Talk That Talk

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Talk That Talk
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Standard edition artwork
Studio album by
Rihanna
ReleasedNovember 18, 2011 (2011-11-18)
RecordedFebruary–November 2011
Genre
Length37:29
Label
Producer
Rihanna chronology
Loud
(2010)		Talk That Talk
(2011)		 Unapologetic
(2012)
Singles from Talk That Talk
  1. "We Found Love"
    Released: September 22, 2011
  2. "You da One"
    Released: November 14, 2011
  3. "Talk That Talk"
    Released: January 17, 2012
  4. "Birthday Cake"
    Released: March 6, 2012
  5. "Where Have You Been"
    Released: April 17, 2012
  6. "Cockiness (Love It)"
    Released: September 7, 2012

Talk That Talk is the sixth studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on November 18, 2011 by Def Jam Recordings and SRP Records. Talk That Talk was recorded during the Loud Tour between February and November 2011. It was originally planned to be a reissue of her previous studio album Loud (2010). As executive producer, Rihanna enlisted a wide range of producers including Alex da Kid, Calvin Harris, Chase & Status, No I.D., and Stargate to achieve her desired sound. Following in the same vein as Loud, Talk That Talk is a dance-oriented pop/R&B crossover album that incorporates elements of hip hop, dubstep, electronic and house music. The album also contains subtle dancehall influences while its lyrical content and themes revolve around a nihilistic, romantic, and lascivious lover.

Contents

Talk That Talk received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised the album's lyrics. Others were less favorable of its themes. Talk That Talk debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 198,000 copies and went on to sell 1.15 million copies in the United States by June 2015. The album also peaked at number one in Austria, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, where it debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, selling 163,000 copies in its first week. As of April 2012, the album has been certified triple Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments of 900,000 copies. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), Talk That Talk was the ninth global best-selling album of 2011. [4] As of March 2013, the album has sold more than 5.5 million copies worldwide.

The album produced six singles, including the international hit "We Found Love" which was released as the album's lead single. "We Found Love" became Rihanna's eleventh number-one song on the US Billboard Hot 100, and topped the charts in twenty six additional countries. "You da One", "Talk That Talk" (featuring rapper Jay-Z) and a remix of "Birthday Cake" (featuring Chris Brown) experienced moderate success, while "Where Have You Been" reached the top ten of twenty countries around the world. A remixed form of "Cockiness (Love It)" (featuring rapper ASAP Rocky) was released as the sixth and final single from the album.

Background

Following the release of Rihanna's previous studio album, Loud (2010), the singer revealed via Twitter that the album would be re-issued with new songs and released in fall 2011. [5] [6] In September 2011, Rihanna took to Twitter to confirm that plans for a re-issue of Loud had been scrapped, with the singer tweeting "I [thought about] a [re-release], but LOUD is its own body of work! Plus [you] guys work so [fucking] hard that [you] deserve to act brand new." [7]

In an interview with Mixtape Daily, songwriter Verse Simmonds, half of the duo The Jugganauts, who wrote and produced the reggae-infused song "Man Down" from Loud, revealed that the singer was nearing completion of her sixth studio album in August 2011. [8] The duo also said that they had penned two tracks for possible inclusion on the album, saying "From what I understand, she is closing the album up now, and we did two records for her that she really, really loved and I'm really excited about them as well" and also expressed interest in writing a third song. [8] On September 15, 2011, Rihanna confirmed via her official Twitter account that recording sessions for the album were indeed underway, tweeting "I can't wait to start filling u guys in on some details!" [9]

Rihanna created a Facebook campaign page entitled "Rihanna: UNLOCKED" [ sic ], whereby her fans on Facebook are given missions to complete, in the form of games, in order to "unlock" new information about the album. [10] [11] Upon the unveiling of the standard edition's artwork, both James Dinh of MTV and a reviewer for NME commented that Rihanna looks "seductive" in the image. [12] [13]

Recording and production

Westlake Recording Studios was one of many locations in which the album was recorded. Westlake Recording Studios.jpg
Westlake Recording Studios was one of many locations in which the album was recorded.

