Rihanna is 24 years old. Let's start there. The dame has made more than most of us will in our lifetime and I have a pair of Doc Martens that are older than she is.
She has captured the hearts of America with her dance pop anthems such as "Um brell ah ah ah ah ay ay ay" and gotten her ass kicked by Chris Brown.
With numerous hits under her belt and just as many hair styles this one named wonder was tonights musical guest on Saturday Night Live. As this not ready for prime time hot mess oozes across my screen it has been a torture chamber and with Iman off at the Prudential Center to see The Red Hot Chili Peppers, I am stuck here to watch this crap.
I hate this kind of spoon fed music. There is nothing original or entertaining about it- sorta like SNL itself, we have tonight the perfect pairing of mediocrity and i gotta handle this crap solo….
There is no ghetto more ghetto then Rihanna's look tonight. With crotch slapping grind the girl brought trash to an interesting level. The spiderweb set looked great but call me nuts there was a backing track going on or a really bad delay, yet again. I would think this is jerk off material for 15 year old boys but I could be wrong. She moans, not sings and she trys to look tough but truth is she has a little kid face so it just aint workin no matter how big the hoops. And I think that's Janet Jackson's hat.
Well .. yeah .. nice set. Iman……….you totally owe me for this torture.
Thanks hel, let the I-Man explain it to the folks…
I got back in time to catch the second song."Where Have You Been": Rihanna as an Arabian Queen with the Pyramids behind her and slaves to dance with. The role here is Aaliyah-ish "Are You The One" type moves set to a perfect pop moment. The sort of moment Nicki Minaj didn't manage once on Romance Reloaded (OK -maybe once). The song is a minor but sexy modern dance pop move. And as Rihanna does so well, she glides above it. Like a great actress, she is a cipher.
That's one reason why her current hi-jinx is so disturbing. After learning her lesson with Rated R, she has spent the last three years revealing NOTHING. Her just is so easy to project upon because, like Aaliyah, she isn't all there. ON SNL's second song, she floats above her emotions, above her song, away from even herself: she gets deeper by remaining closer to the surface.