35 Comments

1. Hope commented on November 20, 2009 @ 6:52 pm

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2. Rap* commented on November 20, 2009 @ 6:56 pm

hoTTTTTTTTTT Guys, Here is a snippet someone recorded of Hole In My Head…its soooo hoTTTT. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F84dAJCQVOk Its kinda Wait Your Turn ish

3. bodacious. commented on November 20, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

@rap thanks. type in _rihanna- hit click down in the middle of page where it ssys rihanna news–click on lifetime 20/20 to present half hour rihanna special , lifetime 20/20 nov 25, 2009..

4. Margaret commented on November 20, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

“Personaly I love the concept of this photoshoot (espacielly the picture with dolls) however I don’t feel it’s necessery to stand naked in every pic.” I agree with this sentence.

5. coMa R commented on November 20, 2009 @ 7:03 pm

@ Rap* WTF? That song really exists!? I tought it’s a joke about Russian Roulette! LMAO!!! is that a bonus track or what

6. maison martin margiela commented on November 20, 2009 @ 7:07 pm

Since I haven’t heard nothing, might as well skip the pics. Request people!!! Lets not let up. I guess I got to buy a copy from nokia. I need that hole in the head.

7. Rap* commented on November 20, 2009 @ 7:08 pm

LOL, yes it does exist. Its a bonus track when u buy it at Nokia’s Music Store.

8. vivienne commented on November 20, 2009 @ 7:15 pm

@MMM You are right. People don’t let up. Go to the forums and click on the request RR thread. REQUEST!!!!!!!!!REQUEST!!!!!!!!!REQUEST!!!!!!!! We have to get it back up on the charts. We need it to go up, not down.

9. TK-75523 commented on November 20, 2009 @ 7:18 pm

Yeah, why the heck stand naked on nearly all the shots man? I know she covering the VERY private parts, but WHAT SO?! What so?! and smoking and shit like that. don’t care if it’s fake or not! WHAT SO?! WHAT SO?! and with the horns and all that! “That’s the Devil, they always wanna dance” where is this music coming to? smoking showing of her side that’s sexy, but ruined by that shit thing! I love Rihanna, but I DON’T love that ___________ b!tch s*it going on here! I’m beeing a bit hard. But if she can talk like that so can I. gonna cut it down now. Nice photos & VERY nice girl, but I don’t like the concept. Peace I’m out for now!

10. Travis commented on November 20, 2009 @ 7:19 pm

I agree with the naked part too. I know this is Rated R but damn if we wanted to see her naked…………..yeah

11. Hope commented on November 20, 2009 @ 7:26 pm

I like most of the artwork they are bold, confident, but it’s gotten to the point like Rihanna we have seen it all, we get it, you are fearless, bold, e.t.c, but there are so many kinds of sexy, but this is becoming rather ho-ish, I ean the shot were it’s just her Backside, it’s like Ok. the only plus side I can see about the album artwork, it sends a clear message, that rihanna’s music is now pretty much mostly for the 18 and up strictly.

12. Woahx3 commented on November 20, 2009 @ 7:30 pm

I agree, it’s just too much nude. But, nevertheless, the album is great. I’m buying for sure.

13. vivienne commented on November 20, 2009 @ 7:32 pm

Rihanna is sexy. The sem-nude pictures don’t bother me at all. If this was a dude standing around half-naked in his album shots, nobody would be saying, ‘OMG!!!!!!!!!! Please, cover up. You are showing too much.’ Who the fuck cares? The way some picture react to nudity is crazy. She has a vay jay jay and breast. Every woman has them, this is not new. Get over it. She can’t show us anything we haven’t seen already. So, I support her all the way.

14. Ruben commented on November 20, 2009 @ 7:36 pm

Commit yourselves to the movement.

15. Margaret commented on November 20, 2009 @ 7:45 pm

I like the concept, this “Rated R” album so photos should be Rated R but the way they expressed it is just way too easy for me. Nudity isn’t the only way to show that something is rated r. I expected something more creative, more artistic and less obvious.

16. not a stan commented on November 20, 2009 @ 8:08 pm

shouldn’t we have bought it.

17. Kat commented on November 20, 2009 @ 8:12 pm

I love all the photos. Yes, this is Ellen Von Unwerth work and I think if I’m not mistaken Rihanna said she was inspired by Helmut Newton as well. These aren’t just naked pictures or half naked pictures at that, a lot of these pictures have symbolism in them and are greatly inspired. That’s why I’m so in love with these pictures. I love it when an artist pays attention to the little details. I hardly ever notice the nudity until someone else mentions it LOL

18. Racquel commented on November 20, 2009 @ 8:23 pm

I like it, the only pic i dont like is the horns pic, but other than that I like it. What I got from it was her concept for the album. Remember the name of the album is Rated R which to me means that she combined two types of Rated R movies-both horror flims and movies with sexual content to make her album booklet, so with this in mind it does not bother me at all, because RiRi got into character for her movie: Rated R(Rihanna) A booklet is not going to stop me from buying my favorite singer’s album.

19. vivienne commented on November 20, 2009 @ 8:28 pm

@Kat That’s what I was saying. Nudity doesn’t bother me that’s why I barely even noticed it. It wasn’t until everybody was talking about it that I went back and took a second look. And, I still don’t see what the big deal it. Being someone who loves and study photography and art, I can appreciate where she was going with these shots. It will be hard for some to get because people don’t know how to look deeper than the surface to find the true meaning of something.