Recording sessions for Talk That Talk began in February 2011 and ended in November 2011. Recording for the album took place during the Loud Tour. Due to this, recording sessions for the album took place in various countries including France, United Kingdom, Norway, Denmark and Germany. Vocal producer Kurk Harrell estimates the album was cut in more than 25 cities. Rihanna recorded a total of sixteen to seventeen songs. [14] The singer would record late into the morning, sometimes until noon, before riding her bus to the next city. In May 2012, Rihanna revealed that whilst she was recording the album, she suffered from exhaustion, saying in part: "It was the best [shit] ever, it was some rock star [shit] This is the craziest schedule I've ever been on in my entire life. One morning I woke up and started crying so hard. I finally just got to my bed from the IV [drip] and I was just like, 'Good I can actually get to sleep tonight', because we stayed up all night' and I finished [the album] at 5 pm the day before..." [15]

Kuk Harrell, one of the producers of Talk That Talk, spoke on the recording of the album saying: "In addition to touring, we are recording Rihanna's new album. We have a portable studio that we set up at the different hotels that we are staying at. We set up shop anywhere in the hotel. Before we went on the European leg of Rihanna's Loud tour, we started recording the album in Los Angeles. Rihanna likes to work late hours, so she would come into the studio at 9pm and work until 6am." [16] Continuing Harrell stated "The show was the priority, and then the album. That's how the day was broken up." Expanding on this Harrell stated that Rihanna would perform every night, finish her meet and greet by 1 a.m. Then go to the studio for around two or three a.m. During these session Harrell stated "I’d make the decision based off [ sic ] where I felt her voice was. Knowing she just did two hours of a show and meet-and-greets, I would suggest capturing the stuff that was easier to get like the lower-range stuff so we wouldn’t hurt or damage her voice." [14]

Composition

Music and lyrics

Talk That Talk is a danceable pop/R&B crossover [3] album, [1] comprising uptempo club tracks, raunchy pop songs, and mid-tempo inspirational ballads. [17] It also incorporates elements of dancehall, hip hop, and house. [18] Most of the songs feature heavy bass and coarse sounds, [18] including electro beats and imposing synthesizers. [19] James Lachno of The Daily Telegraph cites Talk That Talk as Rihanna's "most club-ready album to date", [19] while Robert Christgau calls it "pop without shame—her hookiest and most dance-targeted album, decorated with a thoughtful assortment of suitably titillating blats, noodles, dubs, groans, hiccups, boom-booms, cut-ups, speed-ups, xx samples, and spoken-word bits." [20] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times writes that Rihanna's version of dance music on the album draws on "the club music of the early 1990s". [2]

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"You da One"
A 17-second sample of "You da One"'s chorus, which features the mid-tempo pop and electropop composition. [21] [22]
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The album's lyrics posit Rihanna as a nihilist romantic and lascivious lover. [23] The album also has subtle dancehall influences, [19] with slower songs that have double-snare riddims. [18] Music journalist Greg Kot observes that, along with droning electronic sounds, "Caribbean and Eastern touches from past Rihanna albums get recycled into bombastic dance tunes." [24] Apart from its sexual innuendo, Talk That Talk features odes to dysfunctional love and universal love. [18] Christgau interprets the lyrics to be "associating carnality with love" and writes that the album "celebrates the relationship of sex to love rather than pain," before leaning on "heart songs and theme statements" in the second half." [20]

Songs

The opening track, "You Da One", which was produced by Dr. Luke, is a bouncy mid-tempo song with a Caribbean flavor, and features a dubstep influenced breakdown towards the middle of the song. [25] "Where Have You Been", produced by Dr. Luke and Ester Dean, runs through an acoustic beat and incorporates elements of trance. [25] The lead single, "We Found Love", is an electro house and dance-pop song. [26] [27] The title track features rapper Jay-Z and samples The Notorious B.I.G.'s "I Got a Story to Tell". [25] "Roc Me Out" is set in "chugging" tempo and features heavy synths. [28] The tenth track, "Watch n' Learn", features a flirtatious and playful hip pop melody with grinding synths. [25] The final standard edition track of the album, "Farewell", is a ballad. [25] The song was written by Ester Dean and Alexander Grant, with production helmed by Grant under his production name Alex da Kid. [29] "Farewell" contains lyrics that revolve around saying goodbye to a lover who is not able to be physically present in the relationship for long periods of time. [30] [31] Instrumentation consists of a rolling piano.

