Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "RIHANNA - FRIEND OF MINE (FROM THE SMURFS MOVIE SOUNDTRACK)"

Episode Date: May 16, 2025

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Starting point is 00:00:03 The Navy stand up because Rihanna has showcased once again that y'all not getting an album anytime soon. But then you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop, like what's going on? The same sentiments over and over over a pop-con type beat, a dance hall type beat is letting you know that she's only showing up when the bags involved, which I can't blame her because guess what? At this point in her career, she's giving us more than a. enough classic material to live off of but of course the navy don't want to hear that they are still waiting for r nine it's been eight or nine years how long it's been it's been eight years since anti and rana i've been talking about oh i cracked the code i think i'm gonna come out with
Starting point is 00:00:51 an album that's not easily digestible or radio friendly and guess what all we've received is radio friendly singles as far as from the smurse as far as lift me up from black panther and with that being said we haven't really seen anything else i mean we had the track with party next door back in march 26 2020 we had the track with the goat aka aubri graham as far as march 18th with nerd rihanna and drake wow the more i think about it that's crazy having ferrell drake and rihanna on the same track knowing what we know now those people hate each other anyways so to see that happened back in 2018 man that was a different day and age so anyways um Getting back into my coverage of Rihanna.
Starting point is 00:01:35 When it comes to her being one of the greatest musicians to ever walk, planet earth, those are still my sentiments. But on the other hand, I got to let y'all know. Rihanna is not giving y'all an album or an actual single, a Rihanna-like single, not this cookie-cutter Disney single that she put out with Black Panther and she put out with his smurfs, which I'm not mad at. Get your bag, it's Rihanna. Like, come on, now let's be respectful, right? But ultimately, I got to let you know the hard hitting news that she is not giving y'all Rihanna music anytime soon. So that being said, let's get into the marketing strategy for this track. Friend of mine, which is a track out by Rihanna from the Smurse movie soundtrack.
Starting point is 00:02:21 I don't even know when the Smurts movie is coming out. When is that coming out? Friend of mine, okay, that's already out. But as far as the Smurse movie, it is coming. out July 18th and Rihanna's playing Smurfetti and she's also a producer so anyways with that being said this friend of mine track is put out under Westbury Road entertainment and distributed by who I know that ain't who I think it is distributed by rock I know that nation oh ladies and gentlemen let's get back to this video I love pulling this video up because I ain't going to lie to you some people think you just be talking until you bring up the actual facts let's talk about how Rihanna is under one of the more particular deals that we've seen in quite some time and let's talk about how Jay Z kept 16 year old Rihanna in a room till 3 a.m. until she signed to him
Starting point is 00:03:24 massive because of when I first heard the song and then, you know, he kept going, Jay Brown, he kept being persistent. I was like, you know what, bring her by. Bring her by. When she walked into our office, I was like, you know, she just had,
Starting point is 00:03:38 it was just something about it. Something about her. You know, it was just something about it. And then she, now I just want to say, Jay-Z, if you got the Rock Nation vans, just know, I think you're phenomenal. I think you're the greatest rapper ever.
Starting point is 00:03:49 I'm just giving some backstory into Rihanna's distributive label, right? right that the track that she just put out under rock nation i'm just giving some insight into how she signed to it so don't pull the rock nation vans up i'm just trying to do my job don't do me like you did charlemagne so anyways let's get back into it performed the song and i was like okay okay then you know we sat down and we talked and then so mahashi would stay in the studio and try to get the verse over then come back got to get right i was like oh work ethic everything is there so
Starting point is 00:04:23 everything there that night we know let her leave the office really the three in the morning hold on hold on didn't let a what didn't let her what right we didn't let her leave the office oh okay three in the morning was when that contract got signed so from the me okay didn't let her leave till three in the morning then the contract got signed hmm you know I'm not no police officer but you know I'm just gonna leave it at that let rion to talk about the incident right because you know it's it just that's normal right keeping you know hey once again rock nation hey I I I'm mess with y'all but i'm just giving some backstory into what distributive label riana put this new
Starting point is 00:05:01 single out may 16 2025 so it's not like i'm bringing up old stuff i'm just giving people insight into how she signed to rock nation anyways let's keep going yeah she said we don't sing songs here we're saying artists and there was this little pause and i was nervous but then he said and we're interested and there's this sudden feel of relief but he says about a window and a door so like lelexie Is that Sierra or I forget her name? I don't know if it's Sierra. I think it's Tierra Banks. I'm definitely butchering her name.
Starting point is 00:05:31 Anyway, she's trying to get to the T. She's like, let's get to the window, the door. Let's get into the future court document details that we could possibly. Anyway, it's my fault. Let's get back into it. He said it will work. He said, um, there's who is to leave here. Either through the door with the deal sign or through this window.
Starting point is 00:05:54 and we're on the 29th floor. Down the 29th floor. Okay, hold on. Let me see. What happens? What happens if you leave out of a window on the 29th floor? I'm looking this up because I don't want to, you know, I'm not trying to spread misinformation. No, we can't do fake news over here.
Starting point is 00:06:16 Okay. Falling from a window on the 29th floor will almost certainly be fatal. Huh. due to extreme height interesting let's listen to Rihanna one more time there's two ways to leave here either through the door
Starting point is 00:06:31 with the deal sign or through this window and we're going to 29th floor falling from a window on the 29th floor of a building would almost certainly be fatal due to extreme height but then you know what I'm saying
Starting point is 00:06:44 I was like 10 look at the state of hip hop like what's going on anyways I'm going to take this off the screen I mean Jay Z probably already got the rock nation vans at my doorstep I ain't a lot to you so as far as you know y'all enjoying this content definitely make sure to rate this five stars spread it to somebody who you think wants the truth of the hip hop industry because i'm just here to give it ain't more than 92 right and let y'all do of that information which you will but anyways with that out with that out the way the j z own company rock nation distributed rana's latest single under uh the smurfs movie soundtrack and safe to say riana is done putting out music and i don't know why she would want to to stop putting out music. I mean, she has an own thing going on with Fenty Beauty, which she majority, if not totally, owns.
Starting point is 00:07:30 I don't know why she would stop putting out music. It's almost like she doesn't. Anyways, with that being said, click my link tree in my bio. Y'all pray for me. Click my link tree in my bio. Let me know on one of my social medias. What do you think about Rihanna's track, friend of mine under the Smurfs movie soundtrack? And at the end of the day, do you believe that we will ever see the day that Rehanna's
Starting point is 00:07:52 Pazel a Rihanna track or album.

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