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Rihanna - "Good Girl Gone Bad"
by William Ashanti Hobbs
author and co-owner of Meroen
Press
February 2007
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Though she is the voice of slumber parties for fickle
lip-glossed suburban cheerleaders, or sorority girls
with pink or lavender IMacs, Rihanna is positioned
for the long haul. "Good Girl Gone Bad"
places Barbados' favorite daughter in a more distinctive,
matured style, free of the scattershot approach
of the first
two albums. "Rehab" adds the moody introspection
that makes such a female singer, but don't expect
a string of lovesick slow songs.
"Good Girl Gone Bad" is more kinetic
and aggressive, courtesy of dance grooves like
"Breakin' Dishes." The Michael Jackson-sampled,
perfumed thump of the
house-fused "Don't Stop the Music" will
have drag queens knocking people over to pose
and strut under strobe lights. Jay-Z keeps the
world from forgetting
him with a guest appearance in the popular "Umbrella"
(the remix, featuring Virginia's own Chris Brown
is even more enjoyable).
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Though she is the voice of slumber parties for
fickle lip-glossed suburban cheerleaders, or sorority
girls with pink or lavender IMacs, Rihanna is
positioned for the long haul. "Good Girl
Gone Bad" places Barbados' favorite daughter
in a more distinctive, matured style, free of
the scattershot approach of the first
two albums. "Rehab" adds the moody introspection
that makes such a female singer, but don't expect
a string of lovesick slow songs.
"Good Girl Gone Bad" is more kinetic
and aggressive, courtesy of dance grooves like
"Breakin' Dishes." The Michael Jackson-sampled,
perfumed thump of the
house-fused "Don't Stop the Music" will
have drag queens knocking people over to pose
and strut under strobe lights. Jay-Z keeps the
world from forgetting
him with a guest appearance in the popular "Umbrella"
(the remix, featuring Virginia's own Chris Brown
is even more enjoyable).
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