Additional tracks released on the deluxe edition of Talk That Talk include the songs "Red Lipstick", "Do Ya Thang", and "Fool in Love". "Red Lipstick" is described as a "dark 'n' twisted" dubstep number which was written by The Dream and Rihanna and produced by the two along with production duo Chase & Status, who first worked with the singer on her fourth studio album, Rated R (2009). "Do Ya Thang" is a contemporary R&B track with a subtle hook and a simple message. It was written and produced by Rihanna and The-Dream. "Fool in Love" is a rhapsodic [32] ballad which incorporates acoustic and electric guitars, synthesizers, and drums, and has received comparisons to Britney Spears' "Criminal". [33]

Singles

Rihanna performing "We Found Love" during her Loud Tour in November 2011. Rihanna - We Found Love - Birmingham Loud Tour.jpg
Rihanna performing "We Found Love" during her Loud Tour in November 2011.

"We Found Love", featuring Calvin Harris, was released as the lead single from the album, premiering on September 22, 2011 in the United Kingdom, [34] and being released the same day. [35] Critical reaction was mixed. They criticized the lack of lyrical content, with many citing the lyrics as second best to the song's production and composition, though they praised Harris's production of the song. [36] [37] The music video, which premiered on October 19, 2011, [38] depicts the singer as a drug abusing thrill seeker in a relationship that quickly spirals downward into addiction and violence. "We Found Love" debuted at number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, eventually reaching number one, giving Rihanna the record for a solo artist to have amassed twenty top ten singles in the shortest amount of time in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [39] [40]

"You da One" was released as the second single from the album, having its radio premiere on November 11 and being released digitally on November 14, 2011. [41] The single was a moderate success, reaching the top twenty of the US Billboard Hot 100 peaking at fourteen as well as reaching the top twenty of the UK Singles Chart peaking at sixteen, while also topping the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart, and attaining top twenty positions in eleven other countries. "Talk That Talk", was confirmed as the third single from the album by Rihanna on Twitter, following a vote from her fans. [42] The song, which features a rap verse from Jay-Z, was serviced to urban radio in the United States on January 17, 2012. [43]

"Birthday Cake" was released as a full length remix version featuring former boyfriend Chris Brown on February 20, 2012, coinciding with Rihanna's 24th birthday. It was sent to radio as the fourth single from the album on March 6, 2012. [44]

"Where Have You Been" was released as the fifth single from the album, impacting contemporary hit radio and rhythmic contemporary radio stations in the United States on April 17, 2012. [45] [46] Commercially, "Where Have You Been" was an international success, peaking at number five in the US for two weeks. In addition to attaining top five positions in the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Israel, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, while peaking in the top ten of charts in twenty countries worldwide including Australia, Belgium and Norway. The song is certified Platinum or higher in eight countries.

"Cockiness (Love It)" was released as the sixth and final single on September 7, 2012 in a remixed form of the original version and features rapper ASAP Rocky. [47] Upon the release of Talk That Talk, the song debuted on multiple world charts. The song debuted on the South Korea Gaon International Chart at number 62 on November 26, 2011, with sales of 6,918 digital downloads. [48] In the United Kingdom, "Cockiness (Love It)" debuted at number 33 on the UK R&B Chart on November 27, 2011. [49] It also debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number 121 in the chart issue December 3, 2011. [50] In the United States, the song debuted on the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart at number 17 in the chart issue December 10, 2011. [51]

Release and promotion

Live performances

"We Found Love" was the first performed song from the album, as it was performed for the first time on November 14, 2011 at Rihanna's Loud Tour (2011) in London. [52] On November 17, 2011 Rihanna performed the song on first season of The X Factor USA . [53] On November 20, 2011 Rihanna performed the song on eighth season of The X Factor UK . [54] On February 12, 2012, Rihanna performed "We Found Love" at the 2012 Grammy Awards held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, [55] followed by her duet single "Princess of China" with Coldplay for first time. [55] Later that month, the singer performed the song at the 2012 BRIT Awards held on February 21, 2012 at The O2 Arena in London. [56] Whilst promoting her first feature film appearance in "Battleship", Rihanna made a rare visit to Japan, performing "We Found Love" on the Japanese music television program Music Station. She donned a traditional kimono and concluded the performance by crowd surfing into the audience. [57]

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Rihanna performing during Kollen Music Festival in June 2012

