Omitting two already-hit singles, onefeaturing a former Beatle, certainly qualifies.
So does releasing an album without the soaring, Grey-Goose-and-glowstick anthems that constitute her careers foundation.
But everybody elses ways be damned:Antiproves Rihanna should play by her own rules more often.
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Shes shape-shiftedbefore(see 2009s dark, risqueRated R).
That helps makeAntiRihannas most intriguing project yet, even if theres no clear smash among its 13 tracks.
Its also her second-shortest album, and in many ways her most deliberately uncommercial.
Rihanna has also lived three more years of life since 2012sUnapologetic, and it shows in her lyrics.
Even her jabs are sharper: Didnt they tell you that I was a savage?
she asks an ex-lover on Needed Me.
Fk your white horse and a carriage.