20. vivienne commented on November 20, 2009 @ 8:30 pm

I don’t even care about the booklet. I just wish the lyrics were included.

21. lilly commented on November 20, 2009 @ 8:52 pm

Rihanna is starting to be a really bad girl she needs to cut it out lol

22. Rap* commented on November 20, 2009 @ 9:02 pm

In what pic, are the horns?

23. HaHa commented on November 20, 2009 @ 9:21 pm

@vivienne .. like really !! .. The booklet is all about the writers ‘n’ produzers of the record !! .. REALLY LAME .. Ima turn into a ‘fuck that shit’ .. if this doesn’t do any better .. .. !! .. like .. READ THE SHIT !! .. I’m a NAGGER .. posting that !! ..

24. Dummemore commented on November 20, 2009 @ 10:54 pm

RIhanna is mocking what people have said about her and the nude photos that released. The Horns represents the bloggers stating she had hors growing out of her head when the tmz pictures surfaced….

25. goodgirlstaysgood commented on November 20, 2009 @ 11:27 pm

i know ur point vivienne.. but i juz hope there will be more pic where she is naked..i know its art but i would love to see she cover up more too coz i think she’s so beautiful and very edgy she doesnt need to be naked to make the pic more art-worthy..i juz think she will nail it even clothes all over her body covering her shape..but like you, i wish the lyrics were included..lol..

26. goodgirlstaysgood commented on November 20, 2009 @ 11:29 pm

oppps..sorry..i meant to say i wish to see more pic of her where she is not naked..lol.. but the booklet is major hot and the album gonna be the best this year! it rock!

27. Racquel commented on November 21, 2009 @ 12:41 am

@Dummemore, I would have never thought of it towards the whole TMZ picture that was leaked. I now have a new view on the pic: and that’s how I’m going to look at it from now on!!!, and it goes hand in hand with what you say, I think you answered a lot of people’s questions on why she had horns, though I never thought of it as demonic, like some people r assumeing. Thanks for the facts.

28. TakeABow2 commented on November 21, 2009 @ 1:02 am

@Dummemore I too think that some of the photos are mocking all of the foolishness that has been said about Rih over the past nine months. i.e. the photo of her holding a camera topless and the horns one. Rihanna is really making a statement with this entire project.

29. Corrine commented on November 21, 2009 @ 1:46 am

yes, actually the entire cover and inside photos seemed like she was both mocking everything said about her and owning it and throwing it back in people’s faces. Notice how that one photo of her holding the camera looks familiar? It’s because it’s designed to look like the leak photo where she’s taking a pic in mirror. This time, however, Rihanna’s taking a pic of US, the viewers. She is saying ‘what is the problem people? You loved seeing my naked pictures when they weren’t supposed to be for your eyes and you knew they weren’t, But when I control my own pictures and am not being taken advantage of, you all suddenly think it’s bad? So looking at me nude is cool if I’m the victim (of pics leaking) but not when I am in control?” She’s calling out folks as hypocrites. Even the cover shot has her covering her eye and pouting. This whole project is about her owning what happened to her in her own way. that is why I find it so fearless

30. RG commented on November 21, 2009 @ 2:05 am

@Corrine- great interpretation of the photo shoot.

31. OMG commented on November 21, 2009 @ 2:34 am

WELL RIHANNA’S MUSIC IS FOR ADULTS 18 AND UP NOW. IF YOU ARE YOUNGER YOU ARE NOT GONNA UNDERSTAND. CHRISTINA AGUILERA DID IT BACK IN ‘02. TRYING TO GET RID OF THE KIDS THAT WERE LISTENING TO HER MUSIC. SHE WANTED TO BE SEEN AS AN ADULT. THIS IS WHAT RIHANNA IS DOING. THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS/TEENS THAT LISTEN TO HER MUSIC. THIS MAY PUT THEM OFF BUT ADULTS WILL FLOCK TO HER MUSIC AS WELL AS THE 16 AND 17 YEAR OLD CROWD. ANYWAYS I AM A FEMALE SO IM PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GET THE PHYSICAL COPY. I DON’T FEEL THE NEED TO SEE RIRI NAKED.

32. goofee commented on November 21, 2009 @ 3:26 am

I don’t even know if the booklet lets you know anything about her past months but I feel that Def Jam or whoever she’s under contract with right now is trying to capitalize on nudity. Don’t get me wrong I think she’s quite hot and everything but if you look at how she went from Pon de Replay to Umbrella – constantly topping the charts the last years – and how there has hardly been any news in the past months I believe this is mostly a push to get her back into business. Also I don’t like how they release two or three singles off of the album at once. I believe they barely made it into the Billboard Top 100.

33. Margaret commented on November 21, 2009 @ 5:48 am

@ Dummemore and Corrine. I agree with your interpretations and I know every picture probably have some hidden message behind it but I still think that there is no reason for Rihanna to be half-naked in almost every picture. I think that some type of nudity should be in this project but shouldn’t be the main focus of the project. Generally I don’t think this photo shoot is bad but I just think it could be better and less predictable.

34. luly_aguanteriri commented on November 21, 2009 @ 4:00 pm

=D

35. gentiana commented on November 22, 2009 @ 9:46 am

go, go, go rihanna HQ photos are so beautiful, I have taken so rihanna TE AMO.Rihanna in the 7 photo as you scribble i may be dumb but, I’m not in love this is so stupid even I have the system written in e-mail in the nick is already fit and blide recruitment into this Word jja rihanna I love the photo so I know of do next if you do not worry ok scribble read your fan not schtich

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