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Say What! -- Rihanna Doesn't 'Like Things to Be so Commercial' + More

Posted Apr 7th 2010 8:04PM by Theo Bark
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Rihanna is too hard for product placement. Speaking out against the popular practice, she said "I don't like things to be so commercial. I hate product placement in my videos. Videos should just tell the story of the song. With product placement, it becomes this big ad campaign. I just don't like that. Sometimes we have to (use products in music videos), for whatever political reason, but it's never my first choice." That's cool, too bad the label needs money to do M.I.A. rip off videos. [Bossip]

In a recent interview, Rhymefest stood up for the lyrically-lyrical MC's out there. "I heard...I think it was Waka Flocka say, 'Rappers with lyrics ain't got no money,' but...how do you know? I could swear there's a radio station called Shade 45 invented by [Eminem], a rapper who can rap. I could've sworn Kanye can rap real good. I could've sworn that Jay-Z was the dopest rapper that got everything. I'm pretty sure 50 Cent is where he is 'cause he can rap. People love Jadakiss - he can rap. All these people got money. Immortal Technique got money, Mos Def got money, Talib Kweli got money, I got money. Just 'cause you don't wear your money on your neck...don't mean you ain't got it. It just means you might be a lil' smarter than the average bear." Immortal Technique got money? Where? [HipHopDX]

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Chardonnay

i like rihanna and her funny voice. she has been makin money for a while..get off her back.

April 09 2010 at 8:57 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ADM

That is true Jeffrey...Nowadays the female artist has to be so explicit and act like they are strippers to get a song to sell. If you look at the 80's and 90's female singers alot of them weren't shaking their booty and half naked in a video. They sang a song, actually had talent, and sold records. When I think back to Chaka Khan, Anita Baker, SWV, Whitney Houston and so on..they didn't have to look like a hooker in a video..Times have definitely changed. Also Rihanna can't sing, it's the beat of her songs and her management team who help sell the product(Rihanna) and that's why she is successful.

April 09 2010 at 8:25 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jeff

Rihanna is NOT cute, she looks like Frankenstein and dracula had a daughter together. And why do all the female singers from the last 20 years have to be strippers also? I think it's a lack of confidence in their singing.

April 09 2010 at 2:58 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jierjisst

I could've sworn that Jay-Z was the dopest rapper that got everything. I'm pretty sure 50 Cent is where he is 'cause he can rap. People love Jadakiss - he can rap. All these people got money. Immortal Technique got money, Mos Def got money, Talib Kweli got money, I got money. Just 'cause you don't wear your money on your neck...don't mean you ain't got

April 09 2010 at 1:15 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Chardonnay

i read this SAME EXACT THING yesterday on a j. bieber article...is this a scam?

April 09 2010 at 8:56 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply