Rihanna Hot New 'R8' Album Release 2015: Upcoming LP to Sample Martin Luther King Jr? [Pic]
Yet another supposed tracklist off Rihanna's highly anticipated eighth studio album, "R8," has surfaced online.
According to the latest image leaked on Twitter, via Daily Star, the Barbadian star's upcoming record includes already premiered tracks -- the Florence + The Machine-sampling "Only If for a Night," which was featured in her recent Dior campaign, "B*tch Better Have My Money," "American Oxygen," "Kiss It Better," which she teased on her Instagram account a while ago, "James Joint (Interlude)" and "FourFiveSeconds" featuring Kanye West and Paul McCartney.
What certainly grabs fans' attention is a song titled "What We Done Wrong," which supposedly samples Martin Luther King Jr.
If the tracklist turns out to be correct, it is quite possible the late civil rights activist is sampled on the interlude since RiRi featured an audio from his death on a patriotic-themed track, "American Oxygen," in which she sings "Breathe out, breathe in / American oxygen / Every breath I breathe / Chasin' this American Dream."
Meanwhile, the "Diamonds" hitmaker might go back to her Caribbean roots for the followup to 2012's "Unapologetic."
Producer and founder of Mixpak Records, DJ Dre Skull, recently revealed to The Fader that Rihanna has been contacting several dancehall reggae artists to collaborate with on her forthcoming LP.
"I know firsthand and secondhand that she's been reaching out to a lot of people in the dancehall world," he said.
However, Skull explained that RiRi's latest project would not entirely be dancehall.
"I'm not suggesting it's gonna be [a dancehall album] but [her people] are excited about dancehall and to work in that sort of context," he said.
The Brooklyn native, who is in charge of the label that has Vybz Kartel as its client, then claimed the "Pour It Up" singer's team reached out to one dancehall artist in particular.
"They've reached out to Popcaan, but I've talked to a number of people in Jamaica that they've reached out to," he added. "I'm not suggesting that I know what will happen, but I do know they've talked to a bunch of artists that I know."
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