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Rihanna – Music Album Reviews

Rihanna though is still considered as a teen, but when one listens to her very sophisticated, and highly sultry sound in her album “Good Girl Gone Bad” then one would be convinced that she’s no child. This is because the very clear and mature vocals that she presents in her album mark her skills. Her third album is seen as another milestone in her performance and career.

She has taken a lot of help from the R&B hit makers like Timbaland and Jay-Z. Rihanna has projected herself as a fresh faced teen and now has moved straight to the point where she is known as a superstar. It’s quite clear from her sound and image that image of Rihanna has been molded very carefully. At her age, where the image is considered everything, her unique style statement is compared to that of Diana Ross.

“Good girl gone bad” is a very stylish CD consisting of 12 tracks features up-tempo songs. All these songs are written very clearly and produced mainly for the dance floor. “Umbrella” is considered as the most powerful track of her album featuring Jay-Z. It’s a very strong, and a memorable track having pounding rhythm. This track has become a major hit in almost all the dance clubs throughout the world. This song has been produced very beautifully and is arranged very carefully. It has mixing of Jay-Z’s rap along with Rihanna’s voice.
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Black Eyed Peas’ Boom Boom Pow

Who wouldn’t know the Black Eyed Peas? They have made the people from all over the world go gaga over their songs. It is just recently that the Black Eyed Peas released its latest album entitled “The E.N.D”.

This album is a compilation of different and various musicality from techno-pop, dance pop, vocal effects and hip-hop. It was predicted that this album will make another success for the Black Eyed Peas. True enough, when their first lead single entitled “Boom Boom Pow” was released it has amazingly topped many hit charts such as the Billboard Hot 100.

Added to this is the fact that Boom Boom Pow is the first single performed by a group that topped the Billboard Hot 100.
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