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Via 4Music: “Talk That Talk” is Rihanna’s sixth studio album and, according to her manager, Jay Brown, her desire to keep recording is driven by her love of music and her wish to satisfy demand from her fans.

Introducing the album at SARM Studios in London’s Notting Hill, Jay Brown said she was right to keep on releasing albums as “kids are always looking for new music.”

He also revealed plans for her to shoot the video for her next single “You Da One” in London and confirmed that they’re talking to Melina Matsoukas, who was at the helm on the “We Found Love” shoot, about possible concepts.

When asked about her plans for 2012, Brown said Rihanna would be promoting her movie debut Battleship, which is due for release in the UK on 18 April, and would begin work on a second big screen project towards the end of the year.

Via BBC:

“I think you become disposable when you put out an album every three years. It’s not like we force her. She goes into the studio because she likes it. Nobody, when they’re buying an album, wants to skip over tracks. If there are too many songs, you dilute what you’re trying to do. When we were deciding the tracks to put on there, I wasn’t thinking about minutes and seconds. I just wanted to make sure it was all hits,” said Jay Brown.

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Rihanna’s adorable eyelash designer, Ja’Maal Buster, updated a new picture of him and Rihanna to twitter. He said:

Me and @Rihanna today (July 28) on set..#LashBarbiePower! She said ” ♥ you guys & thanks for all ur ♥”

Rihanna’s stylists, Mariel and Rob, and her hair stylist, Ursula, were also on the set. Dancers, including Rihanna’s tour female dancers, were there either – they have been rehearsing for the past few days. We still don’t know the purpose of their 18h work, however, it’s rumoured to be a new Doritos endorsement.

Rihanna is set to make her first film feature appearance by joining “Battleship”. Variety reports that the R&B singer has sealed the deal, which was announced on Monday, July 26, with Universal Pictures. Her representative has further confirmed the news to E! Online.

Rihanna is added to the cast ensemble which already has Taylor Kitsch and Alexander Skarsgard playing a Naval officer and his brother respectively. However, the character that will be portrayed by the “Take a Bow” hitmaker has not been unveiled yet.

Based on Hasbro’s game, “Battleship” will focuses on a massive Naval adventure across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force. Peter Berg is attached to take the helming duty for the action film, which gets May 18, 2012 release date in the U.S.

Rihanna previously starred in “Bring It On: All or Nothing” which was released direct-to-DVD. At that time, she did not appear as anyone else but herself.

According to publisher’s site:

The official visual chronicle of the year’s “It” Girl as she embarks on her first solo tour. Packaged in a Swarovski crystal encrusted clamshell case, this deluxe edition comes with a print signed by Rihanna and a CD of an exclusive remixed song off her latest album.

The millions of sites tracking her every fashion move, the innumerable magazine covers including the recent Italian Vogue shot by Steven Klein, her past endorsement deals including Gucci and CoverGirl – Rihanna is the reigning style icon of the moment. She has garnered multiplatinum – selling success as an artist (her current album, her fourth, Rated R had the highest first-week sales of any of her other albums in the U.S. to date), including Grammys, MTV Video Music Awards, and countless other awards for her performances.

Creative director Simon Henwood captures the supernova at the height of her beauty and ferocity in hundreds of photographs that track her enormous influence on current culture — from Paris Fashion Week to her shoot in Berlin with Ellen von Unwerth for her album artwork to her special appearance at the American Music Awards to her performances in the most cutting-edge couture (such as Gaultier and Chanel, as well as in pieces from actual museum collections).
With an introduction by Simon Henwood and preface by fashion designer Alexandre Vauthier, this is a visually arresting capsule of one of the world’s most talked-about artists.

Thnx to Giamma

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The next leading lady in Taio Cruz professional life is Rihanna, 22. Taio has been cooking up some more traditional perky pop for the Barbados babe, moving away from her harder-edged Rated R sound.

“There was a big writing camp with 50 other producers writing for Rihanna’s next album. They had hired out 20 to 30 different studios and had everyone in there collaborating, switching people around. Each person did about six or seven songs. It doesn’t normally work like that but she’s a huge artist.”

Source: Kim Dawson’s Playlist

Rap-Up.com: Rihanna wants to make you sweat this summer with Rated R: Remixed, a collection of remixes to tracks from her fourth album. The pop star has enlisted dance remixer Chew Fu to rework 10 songs from last year’s Rated R, including her No. 1 hit “Rude Boy.” The project is due May 25.

