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top 5 dead or alive

im not talking about Rih Rih….i’m talking about the post order….Rihanna isn’t even in the top 5000…..

You are absoultely right when it comes down to Talentless Rihanna. Her singing sounds more like a coyote to me….

She’s hot right now this makes sense. Poor Brandy & Ashanti.

Top 10 Brush n Floss!!!

She look lika lizard n this pic!! I guess i wont b watch n the half time show this year!!! Brush n Floss!!

Talent hasn’t been a requirement since the 90′s..

You gotta admit the girl looks fierce EVERYDAY!

Do your thang rih rih!

SHE COULD GIVE BEYONCE LESSONS ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE FIERCE.

Excellent Sasha Flop

Rihanna has had some of the biggest songs of 07 and 08..it makes sense why they would choose her

“Honestly, we’re completely baffled by the amount of exposure this jawn gets.”

… and yet you continue to report on her…

GO lil momma with your fly self. Team Rhi Rhi all day long.

i still lik rhi rhi.. people say she cant sing i just think her voice is different because of her accent…

now her style??? is ridiculous!!! she on top right now with her style and i aint mad at her.. chris breezy lovin it!!!

This is not the half-time show she’s performing at. It’s like the pre-awards show bash that they give to the acts that won’t be on the main stage. The girl is kicking arse in the style department and I give her much props for that. I just wish her talent was kicking the same amount of arse. Why must every post about Rhianna and Beyonce always become a competition with the posters? There are some immature people that frequent the internet way too much. Read a book, dammit!

Rihanna should feel right at home along with those other cornball acts. Honestly, we’re completely baffled by the amount of exposure this jawn gets.

Jay why do you hate her, you helped discovered her hoe.

I just don’t think she is super bowl ready and I actually like Rhianna alot I think she has her own sense of style but so far as performing I don’t think it comes natural to her yet alot of the time she looks scared and not comfortable. i hope she does well cause I love football and hate for the halftime show to be missed up.

oops meant *messed*

OhReally, you took the words right out of my mouth. ^5 to your entire post!

Are people incapable of dragging Beyonce’s name into it, just because someone else doesn’t find Rihanna all that talented? Dayum! Just because someone is not that impressed with her, doesn’t make that person an automatic Beyonce stan!

And just like you, I think Rihanna has hella style…but when it comes to talent, in MY opinion…not so much.

I just can’t see her standing around on stage in some tight Corset at 35, what is she going to do when the next pretty girl with a little talent comes along.Can you really see yourself buying a rihanna’s greats hits album like a Mariah.

Rihanna i damn sure aint gonna be watching this because she doesnt sound proper to me at all

Imagine is Cassie had signed to def jam and was marketed to mainstream and not the urban market and Rihanna to BadBoy. Talant lasts longer then looks.

@ PM , No I can’t see me buying a greatest hits album like Mariah but they are to different artist she can’t even be put in the same category as someone like Mariah or Whitney but I think she does her own thing well. I don’t think she is trying to be like them that’s why she sets herself apart.

Nice, go head Rih Rih…. Lord knows I haven’t been interested in the halftime show since nipplegate

@Special K, I see what your saying, The girl is stunning too. I just don’t believe the smoke and mirrors. What happened the the little island chick the the tired blond weave and cargo pants. Can a makeover really do that much for a person, or is this what happened with a makeover and marketing money.

Well, she sold out during her Asian and European tour! She has tons of fans who want to listen to her!

Well i don’t think she has secured the half time performance spot ( i’m sure this is something different than that) but she’ll be at the bash..but i love Fall out Boy!

I’m sure it will be mostly mediocre and boring…but congratulations playgirl

I hope Rihanna does a great job or come out there naked

I hope she has the half time show because I just love seeing her performing!!

Oh! Also, i love rihanna’s swagger! No, i’m not saying she’s ORIGINAL- damn near everyone copies someone, but she is definitely rockin’ it! She changed the whole game with that fierce, short, black hair cut. Sorry but i was sooo tired of the blonde wigs on everyone-her style is very on point.

@ PM well you know everybody goes thru a transformation once they get a little more funds to play with. Sometimes you just have to accessorize the beauty that is already there. She is not a bad looking girl and when she first came out she was a real kid so with the given time she has evolved. remember Ashanti with them hideous side burns OMG… SMH… I was so happy when they finally waxed that girl face…

Rihanna’s very pretty but so incredibly boring. She hasn’t been interesting since her S.O.S. video(imo). Beyonce is an entertainer in every sense- you want to wach her every move ( she could sing and dance Ri into oblivion). But Rihanna is more popuar right now so I can see why they would choose her. Who will we remember 15 years from now? Who would you pick? Beyonces greatest hits or Rihannas ?

Some of you need to read…she is not performing at the half-time show.

She’s performing at the Pepsi Smash concert a few days before the SB

Kudos to Rih, but I have never watched the Pepsi Smash concert. I wonder who is performing during half-time…I hope they get someone I like

^^^ they always seem to get somebody really irrelevant.. *side eye*

people she is not the half time show you idiots she is just apart of the opening show

@ brooklyn kid

I applaud everything you typed…. Rihanna constantly gets a hard time when other singers forever get a pass… doesn’t though… Rihanna is still getting gigs, fans, and accolades. Congrats to Rihanna on the latest gig and I will def be watching the Pepsi Smash cheering her on…

Stop with the no talent comments-the same could be said for 1/2 people who are performing. The bottom line is she performs, she’s young, got the deals, endorsements and that’s it. Do your thing Rihanna!

Am I the only one who wishes music would go back to the day when singers could sing? Patti. Anita. Aretha. Karen White. En Vogue. Someone above said they don’t believe in smoke and mirrors and unfortunately that is all she is. The only reason she gets all this attention is BECAUSE of her domintrix look, which appeals to perverts. THE GIRL IS BEAUTIFUL, don’t get me wrong but she is talentless. She will have her few years of shine, (i.e. Ashanti, Cassie, Ciara, whichever simmons girl, etc.). She w/continue to shine now, but her time will pass. Hopefully it will be sooner rather than later, because she sounds the same on each song. I wonder if she gets a lot of nosebleeds from singing thru her nostrils like that?

first the inaguration ball, now this? wow. just wow. well i know for sure i ain’t watching the opening show or whenever she’s gonna perform. and why does everyone feel the need to compare her to beyonce? are u people serious? bey’s not going anywhere now.

she’s doing the pepsi smash pre-show. Bruce Springsteen is doing the halftime show. so at least i can check out rihanna and then go to sleep.

It is interesting that as soon as anyone says that Rihanna can’t sing they are either : a)a Beyonce stan or b)a hater. SMDH & rolling eyes. Is it too much to ask that a “singer” be able to sing? I mean really. All this style and swagger talk does not change the fact that she can not sing and her stage performances are garbage. Real talk.

if beyonce is as fabulous as you all would like people to believe, then why wasn’t she asked to do the show? her single is #1, yet they still asked Rihanna to perform. that speaks volumes.

Rihanna’s performances are like Mariah’s: boring and sleep-inducing. but the difference is that Rihanna is VERY easy on the eyes.

beyonce needs to sit her swagger jacking played out ass down and stop trying to compete with Rihanna. her time is done, stans. face it. it is all about Rihanna right now.

Rih Rih is naturally “FIERCE” without having to claim it. Think she’ll put on a good show.

so rihanna get to perform at one of the inauguration ball and the pre superbowl bash live on vh1. so expect the beyonce stands to come hard

No If u really wanna knw Beyonce had the biggest song of 2007 ”Irreplaceable” check for ur self!!! And for the person said Sasha is a flop Baby check it the album still selling. over 1 million in its 4th week and over 3 million worldwide….And the No.1 single ”Single Ladies” and still is check it!!! ”If i Were A Boy” It’s a worldwide No.1 single check it!!! No.1 on WorldWide Charts for 6 weeks and ”Single Ladies” is No.2…Beyonce album is about to sale more then Rihanna’s Album GGGB U.S sales within 5 weeks..Beyonce has everybody and there Mommys doing a “Single Ladies” Video on youtube check it !! No has done a Rihanna video.Beyonce is back to take over The Queen is here!!!!! Beyonce’s album is doing very well!!! Rolling Stone named “Single Ladies” No.1 on the Best Songs of 2008, MTV named it No.2, And Album was No.2 on The Best Album’s Of 2008 Check it!! And the album well sale even more When “Halo” and “Diva” hit Radio, “Diva” is alreay No.26 on the charts on R&B and it just hit the Hot 100 Chart… Beyonce is doing very well Check it. Rihanna songs are cute,But she is knw Beyonce!!!

