Rihanna talks that talk

    Rihanna successfully reinvented herself again through her techno-inspired album Talk That Talk, which was released this week. The album launches Rihanna from Good Girl Gone Bad and her provocatively themed Rated R to an album that uses upbeat tempo and dubstep inspiration to deliver songs about love that anyone can relate to.

The Barbados native's first single to be released nationally was "We Found Love," a light, techno themed song that may or may not be talking about her trials and tribulations with has-been hip-hop star Chris Brown. Calvin Harris's inspiration in the song creates a perfectly harmonized tune that any girl can listen to in order to lift her spirits and any guy can raise his glass to in a club. People will be able to feel and relate to that tumultuous relationship centered on love that Rihanna is talking about.

Jay-Z collaborated on title track "Talk That Talk." Next, "Cockiness" ensures listeners that the album as a whole is provocative, fun and sexual. The "talk" Rihanna is speaking of is exactly what you think it is—sex, sex and more sex.  

Of the 11 tracks on the album, four mention the word "love," insinuating that Rihanna's music has become more themed around sex and love and the retrospect that it entails in every one of us.

While "We Found Love" is my personal favorite, the song that speaks the most to our generation is definitely "Drunk on Love," a hypnotizing track that encompasses the entire theme of the album - to love without inhibition and to love everything.

"We Found Love" has been #1 on Billboard Top 100 for the fifth week in a row, and Talk That Talk debuted at #3 on Billboard Album Chart this week. The same track is currently the third most popular downloaded song on iTunes.

True to her fans, Rihanna diversifies herself as a multi-faceted artist through her newest album. The techno beats added to her unique voice innovates her versatility as a person and an artist. Talk That Talk, in fact, walks that walk.