R&B and pop singer Rihanna is back with her latest effort, Talk That Talk, her sixth studio album. Talk That Talk is more a continuation of than a departure from Rihanna's last album, Loud, featuring an eclectic mix of sounds and the unadulterated brass that has become characteristic of the Barbadian singer since Good Girl Gone Bad.
The album's first single, "We Found Love," produced by British DJ Calvin Harris, swiftly climbed charts in the U.S. and across the Atlantic. The song's music video garnered equal attention for its depiction of a Chris Brown look-alike, played by boxer-model Dudley O'Shaughnessy.
Talk That Talk is poised to be a Rihanna classic, projected to beat out the modest sales of her previous two albums. It is scheduled for release Nov. 18.
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