“Chris Brown only shows up once on Rihanna's seventh LP, during the defiant "Nobody's Business." But the abusive ex she took back is like a co-writer throughout, sort of the way Germany was a co-writer on World War II: "I was flying till you knocked me to the floor," she sings on "No Love Allowed." Unapologetic's stark, shadowy R&B is confrontationally honest and sung within an inch of its life, wh”
“Rihanna's seventh album is designed to engage with our perception of Rihanna the Pop Star and Rihanna the Victim. The source of its fascination is the dissonance between the two but its failures are more pedestrian.”
