Don’t Make Her Reach For That Firearm… Rum-Pa-Pum-Pum!
“My favorite artists are all reggae artists,” Rihanna recently told MTV News, and on her latest cut “Man Down” the Barbados-born singer is “embracing her island roots”—by letting off some lyrical shots! You thought “Rude Boy” was rough? When she sings “What started out as a simple altercation turned into a real sticky situation,” we can’t help wondering if she’s thinking about one night with Breezy? As if to say, I got your Deuces right here!
“I’m super inspired by reggae music,” says the Bajan bombshell. “[It’s] been a part of me since I was born, and I grew up listening to it. I grew up loving it… I live that culture. I never get tired of it. I can listen to reggae music all day long, and it was exciting for me to do a song like this, especially with the lyrics being like that.”
“I am a criminal” she sings over the light and bubbly riddim track, asking the judge “please give me minimal.” Squeeze off…
[audio:http://www.boomshots.com/tunes/RihannaManDown.mp3]
love the song and i am a trini and i like reggae and i am 8!!!!!!!!!!
As I am from the caribean myself, I listen to reggae quite a lot and I think she naileddd this tune.. it is soo good! BigUp RhiRhii 🙂
Love the song – brings some more variety to her music. Reggea 4 life!
I love reggae and my daughter loves rihanna. With this song both worlds just fall into place. Love this song.
I love rhianna keep it up
Love this song. I wish she would do a whole reggae album!
Love this hot Caribbean beat. Makes me proud to be from this amazing region.
who sings the orginal one?
i wuz neva rilli n 2 vis raggae fingy buht wiv ‘man down’ am gona start listenin 2 raggae
i really like this song i think it blow s&m out of the water and she sound good and it bring out her accent…. she sound really good
woooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwww im loooooooooooooooooovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvin dis nsong
its da shit
this song is awsome and rihanna is so sexy hit me up mame chains and whips exite me 2!!!
here is the make up from man down:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN8nP8ToHjQ
i love the song n people who dont get a life cuz the song is called MAN DOWN what u think it would be about. i mean its life. n parents r over reacting. i know u wanna protect ur kids but hears a smart idea… dont let them listen!!!!
THIS SONG WAS A GIFT FROM GOD GIVEN TO RIHANNA!
Man Down is a Remake… Rihanna did an excellent job of bringing it into the new milennium.
i <3 this song.. it shows the controversy the the world trys to hide. She did an excellent job. And the song and beat flows with her voice so well.
@ Cynthia,
Can you tell me who sang the original version of Man down because i know Rihanna didn’t wrote this song..
I wanna hear the original version…but like you said.. Rihanna did a good job!
Cynthia / Lola… According to our sources “Man Down” was written by Rihanna and her longtime friend / writing partner Shontelle. If you know of an earlier version of the tune, please let us know too.
didn’t UB40 do the original of this song?. I am sure it was UB40.