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[ZombiePlatypus]

Everyone loves Kiss It Better it seems. It was among the most streamed songs of the album too. Thank god it wasn't scrapped. It would've been one of the biggest mistakes of Rhat's career. Now make it the next single!

I'd be curious what a single or radio mix would be like. A chorus with more punch would do wonders.

 

[<+)O Robido O(+>]

This is just disrespectful.

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[Little Mons†er]

no.
I loved her on AHS but I need music, a nice long era and a tour before she goes back to acting

I agree. We need Gaga to focus on music for 2016/17 with another huge world tour and single slayage that breaks chart records again.
She needs to stop wasting her time and get on it.

I also listened to Anti... The first song is actually pretty good. However, for me, it feels like she's trying to pull off a BEYONCÉ with her album. Changing her sound for a more mature attempt to be taken really seriously... It just feels a lot like BEYONCÉ for me... Which is probably why it has a 'samey' sound throughout the album

 

[Soulscribe]

Updated predictions for the pop girls. Feel free to contribute your guesses tbh.

Here are most and least optimistic predictors:


RIHANNA
Most optimistic - rhandino
Least optimistic - pitster03

KATY
Most - Soulscribe, rhandino
Least - Touchdown

GAGA
Most - Beysus
Least - CRD90

BEYONCE
Most - pitster03
Least - Blood Diamonds

BRITNEY
Most - Nasser (aww bb)
Least - pitster03

CHRISTINA
Most - Floridian
Least - mrV4ltor

LORDE
Most - rhandino
Least - Touchdown


<3

 

[PInk Tape]

Oh wow. I was expecting more of a split reaction towards the album, if anything.

I'm definitely in the minority here in this thread but I love Anti. The darker, semi-experimental sound is really doing it for me.

[MV] YEZI(&#50696;&#51648 _ Cider(&#49324;&#51060;&#45796

Bop

!

Queen Yezi delivered.

 

[Floridian]

Well since Rih technically gave her album out for free (unexpected), that sort of messed up the debut predictions for her.

 

[Matt_]

So are we counting this two day week for Anti?
Because if so its gonna be like 20k max

If we're going next week its still gonna be like 50k max

 

[MrV4ltor]

Kiii at my prediction for Xtina being the lowest so far.

 

[Little Mons†er]

Well since Rih technically gave her album out for free (unexpected), that sort of messed up the debut predictions for her.

Yeah the UK charts aren't counting the sales until the ITunes release, Spotify, retail etc. So this is going weird for RiRi

 

[Floridian]

You take me higher, higher than I've ever been, babe
Just come over, let's pour a drink, babe
I hope I ain't calling you too late, too late
You light my fire!
Let's stay up late and smoke a J
I wanna go back to the old way
But I'm drunk and still with a full ash tray
With a little bit too much to say!

 

[Matt_]

Heard this earleir today and really liked it. Her vocals remind me of some early 2000s R&B, even though the production is more poppy/ballad stuff
Rosie Lowe - Woman
The DJ compared her writing style to Carole King, but I've not had much experience with ha to comment on that

 

[Blood Diamonds]

dddddd lmao

 

[Mau ®]

"Never Ending" itself is meh but the lyrics speak to me

Ghost in the mirror
I knew your face once, but now it's unclear.

 

[You Know Nothing]

http://www.metacritic.com/music/anti/rihanna

im screaming

The seething in The Telegraph review for it not being radio fodder. RIP.

 

[Blood Diamonds]

http://www.metacritic.com/music/anti/rihanna

im screaming

dddddd i thought she had the critical acclaim on lock???? makskfjfjfk

edit:

This, for better or worse, is clearly the music Rihanna likes: leftfield, stoned and strange. It is Rihanna without hits. This strange album, released without warning over the internet for free, may well be a reflection of the fact that not even her own backers really expects this to be a commercial blockbuster. It is more an exercise in rebranding, transforming the hit girl into a serious artist.

This is so vile lmao

 

[Majmun]

wait, Anti is kinda slaying

 

[Garrett Hawke]

So strange but I see where the reviews are coming from a bit. I don't think anyone expected this from Rihanna, whatever it is. I wonder if she'll leave mainstream then or rebound with Anti Act 2

 

[Majmun]

let me delete the bonus tracks tho

 

[Mau ®]

Whew. For a moment I got scared she took a credit on "Same Ol' Mistakes".

 

[Floridian]

Rih is doomed for critics no matter what. Whether it be for her collaborations, "no hits" even when Work is still smashing iTunes atm, the album rollouts, etc. People are never satisfied with her.

 

[Mau ®]

Rih is doomed for critics no matter what. Whether it be for her collaborations, "no hits" even when Work is still smashing iTunes atm, the album rollouts, etc. People are never satisfied with her.

I'm interested in the Pichfork rihview. They praised the fuck outta "Higher".

 

[Soulscribe]

Rih is doomed for critics no matter what. Whether it be for her collaborations, "no hits" even when Work is still smashing iTunes atm, the album rollouts, etc. People are never satisfied with her.

Welcome to the Gaga realm. Enjoy your stay.

 

[Matt_]

king of urban radio knows his shit
rih had her moment

 

[You Know Nothing]

Welcome to the Gaga realm. Enjoy your stay.

... The persecution complex.

