Stan4Jan
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Post by Stan4Jan on Jan 3, 2010 15:45:16 GMT -5
By far. this is way more solid than 'a girl like me', for example... that's what most people would agree on. as for the other albums, i don't know what people would think.. but this, for me, sounds much more mature than the others. i see it as an artistic growing for riri
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Post by Oprah on Jan 3, 2010 19:26:23 GMT -5
Whoever wrote the lyrics to "Stupid in Love"....should never do that ever again. Horrible. I agree. The first thing I thought when I heard the song and kept hearing "---- is/isn't stupid" repeatedly, all I could think was 'these fucking lyrics are what's stupid'. It's a pity since the melody and arrangement are great. I'm glad this album has received the acclaim it deserves. That more than makes up for the somewhat disappointing commercial showing.
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Post by MiniMusic on Jan 3, 2010 19:35:26 GMT -5
Whoever wrote the lyrics to "Stupid in Love"....should never do that ever again. Horrible. I agree. The first thing I thought when I heard the song and kept hearing "---- is/isn't stupid" repeatedly, all I could think was 'these f**king lyrics are what's stupid'. It's a pity since the melody and arrangement are great. I'm glad this album has received the acclaim it deserves. That more than makes up for the somewhat disappointing commercial showing. The lyrics made no sense to me actually. "I may be dumb but I'm not stupid." What? Dumb = stupid in my world. AND the whole chorus is just horribly written. "This is stupid, I'm not stupid, don't talk to me-like I'm stupid, I still love you but I just can't do this, I may be dumb but I'm not stupid." The only good lyric in that is "I still love you but I just can't do this." Oh well.
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Post by Oprah on Jan 3, 2010 19:46:15 GMT -5
Doesn't she say "...but I'm not stupid in love"? That sort of made sense to me, but yea I was struck by the contradiction in that line too. Overall the lyrics are just horrific.
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Jan 3, 2010 19:49:14 GMT -5
[ I agree. The first thing I thought when I heard the song and kept hearing "---- is/isn't stupid" repeatedly, all I could think was 'these f**king lyrics are what's stupid'. It's a pity since the melody and arrangement are great. Agreed on all points. Both the melody and arrangement had real potential but the lyrics just killed the song for me.
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Post by K. on Jan 3, 2010 20:42:12 GMT -5
Is the "Katie" of Stupid in Love supposed to be Katy Perry? I know they are pretty good friends.
That line always bugs me too
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Post by MiniMusic on Jan 3, 2010 21:28:02 GMT -5
Doesn't she say "...but I'm not stupid in love"? That sort of made sense to me, but yea I was struck by the contradiction in that line too. Overall the lyrics are just horrific. Nope, she only says "...but I'm not stupid in love" in the last line I think. Actually yep, that's the only time she says that. Every chorus she says "...but I'm not stupid." Which again, makes no sense either way. AND! The opening line? WTF! Never have I ever been a size 10 in my whole life? wtf does that have to do with anything LMFAO!
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Post by tamed09 on Jan 3, 2010 22:14:32 GMT -5
Is the "Katie" of Stupid in Love supposed to be Katy Perry? I know they are pretty good friends. That line always bugs me too Yes, she's talking about Katy. Brandy says her best friend as well in her version, so I guess Neyo just had them both do that
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Post by Good-Boy-Gone-Bad on Jan 4, 2010 11:58:21 GMT -5
Doesn't she say "...but I'm not stupid in love"? That sort of made sense to me, but yea I was struck by the contradiction in that line too. Overall the lyrics are just horrific. Nope, she only says "...but I'm not stupid in love" in the last line I think. Actually yep, that's the only time she says that. Every chorus she says "...but I'm not stupid." Which again, makes no sense either way. AND! The opening line? WTF! Never have I ever been a size 10 in my whole life? wtf does that have to do with anything LMFAO! Maybe her partner was cheating on her and she found the girls' clothes and the girl is a size 10?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2010 12:24:27 GMT -5
Nope, she only says "...but I'm not stupid in love" in the last line I think. Actually yep, that's the only time she says that. Every chorus she says "...but I'm not stupid." Which again, makes no sense either way. AND! The opening line? WTF! Never have I ever been a size 10 in my whole life? wtf does that have to do with anything LMFAO! Maybe her partner was cheating on her and she found the girls' clothes and the girl is a size 10? It has to do with gaining weight from eating out of relationship stress / depression. Ne-Yo, usually a size 4, ballooned up to a 10 after his last DL brotha bf stopped returning his texts.
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Post by K. on Jan 4, 2010 12:26:28 GMT -5
My other "favorite" line is when she says "my new nickname is you idiot" and then the background singers chime "such an idiot!" LMAO.
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Post by Sir Benji on Jan 4, 2010 12:26:51 GMT -5
Maybe her partner was cheating on her and she found the girls' clothes and the girl is a size 10? It has to do with gaining weight from eating out of relationship stress / depression. Ne-Yo, usually a size 4, ballooned up to a 10 after his last DL brotha bf stopped returning his texts.