Rihanna is not performing at an inauguration ball she performing to get money for the ball Check it ur self lol… So silly that u ppl cnt read and understand lol

She looks like JarJar Binks

Rihanna is Not going to Perform at no ones Ball It’s a show for Charity Not The BALL PPL!!!! Check it ur self lol!!!

faux edgy????

is that why whenever she changes her hair EVERYONE DOES IT!!!
is that why when she makes the slightest change in appearance… the masses run to do the same….
is that why so many ppl are borrowin a bit of her style “whether it be for print media/ performance etc”
is that why she managed to capture high fashion campaigns??

Rihanna does not have the ‘voice’ that most of you are used to… she can sing… is very young and has very far to go… she will only get better….

n as far as comparin beyonce to rihanna… lets be fair n compare 20 yr old rihanna to 20 yr old beyonce… shes still young and can do so much…

oh n BTW.. im a big beyonce fan.!!!!!!!!

jus dnt bring one down just to make the other better…

they r 2 different sounds… and they are very successful…

At least people pay to see Rihanna in concert! Her concerts are sold out! Nobody paid to see Beyonce’s movie that is why after 4 weeks it didn’t even make back up the $12 Million it costed!!

Rihanna’s GGGB album is still on the charts after almost 2 years after being release! Beyonce’s new album sold 1 million after being on the charts for 3-4 weeks!! That is a flop for someone Beyonce’s level!

rihanna lets jews blow her back out

Sorry babes its not a Flop Beyonce lowest sales are with B’Day and wats funny is it still sold More then Rihanna GGGB Album lol!! DIL sold more then Rihanna’s whole career lol!!! And the person people go to Rihanna Shows lol LMAO!!! Beyonce made 50 million off her tour and that only in the US sales lol.. Rihanna is still a opening act Not headlining Big TOURS LIKE Beyonce lol Sasha is stll selling babes check ur self It sold more then Rihanna Album US sales, Rihanna in it’s forst week sold like 100,000 and hit No.2 LOL… I mean its cute that her album sold 6 million cpoies worldwide thats big for her I mean look her other to album sales so that is big for her… Oh yea she cant she I hope its like the AMA’s!!! Uknow where Beyonce had everybody on there FEET NOT Rihanna LOL!!!! Beyonce just showed them that she is the Queen u had a good year but AM BACK!!! LOL With a No.1 Album 2 No. Singles and on Every Cover out!! All over Youtube!!!!

If you put Jhud’s voice in Rihanna’s body with Ciarra’s dance skills and we might have a chick that can compete with the Queen.

@ FAN OF BEE, u r so right. Look how long it took GGGB to reach those #’s though. She re-released that same dame cd over 15 times and its only @ a couple of million. Bey does those #’s with one release. Rhi Rhi stop it.

O and for the girl who said she is still young, age means nothing in singing. If she can sing, her voice would be developed by now. The girl is like 20/21. When is her voice going to develop when she 50? Try again.

@Fan Of Bee

You must be smoking something!! Rihanna’s GGGB sold 11 million worldwide and Beyonce’s DIL only sold 7 million worldwide. Rihanna was headlining her Asian and Eurporean tours after her 3 album!

Don’t forget that Beyonce couldn’t headline a major tour by herself until her B’day album drop in 2006! Although she did Destiny Child’s tours, she had to share a tour with Alicia Keys and Missy back in 2004!

RHIRHI IS R.A.W DESPITE WHAT THE HATERS THINK….! THEY PROB. WISH THEY COULD BE HER FOR A DAY!

@ Mrs. Harris if you Nasty

Rihanna re-release GGGB and she had 3 or 4 #1 songs from it alone! GGGB sold 11 million worldwide! Plus it is still on the Billboard album charts after 2 years.

Beyonce re-release B’day in 2007 and only had 1 or 2 #1 hits – Irreplaceable and Beautiful Liar. B’day only sold 3-5 million worldwide! B’day left the album charts back in Summer 2007! Not even a year after it released!

