The decade in Rihanna includes romps in traditional R&B, dancehall, Westerners, and psychedelic indie rock.
The decade in Rihanna includes romps in traditional R&B, dancehall, Westerners, and psychedelic indie rock. But the queen was at her most immediately cathartic when she embraced EDM in the depth of its turn-of-the-decade boom. On "We Found Love," with the world-beating repetition of the song's title, Rihanna had completely given herself to bliss and took all within earshot with her. In a world full of hopeless places, this was a respite. — B.J.