Rihanna Rated R [Explicit Content] (2 Lp's) Gatefold Jacket With Printed Inner Sleeve passing pop through a lens

passing pop through a lens tinged with RnB

Its seemingly innocuous lyric about a girl became a point of intense scrutiny as rumors of marijuana references wafted through a society fraught with generational conflict

This special release features their latest track

inevitably had to deal with seven-inchers made by independent record labels

Rihanna Rated R [Explicit Content] (2 Lp's) Gatefold Jacket With Printed Inner Sleeve passing pop through a lens"Russian Roulette," released weeks prior to Rated R, just hinted at Rihanna's sudden desire to provoke. Even with the realization that it is metaphorical, the song startles with its hesitant gasps, spinning cylinders, and verses that are glacially paced, where a cold piano line and the slight inflections in Rihanna's voice are front and center. And then there's an audible shudder followed by a discharged bullet the abrupt end to one of Rated R's most