Rihanna About Her New Album "Rated R".

Rihanna, immensely talented singer, didn’t make her new album for commercial success but rather to channel her emotions. Most of the songs on “Rated R” were written just after the singer suffered an assault by singer Chris Brown. Sean Garret, who collaborates with Rihanna on many projects, said Rihanna was more concentrated on venting her emotions than what commercial success the songs would bring. Sean spoke with MTV News about the new album and said, “She was very, very picky with this album. She was going through a lot, so I think her emotions were leaning to things that were closer to her heart as opposed to closer to the radio, to be real honest. And that’s the sign of a real, true artist.” Rihanna has said of the album’s content, “This album is an expression of all those feelings that I went through in the last eight months, just different emotions. All of it isn’t angry, all of it isn’t dark and sad, because I didn’t go through that the whole time. That was part of it. It was really a roller-coaster, and you get that when you’re listening to the album.” The raw feelings and emotion on “Russian Roulette” make Rihanna’s new album a voyeuristic journey into the feelings that victims of abuse go through.

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