Rihanna - Give Me A Try (2011)

The 'Angel' album of the recent post wasn't the first time that unreleased tracks from Rihanna had been compiled into an album by fans, as the same thing had happened in 2011. Leaked studio recordings and demos appeared on the internet, with some of the songs going as far back as 2006, and a number of them also later appeared on 'Angel'. 'My Name Is Rihanna' was one of these, which was renamed as 'My Name Is Fantasia' for the 'Angel' album, but it sits better on this one under it's original title, as it segues nicely into her version of the Bob Marley classic 'Get Up Stand Up'. The rest of the songs are a fine collection of ballads and up-tempo pieces which didn't deserve to be locked away in the vaults, so enjoy them here.  

Track listing

01 My Name Is Rihanna
02 Get Up Stand Up 
03 Ur Luv
04 Slower To Heal
05 Give Me A Try (feat. Sizzla)
06 How I Like It
07 Never
08 Suicide
09 I'm Back
10 Tip Pon Toe
11 Hurricane
12 Survivor

Rihanna - Angel (2019)

By March 2019 fans of Rihanna had been waiting for a new album for quite some time, and the thirst for a new project from her was tangible. In February it was reported that her new full-length release was already done, and so when a record surfaced in iTunes fans bought it in their droves, sending it to No. 67 on the Worldwide iTunes Albums Chart. It soon transpired, however, that it wasn't an official release, but an unauthorized album full of unreleased Rihanna music which was posted under the name of Fenty Fantasia, Fenty being Rihanna's real name. As expected, the release was deleted from the service shortly afterwards, and it emerged that a lot of the songs on the release, which was titled 'Angel', had previously surfaced online in some way or another, with some of them dating as far back as 2009, but the quality of the music and packaging fooled fans into thinking it was a legitinate release. When word of the album started to make it to social media, a fan asked Rihanna directly what's going on with 'Angel', to which she replied simply "Shit's crazy". Nearly three years later we're still waiting for the follow-up to 2016's 'Anti', so for now this will have to tide us over until it finally makes an appearance.  

Track listing

01 Answer
02 Sexuality
03 Bitch I'm Special
04 Bubble Pop
05 Winning Women
06 Just Be Happy
07 Don't Even Try
08 Here We Go
09 Goodbye
10 Whipping My Hair
11 Hating  On The Club
12 Angel

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