I don't think about Rihanna much, but I am actually a long time fan, I have bought her Savage Fenty lingerie, recently, and been listening to her since 2005, when I heard her on Memphis Bleek 534
It's cool to think about the music as a background for your life, and I'm sure on some level, the artists love that. I can remember where I was listening to Umbrella for the first time, and how many times I played Hard back in 2009, for the Jeezy verse, sure, but I also loved Rated R, I was counting money listening to Hard, pretty sure I got my first Louie's to this song.
"ya ain't gotta believe me ask my momma and them, couldn't even come in my room, smell like a kilo look like me and two of my boys playing casino"
How much I still play Kiss It Better and Lovveee Song (also was fukking w/ Future way before most), even a failed single American Oxygen from 2015 got a lot of play from me.
Amazing to see her progression from 2007 to now, lesser artists would have been never made it this far. Haven't played her music much in years, besides the two mentioned above, it's been a decade since I played Rated R. A lot of her music is pretty melodramatic, but it's all well made, and mostly delivered with passion, I'm kind of laughing thinking I used to take some of these songs a bit more serious when I was mid 20's. Cold Casee Love! I haven't heard this since I was like 24.
that shyt spun me out into memory lane.