First, we would like to thank you all for submitting comments for a chance to win this album. We would also like to thank TheProphetBlog.net & RihannaDaily.com for promoting the giveaway as well.

The selection was completely random; no one was favored.

And the winner is…

FREYJA

I love rihanna and I’ve always respected her, but now I have so much more respect for her and her music. Her albums are all so different and great, I think she’s really good at making all her albums unique & different from each other. I’ve always wanted an album with her and her music is unbelieveable. But theres something about this album that I really love and I can’t wait to get my hands on it ! I also love Rihanna’s fashion. She’s incredible. I really admire her and look up to her not just as an artist but just as a human being. I would LOVE to recieve this CD. It would be amazing :-]

I love that Rihanna always looks at the bright side of life, and lives her life to the fullest !
That’s what I always try to do with my life and with her music in it ! :-]

Congratulations! No worries, there will be more giveaways for different albums in the future.

Despite the forced acting abilities of Rihanna this video is very impressive. The thumping bass matched with the visuals make our hearts race as we anticipate the next occurrence in the video. The video climaxes with ‘Psycho-esque’ scenes (You see Rihanna about to die but her death is not actually shown so you can only assume that she’s now dead). We love the scene of Rihanna in the open field with the car charging towards her; very grandeur. The video bleeds all things over-the-top but it works for this type of song. APPROVED!

It’s a Friday the 13th morning and Def Jam must be doing everything in their power right about now as the retail Rated R has leaked. With that occurrence, this will be the last song from track list that we post; “Rude Boy,” written by Ester Dean.

This is one of the standouts of Rated R. When listening to it, it doesn’t sound as vulgar as the lyrics make it out to be. Using a handful of car references like “Giddy up. Give it to me baby. Give it to me harder. Buckle up,” Rihanna is out on the town looking for rough and wild guy who can take control of her sexually. Sad as it may be, this is one of the very few upbeat songs on the album; it’s a fun and fresh track.

Rihanna – Rude Boy

Rihanna took on her inner wildcat as she posed for the album packaging shoot for Rated R with photographer Ellen von Unwerth.

This video is just priceless. People can finally see that the girl really does have a personality and a fiery but fun one at that. “You like” in her German voice over, too cute. Anyway, just go ahead and watch the video before you get bored of reading more Rihanna admiration.

After the album preview, comes the leaks of the full songs. First up is “Cold Case Love” which is the Justin Timberlake & Rob Knox contribution to Rated R.

This song was one of the few that we really liked after hearing the album snippets. The song is quite long, coming in at a full 6:09. Timberlake and Knox do their best imitation of Timbaland with the production; starts off with organs then progresses with a heavy drum rhythm and electric guitar riff. This is one of the many “deep” ballads from Rihanna on the album and it’s apparent that her vocals have improved. Listen to the album preview…

Rihanna – Cold Case Love

It’s hard to keep up with Ms. Fenty nowadays. Anyone who runs a fansite for Rihanna will be working as hard as any blogger out there.

When “The Wait Is Ova” appeared on her site all of her record execs were saying when she appears again musically everything is going to happen fast and that it has. From the build up of interviews, the never ending paparazzi, and just the overall media blitz, it’s all flashing too quickly before our eyes.

So in light of this Rihanna overload she has been revealing more and more about her album. In an interview with the Associated Press yesterday she stated:

My album is so deep… I walked out the studio trying not to be in tears. [SOURCE]

She’s going on about how she is making the music she would want to hear and what not which is cool because she isn’t the newbie 16 year old who hit the scene back in 2005. anymore. But it seems Rihanna is really showing a whole new side musically that may end up leaving behind her younger fans.

Elliott Wilson, CEO of RapRadar.com, sat in L.A. Reids’ office today for a listening of Rated R where it’s apparent Rihanna has erased all streaks of sunshine:

“Giddy up. Give it to me baby. Give it to me harder. Buckle up.”… “I like the way you pull my hair”. Woah. Ok, I’m blushin’. Think she says “muthafuckin’”. Really potty mouth on this disc. She’s such a fuckin’ lady.

“Gangsta For Life,”… “I’m ready to roll”. “We don’t play that shit nigga?” [SOURCE]

Rihanna sure is lettin’ lose and of course there is nothing wrong with her saying and doing things of that nature; she’s a mature woman now. It’s just so strange that she’s changing so quickly.

Lastly, look at the cover for the second official single, “Hard” featuring Young Jeezy. It’s so sexed up and slutty. It really gives the illusion that she is nude, at first glance. Where does this image fit in with her “deep” album theme? The biggest surprise is that her label isn’t holding her on a leash to keep completely safe. I guess when you reach a certain level of fame you really can do anything. Is anyone else noticing how dangerously famous Rihanna is becoming? Y’know, the type of fame that  affected Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, etc… Only time will tell…

Have we told you how much we love you, our viewers? Well if we haven’t, we really do. That’s why we want to show you all a little of our appreciation by doing our first giveaway. We thought, what would be a great first give away and then it clicked… Rated R. The album seems to be in high demand and we know some, or even more, of you will want it. Here’s how to win:

DETAILS

• Starting now, leave a comment giving us a brief statement saying you want this album and why.
• The giveaway will be open until 12am EST Saturday Nov. 21, 2009.
• The winner will then be randomly selected from the group of comments.
• On Monday, November 23, 2009 the winner will be announced.
• At that time we will collect the winner’s shipping address.

