Aural Only: Rihanna

Rihanna, Hard, music video

If anyone says that Rihanna's biting off of Lady Gaga in her video for "Hard", I will seriously chop their balls off. That notion is as absurd as Timbaland's claims that Gaga stole his style. Ms. "Bad Romance" isn't the first female pop singer to rock insane fashion. If you're going to compare Rihanna's style in this video to anybody, it better be along the lines of Grace Jones.

"Hard" is so over-the-top that it's like the Avatar of music videos, full of explosions, machine guns, phallic pink tanks and duct tape titties. Okay, so technically Rihanna's latest isn't anything like James Cameron's blue alien epic, but it's definitely her best video since "Umbrella". I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this song catches on, because my girl needs another hit!

– Dewitt

To watch the video for "Hard", follow the JUMP:

15 thoughts on “Aural Only: Rihanna

  1. She makes me think of Grace Jones, had she been a bright starlet in modern times. Still, she has yet to achieve the class and allure of Grace. Only time will tell.

  2. Damn, Riri is sexy as hell, lol!
    It took time, but the song grew on me, and now I love it! The vid is poppin’ as well!

  3. Gaga? Really? She didn’t invent the wheel. When I first saw that picture I immediately thought ‘Whoa Grace Jones got light… Oh wait that’s Rihanna’

  4. This would have been awesome had she been channeling Grace Jones when she first started her ‘singing’ career.
    But because she wanted to be the unattainable easy-breezy pop whore for three years she just looks like she’s trying too hard.

  5. This would have been awesome had she been channeling Grace Jones when she first started her ‘singing’ career.
    But because she wanted to be the unattainable easy-breezy pop whore for three years she just looks like she’s trying too hard.

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