Rihanna Rated R [Explicit Content] Open Box From opener 'Black Mould' (perhaps

From opener 'Black Mould' (perhaps the first motorik-influenced song about respiratory problems induced by inadequate building standards in New Zealand) to the 18 minute closing behemoth 'Friendly Society' (almost certainly the only psychedelic epic named after the Quaker movement and which features Neil Finn and Bella Union signed Lawrence Arabia on backing vocals)

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Sessions for a debut album were all but complete when

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a myriad of musical collaborators were enlisted uniting a finely-tuned sense of adventurousness that roves between the personal and political to frame an acute portrait of modern day societal revelation

Rihanna Rated R [Explicit Content] Open Box From opener 'Black Mould' (perhapsAudio Mixer: Jaycen Joshua. Photographers: JP Robinson; Simon Henwood; Ellen Von Unwerth. "Russian Roulette," released weeks prior to Rated R, just hinted at Rihanna's sudden desire to provoke. Even with the realization that it is metaphorical, the song startles with its hesitant gasps, spinning cylinders, and verses that are glacially paced, where a cold piano line and the slight inflections in Rihanna's voice are front and center. And then there's