Rihanna Rated R [Explicit Content] (2 Lp's) just far it is the quite demented

it is the quite demented rush of "Panama

but Welch does emotional bombast better than any of her contemporaries

even these songs have their merits -- "Sick Again" is the meanest

" perhaps their strongest moment) and Seattle native Jimi Hendrix (the shimmering "May This Be Love

Rihanna Rated R [Explicit Content] (2 Lp's) just far it is the quite demented"Russian Roulette," released weeks prior to Rated R, just hinted at Rihanna's sudden desire to provoke. Even with the realization that it is metaphorical, the song startles with its hesitant gasps, spinning cylinders, and verses that are glacially paced, where a cold piano line and the slight inflections in Rihanna's voice are front and center. And then there's an audible shudder followed by a discharged bullet the abrupt end to one of Rated R's most