Rihanna
Rated R

After the much-publicized Chris Brown debacle, an older (she's 21, but sounds wiser) Rihanna bounces back with a grim, hard album that can only be des...

After her much-publicized drama with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, an older (she's 21 but sounds wiser) Rihanna bounces back with a grim, hard album that ...

Rated R should be among the best albums of the year, not just because Rihanna has transformed herself into a bona fide pop goddess, but because, well,...

There’s no pussyfooting around the subject of Rihanna’s fourth album. Rated R is about the pain of love—specifically and deliberatel...

Rihanna is back with her new album Rated R. Lead single 'Russian Roulette' set to sombre theme, and it get much brighter on the rest of the album, al...

Before we begin, let’s get this straight: this is not a record about Chris Brown. It is a record influenced by Chris Brown, but it’s not about him. In...

Look, it’s not as if there were a song where she says, “Chris Brown, you chicken-shit motherfucker, your ass is gonna pay.” But you don’t have to list...

There was an exact moment when Rihanna stopped being a milquetoast pop automaton and started to establish a persona unto herself. It wasn't "Umbrella"...

Beaten by her boyfriend earlier this year until her face was a swollen mass of cuts and bruises, Rihanna saw perceptions of her transformed in an inst...

It's fair to say that there's a good deal of baggage accompanying this fourth album in just five years. In fact, like a suitcase that's careening arou...