This Day in Pop: Rihanna releases ‘Rated R’ album in 2009

[Sgt Spears deputy]

Not just one of Rihanna's best CDs, but also one of my favorite albums of all time. I have so many good memories. My then best friend was listing a lot to Rude Boy.I still see us preparing for a party and listing to this song.0r some songs from the Circus album of Britney. Russian Roulette, G4L, and Hard are my therapy songs. And I think it was the lyrics of Russian Roulette I posted when a close friend was asking me: "My, God, was is wrong with you, why are you posting stuff like that, what is happening in your life?!"It was the very first time that I come out and started to tell the truth in public. It cost a lot of overcoming.

[Jaiden]

Fire Bomb was a hell of a waste, it coulda have been a smash hit, I can see the song producer/writers being kinda of regretting giving the song to her 😂

[Samer]

This whole era is ICONIC! One of my favorite albums from Rihanna. 

[Adriannn]

19 hours ago, Korb said:

Where them girls talkin' trash? Where them girls talkin' trash? 

Where dey at ,where dey at , where dey ATTTTTT??!!

[Adriannn]

18 hours ago, Cinderella85 said:

Not just one of Rihanna's best CDs, but also one of my favorite albums of all time. I have so many good memories. My then best friend was listing a lot to Rude Boy.I still see us preparing for a party and listing to this song.0r some songs from the Circus album of Britney. Russian Roulette, G4L, and Hard are my therapy songs. And I think it was the lyrics of Russian Roulette I posted when a close friend was asking me: "My, God, was is wrong with you, why are you posting stuff like that, what is happening in your life?!"It was the very first time that I come out and started to tell the truth in public. It cost a lot of overcoming.

Love it when music is attached to important times of our lives 

[Brat]

Well written article! 

Rihanna’s blackout 

[Adriannn]

21 minutes ago, Brat said:

Well written article! 

Rihanna’s blackout 

Thanks a lot 

and yeah! in a way this is her Blackout 

[Glittilicious]

Erased. 

[Adriannn]

6 hours ago, Glittilicious said:

First memory this brings back is me watching the Rude Boy video and noticing Rihanna looking into a guy's pants during the video 🤪.

I am a couple of years older than Rihanna so I saw her go from "good girl" to "bad girl" and I knew that song was ***ual. Just thought that shot was quite bold.