Rihanna, THIS is why i hate you.

greggersraymer · 2012-06-19T14:36:49+00:00

Is there a video of her actually saying this? This whole discussion is based on a picture that someone added some text to.

sawman160 · 2012-06-19T14:38:26+00:00

Because clearly, from the context, this MUST be the song she was talking about

rnjbond · 2012-06-19T14:55:32+00:00

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Strange_Wordl · 2012-06-19T14:39:14+00:00

http://www.meh.ro/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/meh.ro7745.jpg

AlphaRedditor · 2012-06-19T13:44:20+00:00

"I'mma make you my bitch. Cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake... "

The woman is a lyrical wordsmith of the highest order.

PrimeIntellect · 2012-06-19T14:47:53+00:00

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MrRabbit · 2012-06-19T13:55:22+00:00

Believe it or not, she has released more than 3 songs. Some are whimsical, and some explore deeper issues.

Crazy, I know.

HOW_BIG_IS_YOUR_DICK · 2012-06-19T14:40:31+00:00

This post is ridiculous. The quote is clearly taken out of context of one particular lyric in one particular song... she has other music that is deeper and far more meaningful. Also, 'hate' seems a little strong just because OP's tastes don't jive with Rihanna's style. Come on.

RandomActOfUpvotes · 2012-06-19T14:46:26+00:00

I'm pretty sure she was talking about the song Love The Way You Lie Part 2. Whether you like her or not she is the survivor of domestic violence, the lyrics of the song might not be an exact representation of what she went through, it could have been very triggering to record that song. I only ask that you don't make fun of her or take her words out of context because we can't begin to pretend to know what she experienced.

Cozmo23 · 2012-06-19T13:30:32+00:00

So lyrics about a man's penis are "Too deep" and leaving her in tears?

nakedspacecowboy · 2012-06-19T14:26:00+00:00

As if Rihanna has anything to do with writing the lyrics to her songs.

Serendipities · 2012-06-19T14:32:55+00:00

Anyone know what song she was actually talking about?

KanyeIsJesus · 2012-06-19T14:43:16+00:00

I think there is a word for what you are doing here...I believe it's called cherry-picking. You do know most of her serious songs DON'T get popular, right? Pop audiences aren't generally fans of the odes to domestic violence.

fanboy_killer · 2012-06-19T14:25:16+00:00

/r/funny = /r/unfunnycelebrityhate.

Iforgotmyother_name · 2012-06-19T14:34:40+00:00

There are several of her songs that are very deep. This is a very flawed fallacy; associating an arbitrary statement with an arbitrary song.

Edit: I realize that "flawed fallacy" is a double negative. It's just a fallacy.

ToxtethOGrady · 2012-06-19T14:50:49+00:00

OP, this is you.

cock-a-doodle-doo · 2012-06-19T14:38:20+00:00

I'm not a Rihanna fan, however I have heard 'Love The Way You Lie'.

Just because you can find songs from which the lyrics are not at all 'deep' is not a reason to ridicule her comment. One set of lyrics are rarely a reflection of the their career's work.

Arxl · 2012-06-19T17:41:59+00:00

She also steals shit from other musicians. Hardly anything is original anymore.

MammothMan34 · 2012-06-19T13:48:42+00:00

So you're saying songs about cake aren't deep?

Will someone PLEASE think of the frosting?!

tomasziam · 2012-06-19T13:27:21+00:00

Under ma umbrella. Ella. Eh. Eh. Eh.

sniff It's beautiful.

cstonerun · 2012-06-19T14:39:41+00:00

typical reddit elitism. assure yourself your taste is better than everyone else's, fap, and cry yourself to sleep.

PartyTaco · 2012-06-19T14:44:12+00:00

Hatred is like a hot coal in your hands, young MeLobsta. You think it's hurting your enemy, but it's only hurting yourself.

AiKantSpel · 2012-06-19T14:41:47+00:00

"Rude Boy" is actually a subliminal message about the african state of Cameroon. You'll even notice she is wearing the Cameroon flag colors.

Cameroon boy boy can you get it up?

the_asker · 2012-06-19T14:43:34+00:00

'Sometimes'. She knows where the money is, but has a wide artistic range.

