Varo Yan 2,984 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 22 hours ago, DominicB said: Because Lady Gaga is God... (Keep in mind Jesus was heavily criticized too, and he was a savior). But honestly...Barbadian boobs. AMEN! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Tulip 12,428 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 2 hours ago, Lord Temptation said: Rihanna is a puppet and as such does not deserve to be "stoned". She was an accomplice to the Anti car crash, but clearly was never in the drivers seat. Still, she should be ashamed of herself. Disgusting post. You're describing her like she's not human or anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HANZ 4,380 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 no one takes her seriously to begin with My Favs = Lady Gaga, Janet Jackson, Ricky Martin, AKB48 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebit 6,240 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 She was dragged up and down on my timeline yesterday. I guess it depends on where you look? Billboard sending out that shady tweet was quite blatant though. I also feel like The Grape Juice is basically Rih's equivalent of PwsDwn. I do think that if Rihanna hadn't had the RIAA certify her album she would have dodged that criticism and it would have been seen as a Dead Petz type release. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsches 17,475 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Gaga was bigger at the time btw was released than rihanna is now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusKeepBreathin 19,311 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 They are both criticized. Why didn't anyone criticize Jay-Z when he did his deal? Because he is a man. "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." -Martin Luther King Jr. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Life 118,907 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Because 1. Rihanna has no 0 star power. She can't get people talking about her. 2. Everyone is aware she's a label puppet, so they know she has no hand in whatever decision in her campaign. She's just a brand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paper Gangsta 6,693 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 3 hours ago, PopThatArt said: Because Rihanna never offered anything that great in the first place. Gaga was criticized I believe because like a few Monsters say ARTPOP was subpar in comparison to her other work. But with Rihanna, she's never really delivered anything that great for the past several years. And she barely contributes to its creation. Rihanna wrote half of ANTI tracks and cowrote the rest of them sans one which is cover. She also composed on this album. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paper Gangsta 6,693 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 54 minutes ago, Gypsy Life said: Because 1. Rihanna has no 0 star power. She can't get people talking about her. 2. Everyone is aware she's a label puppet, so they know she has no hand in whatever decision in her campaign. She's just a brand. How is she label puppet if she has her own label? Lmao she made music which she loves. Real reason is that Gaga's copies counted not just towards certification but total sales aswell and reason why it wasnt free but 0.99 is exactly that it can count. AntiWhy downloads count only for certification so would rihanna get dragged if it is known than RIAA counts things like this? Just like they count shipments and streaming. How is free stream different than free download? Or how is it different from cd that label shipped and which is stil on the store shelve? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronk 14,765 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 7 hours ago, JackTheTripper said: she was scouted beacuse she was a hot girl from barbados, not based on her vocal skills Imo, Rihanna and several Barbadian singers have considerable vocal skills. Some are extraordinarily talented but haven't made a name worldwide yet. I was in Barbados in 2014 and made videos of 10 songs sung by a three-girl group called Virgo. Some of their covers are actually better than the originals, imo, because there is so much heart and expressiveness in their performances. Check out this one, for example. The other nine are also on my Vimeo with this one. I live outside the space time continuum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whispering 18,865 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 58 minutes ago, Paper Gangsta said: Just like they count shipments and streaming. How is free stream different than free download? Or how is it different from cd that label shipped and which is stil on the store shelve? It is different because 1 free stream =\= 1 album for certification. If they want to count 1,500 free albums (maybe even more that that, since people got two free months of a streaming service with it) as 1 album for certification, then it would be the same. For now, it is different. For the majority of artists and labels, they wait until the album is at least close to platinum and the shipments they count look as if they will be sold to at least make it fairly close to platinum. These artists that claim their album is platinum at 500K (when their sales have slowed to 5,000 of less a week) are as big of a joke as Rihanna claiming Platinum certification with Anti. They are the same situations, as they are both jokes! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic 11,922 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 6 hours ago, Yanko said: rihanna is being dragged tho do you want her to get stoned or something ? Literally this It's like you guys want blood over something as small a free album. ...and besides I thought a majority of you didn't care about the bling and charts? The hardest thing in this world is to live in it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopBitch 1,218 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Born this Way was a different time. Albums were still selling. It's a whole different ballgame now and all kinds of strategies and ways to count sales. It's tough to put an album out now and everybody is having to think outside the box. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paper Gangsta 6,693 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Just now, Whispering said: It is different because 1 free stream =\= 1 album for certification. If they want to count 1,500 free albums (maybe even more that that, since people got two free months of a streaming service with it) as 1 album for certification, then it woukd be the same. For now, it is different. For the majority if artists and labels, they wait until the album is at least close to platinum and the shipments they count look as up they will be sold to at least make it fairly close to platinum. These artists that claim their album is platinum at 500K, when their sales have slowed to 5,000 of less a week, are as big of a joke as Rihanna claiming Platinum certification with Anti. They are the same situations, as they are both jokes! rihanna isn't claiming it, its how RIAA work. idk why everyone thinks its up to them to decide how should RIAA work. Rihanna didn't make up this rule. And no it wouldn't be fail to count 1,500 cause you actually get full album and you can listen it billion times. It's not RIAA's not Rihanna's fault people put in their head that certifications should be only about sales, it never was and never will be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackTheTripper 866 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 18 minutes ago, Ronk said: Imo, Rihanna and several Barbadian singers have considerable vocal skills. Some are extraordinarily talented but haven't made a name worldwide yet. I was in Barbados in 2014 and made videos of 10 songs sung by a three-girl group called Virgo. Some of their covers are actually better than the originals, imo, because there is so much heart and expressiveness in their performances. Check out this one, for example. The other nine are also on my Vimeo with this one. I newer said Brabados doesnt have amazing vocalist (but rihanna isnt one of them), this woman in your link is faaar far superior than rihanna, yet no one even knows about her, and she is not promoted as heavily as rihanna, or doenst even make 1/100 of what she is making.... do you now understand what the problem is here? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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