NYC GaL.. No Rihanna sold 11 million with all of her albums and singles babes check it!!! Beyonce DIL sold over 12 millin worlwide check it and won 5 Grammys in One Nite check it!!! And u just made a point for me u just said Beyonce just did her first headline tour well She took Home over 50 million of it and between june 2007- June 2008 took home over 180 million has Rihanna done that No!!! I think not not even close to Beyonce lvl,Ok Rihanna Might Headline her ASIAN AND EURPOREAN TOUR But Am talking about Worldwide Tour!!!! lol And Beyonce is comin with I AM….. TOUR WORLDWIDE!!! LOL…Thats going to kill,Babes Rihanna is no where near Beyonce’s lvl just face it!!! She cant sing better then her, she dont sell more then her, She cant dance better then her, She dont have more Grammys then her, She dont have more awards then her,and not even going to add DC’s awards to it lol, She cant perform better then her, at the AMA’s everybody was talking about Beyonce Performance not Rihanna’s, Rihanna cant sing lol Beyonce would kill Rihanna on stage and u knw it!!! Rihanna won 1 Grammy off of her Biggest album and then it was with Jay-z wow, Beyonce on her first album took home 5 Grammys Made history, Sung 3 songs at the OSCARS that never been done before, did u think they would ask Rihanna to do that No!!!Beyonce had the No.1 album and single at the same time, Had the No.1 Single, Movie, adn won a Grammy in the same week 2006 check it,Sung the Nattional Anthem 2004, A Golden Globe Nod. Biggest Song of 2007 Irreplaceable, Biggest song of 2008 Single Ladies, Biggest song of 2003 Crazy In Love, Top Selling Female Group of All Time,B’day Still won a Grammy and came out in Spet.2006 and the Grammys are in Feb.Beyonce won award for her album cover DIL 2003 thats crazy for a album cover…Rihanna am not saying shes bad But she is No Beyonce and dnt u ever for get it, I knw u’ll would like her to sing and perform like her but it is wat it is she cant sing she cant perform, I dnt think that cant get no worst the from the 2008 MTV Awards I mean that just top the cake that was one of the worst Peformace i ever seen THAT WAS JUST SAD.. She looked good and that about it Am soory the was Sad!!!!

I mean just look Beyonce has a post on here right along with Rihanna look at who got more comments Beyonce has like over 600 comments haters or not she still have eyez on her and Rhianna just have over 50!!

I hate to admit it, but I get the fascination with Rihanna.

She is very, very pretty. Her voice is different, not great, but different. She is trying (and succeeding) to be different. Her fashions sense is always on point and you get the impression that what you see is what you get, no tricks (she doesn’t have a power machine/abnoxious father or mother behind her).

I agree that there are more talented acts out there (Brandy comes to mind), but everybody deserves their time in the limelight. It is Rihanna’s time now, next year or the year after, it will be somebody else’s.

Git it Girl!!! And don’t stop!!!!!!!!!

@ Fan Of Bee

Where did you get those numbers? Beyonce’s DIL only sold 7 million worldwide! Google it and you will see it. Rihanna’s GGGB sold 11 million worldwide. Rihanna’s A Girl Like Me sold about 5-7 million worldwide.

When Beyonce wears skimpy clothes and shakes her ass on stage, people remembers her performances! But when she sings a slow song, no one pays her any attention. Remember when she performed at Rockfeller Christmas tree lighting this year? Nobody watch or remembered her performance! It was boring and bland!!

DAMN SHE BE FUGLY

BEYONCE IS OVER. stans like to forget that her tired ass album is a double CD, so her sales are half of what they’re up here shouting. Taylor Swift is selling DOUBLE what Beyonce is selling every week. and for all her “stats”, who did they call to perform at one of the highest rated sports events of the year?

RIHANNA. beyonce needs to go get knocked up or try another movie LMAO.

@fan of bee

take a look at those comments. they’re talking about something totally different in there. NOBODY’S talking about played out beyonce.

