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Rihanna Confirms Slash, Will.i.am, Young Jeezy Guest on “Rated R”

11/2/09, 3:24 pm EST


Rihanna has revealed the full track list for her upcoming album Rated R, out November 23rd. Will.i.am and Young Jeezy guest on the LP, along with Slash, who contributes guitar to the appropriately titled “ROCKSTAR 101.” Fans who preorder Rated R — starting midnight November 3rd, at the iTunes store — will receive an instant download of the Ne-Yo-penned first single “Russian Roulette.” The single will also go on sale tomorrow, and the singer’s RihannaNow website will debut her video for “Wait Your Turn,” the leaked track that Rolling Stone reported on this morning.

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The iTunes version of Rated R will also include director Anthony Mandler’s exclusive cut of the two videos he directed, “Wait Your Turn” and “Russian Roulette.” The “Russian Roulette” video will make its official debut on November 13th on 20/20, a week after Rihanna first appears on 20/20 to tell her story for the first time since her February 8th altercation with Chris Brown. Rihanna is also scheduled to make appearances on the November 5th Good Morning America and on the November 9th episode of The Alexa Chung Show.

Judging by the track listing, and based on “Russian Roulette,” Rated R finds Rihanna taking a darker, colder and more violent approach to the subject of love with song titles like “Stupid in Love,” “Cold Case Love” and “Rude Boy.” The one song with a warm title — other than sinister-sounding “Fire Bomb” — is “Te Amo.”

Rated R

1. “Mad House”
2. “Wait Your Turn”
3. “Hard” (featuring Young Jeezy)
4. “Stupid In Love”
5. “ROCKSTAR 101″ (featuring Slash)
6. “Russian Roulette”
7. “Fire Bomb”
8. “Rude Boy”
9. “Photographs” (featuring will.i.am)
10. “G4L”
11. “Te Amo”
12. “Cold Case Love”
13. “The Last Song”

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YAY | 11/2/2009, 3:36 pm EST

I can’t wait :D

Anonymous | 11/2/2009, 3:40 pm EST

I can wait.

And how sad that Slash would resort to this.

At least this will be Rihanna’s biggest ‘hit’, since Chris Brown.

GNR fan | 11/2/2009, 4:09 pm EST

Slash!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

Black Hole Sun | 11/2/2009, 4:42 pm EST

Oh, lovely. Now we know who will be the next singer for Velvet Revolver.

Carolina | 11/2/2009, 4:43 pm EST

And this is the same man who said he doesn’t “wanna get involved in any kind of Stephanie Seymour ballads or any of that shit”

rusty kneecapp | 11/2/2009, 4:59 pm EST

so fucking sad that Slash would do this. And she can’t even come up with an original album title. The much superior Queens Of The Stone Age have an album called Rated R.

Slayer92 | 11/2/2009, 5:00 pm EST

WTF SLASH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love Slash... | 11/2/2009, 5:59 pm EST

…but he sold out. Sorry, normally I wouldn’t have a problem with him collaborating with a contemporary artist, but Rihanna? Uh-uh, can’t accept that, she’s a no talent trick who’s only useful for posing for pictures, nothing more. A guitar solo, no matter how good it is, cannot cure that. He must be desperate for money, much like how Weezer is desperate for record sales by collaborating with Lil Wayne.

ohsnapsun | 11/2/2009, 6:06 pm EST

.13….14..

WTF?!?! | 11/2/2009, 9:15 pm EST

What’s next? Brian May will guest spot on Lil Wayne’s faux-rock album?

losers | 11/2/2009, 9:43 pm EST

you are all losers…nothing wrong with the guests on ri’s album and i wouldnt say she was untalented…shes more talented than you lot…

to "losers" | 11/3/2009, 12:55 am EST

I doubt that, the average amateur musician has more talent then her, and SHE’SS NOT EVEN HOT!! Her “singing” has no pitch, I don’t say it often, but she’s just an industry tax write off.

Witholding Judgment For Now | 11/3/2009, 2:05 am EST

At the very least, wait until you listen to the song before you decide to condemn Slash and Rihanna.

? | 11/3/2009, 6:55 am EST

Slash must of been one bored man that day

Carolina | 11/3/2009, 7:51 am EST

I donĀ“t have a problem with him playin with Rihanna, Fergie or wherever, but why he has to talk all that shit about he’s bein so old school that he doesn’t want to play Axl’s piano songs, and use synthesizers…

d'yerman | 11/3/2009, 9:35 am EST

all of you complaining about Slash being on Rihanna’s record are tired douche bags. lest we forget he appeared on a Michael Jackson record as did Eddie Van Halen. get the fuck over it, he’s a muscian first.

Swine Flu | 11/3/2009, 11:24 am EST

Another new low for Slash.

sneeks | 11/3/2009, 1:19 pm EST

There’s only one album named Rated R QOTSA

Anonymous | 11/3/2009, 1:32 pm EST

nothing wrong with being on a pop record, like Michael Jackson’s Black Or White.

But Rihanna’s music is pure shit. Her biggest accomplishment is taking Soft Cell’s Tainted Love, and putting new words on it. Oh, and I love the Ella, ella, ella, ella, hey, hey, hey lyric. Fucking BRILLIANT stuff!

