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Post by HEADOFTHEPACK on Oct 17, 2009 17:45:48 GMT -5
Rihanna has h8rs? Who are these people?
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Post by Caviar on Oct 18, 2009 1:24:30 GMT -5
Loving the new look.
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Post by d.t.m on Oct 18, 2009 4:17:03 GMT -5
I can only assume that IDJ doesn't want her single sales to eat into her first week-album sales they way Umbrella did, by having it available digitally earlier. 50 will be her biggest competition Nov 23rd.
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Post by beebee on Oct 18, 2009 7:27:55 GMT -5
I can only assume that IDJ doesn't want her single sales to eat into her first week-album sales they way Umbrella did, by having it available digitally earlier. 50 will be her biggest competition Nov 23rd. Her biggest competition this week will be Susan Boyle, her debut album looks like it will open with HUGE numbers. Rihanna will most lilkely be number two. Rihanna never was a huge album seller, she's more like a digital seller ( I mean, her Itunes singles...).
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Post by HEADOFTHEPACK on Oct 18, 2009 7:33:23 GMT -5
^^ I don't think it's fair to base her future album sales on her past efforts. Rihanna is a much bigger star nowadays than she was prior to GGGB's release. It's incomparable, imo. She could easily come out on top.
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Post by Live Your Life on Oct 18, 2009 7:33:45 GMT -5
Nobody waits until their album release date anymore for digital releases. It'll probably be on iTunes November 10.
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Post by outback on Oct 18, 2009 7:37:27 GMT -5
Her new look is hot. And I agree that she is a much bigger name now than she was so her sales should be through the roof. Hoping
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Post by ratchet on Oct 18, 2009 9:46:53 GMT -5
she is up against mary , and gaga/50 and isn't alicia her new album coming out around that time , should be fun to watch how it goes down
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Post by dehaviland on Oct 18, 2009 10:13:07 GMT -5
Yes 3 more days till it premiers. **people who just so happen to have an opinion that I disagree with and therefore I think it is inferior to mine** gonna be soooooo mad. I won't say whose fans, but they gonna be real bitter..... ???, give a hint toward who's fans are going to get mad ;) beyonce fans.
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Post by georgian on Oct 18, 2009 10:30:41 GMT -5
Tricky Stewart: Rihanna Single Is a ‘Monster’
Rihanna’s new music is so top secret that even Tricky Stewart doesn’t know if he will have the album’s first single. The hitman behind “Umbrella” spoke exclusively with Rap-Up.com again to reveal the monstrous results of his recording sessions with the superstar.
RAP-UP: Rihanna’s fourth album has a release date of November 23. TRICKY: Yes, yes.
RAP-UP: Last time we spoke, you hadn’t yet recorded with her. What became of your studio sessions? TRICKY: I can’t talk about what happened, but it’s really good for me [laughs]. We delivered a very, very big record, but I can’t say what the name of it is or anything, just for the simple fact that it’s actually top secret. It’s definitely going to be a single. It’s either going to be the first or the second single. I do know that.
RAP-UP: So you produced the new song and The-Dream wrote it. Is anyone featured on it? TRICKY: Yes. I can say it’s a rapper. I’m not gonna say who [laughs].
RAP-UP: Is the track uptempo? TRICKY: Yes, it’s uptempo. It’s a club banger and it’s edgy.
RAP-UP: Would you say it’s bigger than “Umbrella”? TRICKY: No, it’s different. It’s a superstar taking a step in a totally different direction. This album is different than her past works.
RAP-UP: How so? TRICKY: It’s just an artist at work. This is Rihanna coming into her own and going from being a girl that has been singing big, huge hit records, and the artist is awake and alive and moving on this project. She knows exactly what she wants to say, she knows how she wants to feel. It was an amazing experience working with her and just really getting into her headspace of what she wanted to do.
RAP-UP: When will we be able to hear the first single? TRICKY: Everything’s about to happen really fast, so it’s not gonna be long. It’s gonna be here in the next couple days.
RAP-UP: How many songs did you record with her? TRICKY: Right now, it’s just the one, but it’s a monster song. And really when it’s all said and done, all we had was “Umbrella” on the last one, so if it’s like that, I’m cool with that. [Editor's note: Tricky and The-Dream also produced "Breakin' Dishes" off Good Girl Gone Bad.]
RAP-UP: Was it different working with her this time versus last time? TRICKY: Yeah, it’s always different because once everyone gets bigger, it’s even harder just to get everybody in the room. We ended up going over to Paris and working over there, coming to New York—it’s been a lot of flying around for one song.
RAP-UP: What else can you tell us? TRICKY: Her album is crazy and she’s really just stepped up her game as an artist—not stepped up, but there’s an artist at work.
RAP-UP: Do you know who else she collaborated with on the project? TRICKY: I know she wrote some songs with Ne-Yo. Ne-Yo has some great songs on there. She’s even being secretive with the music of the other producers too.
RAP-UP: Is she writing anything herself? TRICKY: I really don’t know. I think she probably did write on some of these songs. She’s definitely lending her leadership.
RAP-UP: Everyone knows Rihanna for her fearless fashion. Is that going to translate into her music? TRICKY: Yeah, definitely. I could say that. The attitude of the fashion and the attitude of the music—that’s what she’s into. It’s gonna be a complete vision.
