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Rihanna worked with Timbaland and Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, as well as previous musical collaborators such as Stargate, Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers to re-imagine her album compositions with uptempo dance tracks. Broome Memorial School, a primary school in Barbados, and then the Combermere School, where she formed a musical trio with two of her classmates at the age of fifteen.

After years as a singer largely defined by her production, it finally feels like Rihanna is in charge of her own sound, remaking pop on her own terms. Where Music of the Sun was mostly what its title suggests - a romp through an anglo-friendly island with no sunscreen required - A Girl Like Me is more reflective and a little rueful; you get the sense it was crafted in part to show her range, with executive producer Jay-Z guiding her through it gracefully. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www. International products have separate terms, are sold from abroad and may differ from local products, including fit, age ratings, and language of product, labeling or instructions.

Back in barefoot bikini-girl land, though - a territory that covers roughly half this disc - the party's still going strong.

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As she puts it bluntly on the glitchy groove "Consideration," which opens the LP: "I got to do things my own way, darling. Every record is shipped in original factory-applied shrink wrap and has never been touched by human hands.

Further platinum singles "Needed Me" and "Love on the Brain" both peaked inside the top ten of the Hot 100. You feel different every album, and [at] this stage I feel like I want to do a lot of uptempo [songs]. In 2008, "Umbrella" earned Rihanna and Jay-Z a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in addition to receiving nominations for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Caity politely walked me through some things to try, including the final step of adding a small piece of blutac to add weight to the arm of our cheap, entry level record player.Rihanna's demo made its way to Def Jam, which invited her to audition for the label's then-president, Jay-Z, who quickly signed her. Prior to the release of the album, she spent the week of the Grammys writing songs for the album with Ne-Yo. Unlike previous work, the album featured a more dance-pop sound instead of the dancehall, reggae and ballad styles.