Album Review: Rihanna - LOUD

One good thing to say about Rihanna: Her work ethic is persistant. You can talk about her situation with Chris Brown which 85% of America passed on about it. Or other negative things about her like her naked pics(NOTHING NEGATIVE about that) But one thing to praise is her drive. Since 2005 when she came out with Pon DI Replay and her debut album, Rihanna drops a new album EVERY YEAR. She has hits on Billboard EVERY YEAR. Also she shows improvement between albums. Loud is no different, instead another example of her incline in her career

Loud is a fun-type album especially when it starts. The first couple tracks like S&M and Only Girl in the World(remix by Fatman Scoop) makes me think she ripping her style from House king David Guetta. Play this in a house club and crowd will go crazy. Not sure about and urban club though. But with Man Down, she delivers for the islands with Barbadoian and even some Haitian vibes. Raining Men with Nicki Minaj and What’s My Name featuring Drake are the two tracks Billboard will have relationships with. California King Bed and Love The Way You Lie pt II are the Unthinkable(slow ballads) to this album as the first mentioned is about long-distance relationships and the second is Rihanna’s response to Eminem’s version. And Skin is a track that can explain how sexy Rhi can be between the sheets

Loud will hit stores by next week. Expect most if not the whole album to be on the Billboards. Another notch in her career and a way to stay revelant all 365 days of the year.

2010 MTV VMAs Recap

source via HipHopDX.com

Late night talk show host Chelsea Handler hosted the 2010 MTV Video Awards, being the first woman in 16 years to do so. While the night featured a number of Hip Hop performances, The genre did not fare so well in the awards aspect.

Eminem opened the show with the first single from his Recovery album, "Not Afraid" and was later joined by Rihanna to perform "Love the Way You Lie." Em won two awards, including Best Male Video and Best Hip Hop Video, but left after his performance to join Jay-Z on their New York/Detroit tour.

Rick Ross made a quick and somewhat bizarre appearance on an electric scooter, picking up Handler and not appearing on the show again.

As has been reported this past week, Taylor Swift recently wrote a song for Kanye West, which she performed during the show. The song was reported to have been a sort of "forgiving" for Kanye's infamous antics at last year's VMAs. While much of the lyrics felt unrelated to the rapper, others were spot-on references to 'Ye: '32 is not growing up now/Who you are is not what you did/ You're still an innocent…Everyone of us has messed up too.'

Drake was joined by Mary J. Blige and Swizz Beatz on the piano. The trio performed the T.I.-featured "Fancy," although T.I. did not attend the awards show, possibly because of recent drug charges.

5-time VMA nominee B.o.B. took the stage with both Bruno Mars and Hayley Williams to perform both "Nothing On you" and "Airplanes." However, B.o.B did not win any awards.

New G.O.O.D. artist Pusha T joined Kanye West, who was the last performer of the night. West raised a toast to all the "douche bags," "assholes," "scum bags," and "jerk offs" in reference to last year's VMA fiasco. "You've been putting up with my shit for way too long," he sang during the performance.

While Eminem left the awards show early, Jay-Z (who was also nominated for awards) did not attend the show, nor did wife Beyonce. Nicki Minaj lost out on the Best New Artist Award to Justin Beiber, while Pop artist Lady Gaga ended up taking home many of the awards including Best Female Artist and Video Of The Year for "Bad Romance."

Things Benz noticed:

-Em proved he still the best to do it.

-Nicki performance is wierd but wierd is offically in

-Justin took a page outta MJ's book in dancing and can be Linkin Park's drummer.

-Drake's performance was REAL especially with Mary J, the Queen of R&B

-Em can add on to his legacy by albums like Recovery

-Kanye was great making a sample live and shoutout to the assholes, and getting the very same ppl that booed him a year ago jump on his D**k again

-Lady Gaga swept the awards. SWEPT. She is now Madonna. Respect