Beyonce is Back !!! Just Face it babes Wikipedia.com And Type in GGGB AND U WIIL SEE!! She played but got the No.1 single!!!! And Had a No.1 album something Rihanna did not have yet. No Sweetheart u act like they asked her to perform at the Super Bowl or something LMAO!!!! Beyonce Sung the National Anthem !!!! The place where Rihanna is going to perform at its only going to be showen on VH1 or MTV Something like that lol… Its Not the Super Bowl lol.. ‘NYC Gal’ u said nobody remembered BUT U SURE DID!!! LOL… Tell Rihanna to sing something like that!!!lol Do u think she can??????…… i wanna hear ur answer lol!!!! But go the web site and u will see!!!!

LOOKIN’ LIKE STRAIGHT UP DISTURBIA

fact: RIHANNA IS NOT PERFORMING AT THE INAUGERATION
fact: RIHANNA WILL BE PERFROMING AT THE SUPERBOWL PRE-SHOW (who watches that anyway?)
fact: STANS ARE PATHETIC, DELUSIONAL, AND LACK READING COMPREHENSION
Opinoin: YOU SHOULD ALL HOLD HANDS AND JUMP!
THE END

Last time I checked GGGB was at 6.8 million worldwide after (1) a standard edition (2) a deluxe edition (3) first re-release (4) second re-release. Let us not forget a third dance re-release is due in January.

DIL is on well over 7 million worldwide and still selling over five years after its release. Let’s not forget this has been achieved WITHOUT any nonsense re-releases or nonsense deluxe editions. Let’s also not forget that DIL hit number one in more countries than GGGB.

If you want to talk about IASF, Bee went platinum in a month. Rihanna has only just gone twice platinum. Beyonce will murder Rihanna’s USA sales in a quater of the time AND have sustained sales as there are some monster singles yet to be released.

It’s all well and good being a flavor of the month ‘It Girl’, but when the lights go out and the curtains close, everyone will remember Beyonce as the iconic Queen of R&B. Beyonce will continue to be succesful and I’ll be buying her greatest hits album in a few years and will never buy a Rihanna greatest hits. Let’s not forget Rihanna is on her third solo too so we’d expect a greatest hits to be starting to take shape for release after another three or so. What songs are going to be on there? She ain’t no Mariah. And snap. Beyonce’s already had a greatest hits album with Destiny’s Child.

I’m a Beyonce fan yes, but I’m not a Rihanna hater. Kudos to her for being marketed well and for working what she has. It’s just a pity her type of career is not a sustainable one.

I also hope you know that B’Day was on the charts for two years with only one major single…

Honestly, we’re completely baffled by the amount of exposure this jawn gets.”

Why??? And you are not baffled by the amount of exposure Be*yawn*cce gets.

RiRi is the hottest chick in the game.

Rihanna is performing at President Elect Barack Obama’s Inauguaration and she will be headlining the Superbowl half time bash! Rihanna is the hotest singer on the planet right now! Just deal with it!

You are an idiot NYC Gal. Rihanna is performing at the Feeding America Charity Inauguration Ball. Aretha is the only confirmed artist for the actual official inauguration event where Obama will be.

YAWN

Congrats to Rihanna.

@SMASH

At least Rihanna is performing at the Inauguaration! Where is booty shaking Beyonce? Oh yeah, Beyonce is still begging to be a part of the Inauguaration!

@ NYC Girl

You are still stupid. Who isn’t performing at one of the balls? Beyonce ain’t performing at no B-grade event. LMAO at your pure stupidity. Come harder girl. Still got three weeks until the inauguration so who knows if Beyonce will pop up. Her and Alicia are rumored to being targeted for the main event and good luck to them both (if Obama’s camp can afford them!).

You are a stupid nappy-head ho.

Rihanna is not going to Perform at the Inauguaration she performing at Charity for the Ball, And she is Not performing at the Super Bowl silly!!!!! Beyonce Performed there twice already at The Super Bowl Go on Youtude and Check ur Self. Sorry She is not even from here so why in the hell will she perform, It’s not the Super Bowl maybe next RiRi ,But Beyonce been there and done that!!! lol!!! The Queen is Back!!!

@ SMASH

Beyonce is now a B- grade to C grade artist! Her album isn’t #1 and she didn’t sell 1 million cds until 3-4 weeks on the charts and her film Cadillac Records tanked! It only made 7 million after 4 weeks!! It didn’t even made back the 12 million it costed!! She needs to keep begging to perform at the Inauguaration so she could sell some cds and promote her next movie!!

