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Track Listing
1. Pon de Replay
2. Here I Go Again - (Patois, with J-Status)
3. If It's Lovin' That You Want
4. You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)
5. That la, La, La
6. Last Time, The
7. Willing to Wait
8. Music of the Sun
9. Let Me
10. Rush
11. There's a Thug in My Life
12. Now I Know - (featuring Elephant Man)
13. Pon de Replay - (remix, bonus track)
Album Notes
Personnel include: Rihanna (vocals); Elephant Man, Kardinal Offishall (vocals); Vybz Kartel, J-Status (rap vocals); Mikkel Se (various instruments); Carl Sturken (guitar, piano, keyboards, programming); Richard Locker (cello); Larry Glazener (bass instrument); Full Force, Sharina Sharpe (background vocals).
Recording information: The Loft, Bronxville, NY; Bassmint, Bronxville, NY.
Taking its cue from the rhythms of dancehall and reggaeton, Rihanna's MUSIC OF THE SUN is a dance-pop record with enough distinctive accents and flavors to make it stand out from the crowd. Rihanna's debut takes island-influenced beats and Jamaican-inflected accents and superimposes them on straight-up contemporary R&B. The combination works nicely, as evidenced by "Pon de Replay," the album's incredibly infectious lead-off track and single. Rihanna effectively synthesizes reggae's cadences into her singsong melodies, bringing some of that genre's sunny beauty to the urban pulses of modern dance-pop, making MUSIC OF THE SUN a perfect soundtrack for the club dancefloor and outdoor summer parties alike.
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