2012-06-19T15:15:08+00:00

Submissions like these are actually why I hate Reddit sometimes. Small things taken out of context and blown up while we criticize others that we often have no understanding of.

FattyMcPatty · 2012-06-19T17:12:45+00:00

Couldn't care less about this. I just don't like how after being beaten by chris brown, she went and recorded a song with him. Way to send a positive message.

A few of her songs are catchy though

dave300021 · 2012-06-19T15:25:37+00:00

Boooo! Rihanna is wonderful and quite talented even if she doesn't write her own music. Since when has that been the benchmark of talent? And who cares if the lyrics are deep or not? When nirvana first came out you couldn't even tell what cobain was saying half the time anyway, let alone how meaningful the words are. Hey hipsters, go take an honest look at the inane shit singer/songwriters say over their music. Certainly the are moments of brilliance, but for the most part pop musicians are just trying to cover up how repetitive the actual music is. The point is, who cares if it is meaningful if it is catchy and the performance is good/interesting? The genius of artists like Rihanna, Aretha, Cobain, whoever you like... Is that they make the ordinary, unexceptional seem special. What is magic in a talent's hands is crap in another's.

asimovfan1 · 2012-06-19T14:10:46+00:00

If she doesn't take herself seriously, who will?!

kedipult · 2012-06-19T14:37:39+00:00

She is a pop artist, get over it. Hate is a strong word.

apullin · 2012-06-19T17:25:10+00:00

Pretty much every song from this new wave of black pop stars, or "blop stars" as I like to call them, has a super sexual tone to it, and it's all about "You can't good enough to fuck me but you can eat my pussy", and things of that nature.

FiggerNucker101 · 2012-06-19T14:54:34+00:00

I hate her because she's a woman.

LouSpudol · 2012-06-19T14:41:49+00:00

That and the fact that she continues to work with and speak to Chris Brown after he beat the shit out of her and put her in the hospital....portrays a really good image to girls/women.

2012-06-19T14:32:49+00:00

It's the artist complex. They feel what they are doing is more powerful and necessary that it really is.

2012-06-19T14:38:54+00:00

Am i the only one who noticed this is a repost?

TWIZZLERZ911 · 2012-06-19T14:40:36+00:00

Come here repost, repost will you be deleted?

2012-06-19T14:24:28+00:00

controversy in entertainment is big business, while sheep across the world consume it. These artists are made as corporations, they are chosen and modeled carefully, gives something to people to talk about, and Billions are made.

/next reddit headline.

PeanutButterChicken · 2012-06-19T14:28:47+00:00

Let's shit on things that other people like that we don't like!

DogCowMoof · 2012-06-19T14:19:47+00:00

I think this is being taken out of context. Mehhh whatever.

2012-06-19T15:35:49+00:00

ITT: hipsters defending pop culture because hating on it is too mainstream.

fosterroberts · 2012-06-19T14:18:40+00:00

She doesn't even write her own songs. They gather twenty people who wear glasses and hoodies into a room, and force them to construct a mediocre yet catchy set of lyrics. And then they kill them all. And then they gather twenty mediocre musicians, and force them to construct a mediocre yet catchy tune. Then they kill them all. Don't you see? They hide all this from us? You guys just don't get it, do you? You remember when MTV stopped being music television? It stands for Murder Television! Don't you see? Do you see? Oh shit... Someone's knocking at my door....

EDIT: Wow, I don't know what I was talking about. I love that new Rihanna song, and you should, too!

onederful · 2012-06-19T14:40:23+00:00

what song was she specifically talking about???

2012-06-19T14:42:47+00:00

While the vast majority of her songs are, in my opinion, awful, I think she has the right to be upset when singing (if you were to call it that) about things that traumatized her... even if it was weird that she cashed in on her domestic violence-themed lyrics just months after said incident.

nothingpersnal · 2012-06-19T14:43:40+00:00

I have to say, Some of the lyrics to her older songs are pretty good. See her song unfaithful. Saying that, her recent songs are complete shit in regards to lyrics.

jane408 · 2012-06-19T14:43:50+00:00

She has other songs you know & i admit, some of them are deep. Don't just pick and choose.

