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  • Apr
    19
    2012

    Rihanna Ruins Bob Marley’s Legacy With ‘Redemption Song’ Cover

    Written by Trent | Filed under Rihanna
    Rihanna Unforgettable Evening TheLavaLizard

    Rihanna attends An Unforgettable Evening' to benefit cancer research.

    As demonstrated in the behind the scenes footage of her ‘Where Have You Been’ video, Rihanna has  greatly improved her dancing skills. Unfortunately, her vocals are still terrible and she proved that fact with her cover of Bob Marley’s ‘Redemption Song’ at An Unforgettable Evening benefiting EIF’s Women’s Cancer Research Fund earlier this week.

    Coincidentally, Marley was the focus of The Lava Lizard’s Caribbean Heat feature, which celebrated his immeasurable contributions to the music industry. Check out that segment here and watch the master Reggae artist sing ‘Redemption Song’ the correct way.

    Watch Rihanna’s rendition of ‘Redemption Song’ below:

    See, this is exactly why Rihanna needs to stop smoking and take her Skype-assisted vocal classes seriously. This performance of ‘Redemption Song’ was utterly terrible – she slurred the lyrics, she was horribly off-key and she had no idea how to handle the simplest notes.

    It is even more disturbing to note that Marley smoked for many years yet he could still out-sing Rihanna while spinning around the stage in his trances. Was Rihanna really trying to sing ‘Redemption Song’ or was she just attempting to give the finger to the cancer survivors?

    Video via Rihanna Daily!

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    24 Comments

    1. Chris says:
      April 19, 2012 at 10:37 pm

      THE GIF! I AM DECEASED!

    2. Ronnie (_feeniix_) says:
      April 19, 2012 at 10:40 pm

      U aint shit Trent! Lmao I cant!!!

    3. harray28 says:
      April 19, 2012 at 10:43 pm

      Oh lord this gif. #deceased

    4. Meme says:
      April 19, 2012 at 10:47 pm

      Not her best performance, but still vocally better than Madonna and Britney.

    5. DOMOdotSCORE says:
      April 19, 2012 at 10:58 pm

      You ain’t right, Trent! You really ain’t right for that gif.

      Rihanna is someone that should not be singing acoustically at any point. She needs a better vocal coach, someone willing to meet in person more often than not.

    6. TrInI says:
      April 19, 2012 at 11:04 pm

      Trent, you rel hate rihanna. Her voice is her voice, her tone is her tone. Ur problem is you compare her TOO much to other artist. She is made the song her own. Man you crazy, ur not the one with the record deal… now aint you??

    7. babe says:
      April 19, 2012 at 11:07 pm

      One thing I know for sure is that she’s inconsistent. She’s usually terrible live but sometimes she does well.

    8. Girrrl says:
      April 19, 2012 at 11:23 pm

      Man I need Jesus and Mary after that gif!

    9. Ron says:
      April 19, 2012 at 11:24 pm

      Your an asshole Trent

    10. Ariana says:
      April 19, 2012 at 11:36 pm

      I’M SOOOOOOOOOO FUCKING DEAD!!!!!!!!!! LOOOOOOL

    11. Jezzari says:
      April 20, 2012 at 3:38 am

      I actually heard her sing this song waaaaaaay better. It was around the time S.O.S came out. YouTube Rihanna Pepsi Smash Redemption Song, im sure you will find it. And it was also acoustic and she did the song justice. This was horrible. It proves that she need to take time off and retrain. Oh and stop f-ing smoking!

    12. sam says:
      April 20, 2012 at 5:54 am

      Lauryn Hill & Ziggy Marley’s cover>>>

    13. cjmyicecream says:
      April 20, 2012 at 6:14 am

      her voice does sound tired :l she should stop living that unhealthy life (smocking/drinking/partying for a lil whie and focus on getting her vocals to its old level. Shit she sounded better when she sang it to Oprah

    14. Ugh says:
      April 20, 2012 at 7:57 am

      Trent you fucker!!!! you ain’t right for that gif! it needs to go down in history……………LMAO i can’t _________________

    15. plain & simple says:
      April 20, 2012 at 10:18 am

      Oh Lord me man is turning in he grave. lol

    16. plain & simple says:
      April 20, 2012 at 10:20 am

      No, all jokes aside this was just horrible.

    17. Ni says:
      April 20, 2012 at 1:32 pm

      JeeSUS!!! take the wheel…. Trent I’m at heaven gate with that gif…. Just Wrong… Rihanna if you don’t fire that Skype assisted vocal coach…

    18. larry says:
      April 20, 2012 at 1:57 pm

      she NEEDS to work on her control and stop being soo0ooo nasal!! Ohh Lord above!

    19. Tim says:
      April 20, 2012 at 3:19 pm

      Somebody call 911, I think my ears just gave out.

    20. LauraDior says:
      April 20, 2012 at 4:36 pm

      That cover was straight disrespectful! She needs to get her life and not do anymore Bob Marley (or any legend) songs for that matter.

    21. keke says:
      April 20, 2012 at 4:55 pm

      @sam

      I also saw the Lauryn Hill/ Ziggy version on youtube…. Lauryn & Rihanna shoul never be mentioned in the same sentence …. Lauryn killed it.

    22. sha syl says:
      April 21, 2012 at 12:49 pm

      i don’t like riri but ya’ll jealous,nothing wrong with the lil’ performance

    23. mango says:
      April 21, 2012 at 9:03 pm

      lmao. i was expecting that to be way worse than it actually was. hahaha! trent determined to keep she on she toes oui. i doh fault yuh nah trent…you have high standards. but still, that wasn’t as terrible as i expected. it’s better than ciara ass could do! lol!

    24. @ItsDonavonFOOLS says:
      April 22, 2012 at 10:52 am

      It wasn’t as bad as she usually is… I’ll give her that…
      Somebody hire her a vocal coach!

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