Last week Rihanna revealed the topless album sleeve for her umteenth album Unapologetic, and the critics did not hold back giving their opinion on the cover. My thoughts on the cover was that Rihanna has banked her entire career on being edgy and a musical as well as visual chameleon, but I'm starting to think this Roc Nation puppet is starting to lose steam and run out of ideas. So the only way to go is to look like a strung out stripper who would be better suited on Love & Hip Hop:Atlanta. While I do love the fact that the album title suggests the next record will have a "fuck you" vibe to all the critics who thumb their nose at some of her decisions (no matter how stupid some of them are), we've seen her sans clothes so many times we're starting to become desensitized by it.
Check out other blogger opinions below...
:: Entertainment Weekly: “Well, the lady likes to stay busy.”
:: The Source: “Rihanna never seems to have any trouble when it comes to the charts. In fact the Roc-Nation star is ready to drop her seventh, count it seventh, album in seven years. Think about that for a second.”
:: E! Online: “Surprise, surprise! Rihanna’s naked again.”
:: The Huffington Post: “She’s a vision of course, and quite literally sheds her tough exterior and marks herself with the emotions that make the woman.”
:: Yahoo’s OMG blog: “Her modesty is just about protected by words scrawled across the album cover including ‘unapologetic’, ‘fearless’ and ‘fun’. As we say though, only just.”
:: HollywoodLife.com spoke to several psychologists about the album, including one who stated the following: “Unapologetic is clearly a message to those people who would dare to criticize her for saying she’s still in love with Chris [Brown] and going back to him. Unconsciously, what it really means is that deep down she knows that Chris is ‘unapologetic’ for beating her up! It is really sad and stupid for her to send this message to her fans because it tells them that it’s cool to stay with a guy who has abused you.”
:: The Los Angeles Times: “The title and cover art also continue her knack for alluding to speculation about her personal life while never actually explaining much. The title professes autonomy, and the art harkens back to the magic-marker body art of the Riot Grrrl era.”
:: The Prophet Blog: “For the artwork for her seventh studio album Unapologetic, Rihanna flicked through her phone and found one of the naked snaps she sent to the Young Money crew when Breezy wasn’t looking, then drew all over it while she was drunk and texted it to Def Jam with a short message that read: ‘jst use dis. #phuckyall #getmuny’”
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