Tag: Rihanna
Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” Is A Return to Some of Her Most Iconic Ballads
Gradually getting the masses accustomed to her presence among us as a musician again (as opposed to just another beauty and fashion mogul), Rihanna has [Read More…]
Rihanna Joins Up With Jay-Z’s Capitulating Policy on NFL and the Super Bowl: If You Can’t Make ‘Em Anti-Racists, Join ‘Em
It was a rejection of “the Establishment” immortalized on 2018’s “Apeshit.” A single from the seemingly one-off artistic collaboration of Jay-Z and Beyoncé billing themselves [Read More…]
Jay-Z, Champion of Capitalism as “Pulling Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps” As Opposed to System That Has Fucked Over Most of His Brethren
Capitalism and the Black community do not exactly constitute an “acceptable” (and certainly not “safe”) topic to talk about. Least of all by a white [Read More…]
The “We Found Love” Video Is What “D.M.B.” Wants To Be, But Instead Exudes “Settling” Toxicity Rather Than “Intensity” Toxicity
With Rihanna continuing to show her lack of concern over not having released any new music since 2016 (unless you want to count the errant [Read More…]
“Let Me Love You Like A Human Being That Subscribes To Neither Gender Trope”
In a move that seems to continue to prove that Lana Del Rey doesn’t exactly have her finger on the pulse of what “the kids [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #6: Architectural Digest Dropping Drake’s Mansion Photos When We’re All Trapped Inside In Our Respective Shittaytay
In a series called Mondo Bullshittio, let’s talk about some of the most glaring hypocrisies in pop culture… and all that it affects. While celebrities [Read More…]
PartyNextDoor Brings Us Rihanna, Grossness on Partymobile
Quietly making a name for himself over the past six years as “Drake’s protege,” PartyNextDoor has officially surpassed the so-called “teacher,” sounding more like Drake [Read More…]
Ocean’s 8, Greek Tragedian Vengeance & the New Hollywood Feminism
While it is easy to write Ocean’s 8 off as another pile of slop in the Hollywood trough, there is, from the outset, a certain [Read More…]
How Rihanna Crept Into Music As A Pop Princess Before Snapping Her Fingers & Becoming @badgalriri
While “Pon De Replay” might have been one of the summer anthems of 2005, it was the sort of Sean Paul-reminiscent track that could have [Read More…]
Awards Shows Continue to Suffer the Girls Effect (& Only Blue Ivy Seems to Notice)
Like a time when a woman could live scot-free in exchange for being verbally abused and cheated on, it’s hard to imagine an era in [Read More…]
