I said Man I wanna fukk Tinashe and Janet 
What are you talking about breh? They dropped debut albums in the same month of the same year... both did shytty numbers. Rihanna had a massive hit in Pon De Replay which had been marketed worldwide. Rihanna was always the pop artist where they saw more appeal. She had Stargate produce her records and they marketed her worldwide. Teairra had songs by Sean Garrett. Different audiences, different ambitions.
Her second album didnt flop tho, it sold surprisingly well and spawned three too 10 records ..so yea, they invested in getting her a song from dream/tricky. Nothing you posted refutes the fact that Rihanna wasn't supposed to amount to much, by 07, she proved there was more sticking power to her than they originally thought, and when she dropped umbrella and gggb she became a certified pop star.
youre clearly clueless so stop, everyone who was checking the scene knew and saw how TM was being promoted, she got all the attention, she was princess of the roc or def jam, whatever. Rihanna was given a "dancehall" hit to ride the wave of one hit wonders like lumidee and Wayne wonder. Rih was an afterthought who ended up outperforming her expectations, they geared up for second albums at the same time, TM couldn't get a single off while SOS went bonkers..,which was actually meant for Christiana aguilera, as were many of rih's songs.What are you talking about breh? They dropped debut albums in the same month of the same year... both did shytty numbers. Rihanna had a massive hit in Pon De Replay which had been marketed worldwide. Rihanna was always the pop artist where they saw more appeal. She had Stargate produce her records and they marketed her worldwide. Teairra had songs by Sean Garrett. Different audiences, different ambitions.
Teairra was always just going to be a RnB artist. Her debut album's full name is actually called:
Roc-A Fella Records Presents Teairra Marí[1]
They both did 60k first week. Rihanna had a proper second single, and they kept marketing the album. They basically let Teairra fall off after the poor first week numbers. Rihanna had powerful managers from day one. Dudes that worked with Christina Aguilera and loads of other corny pop artists. She was their first artist and they produced and wrote some of her earliest hits. You don't get to be Rihanna big without a considerable push and yes it was from day one.
?she got a helluva team in that beehive
?thats what im talking about with artist having stans in high places,beyonce on that same team....being that TM shytted on jay and rhianna i dont know whos behalf it was on,but we all saw it was definitly some bullshyt that only happened once that Sponsor song gained steam
I am in the demographic. I was a female in college when they both dropped, rihanna was not pushed as the star...back then, TM was killing her in the looks dept and the hip hop/r&b lane was still big, they had their attention on TM since that's what they knew, but rih just ended up continually having the right hits.this is how i remember it,i wont say they had no plans for Rhianna though....But if they did i dont think it was going to be to the rnb/hiphop crowd....maybe i just didnt feel the push of rhianna because she wasnt being pushed in our direction to begin with...but maybe whoever she was being pushed towards felt it and may have felt rhianna was the priorty....but in the eyes of the rnb/hiphop crowd rhianna was definitly seen as the after thought out of the two and tierra was the one being groomed.
and off topic but remember when Tiearra Marie made that Sponsor record and kt got banned by bet because it didnt fit the core values of BET and was too vulgar
lolHow does someone get records that where meant for prime Christina Aguilera & second-wind prime Mary J. Blige? Big money and powers behind the scenes.
Sos was passed off between like 3 people before Rihanna..and every thing u wrote in this post is real talk...
Yup..and while they blocked Sponser...they let that Rude Boy shyt go by Rihanna which was one of the most vulgar hooks I heard in pop music in a minute...this is how i remember it,i wont say they had no plans for Rhianna though....But if they did i dont think it was going to be to the rnb/hiphop crowd....maybe i just didnt feel the push of rhianna because she wasnt being pushed in our direction to begin with...but maybe whoever she was being pushed towards felt it and may have felt rhianna was the priorty....but in the eyes of the rnb/hiphop crowd rhianna was definitly seen as the after thought out of the two and tierra was the one being groomed.
and off topic but remember when Tiearra Marie made that Sponsor record and kt got banned by bet because it didnt fit the core values of BET and was too vulgar