Rap-Up.com has the tracklisting for you below.

1. “Mad House” (Chew Fu Straight Jacket Fix)
2. “Russian Roulette” (Chew Fu Black Russian Fix)
3. “Rockstar 101” (Chew Fu Teacher’s Pet Fix)
4. “Wait Your Turn” (Chew Fu Can’t Wait No More Fix)
5. “Photographs” feat. will.i.am (Chew Fu 35mm Fix)
6. “Rude Boy” (Chew Fu Bumbaclot Fix)
7. “Hard” feat. Jeezy (Chew Fu Granite Fix)
8. “G4L” (Chew Fu Guns in the Air Fix)
9. “Fire Bomb” (Chew Fu Molotov Fix)
10. “Stupid in Love” (Chew Fu Small Room Fix)

Thoughts?

Little Miss Sunshine is coming back. After a brief trip to the dark side, Rihanna is about to brighten up the airwaves once again with a new album. Sean “The Pen” Garrett spills the details exclusively to Rap-Up.com.

With her current single “Rude Boy” climbing the charts, the Rihanna reign shows no sign of letting up. The pop princess is capitalizing off the momentum with the feel-good follow-up to November’s Rated R.

According to Garrett, the project is already underway. “I got a record on Rihanna’s new album,” reveals the hitmaker. “She’s got some surprises.”

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Def Jam hired DJ Brooklyn Zoo to remix 10 tracks of Rated R for a remix album that will be released in February.

Take a look at the DJ’s tweets below:

• Def Jam asked me to pick 10 Rihanna tracks to remix, for a complete remix album release in February. My deadline is January 18.
  
• I’m planning on releasing a Rated R mega-mix with all the snippets in January.
• Just finished my fix for “Rihanna/Gangsta 4 life”, now working on Rihanna: “Wait Your Turn”,”Rude Boy”,”Fire Bomb” and “Te Amo”.
• Started o/t last 6 tracks for the Rihanna “Rated R” remix album. Russian Roullette, Hard, Stupid in Love, Photographs are approved by Def Jam.
• Working on a mix for the refix album I’m doing for Rihanna/Def Jam… grinded on the fix for “RockStar”. Doing 10 tracks in total.

Click here to follow him on Twitter and here to visit his blog.

Thanks, Rihanna4life!

Here’s a little tidbit about Rihanna you may not know about…

None other than Roisin Murphy’s partner Simon Henwood is the creative force behind the brand and styling concept of Rihanna’s new album “Rated R.” Henwood is a celebrated painter, filmmaker, set designer and brand visionary who was enlisted by Rihanna’s team to be the overall creative director for the pop star’s global imaging. Henwood conceived the look and feel for the logo, album, videos and TV spots – and is now working on Rihanna’s forthcoming world tour, including the show’s stage design, costumes and background visuals.  Rihanna and Henwood worked closely together in the months leading up to the album release.

“We talked extensively for months before the album’s release, and looked at every aspect of the campaign-  from styling to stage ideas and visuals,” he tells ArjanWrites.com. “Everything comes from the music, and this is her most personal album to date – so everything draws from it in one way or another. There is a great story that will unfold through the campaign, and finally reveal on the tour, partly inspired by the film – The Omega Man (click here to read about the movie) and of course ideas from the songs – as well as Rihanna’s personal visions.“

Click read more to read about Henwood’s “R” logo idea and watch a video.

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According to Rizzoli Bookstore, a book written by Rihanna and with contribution by Simon Henwood will be released in June!

Rihanna
The Last Girl on Earth
Written by Rihanna, Contribution by Simon Henwood
144 pages
Pub Date: June 2010
Format: Hardcover
Category: Music – Popular
US Price: $50.00
CAN Price: $60.00
ISBN: 978-0-8478-3511-9 (0-8478-3511-1)
Publisher: Rizzoli
Trim Size: 10 x 13
Also available as a trade paperback.

If you know more about this book, please e-mail us at rihannadailycom@gmail.com.

And if you’re wondering who Simon Henwood is, he is working on the campaign of Rihanna’s 4th album, Rated R. Logo, album, videos, TV spots and world tour (including stage design, costumes and background visuals)!

UPDATE: You can already pre-order the book on Amazon.

Thanks, Mike!

In other news, Rihanna is rumoured to perform at this year’s Super Bowl Bash – in February! More coming soon.