Marie Fortsch
2-3-12
Reviewing the Arts
“Talk
That Talk”
Boring is the perfect word to
describe Rihanna and her new album “Talk That Talk”. We Found Love could be an instant hit, it has DJ Calvin Harris in it
and talks about finding love in a hopeless place……been there done that. This whole album has the feel of been there
done that. Her last album had some edgy
songs like S&M but this album had
none of that. She tried (and failed) to
use a DJ in one of her songs like Nicki Minaji and other artists but We Found Love just sucked.
It’s catchy because she says the same thing over and over again. We get it Rihanna you found love in a
hopeless place. Talk That Talk you think would be good featuring Jay-Z but his rap isn’t
anything special. In one line he says “Had
it by a bladder, she like ‘oh I gotta pee’” Who wants to hear anything about
going to the bathroom when they are listening to music……no one. He also raps about “getting dome”, Jay-Z you
have officially stooped down to sounding like all the other trashy rappers in
the music biz. Rihanna tries to mix it up with slow and upbeat songs and even
has a “touching” love song called Farewell
but there is nothing “touching” about it. The whole album sounds the same,
each song blends into the next and not in a good way. Her last album had a lot more edgy songs and
they differentiated her from the other leading ladies in music right now. But this album knocked her down a few levels,
it’s all too safe. There is not one song
that makes you think “that was a risk”.
Her titles trick you into thinking this album will sound new and
fresh. She has a song called Birthday Cake which is a pretty cool
name. Rihanna, birthday, and a cake………sounds
pretty awesome but it wasn’t even close to being awesome it was again
BORING. Was she actually drunk when she
recorded Drunk on Love? It sure
sounds like it. Was everyone drunk when
she recorded this entire album? It sounds like they had no time and some random
person wrote the lyrics. Half of the
songs don’t even make sense. Even the
album cover is bad, just Rihanna licking her top lip and a fake tattoo that
says “Talk That Talk”……..original. If
you want to waste money and time then buy this album.
I like how you explain each song in the album and what she does in each track.
ReplyDeleteThere's a couple portions in your review where you could expand your argument with some more support. For instance, "each song blends into the next and not in a good way." You could expand a bit more on this idea with some description, perhaps.
ReplyDeleteVery entertaining and an easy read to understand
ReplyDeleteThis doesn't really make a lot of articulate points about why the songs are bad, it just insults the songs with general throwaway words like "boring" and "sucks". The only real point you made was that you were expecting the album to be "edgy" or "risky", and it wasn't.
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