Rihanna: Rude Boy

Rude Boy was released as the third single from Rated R; Rihanna’s fourth studio album.  It kept the momentum alive, a little bit, as Hard solidified this album as an album to be reckoned with.  Although it was a stretch considering her prior success and her then future successes.  It was kind of a dark period for Rihanna even though this particular song was a little bit uplifting.  But it took the release of Only Girl (In the World) to really bring Rihanna back to life and to be quite frank it has been somewhat of a struggle since, even though we now have We Found Love as well.