her seventh album..i bet she didnt give time to promote talk that talk or go tour for it…this is what drives people away and they get bored…stop the bullshit rih

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REM
October 13th, 2012 at 12:05 pm
same old shit

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cass
October 13th, 2012 at 1:40 pm
She put out an album every year… So what? You don’t have to listen to it. Don’t go buy it then. The same people talking the same ish. Guess what? She still is succesful and will continue to be.

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Asa
October 13th, 2012 at 3:50 pm
Monica and Brandy aren’t even on their 7th yet.

Bitch needs to slow her roll and find a real identity. Her sound manages to match current trends every year… go figure.

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Ice
October 13th, 2012 at 6:31 pm
Why are you complaining about getting new music on a regular basis? I can’t comprehend.

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REM Reply:
October 14th, 2012 at 7:06 am
@Ice, she has nothing to sing about.. her music has no depth or true emotion to it

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BOh.
October 14th, 2012 at 9:18 am
Rihanna and EMINEM are the best in the world!

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kyla
October 14th, 2012 at 9:50 am
Rihanna is God!! FULL STOP!!

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