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Rihanna has previewed tracks from her new album Unapologetic with an online sampler - check it out below.
Rihanna yesterday shared the tracklisting for the album, revealing that it included collaborations with her controversial ex Chris Brown as well as with Eminem, Future and brilliant US newcomer Mikky Ekko. Now, a selection of the tracks has leaked online. Sadly, Chris Brown duet 'Nobody's Business' is not on the sampler.
Opening with 'Fresh Off The Runaway', a noisy club-banger, the sampler then showcases the Eminem duet 'Numb', a laid back jam with banghra influences. 'Pour It Up' is a sleazy R&B club track while 'Loveeeeeee Song' with Future is a heavily produced electro-ballad.
'Jump' takes lyrical influence from Ginuwine's R&B classic, 'Pony' and mixes in some dark dubstep influences while 'Right Now' is an unmistakeable David Guetta production - a Europop club banger which is sure to light up less discerning dancefloor across the globe.
'What Now' is a storming ballad, leaping from delicate, sparse production to enormous electro-beats on the chorus. Keeping the tempo low, 'Stay' with Mikky Ekko is a standout track, packed with sensitivity that is so sorely missing from much of Rihanna's hi-energy output. Mikky Ekko is a star in the making - mark our words.
Listen to the Unapologetic preview below
"You used to be the boy I loved / And I used to be the girl of your dreams," Rihanna sings on 'Love Without Tragedy', which is sure to be about ex-boyfriend Chris Brown. Their duet 'Nobody's Business' does not appear on the sampler, sadly.
'No Love Allowed' is the album's big-ballad closer, on which Rihanna sings of her loneliness - despite being the 'life of soul of the party' - but maintaining she doesn't give a 'f' what people say about her.
'Lost In Paradise' closes the album in a big pop way, ending 14 strong tracks which will no doubt see the Barbadian superstar through the next 12 months before she inevitably churns out her next collection.
The full tracklisting is below.
1. Fresh Off The Runway
2. Diamonds
3. Numb (Feat. Eminem)
4. Pour It Up
5. Loveeeeeee Song (Feat. Future)
6. Jump
7. Right Now (Feat. David Guetta)
8. What Now
9. Stay (Feat. Mikky Ekko)
10. Nobody's Business (Feat. Chris Brown)
11. Love Without Tragedy / Mother Mary
12. Get It Over With
13. No Love Allowed
14. Lost In Paradise
Below: everything we know about Rihanna's new album
