Rihanna Music Lyrics

Rihanna is one of the world’s loveliest women and one of the most soulful singers of the modern generation.  Despite having some headline making problems in her relationships, she still manages to give great concerts and do humanitarian work all over the world.  Her musical style is almost as provocative and popular as her pop idol appearance.  Physically, you could compare her to Janet Jackson, another pop star with an edgy sense of fashion and sex appeal.

Musically speaking, she can be quite flexible, depending on the theme of her album or concert.  After all, she was originally marketed as a reggae singer when she debuted in 2005.  She has also been known as a contemporary singer, an R&B artist, a dance pop sensation and even a Caribbean-style rock star.  Some critics called her album Music of the Sun “Caribbean-inflected urban.”  It’s safe to say that not everyone, besides her hardcore fan base, was pleased by this image, especially since it provoked comparisons to Beyonce or even (gasp!) Britney Spears.

She really started to change her image and musical direction with her third album release.  This collection of songs contained fresher, up tempo dance tracks, dance music combined with “soul.”  This is the time when her music started to evolve from bubble gum princess to pop rock woman.  Songs and lyrics like Kisses Don't Lie and Shut Up and Drive earned better reviews and helped to elevate her status.  Concerts like Good Girl Gone Bad and songs like Unfaithful also helped to urbanize Rihanna and make her more accessible to the mainstream.  She earned more positive reviews for works like We Ride (sometimes misspelled We Raid) and Take a Bow.

The Star Tribune stated that modern <b>Rihanna lyrics</b> recalls the best of Madonna and Janet Jackson.  They publication also called her a “Video vixen of the 1990s.”  Her music videos also garnered some acclaim, and were called “cinematic…full of lush island rhythms, swinging pop and mischievous sensuality” by publications like InStyle.  She even garnered comparisons to the greats like Marilyn Monroe (for Hate That I Love You) and Michael Jackson for her Disturbia video.

Rihanna not only made a name for herself musically and artistically, but achieved that very-difficult status of “sex symbol.”  Not even girl power icons like Oprah or Martha Stewart can claim they are taken seriously by both Forbes and Maxim Magazine!  Take a bow indeed, Rihanna dear.