Justin Timberlake has been almost Midas-like when he decides to appear as a guest vocalist on other artists’ tracks, but evidently neither his track record nor his baby falsetto was enough to keep “Hole in My Head,” a Rihanna tune, on RiRi’s Rated-R. Should it have made the cut? Give it a listen yourself after the jump:
Produced by JT associates The Y’s (who also helped write and produce “Cold Case Love,” which did make the final Rated-R tracklist), the song is a mid-tempo march with the slightest reggae vibe, and it’s certainly more upbeat than anything else on Rihanna’s album. (Kind of ironic considering the song is called “Hole in My Head,” though the disturbing imagery of that alone would feel right at home next to other tracks called “Russian Roulette” and “Fire Bomb.”).
Was it left off because it just didn’t fit the rest of the album’s dark tone? Unclear, but it is available as a bonus track on versions of the album sold through the Nokia Music Store. Or you can wait for the deluxe edition of Rated-R, pretty much a given for any pop star with a hit album nowadays.
So do they give you the YouTube embed codes on the press releases, or do you have to find them yourselves? How I miss the old Idolator.
http://www.lovehatesociety.com
Seriously Becky. Do you wake up each day and hate yourself for the drivel you continue to slog on this once great site for a paycheck? Or is this your actual tastes represented? Both are too terrible to compare.
Idolator today is like opening a bag of Veggie Crisps only to find Cheetos inside.
@LHS: Yo I really miss the old idolator too and this site sucks, but constantly plugging your site isn’t going to help unless you step down and get Maura to run it.
@Whigged: don’t you mean it’s like opening a bag of cheetos to find veggie crisps inside? Veggie crisps are F’ing disgusting.
@chachwitablog: Ah yes…you might have a point. But in the end, Veggie Crisps are *supposed* to be natural and healthy, whereas Cheetos are nothing but bland and fake covered with a sloppy coating that will make you resent it moments after ingesting…kind of like the new Idolator.
& chachwitablog Constantly? Psh, I only did it twice.
What’s with all the hate? Idolator is great! I have noticed that it’s been more commercial lately but it’s still an awesome site.
Leave Becky alone!
@The Prophet: Go pound sand. The site sucks now. It’s nothing more than a glorified Teen Beat. And it is a major failure.
Again, I wonder how Becky and Robbie feel waking up each morning knowing this? Then again, the paycheck probably cushions the blow a bit.
Wow you are so negative.
If the site is so bad why do you keep coming here leaving abusive comments? You must have a very sad and pathetic life if you spend all day on a website you hate picking fights with the authors and other readers.
@The Prophet: And you must live a productive life, posting here to boost the editors’ morale under a variety of different names because you’re a stooge.
ZOMBIEBOT FULLY ENDORSES TIGERBEAT-IFICATION OF IDOLATOR 2.0. MY PROGRAMMING ALLOWS ME NO OTHER OPTION. PLEASE UNPLUG ME.
A variety of different names?
That’s the best comeback you could come up with to justify your hateful miserable personality?
I’ve used the same name the whole time. You’re really pathetic.
@The Prophet: I think you missed it the first time around: GO POUND SAND.
@The Prophet: “That’s the best comeback you could come up with to justify your hateful miserable personality?”
This sounds exactly like something someone posted to me two weeks ago, but where is he now? Oh, he’s calling himself “The Prophet.”
LOL. Brass you are very paraonoid! I think you need to give these grand delusions of yours a rest. My name is The Prophet because I run a music blog called “The Prophet Blog”.
Sorry to burst your bubble but I’m not this mysterious person you speak of. Maybe these crazy characters will disappear if you just start taking your medication again? It’d help stop those strange voices in your head to.
ZOMBIEBOT ALSO HEARS STRANGE VOICES. PERHAPS ZOMBIEBOT NEEDS TO RUN HIS MALWARE PROTECTION AGAIN.
PROPHETBLOG COVERS MUCH SAME GROUND AS NU-IDOLATOR. WITH BETTER WRITING. ZOMBIEBOT WOULD PREFER IF YOU WERE WRITER HERE INSTEAD.
I love cheetos