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I'm sorry for double posting, but I have to share this. I was just on the Pitchfork website, and noticed that they recently reviewed the new Rihanna album. On a whim, I decided to read. I was horrified. Leave Rihanna's musical talent aside. I don't care. What did interest me was the fact that this reads exactly like a speech that Patrick Bateman would give right before caving someone's head in with a pick-axe. I mean, really. This shit is ridiculous. Did they hire Bret Easton Ellis to write a review for them as a joke?

On 2008's no. 1 single "Take a Bow", Rihanna blew off a philandering numbskull and delivered her most realistic performance to date. When she scoffed "please" at the whimpering chump 43 seconds into the track, she officially put the ice queen routine behind her and entered the realm of full-blooded pop stars. (Her newly severe, emo-boy-esque haircut seen in the song's video did not hurt, either.) "Take a Bow" was witty, funny, and as full of attitude as kiss offs come, and Rihanna definitely sounded like she was having fun with the imagined breakup. Fallouts mark Rated R as well, though they are decidedly heavier. Over the course of the album, Rihanna puts a revolver to her temple on "Russian Roulette", recalls "white outlines" on "Cold Case Love", and even threatens to crash head-on into a boyfriend on "Fire Bomb"-- not exactly the most politically correct metaphor in the age of IEDs, but it does get her point across. In a recent interview, Rihanna described the Rated R recording sessions as "theraputic," and the vitriolic, rough, raw end product is about as brutal as you'd expect.