To label Rihanna<\/strong> <\/a>a risk-taker is sort of the understatement \u2013 particularly by the point her sixth studio album, Talk That Talk<\/em>, arrived, on November 21, 2011. Just a 12 months on from the success of Loud<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, Rihanna was able to proceed her pop reign. And, as along with her earlier releases, the quilt artwork set the tone for the album, with Rihanna staring defiantly again on the digicam, licking her lips just like the cat who received the cream.<\/p>\n Listen to Talk That Talk<\/em> now<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Rihanna has all the time been a hit-machine, however Talk That Talk<\/em> rolls these stand-out moments into considered one of her most cohesive albums: love, intercourse, repeat. Sure, it\u2019s not a novel idea, however she takes you along with her alongside each stage of the connection. Bridging the hole between her previous and her current, the album opens with \u201cYou Da One.\u201d a tune that seems like dreamy echo, a glimmer of her earlier file that was left enjoying till this one picks up.<\/p>\n Immediately from the opening verse, \u201cBaby I love you, I need you here\/Give me all the time,\u201d you’ll be able to hear Rihanna experimenting along with her vocal supply and leaning into the trap-pop vocal that was simply beginning to emerge. In the accompanying video, she\u2019s dressed a Droog from the 70s cult traditional A Clockwork Orange<\/em>, and channeling the identical manic power of the movie.<\/p>\n On Talk That Talk<\/em>, Rihanna continues to dissolve boundaries between R&B, hip-hop, and home music. She comes straight out of the gates with two EDM cuts, \u201cWhere Have You Been\u201d and the lead single \u201cWe Found Love,\u201d which might launch DJ and producer Calvin Harris into the stratosphere. Like \u201cUmbrella,\u201d \u201cWe Found Love\u201d takes a deceptively easy hook and turns it right into a chart gold via repetition and Rihanna\u2019s ecstatic vocal efficiency.<\/p>\n While most pop stars have been barely timid about embracing the rising wave of entice music, Rihanna absolutely embraced the style\u2019s perspective and swagger, as will be heard on the album\u2019s collaborative title monitor, which includes a visitor spot from her former mentor, Jay Z<\/strong><\/a>. At the identical time as hip-hop was embracing its delicate facet, Rihanna was suffusing her music with subversive sexuality and man-eating abandon.<\/p>\n Sounding a bit disjointed in comparison with her often polished sound, \u201cTalk That Talk\u201d indicated a brand new sonic course for Rihanna. In truth, most critics have been jarred by the album as a complete, feeling that it was too uncooked and, maybe, too quick. In some ways, nevertheless, Talk That Talk<\/em> was consistent with the way in which music is consumed within the trendy period<\/strong><\/a>. Even as a full-length album, it replicated the brevity of hip-hop mixtapes and EPs, finally foreshadowing the streaming tradition that may quickly dominate the panorama.<\/p>\n Rihanna leans into the specific wordplay on \u201cCockiness (Love It),\u201d declaring herself \u201cqueen of your body parts\u201d. That second is outdone by the interlude-length monitor \u201cBirthday Cake,\u201d which furthers the singer\u2019s sexual agenda. By this time, Rihanna had amassed sufficient of a catalog to be self-referential: \u201cRoc Me Out\u201d performs as a solution monitor to \u201cRude Boy.\u201d whereas \u201cWatch N\u2019 Learn\u201d works as a dancehall<\/strong><\/a> name again to her early albums.<\/p>\n But for all her dancefloor outings, she throws in just a few curveballs on Talk That Talk<\/em>, from the earnest, guitar-driven \u201cWe All Want Love\u201d to the moody, The xx-sampling \u201cDrunk On Love.\u201d She ends Talk That Talk<\/em>, with a bombastic send-off within the form of \u201cFarewell,\u201d however it was clear that Rihanna would have rather more to say\u2026<\/p>\nLove, intercourse, repeat<\/h2>\n
Dissolving boundaries<\/h2>\n
A brand new sonic course<\/h2>\n