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Rolling Stone lists "Anti" as Second best Pop Album of 2016

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Rolling Stone has compiled a list of the best pop albums of 2016.
Anti is at #2.


Rihanna, 'Anti'

Rihanna's long-simmering eighth album brought together stinging songs that showcased the pop provocateur's ever-widening range, both stylistically and vocally. She channeled late-night loneliness and regret-tinged isolation on clamorous club arguments ("Woo") and faithful covers of Aussie indie-psych ("Same Ol' Mistakes") alike, creating a stark tableau on which she could work out grievances with those who have disappointed her. There are quite a few: The sinewy, dancehall-inspired "Work" is a parry toward a guy (portrayed by frequent foil Drake) who only wanted to connect physically; while the DJ Mustard-produced "Needed Me" is a biting kiss-off to a lover whose flights of romantic fancy proved to be too much. Her torch song "Love on the Brain" proves that she isn't totally immune to heartache, with an all-in performance that only strengthens the song's hurts-so-good imagery. M.J.

Source: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/20-best-pop-albums-of-2016-w455459/rihanna-anti-w455467

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Kinda mad ANTi is getting this acclaim now, but it kinda got dragged by the critics at first when it was released. It would probably have a much higher score on metacritic if they actually listened to the album, but instead they dragged her for not having hits. brit10 

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Just now, McDreamy said:

Kinda mad ANTi is getting this acclaim now, but it kinda got dragged by the critics at first when it was released. It would probably have a much higher score on metacritic if they actually listened to the album, but instead they dragged her for not having hits. brit10 

at least it's getting recognition jj2 better late than never.

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1 minute ago, McDreamy said:

True rih2 

Let's just hope she won't disappoint after ANTi, and she will give us even a bigger masterpiece with R9 cry7 

Unapologetic and Anti were among her best albums, so I hope she continues developing her artistry and creativity like with those albums cry7

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5 minutes ago, Skyline said:

Unapologetic and Anti were among her best albums, so I hope she continues developing her artistry and creativity like with those albums cry7

YES! 

I mean  Rated R is amazing and everything, one of her best for sure, so i'm hoping she won't do the same and step back and give us another LOUD/TTT. She wasn't big enough to make Rated R and it's singles bigger but now she can, and now people actually see the real Rihanna cry7 

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Kinda mad ANTi is getting this acclaim now, but it kinda got dragged by the critics at first when it was released. It would probably have a much higher score on metacritic if they actually listened to

at least it's getting recognition  better late than never.

True   Let's just hope she won't disappoint after ANTi, and she will give us even a bigger masterpiece with R9  


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