@ NYC Gal

When was Rihanna’s album ever #1 in the USA?

Fix your weave you nappy-head ho cos its restricting your mental capacity to make logical posts.

B to C grade. LMAO!

and how long and how many singles did it take Rihanna to get a milli?

lmao!

i don’t see why everyone is focussed on beyonce taking 3-4 weeks to get 1 million – that is a fabulous achievement for ANY artist in this day and age.

@SMASH
What’s the point of Beyonce going to #1 for 1 week then drop way down for the next week and keep dropping down for the weeks ahead?

Rihanna’s GGGB is still on the Billboard charts after 2 years and she has her eighth single Rehab on the charts.

According to Billboard, Rihanna had the most #1 songs for a female artist for 00′s! She had SOS, Umbrella, Take a Bow, Disturbia and Live Your Life! Plus, she accomplish this in 3 years while it took Beyonce 10+ years to have ONLY 3 #1′S Crazy in Love, Baby Boy and Irreplaceable!!

Rih Rih getting the super Bowl gig should suffice to settle all arguments as to who’s the hottest chick in the game right now.

@ NYC Girl

LMAO! Did you forget Check On It and Single Ladies (erm this is the current #1 no???) stupid nappy head

and DIL and BDay were on the charts for two years too………………………

@SMASH
When Rihanna drops her next album, it will hit a milli in 1 week in the US! No make that 5 days!!

The fact is that Beyonce’s star is falling now while Rihanna’s is clearly rising.

I don’t understand how Beyonce had the hottest video of 2008 which made the most massive impact of any video in recent memory yet y’all say she is falling off? Makes no sense…

Y’all are obviously ignorant 14 year old kids who are off school with nothing better to do yet preach about some 19 year old wanna be star who has an unsustainable career. Let’s see what you all will say about Rihanna when she’s 27 and still trying to make boring as tracks… No growth there people.

@ The Bear – Black is the new White!!!

I co-sign!! Because Beyonce’s Cadillac Records tanked, the Hollywood distributors may send her upcoming movie straight to DVD. It’s not good business for them when they spent so much money on marketing Cadillac Records with her name attached to make 7 million dollars after 4 weeks in the theaters! It didn’t even made back the 12 million that it cost to make the film!!

come back to me when rihanna can do / gets asked to do something like this http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-96cJ2X2U7Y

@ SMASH

You know that Beyonce’s status is falling… when she gets to sing after a no name singer!!

Look smash I am not a Beyonce hater at all but you need to face reality.

Every career follows what is called an ‘arc’ which has three parts 1)Rise 2)Apex 3)Decline

When Bey did those Superbowl shows she was at her apex and everything was Beyonce this Beyonce that. Now she’s in decline.

Rihanna on the other hand is rising and approaching her apex.

I am not at all belittling Beyonce’s numerous and great achievments of the past. But we don’t live in the past… now do we???

AND Beyonce played herself way out of position by calling HERSELF an icon.

Titles like “Icon” should NEVER EVER be self-bestowed. You ought to just put in the work and let the public decide if you fit that mold.

That’s like me taking you out on one date and then telling everyone that I’m your man now without even checking with you 1st. WAYYYYYYYYYY out of pocket.

when will they deport her?

@ NYC Gal

Live Your Life is not Rihanna’s song, it’s T.I.’s, so how can you count it as hers?

@ The Bear

Bey’s current accomplishments: I Am..Sasha Fierce debuted at #1 and went platinum after 3 weeks…it has remained in the top 5 since it’s release. Rihanna has not achieved a #1 album or platinum status in such a little time.

Some people are looking for safe acts to please those with families. Right now the Super Bowl folks are considering 2 things, meet their bottom and not be fined by the FCC. So they have to punk down the entertainment to make all the little people with delicate sensibilities happy.

@ Lola A

Again… I am by no means dissing Bey. She’s had her day. But Rihanna’s day is fast approaching. That’s just the way it is… None of us can change that.

@ The Bear – Black is the new White!!!