Rihanna's first performance of "Talk That Talk" was made on The Jonathan Ross Show , in the United Kingdom, aired on March 3, 2012. The singer performed a solo version of the track, and was also interviewed. [58] Rihanna performed "Where Have You Been" for the first time live at the 2012 Post-Grammy Charity Fundraiser, along with "We Found Love", on February 13, 2012. [59] On April 15, 2012, Rihanna performed the Song at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, along with "We Found Love". She wasn't an official performer at the festival but she joined Calvin Harris on his set. [60]

On May 5, 2012, Rihanna performed "Where Have You Been" and a Medley of "Birthday Cake" and "Talk That Talk" on Saturday Night Live in the United States. [61] The performance of "Where Have You Been" featured an aesthetic similar to that of the music video; the SNL set was decorated in a One Thousand and One Nights fashion. [61] Rihanna and her backup dancers performed a highly choreographed dance routine, the same as the music video, and they wore Arabian inspired outfits. [61] The performance of the medley with the original interlude version of "Birthday Cake" and "Talk That Talk" started with the singer performing "Birthday Cake" and featured Rihanna in an all black outfit with a giant spiders web as the backdrop behind her. [61] After she performed a short section of the song, it transitioned into "Talk That Talk", where she performed her part of the song in full, without the rap vocal by Jay-Z. [61] On May 14, 2012, Rihanna performed "Where Have You Been" at the 2012 Robin Hood Benefit in New York. The performance was in Cleopatra style. [62] Rihanna also performed the song on American Idol's season 11 finale on May 23, 2012. [63]

Rihanna later performed "We Found Love", "Talk That Talk", "Birthday Cake" and "Where Have You Been" at Radio 1's Hackney Weekend on May 24, 2012, where she also performed her previous singles "Run This Town" and "Umbrella". [64] Lastly, on September 6, 2012, Rihanna and ASAP Rocky performed the remix of "Cockiness (Love It)" at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards in a medley with "We Found Love". [65]

Documentary

"Road to Talk That Talk" shows Rihanna behind the scenes during the production of the album. The first part of "Road to Talk That Talk" was released onto the internet on February 17, 2012. In the viral video Rihanna takes the cameras back stage on the last day of the Loud Tour, to the studio whilst she talks about the track listing and to Barbados with her family. [66] The second part of "Road to Talk That Talk" was released May 9, 2012 in which Rihanna videoed the rest of her trip to Barbados, to the hotel where she was with Katy Perry, behind the photo shoots and she spoke on her breakdown. [67]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.0/10 [68]
Metacritic 64/100 [69]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [70]
The Daily Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [19]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [71]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [72]
MSN Music (Expert Witness)A− [20]
NME 5/10 [73]
Pitchfork 6/10 [17]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Spin 8/10 [74]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [75]

Talk That Talk received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 64, based on 27 reviews. [76] AllMusic's Andy Kellman dubbed it Rihanna's "third best album to date ... behind Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) and Rated R (2009)," and stated, "Minus the fluff, it's close to the latter's equal." [70] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times wrote that the album places Rihanna "squarely at the center of the pop genre best suited for a singer of her fundamental evanescence – dance music, which conveniently is the mode du jour of contemporary R&B and pop." [2] James Lachno of The Daily Telegraph called it "an adrenalised behemoth of a record which reasserts her position as one of pop's most compulsive pleasures". [19] Rebecca Nicholson of The Guardian called it "a blast of obnoxious, filth-fuelled pop" and felt that "it works best when the music hall bawdiness is left aside in favour of bleak euphoria". [71] In a review of its deluxe edition for MSN Music , Robert Christgau complimented the songs' carnal lyrics and stated, "I prefer it to her earlier albums because I find its many porny moments titillating." [20]

In a mixed review, Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times expressed dissatisfaction with the themes of the album and stated, "The singer works that NC-17 territory, but the sauciness sometimes borders on shtick. With an eye toward Middle America, it's mostly just insinuation." [18] Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune panned its "double or single entendres", and felt that it gives the impression of "a chintzy soft-core porn movie." [24] Andy Gill of The Independent said that Rihanna mostly "struggles to assert her vocal character against a sea of effects". [72] Matthew Cole from Slant Magazine panned it as "pretty easily the worst Rihanna album yet". [77] Pitchfork 's Lindsay Zoladz wrote that the album "tries too hard to send a more one-dimensional message" than other pop artists in 2011, adding that it "ends up falling flat". [17] Priya Elan of NME found it "annoyingly safe" and wrote that it "leaves us with the impression Rihanna has spread herself so thinly that she doesn’t have time to record a cohesive album." [73]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 198,000 copies in the United States, slightly below her last album, which also debuted at number three with 207,000 copies. [78] In its second week, the album sold an additional 68,200 copies in the United States, dropping to number 7 on the charts and bringing its total sales to 266,400 units sold. [79] On March 26, 2018, Talk That Talk was certified 3× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), [80] marking shipments of over three million album-equivalent units. It has sold over 1,150,000 copies in the United States as of June 2015. [81]