NOTE: This giveaway will not be biased, multiple comment posts will not increase your chances of winning and the contest is open to all readers; INTERNATIONAL. Also, view Rihanna’s appearance today on The Alexa Chung show…

From the countless appearances this girl will be making in the upcoming weeks to the many leaks from her, WE ALL shall be tired of Rihanna before time. Hot97, about an hour ago, premiered another song from Rated R. This time it’s “Hard” feat. Young Jeezy.

Out of the three songs we’ve heard so far from this era, this is the best one. It’s probably safe to say that Rihanna has her signature on every EH, YAY, YEH, YEA, EY, AY, etc… you understand. Jeezy does his thing on the track and even takes a shot at Gucci Mane, “Louis Mane.” What else is new? This is another song where Rihanna will probably grab her crotch and do the gunshot fingers while she bounces and bops across the scene.

Download audio file (Rihanna-Hard-feat.-Young-Jeezy-thecsperspective.com.mp3)

Rihanna – Hard feat. Young Jeezy (CDQ)

It’s a bit of info on the “visual artist”; television/event appearances, pre-order on iTunes and the final track list of the album:

- The video for “Wait Your Turn” will premiere tomorrow, Nov. 3, on RihannaNow.com

- Rated R will go up for Pre-Order on iTunes tomorrow, Nov. 3.

- The video premiere of “Russian Roulette” will premiere on Nov. 13 on 20/20 on the ABC network.

- Rihanna did a cover and photo spread for Glamour magazine’s “Women Of the Year” issue to be released this week. She will also attend the event forthe magaizine next Monday, Nov. 9.

- Also, on Nov. 9 she will make an appearance on MTV’s “The Alexa Chung Show” at 3:30pm EST.

View track list…

1. Mad House
2. Wait Your Turn
3. Hard featuring Jeezy
4. Stupid In Love
5. ROCKSTAR 101 featuring Slash
6. Russian Roulette
7. Fire Bomb
8. Rude Boy
9. Photographs featuring will.i.am
10. G4L
11. Te Amo
12. Cold Case Love
13. The Last Song

Here’s a surprise for you all on this Halloween Day. The second single, “Wait Your Turn (The Wait Is Ova)”, from Rihanna’s Rated R has leaked via The Real Crystal Crew.

What’s goin’ on RiRi? The song is pretty good but still, we’re waiting to be blown away. Well, at least we can say Rihanna hasn’t lost all of her island flavor because the accent is still there, at least in the style she sings. The song is dark, gritty with subtle rock influences. Lyrically, the song is about inspiration; pushing onward to be a champion. All in all we’re not impressed too much with Rihanna this era so far but we’re still looking forward to the album.

Download audio file (Rihanna-The-Wait-Is-Ova-thecsperspective.com.mp3)

Rihanna – Wait Your Turn (The Wait Is Ova)

“We went for dinner in a nice restaurant… and there were 20 people around the table and she toasted and said yea “Thanks to Chase and Status for being the backbone of the album.”

“Everything we’ve done has got that kind of edge to it but it’s coupled with that pop sensibility; structure, song arrangements and some chords. We’ve got our trademark; big beats, big bass and it’s all 140 BPM, it’s not the Drum N Bass… She sounds fantastic on the tracks as well.”

“Lots of attitude, I think she really wants to comeback with some attitude and this album is gonna make her a really serious artist… Can’t wait to hear it.” [SOURCE]

Hype alone has pumped us up for this album but Chase & Status is def. the icing on the cake; “big bass”, say no more. It’s no surprise their sound will have a “pop sensibility” because they want radio friendly music. We just hope the sound isn’t watered down too much. The only thing we can say is that everyone who’s worked on this album is saying how great it’s gonna be and what a great “artist” Rihanna is yet they’ve only heard their contributed material. They haven’t  even heard what’s going to be on the completed album. Just how we are excited, the producers/writers seem to be equally excited that they’re working on such a big project.

So, let’s get right into it. Did “Russian Roulette” live up to the monstrous hype? In a nutshell, NO. Is it a good song, YES.

Of course it’s the typical situation, when something is hyped to great extremes and 90% of the time it never lives up to it. This is the case with “Russian Roulette”, written and produced by Ne-Yo. We already engraved into our minds that the song would not reach the caliber of “Umbrella” but our main gripe with the song not meeting the expectations… All this year we’ve been viewing non-stop, almost daily, paparazzi shots of Fenty and each time her style just kept evolving more and more into this dark and edgy being. Simply, we were expecting a loud, hi-energy, uptempo, edgy, instant #1 contender of a single, not an emotional ballad. We thought she would come out swinging with some unique and innovative sound.

Now let’s flip the script. We push aside all the previous hype and listen to the song on its own without any sort of distractions. The song is very good. It starts off with an electric guitar then switches gears into a heartbeat bass line. Rihanna comes in with her improved vocals and starts to sing about love, using the game of russian roulette as an analogy. She sings the song with such delicacy as it progresses into an apex. Implement Rihanna’s line “Soldiers, pull the trigger”, que the heartbeat bassline and BANG! There you have it and that’s Rihanna’s first offering. The song is giving us “Unfaithful” vibes and will surely go on to do well on the charts.

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The confirmation came that Rihanna’s new album will be entitled Rated R to be released November 23, 2009. The video for the single, “Russian Roulette”, will be directed by long-time collaborator Anthony Mandler and is set to premiere on ABC-TV.

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Rihanna – Russian Roulette