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Unapologetic is the seventh studio album by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna first released on November 19, 2012, through Def Jam Recordings. Recorded between June and November 2012, Unapologetic was recorded while Rihanna promoted her sixth studio album Talk That Talk (2011). Rihanna executively produced the album, and enlisted previous collaborators The-Dream, David Guetta, Chase & Status and StarGate to work alongside new collaborators such as Mike Will Made-It and Labrinth. Sonically, the album combines the genres of pop, EDM and dubstep,[2][3][4] much in the vein of Talk That Talk and Rated R (2009).

Unapologetic features guest vocals from ex-boyfriend Chris Brown ("Nobody's Business), Mikky Ekko ("Stay"), Future ("Loveeeeeee Song") and Eminem on the song "Numb". The album received a generally positive reception from music critics who called the album contemporary and praised many of the songs productions; there was some criticism for Rihanna's vocals and rushed nature of the album, released exactly one year after her last album. Unapologetic's lead single "Diamonds" was released on September 27, 2012 and has so far reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 in addition to topping charts in ten countries. The album will be supported by the Diamonds World Tour beginning in March 2013.

Background and development

In November 2011, Rihanna released her sixth studio album entitled Talk That Talk. Musically, the album was rooted in pop, dance-pop and R&B, but also incorporated a variety of other musical genres such as hip hop, electro house, dancehall and dubstep, a genre which was prominent on her fourth studio album Rated R (2009).[5] Talk That Talk received generally positive reviews from contemporary music critics upon its release.[6] It was a commercial success and reached the top ten in over twenty national charts, including number one on the UK Albums Chart[7] and number three on the US Billboard 200.[8] The album produced six singles including the worldwide hits "We Found Love" and "Where Have You Been". "We Found Love" topped the charts in over 25 countries and sold over 6.5 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time.[9]

In March 2012, Rihanna revealed that although she had not yet begun recording, she started "working on the new sound" for her seventh studio album.[10] On September 12, 2012, Def Jam France announced via Twitter that Rihanna would release a new single the upcoming week while her seventh studio album is scheduled to be released in November 2012. However, the tweet was shortly deleted and replaced with another clarifying that "more information will be made available tomorrow, Thursday, September 13".[11]

Recording and production

An Australian woman.
An Afro-American man.
Sia Furler (left) and The-Dream (right) both worked with Rihanna on "Unapologetic".

On June 20, 2012, Rihanna began recording her seventh studio album, working with Nicky Romero and Burns.[12] Rihanna and Burns booked three days in a studio in London whilst Rihanna was performing at Radio 1's Hackney Weekend.[13] It was also confirmed that Rihanna worked with Eric Bellinger, Sean Garrett and Swedish House Mafia for her seventh album.[14] On July 6, 2012, Def Jam executive No I.D. revealed that he had begun working with Rihanna on the album saying “I’m going in next week for about a week”.[15] On July 10, 2012, British singer and producer Labrinth revealed to Capital FM that he had been working with Rihanna on the album saying "I'm supposed to be working with her soon hopefully so I've spoke to her managers, I think she's currently working on some stuff so everybody's in there at the moment and she's working in certain studios so it seems like it's very exciting. She's not in my studio [yet] but hopefully I'll have some hot ones on her album."[16] On July 17, 2012, it was reported that Rihanna would be working with R&B singer Ne-Yo and N-Dubz member Fazer. In a interview with Capital FM Ne-Yo spoke on working with Rihanna on the album saying "I just recently went in to do some stuff for Rihanna, you know. She’s the hardest working woman in showbiz right now. She’s in the process of putting together a new album as we speak, I got in with StarGate and David Guetta and a few other people for that project.[17]

On July 13, 2012, Sean Garrett confirmed that he had been in the studio with French DJ David Guetta working on Rihanna's album saying "I was in the studio with David doing some stuff for Rihanna recently. He finds inspiration in the things I don't like, and I get excited by the things he doesn't like. He wants to be more urban and I want to be more international, so we push each other, I try to help Rihanna. She works hard and it's cool to write for someone who is so open-minded."[18] On August 21st, American songwriter Claude Kelly revealed that he had been writing songs for Rihanna whilst she was performing in London. Kelly spoke on the songs that he had wrote for Rihanna saying; "Rihanna's a worldwide superstar at this point and she's performing in stadiums and arenas now, so I wanted songs that reflected her audience, when I was in London she was performing at a festival in front of like 30,000 to 40,000 people. So I didn't want small songs that only worked on radio, so I tried to do anthemic big stadium-themed songs."[19] On August 16, 2012, British singer Angel revealed that he had been writing for Rihanna's album saying "I love writing songs and it's good to pitch tracks to other artists. A couple of weeks ago I was doing some writing for Rihanna".[20] In September 2012, Ne-Yo confirmed his involvement the album saying “I did go in the studio with her, I know I got one or two on the album that she’s definitely keeping.”[21]

