The dark-pop pivot recorded in the aftermath of public trauma: Rated R is Rihanna's heaviest album — "Russian Roulette"'s literal death game, "Hard"'s armored strut, rock guitars where the dance-pop used to be. It sold less than its neighbors and aged better than most of them. The album where the persona acquired its edge.
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