Jazmine Reed

She’s back!! Like Madonna and Christina Aguilera before her, Rihanna reinvented herself and her sound for a new album, Rated R, due out November 23rd. Donning a dominatrix inspired outfit on her single, “Russian Roulette” album cover, Rihanna wears a clenching flesh-colored corset with barbwire strategically wrapped around her exposed breasts, accessorized with a sexy, Zorro-like mask, cherry red lips, and a sleek Mohawk teased with new platinum blonde highlights. Good girl gone bad-ass.

Going for shock value, Rihanna released “Russian Roulette”, an eerie, edgy, and almost morbidly slow song as her comeback single written by singer and songwriter, Ne-Yo and herself. It opens with an electric guitar, followed by bass and the following lyrics; “Take a breath/Take it deep/Calm yourself/ He says to me…Take a gun/Count to three.” more…