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Def Jam

2005

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Given the proliferation of young and beautiful urban dance-pop divas dominating the radio and music video airwaves in 2005, it initially was tempting to discount Rihanna as yet another Beyoncé-Ciara-Ashanti cash-in. But like her Def Jam labelmate Teairra Mari -- another young and beautiful urban dance-pop diva who emerged out of nowhere in 2005 -- Rihanna is winsome rather than wannabe, thanks in no small part to her producers. Just as Teairra Mari benefited greatly from irresistibly shrewd beat-making on her debut album, Rihanna benefits from the knowing production work of Syndicated Rhythm Productions, aka Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken, who together produced a laundry list of contemporary teen pop sensations during the prior decade. What these guys do that's so irresistibly shrewd is synthesize Caribbean rhythms and beats with standard-issue urban dance-pop: Caribbean-inflected urban, if you will. So while a song like "Pon de Replay" -- to pick the most obvious exhibit -- is driven by booming dancehall-lite beats and a reggae vocal cadence (and title spelling), it's a simple dance-pop song at its core, with standard English-language singing as well as a can't-miss singalong hook (and a glitzy, urban-style MTV video to boot).

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Track List (try tracks 1,2,3,5,8,9 and 13)

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Phoenix says:

11-03-2009

i like the songs
1.Pon De Replay
2.Here I Go Again
3.If It's Loving That You Want
4.You Don't Love Me
5.The Last Time
6.Willing To Wait
7.Music of the Sun
and
8.Now I Know

roxsmysoxs27 says:

09-01-2009

pyrate pryncess: ur retarded....

Pyrate_Prync e s s says:

04-22-2009

didnt know this was Rihanna....

jaydebug says:

04-19-2009

sunflower123 6 says:

04-16-2009

I love the song Pon De Replay! lol

catcla says:

03-28-2009

rhianna ROCKS!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 1 1

s_ron_2000 says:

03-10-2009

I'm Pon-ing De Replay at my desk. LOL

abb718ct says:

02-25-2009

Pon de replay all the way!!!!!!!!

elisa_martin e z says:

02-15-2009

who wouldnt like this song it is up beat and a great dance party music

minnie-me says:

01-23-2009

yo yo! i looooooooooo o o o o o o o o o o o o o o v e dis song!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

princess_amy says:

08-07-2008

This album rocks!!! I love Rihanna

nnwrigh says:

07-21-2008

So funny how much she's grown since then! She looks just like Beyonce in this album art.
Solan Rai
www.solraica f e . c o m

dimondkc says:

04-18-2008

I LOVE PON DE REPLAY IS THE BEST SONG EVER!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! !

www.mrspatri c k s t a r says:

01-25-2008

da bestest 1

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