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  WATCH: Rihanna's 'Hard' Video

  December 18, 2009 – Love is war -- at least in recent Rihanna videos. "Hard," the latest clip off Rated R, maintains the hard-edged visuals of the video for "Russian Roulette," except this time, she's commanding a paramilitary force. …
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  New Albums from Shakira, Rihanna & More!

  November 24, 2009 – Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today: Shakira, She WolfLatin pop mami down for whatever, wherever. Read Review >> Rihanna, Rated RTough love fails this tender Barbadian balladeer. Read Review >> Adam Lambert, For Your Entertainment A debut even Simon Cowell could love. Read Review >>  …
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• Rihanna, 'Rated R' (Def Jam)

  November 23, 2009 – Rihanna is one of our most malleable pop stars. In the last five years she has grown from sunkissed Bajan sweetie to heaving disco queen to, most crucially, bright-eyed and hopeful balladeer. But she's never been tough. Rated R, Rihanna's first album since her brutal confrontation with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, wants to recast her as a searing woman scorned. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  November 20, 2009 – This week, New Moon premiered in L.A., Aerosmith members discussed singer Steven Tyler's drug habits, Rihanna performed her first concert since the Chris Brown assault, and SPIN stirred the web with our Rock Myths package, which argued that Radiohead kinda blow! These stories, plus the week's top news, photo galleries, audio/video, and live reviews, below.TOP STORIES:Movie Review: 'New Moon' SPIN's Phoebe Reilly explains why more K St …
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  Rihanna Performs First Concert Since Assault

  November 17, 2009 – Monday night in London, Rihanna performed her first solo concert since she was assaulted last February by then-boyfriend Chris Brown, marching onstage at the Brixton Academy to the banging beats of her new tune "Wait Your Turn" to proclaim: "The wait is ova / the wait is ova!" Indeed. Watch video of the performance below! To celebrate her return to the stage, the Barbados-born pop diva brought along a few pals -- Jay-Z and Young Jeezy …
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  Dueling Videos! Chris Brown vs. Rihanna

  November 16, 2009 – The lives of Chris Brown and Rihanna continue to run on parallel tracks: Nine months after their now-infamous Grammy night incident, both singers have new albums on the horizon, and videos from each surfaced over the weekend. But who's got the better clip? In Brown's video for "Crawl," the singer dances in the desert and pines over a lost love, played by a sexy, tall woman -- no, she doesn't have a short haircut, but one could say tha …
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  LISTEN: Chris Brown Debuts New Single

  November 13, 2009 – In a PR blitz to salvage his image, a "sorry and saddened" Chris Brown is giving TV interviews apologizing for his February assault on then-girlfriend Rihanna. But the new music from his December 8 release Grafitti isn't exactly helping his campaign. First, the album's lead single, "I Can Transform Ya," found Brown boasting about his ability to control women. …
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  WATCH: Rihanna's "Wait Your Turn" Video

  November 4, 2009 – The music video for Rihanna's new Rated R (out Nov. 23) track "Wait Your Turn" has hit the web, and like the song itself, the black-and-white clip is, well, total snoreville. So far -- counting her lead single "Russian Roulette" -- the R&B songstress is 0 for 2. …
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  Rihanna Talks About Chris Brown Assault

  November 3, 2009 – Rihanna is breaking her silence. For the first time, she will speak on camera about her assault by R&B singer Chris Brown. The interview will air on ABC during Thursday and Friday's Good Morning America at 7 A.M. …
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  LISTEN: New Rihanna Song Leaks!

  November 2, 2009 – "Wait Your Turn," the second single from Rihanna's Nov. 23 release Rated R, leaked online over the weekend, and like the album's lead track, "Russian Roulette," it's a total let down: clunky, auto-tuned vocals repeat "The wait is ova / The wait is ova" ad nauseam, over dark atmospherics and a spare dub beat that fails to connect. It's certainly not worth the wait. Listen below. Thankfully, this song comes with some promising news. …
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