 

[Mau ®]

It's only fitting that the Male Rihanna takes over the bops duties from the female one.

 

[Blood Diamonds]

Welcome to the Gaga realm. Enjoy your stay.

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Artpop deserved every drag it got

 

[Matt_]

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Artpop deserved every drag it got

as does antievery rih album

 

[Phreaker]

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Artpop deserved every drag it got

Wrong. It had Venus, G.U.Y, Sexxx Dreams, Do What U Want, ARTPOP and Applause! Bookmark me

 

[You Know Nothing]

Got me like ah-ah-ah-ow
I’m tired of being played like a violin
What do I gotta do to get in your motherfuckin’ heart
Baby like (ah, woo, ah)

Whew this vocal highlight.

 

[rhandino]

ANTi is now my favorite album from Rihanna after listening to Desperado and Higher so I hope that the #NVAY embrace this flop yet TrueArt era of ha.

 

[B-Dex]

king of urban radio knows his shit
rih had her moment

YAS. Beiber is finished.

 

[enigmatic_alex44]

Updated predictions for the pop girls. Feel free to contribute your guesses tbh.<3

Rihanna- How... do I even guess? 200,000 would have been my pick before it dropped for free
Katy- 310,000
Gaga- 500,000
Beyonce- 305,000
Britney- 95,000
Christina- 15,000
Lorde- 100,000
Zayn Malik- 110,000

Wrong. It had Venus, G.U.Y, Sexxx Dreams, Do What U Want, ARTPOP and Applause! Bookmark me

Sexxx Dreams was trash, Do What U Want featured an alleged sex criminal, and Applause is her worst lead single. Bookmark tossed in trash.

Venus, Mary Jane Holland, and Fashion! are the three songs that are still useable bops.

 

[Floridian]

ANTi is now my favorite from Rihanna after listening to Desperado and Higher and I hope that the #NVAY embrace this flop yet TrueArt era of ha.

I don't let metacritic scores dictate what I should like/enjoy so it's at the end it's pretty irrelevant.

 

[Mau ®]

It's pulling me apart, this time
Everything is never ending
Slipped into a peril that I'll never understand
This feeling always gets away

crying ;____;

 

[You Know Nothing]

Love On The Brain is thoroughly fucking me up on this fine Thursday evening.

 

[Mau ®]

Love On The Brain is thoroughly fucking me up on this fine Thursday evening.

It's perfect, isn't it?

Who knew she could serve those vocals? I'll be praying for ha at my ANTi show.

 

[Little Mons†er]

Wrong. It had Venus, G.U.Y, Sexxx Dreams, Do What U Want, ARTPOP and Applause! Bookmark me

Dontatella still slays tbh. ARTPOP was just misjudged and management and Gagas antics failed. It was a mess and deserved every drag.

Anti is a mess too... ARTPOP part 2 incomming

Applause was amazing and still is to this day. Most underrated Gaga song personally. It slays your faves

 

[B-Dex]

ARTPOP still being discussed nonstop. When will the auto-tune futuristic dancehall ambience have such longevity?

 

[rhandino]

ARTPOP talk? How predictable...

I don't let metacritic scores dictate what I should like/enjoy so it's at the end it's pretty irrelevant.

I cant see this album getting acclaim as a whole but some of the songs will be well received.

Hoping that the next single is Kiss It Better.

PD: Im kind pf pressed that she excluded #BBHMM and 45S from the final product.

 

[Meowster]

Wrong. It had Venus, G.U.Y, Sexxx Dreams, Do What U Want, ARTPOP and Applause! Bookmark me

you forget Fashion!

 

[You Know Nothing]

Can we let EDMPOP suppurate along with G*ga's career? Thanks.

 

[Nasser]

My girls are going to save pop music once again. Just wait for Britney and Xtina to release their new album. They're about to do what they're about to do and they're about to do what the other girls shoulda did

 

[Vazra]

My girls are going to save pop music once again. Just wait for Britney and Xtina to release their new album. They're about to do what they're about to do and they're about to do what the other girls shoulda did

After Britney Jean and Lotus?

 

[Meowster]

Xtina will always have good single success, she is a leech and has an ear for hits (as long as she isn't writing them herself). I'm ready for the next Moves Like Jagger and Say Something.

 

[Floridian]

Forget Xtina/Britney, I'm ready for Fergie to return in a couple of months. LA Love was a nice comeback single.

 

[B-Dex]

Perched for Xtina's tribal tatts and hipster facial hair TBH.

 

[Matt_]

Forget Xtina/Britney, I'm ready for Fergie to return in a couple of months. LA Love was a nice comeback single.

YES
what has she been doing though
she said in june that the finishing touches on her album were happening, that was over half a year ago

these singers nowadays, no work ethic

 

[Floridian]

YES
what has she been doing though
she said in june that the finishing touches on her album were happening, that was over half a year ago

these singers nowadays, no work ethic

Supposedly she's supposed to release new album material sometime in March.

 

[Mau ®]

Why do we keep forgetting Bey is literally coming in matter of days?

 

[SilentSoldier]

Forget Xtina/Britney, I'm ready for Fergie to return in a couple of months. LA Love was a nice comeback single.

I still use The Duchess to this day, who knew that she had all those bops in her coming from a downgraded Black Eye Peas group.