Anonymous | 11/3/2009, 3:38 pm EST

Question: How can you people pass judgement on songs never heard? I’m not a Rihanna fanatic but at least I’m gonna wait for the album to drop to give my opinion. Sometimes I think some people’s only purpose is to degrade others, if you don’t like her or her music…WTF are you doing reading articles related to her?

Brandon | 11/3/2009, 3:40 pm EST

I’m sure Rihanna has never heard the greatness that is Rated R by QOTSA

wtf?? | 11/3/2009, 4:27 pm EST

whos making this choices for saul? his wife? its ok that he played with jacko but rhiana?the only good thing rihana has is her ass

Anonymous | 11/3/2009, 6:29 pm EST

Queens Of The Stone Age already did “Rated R” and I’m pretty sure it will be way better than the drivel that this new album is bound to be.

Nik | 11/3/2009, 7:05 pm EST

Man slash must be bored as hell to resorting to play with these fucking wanabees..

King Wack | 11/3/2009, 7:31 pm EST

Hahaha… All these problems w/ Slash and Rhiana… I know what people are saying,

“He is a sell out! How can he preform w/ a pop star!”

But for Christ sakes, it’s SLASH – he sold out years ago. If he didn’t sell out he would use his real name and not a market gimmic name like SLASH…

Just then I heard peacocks outside. In through the Window flew the spirit of Hunter S Thompson.

He stood over me, reading the computer screen. I was still in shock and awe… I tried to talk… But I noticed he

“E-Gads”, he said, “Have people forgotten this is what it is all about?”

“I know!” I said, “Seems like everyone forgot that Slash played w/ MJ years ago… He did the solo and a performance w/ Jackson at the MTV music awards…”

Hunter lite a smoke, “Yes, I do recall that. We all sell out when we make our first dollar off what we love. For me it was writing then selling the rights of my work to Hollywood studios… Cobain went through the same shit and he is okay now w/ the fame…”

“But he is dead and making way more money than he ever did alive. Wait, do you hang out with Kurt?” I noted

“Yes… We are apart of the Hemingway shot gun club… Kurt is glad his daughter will be taken care of because of his estate. He too knew that he sold out by the end. The joke is that it doesn’t matter. If you don’t sell out yourself when your alive someone will do it to you in death. And besides, Kurt is just happy that he isn’t married to Love anymore.”

We both chuckle, the I tell Hunter “I always joked she was enough of a reason for ANYONE to kill themselves…”

“That’s funny – he always jokes about same thing,” And with that, the windows burst open and Hunter floated out.

Get It | 11/3/2009, 7:49 pm EST

Even if the song is good, when it’s performed live, Slash will be the ONLY decent thing about it since Rihanna can’t sing or dance. I’m not anti-rock-stars-collaborating- with-pop-stars, I’m just anti talented-musicians-collaborati ng-with-untalented-musicians. Like others have pointed out, Michael Jackson was an entirely different story because he WAS talented and he MADE great music, plus he never sucked live. The same can’t be said for Rihanna. If Slash collaborates with Fergie or Christina Aguilera, or even Lady Gaga, it’s not a travesty cause they’re talented. Again, the same cannot be said for Rihanna. That’s why everyone is so disappointed in Slash. If he’s gonna work with someone outside his genre, it better be someone good.

Ari | 11/3/2009, 8:03 pm EST

Fergie and now Rihanna. Slash’s music these days is only for his daughters, it seems.

nothing without gn'r | 11/3/2009, 8:15 pm EST

More proof that Slash is nothing without Axl and co. He has done nothing worthy of note since Illusion. He needs to swallow his pride and mend some fences or else hang it up and retire.

nawaf | 11/4/2009, 12:50 am EST

slash rules its something differ after that MJ died

Rebeca | 11/4/2009, 9:55 am EST

Wow what a sad piece of news… I’m sure Axl is cackling somewhere…

calm | 11/5/2009, 9:27 am EST

You people are just sad. Ri Ri keep doing what you are doing sister.

that sucks | 11/6/2009, 3:39 pm EST

how the mighty have fallen…Ive nothng against rhianna, but how could slash throw his sht out of the cot over the stuff axl wanted to do with their music and then collaborate with someone whose music is wholly autotune and synthersizers etc. Im disappointed slash. If you are going to collaborate with rhianna then wtf dont you sort some shit out and go back to making real music

Yea Right | 11/9/2009, 6:20 pm EST

I can’t believe how many people are so upset about Slash recording with Rihanna? Who cares? Let people be. All this crap about being a sell out? Many musicians collaborate with each other nowadays. Get a life!

Yea Right | 11/10/2009, 8:49 am EST

TO: That Sucks: The reason that Slash won’t work w/Axl is because he doesn’t like him!

Anonymous | 11/11/2009, 1:18 pm EST

SLASH!!! NOOOOOO. NOW, WITH RIHANNA?????????????

Media whore!!

SUMIT SWAMY | 11/17/2009, 4:42 am EST

YEP! RIHANNA ATLAST ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTED WITH SLASH ,HEY RIHANA KEEP IT UP U R GONNA ROK DIS YR 09-10

UR YNGR BRO SUMIT

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