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Rihanna releases a new single entitled “Rehab” which is the 8th release from her third album “Good Girl Gone Bad.” The single was written by Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Hannon Lane. I am surprised it took three people to come up with this song. It is rather boring, but I imagine those dealing with their boyfriend or girlfriend always threatening to leave if they don’t have things their way will be able to relate to the song. I didn’t enjoy it very much.

the tempo and chorus is very similar to Rihanna’s past work, but this song is particularly dull. I wasn’t a fan of Rihanna’s first two cd’s, but this one really changed how I felt about her music. She released a number of great hits including “Take a Bow” and “Disturbia,” but “Rehab” seems like a duller version of her past hits. She needs to keep changing it up and not get too comfortable. This was the mistake Beyonce made. Even though they continue to make money, they will not be considered real artists if they don’t change things up and make things their own. Why do you think Madonna has been so respected in the music industry? Rihanna is perfectly capable of being a great artist, but “Rehab” is a very poor example of what she’s capable of. I feel cheated.

In the video to “Rehab” Rihanna spends most of the time in different skimpy outfits accessorized with long earrings and high heels. Justin Timberlake portrays her boyfriend, but spends most of the time just glaring at her and trying to act tough. I can never see Justin as tough. He has to be an acceptional actor to pull that one off.