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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on Apr 1, 2010 10:14:26 GMT -5
This is a lot catchier than "Photographs" and it also has a summer feel to it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2010 12:06:01 GMT -5
To me, this is no better than Alejandro garbage (sorry Gaga fans, I respect all the rest of your taste, haha!). Photographs is a really good song, it just needs Will I Am taken out.
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Post by Chains on Apr 1, 2010 12:18:16 GMT -5
I think this would be a better single. "Photographs" has too many tempo changes and sounds like a BEP leftover. This is steady and fresh at the same time and rides on the incoming summer months. It makes me feel like a getaway at the beach.
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Post by dperkins on Apr 1, 2010 12:54:42 GMT -5
I'm down with either this or Photographs, but I do think this could be a fantastic choice. It has summery vibe, and it flows nicely from Rude Boy to this.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2010 14:47:26 GMT -5
Watch them go with Stupid In Love in the U.S. Yuck.
That was the original plan for the third single (Photographs international/Stupid in Love in the states).
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Post by dperkins on Apr 1, 2010 14:49:00 GMT -5
Stupid In Love is f**king TERRIBLE!
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Post by Grenade on Apr 1, 2010 15:01:45 GMT -5
I think they are confused as to what to do next. They change the single and their plans like every day now. "Rude Boy" is a massive hit, but the only problem is there is nothing else like that on the album. They don't want to release any break-up songs, but "Photographs" was the "lightest" one out of all of them, plus having Will.i.Am on it certainly wouldn't hurt it. Maybe they're just testing this out to see what the response would be.
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Post by I'M ON ONE on Apr 1, 2010 15:16:50 GMT -5
She should have been in the studio recording 3-4 hot new jams, like she did with Disturbia and GGGB. Drop a new single end of April, and re-release the album sometime in July.
Either that, or they could have just ended the Rated R era on a high note with "Rude Boy", have her in the studio and release a brand new album in November, first single August or after Labor Day.
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Post by Grenade on Apr 1, 2010 15:19:41 GMT -5
There's a re-release planned for the end of the year. That, or an EP. But I'm glad she's releasing a fourth single.
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Post by CLEM on Apr 1, 2010 16:30:23 GMT -5
I wish this was the next single! This is my favorite Rihanna track of all time. haha
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Post by DaveZ35 on Apr 1, 2010 21:16:43 GMT -5
I definitely prefer this over "Photographs".
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Post by One More Time on Apr 2, 2010 20:45:31 GMT -5
i'm happy i <3 "Photographs" but i <3 this more
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Post by Grenade on Apr 3, 2010 0:46:44 GMT -5
4th single.
This is an awful choice IMO. The only logic that I can think of behind releasing this is:
1. They don't want a Chris Brown song. 2. They promised James Fauntleroy that he'd have a single from the album since he wrote on pretty much all the tracks.
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Post by Someone Like You on Apr 3, 2010 4:39:36 GMT -5
This song is okay. It just sounds like a single from A Girl Like Me, not Rated R, and it's boring.
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Post by irice22 on Apr 3, 2010 4:52:00 GMT -5
They better change their minds.
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on Apr 3, 2010 10:08:59 GMT -5
I don't get all the hate for this. I'm obviously not a fan of hers at ALL but I think this is pretty good. It's the same tempo as "Rude Boy," it's got some island influences again, and the synths during the hook make this mad catchy.
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Post by DAMAGED on Apr 3, 2010 10:44:35 GMT -5
This is a great summer song. She sounds so sexy on this.
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Post by notemoj on Apr 3, 2010 12:18:16 GMT -5
I'm glad they went with this over Photographs, Photographs sounds exactly like a BEP song to me. Replace Rihanna with Fergie, and you have a BEP song. And I'm over BEP, so...glad they went with this, although Fire Bomb would've been my choice, but this is good too.
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Post by dperkins on Apr 3, 2010 14:17:01 GMT -5
I LOVE this song and I think its a great choice.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2010 17:05:57 GMT -5
I just don't think it's all that catchy. It's yet another Take A Bow/Unfaithful. Another huge step back from Good Girl Gone Bad.
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Post by dperkins on Apr 3, 2010 17:20:15 GMT -5
Really? I think this is INCREDIBLY catchy.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2010 17:47:40 GMT -5
I think that the uninspired vocal (which is rare for her) on the chorus is what makes it so mundane for me...it takes away from the catchiness. I think this will be a moderate hit, but definitely not another Rude Boy. I think it'll have a similar run to Russian Roulette, with a little bit more shelf life and a longer climb.
I think "Fire Bomb" was the obvious follow-up.
Pitchfork hit this one on the head for me:
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Post by Dance In The Dark on Apr 3, 2010 18:35:13 GMT -5
So happy this is 4th. Thank God.
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Post by I'M ON ONE on Apr 3, 2010 23:41:33 GMT -5
I really love the reggaeton remix of this, it's HOT...adds some tempo to it...I highly doubt it, but I would love for them to send that version or a slightly uptempo version to radio...
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Post by Q on Apr 4, 2010 8:18:12 GMT -5
I don't really like this. One of her weakest singles.
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