I agree with you 100%. Also, Beyonce had said she wants to be the first black woman to have an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Golden Globe. If she had said she wants to win an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Golden Globe, I have no problem with that but when you say the FIRST Black Woman
it means no other black woman can reach there Only her!! It also means that she will do anything and everything to get there also!!

@ Bear

There’s room for them both. Why down Bey to up Rih? It’s currently Bey season and she’s on top now, plain and simple. When Rih returns, it will be her time.

@ Lola

I just quoted what Billboard stated. Rihanna sang the hook! Billboard sees that as a collaboration! Plus, Rihanna’s voice singing the hook made the song what it is not T.I.’s!

@ NYC Gal

And I admire her high hopes and ambition but Beyonce is not getting an Oscar any time soon (unless its for a motion picture soundtrack).

And from the sound of her ‘plans’ it doesn’t sound like Jay-z will be having a kid any time soon either.

@ NYC Gal

I will agree…the chorus made the song hot, but I would think the track being #1 would be credited to T.I., maybe not though

@ Lola A

I’m not “downing” Bey. I did not invent the career arc. It just is what it is and it does what it does. Some artists spend more time at their apex than others but no one is immune the effects of the career arc (Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Britney, Backstreet Boys, MC Hammer). Need I go on?

Law of nature baby… What goes up must come down.

@ The Bear – Black is the new White!!!

I second that! She is not getting an Emmy or Tony either!!

@ Lola
No one’s downing Bey and uping Rih! Everyone can see that she is no longer on top! When she was at her peak, she was opening up all the events. She was on the vover of all the major magazines and now she is not that visible!!

@ Lola

Let me just say. I listen to what I hear on the streets of NYC. When cars pass, I hear people singing only the hook at the top of their voices. When people are on the subway listening to their Ipods, I hear them singing the hook! No one knows or remembers what T.I. sings! I guess that Billboard sees that Rihanna made the song just as much as T.I. and they gave her equal credit along with T.I.

@ NYC Gal

Beyonce’s not going down without a fight though. She’s trying her damnest to make a big splash though. Alter Ego, begging to sing @ the inauguration, dissing the Jacksons, and if all else fails I think she try and see if a high profile divorce does the trick.

(@ Lola)I’m still not dissing her, I just have the ability to read people and I sense that this chick is 95% ambition.

@ Bear

I understand your theory, but in previous comments you said all of Bey’s accomplishments are in the past/i> and she’s declining. Not true. She just accomplished her third #1 album, another #1 single, and this cd is selling faster than her previous two.

@ NYC
Beyonce has been on every major mag cover these last few months, so I don’t understand that comment.
Also, Rihanna is not performing at the inauguration. She’s performing at a RIAA charity event that is occurring the day before the inauguration. Not knocking it, but there’s a big difference.

I understand that you all for Rih, I am a fan of both. I have all 3 of Bey’s and all 3 of Rih’s. I don’t understand the comparison of the two because they are very different.

Bey has been in the game way longer and accomplished more than Rih, so it’s unfair to compare the two. Rihanna looks up to Bey and hopes to accomplish what she has. Bey likes Rihanna too.

With that being said, there’s room for both, cause I’ll take either over Britney Spears any day(sorry Brit stans)

@ The Bear – Black is the new White!!!

LOL You got that right!! That’s one thing I love about Beyonce… she’s a fighter and very competitive! I don’t know if Rihanna is as competitive and willing to do anything to stay on top!!
I think you’re right that a divorce might be in the works if she’s not getting the attention she feels she deserved!

As I scroll through and read all the comments I see folks are making stuff up or not reading!
@ Misty Knight

@ Bear

I agree! Our convo stay civilized unlike other

*others

@ Lola

No one is dissing Beyonce. I supported her during Destiny Child even when her father kick out the other 2 members and her 1st cd.

Beyonce I think took her fans for granted and just stayed the same. She became boring and predictable! While Rihanna switch it up and put out good music, different videos, switch up her hairstyle and her clothes game. I wanted to see more of Rihanna and less of Beyonce because I knew what kind of music, videos, hairstyle and clothes Beyonce was going to do.

Well I can’t help but be civilized when I’m in the company of lovely lovlies like you & NYC. Forget Bey and Rih Rih I already got my dynamic duo of rising stars right here.

