Chesstown King's Reviews and Thoughts

Rihanna is my favorite singer by far. It’s time to take a look at her discography and rank the albums. This was actually very difficult as a lot of these albums are about as great as each other.   8)  A Girl Like Me (89)- This might be her worst album of the bunch but it’s still really good. Her singing is just as great as it was on her debut. “Unfaithful” still gives me the chills all these years later for some reason. “SOS” and “We Ride” are also great. “If It’s Lovin’ You Want” and “Break it Off” have good guest spots too.  Top Tracks: SOS, Kisses Don’t Lie, We Ride, Unfaithful, Break it Off.   7)  Music of the Sun (91 )-Rihanna’s first album is pretty solid actually. Her Caribbean roots are perhaps strongest here than on her other albums. “Pon De Replay”, her lead single may be the best song but there’s quite a few other good ones here like “Here I Go Again” and the incredible “Music of the Sun”. She shows a lot of sass on “You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No)”....

 I can't believe I hadn't reviewed this album yet. Rihanna wanted to make a much darker and edgier album than 2007's Good Girl Gone Bad. There's terrific songs here...in fact...there are no bad songs. "Fire Bomb" is light hearted but I love it. "G4L" is the album's darkest moment as she calls her fellow women to arms. "Stupid in Love" is obviously about Chris Brown( I mean who else?). There's the excellent song "Hard" with Jeezy. "Russian roulette" is provocative but its not one of my favorites. Ultimately this may not be her best album but its one you have to hear.... Lyrics 23 Beats 22 Depth 25 Tilt 23 Verdict 93 Expect a Rihanna worst to best album ranking from me soon. It's gonna be lit.