In the United Kingdom, the album was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments of 300,000 units after six days of sale. Talk That Talk debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, selling more than 163,000 copies in its first week. With the album and "We Found Love" both at number one, it made Rihanna the only female artist in the UK to simultaneously have a number one single and album twice in the same year with a different album and single. The other double chart topper being "What's My Name?" and Loud in January 2011. [82] On December 9, 2011 the album was certified two-times Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments of 600,000 copies in the UK. [83] As of May 2013 it has sold 1,000,000 copies. [84]

It was the second biggest selling R&B / hip hop album of 2011 in the UK, only beaten by Rihanna's previous album, Loud (2010). [85] On August 12, 2012, the album returned to the number one position of the UK Albums Chart, selling 9,578 copies, making it the UK's lowest-selling number one since records began. [86] The record was beaten 4 years later by Blossoms' self-titled album which sold 7,948 copies on August 19, 2016. As of March 2013, the album has sold more than 5.5 million copies worldwide. [87]

Track listing

Talk That Talk track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."You da One"
3:18
2."Where Have You Been"
  • Dr. Luke
  • Cirkut
  • Harris
  • Harrell [a]
4:02
3."We Found Love" (featuring Calvin Harris)Harris
  • Harris
  • Harrell [a]
3:35
4."Talk That Talk" (featuring Jay-Z)
3:30
5."Cockiness (Love It)"
  • Crawford
  • Harrell [a]
2:58
6."Birthday Cake"
1:18
7."We All Want Love"
3:57
8."Drunk on Love"
  • Stargate
  • Harrell [a]
3:31
9."Roc Me Out"
3:29
10."Watch n' Learn"
3:31
11."Farewell"
4:16
Total length:37:29
iTunes Store bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
12."We Found Love" (Calvin Harris Extended Mix) (featuring Calvin Harris)Harris
  • Harris
  • Harrell [a]
5:45
Total length:43:12
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
12."Red Lipstick"
3:37
13."Do Ya Thang"
  • Nash
  • Fenty
  • Nash
  • Harrell [a]
3:43
14."Fool in Love"
  • Dean
  • Gottwald
  • Walter
  • Dr. Luke
  • Cirkut
  • Dean
  • Harrell [a]
4:15
Total length:49:04
iTunes Store deluxe edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."We Found Love" (Calvin Harris Extended Mix) (featuring Calvin Harris)Harris
  • Harris
  • Harrell [a]
5:45
Total length:54:47

Talk That Talk Physical Deluxe Edition [88] [89]

Notes

Sample credits [29]

Personnel

Credits for Talk That Talk deluxe edition: [90] [91]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Talk That Talk
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [150] Platinum70,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria) [151] Gold10,000*
Belgium (BEA) [152] Gold15,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [153] Gold20,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [154] 2× Platinum40,000‡
France—200,000 [155]
Germany (BVMI) [156] Gold100,000^
Hungary (MAHASZ) [157] Gold3,000^
Ireland (IRMA) [158] 2× Platinum30,000^
Italy (FIMI) [159] Platinum50,000‡
Japan (RIAJ) [160] Gold100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [161] Platinum15,000^
Poland (ZPAV) [162] 3× Platinum60,000*
Singapore (RIAS) [163] Gold5,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [164] Gold30,000^
Sweden (GLF) [165] Gold20,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [166] Platinum30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [167] 3× Platinum1,000,000 [168]
United States (RIAA) [80] 3× Platinum3,000,000‡
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [169] Platinum1,000,000*
Worldwide—5,500,000 [87]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates for Talk That Talk
RegionDateFormat(s)LabelEdition(s)
Australia [170] November 18, 2011 CD, digital download Universal Music Standard, deluxe
Germany [171]
Ireland [172] Standard
Poland [173] Standard, deluxe
Canada [174] November 21, 2011
France [175] Def Jam
Italy [176]
United Kingdom [177] Mercury
United States [178] Def Jam
Japan [179] November 23, 2011Universal Music
India [180] [181]
Brazil [182] [183] November 29, 2011
Colombia [184] [185] December 1, 2011
Indonesia [186] [187] December 2, 2011CD

