I’ve had a mixed view of Rihanna since she burst on to the scene last year with the hugely successful Umbrella. I know she’d been around before that (figuratively speaking) but I’d never heard of her.
At first, I rallied against the popularity, and found the song dull, and highly unoriginal. But it grew on me, […]
Okay, she might be neither British or “all weird” still, but she’s certainly changed since the time that Vogue came out, and seemed to be everywhere all at once.
This song was the Umbrella of its day, meaning you couldn’t go in a restaurant or shop without hearing it. Then you’d go to a club or […]
There I was, all ready and prepared to hate this song, because up to now I haven’t exactly been a fan of Rihanna’s music. But actually, I kind of like it. This woman must have some special powers of seduction.
I liked Umbrella as a song, at least for the first 50 times I heard it, […]
Wow, Janet Jackson has been away a while, and then comes back with this piece of shit. It wouldn’t be a bad song if it wasn’t for the vocoding/auto-tune effect all over it… what’s happened? Has Janet lost the ability to sing in tune by herself?
She’s done what I expected her to, which is look […]
Even though I’m not a big fan of R’n’B, I’ve always had a soft spot for Alicia Keys. She seems to be the best in her genre with more talent in her little finger than Rihanna has in her whole body.
This song is great, very much getting back to the grass roots sound of Alicia […]
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