This is the only Rihanna album i ever want to listen to from start to finish (though 'Good Girl Gone Bad' comes close). "Needed Me," "Love on the Brain," and even "Woo" are solid gold classics to me. I feel like Max Martin would say they're just a touch off from that "melodic math" he says makes for perfect songs, and that's why they work to me. Like, something is just a little bit wrong about them, and it's magical. "Woozy" was a really good for it, you got that right. I really enjoyed reading this!
I don't listen to that much Rihanna. The two songs that I've paid closest attention to are "FourFiveSeconds” and "American Oxygen" -- both of which I find genuinely compelling -- and I appreciate the push to pay closer attention to _Anti_
ANTI wasn’t just another pop album — it became a cultural milestone. A decade later it’s still charting, breaking records as the first album by a Black woman to hit 500 weeks on the Billboard 200, proving that authentic, boundary‑pushing art outlasts hype. 🎶
This is the only Rihanna album i ever want to listen to from start to finish (though 'Good Girl Gone Bad' comes close). "Needed Me," "Love on the Brain," and even "Woo" are solid gold classics to me. I feel like Max Martin would say they're just a touch off from that "melodic math" he says makes for perfect songs, and that's why they work to me. Like, something is just a little bit wrong about them, and it's magical. "Woozy" was a really good for it, you got that right. I really enjoyed reading this!
Thanks so much! GGGB is also quite good. Perhaps a snowstorm nostalgia listen for me tonight
On some days "Don't Stop the Music" is my fave Rihanna song!
I don't listen to that much Rihanna. The two songs that I've paid closest attention to are "FourFiveSeconds” and "American Oxygen" -- both of which I find genuinely compelling -- and I appreciate the push to pay closer attention to _Anti_
Thanks Nick! She has a lot of underrated music in general, worth working through her catalog to discover.
ANTI wasn’t just another pop album — it became a cultural milestone. A decade later it’s still charting, breaking records as the first album by a Black woman to hit 500 weeks on the Billboard 200, proving that authentic, boundary‑pushing art outlasts hype. 🎶
Thanks Julie!