Music and lyrics

“I love experimenting and I love working with different sounds and putting them together so they’re not one-dimensional.”[22]

—Rihanna, on the album's sound and influence

Rihanna spoke on the album’s sound saying she loves working with different sounds and putting them together.[22] Rihanna also added "Right now we're working on collecting and creating the sound first before we even start working on the lyrical direction or melodies. I kind of have an idea though, and it's very rough right now. So I'm very eager to start that."[23] Sean Garrett spoke on the album's sound saying it was "a great mish-mash of genres".[24] Rihanna reveled during an interview with GQ’s “Men of the Year” that she wanted her music to be uplifting saying “I want to make music that’s hopeful, uplifting. Nothing corny or supersentimental. I just want it to have the feeling that brings you out of whatever you’re going through. I want it to spark that fire. I want it to be real, authentic, and raw.”[25][26]

The album's first half features aggressive dance songs characterized by abrasive sound effects and eccentric beats.[27] Stylistically, the songs generally draw on dubstep, a bass-heavy subgenre typified by wobbly synthetic noises and blaring bass drops, as well as dance-pop and chopped and screwed sounds.[4] Melissa Maerz of Entertainment Weekly observes a more "somber mood" than on Talk That Talk and writes that Unapologetic's dance songs eschew its predeccesor's upbeat Eurodisco for "screwed vocals" and "dubstep-warped bangers".[28] Music journalist Alexis Petridis views that the album's "various producers seem to have been minded to try something different" from Rihanna's previous "pop-dance template", "or at least to rearrange voguish sounds into less familiar shapes."[29] The album's ballad-oriented second half incorporates disco, reggae, and rock style.[27]

Up-tempo dubstep songs such as "Phresh off the Runway", "Jump", and "Pour It Up" celebrate carpe diemic hedonism.[2] Much of the album's lyrics are presumably concerned with Rihanna's relationship with Chris Brown,[29] with the second half's lighter songs featuring references to a dysfunctional love life.[30] James Reed of The Boston Globe calls Unapologetic "a defiant middle finger to her critics, particularly the ones who don’t approve of her relationship with Brown."[31] Music journalist Greg Kot perceives a "celebrity subtext" throughout the album and characterizes the songs' narrators as "troubled, anxiety-ridden, lost", writing that "the characters in these songs linger in a limbo of mixed emotions, emotionally attracted to a lover and yet uneasy about the next step."[2]

Songs

American rapper, Eminem is featured on the track "Numb", marking the pair's third collaboration following the worldwide hit, "Love the Way You Lie" and its sequel (2010).

The album's opening track "Fresh Off the Runway" is a "gritty club banger" that features hip hop and EDM styles.[32] "Diamonds" is a mid-tempo ballad which incorporates electronic, soul and pop musical genres.[33][34] "Numb" is a slow-grinding, Middle Eastern-flavored party track.[32] "Jump" is a dubstep-influenced dance song that samples Ginuwine's 1996 song "Pony".[35] "Right Now" is a "feel-good anthem for the clubs".[32]

"What Now" is a "vulnerable ballad" containing a "hard chorus".[32] "Stay" is a ballad that has piano and guitar instrumentation.[36][37] "Nobody's Business" mixes Chicago stepping and house styles, featuring strings, piano, and a four-on-the-floor kick drum.[2] Rihanna said that the song's lyrics show "basically the way I look at everything regarding my personal life."[38] "Love Without Tragedy"/"Mother Mary" is a deeply personal, two-part song that opens with a somber mood and shifts to confessional subject matter and Rihanna's uplifting vocals.[32] "Get It Over With" is a down-tempo, "chilled-out" song, and "No Love Allowed" is a reggae song with a "bubbly, dubbed-out groove".[32] The final track "Lost in Paradise" is a "somber-but-hopeful" mid-tempo ballad with frequent tempo drops. On the deluxe, It has 1 song "Half of Me". It is ballad, or you can say a slow song. [32]