@ Nyc

I think Bey stayed the same because in the music business whenever a “formula” works they keep feeding it to the public until we throw up.

That’s why at 1st they were trying to squeeze Rihanna into a Beyonce mold. But then brilliantly she broke away from that and jacked Fefe Dobson’s style and made it her own. And that became Hot!!!

Now the most Ironic thing is that with the whole Sasha thing now they’re sort of trying to fit Beyonce into a semi-Rihanna mold.

But in the music industry they are never rying to reinvent the wheel. They look to see what the trend is and they copy it.

There are actually very few trendsetters.

@ NYC Gal

I’ve read all your comments and yes you were dissing Bey especially when arguing with smash.

I could care less if you like her or not, doesn’t matter because I still do. We’re all entitled to our own opinions and likes and dislikes. I only commented on some of your incorrect statements regarding Bey and Rih as I like them both, but I also like the truth

@ Bear

I agree…music sales are so down the industry is less willing to take chances. So whatever is hot now…is what they are sticking to

@ Lola

Well smash was being a little hostile and I think NYC was just responding in kind. But I don’t think NYC is a Beyonce hater she just recognizes the bey is in a different career stage than Rihanna.

@ Lola

Indeed… its such a blatently copycat industry. Right now “Realness” is kinda hot so we’re seeing people like Estelle, Janelle Monae, and Chrisette Michelle get put on.

When Young Jeezy came out. They saw that he was a success and that was IT!!! Before you knew it they started popping out MC’s named “Young This” and “Young That”.

Lil Wayne is really Hot right now so you better prepare yourself to be bombarded by the industry with an army of tatted and grilled trolls from the Gulf Coast.

OMG YALL SAY BEYONCE IS DUN, BUT YALL TALK ABOUT HER IN EVERY RIH POST SAME AS BEYONCE POST.

RIH IS THE IT GIRL NOW, AND THEN SOME NEW FRESH TALENT WILL COME AND KNOCK HER OFF HER PEDISTOLE.

BEYONCE HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR 12 YEARS, MARY AND JAY WAS THE BEST DEN BEYONCE CAME, AND ERRYBODY COMPARED DEM. NOW RIHANNA IS THE NEW BEYONCE WIT AN EDGE.

BEYONCE NEED TO SIT DOWN AND RELAX, RIHANNA NEEDS SOME HEAVY SINGING LESSONS

So true in regards to Young…it took the place of MC

I do not want to see anymore Lil Wayne inspired trolls! Please spare me!

@ Lola

But You know they’re coming baby!!!

Lil Mookie, Lil Pookie, Lil Dookie, Lil Pain, Lil Insain, Lil Lilwayne, Lil Roscoe, Lil P-Foe, Lil Wardie, Lil Forty, Lil Max, Lil Wax…. need I go on?

LOL!!! I can only hold my breath!

@ Lola

I really do I like Beyonce because as a black woman, I’m proud of her accomplishments but I don’t like when an artist who is on top wants to be the ONLY one there. I feel there is room for both. A true competitor would let another person have their shine on and then come back stronger.

@ The Bear – Black is the new White!!!
Beyonce have a lot of say in her career. If she wanted to change, she could have but I think she wanted to be the hottest chick in the game and be on every magazine cover, open the biggest events etc and a formula works for awhile until someone comes and does things differently.

Yeah!!! I know you just cannot wait for Lil Pooper Scooper’s debut CD to drop.

Lil Pooper Scooper’s 1st #1 Hit will be titled “Do you smell what I smell?”

That one will go double platinum in one week.

@ NYC Gal

She took time off from B’Day to now…everyone has had their time. Bey is a hard worker and she’s ambitious..she loves performing, how long do you want her to sit back and wait for others to get it together? Rihanna shined from 2007-2008. She worked hard and it paid off. She’s now breaking and will released another album in 09. Other artists are getting consistently pushed back or not doing well….is that Beyonce’s fault too?

@ Bear

all it has to have is a hot beat and catchy hook!

It’s been entertaining and I wish you all a good night and God’s blessings! Happy New Year!

@ Lola

She was still doing movies and popping up here and there. She never let her fans miss her! I don’t understand the rest of your comments.

I will continue tomorrow or later today. I have to get some zzz’s.

Good night/morning Lola and The Bear!!