The only problem that I have with Rita Ora is that her whole come up is pretty much based in Rihanna’s shadow. Say what you want about Rihanna, but the girl has had immense success since she came on the scene and has proven to people that she’s here to say…lack of talent and all. With Rita, I feel as if her image is just based on Rihanna comparisons, and that’s all it is. Take away her blonde hair and red lipstick, what else do you have? Certainly not her voice, her presence, or anything else. Not only is it not fair to her, but consumers as well who want a new sound.

sorry honey bun, you may become successful but it won’t compare to Rihanna’s. The mold had been made for Rihanna only. Good luck to ya.

I’m just not feeling these new girls. They all look the same & sound the same. They all are replicas of past or even present artist. I can’t stand when labels do this. Look at Alicia Keys vs Karina Pasian, Ciara vs Natasha, Justin Beiber vs Jacob Latimore/cody simpson, Beyonce vs several failed attempts at trying to make clones. Stop it. Wonder why Adele is winning.

This makes Jay look like he’s not confident enough in his company to brand unique individual talent

From a business standpoint this would somewhat make sense if Rihanna was fading star, but she’s not. She’s still very popular and fresh in everyone’s mind. Trying clone her will backfire badly, because everyone with a brain can see the intention behind this. It’d be one thing if she only had a couple of things in common with Rihanna and was allowed to be herself, but it’s quite another thing if she’s being groomed as Rihanna’s successor. Rih’s not from a previous generation or bordering on irrelevance, so why does Jay-Z think his plan will work? How many Rihanna wannabes do you see tearing up the charts right now? Exactly. I can understand wanting to replicate his former protege’s success, but he would have far better luck doing that with someone who’s original (or at least close to it). Not to mention that it’s actually pretty insulting to Rita to mold her in the image of another person rather than encouraging her to forge her own path.

And he’s really not helping the music scene by recycling what’s already out there instead of bringing something new to the table. I kind of hoped that as a musician himself he would realize this, but I guess he’s a businessman first and an artist second. This actually lowers my respect for him a bit.

I completely agree with you. I went to the rocnation site to check her out after seeing her gotye cover and I just couldn’t continue watching her videos because every video was like watching rihanna down to the claw nails and ripped jeans. ughhh she’s a great singer they need to let her be her and she’s def not rihanna

It’ll blow over soon,it’s just jay z pressed about the rihanna and chris collabo ,which I also don’t approve of,but well I love rihanna and I guess jay is starting to realise that he DOES not have control over rihanna,remember that her contract 7 years ago was to record 6 albums,and as from 2013 it will be legally limited if it’s renewed and won’t be legally binding,so rihanna can choose to abandon ship (def jam/roc nation) to warner,sony ANYWHERE,and there is no record company that wouldn’t take rihanna even if she wanted ALL her royalties.Rihanna has established herself as household so with or without roc nation,jay z and def jam she’ll continue to build on her career,setting a higher standard,don’t forget,she is only 24,so her “navy” will grow with her and her music,as for Rita I think she’ll be perfectly fine once she gets past rihanna’s shadow to create her own light,I wish them both well,and all of this is just jay Z’s business move or risk,it might from a business standpoint,which will fail if she (rita) doesn’t change,or personal,a disturbed relationship between him and ririh which won’t change the person that rihanna is or prevent her from doing what she sees fit to do.

Rita will be bigger and better because she can actually sing and Rita doesn’t have to rely on her looks to get her by. Rita is talented. Rihanna is just a pretty face with mediocre talent if any, I’m actually surprised she’s gotten this far.