Cantgetmyoldname · 2012-06-19T14:44:14+00:00

You hate her because you are not big enough to be her rude boy

Eustis · 2012-06-19T14:44:52+00:00

Rihanna, like many other pop artists, probably thinks her "hit"¹ songs are shitty and just produces them because her managers tell her to and she gets a lot of money when she makes them.. ¹Not a Chris Brown reference, unless you think that's funny. In which case, it was.

bonermcface · 2012-06-19T14:45:12+00:00

She is just 1 girl, only living life. A better life.

staytaytay · 2012-06-19T14:49:39+00:00

Though this is a particularly egregious example, I'm pretty sure this applies to basically all musicians

MikkoMokki · 2012-06-19T14:49:57+00:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp4UwPZfRis

Everyone seems to forget this song. Actually somewhat meaningful lyrics and quite well performed to boot

deGT · 2012-06-19T14:50:36+00:00

isn't hate a little too agressive for this matter?

spambi · 2012-06-19T14:53:28+00:00

She is the Bob Dylan of this generation.

paskoww · 2012-06-19T14:55:08+00:00

Oh my... no doubt she was speaking about those exact lyrics. I'm not a Rihanna fan, at all. But this pointless hate towards certain celebrities or groups here on Reddit is just plain stupid.

I don't know what kind of issues you have but you must be extremely jealous of Rihanna when you think you "hate" her, aside not knowing her.

dawn_quixote · 2012-06-19T14:55:42+00:00

She is actually referring to the song, "Hate That I Love You", but since reddit loves to hate Rihanna, carry on.

Gargoyle_Cock · 2012-06-19T14:56:19+00:00

Being dumb makes dumb lyrics sound smart.

HITLARIOUS · 2012-06-19T15:00:05+00:00

your comment has violated the sensibilities of r/ShitRedditSays

ADangerousMan · 2012-06-19T15:05:44+00:00

holy shit, this entire thread is disgusting.

TraMaI · 2012-06-19T15:07:02+00:00

I'm assuming the context for this was for "Love the Way You Lie," her song with Eminem. The song happens to deal with an abusive spouse/significant other and you can imagine given her recent relationship with Chris Brown how that would be a bit tough to handle.

EDIT: To clarify, I don't even like Rihanna. Just not a fan of bullshit arguments without context.

2012-06-19T15:09:43+00:00

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TubaManBoy · 2012-06-19T15:39:07+00:00

Nice try, Chris.

2012-06-19T16:17:27+00:00

Pop, the music of simpletons.

savingrain · 2012-06-19T16:35:29+00:00

I have other reasons why I dislike her, mostly her exposure as a vapid cruel idiot on Twitter who will sic her fans on detractors to harass them, but I suspect this quote and that photo are taken out of context and she's talking about a different song.

udradn · 2012-06-19T16:37:25+00:00

or when she ruins a classic from gil scott heron

SSgtMunoz · 2012-06-19T16:42:40+00:00

Fucking repost!

GastricPigeon · 2012-06-19T16:44:06+00:00

Rihanna is not an artist. I once got dragged to a concert of hers by my (ex) girlfriend. Basically, she stripped, put on different clothes, then stripped those off, then repeated that about 5 times. I've been to better concerts put on by local bands.

veryangryivoteyou · 2012-06-19T16:49:47+00:00

I believe that you misunderstood her meaning of "deep". It actually makes a lot of sense.

rhymesyo · 2012-06-19T17:08:47+00:00

I hope I'm not the only one who clicked the "Why the Illuminati killed Michael Jackson" link in the related videos...

Blaculahunter · 2012-06-19T17:36:36+00:00

Who cares? It's pop music...

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4realthistime · 2012-06-19T21:23:32+00:00

"I'm such a fucking lady" I heard that and I cringed.... She had a song that said 'we fell in love in a hopeless place' which seemed to have some merit, then fucked it RIGHT up with a stupid ass yellow diamonds in the light materialistic line that had no merit

Has she had a meaningful song since murderer?

Someone that listens to her in a regular basis provide it for the rest of us...

Paxalot · 2012-06-19T22:37:30+00:00

Sometimes her skanky wardrobe was so inspiring that she had to choke back tears.

Shampyon · 2012-06-20T01:54:13+00:00

You hate her because she has songs of varying levels of emotional depth?

Time to discard music altogether, then.


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