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<i>Recovery</i> (Eminem album) 2010 studio album by Eminem

Recovery is the seventh studio album by the American rapper Eminem. It was released on June 18, 2010, by Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records, and Interscope Records. The album serves as a follow-up to Relapse (2009). Production of the album took place during 2009 to 2010 at several recording studios and was handled by various record producers, including Alex da Kid, Just Blaze, Boi-1da, Jim Jonsin, DJ Khalil, Mr. Porter, and Dr. Dre. Eminem also collaborated with artists such as Pink, Lil Wayne, Rihanna, and Slaughterhouse for the album.

<i>Rated R</i> (Rihanna album) 2009 studio album by Rihanna

Rated R is the fourth studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on November 20, 2009, by Def Jam Recordings and SRP Records. Recording sessions for the album began in March 2009 and took place at recording studios throughout United States and Europe. Rihanna was the executive producer of the album alongside Antonio "L.A." Reid and The Carter Administration. It features additional production by various record producers, including Chase & Status, Stargate, The-Dream, Ne-Yo, and Brian Kennedy. The record features several vocalists and instrumentalists, including Young Jeezy, will.i.am, Justin Timberlake and Slash, who played the guitars in "Rockstar 101".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Love the Way You Lie</span> 2010 single by Eminem featuring Rihanna

"Love the Way You Lie" is a song by the American rapper Eminem featuring the Barbadian singer Rihanna from Eminem's seventh studio album Recovery (2010). The singer and songwriter Skylar Grey wrote and recorded a demo of the song alongside the producer Alex da Kid when she felt she was in an abusive romantic relationship with the music industry. Eminem wrote the verses and chose Rihanna to sing the chorus, resulting in a collaboration influenced by their past experiences in difficult relationships. Recording sessions were held in Ferndale, Michigan, and Dublin, Ireland. Backed by guitar, piano and violin, the track is a midtempo hip-hop ballad with a pop refrain, sung by Rihanna, and describes two lovers who refuse to separate despite being in a dangerous abusive relationship.

<i>Femme Fatale</i> (Britney Spears album) 2011 studio album by Britney Spears

Femme Fatale is the seventh studio album by American singer Britney Spears. It was released on March 25, 2011, by Jive Records, and was her last album with the label before they shut down later that year as she was moved to RCA Records. Musically, Spears wanted to make a "fresh-sounding" and "fierce dance album", thus incorporating dance-pop, electropop, EDM and synth-pop styles with elements of dubstep, techno and electro in its sound. Spears began working on the album during the second leg of her tour The Circus Starring Britney Spears (2009), while also contributing to her second greatest hits album The Singles Collection (2009). Spears collaborated with various producers including Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Fraser T Smith, Rodney Jerkins, Bloodshy, will.i.am, Stargate, and Travis Barker.

<i>Loud</i> (Rihanna album) 2010 studio album by Rihanna

Loud is the fifth studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on November 12, 2010, by Def Jam Recordings and SRP Records. The album was recorded between February and August 2010, during the singer's Last Girl on Earth tour (2010-2011) and the filming of her first feature film Battleship (2012). Rihanna and L.A. Reid were the executive producers of Loud and worked with various record producers, including Stargate, Sandy Vee, The Runners, Tricky Stewart and Alex da Kid. The album features several guest vocalists, including rappers Drake, Nicki Minaj, and Eminem, who is featured on the sequel to "Love the Way You Lie", titled "Love the Way You Lie ".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">We Found Love</span> 2011 song by Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris

"We Found Love" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna from her sixth studio album, Talk That Talk (2011). The song features Scottish DJ Calvin Harris, whose 2012 album 18 Months also includes the track. "We Found Love" premiered on September 22, 2011, on the Capital FM radio station in the United Kingdom, and was made available to download on the same day as the lead single from Talk That Talk. "We Found Love" is an uptempo electro house song, with elements of dance-pop, techno and Europop. The song's lyrics speak of a couple who "found love in a hopeless place".

