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Hear Diplo´s restless remix of Rihanna´s latest single Rude Boy. M.I.A’s “Boyz” is underneath it all.
Download Rude Boy – Rihanna (Diplo remix) here>>

The aesthetics is familiar, M.I.A. has done these types of videos before, now Rihanna takes it to higher  commercial level. Rude Boy is  from Rihanna´s latest album Rated R.

Watch the video for Rude Boy by Rihanna below:

First I found Rihanna´s new single Russian Roulette boring, but the song grew on me and now I think it´s a strong, powerful and beautiful ballad. Here´s the new video for Russian Roulette, it´s quite dark and according to Rolling Stone:
“There’s plenty of imagery here that appears to be influenced by Rihanna’s February 8th altercation with Brown: bullets fly through water, blood runs down Rihanna’s chest and, at the 1:43 mark, a speeding car approaches Rihanna while she stands alone at night — a moment that seems to mirror the events immediately following the assault.”
Watch the video for Russian Roulette by Rihanna below:

Ova, ova.
Listen to Rihanna – The Wait Is Ova (Wait Your Turn) below:

Download Rihanna – The Wait Is Ova (Wait Your Turn) here>>
(Via Kanye´s blog)

Here´s the tracklisting for Rihanna´s new album Rated R:

1. “Mad House”
2. “Wait Your Turn”
3. “Hard” (featuring Young Jeezy)
4. “Stupid In Love”
5. “ROCKSTAR 101″ (featuring Slash)
6. “Russian Roulette”
7. “Fire Bomb”
8. “Rude Boy”
9. “Photographs” (featuring will.i.am)
10. “G4L”
11. “Te Amo”
12. “Cold Case Love”
13. “The Last Song”

If a song is called Russian Roulette, you´d expect it to be edgy and exciting. But this new Rihanna track is a boring ballad.
Listen to Rihanna – Russian Roulette below:

It seems this is the Kanye West approved version of Paranoid.

Update from Kanye West:
IT HURTS ME TO SEE THE OLD AND VERY WRONG VERSION OF THE PARANOID VIDEO GET LEAKED ALL OVER THE NET WHILE I WAS ON AN 11 HR FLIGHT AND COULDN’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IT’S JUST FRUSTRATING WHEN THIS STUFF HAPPENS BECAUSE I REALLY CARE ABOUT THE PRODUCT AND SINCE VIDEOS NEVER GET PLAYED ANY WAY YOU MIGHT AS WELL TWEAK THEM AND MAKE THEM AS SPECIAL AS POSSIBLE. THE VERSION THAT GOT LEAKED FROM THE CAMERA PHONE LAST WEEK IS AT LEAST A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE FINAL PRODUCT. THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR SUPPORT BUT THAT VIDEO WAS NOT UP TO MY STANDARDS. HERE’S SOME SCREEN SHOTS FROM THE REAL VIDEO
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Rihanna has no singing part in this video. She´s simply an object.
And the video is plain eye candy.

But hey, Kanye doesn´t read books, so that explains the certain level of intellectual unsophistication.

Watch the video for Paranoid by Kanye West below:

UPDATE from Kanye´s blog: LADY GAGA ASKED ME TO TELL Y’ALL THATS NOT HER ON THE “SILLY BOY” SONG.

UPDATE from Kanye´s blog pt. 2 Rihanna wants everybody to know thats not her either on the song “Silly Boy”

An audio stream rumored to be a demo track recorded for Rihanna’s collaborative project with Lady GaGa has emerged. This track will bring Rihanna back and leave all that beat-her-down-chris-brown insanity behind her. That´s because the track is entitled Silly Boy and Rihanna sings:

Cause you had a good girl, good girl, girl
Thats a keeper, k-k-k-k-keeper
You had a good girl, good girl but
Didnt know how to treat her, t-t-t-t-treat her (treat her)
So silly boy get out my face (my face)
Why do you like the way regrets taste?
So silly boy get out my hair my hair
(get outta here)
No, I dont want you no more (get outta here)

So there you have it.
And rumour is that the track is produced by Timbaland.

Download Rihanna ft Lady GaGa – Silly Boy here>>

(Via Kanye´s blog, source www.musicvideolife.com)

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I guess this is Rihanna´s “comeback” single. It´s from the upcoming movie Terminator Salvation and the track is entitled Terminator. Well, I hope she has terminated her abusive relationship…

Listen to the new Rihanna track below:

I love remakes that cover songs in different genre from the original. Like this laid back, jazzy cover of Rihanna´s massive dance hit Don´t Stop the Music by Californian indie pop duo The Bird and The Bee.

Listen to The Bird and The Bee – Don’t Stop the Music (Rihanna Cover) below: