Will she suck up big balls like her last album, Rated R, or will she return to what makes her good, if not lovingly tolerable? That's the question we are asking ourselves, those of us that sort of like (often dislike) Rihanna... now here's what's new! Check Only Girl (In the World) before you hear it on loop so much at bars that you want to shove a locust in your ear. Additionally, a big shout-out to Bryce (who sent me this track)! You rock my world!
And, now for what I really think.
OK, so Rihanna has a limited scope of talent. Some of her pluses are that she knows how to lend her talent to producers who understand the lowest common denominator of pop and how to sell it to the masses like CostCo sampler ladies, and that she understand that the only key she can sing in is often very pop-friendly. Those are fine. This track, judged on its own merits, is not terrible. It's not astounding or even novel in the least, but it's fine for now. Neither here nor there. Enjoy its fleeting popularity and move on to something of equal substance-lacking. Par for the course. So, enjoy!
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