Re: New Rihanna Mixtape!!!
I like
Rihanna Feat. Fabolous - First Time and i think "Hate That I Love You" is just ok for me. Rihanna's voice stands out to me on this track though, her voice has really matured. I don't think she blends well with Neyo's voice. And i don't like the "sexylove" sample throughout the song.
I am listening to Rihanna's interview from the Ryan Seacrest radio show. Ryan is hilarious trying to get into her personal business LOL.
I nearly cried towards the end of the interview because she is so sweet and she said that Jay Z said,
Good Girl Gone Bad, is the album that will make her or break her

and it "will determine if do this any longer"

. I love her spirit though because, she said nobody is going to break her, and that she is determined to make it

. She said she put her all into this album. She said she worked with
Timberland and
Justin Timberlake. She says the album track for track is incredible and she hopes her fans like her new sound.
I hope i like it too.
I don't know why Jay Z and Def Jam are putting so much pressure on Rihanna with this album, because they signed her to a 6 - 9 album deal and her last CD went platinum and she has won numerous awards all over the world, most recently 4 billboard awards besting Beyonce and Mary J Blige.
They need to not put so much presure on her because you could hear the sadness in her voice that this album will determine the rest of her young career.
Her accent is so cute and she is so down to earth. She flew up her 2 best friends from Barbados and even took them with her on tour but she said that they had to go back to school. One of them was in radio studio with her.
She said she doesn't really have a home base right now and literally has been living out of a suitcase and from hotel room to hotel room, but says, she is currently looking for residence in Los Angeles.