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Post by MiniMusic on Jan 4, 2010 15:45:50 GMT -5
My other "favorite" line is when she says "my new nickname is you idiot" and then the background singers chime "such an idiot!" LMAO. LMFAO! I was going to mention that too, this whole song is horribly written. "My new nickname is you idiot (such an idiot!)" So she's an idiot and she's dumb but she's not stupid? Great songwriting skills Ne-Yo has, let me tell you that much.
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Post by jink on Jan 4, 2010 16:30:40 GMT -5
Maybe her partner was cheating on her and she found the girls' clothes and the girl is a size 10? It has to do with gaining weight from eating out of relationship stress / depression. Ne-Yo, usually a size 4, ballooned up to a 10 after his last DL brotha bf stopped returning his texts. My other "favorite" line is when she says "my new nickname is you idiot" and then the background singers chime "such an idiot!" LMAO. OMG. Stupid in Love is awful. Ne-Yo made up for it with Russian Roulette, though.
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Post by slw84 on Jan 4, 2010 18:05:00 GMT -5
By far. this is way more solid than 'a girl like me', for example... that's what most people would agree on. as for the other albums, i don't know what people would think.. but this, for me, sounds much more mature than the others. i see it as an artistic growing for riri 1. Good girl gone bad-No explanation needed. 2. Music of the sun-If carribean music was the fad like latin music was back in 99' she could have had 5 hits off of this album. 3. Rated r...ranks lower because it is not good memorable enough. So disappointing. 4. A girl like me. Forgetable
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2010 0:29:06 GMT -5
Maybe her partner was cheating on her and she found the girls' clothes and the girl is a size 10? It has to do with gaining weight from eating out of relationship stress / depression. Ne-Yo, usually a size 4, ballooned up to a 10 after his last DL brotha bf stopped returning his texts. My other "favorite" line is when she says "my new nickname is you idiot" and then the background singers chime "such an idiot!" LMAO.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2010 0:41:23 GMT -5
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Post by Train in Vain on Jan 5, 2010 10:20:57 GMT -5
aw i'm happy for her hope he's not a douche also "hard" is up to #10 on urban, #3 on rhythmic and #14 on itunes
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Post by blue in moonlight on Jan 5, 2010 12:24:33 GMT -5
He's hot. Nice catch for RiRi.
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Post by [K]atie. on Jan 5, 2010 13:11:33 GMT -5
Damn He's sexy, Rihanna always dates good lucking guys, maybe this can be her Jay LOL. He better not be another chris Brown. Congrats for selling one million around the world Rihanna.
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Post by starr on Jan 5, 2010 13:16:06 GMT -5
Rihanna is dating LeToya's ex-boyfriend.
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Post by Jack on Jan 5, 2010 13:51:24 GMT -5
Can't people read a little further than the very obvious? I always thought Rihanna (or Ne-Yo) was making the distinction between 'Dumb' and 'Stupid' in Stupid in Love. "I may be dumb" for getting to the relationship, but "I'm not Stupid' enough to let it continue/happen again. I'm not it's particularly good, but it's not hard to understand.
Amazing album none-the-less.
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Post by nsfb17 on Jan 5, 2010 16:23:06 GMT -5
A girl like me. Forgetable :o AGLM is easily my favorite album of hers. There are so many gems on it - 'SOS' (of course), 'Dem Hater.z', 'P.S. (I'm Still Not Over You)', 'Kisses Don't Lie', 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love', 'We Ride'...it's a great album through and through. The only song I don't love is 'Million Miles Away', and that's more because of her voice than anything.
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Post by TGIF on Jan 5, 2010 17:18:39 GMT -5
^its my favorite album too :) i dont think it had as much single potential as her other albums but its her most solid album to me! the ballads are BEAUTIFUL, some of her best songs ever. oh and her and matt are gorgeous as a couple!!!
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Post by California Cheers on Jan 5, 2010 18:03:57 GMT -5
HDD: -- 14 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 38,358 -- RATED R
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Post by Active Aggressive on Jan 5, 2010 18:11:17 GMT -5
Her sales look stable. Slow and steady, RiRi!
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Post by CammyCan on Jan 5, 2010 18:38:01 GMT -5
SUCH an upgrade Rihanna, well done. AND he's on the Dodgers! She knows the way to my heart.
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Post by California Cheers on Jan 6, 2010 18:51:50 GMT -5
BB200: 14 RIHANNA RATED R 39,571 498,595
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Post by Kishi KCM on Jan 6, 2010 18:56:52 GMT -5
Can't people read a little further than the very obvious? I always thought Rihanna (or Ne-Yo) was making the distinction between 'Dumb' and 'Stupid' in Stupid in Love. "I may be dumb" for getting to the relationship, but "I'm not Stupid' enough to let it continue/happen again. I'm not it's particularly good, but it's not hard to understand. Amazing album none-the-less. EXACTLY!! That's how I took the lyrics. Most people don't look deeper than the surface.
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Post by lucylu on Jan 7, 2010 19:35:40 GMT -5
# 6 on the worldwide chart with 101,000 sold.
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