Singles

"Diamonds"
A 25-second sample of the chorus of "Diamonds", a mid-tempo ballad which uses electronic and soul music.[33][34] It features drums, heavy synthesizers, a 1980s backbeat, orchestral sounds and electronic rhythms accompanied with Rihanna's vocal performance.[39][40][41][42]
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"Diamonds" was released as the lead single from Unapologetic on September 27, 2012.[43] The announcement of the single was preceded by a performance at the iHeartRadio music festival in September 2012.[44] She described the track as "happy and hippy", and elaborated: "It's laid-back but it's hopeful. It's a record that... gives me such a great feeling when I listen to it. The lyrics are very hopeful and positive, but it's about love."[44] "Diamonds" premiered on September 26, 2012 on the Elvis Duran and the Morning Show.[45] The song was co-written by Australian singer-songwriter Sia Furler, in collaboration with Benjamin "Benny Blanco" Levin and StarGate (Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen); the production was completed by the latter two.[46][39] The cover artwork for the song was revealed on September 24, 2012 and features Rihanna rolling diamonds on a piece of paper.[47] Chris Witherspoon of The Grio noted that the artwork features the same paper used for rolling marijuana.[48] Rapper Kanye West appears on the remix.[49]

Release and promotion

Official poster for the 777 promotional tour

In August 2012, it was revealed that the album would be released in late November 2012.[50] In early October, it was reported that the album would be released on November 19, 2012.[51] On November 2, 2012, Rihanna released a behind the scenes video of the journey to making Unapologetic. The first video included a behind-the-scenes view of Rihanna backstage at the VMAs, the shooting range, rehearsing for the iHeart Radio Music Festival and a photo shoot at the studio.[52]

Touring

See also: Diamonds World Tour

On November 14, Rihanna embarked on a seven-date promotional tour entitled 777 Tour. She will perform in concerts in seven different cities in seven different countries in North America and Europe in seven days to further promote Unapologetic.[53] The tour will take a group of fans and a traveling international press corps of over 150 journalists representing 82 countries, aboard a chartered Boeing 777 twinjet to every venue.[54]

In March 2012, Rihanna confirmed plans to launch a new world tour in 2013 and has vowed to make it bigger and “more impactful” than anything she has done before.[55] On September 7, it was announced that the North American leg will begin in March 2013.[56]

Live performances

Rihanna performed "Diamonds" and "Phresh Out the Runway" at the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on November 7, 2012, which will air on television on December 4, 2012.[57] She performed "Diamonds" and a solo version of "Stay" on Saturday Night Live on November 10, 2012.[53][58]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic65/100[59]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[60]
The A.V. ClubC+[61]
Chicago Tribune[2]
The Daily Telegraph[27]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[28]
The Guardian[29]
The Independent[62]
Rolling Stone[63]
Slant Magazine[30]
The Times[64]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Unapologetic received an average score of 65, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on eight reviews.[59] Alexis Petridis of The Guardian found it "far more interesting" sonically than Talk That Talk and stated, "there's stuff here that's worth hearing, if you could untangle the music from the artist's personal life."[29] Melissa Maerz of Entertainment Weekly felt that the songs' personal subtext was unimportant and was pleasantly surprised by "how vulnerable she sounds."[28] Andrew Hampp of Billboard commented that the album showcases Rihanna's singing unlike before and cited it as her "most confident, emotionally resonant work since 2009's Rated R."[65] Allmusic editor Andy Kellman opined that "the only way to enjoy a significant portion of it is by taking it as pure entertainment" and called it "another timely refresh of contemporary pop music", "just as varied ... a little more exploratory and a whole lot deeper" than Rihanna's previous albums.[60] Jon Caramanica of the The New York Times labeled Unapologetic as one of Rihanna's best albums alongside with her 2007 "breakthrough" Good Girl Gone Bad and her 2010 "pop peak" Loud. He further stated that the album "makes most of her talent".[66]

By contrast, Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph called the album "a mixed bag" and was ambivalent towards its second half's focus on Rihanna's "confused love".[27] Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times felt that its commercial "lyrical turns poison" the album, "even while musically, Rihanna has evolved into one of the more forward-thinking pop divas."[4] Simon Price of The Independent panned Rihanna's singing as "flatter than Norfolk" and its material "dull as dishwater", observing "the usual half-hearted, sexual single-entendres".[62] Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune wrote that its dubstep songs "feel like respites" "in the context of an album dominated by ballads and at least superficially introspective lyrics".[2] Slant Magazine's Eric Henderson commented that the album sounds "cobbled together" and quipped, "If only the music were compelling enough to back up the supreme bad faith" of the lyrics.[30] Genevieve Koski of The A.V. Club criticized Rihanna for "extend[ing] the album's defiant tone to her romantic life" and called it "a fiery pop album that's unfortunately coated in the icky residue of unearned defiance that has marked Brown’s recent output."[61]

