Rihanna was also rallying up fist pumps with her stint with EDM, benchmarked by "We Found Love" featuring 2012's Calvin Harris (her longest-leading No. 1 and a Grammy for best rap sung collaboration in 2008. To lead off her third album Good Girl Gone Bad, Rihanna signaled a new direction - and reached a new level of stardom - with the Jay Z collaboration “Umbrella.” It was an edgy pop song with rap and rock touches, earning another No.
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On the other hand, “Work,” is an interpolation of “Sail Away,” a 1998 dancehall riddim by Jamaican singer Richie Stephens and features Rihanna singing in patois.ĭirector X Talks Creating Rihanna's 'Work' Video and Putting West Indian Culture on Full Display Last year’s ubiquitous “Cheerleader” featured traces of singer Omi’s Jamaican roots, but it was undeniably a dance-pop song at heart. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 was Sean Paul's “Temperature” in 2006. The track is a proud, powerful reminder of the Barbados-born singer's West Indian roots - and a milestone for dancehall: The last song in the genre to hit No. No, the Drake-assisted song isn’t part of a new genre that many in the mainstream media are calling “tropical house.” And no, it isn't one of the pop anthems we're used to from Rihanna, like her last album's lead single, "Diamonds.” As the first half of her ‘Work” video, filmed in the beloved Caribbean restaurant The Real Jerk in Toronto, makes explicit, Anti’s lead single is undeniably drenched in dancehall - a genre with deep roots in Jamaica's club scene that spun off from reggae in the 1970s.
1 on the Billboard Hot 100, isn’t your typical chart-topper. Rihanna's “Work,” currently spending its second week at No.
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