Rihanna - Anti

[Jark]

This album turned 3 years old this week.



Seems to be widely considered her best work to date, but did she kiss your playlist better or was it same ol', same ol' mistakes?

00 Consideration ft. SZA
00 James Joint
00 Kiss It Better
00 Work ft. Drake
00 Desperado
00 Woo
00 Needed Me
00 Yeah, I Said It
00 Same Ol' Mistakes
00 Never Ending
00 Love On The Brain
00 Higher
00 Close to You

00 Sex With Me

 

[ameraal]

i had completely lost interest in her at this point.
kiss it better is still one of the best things she's done and work is a classic, but apart from that i didn't care about any of it.

sidebar: needed me is one of the most overrated songs of the last few years.

 

[Pipo]

09 Consideration ft. SZA
07 James Joint
11 Kiss It Better
10 Work ft. Drake
08 Desperado
06 Woo
07 Needed Me
07 Yeah, I Said It
10 Same Ol' Mistakes
?? Never Ending
10 Love On The Brain
06 Higher
06 Close to You

10 Sex With Me

I hoenstly cannot remember Never ending and I don't have time to revisit it right now. I'm still pissed Sex With Me was just a bonus

 

[Jark]

08 Consideration ft. SZA
06 James Joint
10 Kiss It Better
08 Work ft. Drake
10 Desperado
06 Woo
07 Needed Me
08 Yeah, I Said It
08 Same Ol' Mistakes
08 Never Ending
11 Love On The Brain
07 Higher
07 Close to You

10 Sex With Me

Individually it doesn't have that many songs I go back to a lot but those 3 highlights are seriously brilliant, all Rihanna classics, and I appreciate her pushing her ARTISTRY

 

[OutSynk]

Work is abysmal. Aside from that a very good album and her best.

 

[Sheena]

It so isn't her best - that's "Rated R", and don't get me started on leaving the best songs OFF it...

 

[ameraal]

It so isn't her best - that's "Rated R", and don't get me started on leaving the best songs OFF it...

agreed, though i did quite like gggb back in the day.

sidebar: i heard diamonds the other day and it took me a moment to recognise the song and then remember it was hers. still great, shame it feels strangely forgotten. around these parts anyway.

 

[Pipo]

Work might not be a good song but it works as a MOOD. It still goes off at clubs.

 

[Dark Carnival]

I like Work!

 

[Dark Carnival]

I haven't paid this album much attention though.

 

[POP!]

A bit patchy but a solid notch above Unapologetic which has some downright trash on it. I like it overall.

08 Consideration ft. SZA
07 James Joint - is this a proper song? pleasant though
10 Kiss It Better
08 Work ft. Drake
07 Desperado
04 Woo
08 Needed Me
05 Yeah, I Said It
08 Same Ol' Mistakes
07 Never Ending
09 Love On The Brain
03 Higher
06 Close to You

08 Sex With Me

 

[POP!]

^^ Meant to add that the James Blake Mix of "Sex with Me" is a 10 make no mistake

"You know I got the sauce
You know I'm SAUCE-AYYYYY
And it's always WET
A bitch never ever had to use lip gloss on it" *EDM meltdown*

It's absolutely DISGUSTING but so good

 

[Pipo]

si SAUCE euphemism for her SEMEN?

 

[AGinAg (37)]

WHERE IS SHE?

 

[octophone]

WHERE IS SHE?

 

[octophone]

Anyway, this whole era was absolute botch but one that SOMEONE had to make so that the wider industry could get some kind of hold on how the digital/streaming/buzz-and-grat-tracks market was going to function.

 

[Pipo]

WHERE IS SHE?

My guess (and from what she's tweeted) is that she found out it's easier to make shitloads of money pumping out a make up line and collaborating with Puma & ADIDAS every once in a while

 

[Cerro de Casa]

Work influenced Stefflon Don's Hurtin' Me and for that reason alone I love it.

And Anti is a fantastic album.

 

[Jark]

I've entered into a deep Rihanna phase and I think it's gonna last a while. I think she's basically the best popstar in the world - essentially (and apologies for the ridiculous and unnecessary comparison) the Madonna of this century. Phenomenal back catalogue, an aura of superstar utterly unparalleled. I made an essential Rihanna playlist, max tracks only, and it contains 45 songs. She's untouchable. (I've had a lot of wine.) I think she has a Ray of Light moment in her future, a body of work that will completely and unquestionably establish her as the most essential artist of our time. Fuck.