Track listing

  • Credits adapted from Rihanna's official website.[67]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Phresh Out the Runway"David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Terius Nash, Robyn FentyGuetta, Tuinfort, The-Dream3:42
2."Diamonds"Sia Furler, Benjamin Levin, Mikkel Eriksen,
Tor Hermansen		StarGate, Benny Blanco3:45
3."Numb" (featuring Eminem)Sam Dew, Fenty, Warren Felder, Ronald "Flip" Colson, Pop WanselOakwud, Flippa123, PopWansel3:25
4."Pour It Up"Fenty, Michael Williams, Theron Thomas, Timothy ThomasMike Will Made-It, J-Bo (co)2:41
5."Loveeeeeee Song" (featuring Future)Nayvadius Wilburn, Denisea "Blu June" Andrews, FentyFuture4:16
6."Jump"Kevin Cossum, Williams, Eriksen, Hermansen, Saul Milton, Will KennardStarGate, Chase & Status4:24
7."Right Now" (featuring David Guetta)Nash, Fenty, Guetta, Eriksen, Hermansen, Shaffer Smith, Tuinfort, Nick RotteveelGuetta, StarGate, Nicky Romero, Tuinfort3:01
8."What Now"Olivia Waithe, Fenty, Parker Ighile, Nathan CassellsIghile, Cassells (co)4:03
9."Stay" (featuring Mikky Ekko)Ekko, Justin Parker, Elof LoelvEkko, Loelv, Parker4:00
10."Nobody's Business" (featuring Chris Brown)Nash, Fenty, Carlos McKinney, Michael JacksonThe-Dream, McKinney3:36
11."Love Without Tragedy"/"Mother Mary"Nash, Fenty, McKinneyThe-Dream, McKinney6:58
12."Get It Over With"James Fauntleroy, Fenty, Brian SealsBrian Kennedy3:31
13."No Love Allowed"Sean "Elijah Blake" Fenton, Fenty, Alexander Izquierdo, Ernest Wilson, Steve WyremanNo ID4:09
14."Lost in Paradise"Ester Dean, Fenty, Timothy McKenzie, Eriksen, HermansenLabrinth, StarGate3:35
Total length:55:06
Deluxe edition bonus tracks[68]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Half of Me"Adele Emeli Sandé, Shahid Khan, Eriksen, HermansenStarGate, Naughty Boy3:12
16."Diamonds" (Dave Audé 100 Extended)Furler, Levin, Eriksen, HermansenStarGate, Benny Blanco, Audé (add), Kemal Golden (add)5:03
17."Diamonds" (Gregor Salto Downtempo Remix)Furler, Levin, Eriksen, HermansenStarGate, Benny Blanco, Salto (add), Tzvetin Todorov (add)4:29
Total length:67:50
Deluxe edition DVD
No.TitleLength
1."First Look: 2012 LOUD Tour Live At the O2"23:04
Total length:23:04
Notes

Personnel

Credits for Unapologetic adapted from Allmusic.[69]

Formats

Standard edition
  • Standard version of Unapologetic
Deluxe edition[70]
  • Deluxe version of Unapologetic
  • Bonus DVD, including never-before-released footage, and First Look of Rihanna's Loud Tour recorded live at London's O2 Arena
  • 28-page photo and art booklet
  • Rectangle special deluxe edition pakage case


Diamonds deluxe edition box[71]
  • Unapologetic CD
  • Bonus DVD
  • T-shirt featuring a photo from the album's photoshoot
  • Diamonds-inspired bracelet
  • 7 laptop stickers
  • 28-page photo and art booklet
  • Fan mosaic poster
Diamonds executive platinum box[72]
  • Unapologetic CD
  • Bonus DVD
  • 28-page photo and art booklet
  • Unapologetic USB stick, including high-definition photos, graphic-intensive documents, videos, spreadsheets, presentations, term papers and music
  • T-shirt featuring a photo from the album's photoshoot
  • 7 art print 12 x 15 lithographs, bound together with a handwritten R logo band
  • 3 device adhesives
  • 7 laptop sickers
  • 11 x 17 a personal note to the fans, handwritten by Rihanna
  • Diamonds – Remixes on vinyl
  • View-Master including a reel of 3D images
  • 40-page notebook with handwritten notes and lyrics
  • Fan mosaic poster

Release history

Region Date Format Label Edition
Australia[73][74] November 19, 2012 CD / CD+DVD Universal Music Standard / Deluxe edition
France[75][76]
Germany[77][78]
United Kingdom[79][80] Mercury Records
United States[81][82] Def Jam Recordings
Italy[83][84] November 20, 2012 Universal Music
Netherlands[85][86]
Poland[87][88]
Sweden[89] November 21, 2012

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