"Cockiness (Love It)" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna, from her sixth studio album Talk That Talk (2011). The song was written by Rihanna, Candice Pillay, D. Abernathy and Shondrae Crawford, with production helmed by Mr. Bangladesh. Conceptualized by Mr. Bangladesh, the producer revealed in an interview with MTV that the song had undergone many different versions before the final cut was included on the album. He stated that while he was writing and developing the song, Rihanna was the principal artist whom he wanted to record it.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Talk That Talk (Rihanna song)</span> 2012 single by Rihanna

"Talk That Talk" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna for her 2011 studio album of the same name. It features a rap verse by American rapper Jay-Z, who had previously collaborated with Rihanna on her song "Umbrella" in 2007 and "Run This Town" in 2009. The song was written by Jay-Z, Ester Dean, together with the Norwegian production duo Stargate. Def Jam Recordings serviced the track to urban contemporary radio in the United States on January 17, 2012, as the third single from Talk That Talk. It was released in France as a CD single on March 26. "Talk That Talk" is a hip hop song with R&B beats, rough drums and unrefined synths, and has a similar style to Rihanna's 2010 single "Rude Boy". It contains a brief sample of "I Got a Story to Tell" by the Notorious B.I.G. Therefore, the Buckwild, Sean Combs, Chucky Thompson, and the Notorious B.I.G. are credited as songwriters despite the Notorious B.I.G's death in 1997.

<i>Unapologetic</i> 2012 studio album by Rihanna

Unapologetic is the seventh studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on 19 November 2012 by Def Jam Recordings and SRP Records. It was recorded between June and November 2012, during promotion of her sixth studio album, Talk That Talk (2011). As executive producer, Rihanna enlisted previous collaborators The-Dream, David Guetta, Chase & Status, and Stargate to work alongside new collaborators such as Parker Ighile, Mike Will Made It, and Labrinth. Unapologetic is primarily a pop, synth-pop, and R&B album that incorporates elements of hip hop, EDM, dubstep, rock and reggae in its production, merging the sound of her previous albums Talk That Talk (2011), Loud (2010) and Rated R (2009).

<i>The Marshall Mathers LP 2</i> 2013 studio album by Eminem

The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is the eighth studio album by the American rapper Eminem. It was released on November 5, 2013, by Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment, and Interscope Records. The album is Eminem's last to have the involvement of independent label WEB Entertainment. It serves as a sequel to his third album The Marshall Mathers LP (2000). The album was recorded from 2012 to 2013 with several different producers, with Dr. Dre and Rick Rubin serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from Skylar Grey, Rihanna, Nate Ruess, and rapper Kendrick Lamar, among others.

<i>Loud Tour Live at the O2</i> 2012 video by Rihanna

Loud Tour Live at the O2 is the second live long-form video by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on December 13, 2012 by SRP and Def Jam Recordings. The DVD and Blu-ray Disc release feature her concert at The O2 Arena in London, England as part of the Loud Tour (2011), in support of her fifth studio album Loud (2010). Directed by Nick Wickham and produced by Ciarra Pardo and Emer Patten, it was filmed during the last three shows in London.

<i>Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded</i> 2008 studio album (reissue) by Rihanna

Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded is the reissue of Barbadian singer Rihanna's third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007). It was first released digitally in selected countries on June 2, 2008, by Def Jam Recordings and SRP Records. Launched to mark the first anniversary of the original album, Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded features three newly recorded songs and a DVD showing exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of Rihanna's worldwide tour, the Good Girl Gone Bad Tour (2007–2009). For the new material, she worked with past collaborators Ne-Yo, Stargate, and C. "Tricky" Stewart, as well as Brian Kennedy, Mark Endert, Mike Elizondo, Mark "Spike" Stent and Maroon 5.

<i>Anti</i> (album) 2016 studio album by Rihanna

Anti is the eighth studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on 28 January 2016 by Roc Nation and Westbury Road. Rihanna started recording in 2014 after departing from Def Jam Recordings, who had released all of her albums since her 2005 debut. As executive producer, Rihanna recorded Anti with producers including Jeff Bhasker, Boi-1da, DJ Mustard, Hit-Boy, Brian Kennedy, Timbaland and No I.D., at studios in Canada, the United States and France. SZA and Drake contribute guest vocals.

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