–Devin Lazerine
The first single from Rihanna’s fourth album will premiere on Tuesday, October 20, at 11:23 a.m. EST. Rap-Up.com will have it as soon as it debuts.
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Post by SHOOTER on Oct 18, 2009 11:19:19 GMT -5
I hate when artists and labels make projects and singles "top secret" and act like their such a mystery. More often than not, the said projects never live up to the hype.
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Post by LC3 on Oct 18, 2009 11:49:47 GMT -5
Looking forward to seeing/hearing the new direction.
Sidenote-Bey isn't remotely threatened by Rihanna so as a fan Im not either. Beys position in the industry is so solid and concrete that anything Rihanna achieves is just icing on Rihannas cake and it steals nothing away from Beys legacy. This isn't like the good old Brit vs Christina vs J Simp days. In this case there is more than one winner.
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Post by Rated R on Oct 18, 2009 12:03:41 GMT -5
^Yeah I thought that was weird, the only thing I can think of is that the time has 123 in it, but in that case they could have just done 12:34. Idk, very weird lol
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Post by d.t.m on Oct 18, 2009 12:14:50 GMT -5
I can only assume that IDJ doesn't want her single sales to eat into her first week-album sales they way Umbrella did, by having it available digitally earlier. 50 will be her biggest competition Nov 23rd. Her biggest competition this week will be Susan Boyle, her debut album looks like it will open with HUGE numbers. Rihanna will most lilkely be number two. Rihanna never was a huge album seller, she's more like a digital seller ( I mean, her Itunes singles...). Forgot about her, but I highly doubt Boyle will do over 350k here in the States. I see it closer to 300k which is good, but not HUGE. GaGa's is a rerelease and 50 should easily have 250k in the bag. Depending on how big Ri's first single is I believe she can finally bring in a substantial first week.
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Post by 👑 Eloquent ™ on Oct 18, 2009 12:21:29 GMT -5
^Yeah I thought that was weird, the only thing I can think of is that the time has 123 in it, but in that case they could have just done 12:34. Idk, very weird lol The album is released on 11/23.
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Post by 👑 Eloquent ™ on Oct 18, 2009 13:44:23 GMT -5
yeah, i get it, is just pointless. It's actually not pointless; it will help people remember the album's release date.
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Post by Rated R on Oct 18, 2009 13:46:02 GMT -5
^Yeah I thought that was weird, the only thing I can think of is that the time has 123 in it, but in that case they could have just done 12:34. Idk, very weird lol The album is released on 11/23. ohhh haha i get it. that was smart then
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Post by jamrock16 on Oct 18, 2009 15:00:12 GMT -5
Oh the 11/23 totally slipped my mind. That is smart!
I can not wait to hear this :O
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Post by dehaviland on Oct 18, 2009 15:06:24 GMT -5
6th #1 here we come. She'll have to release a greatest hits album after this album.
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Post by vinyl on Oct 18, 2009 15:39:35 GMT -5
yeah, i get it, is just pointless. It's actually not pointless; it will help people remember the album's release date. Well, the people who will take note of the exact minute of the song's premiere are most likely the same who already know the album's release date, no?
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Post by cool2themaxx on Oct 18, 2009 15:53:18 GMT -5
The confusion of having it at an odd time makes people talk about it and/or remember because its not the norm.
I learned something similar to this in my psychology class.
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Post by vinyl on Oct 18, 2009 15:57:46 GMT -5
My point is I'm not sure people outside music boards will even know about the time at which it premieres unless the radio station repeats it every other hour for weeks.
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Post by 👑 Eloquent ™ on Oct 18, 2009 16:34:43 GMT -5
Well, the people who will take note of the exact minute of the song's premiere are most likely the same who already know the album's release date, no? Apparently not as proven by the last few posts (where people had no idea it was the album's release date until being reminded aka it gets people talking), no?
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Post by vinyl on Oct 18, 2009 16:59:09 GMT -5
Well, the people who will take note of the exact minute of the song's premiere are most likely the same who already know the album's release date, no? Apparently not as proven by the last few posts (where people had no idea it was the album's release date until being reminded aka it gets people talking), no? But these people knew what the release date was; it's all over the thread. The link is just not all that obvious. It's a cute idea, but I think it's more about aestheticism than promotion, lol.
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Post by 👑 Eloquent ™ on Oct 18, 2009 17:02:19 GMT -5
It's a cute idea, but I think it's more about aestheticism than promotion, lol. I think it works in both respects.
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Post by K. on Oct 18, 2009 18:28:57 GMT -5
OMG I'M SO EXCITED!
I've been disappointed by all my fav returning pop artists for the past year though. Hopefully Rihanna will break the trend.
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Post by Mpol on Oct 19, 2009 7:44:16 GMT -5
Why hasn't this leaked already!? Tomorrow yes?
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Post by H.A.T.E.U. on Oct 19, 2009 8:15:15 GMT -5
Britney didn't leak, GaGa didn't leak. So i doubt this will leak also. Kinda annoying when it dosen't leak lol
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Post by georgian on Oct 19, 2009 8:30:34 GMT -5
Tomorrow is the big day!
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Post by Mpol on Oct 19, 2009 8:43:56 GMT -5
Huh!? Britney leaked ages ago unless you're talking about the video. Bad Romance just premiered on radio and this is to come out soon. I was just pointing out my desire to listen to this song.
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