Rihanna ‘Unapologetic’/‘Anti’ SYNC LISTEN (25/11 @ 9:45pm)

Mmm do what you got to do
Keep me up all night
Hurting vibe and it hurts INSIDE
When I look you in your eye!

FILTH
 
I always forget how effortlessly brilliant, blissful and elegant Kiss It Better it. One of her best songs ever. It's so sexy.

08 Consideration
06 James Joint
10 Kiss It Better
 
Jark said:
I've forgotten the details so I'll look it up but it was something like: SZA was in the same building and got asked if she wanted to play some songs for Rihanna. so she was like YES of course but someone said to her "don't play the ones you want to keep" :D which she did anyway and sure enough Rihanna snatched up Consideration for herself. thrifty queen.
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as her album opener no less. :D
 
RJN said:
08 Consideration
07 James Joint
10 Kiss It Better - Why wasn't this a hit? Was it even a single?

Love the lyrics, melody, production, vibe. One of those songs where the verses are the strongest part
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I think they released "KIss it Better" and another song at the same time ("Needed You" maybe???), which I think hurt its chances. It's also a pop/rock hybrid which I don't think traditionally does well at radio, at least not in 2016.
 
I remember everyone being underwhelmed by Work at the time and a lot of noise around more than 50% of the lyrics being the word "work" :eyes:

It's a genius song honestly. another superb Drake collab too - they gelled so well. shame they fell out.

08 Consideration
06 James Joint
10 Kiss It Better
10 Work
 
"Work" is a bit like Riri on autopilot but it's alright. I can see why it was huge.
 
POP! said:
I think they released "KIss it Better" and another song at the same time ("Needed You" maybe???), which I think hurt its chances. It's also a pop/rock hybrid which I don't think traditionally does well at radio, at least not in 2016.
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I remember reading in some forum that Needed Me was the bigger hit because it had more chances, it also got added to more radio stations including adult AC, Rhythmic, Urban, Pop, etc; whereas Kiss It Better only was added to Pop stations.
 
08 Consideration
07 James Joint
10 Kiss It Better
10 Work
10 Desperado

I loved when Desperado was used in Girls. It so empowering (for me) because of that. Its really grown on me.

Work I loved at the time and still love. Remember when Drake could be fun!
 
Pipo said:
I remember reading in some forum that Needed Me was the bigger hit because it had more chances, it also got added to more radio stations including adult AC, Rhythmic, Urban, Pop, etc; whereas Kiss It Better only was added to Pop stations.
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I never got the logic of releasing two songs at once even if they aren't competing on the same formats. It didn't work with "Rockstar 101" and "California King Bed'" and it didn't work here either. "Needed Me" eventually did well regardless though.
 
Desperado is my long-time fave from this record (recently surpassed but we'll come to that later). This is one for the "should've been a single" thread.

God it's so DIRTY. such a filthy bassline. no idea what the lyrics are about but "desperado... sittin' in an old Monte Carlo" is some BEAUT imagery. an absolutely PRISTINE bop.

08 Consideration
06 James Joint
10 Kiss It Better
10 Work
10 Desperado
 
07 Consideration
06 James Joint
10 Kiss it Better
06 Work
05 Desperado
 
Desperado has 187m streams which is very impressive for an album track. Anti was the most streamed female album on Spotify for a while if memory serves, she effortlessly made the transition - the break from Unapologetic definitely had people GAGGING for more.
 
POP! said:
I never got the logic of releasing two songs at once even if they aren't competing on the same formats. It didn't work with "Rockstar 101" and "California King Bed'" and it didn't work here either. "Needed Me" eventually did well regardless though.
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Didn't Rihanna do this with EVERY single campaign of hers? She knew she had to cater to every format besides every country, so she was releasing singles/videos per month!
 
Pipo said:
Didn't Rihanna do this with EVERY single campaign of hers? She knew she had to cater to every format besides every country, so she was releasing singles/videos per month!
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God American radio is so shit
 
now we've come to the strangely BLEAK midsection of the album. Woo is very OMINOUS. I feel like I'm about to be KNIFED in the street. well joke's on them cos I ain't GOT NO MONEY! HA!

08 Consideration
06 James Joint
10 Kiss It Better
10 Work
10 Desperado
08 Woo
 
08 Consideration
07 James Joint
10 Kiss It Better
10 Work
10 Desperado
05 Woo

Filler
 
Pipo said:
Didn't Rihanna do this with EVERY single campaign of hers? She knew she had to cater to every format besides every country, so she was releasing singles/videos per month!
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Singles like "You Da One" she quickly ditched because they didn't immediately connect, but generally I think she stuck to one single at a time collabs notwithstanding...
 
08 Consideration
07 James Joint
10 Kiss It Better
10 Work
10 Desperado
05 Woo
10 Needed Me

This was everyone in the US at the time, but it doesn't seem to have really happened in the UK. I bet it would have done better if Spotify was a bigger part of the charts then.

Despite not having a melody, it is so catchy?
 
07 Consideration
06 James Joint
10 Kiss it Better
06 Work
05 Desperado
02 Woo
 
Needed Me is so dreary :D still baffled that it was so huge. it does get going a bit as it goes on and I love that hit list line. I think you have to be properly blazed to appreciate it properly though.

08 Consideration
06 James Joint
10 Kiss It Better
10 Work
10 Desperado
08 Woo
07 Needed Me
 
"Needed You" seemed to influence a plethora of imitators. Halsey "Now or Never" springs to mind...
 
07 Consideration
06 James Joint
10 Kiss it Better
06 Work
05 Desperado
02 Woo
09 Needed Me
 
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