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In your opinion, does Rihanna have any good pop songs? + Bonus Rumor

First off, this is not rating her as a songwriter, since she doesn't write songs.

Second, this is not rating her as a celebrity or personality.

While, on balance, I don't like Rihanna's music and find it mostly annoying, I do think she has some good pop songs under her belt:





Namely, "Only Girl" and "Don't Stop the Music"...

And "Disturbia" is pretty good, but not great. Good roller-rink song.

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Here's the Bonus Rumor. Her YouTube videos have a bunch of comments on how she just died in a car accident. I assume it's BS. If it isn't, then this thread has somehow scooped Google News.

(It's not true)
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Here's a good article describing the songwriting process for records like Rihanna's:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2..._fact_seabrook
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I like some of her singles and appearances on others, but I wouldn't consider myself a big fan.
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Re: In your opinion, does Rihanna have any good pop songs? + Bonus Rumor

There was a remix of Disturbia on one of the DJ Hero games. That was pretty good...

Otherwise... meh.
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I liked her more in the beginning:



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"Don't Stop the Music" is the one song of hers I can actually listen to and don't need to see her half naked to enjoy it.

"Pon De Replay" was almost from another person. It was real early in her career and heavily Bajan influenced. You'll never hear that song again.
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I'm a fan of Only Girl (in the world), but mostly because of the Xiu Xiu cover. I do enjoy when I hear the original on the radio at work though. Other than that, not much of a fan. Plus, I feel We Found Love has a very anticlimactic build up. Total let down when the beat doesn't get crazy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tap5nf3GQEY
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Good roller-rink song.
You have a slow internet connection. Your post from 1978 just popped up now.
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Another vote for Pon De Replay. Good stuff.
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She does have some good pop songs.
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Amazing this was 7 years ago. Man she was cute. She's wrecking herself with her partying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEauWw9ZGrA
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Re: In your opinion, does Rihanna have any good pop songs? + Bonus Rumor

I like "Umbrella"
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Not my typical music I listen to, but I have heard some remixes on BPM on XM radio.

Umbrella and S&M are the two that I did like.
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Man Down is a great track
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-She's hot
-The lyrics are often catchy, hooky, and memorable
-The final produced versions of her songs are bombasticly noisy and repetitive "We Found Love" being the penultimate example.

Verdict: Unlistenable, but I'd like to hear the demos.

...and I like Umbrella.
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In addition to the songs already mentioned, Hard and Where Have You Been are good.
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Re: In your opinion, does Rihanna have any good pop songs? + Bonus Rumor

Umbrella, We Found Love, Don't Stop The Music, Where Have You Been a few others are fine pop songs.

Nothing great, not future HOF-worthy, I don't find her much of an artist, but as a pop star, there are worse, although I do think getting back with Chris Brown makes her a horrible role model for little girls.

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